Monday, June 4, 2012
And still more pics!
I think this is the last of them on my camera for now.
DH on the mower. This part of the land is really stony. He's already hit a few rocks and will need to sharpen the blades soon. Oh for you guys out there, it's a John Deere.
My Christmas cactus blooming in May. I put it outside on my porch every year for the summer. It loves the heat and humidity but has never bloomed out there.
This is my other lavender. This is what I use for my lavender jelly. If you look really closely you might see the bees. We have a lot of mason bees but not too many honey bees. That's OK we love all the pollinators ;)
Isn't this pretty! The blooms have just started on this. I will try to get a pic when all the blooms are out.
This is my frog I have in with my lavender...DH got a little carried away with the weed eater. He came in and said he took the eyes off my frog. We have a little toad that lives in our backyard and I thought he meant that he had hurt the toad. I was very upset but then when he showed it to me I just laughed. The frog is just a decoration, the toad on the other hand eats the bugs. I love my toad but only like my frog. Guess Mr. Froggy is going to have to visit the garbage can...LOL. (Oh and I don't know what happened to his eyes, I couldn't find them. Maybe the weed eater pulverized them)
Here are my sunflowers. These are the first ones that I have had that are short and stocky. I didn't plant them. These are from the sunflower seeds that the chicks didn't eat. We had about six come up. These ones here and three in the chicken pasture. Needless to say the ones in the chick area did not make it. They ate them down to nubs. When these get big enough and start to dry out in the fall, we'll put the seeds into the chicken feed. I might scatter a few in with the oats DH grows. Amazing he didn't mow these down LOL.
These are our blueberries. They are starting to come off now and I am overloaded with them. Whatever we don't eat fresh will be frozen to be canned later. The branches are so loaded with berries they are hanging on the ground. I pick them every day.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
More pics
More pics - I'm on a roll now...
This is our new land. That's my DH out there on the new riding lawn mower. My official job when he's mowing is picking up sticks and branches and watching him. It's a tough job but I think I'm highly qualified for it LOL. Really if he got hurt my job is to take him to the ER. The land has about three acres cleared and the rest is woods. On the left side of the pic is the woods and then there is a big gully. It might have been a stream at one point back in the past but not now. When we first looked at the land you could walk down to the gully and back up but not now. Those trees and underbrush are thick!
Finally here is a pic of the dried beans I canned. Very easy to do and wonderful that when you want to make something with the beans they are already done so no soaking! Gotta love that. These are black beans. They lighten up when you can them. I've done kidney beans, black eyed beans, Anasazi beans and northern beans now. I'm all beaned out!
Friday, June 1, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
I won!
I forgot to say that I won! Yes I won a beautiful apron and tea towel from http://lemonlanecottage.blogspot.com/ Can't wait to get it and use it! Thanks Patty!
If you go to her site look at May 24th post. There is a pic of it. Ain't it purdy!
If you go to her site look at May 24th post. There is a pic of it. Ain't it purdy!
Pics
Just thought you might like some random photos since I haven't posted any lately:
DH with Lucy. I think they have something going on out there in the chicken coop she gets so much attention ;)
My early lavender. Don't know what kind it is but I brought it with me from PA and it's doing really well down here in AL. It gets really big heads on it, it blooms in April and the bees love it. (yes most of these pics are from Feb-March) So sad I'm so slow on posting pics really it is.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Lies You've Been Told...
The Lies You've Been Told...
Exposure to genetically modified foods and companion pesticides has been linked to a number of health risks including infertility, neurological disorders, birth defects and cancer. Yet despite all the evidence, the collusion between industry and our political leadership and various regulatory agencies has created a system in which industry interests win at every turn. Until or unless enough Americans recognize this, and not only demand change, but also actually change their own habits, the system will continue unabated.
The first challenge is to realize that you've been lied to. The entire model of genetically engineered crops as a not only viable but preferable food source is based on a series of lies and misconceptions that have enriched a select few at the expense of everyone else. These myths include:
- Genetically engineered foods are equivalent to conventional foods.This is simply not true, as no conventional food in the history of mankind has ever been able to splice bacteria, viruses or genetic material from unrelated species into itself. For thousands of years, farmers have selected and saved the best seeds, which has led to improved varieties. But never have they been able to cross a plant with an animal, for example. Nature does not allow this sort of trans-genetic transfer.
Gene splicing is an imprecise and unpredictable science, and the potential hazards are enormous. The primary motive behind genetically engineered crops is the ability to patent it and claim ownership of it in perpetuity. And the concept of patenting crops and other foods tells you the truth about whether or not they're really equivalent to conventional foods—you cannot get a patent on something that is too similar to something already in existence.- Genetically engineered crops were created for an altruistic purpose; to save a starving world from hunger by increasing yield.Even the statistics from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) demonstrate that this is a promise that cannot be fulfilled. Genetically engineered crops do not produce higher yields. In fact, numerous studies have shown that their yield is lower than that of conventional or organic yields. There are literally hundreds of studies in the developing world demonstrating that organic farming, specifically, outproduces chemical farming and genetically engineered crops by a factor of anywhere between 10-100 to 1.
Genetically engineering food crops is but a tactic to starve the world into submission. And, it guarantees outrageous profits for perpetuity as farmers world-wide must depend on giant transnational corporations in order to eat, and there's nothing altruistic about that.- Genetically engineered foods are more nutritious.No patented GE crop has ever made the commercial claim to be more nutritious, so this idea was popularized without any factual support whatsoever. Agricultural scientist are, however, warning that genetically engineered crops are nutritionally inferior to both organics and conventionally-grown crops.
Read the rest of the article here:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/22/gmo-on-treatment-of-human-disease.aspx?e_cid=20120522_DNL_art_1
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Kay's Career Cake
This is a recipe from the Snyder Family Cookbook
Kay's Career Cake:
1 pkg cake mix
Follow directions on box.
My cousin Kay is not the best cook in the world but she makes a mean tomato soup (from the can) and toasted cheese sandwich.
Kay's Career Cake:
1 pkg cake mix
Follow directions on box.
My cousin Kay is not the best cook in the world but she makes a mean tomato soup (from the can) and toasted cheese sandwich.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Sloppy Joe Recipe
This is a sloppy Joe recipe that my cousin, Kim put in the Snyder recipe book:
1 lb. hamburger
3 Tbsp brown sugar
1 cup finely chopped celery
1 medium onion
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 cup ketchup or 1 can tomato sauce
Fry hamburger and drain. Add celery and onion. Add rest and simmer.
I have also made this without the meat. It tastes great so if you are a vegetarian give this recipe a try without the hamburger. You can also substitute spaghetti sauce for the ketchup or even use diced tomatoes. Simmer down until it is the consistency that you like for your sloppy joes.
1 lb. hamburger
3 Tbsp brown sugar
1 cup finely chopped celery
1 medium onion
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 cup ketchup or 1 can tomato sauce
Fry hamburger and drain. Add celery and onion. Add rest and simmer.
