Posts Tagged ‘cooking’

chesley-mommy-birthdaycake chesleys-birthday-dinner Chesley turned 6 years old this week. We had a great family birthday party with hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, cake, ice cream, decorations, presents, and much more!

It’s hard to believe our little boy is growing up so fast. Chesley is an “A” student doing very well in math and impressing us with his excellent ability to read. These days he is often outside riding his bike. When he’s inside he enjoys doodling with paper and pencil. He is also great help around the house folding laundry, setting the table, and taking out the trash.

Happy Birthday Chesley! We love you!

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On day two of building we started our mud stove that consists of a wood frame, half of a 55 gallon drum, stove top covers, a smaller metal bucket for an oven, and another metal bucket as a hot water heater.  We built the frame and then put the clay around the drum.

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Then we added more clay, and more clay, and…

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more clay until it looked liked this. Then  I finished it off with an artistic touch to make it more homely. :o)

Our mud stove worked remarkably well.  I used it for all my baking and cooking needs including baking bread and popping popcorn. On one occasion Karl fed the fire until our stove got up to a record 1000 °F!

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I’ve been canning tomatoes lately. Thankfully, I’ve been able to keep up with our continual producing tomato plants. So far, I’ve got 9 jars of salsa and 12 jars of spaghetti sauce!

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Yesterday we had Thanksgiving dinner with Mom and Dad Haynes. I made home made pumpkin and apple pie as well as Green Bean Salad and Marinated Butternut Squash. The green beans and squash were new recipes so it was fun to venture out and try something. I think we all agreed that the Green Bean Salad was good and the Marinated Butternut Squash some of us liked more than others. We all had a good time and dinner was great!

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