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Cavey thanks for the new siggy! It's awesome!!!!!

Peg, Wes here is my hero.. Ya need to know anything just ask her! Yak at ya soon, Dawn

Sad aint it? But the kids go back to school tomorrow and I am hoping to get back to doing things I really wanna do.. I have a quilt I have been meaning to tear apart and wash and start over on. Hey do you have directions for a homemade quilt frame? Anybody? Actually that's probably a project I will wait for winter on.

If you look on my page I posted a picture of my Singer...

Well welcome home countrymamma... I love your name! On another list I am known as farmmomma3... I hope you enjoy your time here with us.. As you can tell I am quite the talker. This is my 2nd month here and I have posted 250+ times already.. Geesh, I should take my advice and shutup and listen more often! LOL...

Come on into the Sunporch here and tell everyone about yourself.. We have lots of cyber food here so watch for it

Hey Peg!!!!!!!1 Come on in!!!

IT's A SCHOOL NIGHT HERE AT THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD!!!! I don't know about anyone else but I am really ready for summer to be over with.. I mean I know fall brings the extra chores. I have been looking over homeschool catalogs and it makes me yearn to try it again. I wouldn't do it with my son again as he is ADD. And drives me up a wall. DD is going into her first year of High School and no longer wants to do it. Lil DD is so excited that school starts tomorrow.. I have some mixed emotions about it all. Does anyone have any of the pathway readers? I'd like to get Days Go By and More Days for my little one.. Because I would like to be able to help in her reading as much as I can. I also am bidding on a book called Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. Anyone ever use it? Thanks Dawn

http://groups.msn.com/dawnsfrontporch/shoe...o&PhotoID=7 Try copying and pasting that and see if it comes up!

Ok somebody show me how to put pictures in my posts....

Well too see what the model is I will have to move my lap top off the top of it.. Just a second.... OH DOTE... Yes it's reverse.. How late last night was I up writing that? Hmmm. OK gonna look hang on....... Well the serial number is G5357553 I couldn't see any other names on it rather than Singer..

Peaceful..We put a new metal roof on last year. I love it. I like to hear it rain on it. I like the look of it. And it's supposed to last much longer than shingles. Wish I knew how to post pictures on here. I would send one of what it looks like on our house.

I was talking to you "chicken lady" LOL.... But your out of hiding now.....

Very Very Funny Homey!

Lisa!!!!! Now if I knew what all of those stood for I would be doing good!

Dang Westy! I was serious about the adoption thing!!! LOL My sewing machine is an old 1918 Singer Made in Elizabeth NJ.. It used to be a Threadle. Now it's been converted to electric. I love it.. But there is no back space on it. My MIL got a new machine this spring. So now I have her old "good" one. But I still prefer my antique! Yahoooo? Shannon where are you?????

Amber it's perfect for tomatoes! It does get the skin and seeds! Leaves you with the pulp and juice! It's great! It also has different screens you can buy seperately! It will do grapes, pumpkins, berries etc. Do a web search on them and it should tell ya all you wanna know.. I found this on them For making sauce from apples, squash, fruits and berries, nothing beats a Victorio strainer. In any survival scenario, stored vitamins and minerals are extremely important. Fruits and vegetables are the source, of course. They must be stabilized and stored for out of season use. Drying has been used for centuries, canning was invented in the 19th Century, and the reason that tools were designed was to make the work process easier and more precise. The Victorio Strainer, also called a Squeezo strainer, is a marvel. Simply boil for 20 minutes apple quarters, 2 inch chunks of squash, rhubarb chunks, etc, then run them through the strainer with the proper screen installed. The peels and small seeds are ejected out the front, and pure, even pulp comes out the side, ready for canning. Berries need only a few minutes of simmering. There are three screens available for the Victorio: small holes for berries, medium sized holes for apples and most uses, and a screen with larger holes for squash. I can't wait for apple season! I want to make applesauce with it! Let me know if you have anymore questions about it! Happy Hunting! Dawn

This series of posts had me laughing! Molasses? Do you all actually keep that stuff on hand?

Our log splitter is this huge old montrosity. It takes 20 minutes to finally get it started.. By then after pulling on that pull start for that long your pretty tired.. You know it's getting it's self warmed up and ready to start by the puff of smoke it emits.. *rolling eyes* I don't think dh used it at all last year. He mostly split it himself with a maul and wedges.. And the axe. He went out the other day and didn't have the patience to get it started.. LOL.. You should have seen my children and myself out there in the dead of winter freezing.... Trying to get this silly thing started! It was precious.. Needless to say it was nights like that the dh really didn't stand for dear! How well do those electric ones work?

Well I just got my swing ready for winter! With a new coat of paint!!! It was a black color.. And now it's the color of Honey!!!!! Tomorrow I will put on a second coat.. Now mind you..... I bought the paint to do this poor swing the first spring we moved out here. I bought it May of 2003... So almost a year and a half later I finally accomplished that goal!! One down,,,,, 13 million and one to go! And now it's out there trying to dry in the humid night air.. And guess what? It's now beginning to lightning out.. Figures! Goodnight all!

Oh Dee. I didn't mean anything towards you..... I was laughing at myself... Please don't be upset..

You mean add more to the list?? Well I don't even shampoo the carpets for spring.... You shampoo your mattresses? Need to go ahead and fill all of lamps so I can get a couple more gallons of oil.. Then I need a new mantle for my aladdin lamp.. Couple extra wicks and those are good. What do you all use to umm clean your woodstoves and fireplaces before winter? We usually wait until it's rains to start the first fire just encase. Last year we borrowed a neighbors chimney sweep.. Do you all close up any doors for winter? What about caulking windows? And putting up plastic? Ok Gotta go outside and work.. Talk to ya'll later.. Dawn

Where bouts are you from countrymamma???

Well with all the canning and stuff everyone has been doing lately it appears everyone is getting some much needed rest! Today my children and my sisters are going to go out and gather all the aluminum cans from the sheds.. I had to take the kids to town this morning to get their TD shots.. I think tonight is a cheeseburger night... Hope everyone has a peaceful day of rest or work whatever your doing. I am thinking it's time to

I'm all for the bacon and eggs, and toast with fresh strawberry jam! MMMMM