tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22015929226873020732024-03-14T00:08:35.833-06:00From Needles to NailsA Little Bit of Everything: Sewing Crafting DIY Gardening CookingLiannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-20053373807689513122015-09-20T14:49:00.001-06:002015-09-20T14:51:36.260-06:00A Clearing<div> We were pretty excited to check out our lot this weekend to see how it would look with the trees cleared out. We are really happy with how its looking so far. 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The gentleman doing the clearing for us wanted to go over what we wanted clearing at the back to make sure we we're all on the same page before finishing up. We have a barb wire fence running through the middle of the lot that also needs to be removed. When thats all done we have to clear out the branches and a few rocks that are in the driveway. </div><div><br></div><div> We brought out a firepit this weekend and temporarily set it up by the trailer. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RLXt3VkkgzA/Vf8axnUQCDI/AAAAAAAABWQ/GDH-u6Cnf9Q/s640/blogger-image--1363128465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RLXt3VkkgzA/Vf8axnUQCDI/AAAAAAAABWQ/GDH-u6Cnf9Q/s640/blogger-image--1363128465.jpg"></a></div><br></div> We've been back and forth discussing what to build on the land. Should we buy a pre-fab cabin or build from scratch. We've been to visit several home builders to see what they have to offer. We even looked at converting a pre-fab barn into a cabin. <div><br></div><div> Yesterday I would have said we'd were going with a pre-fab. Today we've changed our mind back to building an a-frame from scratch. Tomorrow we may change our mind again. We're waiting to get a few quotes from one more place before we decide. </div>Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-33692543279877425542015-09-12T09:48:00.001-06:002015-09-18T12:04:40.552-06:00Land Owners We officially own the land now. There are so many things to do and many permits to get. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Development permit, </span>RV placement permit, <font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">sewage</font> for the RV permit, and electrical permit. <div><br></div><div> We hired the land surveyor to mark the property lines and hired someone to clear the trees. The electrical panel is in but no power until we receive the site id from the powerline company and then we can contact the power company to have the meter installed.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cdeHWzoGZjQ/VfxSJCVYADI/AAAAAAAABV0/Gv4e70M-OD8/s640/blogger-image-1364882472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cdeHWzoGZjQ/VfxSJCVYADI/AAAAAAAABV0/Gv4e70M-OD8/s640/blogger-image-1364882472.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div> We purchased a 26 foot fifh wheel rv to stay in while we build </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-00ARGPtMKSA/VfxR80bWo_I/AAAAAAAABVk/3sYnZkFymc0/s640/blogger-image-934786863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-00ARGPtMKSA/VfxR80bWo_I/AAAAAAAABVk/3sYnZkFymc0/s640/blogger-image-934786863.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> Last weekend we winterized the rv and marked out the driveway and the inner area where we want the trees cleared out. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nIpkQI3kPcA/VfxSFXghmSI/AAAAAAAABVs/xiYVLs8hXwg/s640/blogger-image--177633009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nIpkQI3kPcA/VfxSFXghmSI/AAAAAAAABVs/xiYVLs8hXwg/s640/blogger-image--177633009.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Hopefully when the trees are cleared we'll have a great view of the valley</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ixLvGOICQIc/VfxSNgBd3tI/AAAAAAAABV8/6F5mBwgyzvQ/s640/blogger-image-1168273132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ixLvGOICQIc/VfxSNgBd3tI/AAAAAAAABV8/6F5mBwgyzvQ/s640/blogger-image-1168273132.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div>Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-40752697280110159602015-09-07T09:51:00.001-06:002015-09-08T07:41:11.538-06:00A Piece of Land Wow long time no post. Life has been busy. We have two little girls so blogging has taken a back seat to spending time with them<div><br></div><div> For a long time now my husband and I have been talking over buying an acreage. Should we buy a raw piece of land or <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">buy something already developed and ready to move in. One of the main considerations for us is location. Close enough to the city for my husband to drive in to work and for us to have access to amenities as well as for taking the girls to activities. A huge factor is the bad roads in the winter making for a longer drive. The farther away it is though the better bang for your buck. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Recently we saw the perfect property. A beautiful house with just the right size of land for the right price. Everything we wanted to do to a property but already done for us. The only problem was the MLS listing showed us that it was close by and in reality it was an hour and a half away in good driving conditions. </div><div><br></div><div>For some reason that I can't even remember I started looking at cabins for sale nearby. Most that I looked at in our price range were very old and would have needed quite a bit of work. We found a perfect one with lots of rooms and a huge living space. On paper it looked great and would only require a little cosmetic work. A huge bonus was it was near family so we'd have them to visit and spend time with. In reality it was a tear down. It was soggy inside and the roof was sagging.</div><div><br></div><div> While looking at that property we also spotted some small raw pieces of land for sale. We drove up north one weekend to check out several different places. We fell in love with the first lot we saw. It had a beautiful view of a valley out the back and that sold it for us. </div><div><br></div><div>Front of the lot </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZGcljfEWDyg/Ve24cL7aRQI/AAAAAAAABVM/5gOs5mQwmF4/s640/blogger-image--235031242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZGcljfEWDyg/Ve24cL7aRQI/AAAAAAAABVM/5gOs5mQwmF4/s640/blogger-image--235031242.jpg"></a></div>View out the back</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hs58fqRKhJg/Ve24e5ZUJbI/AAAAAAAABVU/frE-wsneKI8/s640/blogger-image-694241349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hs58fqRKhJg/Ve24e5ZUJbI/AAAAAAAABVU/frE-wsneKI8/s640/blogger-image-694241349.