I have also made this without the meat. It tastes great so if you are a vegetarian give this recipe a try without the hamburger. You can also substitute spaghetti sauce for the ketchup or even use diced tomatoes. Simmer down until it is the consistency that you like for your sloppy joes.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
My mom's barbecue sauce recipe
Thought you might enjoy this one. It's great for family reunions or any family gathering.
Barbecue Sauce for Spare Ribs
1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 Tbsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp chili powder
1 tsp dry mustard
1/8 tsp pepper
1/2 cup water
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1 cup tomato juice or spaghetti sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
Simmer sauce 15 minutes or til slightly thickened. Pour over spare ribs which have been salted and peppered and placed in crock pot. Place chopped onions on top of ribs. Start crock pot on high for 1-2 hours and then reduce to low for 5-6 hours.
Barbecue Sauce for Spare Ribs
1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 Tbsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp chili powder
1 tsp dry mustard
1/8 tsp pepper
1/2 cup water
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1 cup tomato juice or spaghetti sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
Simmer sauce 15 minutes or til slightly thickened. Pour over spare ribs which have been salted and peppered and placed in crock pot. Place chopped onions on top of ribs. Start crock pot on high for 1-2 hours and then reduce to low for 5-6 hours.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Colorful Quinoa Salad
I made this yesterday and we LOOOOOOOVVVVVVVE it! DH said we could have had just this and nothing else and it would have made a meal. He's right. Here is the recipe:
1 cup of quinoa cooked (see below on how to cook)
1/2 cup green pepper diced (you can use red pepper as well)
1 small sweet onion diced
2 carrots shredded
1 can of black beans drained and rinsed
1 can of corn drained
Dressing:
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
2 Tbsp sugar
1 T garlic minced
3 drops Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground ginger
Mix together the sauce and add to the other ingredients. Yum!
To cook quinoa - Add 1 cup of quinoa to 1 1/2 cups of water in saucepan. Heat to boiling, turn down heat and cover simmering for 15 more minutes or until the water is mostly gone. Take off burner and let sit for another 5 minutes. Uncover and fluff with fork.
If you don't have quinoa, you can use couscous for the above recipe or even barley. It has an Italian flavor with some Indian spice mixed in. Let me know how you liked it.
1 cup of quinoa cooked (see below on how to cook)
1/2 cup green pepper diced (you can use red pepper as well)
1 small sweet onion diced
2 carrots shredded
1 can of black beans drained and rinsed
1 can of corn drained
Dressing:
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
2 Tbsp sugar
1 T garlic minced
3 drops Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground ginger
Mix together the sauce and add to the other ingredients. Yum!
To cook quinoa - Add 1 cup of quinoa to 1 1/2 cups of water in saucepan. Heat to boiling, turn down heat and cover simmering for 15 more minutes or until the water is mostly gone. Take off burner and let sit for another 5 minutes. Uncover and fluff with fork.
If you don't have quinoa, you can use couscous for the above recipe or even barley. It has an Italian flavor with some Indian spice mixed in. Let me know how you liked it.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Ok not good...
when your printer will not grab the paper to feed it through...It has officially bit the dust LOL. So today I ordered another one off Staples.com. I had a coupon what can I say? ;) They were going to deliver it on Monday but DH has a doctor's appointment in the afternoon so I called their customer service to see if I could reschedule it for another day next week. Boy was the rep nice! She had the delivery day changed in a couple of minutes and so friendly. All customer service should be this way. I had ordered some supplies from them last week (I was out of paper...umm yeah right like that's a problem now) and it was delivered by the local Staples store instead of coming from a warehouse in another state. Very good idea. They delivered it the next day too. I think customer service is the deal breaker for me with some stores. You have people who do not want to be there working for you, you NEED TO GET RID OF THEM! Honestly there are a lot of good people out there who really want to work and are willing to go the extra mile and they hire nasty people who would rather be texting than waiting on customers, I don't get it.
Anyway I got a HP 8600. Anybody out there have any comments on this printer all-in-one? It looked like a good one. I have always had Lexmarks but the toner on them is sooooo overpriced. I liked the fact that HP toner is pretty reasonable so if you have any comments please leave them and not just about printers OK? I really like hearing from all of you. If you're a lurker, come out of the closet :)
I really would like to know what you enjoy or dislike about my blog and if you have any questions you think I might have answers for, ask away! Do you like the scrapbooking things I was putting on here? I know I have been pretty lapse about putting them up but if no one likes scrapbooking then I will stop putting them up or maybe I should put them on a different page? What do you think?
Waiting to hear from all of you
Denise
Anyway I got a HP 8600. Anybody out there have any comments on this printer all-in-one? It looked like a good one. I have always had Lexmarks but the toner on them is sooooo overpriced. I liked the fact that HP toner is pretty reasonable so if you have any comments please leave them and not just about printers OK? I really like hearing from all of you. If you're a lurker, come out of the closet :)
I really would like to know what you enjoy or dislike about my blog and if you have any questions you think I might have answers for, ask away! Do you like the scrapbooking things I was putting on here? I know I have been pretty lapse about putting them up but if no one likes scrapbooking then I will stop putting them up or maybe I should put them on a different page? What do you think?
Waiting to hear from all of you
Denise
Friday, April 20, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Wow whata week...
Last week I...
Went to the dentist to get out some metal fillings and have them replaced with non metal fillings.
Signed the papers for the new piece of property in TN.
Took my hubby to the doctor and then to the emergency room and then he had to be admitted to the hospital.
Picked up hubby from the hospital yesterday.
Repotted all the houseplants today and potted up the tomatoes and peppers in bigger pots.
In between all of that, I cleaned the house, washed dishes and did laundry not to mention cleaned up after my old cat who is on his last legs. He is dribbling and peeing when he sleeps and so he has been barred from the bedroom and we even gave him a bath last week but looks like we will have to do another bath soon. I think he has cancer, he smells so bad but his pee actually doesn't. He's alert and still eating and drinking although he is dragging his foot some and is kind of dizzy sometimes, poor old thing. He doesn't seem to be hurting though or in any kind of pain. It's a wait and see thing I guess.
If I am repeating myself on some of this, sorry but I'm kind of worn out....hoping this week is better.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Went to the dentist to get out some metal fillings and have them replaced with non metal fillings.
Signed the papers for the new piece of property in TN.
Took my hubby to the doctor and then to the emergency room and then he had to be admitted to the hospital.
Picked up hubby from the hospital yesterday.
Repotted all the houseplants today and potted up the tomatoes and peppers in bigger pots.
In between all of that, I cleaned the house, washed dishes and did laundry not to mention cleaned up after my old cat who is on his last legs. He is dribbling and peeing when he sleeps and so he has been barred from the bedroom and we even gave him a bath last week but looks like we will have to do another bath soon. I think he has cancer, he smells so bad but his pee actually doesn't. He's alert and still eating and drinking although he is dragging his foot some and is kind of dizzy sometimes, poor old thing. He doesn't seem to be hurting though or in any kind of pain. It's a wait and see thing I guess.
If I am repeating myself on some of this, sorry but I'm kind of worn out....hoping this week is better.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Scrapbooking catch up time!
Yes I know I'm really late and behind with these but here are some freebies for you! First off some bookmarks:

