Saturday, December 29, 2012

WOW! Its been six months since I posted on here! Have I been that busy? or have I been that lazy? Maybe a little of both. The weather is definitely not sunny and bright, it is snowy and cloudy. Here are a few pictures just so you can see:

Friday, June 15, 2012

It was FINALLY hot enough for the kids to swim!!!!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

BEFORE & AFTER EDITING RAW FILES

I am insisting on learning how to shoot in Raw format and edit in Lightroom. I do not know why I am doing this to myself. All the software I currently own is for JPEG format which means I actually have to BUY Lightroom when the trial expires and Raw format takes up lots more space on my hard drive. Here is an example of an edit I practiced on today.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Andrew's EIU Graduation May 2012

CONGRATULATIONS ANDREW! WE LOVE YOU AND SO PROUD OF YOU!

Monday, April 23, 2012

Jessie's First Brake Job

Christine's car needed new brake pads so Paul replaced them but had Jessie help.





Saturday, April 21, 2012

Raising Chickens For Eggs and Meat



For a few month we have been getting fresh farm brown eggs from our friends Shannon and Bert. At first I couldnt tell the difference in taste but now I definitely can and I dont think I can ever go back to eating store bought commercial eggs. I also recently read and article in Grit magazine that had this information:
Pasture eggs have 10 percent less fat, 34 percent less cholesterol, 40 percent more vitamin A and four times as much omega-3 compared to the standard values reported by the USDA for commercial eggs

Pasture chickens (with skin on) contain 21 percent less fat, 30 percent less saturated fat and 50 percent more vitamin A than the USDA standard.

After having read this I CANNOT EVER EAT STORE BOUGHT CHICKEN OR EGGS!
Unfortunately our laying chickens are only 6 weeks old and wont lay eggs till they are 4 or 5 months and our broiler chickens are only 3 weeks old and dont plan on eating these until the next batch of babies!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Early Mornings at Our House!




Country Life is so beautiful!!!!!!
This is how it looked early one Spring Morning.
I wish that all of our Florida family could come and enjoy one week out here so they could see why I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

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I am 43, married to a wonderful man, mother of 6 children ages 23 years old to 6 years old and a grandmother of 4. On a daily basis I MUST have coffee in the morning. I'm learning to enjoy some "ME" time. But LOVE my family with all my heart.