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div> So we bought it and we've ended up with the best of both worlds. We have the amenities of the city during the week and country living on the weekend. </div>Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-83700523417938386942012-10-20T17:42:00.003-06:002012-10-20T17:42:53.490-06:00Quilter's Fun Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last weekend I went on a Quilter's Fun Run with a couple of friends. There were ten shops on the Fun Run. At your first shop you received your passport. At each store you got your passport stamped, a pattern for a quilt block, an entry for a door prize, and an entry to win your purchase. At the final store you received two extra quilt block patterns plus your packet of fabric for making the 12 blocks. </div>
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It was a fun day. We even visited a couple local roadside attractions along the way. The Vegreville giant Pysanka, Ukrainian Easter egg. </div>
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We also saw the giant Ukrainian sausage in the town of Mundare.</div>
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We made it to seven quilt shops on Saturday. Bought a lot of quilting fabric and had a great day. Over the last week I made it to the last three stores so now I have all my patterns and fabric.</div>
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The fabric is Stonehenge by Northcott.</div>
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I made a Halloween wreath for our front door. I got the styrofoam ring from Michael's. The boas are from the dollar store, I used six of them. They were a little bit on the thin side. The Trick or Treat sign is also from the dollar store.</div>
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I wrapped the boas around the ring and tacked the ends in place with straight pins. Then I tied the sign on with a ribbon. Quick and easy.</div>
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<br />Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-50831339907334879602012-10-09T09:17:00.003-06:002012-10-09T09:17:36.114-06:00Mostly Homemade MondaysCheck out <a href="http://beingfrugalbychoice.blogspot.ca/2012/10/mostly-homemade-mondays-week-16.html">Mostly Homemade Mondays</a> Frugal by Choice, Cheap by Necessity.<br />
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One of our family favourites is Chocolate Mousse. Its really easy to make and is extremely delicious. </div>
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Melt your chocolate in a double boiler. I just use my small pot over a larger pot of boiling water, stirring the chocolate constantly. My preference is Cadburys milk chocolate even better if its imported from England.<br />
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<br />Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-26129064291443164152012-10-08T10:04:00.001-06:002012-10-09T09:30:00.102-06:00MeringuesWe had a sewing day on the weekend so I decided to make Meringues and homemade strawberry "soft serve" ice cream to take. My one friend had a lot of food allergies and as the two items only have three ingredients total its was a good choice.<br />
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For the meringues all you need are 6 egg whites and 1 1/2 cups of sugar. Pre-heat the oven to 230 F. Beat the egg whites till stiff. Then gradually add the sugar till its all mixed in.<br />
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I placed aluminium foil shiny side down on my cookie sheets. Spoon about two big spoonfuls of meringue for each one</div>
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Then bake for about an hour and a half. Be sure to keep an eye on them to make sure they don't over cook. You want them to brown just slightly.</div>
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For the soft sever I just put frozen strawberries through my Yonana machine, it can also be done in the blender or food processor. </div>
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<br />Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-4649079928485676012012-09-28T16:30:00.004-06:002012-09-28T16:30:58.987-06:00FountainI put a fountain in the backyard. My friend had an awesome solar pump for her fountain so I decided to get one for mine. It keeps the fountain running only when the sun hits it. It doesn't store energy which is great because then its not running all night long. Its actually a solar pond pump if your looking for one, I got mine off of eBay. My husband didn't care for the terra cotta colour of the fountain when we bought it but it ended up matching the colour of the planters perfectly so it works really well in the yard.<br />
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A couple of weeks ago one of our neighbours told us about a small town nearby where the whole town puts on a huge garage sale once a year. I checked it out online and found out it was this weekend so we went and checked it out. </div>
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Needless to say it was huge. The streets were packed with people. Lots of cool things to see.</div>
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We only found a few things we wanted to buy but it was fun to walk around the whole town and check out all the stuff. We bought two more bikes. That's it no more bikes after this. We just missed getting my Mom a sweet cruiser it sold just before we walked up. Oh well. Also got a brad nailer and an old brownie style camera.</div>
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I wanted to do a lot of container gardening in my backyard so we decided to build a whole bunch of planters to grow the veggies in. We got a lot of reclaimed wood from my husbands workplace to make them out of. Mostly crates and a few pallets. Crates are much easier to work with and take apart than pallets are.</div>
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We made the mistake with the first planter of not really thinking about how we were going to join all the sides together. On the other planters we inset the frame 3/4 inch so the panels would join up overlapping the frame so you couldn't see it. The first planter we made the length from the stairs to the outer edge of the deck. Its huge.</div>
