Updates from Ryder Family Farm
A southern Illinois family farm- sowing the seed of tomorrow, savoring the fruits of yesterday
Today is earth day and there is no better day to try and minimize your negative impact on the earth. How to you celebrate earth day? Do you plant something or maybe you pick up litter along the highway near your home. Every effort is helpful whether you are making it on for one day […]
I just read about the Transform Your Home promotion today and immediately thought of my mother and Jerry because my mom is ALWAYS talking about her kitchen floor! Jerry is a real estate agent/ expert remodeler here in Arizona who is my mothers partner/ mate. They bought an older home out in New River, that […]
We are going to participate, are you? [youtube mxu3MluKl8A Earth Hour]
Register.com sent me and unsolicited email about free domain registeration that they are giving away till 3/25/08. I thought it looked like an interesting deal so I headed over to the site to read the find print. It is actually free for 1 year from the date of registration (you will need to buy your […]
I love stick figure videos that provide information about stuff. I once saw one that talked about how bad drugs were, it aired during cartoon time on the TV and I thought it was a nice way to reach kids. I just saw a stick man video that talked about Kettering University they are targeting […]
I spent most of today piecing bits and pieces of information together to form my own family tree. Recently an aunt of mine found me from my father’s side of the family. I haven’t heard from anyone on that side of the family in 17 years and I realized how little I actually know about […]
I am spending much of my blogging time over at Gather right now. Please forgive me for being boring and neglecting my blog but I am only 50 points away from a $25.00 Macy’s gift card that I intend to use for my girls (yes the boobs). My bra has recently become even more of […]
Good lord! The people have spoken and apparently old-Fashioned Know How- Do it yourself remedies are a favorite among my readers and fellow stumblers. A few days ago I shared a microwave cleaner I discovered and I also shared a home made recipe for spackle or wall hole patch and the comments/ hits went through […]
I discovered a really yummy alternative to buying ready made Alfredo sauce! All you need is cream cheese, milk and some other simple ingredients. I really like this recipe and was amazed at how easy it was.. Don’t think I’ll buy ready made Alfredo sauce ever again. I copied the recipe from all recipies.com for […]
My boyfriend doesn’t understand why I like to get flowers… They can really brighten up a room and make you more cheerful just by looking at them. He says “They just die” but I love them anyway, besides at 1800flowers you can even buy some beautiful live plants for your loved one! Some of my […]
I had the pleasure of interviewing Janelle over at Junk Food for the Soul for the great interview experiment over at citizen of the month I had lots of fun doing this interview and will be posting a second one shortly because I accidentally interviewed the wrong person. Oops, more fun for me! I see […]
As you can tell by the title of this post traveling by car to a distant destination is not always a good thing! spending too much time in the car makes you grumpy and irritable and you can’t make tuna fish sandwiches while driving in the car (well you shouldn’t). N and I visit California […]
Well, today consisted of driving 50 miles away to complete a mystery shop, earn some money and spend some time together. We headed down to cottonwood, I am a mystery shopper in addition to teaching dance at the local high school, being a professional blogger and owning my own business (where you can buy a […]
I just about have all my W2’s and 1040’s and am ready to file and get my tax refund. Last year I bought a tax filing program because I was uncomfortable with my ability to file my own business taxes. This year I was looking for a free filing alternative for my tax needs. Those […]
Everywhere you turn someone is talking about how to achieve what you want or how to be happy. Books like The Secret and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships all talk about how those things you choose to surround yourself with can have a major impact on your happiness and success and they […]
Well, I did it! I finished my amaryllis bulb time lapse video. I actually wanted to make the video to show people how awesome bulbs are. It’s not the best video ever but it’s pretty good for my first time lapse attempt! I was taking photos for about 4 days.. Getting the lighting and background […]
Since moving to our new rental home we have had issues with our cell phone reception. We figured it was because we are now living in a more rural area but as it turns out we get reception just fine about a block away from our house but not at our house.. We have been […]
Last night N asked me how I “unhooked” the holiday lights. See, we went so see some family for a few days and as cautious holiday decorators we unplugged out x-mas tree lights and also the outdoor decorations while we were gone. We would hate to have the neighbors mangy dog come on to our […]
We are back home and getting back into the swing of things. We had a nice Christmas and are enjoying all the fun things we got from each other. N got me a sweet Sansa MP3 player of my own, I have been stealing his to play my music at guard rehearsals.. So now I […]
Yesterday when we went out to get some last minute supplies for the holidays we were very stressed out and saddened by the spirits of the people out holiday shopping. First off the stores were way crowded and people were just downright mean or just plain annoying! People were either wandering aimlessly without regard to […]