Author Archives: ~~Rhonda

Living in a small town, I share my life with my husband Russell (married in 1977), five children (one still at home), and six cats (one indoors, the others outside).

I teach an online class called “The Christmas Notebook” which is about all things holiday prep. The many facets of celebrating Christmas comprises one of my favorite hobbies. Other favorite things include gardening, reading, cooking, and scrapbooking.

putz display

I have been working on my Putz houses this week and they are coming along well. I’ve really enjoyed to the work. I just threw these on the tiered cupcake holder to give you an idea of what I have in mind. This is no where near the final look I’m going for. The stand […]

menu plan monday ~ october 19, 2009

We’re looking foward to visiting the apple orchard next weekend with our son and his wife. Last year, the weather was beautiful. Hopefully, this year will be, too. I’m planning to do more Christmas decorating and cookie baking this week. Have lots to do, but it’s fun. Monday chicken and rice corn / peas biscuits […]

putz houses

I’ve managed to make a couple of Putz houses. I want to make several more of these to put together in a little village display for Christmas. Here’s one I made a week or so ago. The pattern came from the web site Little Glitter Houses. Yesterday I tried my hand at a larger, more […]

the grands

I’m posting these pictures just because. 🙂 I love ’em all. Can’t wait to see them again. Did I tell you they’re coming here for Christmas?? 😀 ~~Grandma

menu plan monday ~ october 12, 2009

Autumn is showing up in the yard. The asters are in full bloom. These plants came from the family farm. They bloom beautifully in late September and well into October. The butterflies and bees swarm to it. It’s great fun to shake the branches and watch all those pretty insects flying up in a cloud. […]

geraniums and kittens and my CNB

Autumn is really here. The huge oak in the back yard began changing leaf color this week. Some autumns it’s a bright beautiful yellow and this looks to be one of those years. The first few leaves are beautiful buttery gold. The geraniums on the back steps have finally come into their own. So pretty! […]

corn maze

While we were out east visiting our family, we took everyone to a corn maze one afternoon. It was a beautiful autumn day. Sunny, but coolish. The twins had a ball, running around, picking up walnuts, looking at pumpkins, and riding the toy tractor. Checking out the maze map. Heading into the maze. Walking a […]

menu plan monday ~ october 5, 2009

We just got back from a five day weekend with family. Got to see two of our daughters and our older son and his family. Here are our three daughters and grand-daughters. The grands are the almost two-year-old twins and their sister in the pink shirt. Now we’re settling back into a routine again, including […]

pizza night

We decided to have pizza for supper Friday night. I made the crust from the recipe found here. Pizza Dough 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast (2 tsps. yeast) 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 2 cups bread flour [I didn’t have bread flour at hand, so used all purpose flour.] […]

play day

We started the day with a big breakfast at IHOP. And a game or two of peek-a-boo! Then we were off to the park for some play time. It’s a beautiful day. Sunny blue skies, a slight breeze, about 60*, though it doesn’t feel cold. It was tons of fun to watch the kidlets running […]