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_3

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_2
Then a gift bag. I'll post another this Friday.

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_2
Yay all done! At least until Friday :)

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_3

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_2
Then a gift bag. I'll post another this Friday.

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_2
Yay all done! At least until Friday :)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Been away from the blog for a while...
To update everyone on how much I've been doing...and how exciting my life is...
The chickens are laying again...a lot. I have several dozen eggs in the fridge. We eat eggs almost every day for breakfast and I even made some egg salad the other day for lunch. I really don't want to eat them for supper too, really I don't.
We planted cabbages, peas, lettuce, basil, potatoes in the garden. I guess too early cause guess what, we're getting a freeze tonight and tomorrow night...hmmm hope we don't lose the blueberries and grapes. I wanted to cover them tonight but hubby said they should be OK since it's a light freeze so he can't blame me if they freeze and all the berries drop off.
Dad and mom called yesterday to let me know that they had to rush to the hospital cause mom was having chest pains at 1 a.m. Turns out she has a hiatal hernia and not having a heart attack.
We close on some new property we are buying tomorrow. 5 acres of land in Tennessee! No house on it but we are planning on building one or getting a trailer (I don't like trailers, been there, done that and don't want to do it again :) Hubby was thinking we might just build a pole building and then do the inside like we want but he wants to have a garage door...what? Anyway he says then it will be easier to move in the furniture and appliances. Guess you can't argue with that logic huh?
My brother is moving to New York. Dad and mom finally got him on the phone, hadn't heard from him for over two weeks. I had left a message a couple of days after he had called me drunk. He's an alcoholic and fell off the wagon again. Glad he's OK. Wish he would get his act together.
Our geriatric cat is on his last legs I'm afraid. He's dragging his back leg and peed on our bed the other day. I couldn't yell at him or anything, he's so old. If he gets any worse, we'll probably have to take him to be put to sleep. As long as he's eating and drinking, we'll keep him and love on him as long as possible. Had to give him a bath tonight though he stunk so bad (all the peeing I think). He's good about going to the litter box usually though. I have shut him out of the bedroom. I had the devil of a time getting the top pillow top clean (we have an air bed) and the top zips off. It is so bulky and barely fits in the washer. I put it outside to dry.
Hubby has been sick but won't go to the doctor until after we sign the papers for the land. I'm calling the doc to make an appointment when he's outside tomorrow...sneaky huh?
I got one cross stitched picture done. I need to take some pics of it. It's a fruit label and I'm making quite a few others to go with it. I think I will make a quilted hanging out of them. I'm still working on several sweaters and a pair of socks as well. I get bored with one project and go to another one.
Well that's all I can think of for now. Hope you had a very nice Easter!
Denise
The chickens are laying again...a lot. I have several dozen eggs in the fridge. We eat eggs almost every day for breakfast and I even made some egg salad the other day for lunch. I really don't want to eat them for supper too, really I don't.
We planted cabbages, peas, lettuce, basil, potatoes in the garden. I guess too early cause guess what, we're getting a freeze tonight and tomorrow night...hmmm hope we don't lose the blueberries and grapes. I wanted to cover them tonight but hubby said they should be OK since it's a light freeze so he can't blame me if they freeze and all the berries drop off.
Dad and mom called yesterday to let me know that they had to rush to the hospital cause mom was having chest pains at 1 a.m. Turns out she has a hiatal hernia and not having a heart attack.
We close on some new property we are buying tomorrow. 5 acres of land in Tennessee! No house on it but we are planning on building one or getting a trailer (I don't like trailers, been there, done that and don't want to do it again :) Hubby was thinking we might just build a pole building and then do the inside like we want but he wants to have a garage door...what? Anyway he says then it will be easier to move in the furniture and appliances. Guess you can't argue with that logic huh?
My brother is moving to New York. Dad and mom finally got him on the phone, hadn't heard from him for over two weeks. I had left a message a couple of days after he had called me drunk. He's an alcoholic and fell off the wagon again. Glad he's OK. Wish he would get his act together.
Our geriatric cat is on his last legs I'm afraid. He's dragging his back leg and peed on our bed the other day. I couldn't yell at him or anything, he's so old. If he gets any worse, we'll probably have to take him to be put to sleep. As long as he's eating and drinking, we'll keep him and love on him as long as possible. Had to give him a bath tonight though he stunk so bad (all the peeing I think). He's good about going to the litter box usually though. I have shut him out of the bedroom. I had the devil of a time getting the top pillow top clean (we have an air bed) and the top zips off. It is so bulky and barely fits in the washer. I put it outside to dry.
Hubby has been sick but won't go to the doctor until after we sign the papers for the land. I'm calling the doc to make an appointment when he's outside tomorrow...sneaky huh?
I got one cross stitched picture done. I need to take some pics of it. It's a fruit label and I'm making quite a few others to go with it. I think I will make a quilted hanging out of them. I'm still working on several sweaters and a pair of socks as well. I get bored with one project and go to another one.
Well that's all I can think of for now. Hope you had a very nice Easter!
Denise
Friday, March 30, 2012
Blog Giveaway!
Nope, not mine but Texan's got one going on right now. Go the below address and enter to win. Good luck!
http://texan.blogspot.com/2012/03/giveaway-from-my-etsy-shop-and-triplets.html
http://texan.blogspot.com/2012/03/giveaway-from-my-etsy-shop-and-triplets.html
Friday, March 23, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_2
Another set of candy wrappers to use for any special occasion. Be sure to check out the last Scrapbooking Freebie post for a different set of candy wrappers.
Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Please note that all of these are .png files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software. The elements and QuickPages are.png and the papers are .jpg format. Play around with it ...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount: STMMMS94069
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_1
These are for making candy wrappers. Just design and then wrap around a candy bar for any occasion, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Birth announcement, birthday. Lots of different occasions you can use these for even weddings (use as a favor by each place setting) Just type in the names and dates, couldnt be easier.
Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Please note that all of these are .png files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software. The elements and QuickPages are.png and the papers are .jpg format. Play around with it ...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount: STMMMS94069
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Over the hump day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bow1hgjBgU8
Wish I could play like him...
This is a pretty good video! Enjoy.
Wish I could play like him...
This is a pretty good video! Enjoy.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Quilting Problems
http://blog.craftsy.com/2012/03/advice-from-the-experts-quilting-sewing-trouble/
Check out the above Craftsy blog for some great answers to some of the most common quilting problems. If you havent checked out Craftsy's classes, you should. I have signed up for a few and they never expire and are very informative. They are in video format with pdf's you can print out. They have classes on quilting, sewing, gardening, jewelry making, weaving, etc. I really like them and hope you check them out and find something you want to learn. If you sign up for their emails, they send out 1/2 price class lists every so often. I'm all for 1/2 price LOL ;). Here is their site: http://www.craftsy.com/
I received no compensation from the above recommendation... just thought you might be interested.
Check out the above Craftsy blog for some great answers to some of the most common quilting problems. If you havent checked out Craftsy's classes, you should. I have signed up for a few and they never expire and are very informative. They are in video format with pdf's you can print out. They have classes on quilting, sewing, gardening, jewelry making, weaving, etc. I really like them and hope you check them out and find something you want to learn. If you sign up for their emails, they send out 1/2 price class lists every so often. I'm all for 1/2 price LOL ;). Here is their site: http://www.craftsy.com/
I received no compensation from the above recommendation... just thought you might be interested.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday - Late sorry! (really, really late)

