tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380001855483972722024-03-13T22:02:00.723-07:00The Ignorant Milk MaidThe Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-26513735392613031002012-06-29T18:45:00.001-07:002012-06-29T18:45:13.456-07:00Favorite recipes---pumpkin chocolate chip muffinsI have finally realized how quickly the next year is going to go by--then my oldest will be headed off to college. Wow--I guess that means I am old!:( In preparation for this I thought I would begin compiling a book of my favorite recipes. So she can have them when she goes. I thought this would be a good place to post them and would help me be less negligent on posting. You know, like killing two birds with one stone--so to speak. <br />
I will include a little about each recipe (why its a fave, where it came from, etc.) so the cookbook will be a little more personal.<br />
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So the first recipe is ....<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">PUMPKIN MUFFINS</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1 1/2 cups sugar 2 eggs</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 cup vegetable oil</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1 tsp. baking soda 1 cup cooked pureed pumpkin</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 cup milk</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1 3/4 cup flour 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Preheat oven to 350’. In large bowl mix all dry ingredients. In another smaller bowl mix eggs, oil, pumpkin and milk. Add wet ingredients to dry. Add chocolate chips. Mix lightly, just until combined. Grease muffin tins or use paper liners. Fill cups half full. Bake mini muffins for 12-15 minutes, regular for 25-30 minutes. cool in pan 5 minutes before removing. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have used pumpkin, butternut squash, summer squash, and even carrots in this recipe. Of course always peel, cook and puree or mash well.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-43954238791321528302012-03-24T15:56:00.001-07:002012-03-24T15:56:25.959-07:00More of my trip out westMy sister lives by Area 51, we passed by the extraterrestrial highway on the way out of town. <br />
This morning we went to the temple with my aunt it was so nice. <br />
Then we had a baby shower for my sister-in-law. <br />
We ran into my cousin and his wife They were having a cupcake contest at the shopping center and my cousins wife won! This is a picture of her and my two wonderful sisters. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8OBzaPfD_j8/T25Q7Ra8YnI/AAAAAAAAANg/y-VsYvWT65o/s640/blogger-image--526202276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8OBzaPfD_j8/T25Q7Ra8YnI/AAAAAAAAANg/y-VsYvWT65o/s640/blogger-image--526202276.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-D3eLriCSxlc/T25Q9Uj6OQI/AAAAAAAAANo/mPcW04NsOLo/s640/blogger-image--132762911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-D3eLriCSxlc/T25Q9Uj6OQI/AAAAAAAAANo/mPcW04NsOLo/s640/blogger-image--132762911.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BQkYWt0jRs8/T25RFEIRE3I/AAAAAAAAANw/-CXIkkBHfRU/s640/blogger-image--1341754028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BQkYWt0jRs8/T25RFEIRE3I/AAAAAAAAANw/-CXIkkBHfRU/s640/blogger-image--1341754028.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MZG3ndzwJkg/T25RF7PVgbI/AAAAAAAAAN4/7e1O65Iw1hQ/s640/blogger-image-1707368603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MZG3ndzwJkg/T25RF7PVgbI/AAAAAAAAAN4/7e1O65Iw1hQ/s640/blogger-image-1707368603.jpg" /></a></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-71697286320863215722012-03-23T09:18:00.001-07:002012-03-23T09:18:30.255-07:00Alamo NevadaI am out West visiting my family. Last night I attended my nephews Pine Wood Derby race and this morning I went on a hike with my sister and her mother-in-law up the canyon above there ranch. This afternoon we are headed up to St. George to visit everyone else. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BEm8zctGrzQ/T2yiNSSIhiI/AAAAAAAAANQ/suSxz-zrU9g/s640/blogger-image--2073282612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BEm8zctGrzQ/T2yiNSSIhiI/AAAAAAAAANQ/suSxz-zrU9g/s640/blogger-image--2073282612.