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Here's the first planter completed and filled with dirt. We have the slight problem than our whole backyard is on a slight incline. We didn't account for that with the first planter so there was a lot of digging down into the dirt to level it out.</div>
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So far we've got four built and one left to go off the left end of the deck. Grass is coming today so it'll finally start looking nearly complete.</div>
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First off I cut out all the pattern pieces. There's only three its pretty basic.</div>
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Next I sewed the many darts.</div>
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Then I hemmed the slit on the back of the skirt.</div>
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I then sewed the sides of the skirt together and the waistband onto the skirt.</div>
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Next the invisible zipper.</div>
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I hand sewed the waistband shut. I also hand sewed the skirt hem.</div>
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I'm really happy with how it turned out. It fits well and is comfortable to wear.</div>
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<br />Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-78545700404247021162012-09-03T20:12:00.001-06:002012-09-03T20:12:04.556-06:00FallIt's been a pretty gloomy weekend here but the sun is out today at least. We got another planter built and hope to get a couple more started today. Grass is coming at the end of the week so theres lots to be done. Our trees leaves have started to turn yellow already. Summer is too short. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XCj9wXj2Jsw/UEVjciee82I/AAAAAAAAA-4/tKxhTW71m88/s640/blogger-image-1902152769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XCj9wXj2Jsw/UEVjciee82I/AAAAAAAAA-4/tKxhTW71m88/s640/blogger-image-1902152769.jpg" /></a></div>Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-22891798570734234542012-08-31T02:56:00.001-06:002012-09-06T10:44:02.961-06:00Deck Addition<div style="text-align: center;">
We decided to add a small addition onto the deck for the BBQ to sit on. We made it 4 feet by 2 1/2 feet. We put the frame together before attaching it to the deck.</div>
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We put down pavers to support the leg posts.</div>
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Once we attached it to the deck we measured the legs and cut them to size.</div>
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It was a quick and easy project, it only took a couple of hours to complete. Now the BBQ isn't blocking the path out the back door.</div>
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3/4 cup cake flour ( we used whole wheat flour and it turned out fine)<br />
1 tsp baking powder<br />
1/4 tsp salt<br />
1/2 tsp lemon juice<br />
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My mom makes the best crepes. She came over today for a visit and made us breakfast.</div>
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When we were growing up we never had pancakes always crepes.</div>
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Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla. Add flour and milk and beat.</div>
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Heat up your frying pan and add a little butter. Use a little more than 1/2 cup of batter and spread thin on pan.</div>
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You can lift the edge slightly to check underneath when its ready to flip.</div>
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We are having topsoil put down in the backyard tomorrow. Once the final grade passes inspection well have grass too. Hopefully within the next two weeks. In the meantime were going to get raised planters built for the backyard. We've got part of one together we just have to plain more wood to complete it. The yard is finally cleared of all our reclaimed wood except now its filling the garage. It'll hopefully all get used in the building of the planters and then maybe I can actually park in the garage. Liannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779797831241847566noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201592922687302073.post-79802910575681799812012-08-15T17:30:00.003-06:002012-08-16T15:43:01.761-06:00Tote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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First I cut out the main body of the bag out of the quilted fabric. The sewed the two pieces together with the right sides together.</div>
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Yay its finally done. I've been working on this for about six weeks. Normally it doesn't take me this long to complete a project but I've only been able to snatch a 1/2 an hour here and there to work on it with all the yard and garage work we've been doing lately.</div>
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When I was a child we had some family friends who had a huge stretch of raspberry bushes in their back yard. I always remember going over and picking bowl fulls of raspberries. I've always wanted to have a lot of raspberry bushes and this year I finally started growing some. My friend Terry gave me a few of her bushes and I got a few suckling from our family farm. Only the one was actually big enough to grow any raspberries this year.</div>
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I actually kinda forgot to keep an eye on them for their berry progress. When I went out today I found most of them a little over ripe. But I did get a small bowl and they were delicious.</div>
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My one Hosta has started blooming. I wasn't sure if it was going to this year.</div>
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My Sweet Peas are also finally blooming.</div>
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Except for my Pansies which are looking very sad. There looked so beautiful up untill a few weeks ago.</div>
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