Seventy oops

The temperature has been pretty cold the past few days. We live in the hills above Fairbanks where it’s usually a little warmer in the winter and cooler in summer. Still, it was -25F up here last night (-35 in town).
Part of replacing the kitchen floor was removing the old radiators. My husband wants to [...]

Poor man’s lasagna

This recipe is a twist on the classic macaroni & cheese casseroles. It tastes similar to lasagna for a fraction of the cost and time. It takes only about 15 minutes to make.
Ingredients:
4 boxes macaroni & cheese,
1 large chopped onion,
Prego or your favorite spaghetti sauce
1/2 – 1 pound ground meat (I sometimes use Spam even)
fresh [...]

BIG Moose

We had a huge moose in our yard a few minutes ago. It came up the house to munch saplings. When it stood in front of our living room windows, it’s back was above the window sill and that’s about 6 feet up. My daughter saw it in the woods and thought it was a [...]

Unexpected visitors

I had a knock on my door late this morning. I wasn’t expecting company. My son is sick with a sore throat and chest congestion. Neither he nor his sister had even gotten dressed. I though it may have been one of the maintenance workers who stop by occasionally needing something or to let me [...]

No more dry skin itch

I have really dry skin, especially this time of year in early winter. The itch can be unbearable. At times, I have been known to scratch my legs until they bleed and still keep scratching. The itch just doesn’t stop. Over the years I’ve tried a lot of different oils, lotions and creams; even prescriptions. [...]

Misc updates

We’ve been busy lately with projects. Right now they’re at the hardware store getting parts and picking up the boxes of flooring from Floorcraft. Soon the new floor will be in the house, even if it’s not properly installed yet. I’m excited!
The only thing left for me to pick out are the table legs and [...]

Creamy

At the end of October we joined a dairy co-op. That means we pay a fee to own a “share” of a dairy cow. In exchange, each share gets a gallon of real milk a week. We have one share.
Now, this costs about twice what milk does in stores. Still, it’s worth it right [...]

The Great Sock Hunt

Hmmm. No clean kids’ socks. I know it’s time to do laundry, but only 2 pair are in the basket. Where’s the others?
And so begins The Great Sock Hunt and Laundry Roundup today.
Behind the door. Under the bed. Under the sofa. Hey, this is a great way to teach prepositions !
There’s one hiding [...]

Fitness update 2009 #16

I have no idea what my weight is today. I haven’t weighed myself since the last time. There are many reasons but none worth sharing right now other than to say it just didn’t happen.
What I do want to share is my exercise the past few weeks. If you’ve read my recent posts, you know [...]

Old fashioned weekend

We shut off the power yesterday afternoon and have been having an old fashioned weekend. We had to turn the power back on this morning because it was -5F and we were concerned that without the heat tape, the water lines between the house and tank would start to freeze. We’re keeping other things off [...]