Wow! It's been forever since I've been here and posted anything.
Our garden has done pretty good. We were able to put up quite a bit of squash and green beans. Our broccoli and spinach did not do well at all. And some critter has gotten our peaches, which was loaded. Now we are down to one tiny little thing. I'm sure that it will not be around too long before it is taken too. We have been getting quite a bit of our grape tomatoes too. And have been getting some regular tomatoes too.
I've also been busy knitting. I would like to be knitting some socks, but don't have the yarn right now. I've put in an order and can't wait until it gets here. :-)
I'm also gearing up for another year of our homeschooling. We will be starting on Aug. 3rd. For our Science we will be learning about the planets, sun, space, etc. The kids decorated their notebooks that they will be keeping their stuff in. They turned out pretty cute. For History we will be learning about Pioneer times. We will start off with Lewis and Clark. I still need to get the lessons together for that and we're starting in 1 1/2 weeks, so I better get busy on that.
I'll close for now.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Where have I been???
Hi to all.
Seems like I've been MIA. In my spare time I've been knitting away at socks or looking at knitting patterns online. I'm in the process of learning a new way of knitting socks called the Magic Loop. At first it was quite frustrating, but now I'm getting the hang of it. I finished my first sock (for Sabree) using this method. I have started on the 2nd one. Sabree is so excited to have some socks I made for her. I'm going to make Jaxon some after I'm done with Sabree's. I just reread what I typed before about knitting socks. Wow, it really has been some time since I've been back to type on this blog. The sock that I was working on then was one for Tim. I have finished those and also made me a pair of socks too. I used the DPNS (double pointed needles) for both pairs. And I'm thinking about doing the toe up/magic loop method for Jaxon's socks, but not real sure on that or not. It sure goes faster when you know what you're doing.
As for our garden... we have planted some spinach and green beans so far. This next weekend we are planning to get all of the rest in. Last weekend I believe it was we had a freeze overnight. We went out and had to cover our peach trees and blueberry bushes. The peach trees are loaded with baby peaches and didn't want to lose them. We lost a few with covering them with out plastic. They look like they are doing good.
We've got about 6 weeks of school left, so we're getting excited about that. I'm already looking at next year though and getting some books.
I'll close for now. God bless.
-Yvonne
Seems like I've been MIA. In my spare time I've been knitting away at socks or looking at knitting patterns online. I'm in the process of learning a new way of knitting socks called the Magic Loop. At first it was quite frustrating, but now I'm getting the hang of it. I finished my first sock (for Sabree) using this method. I have started on the 2nd one. Sabree is so excited to have some socks I made for her. I'm going to make Jaxon some after I'm done with Sabree's. I just reread what I typed before about knitting socks. Wow, it really has been some time since I've been back to type on this blog. The sock that I was working on then was one for Tim. I have finished those and also made me a pair of socks too. I used the DPNS (double pointed needles) for both pairs. And I'm thinking about doing the toe up/magic loop method for Jaxon's socks, but not real sure on that or not. It sure goes faster when you know what you're doing.
As for our garden... we have planted some spinach and green beans so far. This next weekend we are planning to get all of the rest in. Last weekend I believe it was we had a freeze overnight. We went out and had to cover our peach trees and blueberry bushes. The peach trees are loaded with baby peaches and didn't want to lose them. We lost a few with covering them with out plastic. They look like they are doing good.
We've got about 6 weeks of school left, so we're getting excited about that. I'm already looking at next year though and getting some books.
I'll close for now. God bless.
-Yvonne
Friday, January 30, 2009
Newbie Blogger Correction
Well I already have a typo. LOL Second paragraph should have said... Although my husband "misses" the snow.
We moved from the panhandle of Texas, which usually gets a couple good snow falls during the winter.
-Yvonne
We moved from the panhandle of Texas, which usually gets a couple good snow falls during the winter.
-Yvonne
Newbie to Blogging
Hi all,
I'm new to blogging. But excited to have my own blogspot now. I never even had a diary growing up (or even now for that matter). So this is all new to me.
We are a christian family living in East Texas. We love it here... all the trees and rolling hills. It's absolutely beautiful. Although my husband missed the snow. We do occassionally get snow. We've been married for 19 yrs. now. We have 2 children ages 8 (son) and 6 (daughter). I homeschool our children. We are in our 4th year of homeschooling.
We will be planting a garden again this year. We didn't plant one last year, but we did the year before. We had so many tomatoes and spinach. We ended up canning tomatoes for the first time. Although it was time consuming it was fun. And boy, those were some good canned tomatoes that we added to different dishes. YUM!!! Here in the next few weeks we plan on getting out there and getting the garden area ready. The first part of Feb. and already getting it ready. Because we don't get those real cold winters we can plant early. When we first moved here 5 1/2 yrs. ago I couldn't believe that by the mid to end of Feb. the plants and trees were coming back to life from the winter.
I love knitting. I've been knitting for a couple of years now. I have knitted scarves, a couple children's ponchos, a pillow, and a sweater for my son. I have knitted a few socks, but either the 2nd one doesn't match or something goes wrong with the first one. So I have attempted to start on another sock. The goal I've set for myself is to conquer socks this year. I would love to learn all of the ways to knit a sock... regular one at a time on double pointed needles (DPNS), 2 at a time on 2 circular needles, 2 at a time on the Magic Loop (one set of longer circular needles), and then also to learn to knit socks from the toe up. So I've got my work cut out for me.
I also love, love, love reading books set in pioneer times.
So my blogs will be about the above... family, homeschooling, gardening, knitting, and reading. I hope you enjoy the entries and come back for more. :-) God bless you.
-Yvonne
I'm new to blogging. But excited to have my own blogspot now. I never even had a diary growing up (or even now for that matter). So this is all new to me.
We are a christian family living in East Texas. We love it here... all the trees and rolling hills. It's absolutely beautiful. Although my husband missed the snow. We do occassionally get snow. We've been married for 19 yrs. now. We have 2 children ages 8 (son) and 6 (daughter). I homeschool our children. We are in our 4th year of homeschooling.
We will be planting a garden again this year. We didn't plant one last year, but we did the year before. We had so many tomatoes and spinach. We ended up canning tomatoes for the first time. Although it was time consuming it was fun. And boy, those were some good canned tomatoes that we added to different dishes. YUM!!! Here in the next few weeks we plan on getting out there and getting the garden area ready. The first part of Feb. and already getting it ready. Because we don't get those real cold winters we can plant early. When we first moved here 5 1/2 yrs. ago I couldn't believe that by the mid to end of Feb. the plants and trees were coming back to life from the winter.
I love knitting. I've been knitting for a couple of years now. I have knitted scarves, a couple children's ponchos, a pillow, and a sweater for my son. I have knitted a few socks, but either the 2nd one doesn't match or something goes wrong with the first one. So I have attempted to start on another sock. The goal I've set for myself is to conquer socks this year. I would love to learn all of the ways to knit a sock... regular one at a time on double pointed needles (DPNS), 2 at a time on 2 circular needles, 2 at a time on the Magic Loop (one set of longer circular needles), and then also to learn to knit socks from the toe up. So I've got my work cut out for me.
I also love, love, love reading books set in pioneer times.
So my blogs will be about the above... family, homeschooling, gardening, knitting, and reading. I hope you enjoy the entries and come back for more. :-) God bless you.
-Yvonne
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