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2018 Homestead Plans: What We Accomplished and What We Didn’t
Whew! What a year 2018 was! When I break it all down, it's easy to see that it was a very productive year for us!
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2019: The Year of the Puzzle
2019 is going to be the year of the puzzle for me. We've spent the last few years working on the border, last year we flipped pieces right-side up and sorted them to make putting the puzzle easier. This year, we work on reassembling everything.
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year and a belated Merry Christmas!
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A Homemade Holiday: Gingerbread Cookies
I’m just going to start off by stating that technically, these shouldn’t be called gingerbread cookies… there isn’t actually any ginger in them. BUT, that’s what we call them, and it’s the recipe that my Grandma made at Christmastime for years. It’s possible they hold a special place in my heart because of the two times I ever baked with my grandma, one of the times was making these cookies. If you cook them according to the bake time, they are usually light and fluffy, not crunchy and hard, and though I love a traditional gingerbread cookie, I like that these come without the spiciness. This recipe makes a huge…
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Spring Lake Homestead’s Gift Guide (2018)
Ack! Please, do me a favor. Don’t look at your calendars! Don’t tell me that it’s just 12 days until Christmas Eve. I had grand plans for my holiday preparations this year, and what do you know! It all went flying out the window with a battle between a stomach bug and a two-year old. I had every intention of getting this gift guide published sooner, but we all know good intentions don’t guarantee you’ll get where you’re trying to go! I was trying to think of a way to classify my list of gift ideas, and I’ve come up completely short. I guess the best way to describe it…
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Goodbye, Social Media
Hey! You! If you like following along with our blog, there are some changes coming, so make sure you read this post to know what's going to be happening!