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YVWUgPUey90/T2yiRPbvNtI/AAAAAAAAANY/5qY81JfVuRo/s640/blogger-image--2084485517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YVWUgPUey90/T2yiRPbvNtI/AAAAAAAAANY/5qY81JfVuRo/s640/blogger-image--2084485517.jpg" /></a></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-89961628070759332482012-03-01T06:42:00.001-08:002012-03-01T06:42:45.676-08:00Good news?!?I took this picture of one of my fruit trees this morning after feeding little Bambi (one of our baby goats). Is it good or bad. It means we have had a mild winter and an early spring. It also means that there is a huge possibility that there will still be a hard enough frost to freeze of the buds on my tree and many other fruit trees :(. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HuYRqfjHtII/T0-K4lcP9LI/AAAAAAAAANI/VU2SzbeGvXo/s640/blogger-image--1389186692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HuYRqfjHtII/T0-K4lcP9LI/AAAAAAAAANI/VU2SzbeGvXo/s640/blogger-image--1389186692.jpg" /></a></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-14907334409611994222012-02-06T06:21:00.000-08:002012-02-06T06:21:03.750-08:00Happenings at Longwood Hollow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Last Friday when I wrote, we had a goat, Oreo is her name, who was in labor. About midnight Cedar came into my room where I was sleeping and asked if I could go out in the barn with Dad. Oreo had two little kids and was struggling with the third. I had been sleeping because I had sinus surgery on Wednesday and was still in recovery mode--still am. Anyway I went out to the barn. Oreo had the first two just fine. The first one was kind of slow and had not figured out how to drink from momma, but the second one had. The problem is the third one was backwards, with only one leg sticking out. Brett tried to maneuver it around, but our goats are pretty small. When I got out there she had been working on it for about 45 minutes and was plumb tuckered. We called our neighbor, who was wonderfully gracious at midnight and came right over to help out. He tied a little string on the leg and he pulled while Brett held onto Oreo and the little kid came out pretty quick. Her momma wanted nothing to do with her. She was pretty weak and tired, so we took her in and Faith volunteered to feed, warm and watch it through the night. She made it and is still alive and eating well, but seem to have little control over her legs. They flail about and it looks like she is swimming. I am not sure what will become of her. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dw4B61PoaLw/Ty_eShC-UKI/AAAAAAAAANA/J-QezGCPOZI/s1600/IMG_2079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dw4B61PoaLw/Ty_eShC-UKI/AAAAAAAAANA/J-QezGCPOZI/s320/IMG_2079.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here is a picture of Oreo with her first two kids. It is kind of hard to see.<br />
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This morning the girls went out to check on the little goats. They brought the oldest one in, the one who had a hard time figuring out how to drink from momma. It was hardly moving. We tried to feed it, but it wouldn't eat. So I had to do one of the hardest things about living on a farm. I put the poor little animal out of its misery. I do not know what happened to it, and I am not looking forward to the kids coming home from school and having to tell them what happened, but it is all part of living on a small farm. Most of the older kids have seen some kind of animal be born and we have all seen them sick and all participated in burying their little bodies. It makes life so real.<br />
Last Sunday I was getting ready for Church and Isaac was with me. Out of the blue he said, "Mom, I wish when we died we just came right back to life." He had been missing his grandpa who passed away just before Christmas. I am so grateful that he had the opportunity to know his "Pops". I am also grateful for the gospel and the knowledge and comfort it gives us. Knowing that someday we will be with those who have gone. <br />
The kids have a childrens book and it says that someone who has died has not gone, they have just gone on ahead. I kind of like that little thought.The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-19670638857216813632012-02-03T18:42:00.001-08:002012-02-03T18:46:11.866-08:00Little AnnieWhat a nice birthday surprise. Another little goat was born on Monday. Brett and Ethan are over bringing one to the barn who is in the middle of kidding. At least the weather has been nice and warm. All five kids are doing well. Will have to update tomorrow morning on more additions<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zUXBaRcrrL0/Tyyb8hAQdhI/AAAAAAAAAMw/N4WCl7saPqs/s640/blogger-image--96328560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zUXBaRcrrL0/Tyyb8hAQdhI/AAAAAAAAAMw/N4WCl7saPqs/s640/blogger-image--96328560.jpg" /></a></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-52685842196750366592012-01-18T17:02:00.000-08:002012-01-18T17:02:50.951-08:00Living