Hello again! It has been a number of months since I last came on this blog to update the 101 list, and there is a very good reason why! You see, end of May, I had our baby girl! She is adorable, but kind of a velcro baby. I don't mind too much, but I don't come to the computer much and it is very difficult to update my blog on my phone, so I haven't taken the time to do this yet. I also haven't completed my regular 3 items a month, either. Oops. I have a lot to do to 'catch up'. That's ok. We'll get there yet.
Here is the list.
2. Do the 1000 hours outside challenge (1000 Hours Outside ) 1000/1000 Done July 2024
This one took longer than it should have. We should have completed it end of April instead of end of July, however I forgot to keep track through winter at all, so I just estimated an hour per day as there was little to no snow, and yet super cold. Weird winters we've been having lately. Snow makes winter much more fun. I kind of want to try this again, but I'm not sure how well I'm keeping track to be honest.
6. Go to a family camp DONE August 2024
August 1-3 we went to our church family camp. They had some cabins that we were able to use one of, which was good as we are a family of 10, and it was a cabin with 10 twin beds. Baby was in her playpen, though. It was difficult as it was super hot, and chasing the younger ones during the weekend was daunting. I found it stressful, but the kids had fun and that was what we were hoping for. We also had a lot of issues on the farm, so my husband was back and forth a lot. I think that didn't help.
35. Use Cricut to make van decals
I designed them! I reworked the design I had already done so they look better. Now I need to cut them and apply them to the van. When will I do that? Not sure.
47. Do ‘on farm’ work that saves us at least $20 000 from if we would have hired out. (6200/20000)
So, I did the taxes for the farm again this year. That saves another $3000. My husband saved $200 in labor by installing a radio on the truck himself.
70. Meal plan for 3 months (Done June 2024)
I did this! Part of March, through now, actually. I want to continue. I need to continue! It helps so much. I'm not sure why I quit all those years ago.
71. Build cute signs for the house/farmyard (5/5) DONE July 2024
My daughter found another thing on the farm that she decided needed a repaint and design. So, we worked on that one together. I think it turned out nicely, and it's kind of funny as well.
89. Make homemade egg noodles DONE August 2024
Monday my oldest was talking about homemade noodles and homemade garlic bread. So, she made the garlic bread and I tried my hand at homemade noodles. Found a good recipe for egg noodles, and attempted making a single batch that is gluten free as well. They turned out so well! My oldest loves them, and we made enough to freeze some for later, too. Not the regular ones for the family, though. They were consumed rather quickly!
This week I finally made pierogis again, after many years of vowing not do do that. I didn't like making them as they often wanted to fall apart while boiling, and I had a circle cutter thing for making them that just did not work well as it wasted so much dough. So, I did them the way I remember my mom doing it, and no wasted dough! Yay! I made 1 gallon of milk into cottage cheese, which made about a pound. That made only about 40 pierogis. The kids loved them. Next, I need to try doing this with the gluten free flour and see how that will work out for my oldest as well.
94. Hatch our own chickens
So, we are trying this yet again. In June my daughter made a homemade incubator and attempted to hatch 16 eggs. Not a single one hatched. We candled them and a few were not fertilized, a few started, and there were 3 or 4 that looked to have chicks but unfortunately due to a heat spell and them being in the workshop, I think the temp went too high and it killed them in the last few days. A friend borrowed us their incubator, so we are trying again. I haven't bothered candling the eggs yet... a little afraid of messing things up by doing so. It's been 11 days.
Anyway, that's all for now. Thanks so much for reading my probably boring post. I'll need to do an update with pics of the baby later yet.
