Found a Gem on the Net

A 93 year old has put many videos together showing how to cook great depression style. Click Link below...

Great Depression Cooking with Clara
Official Website

We are making progress (June 24, 2009)

Frugal Exercises

Can't figure out how to insert the video. Will have to read up on that. In the meantime here is a link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHtohJo37N8

My DS 15 made this cool barn (Feb 23, 2009)

Ds 15 made this cool barn. And I and a few of the other children painted it up.

We raise exotic animals at our farm. LOL
Plenty of room downstairs for lots of animals and tools
Had to have water to feed the animals
Ds 10 added a robin and nest

Yes that is a giant rat heading to our barn, LOL thanks to my ds 10
Lots more room upstairs for more animals and I need to get busy crocheting some hay bales!
Ds 15 still needs to make corals and fencing.
To see more of his work, check out his shop. http://www.fretworkstudio.net  (This is only a small sampling what he can make)

Finished the red checkerboard!

Just had Surgery and found this interesting... (February 17, 2010)

There are Herbs that can conflict with a surgery.  You have to stop using them up to two weeks before...
The following can increase bleeding.
Stop the following 7 days before surgery:
-Ginko Bilboa
-Garlic tablets
-Ginger
-Ginseng
-Feverfew
-Bromellan
Stop the following 2-3 weeks before surgery:
-Omega-3 (fish oil)
-Vitamin E
-Dong Quai
-Saw palmetto

the following can have serious interactions with anesthesia. They recommend you stop taking these herbs 14 days before surgery.
-Ephedura-Can cause seizure, heart attack, and stroke.
-St. John's Wort- heart failure
-Kava- Coma
-Valerian- heart failure, severe confusion
-Ginko Biloba- bleeding in brain and spinal cord
-Licorice- heart attack

Now I am not saying stop taking herbs. I am just saying it's good to be aware of these issues. If you do end up scheduling surgery Give yourself at least 2 weeks to get these herbs out of your system.

WOW I won Something!

Robynn at Fiber Fiend
She wanted suggestions on what to make with her new yarn. And I won some lovely stitch marks.
If you would like some go to her shop at Etsy.

The Checkers Game

THe blue one is felted. The red hasn't been felted yet.