in the countryJust a little more info on the goats. Saturday morning Cedar went over to check on them she came back and said Queen had babies, she thought there was three. Then Ethan, who had been feeding the bigs, came back and said there were two. We finished eating breakfast and went over to check on them. There were three little kids and queen, all freezing and wet in their little goat hut. So we loaded them in the truck and brought them over to the garage where we could warm them up. Queen had not past the afterbirth yet, but after getting into the garage she did, except it wasn't the afterbirth, it was another goat. There were three little girls, all white and light brown, and one little buck, black with white spots. They are all doing well. We will be helping Queen feed them for the next few weeks as she can't keep up with them. It has been kind of fun to help care for them.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zUslrSpCCdM/Txdp8r79ueI/AAAAAAAAAMI/p2FiWt2sEY4/s1600/IMG_1996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zUslrSpCCdM/Txdp8r79ueI/AAAAAAAAAMI/p2FiWt2sEY4/s320/IMG_1996.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0KZsUjoCH1k/TxdqFLBZnsI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/4JGLzgvl1k0/s1600/IMG_2017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0KZsUjoCH1k/TxdqFLBZnsI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/4JGLzgvl1k0/s320/IMG_2017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VeIrbGlH1z4/TxdqNnbc5mI/AAAAAAAAAMY/GMrrAXzmd1M/s1600/IMG_2018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VeIrbGlH1z4/TxdqNnbc5mI/AAAAAAAAAMY/GMrrAXzmd1M/s320/IMG_2018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here are a few more pictures that Cedar took.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2-qWMWf85lA/Txdq-G73pLI/AAAAAAAAAMg/XeAG0x4MJ14/s1600/IMG_1878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2-qWMWf85lA/Txdq-G73pLI/AAAAAAAAAMg/XeAG0x4MJ14/s320/IMG_1878.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KxkQMENKhVA/TxdrEbb1pWI/AAAAAAAAAMo/8jf_-eCWIH8/s1600/IMG_1880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KxkQMENKhVA/TxdrEbb1pWI/AAAAAAAAAMo/8jf_-eCWIH8/s320/IMG_1880.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Brett mowed off the tall grass and small trees in the pasture next door to us two days ago. Yesterday and today there have been about 20 wild turkeys in our back pasture. I think Brett must have mowed off their cover. It is fun to see them. I sure do like living in the country! Especially when it is less than 10 minutes from town!The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-44922774578445565262012-01-14T08:59:00.001-08:002012-01-14T08:59:20.908-08:00Surprise. Four kids at once !!!Queen, our toggenburg mix surprised is this morning with four little kids. Hopefully they will all make it. Will update later. Here are some pics. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O683xBxpeAU/TxG0ZGKGTkI/AAAAAAAAALo/YOYLo7V6kv4/s640/blogger-image--524611763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O683xBxpeAU/TxG0ZGKGTkI/AAAAAAAAALo/YOYLo7V6kv4/s640/blogger-image--524611763.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8GT3bJDTMgA/TxG0Zf4gZcI/AAAAAAAAALw/ioPvyji5psA/s640/blogger-image-108181128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8GT3bJDTMgA/TxG0Zf4gZcI/AAAAAAAAALw/ioPvyji5psA/s640/blogger-image-108181128.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a6euUt5zd2Y/TxG0Z0M4qCI/AAAAAAAAAL4/MCdx3hIWmcU/s640/blogger-image--934313098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a6euUt5zd2Y/TxG0Z0M4qCI/AAAAAAAAAL4/MCdx3hIWmcU/s640/blogger-image--934313098.jpg" /></a></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-59909639980716036732011-12-16T10:52:00.001-08:002011-12-16T10:52:42.190-08:00Last weekend in LouisvilleLast weekend we took a quick get away trip to Louisville. We took the kids to the Louisville Slugger Museum, swam in the hotel pool and watched The Polar Express while eating pizza. It was a fun break. Here are a few pictures of the kids <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZKDxz8d-qxk/TuuTbAFuCuI/AAAAAAAAALA/d2H_vn0icLA/s640/blogger-image-1897816075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZKDxz8d-qxk/TuuTbAFuCuI/AAAAAAAAALA/d2H_vn0icLA/s640/blogger-image-1897816075.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qRj3PrzjSLM/TuuTb3zoFvI/AAAAAAAAALI/Dkn4Rg5YVOg/s640/blogger-image--1445424606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qRj3PrzjSLM/TuuTb3zoFvI/AAAAAAAAALI/Dkn4Rg5YVOg/s640/blogger-image--1445424606.