Backyard Pals 12/04/2011
Those who have known me will remember that I've wanted milk goats for YEARS. Praise Yah, we were to recently purchase 2 does that are due to kid in March. WELCOME OUR NEWEST BACKYARD FRIENDS: "Moonlight" is French Alpine & LaMancha "Vanilla" is a Boer goat (meat breed) "Popcorn" is our Brahma hen Add Comment BEWARE!! 12/04/2011
Standing in line after 2 sets of Extreme Couponers at the grocery store: OBSTACLE OR OPPORTUNITY? Okay, I know I'm not the only one who has rolled her eyes and let out a huge sigh while awaiting for that couponing diva to go through dozens of coupons while I must bite my lip and endure....Can you relate? (No offense "couponwifey," just being honest :) ) Now, I don't intend to be negative (remember this is a site for encouragement.) On one hand, it appears to waste my valuable time while this couponer takes part in this time consuming experience. OR I could slow down my normal high-paced flow and be a little convicted about ways I too can save my family more money (?) I do recognize that I AM NOT a natural couponer, YET I know many ways that could potentially save some serious bucks for our family. Like taking a day to plan, shop and prepare "convienence foods" to be frozen (see picture below) Earlier this week, I was super duper rushing with a small window of time to do an enormous amount of shopping.  I planned a crockpot roast dish and saw that Tyson was so thoughtful & made my shopping a tidbit easier. They've developed all-in-one pack of dinners for those "on-the-go" types (like me.) I desperately want to get back into meal planning and cooking from scratch, but in this case, Tyson made things too irresistable. So I bought the convience pack and later spent less than 10 minutes to put the veggies, roast & seasonings in the slow cooker to begin cooking. Now, with hopes to save money, I will set a day aside with my girls to do about 5 convienent meals for freezing/refridgerating. This is similar to the time I experimented with my once a week massive preparation/cooking day. Whenever I schedule it this time around, I want to chop up fruit to be frozen for quick morning smoothies and probably make some enchiladas and a vegetable rice dish. So, the moral of the story is that those early morning couponers did frustrate me at first, but I turned that obstacle into an opportunity. What about you...How do you view couponers? From Scratch 12/04/2011
Super Simple Sour Cream- 2 ingredients & lasts up to 3weeks! What's your fav? 12/04/2011
I have limited cookbooks, so I was happy to be referred to: www.allrecipes.com Over the past few months, I blogged about my meal planning challenges (primarily to work demands and new baby): http://www.joyfuljunction.com/1/post/2011/05/in-a-pinch.html http://www.joyfuljunction.com/1/post/2011/05/brain-freeze.html http://www.joyfuljunction.com/1/post/2011/06/super-savings.html Do you have any favorite cooking sites to pass along? Little Cowgirls 12/04/2011
A few weeks ago a friend invited us to his ranch to allow the children to ride horses. Based on the riding experience & our 5 year old daughter telling me that when she grows up she's going to teach people how to ride horses, I'm convinced that we have a few little cowgirls in the family (see slideshow): BTW, I added a few pics of MaYah at the end from another farm visit Gratitude 12/04/2011
I'm so grateful that I married a manly, man! In the past 2 weeks he fixed the sink, installed a new garbage disposal and repaired the washing machine. It warms my heart that he handles these needful things. I do understand that not all men are wired the same. There have been women that have confessed their frustration with the personality of their husband which has created a heart of bitterness and sometimes envy. Rather than criticize and be discontent, consider showing your gratitude for the many gifts your husband does possess? (Just a thought to consider)  This was our recent "date outing".-----> We spent time together while he went to construction appointments.....sweet & simple :)  Here's an old post about this topic: http://www.joyfuljunction.com/1/post/2011/05/who-can-find.html They are... 12/04/2011
DORPER RAMS: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorper_(sheep)) Approximately 250lbs (total) (And, yes Grandma, for Passover and potential breeding) Voting Time (again) 10/10/2011
QUESTION #1 Can you guess what kind of animal is in this video? BONUS QUESTION: What is the approximate combined weight of the 2 animals? (I'll share the answers in the next set of blog posts) Lil Farmer Girl 10/10/2011
Check out her JD onesie.  Papa is sportin' his farmer overalls and MaYah is rockin' the pink camo. I guess this farm country is getting to us a bit (lol)  BTW, The more we get a feel for farming, I realize that it takes TRUE COMMITMENT. Through it all, it's been a wonderful experience. Eggmania 10/10/2011
Over 1,000 eggs in 6 days...that's some serious egg collections. Todah Yah for your provision: 
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