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_3

http://mymemories.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2db59f577e9668b002ca5c0af&id=8cac320d4c&e=aaa5ac808b
Ok, Ok I know I'm really late with this one so I included both on one post, one for last week and one for this past Friday. Beat me with a wet noodle ;)
Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Please note that all of these are .png files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software. The elements and QuickPages are.png and the papers are .jpg format. These Quick Pages will not autoinstall into the software itself, but are used by adding to your project as you would a photo, and then layering your photo behind the open box. Play around with it ...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount: STMMMS94069
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
I felt like Dorothy...
Well not quite but almost. The tornadoes tore through here on Friday. They do sound like freight trains or jet planes ask me how I know. Yep it came close just down the road about a mile in fact. They didnt declare it a federal disaster area so all those folks will not be getting help from the government to rebuild. The official numbers for the tornadoes were F1 to F2. Not as bad as April and it seemed to jump over fields and go right into the rural areas. I had to go to therapy again today and the roads were open when I left but coming back I had to detour around some roads as they were taking down trees and loading them on trucks. Just down the road several cement telephone poles were laying down. The winds just ripped them down. We lost electric for about 10 hours but that is nothing like losing your entire house. Several schools were damaged and we lost an entire restaurant down the main highway. It's just gone, poof like it was never there. Mother Nature is really having a bad year this year. This is early for tornadoes and the most in one day that we have ever had since we moved here. Guess what? There's another batch of storms rolling in on this Friday. I think I need to make a nice little place in the closet again ;)
Hope everyone stays safe this year!
Hope everyone stays safe this year!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Making something new for dinner...
Last night I decided I was sooooo boooorrrred with everything we had been eating that I would make something different for dinner so here is what I made:
I sauted onions and peppers in a bit of coconut oil until soft, added one pound of ground beef and cooked it until done. I added a little cumen, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Then I had these frozen wrappers I got at the grocery store. They said that they were for empada? sorry I didnt write down the word but basically Mexican beef turnovers. I had thawed them out and put a little bit of the beef mixture in each one and hubby folded them over and used a fork to press together the edges. He also poked a hole in the top of them to keep them from exploding in the oven. I put them in a baking dish and put a little olive oil over top of them and popped them into the oven. Baked them at 350 for about half an hour.
Of course after we had them in the oven hubby mentioned that I had forgotten the cheese...grrr. Hate when I leave out an ingredient but anyway we just put that on top of the hot turnovers and they were wonderful. I will definitely be making these again with other ingredients. We ate all 10 without any leftovers. They would be great for a take to work lunch that you can eat with your fingers. I can see them with mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese and Italian seasonings or even bacon, eggs and peppers for a breakfast. And the wrappers only had a few ingredients: flour, eggs and water. We might even try to make our own wrappers with whole wheat the next time. Just have to use our dough roller to get it thin enough and use a small plate to get the size right.
Hubby decided that he wanted to make bread yesterday so I let him LOL. Actually he did the initial dough and let it rise and I punched it down and put it in the bread pan. The recipe was for two loaves so I used the rest of the dough to make a pizza and some cinnamon rolls (very tiny ones ;) My mind was not really in the cooking mood yesterday not only did I forget the cheese in the turnovers but I forgot that you have to bake the pizza crust for 10 or so minutes before you put on the toppings. Needless to say by the time the crust was done the cheese was a little brown...Ok, Ok it was burnt but it tasted good. And hubby finished it off so it must not have been so bad right?
One thing about whole wheat it really fills you up. I even made two more loaves of bread and have decided that the recipe is wrong. It doesnt make two loaves of bread (unless you like very small loaves) so the next time I make this recipe it will all go in one loaf pan and maybe we'll be able to actually have slices you can use for sandwiches instead of for bruschetta. The loaves taste good just kinda flat. Told hubby we could slice them the other way and make hoagies out of them but we dont eat hoagies anymore because of the processed meats (I cant eat them and he shouldnt). He said he would just have short sandwiches (funny guy) and if there are any leftovers I know some little feathered friends that live outside that loooove bread so it wont go to waste. I also got to use my dough bowl again and this time the dough didnt stick. Guess I finally got enough oil on the sucker. I think I used a whole bottle of olive oil on it. It just kept drinking it up. If you dont have a dough bowl I highly recommend it. It keeps the dough warm so it rises better.
Hubby found out how much the girls love bread the other day. He took out a couple of slices torn apart of course and they mobbed him LOL. They do that to me anytime I go out with my little yellow bowl. They love bread, greens and grapes. They go crazy for grapes. I dont give them many of them cause I dont want them to get sick and have the runs if you know what I mean.
So yesterday was a baking day and we just took it easy the rest of the day. Back to work today for hubby and I'm working too so I can take off some time on Tuesday. We are looking for some small acreage with a house to start our farm. We've picked out three to look at on Tuesday. Hope we find something soon before the gas rises up any more.
Wish us luck!
Talk to ya later,
Denise
I sauted onions and peppers in a bit of coconut oil until soft, added one pound of ground beef and cooked it until done. I added a little cumen, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Then I had these frozen wrappers I got at the grocery store. They said that they were for empada? sorry I didnt write down the word but basically Mexican beef turnovers. I had thawed them out and put a little bit of the beef mixture in each one and hubby folded them over and used a fork to press together the edges. He also poked a hole in the top of them to keep them from exploding in the oven. I put them in a baking dish and put a little olive oil over top of them and popped them into the oven. Baked them at 350 for about half an hour.
Of course after we had them in the oven hubby mentioned that I had forgotten the cheese...grrr. Hate when I leave out an ingredient but anyway we just put that on top of the hot turnovers and they were wonderful. I will definitely be making these again with other ingredients. We ate all 10 without any leftovers. They would be great for a take to work lunch that you can eat with your fingers. I can see them with mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese and Italian seasonings or even bacon, eggs and peppers for a breakfast. And the wrappers only had a few ingredients: flour, eggs and water. We might even try to make our own wrappers with whole wheat the next time. Just have to use our dough roller to get it thin enough and use a small plate to get the size right.
Hubby decided that he wanted to make bread yesterday so I let him LOL. Actually he did the initial dough and let it rise and I punched it down and put it in the bread pan. The recipe was for two loaves so I used the rest of the dough to make a pizza and some cinnamon rolls (very tiny ones ;) My mind was not really in the cooking mood yesterday not only did I forget the cheese in the turnovers but I forgot that you have to bake the pizza crust for 10 or so minutes before you put on the toppings. Needless to say by the time the crust was done the cheese was a little brown...Ok, Ok it was burnt but it tasted good. And hubby finished it off so it must not have been so bad right?
One thing about whole wheat it really fills you up. I even made two more loaves of bread and have decided that the recipe is wrong. It doesnt make two loaves of bread (unless you like very small loaves) so the next time I make this recipe it will all go in one loaf pan and maybe we'll be able to actually have slices you can use for sandwiches instead of for bruschetta. The loaves taste good just kinda flat. Told hubby we could slice them the other way and make hoagies out of them but we dont eat hoagies anymore because of the processed meats (I cant eat them and he shouldnt). He said he would just have short sandwiches (funny guy) and if there are any leftovers I know some little feathered friends that live outside that loooove bread so it wont go to waste. I also got to use my dough bowl again and this time the dough didnt stick. Guess I finally got enough oil on the sucker. I think I used a whole bottle of olive oil on it. It just kept drinking it up. If you dont have a dough bowl I highly recommend it. It keeps the dough warm so it rises better.
Hubby found out how much the girls love bread the other day. He took out a couple of slices torn apart of course and they mobbed him LOL. They do that to me anytime I go out with my little yellow bowl. They love bread, greens and grapes. They go crazy for grapes. I dont give them many of them cause I dont want them to get sick and have the runs if you know what I mean.
So yesterday was a baking day and we just took it easy the rest of the day. Back to work today for hubby and I'm working too so I can take off some time on Tuesday. We are looking for some small acreage with a house to start our farm. We've picked out three to look at on Tuesday. Hope we find something soon before the gas rises up any more.
Wish us luck!
Talk to ya later,
Denise
FDA to regulate stem cells
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is attempting to regulate stem cell procedures at a Colorado clinic, stating that stem cells are “drugs” that fall under FDA jurisdiction
The FDA is making this claim even though the stem cells being used in the procedure come from the patient’s own body, which means they are essentially claiming that they can regulate a part of your body
In court documents, the FDA also stated that the procedure would adversely affect the market for out-of-state drugs that are approved by FDA
The FDA has a sordid history of attacking natural products and procedures that threaten to interfere with big business; knowledge is power -- the more you know the better you’ll be able to make informed health care decisions
Read more here:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/25/fda-states-stem-cells-are-body-regulator.aspx?e_cid=20120225_DNL_art_3
The FDA is making this claim even though the stem cells being used in the procedure come from the patient’s own body, which means they are essentially claiming that they can regulate a part of your body
In court documents, the FDA also stated that the procedure would adversely affect the market for out-of-state drugs that are approved by FDA
The FDA has a sordid history of attacking natural products and procedures that threaten to interfere with big business; knowledge is power -- the more you know the better you’ll be able to make informed health care decisions
Read more here:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/25/fda-states-stem-cells-are-body-regulator.aspx?e_cid=20120225_DNL_art_3
Friday, February 24, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday

