tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75742241899671176342024-03-12T17:55:39.808-06:00The Life of this Country MamaThis Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-50329518419934174152014-08-05T22:34:00.001-06:002014-08-05T22:34:56.184-06:005 things people might not know about meSo I was challenged to share little know facts about me. Here we go.
1.  I play the violin. For over 20 years.
2.  I want to go back to school or take classes of some sort.
3.  I know how to make lard, cheese, soap, pickles, jam, jelly, bread, flour, butter, and many other almost lost skills
4. I was a cheerleader. Yep seriously.
5. The color orange actually This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-59142841822223759022014-07-04T10:08:00.001-06:002014-07-04T10:10:59.885-06:00100 Kid Approved Summer Activities
1. Start a water balloon fight!
2. Make a pool noodle water wall.
3. Have fun in the dark with this DIY glow in the dark ringtoss!
4. Make your own sandbox so you can build sandcastles right in your backyard!
5. Have fun with water tables.
6. Make marshmallow shooters!
7. Have a newspaper snowball fight!
8. Three words: water balloon This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-1861933418657694922014-04-01T18:05:00.000-06:002014-07-04T10:11:45.540-06:00Teaching the Virtues of a Daughter of God to my Daughters {Gratitude}
I am constantly amazed that I have been blessed to be the mother of 5 wonderful children. Two are little mommies-in-training. Lately I have come to comprehend that my girlies are kind of my apprentices. Which if you watch your kids they imitate you anyways, why not make what they are imitating intentional.
This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-30141862688263350972012-05-27T17:41:00.001-06:002012-05-27T17:41:23.628-06:00My New Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
When I was in high school there was this recipe that was being passed around the internet. 'The $250 Cookie" The story was that the lady went to Neaman Marcus and asked for the recipe to this wonderful cookie she had. They said that it would cost her two fifty. She gave them her credit card and got the recipe. When she got her credit card bill it was $250This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-81279587695507274062012-05-15T12:04:00.000-06:002012-05-15T12:29:37.621-06:00Easy Homemade Yogurt-Homemade Basics 101
Why Make Homemade Yogurt?
Downloadable version of this post Here
I’ll bet a lot of people are apprehensive about making homemade yogurt for a variety of reasons:
too much time
too complicated
afraid it won’t work out
growing bacteria just sounds scary and dangerous
My job is to dispel all your fears and teach the no dishes, no fuss way to make homemade yogurt.
Here’s This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-48468054650326870302012-04-01T14:03:00.001-06:002012-04-01T14:09:52.354-06:00What I do.
Dear Person Who Wonders What SAHMs Do All Day:
I love my kids, and I am so happy. Also, I am very busy. Here's what I do.
5 a.m.: Baby wakes up in crib and wants to nurse. I nurse him in my bed and he goes back to sleep. I roll over to find my 7 year old cuddling her daddy or my 5 year old in nothing but new undies...ugh! Must remember to change her sheets and bath her!&This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-63240062113342852792012-03-15T13:55:00.002-06:002012-03-15T14:18:54.115-06:0030 Ways to Celebrate Spring1. Plant something
2. Visit a farm and play/watch baby animals (the cuter the better!)
3. Splash in puddles of melted snow
4. Have a picnic at a favorite park
5. Make homemade bubble refill station
6. Make jelly bean bracelets
7. Make a kite
8. Go fly it
9. Eat Dirt
10. Make a Festive Spring pentant
11. Make Tissue paper poms in Spring colors
12. Open your windows and let the fresh breeze This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-91092687730950540882012-03-15T12:54:00.000-06:002012-03-15T12:54:01.327-06:00Paper Flower OrnamentI was asked how I did this ornament from this post .
How to:
1. Cut one piece of 8 1/2" x 11" paper into 1" strips (oriented landscape so you end up with 11 strips).
2. Stack them and staple them once in the center, then fold the stack in half to form a little book. (If the strips are too long for your stapler to reach the center, either trim them a bit shorter or swing your stapler open This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-8450874892575042162012-01-27T11:23:00.000-07:002012-01-27T11:23:52.860-07:00National Chocolate Cake Day!Here are just a couple options for observing this very important Holiday :) Enjoy!
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This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-44050232678290259882012-01-24T13:13:00.001-07:002012-01-24T13:24:05.954-07:00All About MeI borrowed this from my friends' blog. I hope she doesn't mind.
A. age : 30
B. bed size : Queen but lately it has been feeling more like a single cause I am a whale (37 weeks preggers) and my 2 girls (7 and 5 yrs old) have taken to climbing in to 'cuddle' us for half the night.
C. chore that you hate : Bathing dogs and putting away laundry
D. dogs : 10 dogs, 13 cats, 1 goats, This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-65010300243734454072012-01-22T16:25:00.003-07:002012-01-22T16:29:11.693-07:00What made me smile today
Yes those are guys!!!!
This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-34135297520058804302011-12-10T16:29:00.000-07:002011-12-10T16:29:21.549-07:00Favorite Things of the WeekSource: marthastewart.com via Maja on Pinterest{drooling!!!}
Source: bernat.com via Maja on PinterestThese are just like the ones that my great aunt Alice used to make! I am pretty excited to make some for the baby.
