Look who’s eating the grapes!

This squirrel came to visit me in the garden.

She also helped herself to some grapes.

 The vegetable plants in our garden are getting bigger.

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Garden Plot

This is our raised bed, it is 24′ x 12′.

On the east side, there is a grapevine that was planted by the previous home owner. I haven’t tried the grapes yet, maybe next year after the vine gets some much needed TLC. In April, I did find these wild blackberries growing all over and I made a cobbler.

Here are some of the vegetables that I started: tomatoes, eggplants and bell peppers.

Add comment June 17, 2008 Amber

My 100 Thing Challenge

My 100 Thing Challenge is different, of course. My focus is on clothing. I am attempting to narrow my wardrobe down to 100 pieces. I also want to donate some old baby clothes. I will pick 100 pieces to save, since I hope the next baby will be a boy but I would also like another girl. Hopefully my husband will participate, we’ll see. I know we wear less than 100 pieces of clothing each. I wash the same clothes all the time and the others just hang or sit there!

Next, I want to repurpose 100 of my things. While I am organizing and cleaning, I will try to reuse as many items as I can somewhere else. Most of the items will be things that would normally go in the trash or to the dump. I already have a few in mind, but not 100. This should be interesting and fun.

1 comment June 16, 2008 Amber

Happy Father’s Day

Today we made a cake for Daddy and Pop. I decided to try a new recipe, this snickerdoodle cake sounded perfect since everyone here loves snickerdoodles and cake. It is delicious. If you like cinnamon, you will love this cake. 

This is our cake.

I crumbled the cake that you cut off to make them even with some brown sugar and put it on the sides of the cake. Next time I make this cake, I will put a brown sugar filling in the middle instead of frosting.

And Naomi made this card for her Daddy.

 

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The List

My 101 in 1001

Goal: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

Start Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008

End Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011

  1. Write about each of the 101 things
  2. Finish the 100 Thing Challenge
  3. Start the 50 Book Challenge
  4. Post the Photo Friday Challenge
  5. Participate a Pincushion Challenge
  6. Participate in a Tie One On challenge
    7. General 
  7. Post on my blog everyday  (sorry… this won’t happen anytime soon, too busy)
  8. Drink more water
  9. Go for a walk everyday with Naomi & the dogs
  10. Reduce shower time
  11. Learn to wash dishes with less water
  12. Get my hair cut every 6 weeks
  13. Stop drinking soda
  14. Make an income
  15. Make and share 8 crafts projects
  16. Make one card a month and send it to someone
  17. Try a new origami pattern every month
  18. Make an Advent Calendar
  19. Learn to weave baskets
  20. Knit something
    21. Cooking 
  21. Start canning food
  22. Bake cookies/cake once a week
  23. Bake bread once a week
  24. Try a new recipe every week
  25. Make wine
  26. Make yogurt
    27. House  
  27. Fix the 2nd bathroom
  28. Put shelves up in the laundry room
  29. Paint!
  30. Recycle more
  31. Waste less paper, food, water, etc.
    32. Garden & Outside  
  32. Build a cob oven
  33. Set up a system to collect rain water
  34. Plant a pumpkin patch
  35. Grow a victory garden
  36. Prune bushes
  37. Cut firewood
  38. Till more garden plots
  39. Put up the clothesline
  40. Trim trees
  41. Put in a new mail box
  42. Plant 4 flowerbeds
  43. Plant gourds
  44. Breed my chickens
  45. Build a chicken tractor
  46. Add a run onto the coop
  47. Raise honey bees
  48. Sell extra eggs
  49. Get more chickens
  50. Make another coop
  51. Butcher & dress a chicken
  52. Raise meat birds
  53. Sell meat birds
  54. Get goats
  55. Get rabbits
  56. Get a dairy cow
  57. Build a pond
  58. Get ducks
  59. Build 2 compost bins
  60. Make a leaf bin
  61. Build a potting table
  62. Fix the pool
  63. Fix the bench
  64. Make a sitting area down the driveway
  65. Plant a butterfly garden
  66. Plant a moon garden
  67. Make something for the wisteria to grow up
  68. Plant a herb garden
  69. Propagate african violets & other plants
  70. Plant fruit trees
  71. Make a bin for the trash cans
    72. Family & Friends  
  72. Call family once a week
  73. Write someone a letter once a month
  74. Keep in touch with family and friends better
  75. Send cards more often
  76. Make homemade Christmas gifts/cards
    77. Organizing & Cleaning  
  77. Clean up behind the workshop
  78. Clean up the carport
  79. Clean up the mud room
  80. Organize the computer files
  81. Organize the kitchen cabinets and drawers
  82. Clean up guestroom
  83. Organize the playroom
  84. Organize old stuff
    85. Naomi  
  85. Finish the learning area
  86. Plant sunflowers
  87. Go to the park every week
  88. Go to the library every week
  89. Paint nails every week
  90. Send artwork to family
  91. Start a worm bin
  92. Build a go-cart
  93. Make a scarecrow
  94. Plant a garden just for her
  95. Plan a daily activity with her
  96. Make a gingerbread house
  97. Build a snowman
  98. Make paper
  99. Make soap
  100. Get pictures taken
    101. And Finally…  
  101. Make a new list =)

I will cross out everything I finish.

Add comment June 14, 2008 Amber
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Hello

I started this blog to track my 101 Things in 1001 Days. I am making the list, it will be posted soon.

I will also write about our family. Any daily adventures will be posted with pictures when I have them.

1 comment June 14, 2008 Amber
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