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Every Friday I'll be posting a free scrapbooking kit you can use. Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Please note that all of these are .png files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software. The elements and QuickPages are.png and the papers are .jpg format. These Quick Pages will not autoinstall into the software itself, but are used by adding to your project as you would a photo, and then layering your photo behind the open box. Play around with it and come back here and show and tell...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my readers/friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount: STMMMS94069
TIP: Create smaller projects or add elements to a larger layout! These are 4" x 6" Photocards. Use them to create photos for printing, create postcards, or add to a larger layout and use as a photomat!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
A little wind with your walk...
Hubby and I got a really big laugh the other day when it was so windy. I went to leave the cats outside and the only one that really wanted to go out was Penny. I opened the door (keeping a firm grip on it) and she started out. The wind hit her and she crouched down belly walking with her ears laid back like that was going to help LOL. Doesnt take much to amuse us ;)
If it's really windy and our old cat goes out not only does he lay his ears back but the wind almost knocks him down, poor old thing. Not much to him but skin and bones. He still eats and drinks but he's not gaining any weight. And he cant hear as well so no matter how much you tell him something he just doesnt pay attention (I think all the parents with kids could relate to this LOL).
It's really windy again today so I'll have to watch when I take the chickens their treat. Dont want all of it to blow away. Chickens dont seem to be bothered by the wind. It just ruffles their feathers. I cant believe it is up to 75 today. Strange, strange weather. Yesterday we had storm warnings out and there was a storm with some slight rotation with 70 mph winds. Hope that didnt do anyone any damage.
I'll try to take some pics here so you can see how our little plantlets are doing and I have gotten some projects done as well and want to show those to you too.
If it's really windy and our old cat goes out not only does he lay his ears back but the wind almost knocks him down, poor old thing. Not much to him but skin and bones. He still eats and drinks but he's not gaining any weight. And he cant hear as well so no matter how much you tell him something he just doesnt pay attention (I think all the parents with kids could relate to this LOL).
It's really windy again today so I'll have to watch when I take the chickens their treat. Dont want all of it to blow away. Chickens dont seem to be bothered by the wind. It just ruffles their feathers. I cant believe it is up to 75 today. Strange, strange weather. Yesterday we had storm warnings out and there was a storm with some slight rotation with 70 mph winds. Hope that didnt do anyone any damage.
I'll try to take some pics here so you can see how our little plantlets are doing and I have gotten some projects done as well and want to show those to you too.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Canned goods done
Monday, February 20, 2012
Making lard
Picture of the lard I made a couple of months ago. If you have never made lard it is very easy. The only hard part is finding the fat to make it. When we ordered our 1/2 of a beef I also ordered 5 lbs of pig fat. It wasnt very expensive at all and actually the bag was heavier than 5 lbs. To make the lard all I did was put it in a pot on the stove and melt it down. My pan wasnt very big so as it melted I added more and when I got about 2 inches of fat on the bottom I just poured it in the canning jar. I used a funnel so I wouldnt drip any on my stove. The little bits of meat and gristle ends up on the bottom of your pan. I threw them away but some people like to eat them. I ended up with what you see above about 1 3/4 quarts of lard.
Cant beat biscuits made with lard!
Some people really dont like the smell of the melting fat but the fat I had did not smell. The pigs were pasture raised so that might have made a difference. Would I do this again? Yep sure would. Have I convinced you it's easy? Hope so because it was.


Cant beat biscuits made with lard!
Some people really dont like the smell of the melting fat but the fat I had did not smell. The pigs were pasture raised so that might have made a difference. Would I do this again? Yep sure would. Have I convinced you it's easy? Hope so because it was.



Friday, February 17, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday

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Every Friday I'll be posting a free scrapbooking kit you can use. Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Please note that all of these are .png files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software. The elements and QuickPages are.png and the papers are .jpg format. These Quick Pages will not autoinstall into the software itself, but are used by adding to your project as you would a photo, and then layering your photo behind the open box. Play around with it and come back here and show and tell...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my readers/friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount: STMMMS94069
TIP: Create smaller projects or add elements to a larger layout! These are 4" x 6" Photocards. Use them to create photos for printing, create postcards, or add to a larger layout and use as a photomat!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
I'm awake, really
Another bad night of insomnia. After I laid there until 2:30 in the morning and still not gotten to sleep, I got up and turned on the computer and started working. Worked up until about 10:30 and then I thought I was going to pass out I was so tired. Laid down and fell asleep. Next thing I know hubby is waking me up saying he went to the store and got lunch for us both. It was 1:30. I got up and ate and boy was that good. He's a sweetheart and I think I'll keep him :) I'm starting to drag again but I am staying up until at least 8 or 9 and then going to bed. Please let me sleep through the night tonight...
Monday, February 13, 2012
It got a little cold...
we lost electric for two hours. Just four of the houses on our street...weird. But they had to turn off the whole neighborhood in order to fix the problem so no lights anywhere. It's really strange but whenever the lights go out here it gets really, really quiet. Kinda nice actually. We had our lamps and fireplace ready though. DH said we were the only ones with lamps on. We only have those little fake logs to use so it doesnt get really warm in here but the fire makes you feel warmer I think. Gotta love looking at the fire.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
More on store bought lettuce
Jane over at Hardwork Homestead had an interesting post on her chickens not eating leftover lettuce. Check it out for yourself:
http://hardworkhomestead.blogspot.com/2012/02/now-for-something-really-scary.html
And check out the comments she has gotten too.
http://hardworkhomestead.blogspot.com/2012/02/now-for-something-really-scary.html
And check out the comments she has gotten too.
RIP Karen

