• Sunday rambles.

    I haven’t had time to blog a whole lot lately so I’m going to give blogging on my iPhone with the WordPress app a try. We’ll see how that works! Time to actually sit at the desktop has been at a bare minimum and then I’m most likely printing & packaging orders.

    Today was another nice Sunday.

    I’m trying hard to especially enjoy Sundays in the midst of getting work done.

    I woke up early to put on homemade soup for company, and pulled out cinnamon buns that I had made last night, to bake after church. Then I made up the cream cheese icing, re-washed fabrics I dyed last night, so that they could dry while we were gone.

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    We dropped the kids off for Sunday school and then I went with dh to work for an hour, he worked, I waited. During his week of night shifts he’s ‘on call’ over the weekend, which means going into work to restart things aprox. every 12 hours.

    We met back up with the our five kids at church, and after the service, we stopped to pick up a few groceries. Came home & had lunch & a nice visit with friends. Since having a ‘real’ home, we’ve been making it a point to entertain at least once or twice a week. During our last move we had many people who helped and we’ve been wanting to bless others as we have been blessed.

    After company left, Graydon (dh) had a nap before his night shift tonight, so I finished the fabrics & now I’m chilling while waiting for dinner to be ready. Sunday’s are Alesia’s night to cook. I’m enjoying that greatly!

    Tonight I’m sewing while dh heads off to work & the kids head out to play soccer. I can’t wait to cut into the newly dyed fabrics!

  • A guest post from Shaylah- Needle Felting

    This craft is simple and hard at the same time. I am not selling these ones, but I will be selling others in the future when I get more wool and needles.

  • Busy week.

    For now, we’re onto the next step of Our Long Way Home, in hopes this is one huge step to the FINAL step when we can finally make it our own.

  • $100.00 gift certificate give away contest!!

    Those of you who have been with us here at Homestead Emporium, at the blog, the business, twitter and facebook, may remember a GREAT BIG contest we had quite some time ago!

    A $100.00 Gift Certificate give away!

  • A park and the land of the living skies.

    Land of the living skies. Yup! That’s where we live now!

  • Amazing wildlife.

    Living here on the prairies in Saskatchewan, I knew my heart and soul would be blessed by the surrounding farm land.

    I love being creative, and creativity. Living in the midst of farms where baby animals are seen everywhere, fields of crops are beginning to sprout out of the earth, and all sorts of birds fly through the air, is like living in the midst of… well… creation!

  • Our Long Way Home – Part 6

    Upon arrival to our new homestead, there was lots to be done! We all unloaded both trailers and tried to make up ‘beds’ on the floors as best we could with just four mattresses between seven people, then we had a nap! The girls were so excited though that they got to work cleaning!

  • A guest post from our eldest daughter, Alesia.

    Two months ago, I was most likely at work, wondering where I would be in two months. I knew I was moving to Ontario, but where would I be in that move?

    What would I be doing at this time of day?

    Would I be settled in, would I have made friends yet, would I have a new job?

  • Quick & tasty Strawberry Banana ice cream!

    We made a very easy & tasty Strawberry Banana Ice Cream! You should try it!

  • Our Long Way Home – Part 5

    Once we made it to the mainland and off the ferry, we were really on our way.