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WB_3dqDxzfA/TuuTclB0OXI/AAAAAAAAALQ/Z7o03cz3W_I/s640/blogger-image--509958368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WB_3dqDxzfA/TuuTclB0OXI/AAAAAAAAALQ/Z7o03cz3W_I/s640/blogger-image--509958368.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NkEXmYN6qOQ/TuuTduKRYhI/AAAAAAAAALY/IheDqbj_Jgo/s640/blogger-image--958784679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NkEXmYN6qOQ/TuuTduKRYhI/AAAAAAAAALY/IheDqbj_Jgo/s640/blogger-image--958784679.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p6OwjK0jns8/TuuTeR073DI/AAAAAAAAALg/1Z_Vi7Z1lAY/s640/blogger-image-1255126522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p6OwjK0jns8/TuuTeR073DI/AAAAAAAAALg/1Z_Vi7Z1lAY/s640/blogger-image-1255126522.jpg" /></a></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-22856978390544154472011-12-16T09:39:00.001-08:002011-12-16T09:39:08.459-08:00Life has been a whirlwind.It has been busy here at Longwood Hollow. We have had lots of family here over the past month. Ten days ago Brett and I took his brother and family to the airport in Nashville to fly back to Russia. While there we stopped at Opryland and looked around. They have amazing indoor gardens. Here are a few pictures. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OAVayxGzCio/TuuCMnwVtvI/AAAAAAAAAKo/xibTLPo5o2w/s640/blogger-image-387114794.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OAVayxGzCio/TuuCMnwVtvI/AAAAAAAAAKo/xibTLPo5o2w/s640/blogger-image-387114794.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A7PEssKYbfw/TuuCOyO4uKI/AAAAAAAAAKw/dhhXE890zYM/s640/blogger-image-1926051977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A7PEssKYbfw/TuuCOyO4uKI/AAAAAAAAAKw/dhhXE890zYM/s640/blogger-image-1926051977.jpg" /></a></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-31235212618333813552011-11-16T07:06:00.000-08:002011-11-16T07:06:23.546-08:00It's official--I am old<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jasmine greeting the kids getting off the bus--Isaac's first official day is over!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>My last little tyke started school yesterday. Isaac was able to start Kindergarten early. His first day was yesterday. He did pretty good--just had a few "I miss my Mommy" moments. I had a few I miss kids moments.<br />
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I did enjoy being able to do so many things without interruptions. I even went to Walmart for about 2 hours and did not even browse the toy section! The house was rather quiet. I have had the music on almost all morning while I cook and clean. I guess now I will have some time to volunteer at a few places I have wanted to and sew and "gourd" all I want without a little helper sewer and painter.<br />
After having little children home for the past 16 years it will definitely take some getting used to. I think it has already made me appreciate having my kids at home more when I do. I do so love being a Mom!!<br />
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I am so very grateful that I have always been able to stay home and be a full-time mom. I love the Lord for blessing me so greatly. I love my husband who has supported our family financially and me emotionally. I love my kids who are willing to go without some of the "worldly" goods their friends have so that I could stay home and be a Mom.The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-80705778537817744152011-11-04T04:45:00.000-07:002011-11-04T04:45:33.580-07:00October was a very busy month for our family. We had a calf born on October 13th--Jim Bob-named by Ethan--it is his calf--in honor of my Dad--Bob. It was born on my dad's birthday.<br />
For a few days we had a journalism student from the Mountain Workshop hanging out with our family journaling our lives. It was fun to have an outside perspective on how we live. She wrote a story for the workshop. You can access this story be copying this and placing it in your address bar.<br />
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http://stories.mountainworkshops.org/workshop/2011/slideshow/1392/megan-westervelt-having-the-faith-to-fail/<br />
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I hope that works. I am still learning how this blogging thing works.<br />
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Then of course we had Halloween and visits from family and just life in general to deal with, but I really do love my life.<br />
I have officially become a substitute teacher and have worked a few days. It makes me ever so grateful to come home in the evening to my beautiful happy place, with my family that I love.<br />
