Today was spent having lots of fun and getting lots of work done at SCRaP in downtown Billings MT. We went to get some help at the awesome woodshop to repair and replace some missing and broken parts to an antique table top weaving loom and to convert a Navajo weaving loom I purchased at … Continue reading SCRaP woodshop: fixing some looms
There you are, shopping at your favorite big box store, when around the corner comes the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen! Oh my gosh! It’s a Service Dog! What do I do? It’s the coolest thing ever! Aaaaah! I just can’t even! It’s so cute! I have to pet it! I have to talk … Continue reading So you see a working Service Dog …
So today seems to be a day for cooking and recipe sharing. This is one of my favorite snacks and side dish recipes. I just love eating this and can easily have a bowl full as my entire meal. So here we go. First I cook the quinoa in the instant pot. I use the … Continue reading Instant pot quinoa salad
Since I just posted my super secret (giggle giggle) salsa recipe... I figured I might as well add my special homemade taco meat recipe too. Everyone loves this and we make it quite often. It's inexpensive to make and honestly super yummy! I always have some taco shells at the house as well as the … Continue reading Homemade taco meat recipe
So I'm posting this really for my adult son who calls me about once a month and asks "what do I buy to put in that salsa again?" "What are those green things called again?" And for all the other people who have asked me the same questions lol This stuff is fabulous with nachos … Continue reading Easy homemade salsa that goes good on just about everything (even eggs)
We have a sliding glass door in our house, and if you have pets you know regular hanging curtains will just become a hassle with pets (or small kids) pulling them down (and with cats they like to claw at hanging curtains). So big shout out to my cousin for this idea! We found a … Continue reading Designer, pet/kid friendly, window treatment
Thousands of Veterans use Service Dogs as part of their treatment for PTSD. Results of the use of PTSD Service Dogs is overwhelmingly positive. Countless Veterans report that they “owe their lives” to their PTSD Service Dogs. The VA, however, continues to resist the use of PTSDogs, stating in their official position, that “Clinically, there … Continue reading Why is the VA resistant to using Service Dogs as part of the treatment for PTSD?
So I have my yummy homemade cottage cheese (see previous post) and we have been experimenting with different flavors and we have concluded we all like two flavors best when using as a cracker/bread snack spread. A tiny dash of applewood smoked salt (flavor one), and a mixture of Italian spices (ours are from our … Continue reading Part 2: homemade cottage cheese, raspberry jam mini fruit fritters
Chenille blankets were the brain child of 15 year old Catherine Evans Whitener in 1895 who invented the technique. She received so many orders for her new style blanket that she began producing them in larger orders. Eventually manufactures copied the blankets she invented and they kept quite a few Georgia families from starving during … Continue reading Hand made chenille blankets: a lost art
So I'm reading my 1924 ladies finishing school book (see my bibliography page for more info) and I learn that in 10 easy minutes I can turn buttermilk into cottage cheese with no other added ingredients! Whoa! I gotta try this! But then ... what am I going to do with the cottage cheese? Right? … Continue reading Homemade buttermilk cottage cheese and cottage cheese raspberry jelly filled cookies!
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