Source: sweetsugarbelle.com via Destri on PinterestI have to try this! I can only imagine the wonderful smell.
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NO-REPLY ?What is a NO-REPLY blogger?
1. Suzie leaves a comment on Jodi's blog asking a question.
2. Jodi has all her comments sent directly to her email.
3. Jodi checks her email and reads Suzie's question. Jodi clicks reply. Shazam! Up pops Suzie's name but instead of her email address, it say's This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-56356544236245694992011-12-03T12:04:00.000-07:002011-12-03T12:04:37.936-07:00What I have Accomplished/Learned this WeekThis week I have been having a really hard time making what I want to accomplish and what really ends up happening match. My to do list might have been a bit too ambitious or being 30 weeks pregnant with baby 5 could have been it. All that I accomplished was naps, basic cleaning, and making sure my kids are taken care of.
I know that it won't get any easier once the baby is This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-31198069838758411402011-11-17T07:10:00.000-07:002011-11-17T07:10:00.936-07:00Fun Christmas Tree Ornaments Year 2 {Paper Ornaments}Source: bamcraftymomma.blogspot.com via Sue on Pinterest
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This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-68048705456997733142011-11-16T09:47:00.001-07:002011-11-16T09:57:11.549-07:00100 Things to disappear first in an extended emergency situation.I don't know if it's cause I'm pregnant or if I'm being inspired but I can't get survival out of my head! I live in the middle of a wheatfield on 5.62 acres. We have lived here for 2 years and have learned many, many things about country life, and ourselves. The last couple of days I have been thinking of things that I need to learn and get to be able to survive out here if cut This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-72528113599987913162011-11-05T15:41:00.008-06:002011-11-05T15:41:00.513-06:00Christmas Round up Part 3 {Christmas Decor}Every year, after I get out the Christmas decoration I am amazed at how little I have. So I am going to do a project a year until I feel this 'problem' is resolved.
I have found some good ideas on pinterest.
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Source: This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-7719951541297024082011-11-04T13:08:00.000-06:002011-11-04T13:08:00.933-06:00Christmas Round up Part 2 {Christmas Sewing}Usually each year I get all excited about sewing something for the littles...and then reality happens and the sewing doesn't.
I am starting earlier than normal and hopeing to actually get it done this year. Wish me luck!
Here are a few ideas I've found:
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Source: This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-24385989767906746522011-11-03T12:48:00.001-06:002011-11-03T12:48:00.459-06:00Christmas Round up Part 1 {Christmas Ornaments}I have the goal of making an ornament for my kids each year. That way when the leave home and start their own families they will have a bunch of ornaments from me to start with.
Here are the contenders for this year:
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Can you tell I'm in the Christmas mood?!
This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-48233249259006516102011-10-29T14:55:00.010-06:002011-10-29T14:55:00.164-06:00Italian BreadItalian Bread Recipe
Ingredients:1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
2 tablespoons crisco or tenderflake
1 1/4 cups warm water
2 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons salt 3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoon butter, melted Directions: 1 Mix together shortening, sugar, salt, yeast, and 1 cup flour. Add warm water and beat by hand until manageable, or 3 minutes with an electric mixer.This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-65003999195995175192011-10-28T11:18:00.001-06:002012-04-11T23:05:43.364-06:00There is no such thing as too much Pumpkin!
If you are looking at your pumpkin thinking; 'this thing is huge and now what do I do to it to make pumpkin puree' Go to this blog post on Simple Bites. It is a great tutorial on how to make the puree from scratch.
Now once you have it what can you do with it?
Well, let me give you some ideas I have done in the past.
Pumpkin Spiced Hot Chocolate (Kitchen Simplicity)
Pumpkin This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-32932882000543264592011-06-16T23:55:00.004-06:002011-06-17T08:46:26.404-06:00You Like Me! Friday Blog Hop-17/06/2011Source: google.com via Conni on Pinterest
It has been raining here for days. I feel like I live here:
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and now some from where I'd rather be:
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The only rule to this blog hop is to please post the Blog Hop Button (above) somewhere on your blog (inThis Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-72230143122462314382011-06-13T21:16:00.000-06:002011-06-16T22:50:03.795-06:00Pinterest has taken over my internet universeFor quite sometime I could easily have called myself a facebook addict. That has all changed now! I have transfered my addiction over to something so much more addictive and somewhat more useful...Pinterest.
I'm in love!
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I didn't even know I needed those!
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Covet!!!
This Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574224189967117634.post-73988107148174200062011-05-27T11:40:00.000-06:002011-05-27T11:40:47.885-06:00You Like Me! Friday Blog Hop - 27/05/2011Here are some Spring photos from our 'Farm' and a blog hop!
The only rule to this blog hop is to please post my Blog Hop Button (above) somewhere on your blog (in a post or sidebar).
If your new to Blog Hops then here is a simple introduction:
Blog Hops are a good way to mingle, meet new blogs, and build your followers. Add your blog to the link below. Stop by and visit other blogs in theThis Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608617102467069754noreply@blogger.com6