I subscribe to the Chicken of the Sea newsletter and was delighted to find their collection of recipes using seafood. CLICK HERE and look near the top for "The Mermaid's Recipes" for not just tuna recipes.

The birthdays and anniversaries for this month have been posted. CLICK HERE and wish your favorite folks a happy day. There were no Anniversaries in February so the January folks stayed in place. Go look, Arlene's birthday is coming up on the 4th. Wish her happy days.

Narita is having some nice mild weather. Are you? Do you have snow? CLICK HERE Go to Narita's website and check out the dogs she raises and trains. Tell her Nita sent you. Send Nita your weather notes.

Carl Correll now has this own newsletter, Art Only Spoken Here. Just like Arlene's for all her work but featuring Carl's stained glass. CLICK HERE look in the second item listed. Visit and sign up. Look at the bottom of the inside box to find the Read Past Issues when you return and you will see a list of all the issues including the new, current one. Enjoy learning all about the craft. Thank you Carl. Learn how to make a stained glass wind chime in just 3 hours. We are pleased to announce this upcoming event and hope you will find time to attend. CLICK HERE to find dates in February and cost as you must pre-register.

Arlene Wright-Correll has a new page in her Special Features Section. It's called Art Only Spoken Here, under the Special Features. CLICK HERE. Take your time and look around. You will have to sign up but when you return, take the "read past issues" and you will get to see the collection. You don't have to sign up every time you return. All her profits go to St. Jude's Childrens Hospital. Look in Arlene's Collections and find her artwork where she has added an item she calls Daisies. That is oh so pretty. The latest artwork is of a Koi Pond. Those colors are beautiful.

Kathy Vilseck is having some rain and snow and hoping it doesn't freeze. CLICK HERE to visit her pages, see her Scrubbies and many of the items she makes by hand. Thank you Kathy.

Gary Foreman, The Dollar Stretcher, sent another excellent article this past week. CLICK HERE and find all articles and blog postings. Browse and visit the website. Thank you Gary.

Check out the Weather Reports: (tell us what your weather is doing) Go to Kathy's pages and order your Scrubbies and check out her new products.

Wanda replied to my Christmas email and she does not sound like she is feeling good. We'll hope she stays away from her computer and just work on feeling better. CLICK HERE for her pages but no new notes. Thank you Wanda.

See Carl Correll's newest, stained glass wind chimes. CLICK HERE. To check out his new blog and newsletter, look on his first page at the bottom for workshops. Such a beautiful wind chime. Go, see. I need to ask and see if they should be protected from strong winds. 

Backwoods Home Magazine has new humor, CLICK HERE Look to the top of the most recent page. Thank you folks.

Angela's best ever sugar cookie recipe... She's the Thrifty Homemaker and she is sharing with us. Thank you Angela. CLICK HERE. Take the time and look through all her great recipes and articles. When you're needing great cookies, check out her collection. I read a lot of her notes posted on Facebook and always learn something new and find a yummy recipe to try.

Patti Love took pictures of the hawk that had come to enjoy the small birds that came up to eat. CLICK HERE and enjoy her articles, photos and recipes while you look around. Thank you Patti.

Pets Too Cute, the newest of photos. CLICK HERE.

Remembering 9-11. I am working on the photos but they are hard to look at without crying. CLICK HERE.

We wish the best for everyone in the flood areas. Find new pages to give you some insight into the problems and how vast they are. CLICK HERE. If you find that any site links have expired, let me know and I will take them off. Find a new collection of photos sent in by Arlene Wright-Correll. Thank you Nancy, Patti and Arlene. Who said that Hurricane Irene just wasn't so bad.

BestNest has a new article on Fall Planting. CLICK HERE and enjoy this and all of their items of interest.

Pamela Porterfield sent in the cutest of baby photos. CLICK HERE, look for the Koalas and enjoy them and others you might not have seen yet. Thank you Pamela.

I was hearing that pasteurizing eggs made them safe to eat raw and not set thoroughly. Is that true... CLICK HERE and read replies from Eggland's Best Eggs and the CDC. Eggland's ad on TV promotes eating the yolks near raw. We'll have to remember this when people start getting sick from eating the eggs.

Nancy Thompson has written a new update. CLICK HERE and enjoy her words, see how Tim is doing. Thank you Nancy.

Gill has not been writing anything for our pages lately but I go to her blog just to see how she is doing. CLICK HERE She is not using all the odd treatments for Molly now and she is doing much better. Read about the adventures. How happy is Molly now... CLICK HERE.

Scott McAlpine has sold the big acreage he had for sale but does still have several 5 acre tracts. CLICK HERE to see what is still available. This is in Ohio!!

Fresh humor from Backwoods Home Magazine. CLICK HERE, find page 28 with new items added to top of the page.

We have a "hijacker" making sport of rummaging our pages and stealing names and addresses, trying to get us to purchase Canadian Pharmacy drugs. Once they use the info, I don't hear from the person again. Don't know how they do it and don't know what it will take to make them fall off the face of the earth. Missing are: Carl Evans, Gloria Frazier and Becky Taylor. If you are in touch with any of these folks, let me know and we'll try to make contact. 

