Tammy's Times

On this last day of 2014... The tree still looks so nice, and makes the living room feel so cozy. For some reason, I'm not ready to t...

Christmas is past. It seemed to come and go so quickly this year!  I snapped a few pictures a few days before Christmas, and thought I'...

My daughter got a Barbie for Christmas, and she was concerned that the dress wasn't modest enough.  I pulled out a top I had that ...

My dad's family is German Mennonite, and I grew up eating many German dishes. One of my absolute favorites at Christmastime were my gran...

I held off as long as I could and then I just could't stand it any more. I had to get out my pots and pans, funnel, jar lifter, and jar...

I made some play dough today! A quick and easy project for me, and an afternoon of enjoyment for my daughter. There are any number...

I love fermented vegetables! Not only are they tasty, but I feel so much better on the inside when I eat them. I wanted to ferment much mor...

It has been snowing, and snowing, and snowing non-stop since Monday, except for when it was raining. And then snowing on top of the resultin...

I've taken a little time for some sewing and crafting lately. My latest project was a little tooth pillow for my daughter. She has one t...

I'm through with my canning endeavor for this year.  I keep thinking of things that would be "fun" to can,  and then I ...

My daughter and I made a trek to a farm last week to get apples, and a pie pumpkin made its way home with us as well (also: 1/2 bushel of...

One reason I wanted to cut my grocery spending was so that I could use my money for other things besides groceries. It turns out that mos...

I haven't been very good at blogging my grocery trips, but I will tell you that I've been very committed to only spending $50 per we...

There's a little story that accompanies this recipe. Somewhere in the first year or two of our marriage, I made pumpkin bread from my ...

We just finished our 3rd week of school. It is going really well, which has been pleasant. ;-) I am using ABeka kindergarten material, and...

I went grocery shopping last night, and here we go (minus the meat): Somehow I think other people have nicer grocery pictures. Maybe it...

This challenge is riveting, eh? Well. Not so much. I actually have not been spending more than $50 each week on groceries. I'm done wi...

When it comes to canning, my emotions are like a pendulum, back and forth, backandforth, up, down, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. The longer cannin...

My daughter and I were out on the front porch this afternoon, the cicadas persistent in their loud, constant song. *Sigh* This summer has ...

Ah. I've yet to shop for this week, but it doesn't look promising. Because: hello, canning! The garden is throwing tomatoes at me an...