Friday, February 10, 2012
I wondered what was up...
when I heard on the news about the birth control thing requiring insurance companies to give out free birth control. Now Obama is backpedaling cause he's got the Churches upset...hmmm.
On the latest video I saw he was saying that this policy wasnt supposed to come out until next year but he told them to do it in a week but this wasnt politcal yea right...seems there's an election coming up wonder why he thinks we might think it is political...hmmm.
Anywho - here is an article by the New American that I found on Article 21 put out by the UN last October. I found it very interesting, I think you will too. Now I dont normally think there are any conspiracies going on but this one, well read it for yourself and see what you think.
According to the United Nations, the earth’s population will reach seven billion by October 31. For the world body, however, that is not something to celebrate. In fact, the UN Population Fund is focused on ways to decrease the world’s population, and has selected October 31, “7 Billion Day,” as a day to raise awareness about “sustainable development.”
The United Nations has openly proclaimed that the world’s increasing population is a cause for concern. Likewise, the UN has advocated for its Agenda 21 program that seeks to bring about “sustainable development.”
On February 10, The New American’s William Jasper wrote of Agenda 21:
The UN’s Agenda 21 is definitely comprehensive and global — breathtakingly so. Agenda 21 proposes a global regime that will monitor, oversee, and strictly regulate our planet’s oceans, lakes, streams, rivers, aquifers, sea beds, coastlands, wetlands, forests, jungles, grasslands, farmland, deserts, tundra, and mountains. It even has a whole section on regulating and “protecting” the atmosphere. It proposes plans for cities, towns, suburbs, villages, and rural areas. It envisions a global scheme for healthcare, education, nutrition, agriculture, labor, production, and consumption — in short, everything; there is nothing on, in, over, or under the Earth that doesn’t fall within the purview of some part of Agenda 21.
Agenda 21 is yet another means to achieve ultimate control. Additionally, as noted by LewRockwell.com, a key component of Agenda 21’s sustainable development is population control, since Agenda 21 seeks to achieve reduced consumption, social equity and the preservation and restoration of biodiversity. Proponents of Agenda 21 and sustainable development believe every societal decision should be based on environmental impact, including land use, education, and population control.
A United Nations resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly specifically designed to implement Agenda 21 reads:
….population growth rates have been declining globally, largely as a result of expanded basic education and health care. That trend is projected to lead to a stable world population in the middle of the twenty-first century… The current decline in population growth rates must be further promoted through national and international policies that promote economic development, social development, environmental protection, and poverty eradication, particularly the further expansion of basic education, with full and equal access for girls and women, and health care, including reproductive health care, including both family planning and sexual health, consistent with the report of the International Conference on Population and Development.
Likewise, the March 2009 U.N. Population Division Policy brief began with the statement, “What would it take to accelerate fertility decline in the least developed countries?”
The same theme was prevalent in the 2009 World Population Report released by the United Nations Population Fund entitled “Facing a Changing World: Women, Population and Climate.” That document made a number of frightening assertions:
•"Each birth results not only in the emissions attributable to that person in his or her lifetime, but also the emissions of all his or her descendants. Hence, the emissions savings from intended or planned births multiply with time."
•"No human is genuinely "carbon neutral," especially when all greenhouse gases are figured into the equation. Therefore, everyone is part of the problem, so everyone must be part of the solution in some way."
•"Strong family planning programmes are in the interests of all countries for greenhouse-gas concerns as well as for broader welfare concerns."
Many of our own lawmakers and members of the Obama administration have openly called for population control. Former vice president Al Gore, for example, made the following statement regarding population control:
"One of the things we could do about it is to change the technologies, to put out less of this pollution, to stabilize the population, and one of the principle ways of doing that is to empower and educate girls and women. You have to have ubiquitous availability of fertility management so women can choose how many children have, the spacing of the children.
You have to lift child survival rates so that parents feel comfortable having small families and most important – you have to educate girls and empower women. And that’s the most powerful leveraging factor, and when that happens, then the population begins to stabilize and societies begin to make better choices and more balanced choices."
Maurice Strong, head of the United Nations Environmental Program, alluded to population control and more when he stated in 1990, “What if a small group of these world leaders were to conclude that the principle risk to the earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring this about?”
President Obama’s Science Adviser John Holdren wrote a book in 1977 called Ecoscience in which he indicated support for forced abortions, sterilization through infertility drugs or through the nation’s drinking water or food, having babies seized from single mothers or teen mothers and given away to couples, requiring that “people who contribute to social deterioration…be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility” (i.e. more forced abortions or sterilizations), and creating a transnational “Planetary Regime” that controls the global economy and dictates the details of American lives by use of an armed international police force.
Holdren went so far as to say that the United States Constitution permits population control, “Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.”
Population control has also found support amongst other prominent Americans, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sierra Club Director David Brower, Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger, and David Rockefeller.
Given the United Nation Population Fund’s push for decreased population, and the surprising level of support it has received within our own federal government, groups like the John Birch Society are pushing to defund the UNPF. According to the JBS:
The propaganda from the UNFPA (known as the United Nations Fund for Population Activities from 1969 to 1987) indicates that its programs do nothing more than “reduce poverty and ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.” And how does the UNFPA accomplish such lofty-sounding goals? By promoting “family planning,” access to abortions, and instituting sex-ed programs, especially for youth.…
So, instead of promoting policies that would delay marriage and childbearing for the poverty-stricken of many countries, the UNFPA encourages promiscuity. Instead of abstinence training, a sexual revolution is advanced. And, instead of telling teens the truth about free sex, they hype the glories of condom use that afford little or no protection from sexually transmitted diseases rampant in many third world countries. Shockingly, the UN’sanswer to gender discrimination and sex selection brought about by the one-child policy is “safe” abortions.
Fortunately, the U.S. House of Representatives Relations Committee has introduced HR 2059, which defunds the United Nations Population Fund. The legislation has 83 cosponsors and is said to save taxpayers $400 million.
What’s clear is that the American people must act quickly as civilized nations are beginning to act in accordance with the UN’s drive for population control. In the United Kingdom, for example, the Daily Mail reports that thousands of “abnormal babies” are being selectively aborted each year. This is expected behavior in a world where population control takes center stage.
P.S.-
By the way I dont have any problem with population control as long as it is in the hands of the couples or women and NOT the government. Hey you want to have 16 kids go for it as long as you can support that many kids and dont expect the tax payers to pay for them. If you have too many and cant take care of them, please give them up for adoption. I am so angry and upset at these mothers that have children and end up abusing them or killing them because they cant cope. There are many couples out there just waiting for a child.