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</tbody></table>We had one more calf born on Halloween and aptly named Boo!The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-59884547605235905292011-10-07T18:47:00.000-07:002011-10-07T18:47:50.400-07:00More, and more, and more calves!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little guy belongs to Maybell. She had him around midnight on Wed. October 5th. He is not named yet--any suggestions?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Bandit, born to Bossy on Wednesday morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perseverance, born today, October 7th around 2:30 PM. His mother is Weighty and he is so named because he has a rather large nose and it took a lot of perseverance on his mom's part, the poor thing. We were a little worried we would have to intervene, but she was able to have him all by herself--thank goodness!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rocky aka Curly with her little calf. It was born last night, October 6th around 11 pm. He, too, needs a name if you have any ideas?<br />
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</tbody></table>I have had the opportunity to watch the birth of three of our eight calves and it is a pretty amazing thing. There are so many things that I see when I walk around the farm that testify that there is a God and he is good. I do not know how anyone would really believe that all of this just "happened" or "evolved". I know that there is a God and that he is aware of even the smallest of his creations.<br />
I have been taking classes to become a Master Gardener and I have loved it. Not just because I do like to garden, but because I have realized that I really love to learn. I get so excited and amazed by the things I am learning. This week was all about the Pathology of Plants. Who would think that learning about bacteria, virus', and fungi that affect plants could be so interesting.<br />
I am so grateful for the many opportunities for learning I have had since moving to "the farm."The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-76837227526551718722011-10-04T12:18:00.000-07:002011-10-04T12:18:57.524-07:00Pizza oven is starting to look like one.It is fall break and our family is not out on vacation--we have been working up a storm. Yesterday we built three A Frame huts, two for the goats and one for the pigs. Then we collected a bunch of rocks and did some landscaping. It looks pretty good--we still need a few more rocks--I'll post a picture when we are finished.<br />
Today we worked on the clay pizza oven--it is finally starting to look like and oven rather than an alter in the front yard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids getting their hands dirty as we build the clay walls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cedar and Rose busy at work.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Just a layer of insulative clay and a final coat and we should be ready for a pizza night. It will take a few more days--at least.The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-46080564464060476522011-10-01T07:26:00.000-07:002011-10-01T07:26:34.823-07:00New Pictures of a New Calf--found the camera!!!!!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lwEPFRdVDqs/Toce0eeQcaI/AAAAAAAAAGg/0lPw3P5Z3F0/s1600/IMG_1281.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lwEPFRdVDqs/Toce0eeQcaI/AAAAAAAAAGg/0lPw3P5Z3F0/s200/IMG_1281.JPG" width="150" /></a>Last Monday Brett found the camera out sitting on the edge of the driveway--Yay!!!! After a week out in the rain and dew I wondered if it would work. After three days in a bowl of rice. . . this is a picture of me when we found out the camera worked. I guess there is something to be learned from watching crime investigating tv shows. I would have never know the rice trick.<br />
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Yesterday we were out working on some fence between the garden and the goat pen. It took us a couple of hours and during that time I noticed one of the cows was not up with the rest of them. So when we got done, Brett and I went on a walk around the trees. At the last place we looked we found her--number 7, affectionately known as Pig Pen--was laying at the edge of the trees just at the beginning stages of calving. We sat down and watched. A little while after we sat down all the cows came running by on their way to water. This startled the mamma, so she got up and walked further into the woods. We snuck around from the backside and watched for another 30 minutes while she had a little calf. It was very awe-inspiring. It was a boy--we named him Long John after his pirate patch.<br />
