How To Can Dilly Beans

Dilly Beans for Canning   Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 10 mins Total time 30 mins   These easy to assemble dilly beans are delicious are year long! Author: Parsnips and Parsimony Serves: 4 pints Ingredients 2 pounds long green beans 1 tsp cayenne pepper 4 cloves garlic 4 heads dill 2½ cups…

slow cooker spaghetti sauce with pork neck bones

Slow Cooker Out-Of-This-World Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce With Pork Neck Bones

  Some one had suggested that I use pork neck bones in my spaghetti sauce to make this out-of-the-world crock pot spaghetti sauce. I decided to give it a try.  All I can say is that it is AMAZING!!! The neck bones make all the difference in the sauce.  With very little hands on time,…

Accomplish Your Goals! Free Printable To-Do List

As a mom of a large family, I know how difficult it is to feel like you accomplished something at the end of the day.  That is why my husband and I use a to-do list.  Every night, we write down on the list, the things that need to be done the next day. Then in…

Easy Newborn Crochet Dress Pattern

I thought that after making my last knit sweater, I was done making any projects. However, after giving birth to my daughter, my hands felt idle during all of the feeding sessions.  One night I was browsing Pinterest and found an easy newborn crochet dress pattern that I liked. I tried my hand at crocheting…

Relaxed, Natural Home Birth: 6th Baby Birth Story and Video

They always say that every pregnancy and birth is different. That was certainly true for my sixth baby. Just when you think you have it down to a science this whole pregnancy, birth, baby thing, it get’s mixed up again. My labor started around 30 weeks, after the death of my Grandpa.  I began having…

Long and Lean and Pregnancy Food and Cravings Pregnancy Update Week 39

I finally got to see my midwife this week after her long sunny vacation!  Everything looked really good and her prediction was a long, lean baby, weighing in around 7 pounds. After experiencing early labor symptoms this past Wednesday and then having labor STOP(!!!), I was more than emotionally drained.  My midwife offered up some…