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Don’t ask me how/why I let this bathroom sink get into such a state! Ultra nasty, I know. All I can say is I finally cleaned it. Here it is before: I cleaned it with water, baking soda, a little peppermint soap and an old toothbrush. That’s it! Took the grime right off and took [...]
Pick it! OMG we have so much mint in the garden, it’s ridiculous. I picked a bunch and packed up for my tea. There are a lot of things you can do with mint, but step one is to pick it. It will grow back in abundance so no worries! LOL next up…more things with [...]
One of the reasons I love plants so much is because they are an easy and economical way to add beauty to your home. Check out my current kitchen window ledge, filled with green growing things.
One of my pothos plants, it’s very long! This one is wide. I just love pothos plants, they are so easy to care for and grow so well.
Step 1: Gather some dandelion flowers! Step 2: Cut off the heads! Step 3: Pour hot water over them and steep! Step 4: Enjoy! Dandelions can be used for many things, including tea! In my experience the flowers are best in spring. One of the benefits of dandelion tea is that it works as a [...]
We canned some of the turkey soup we made after Christmas. It’s so good! (yah, I am no longer vegetarian)
Brian putting in the new sink. Later he will finish the cabinets, so for now the sink skirt I made will go back on.
Remember my old ugly bath mat I was recovering in denim? here is the finished product. I decided to use it in the downstairs bathroom
I just love denim! Last month we tore out the old broken dishwasher and cabinets, but have been so busy with work still not done with fixing the sink back up. It looks terrible! very ugly. So I decided to make a nice sink skirt to pretty things back up in the kitchen. It took [...]
I have this old dingy bath mat that I can’t brighten…tried washing several times. I thought about dying it but decided to just cover it with denim. I have lots of scraps I can use. This way I don’t have to throw it out and buy a new bathroom mat. It’s still functional, just ugly, [...]
I started some new sourdough starter to make bread, rolls, pretzels, etc. My last starter I used up without adding to it, which is a shame because I had that starter for years. Sourdough starter is natural yeast. Why do I want to make and use it instead of just buying yeast? Well, commercial yeast [...]
real simple to make: -peel as many potatoes as you want. 2 is sufficient per person -shred potatoes -fry potato shreds, light veggie oil as needed, until done -eat, enjoy!
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder pinch of salt 1 cup soft butter 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Directions: – Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F/190 degrees C. Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set [...]
Brian took out the old broken dishwasher and lower cabinets, doing some repairs and stuff.
I recovered our dining room chairs with fabric from old dresses I no longer wanted. The green one was too big and the black one made me look like a witch LOL! plus it had a plaid collar and I can’t stand prints. I’ve been wanting to re-do the chairs for a while but this [...]
Time to put the winter gear away! Normally would not do this until May, but this has been an ok spring so far, mostly warm enough to wear only light coats and sweaters. Thanks for visiting familyearthprint.com!
Brian bought me flowers the other day and I just had to put a few in my window ledge bottles. The rest went in a vase. I just love having flowers and green growing things in my kitchen. It’s such a natural and inexpensive way to brighten and beautify a room. Thanks for visiting familyearthprint.com!
Some of my stored food/seeds. The pinto beans and split peas were bought at a store, the red beans I grew in the garden. How do you store food? What are your food storage plans for this year? What are you planning to can, pickle, freeze, or just put away dry in jars? I’m down [...]
After all that hard work my sons did in the garden, I made them fudge Thanks for visiting FamilyEarthprint.com!
Made some pizza from scratch the other night, it was good! My kids love pizza and we occasionally splurge on take away pizza from Donato’s, I really really need to get back into making pizza ’cause delivery is $20 a pop. The pics are from some little ones I made a few weeks ago. The [...]
These cooking tips from a woman who lived during the Great Depression are so interesting and timely! I am going to try some out: Great Depression Cooking
I bake a lot and make lots of our baking goods from scratch. I used to know how to make soft fluffy biscuits from scratch, but I no longer use crisco…I’m finding that just using butter makes my biscuits denser (and less fluffy) and they are kinda crunchy on the outside. Soft still on the [...]
I’ve been so busy so far this year, shopping has been hit-or-miss. but I had a nice stocked pantry I could always turn to to make most of the things we need from scratch. But now my pantry is sorely depleted. I’m all out of stuff I canned, all out of flour, even almost out [...]
Pics: One of my bathroom plants is sick, not sure what to do. Suggestions?
Mercury Man and S-bop took out the old carpet. It was really getting grimy….whew! Click on each pic to see bigger. This blog post written by Trula. Thanks for visiting Family Earthprint!
I still have piles of books and stuff everywhere to take to my bookstore, and holiday stuff everywhere to pack up. Brian and the boys pulled up the old carpet, so there is still floor stuff to get to. But today I managed to clean the bathrooms. and think about resuming my flylady routines. This [...]
What helped me to clear the clutter in our home was to reduce the amount of stuff we had. Then when cleaning each room could be quickly restored to order within minutes. Especially kids’ stuff like toys, papers, clothes (kids’ clothing breeds in the night, I swear). toys: yah they will cry if you do [...]
I’m making lots of gifts for the holidays; scarves, potholders, aprons, bags, and quilts for my kids. Here are their out-grown clothes I’m going to upcycle into those things. This blog entry written by Trula. Thanks for visiting Family Earthprint!
Finally got a minute to put up my sons’ party pics…this is one of T-bop right after he opened his pillow present. I got caught afresh by it today, this is priceless. I make my kids a pillow every year for their birthday, and a quilt for Christmas. The one year I missed doing the [...]
I got this recipe off the interwebs about how to make Olive Garden (a popular Italian resturant with awesome bread sticks) type bread sticks. They came out ok, My husband and the boys said they tasted good. We also had turnips greens from the garden and angel hair pasta with sauce and meatless meatballs. This [...]
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