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All in all this first week of fall has been a good one.The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-13969142053986221122011-09-25T13:33:00.000-07:002011-09-25T13:33:49.538-07:00No More Pictures for a WhileWell I had such a great day last Wednesday that I just have not had the time to write it down for all of you to read about and laugh. It all started as I drove back from taking the kids to the bus stop because it was raining. I looked over at the cows and could only count 9 of 11. Since they are imminent to calf any day I knew I needed to go and find those that were lost. I went inside got all the rain gear on put my phone in one pocket--in case I need to call for help--and the camera in the other pocket--to take pictures of any new born calves or anything else I find interesting. I walked out to the cows and counted again. Now there were 10 of 11. Still one missing. I counted twice more just to make sure before I went looking all over the pasture. Still only 10. Off I went making the rounds around and through the trees. I could not see the missing cow anywhere. However about halfway through I did notice that one of my pockets was empty. I had lost the camera--somewhere in the tall wet grass. I was still worried about the missing cow so I retraced my steps looking for the cow and the camera. When I got back up to the top of the hill I counted all of them again. Now there were 11. At least all the cows were safe. Now if I could just find my camera!! So off I went zigzagging over the pasture. Then I here a lot of mooing and looked up the hill to see about 30 cows on the other side of my fence, all over the driveway and my front yard. I called my neighbor--who owns the cows and he came right over. I helped round up his cows and chased them down the drive and road to his place where they jumped back over the fence that had been crushed by a fallen tree limb. By this time my pants were thoroughly wet except where they were covered by my raincoat and boots. I went inside to eat breakfast and as I get to the front door Isaac is standing there crying. The cows in the front yard had frightened him--poor kid. So we sat down together and had some breakfast and read a book or two. Then I turned a kid show on for Isaac got a dry coat and hat on and went back out to zigzag the pasture. One and a half hours later I was again thoroughly soaked and still cameraless. I went inside and took a warm shower and went on with my day. Later when the family got home we all went zigzagging together--still no camera. I still have hopes that on one of my rounds 2 or 3 times a day to check on the cows that I will find my camera. Wether or not it will work is a different story.The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-22727212878339790682011-09-17T13:44:00.000-07:002011-09-17T13:44:30.940-07:00More calves.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bw4wNmbF1wY/TnUEzk6EHSI/AAAAAAAAAGY/ZGN2NLUOVlI/s1600/IMG_1258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bw4wNmbF1wY/TnUEzk6EHSI/AAAAAAAAAGY/ZGN2NLUOVlI/s320/IMG_1258.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We had one more calf late last night or early this morning. It was a little heifer. Her name is Paulyanna.<br />
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It has been a very busy week. Checking on the cows two or three times a day can be a little time consuming. It is good exercise--I hardly puff when I am walking up the big hills anymore. <div>We also got four pigs on Thursday. They are now at home in the garden--which means no more picking of vegetables. They have already eaten all the broom corn I planted too late to harvest. At least it was put to good use.<br />
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<div>On Monday, Sept. 12th our little farm was blessed with a little bull </div><div>calf. We named him Harvey in honor of the Harvest Moon that we had on Monday morning. Mother and calf are doing well. We were out on a walk as a family Monday evening and found Dottie just after the calf was born. It was neat to watch her clean the calf, and the calf's first attempts at standing. Another calf was born early this morning. It is a brown/red color with a white face. We named him Patch because he has a brown circle around one of his eyes. Two calves born and hopefully 9 more to come over the next few weeks.</div><div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">This is a picture of my two boys that look most alike, in their twinner shirts. Isaac has adopted the name Moose because he loves wearing his moose shirt.