On the latest video I saw he was saying that this policy wasnt supposed to come out until next year but he told them to do it in a week but this wasnt politcal yea right...seems there's an election coming up wonder why he thinks we might think it is political...hmmm.
Anywho - here is an article by the New American that I found on Article 21 put out by the UN last October. I found it very interesting, I think you will too. Now I dont normally think there are any conspiracies going on but this one, well read it for yourself and see what you think.
According to the United Nations, the earth’s population will reach seven billion by October 31. For the world body, however, that is not something to celebrate. In fact, the UN Population Fund is focused on ways to decrease the world’s population, and has selected October 31, “7 Billion Day,” as a day to raise awareness about “sustainable development.”
The United Nations has openly proclaimed that the world’s increasing population is a cause for concern. Likewise, the UN has advocated for its Agenda 21 program that seeks to bring about “sustainable development.”
On February 10, The New American’s William Jasper wrote of Agenda 21:
The UN’s Agenda 21 is definitely comprehensive and global — breathtakingly so. Agenda 21 proposes a global regime that will monitor, oversee, and strictly regulate our planet’s oceans, lakes, streams, rivers, aquifers, sea beds, coastlands, wetlands, forests, jungles, grasslands, farmland, deserts, tundra, and mountains. It even has a whole section on regulating and “protecting” the atmosphere. It proposes plans for cities, towns, suburbs, villages, and rural areas. It envisions a global scheme for healthcare, education, nutrition, agriculture, labor, production, and consumption — in short, everything; there is nothing on, in, over, or under the Earth that doesn’t fall within the purview of some part of Agenda 21.
Agenda 21 is yet another means to achieve ultimate control. Additionally, as noted by LewRockwell.com, a key component of Agenda 21’s sustainable development is population control, since Agenda 21 seeks to achieve reduced consumption, social equity and the preservation and restoration of biodiversity. Proponents of Agenda 21 and sustainable development believe every societal decision should be based on environmental impact, including land use, education, and population control.
A United Nations resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly specifically designed to implement Agenda 21 reads:
….population growth rates have been declining globally, largely as a result of expanded basic education and health care. That trend is projected to lead to a stable world population in the middle of the twenty-first century… The current decline in population growth rates must be further promoted through national and international policies that promote economic development, social development, environmental protection, and poverty eradication, particularly the further expansion of basic education, with full and equal access for girls and women, and health care, including reproductive health care, including both family planning and sexual health, consistent with the report of the International Conference on Population and Development.
Likewise, the March 2009 U.N. Population Division Policy brief began with the statement, “What would it take to accelerate fertility decline in the least developed countries?”
The same theme was prevalent in the 2009 World Population Report released by the United Nations Population Fund entitled “Facing a Changing World: Women, Population and Climate.” That document made a number of frightening assertions:
•"Each birth results not only in the emissions attributable to that person in his or her lifetime, but also the emissions of all his or her descendants. Hence, the emissions savings from intended or planned births multiply with time."
•"No human is genuinely "carbon neutral," especially when all greenhouse gases are figured into the equation. Therefore, everyone is part of the problem, so everyone must be part of the solution in some way."
•"Strong family planning programmes are in the interests of all countries for greenhouse-gas concerns as well as for broader welfare concerns."
Many of our own lawmakers and members of the Obama administration have openly called for population control. Former vice president Al Gore, for example, made the following statement regarding population control:
"One of the things we could do about it is to change the technologies, to put out less of this pollution, to stabilize the population, and one of the principle ways of doing that is to empower and educate girls and women. You have to have ubiquitous availability of fertility management so women can choose how many children have, the spacing of the children.
You have to lift child survival rates so that parents feel comfortable having small families and most important – you have to educate girls and empower women. And that’s the most powerful leveraging factor, and when that happens, then the population begins to stabilize and societies begin to make better choices and more balanced choices."
Maurice Strong, head of the United Nations Environmental Program, alluded to population control and more when he stated in 1990, “What if a small group of these world leaders were to conclude that the principle risk to the earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring this about?”
President Obama’s Science Adviser John Holdren wrote a book in 1977 called Ecoscience in which he indicated support for forced abortions, sterilization through infertility drugs or through the nation’s drinking water or food, having babies seized from single mothers or teen mothers and given away to couples, requiring that “people who contribute to social deterioration…be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility” (i.e. more forced abortions or sterilizations), and creating a transnational “Planetary Regime” that controls the global economy and dictates the details of American lives by use of an armed international police force.
Holdren went so far as to say that the United States Constitution permits population control, “Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.”
Population control has also found support amongst other prominent Americans, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sierra Club Director David Brower, Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger, and David Rockefeller.
Given the United Nation Population Fund’s push for decreased population, and the surprising level of support it has received within our own federal government, groups like the John Birch Society are pushing to defund the UNPF. According to the JBS:
The propaganda from the UNFPA (known as the United Nations Fund for Population Activities from 1969 to 1987) indicates that its programs do nothing more than “reduce poverty and ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.” And how does the UNFPA accomplish such lofty-sounding goals? By promoting “family planning,” access to abortions, and instituting sex-ed programs, especially for youth.…
So, instead of promoting policies that would delay marriage and childbearing for the poverty-stricken of many countries, the UNFPA encourages promiscuity. Instead of abstinence training, a sexual revolution is advanced. And, instead of telling teens the truth about free sex, they hype the glories of condom use that afford little or no protection from sexually transmitted diseases rampant in many third world countries. Shockingly, the UN’sanswer to gender discrimination and sex selection brought about by the one-child policy is “safe” abortions.
Fortunately, the U.S. House of Representatives Relations Committee has introduced HR 2059, which defunds the United Nations Population Fund. The legislation has 83 cosponsors and is said to save taxpayers $400 million.
What’s clear is that the American people must act quickly as civilized nations are beginning to act in accordance with the UN’s drive for population control. In the United Kingdom, for example, the Daily Mail reports that thousands of “abnormal babies” are being selectively aborted each year. This is expected behavior in a world where population control takes center stage.
P.S.-
By the way I dont have any problem with population control as long as it is in the hands of the couples or women and NOT the government. Hey you want to have 16 kids go for it as long as you can support that many kids and dont expect the tax payers to pay for them. If you have too many and cant take care of them, please give them up for adoption. I am so angry and upset at these mothers that have children and end up abusing them or killing them because they cant cope. There are many couples out there just waiting for a child.
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Interesting blog post
http://realitybloger.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/that-isn-wax-on-your-apple/
Yep not from me though....LOL.
Yep not from me though....LOL.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday
Here's a tutorial on using the freebies!
http://forum.3scrapateers.com/freebies/UsingtheCard.pdf

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_1
Every Friday I'll be posting a free scrapbooking kit you can use. Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Play around with it and come back here and show and tell...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my readers/friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount STMMMS94069
http://forum.3scrapateers.com/freebies/UsingtheCard.pdf

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_1
Every Friday I'll be posting a free scrapbooking kit you can use. Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Play around with it and come back here and show and tell...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my readers/friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount STMMMS94069
Sunday, January 29, 2012
It happened...
We got a freeze last night down to 28. I havent checked the blueberries but they might be OK. DH said that they only had little buds on them.
Big commotion out in the coop this morning and we're up to three eggs today! Yay! We have golden comet chickens and they are pretty noisy (proud) when they lay an egg. We have three laying boxes out in the coop and of course they all want to lay in the same one at the same time it seems LOL. I take them a treat every day in the afternoon. Today they got some spinach and grapes. They go bananas for grapes although there are a couple that just love the spinach. There isnt much green out there so not much to nibble upon. I went out with DH in the early evening. He likes to see them before they go to bed and it relaxes him after putting in a long day at work. Lucy wouldnt go up on his shoulder while I was out there. I think she has a thing for DH ;)
The cats are out except for Tikki who has decided that the only time to go out is in the early morning and after dark. He has such delicate skin and is so worried about getting sunburned LOL.
Hope your day is going great!
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Big commotion out in the coop this morning and we're up to three eggs today! Yay! We have golden comet chickens and they are pretty noisy (proud) when they lay an egg. We have three laying boxes out in the coop and of course they all want to lay in the same one at the same time it seems LOL. I take them a treat every day in the afternoon. Today they got some spinach and grapes. They go bananas for grapes although there are a couple that just love the spinach. There isnt much green out there so not much to nibble upon. I went out with DH in the early evening. He likes to see them before they go to bed and it relaxes him after putting in a long day at work. Lucy wouldnt go up on his shoulder while I was out there. I think she has a thing for DH ;)
The cats are out except for Tikki who has decided that the only time to go out is in the early morning and after dark. He has such delicate skin and is so worried about getting sunburned LOL.
Hope your day is going great!
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Peepers
We heard the first peepers last night. Hope they dont get frost bitten cause it's supposed to freeze tonight. Crazy frogs were jumping all over the roads last night. Hubby was trying to miss them and actually did but you know the person behind us didnt try to avoid them.
Our blueberries have buds on them. Think we will have to kiss them goodbye with the frost coming tonight but hope not.
Has anyone started their seedlings yet?
Our blueberries have buds on them. Think we will have to kiss them goodbye with the frost coming tonight but hope not.
Has anyone started their seedlings yet?
Bee Article -
Bees have been dying off around the world for a decade now from a phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD. A third of the U.S. food supply depends on the honeybee
The collapse of bee colonies is probably multifactorial, rather than a response to one type of toxic assault; one major factor is the toxicity of systemic pesticides, such as Clothianidin (made by Bayer)
One Colorado beekeeper named Tom Theobald exposed the EPA’s complicity with Bayer in allowing Clothianidin to market without honeybee safety studies
An average of six different pesticides were found in hives across the country, with one hive testing positive for 31 different pesticides, in one recent study
More than 75 percent of the honey on American supermarket shelves is not honey at all, but rather an ultra-processed mixture of sugar-water, malt sweeteners, corn or rice syrup, jaggery, barley malt sweetener and other additives, smuggled in from China and tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals, such as lead
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/28/bees-death-destroy-food-supply.aspx?e_cid=20120128_DNL_art_1
The collapse of bee colonies is probably multifactorial, rather than a response to one type of toxic assault; one major factor is the toxicity of systemic pesticides, such as Clothianidin (made by Bayer)
One Colorado beekeeper named Tom Theobald exposed the EPA’s complicity with Bayer in allowing Clothianidin to market without honeybee safety studies
An average of six different pesticides were found in hives across the country, with one hive testing positive for 31 different pesticides, in one recent study
More than 75 percent of the honey on American supermarket shelves is not honey at all, but rather an ultra-processed mixture of sugar-water, malt sweeteners, corn or rice syrup, jaggery, barley malt sweetener and other additives, smuggled in from China and tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals, such as lead
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/28/bees-death-destroy-food-supply.aspx?e_cid=20120128_DNL_art_1
Friday, January 27, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_3
Every Friday I'll be posting a free scrapbooking kit you can use. Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Play around with it and come back here and show and tell...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my readers/friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
I went, I saw and I conquered...
Well not really but I did go to therapy again today. Boy oh boy did she hurt me but I can move my shoulder better tonight. I have to go back on Wednesday and got new exercises to do tomorrow as well. Yippee...yuck.
Our chickens are giving us about two eggs every other day and look like they are out of molt now. Our friendliest one, Lucy, also known as Lucy-Goosey, has a new trick. Hubby likes to go out and pick her up and she must like it too because if you dont pay attention to her she pecks your leg. Anyway she was being held by said Hubby when she flapped her wings and flew up and landed on his shoulder. She is a character. She also has gotten up onto his head before and pecked (very lightly) his hair. She has pecked my leg before if I dont pay attention to her too but she likes Hubby better I think LOL.
We had severe storms last night and there is still flooding in parts around our area. I guess the almanac was right when they said we were going to have a wet winter. I sure wish that some of the rain would hold off until summer though cause that is when we really need it.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Our chickens are giving us about two eggs every other day and look like they are out of molt now. Our friendliest one, Lucy, also known as Lucy-Goosey, has a new trick. Hubby likes to go out and pick her up and she must like it too because if you dont pay attention to her she pecks your leg. Anyway she was being held by said Hubby when she flapped her wings and flew up and landed on his shoulder. She is a character. She also has gotten up onto his head before and pecked (very lightly) his hair. She has pecked my leg before if I dont pay attention to her too but she likes Hubby better I think LOL.
We had severe storms last night and there is still flooding in parts around our area. I guess the almanac was right when they said we were going to have a wet winter. I sure wish that some of the rain would hold off until summer though cause that is when we really need it.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Cop or Soldier?
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=cop-soldier
Yep fooled me quite a few times. I guess when in doubt say its a cop...kinda scary.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday - Late sorry!

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Well that went well...
Went to therapy and they hurt me. I expected that though so no problems. I got diagrams of the exercises I am to do twice a day. My shoulder actually doesnt hurt so much this evening especially after I did a second set of exercises but boy did that wear me out so off to beddy bye for me. I know its late but I had to catch up on some of this work cause those darn fairies did not do anything while I was away today. I'm up early in the morning to work some more (gotta pay for that therapy).
We're getting some storms blowing in tonight and tomorrow morning. Hope everyone is not getting too much snow where you are!
Just checked my stats. Sure do have a lot of people from the US that read my blog along with people from Russia, France and Germany and many other countries. It really is a small world isnt it? I appreciate each and every one of you that read my blog. Dont all be lurkers though, let me know what's on your mind.
Sleep Tight!
Denise
We're getting some storms blowing in tonight and tomorrow morning. Hope everyone is not getting too much snow where you are!
Just checked my stats. Sure do have a lot of people from the US that read my blog along with people from Russia, France and Germany and many other countries. It really is a small world isnt it? I appreciate each and every one of you that read my blog. Dont all be lurkers though, let me know what's on your mind.
Sleep Tight!
Denise
Friday, January 20, 2012
Does it hurt here?....
Yep I broke down and went to the doc yesterday. Finally after three months of dealing with my shoulder/arm I went. He gave me a steroid shot in my bursa which if you dont know is the cushion between your shoulder and arm. He had to pull down on my arm to get in there and today it is seriously hurting big time. I have to go to therapy today in a few hours which will hurt just getting there as I have a stick shift. Doc said I have a frozen shoulder. I really hoped to avoid that. In 2008 I had adhesive capsulitis on my left arm and went through the same thing only I could move it less but this time I kept doing my exercises so I could move my right arm and shoulder a little. Bursitis hurts. Doesnt matter which joint its in. I hope that the therapist can work it out cause if they cant and it just keeps getting worse then I will have to go to a surgeon. The surgeon will knock me out and manipulate it. I would be out of commission for at least two weeks...sigh.
You hit 50 and its all downhill LOL.
You hit 50 and its all downhill LOL.
Friday, January 13, 2012
GM mosquitoes
Yep those darn scientists have done it again. They are releasing GM mosquitoes in Florida. They have had their genes modified so that they die off instead of reproducing. The scientists are hoping that these GM ones will mate with the regular mosquitoes and it will make the population go way down. Hmmm, do ya think that they werent really thinking here? I know, I know that this will cut down on mosquito borne diseases but and here's a big BUT, what do you think is going to happen to all those birds and bats and such that eat mosquitoes...hmmm scientists? Do you think that maybe you got brains but no common sense? Just cause you can do something doesnt mean you should. Your mommas should have slapped some sense into ya. We'll be seeing some birds dying off big time from this fiasco just wait and see. Maybe that's what is killing the birds now. The experts are saying that it is mass bird suicide or trucks run into them and so on but what if it is the mosquitoes? And who knows maybe they have other bugs they are working to become GM's and have already released them but havent told us poor fuddlebrained yokels about them because we just wouldnt understand.
I'm just shaking my head right now...
I'm just shaking my head right now...
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_3
Every Friday I'll be posting a free scrapbooking kit you can use. Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Play around with it and come back here and show and tell...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my readers/friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount STMMMS94069
Thursday, January 12, 2012
What strange weather...
Very very strange. Yesterday we had severe thunderstorms and flooding and today we had snow and falling temps. There is ice on the roads too.
News on the home front: Two chickens are now back to laying not just one like before. We are up to two eggs every other day YAY! Had to resort to some store bought eggs for a month there but back to really good eggs now. Now if we could just get the mud out of their run. Nothing like sinking an inch when I go to feed them. It's like glue too.
News on the home front: Two chickens are now back to laying not just one like before. We are up to two eggs every other day YAY! Had to resort to some store bought eggs for a month there but back to really good eggs now. Now if we could just get the mud out of their run. Nothing like sinking an inch when I go to feed them. It's like glue too.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Scrapbooking Freebie Friday - Late sorry!

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_1
Every Friday I'll be posting a free scrapbooking kit you can use. Just click the above link and download it to your computer. Play around with it and come back here and show and tell...Cant wait to see what you have created! Remember you dont have to have the My Memories Suite to use these templates.
All my readers/friends get $10 off if you decide to purchase My Memories Suite V3 (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) and $10 coupon for any purchases from My Memories store.
Cut and paste this code at checkout to get your discount STMMMS94069
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