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went to the Wayne County Heritage Festival at Mill Springs a few weeks ago. Here is a picture of the kids with Lake Cumberland behind them. The festival was fun with old time crafts and singing and Civil War re-enactors.</div></div></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-24614824132002242342011-09-01T10:39:00.000-07:002011-09-01T10:39:12.621-07:00The Dog Days of Summer<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> A few weekends ago we took a break and went over to Laurel Lake and played around for a bit. The weather was nice and the water was perfect. It was a lovely day.<br />
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The clay oven project that I have posted before has turned into a little bit larger project. We originally were eventually going to make a patio out front along side of the oven. As I was about to finish off the base for the oven, Brett said, "You might want to make that taller." <br />
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The kids have been in school for about a month. Life is still very busy. Monday night for family night the kids, grandma and I went and picked about 14 gallons of apples and about 1 gallon of pears. This week we have been busy making pear butter, dried apples, and still have apple pie filling and applesauce to go. I am glad for tools that make things easier for the kids to help. They all like to take turns turning the handle on the apple peeler slicer. <br />
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Here are a few pictures of lone Isaac. I think he enjoys being the only one home--although I have played Memory, Uno, Checkers, and Stratego more times than I care to count in the past few weeks. Sometimes I am thankful the patio isn't finished because there is lots of sand for Isaac to be happy playing outside on his own for a while--even if the sand often finds its way into the house. The best is when Isaac climbs into my bed for a nap and sand falls out of his pockets or seems in his clothes. It is so fun to climb into a sandy bed. Reminds me of trips to Lake Powell as a kid and the beach when we lived in Oregon. Just one of those little things to help me remember how truly blessed I am.</div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-21419280781185654042011-08-10T16:01:00.000-07:002011-08-10T16:01:29.258-07:00Signs of Summer EndingThis morning as I was walking out to the barn I almost ran into this web.<br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It was the kids first day of school. It was such a quiet day for the most part. It makes me appreciate my kids more. You know the saying--"absence makes the heart grow fonder." </span></span></div>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-68687863086389935622011-08-04T17:03:00.000-07:002011-08-04T17:03:45.010-07:00Last Lazy Days of SummerThe kids only have a week left of school. To make sure that they enjoy their first days back I have been making them do yard work. Really I just decided to make use of them while I have them. We have been planting and landscaping. Here are a few pics.<br />
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</tbody></table>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-54975667811814164542011-08-02T11:31:00.000-07:002011-08-02T11:31:15.967-07:00My New Hobby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3XFbfM6ypA/Tjg70kLypsI/AAAAAAAAAEs/85h2-wNXhzY/s1600/IMG_1116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3XFbfM6ypA/Tjg70kLypsI/AAAAAAAAAEs/85h2-wNXhzY/s320/IMG_1116.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>When I moved to Kentucky I found a new hobby. I love going to the Arts and Crafts shows they have here. Especially the Appalachian Craft Shows. I really like the old arts. I saw some really cool things that were made out of gourds, so last summer I planted some in the garden. For Christmas I got a few tools to make what I call "gourding" easier. I spent most of Christmas morning creating my first gourd--I even burnt breakfast--thankfully a kind family dropped off some delicious cinnamon rolls for us. This is my first gourd. Since then I tried new tools and techniques. Here are some more gourds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I painted, carved and burned this gourd to make this design. It has one of my favorite sayings on it. Most people think it applies to teachers, but I like to think of how it applies to families. You can count the number of children in a family, but you can not count the amount of influence on the future those children may have. It goes right along with my favorite saying--"save the world--raise good kids."</td></tr>
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This one I made by carving, and staining. The handle is a curved vine I found on one of the many hikes we make through our woods and pasture. I am always on the lookout for interesting "stuff"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I painted this blue with gold swirls and then decoupaged butterflies onto this one. It is all my girls' favorite--Go figure. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I haven't finished this one yet. I plan on putting hinges, a clasp and a brass handle where the stem currently is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is carved and stained and then I wove cedar tree bark to make the top and handle. It is one of Brett's favorites.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is painted and the top is woven on with the twine. It is also lined with a matching fabric.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my first and only rooster so far. He is kind of funky--but I like him and it was fun to make him. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>So--What do you think? Do you have a favorite or an idea-I would love to have some feed back.The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-28624766645737637172011-08-02T10:53:00.000-07:002011-08-02T10:53:26.041-07:00A Relaxing weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PhFZyRtFXCQ/Tjg4l_WFbUI/AAAAAAAAAEg/rD14bhI6RdI/s1600/IMG_1103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PhFZyRtFXCQ/Tjg4l_WFbUI/AAAAAAAAAEg/rD14bhI6RdI/s200/IMG_1103.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FrvPqvZIHGE/Tjg4y_V2SGI/AAAAAAAAAEk/h-TU1f1Wn1U/s1600/IMG_1107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FrvPqvZIHGE/Tjg4y_V2SGI/AAAAAAAAAEk/h-TU1f1Wn1U/s200/IMG_1107.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>Last weekend we went to Nashville for two days and then on to Brett's brothers for Friday thru Sunday. It was a nice and relaxing weekend. We spent lots of time in the pool.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kfS02vmgDsQ/Tjg5P0hXkUI/AAAAAAAAAEo/i1gIROyU_Ig/s1600/IMG_1111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kfS02vmgDsQ/Tjg5P0hXkUI/AAAAAAAAAEo/i1gIROyU_Ig/s400/IMG_1111.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The kids also had a great time playing with their cousins. Here they are with their own Guitar Hero band!!!The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-91847807580250207952011-07-25T19:13:00.001-07:002011-07-25T19:13:15.525-07:00Little InspirationsYesterday morning as I was getting ready for church Isaac and Canyon kept fighting over everything. Brett had left for church early for meetings. I was almost done getting ready when I hear both the boys yelling and then crying. My first impulse was to storm out into the living room give them a good lecture and sit them in time out--which would have turned into more yelling and crying.<br />
But a little feeling told me to quickly finish getting ready and then go out and sit with them and do something quietly <b>with them</b>. So I did. I finished primping and went out and asked the boys to come sit with me. They were a little reluctant--probably thinking I was going to lecture, spank, etc. Instead I found a Book of Mormon reader. We sat there and read for 15 minutes before leaving for church. The boys listened and I listened and I learned a few things. The boys were better at church yesterday, well, at least Canyon was better. I am grateful for small inspirations and hope to listen better to them when they come.<span id="goog_1965005569"></span><span id="goog_1965005570"></span>The Ignorant Milk Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813289806872363281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1238000185548397272.post-11417217566934254382011-07-18T10:42:00.000-07:002011-07-18T10:42:27.203-07:0017 Years and counting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Saturday was Brett and I's 17th anniversary. We went to Stearns and rode the train. It was fun and beautiful, even if it was a little warm and humid. Here are some pictures. The river was high and muddy because of rainfall. Brett and Ethan had thought about going canoeing earlier this week. Glad they decided against it--they probably would have been washed down river in their sleep.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It has been a good seventeen years. I am looking forward to many more ahead! I love my husband!</div><br />
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