Arlene is writing for a new website. CLICK HERE and check it out. Look in Special Features for Vibrant Nation. Her new artwork is on Page 24, just click here. See her garden slideshow, CLICK HERE.

Carl Correll has a new artwork page, CLICK HERE to see the latest. Look inside page 5. Arlene Wright-Correll also has a new artwork page, page 24, CLICK HERE. Enjoy all the artwork. Browse the pages and find something you'd like to buy. See her items in her Special Features Section for the SearchWarp collection.

What's to Blame for the Wild Weather, CLICK HERE. Thank you NASA Science News.

Want to homestead in Ohio? Our friend Scott McAlpine likes to find old houses, do a little fixing and offer them for sale to someone also wanting to do some fixing. Find a new listing that might be of interest to you. CLICK HERE, find the Property for Sale and look around.

Arlene Wright-Correll has been very busy. CLICK HERE and check out the special features, find SearchWarp to see the latest but browse all her fine works. Visit the Art Collection and see all her new artwork. Awesome.

Arlene sent me a lot of photos of her roses and garden. Oh so pretty. You will find them on a new page where they are collected. CLICK HERE and enjoy.

Becky sent in some recipes that sure do sound good. CLICK HERE and check out the Cabbage Salad with dressing.

Of interest... Apocalypses That Weren't , thank you History.com

Check out the Special Features and look inside the Search Warp collection to find Arlene's latest. So much information, stay and browse the many articles. CLICK HERE. Thank you Arlene !!

Check out the Weather Reports: (tell us what your weather is doing) Go to Kathy's pages and order your Scrubbies and check out her new products. I had asked if they had any bad effects from all the flooding since they are in Mississippi, see what she had to say.

Are you a beef eater? CLICK HERE Lots of recipes...

Narita sent in her weather notes but mine seem to always get only as far as my Nita's Week page. Arlene has started a new page where she notes her doings and includes her weather there. Kathy Vilseck usually posts weather every few weeks. This week, they got lots of rain that brought their pond back to nearly full. Thank you ladies. CLICK HERE. After you read Kathy's notes, visit her pages and check out her Scrubbies and new products. Our little bit of rain was enough for me to see a frog... first one this year.

Angela Billings has a new look. She has a new website at a new address. This week, find some great ideas for using extract flavorings. Angela has also added a link to her facebook page. Welcome back Angela. CLICK HERE and enjoy. She is now known as the Thrifty Homemaker.

Narita Siegel has springtime in Arizona. CLICK HERE and read her notes. Visit her website while you are there and check out her farm, for sale, and see the beautiful dogs she raises, trains and sells. Thank you Narita. Check out the photos from the stock dog clinic that she sent. Awesome. CLICK HERE

There is an article posted on the support freedom page, CLICK HERE, titled Iwo Jima Memorial. I received a note from a fellow who wrote the item for a book he had written. It was reported to me a anonymous and now, we know who wrote it. It is updated and still contains the photos and personal notes. We honor all of our heroes. Thank you Mr. Powers.

Carl Correll has created a beautiful clock. CLICK HERE  is now offering glass lamp workshops. CLICK HERE to see some of the most beautiful items. Find a $200 off coupon to use on for your glass lamp workshop. CLICK HERE. One of his latest is an eagle that actually moves with the wind. This week's addition features his sun catchers and several night lights.

Patti Love was able to catch several photos of the robins as they came to her house for a visit the other day. CLICK HERE and look to the top of the list for the squirrel and the water heater. Thank you Patti.

Kathy Vilseck has a new line of handcrafted items. The Scrubbies are still the very best and now you can find Scarves, Potholders, Dishcloths and Washcloths. CLICK HERE and look for the new pages. Thank you Kathy. She sent me a pot holder and dish cloth but Sly decided he needed them as padding on his tub for napping. I couldn't argue with a kitty cat.

New Humor, CLICK HERE and enjoy. Thank you Back Woods Home Magazine.

Unique Business Opportunity: Find Freedom in Glass and Love What You Do! Start your own stain glass school and studio business. Click Here to Read More

Dorothy Tweedt is sharing two of her favorite recipes with us this week. One is Mom Tweedt's Corn and the other is German Cherry Pie. CLICK HERE and enjoy all her recipes and articles. Thank you so much aunt Dorothy.

What is Chavez doing with the money you give to Citgo for his gasoline. CLICK HERE and find the article and an update.

Vietnam is not a place I would travel to for cave sight seeing. CLICK HERE and look down the page for Vietnam. The new item is first and is newly found, presented in an article for National Geographic magazine. That's one BIG cave. And you can see why these are my reason for a stay at home vacation. I get lost just looking around and don't get my chores done. Sigh.

CLICK HERE and check out the New Year babies.

Stacy Artis sent a collection of adorable photos, CLICK HERE and enjoy. Just look for Wishing You Polar Bears.

Arlene's Ked's Shoes are on sale. "We have reduced the price of all our Ked's casual designer shoes by 15%. Please check it out now."  Visit Arlene's pages, CLICK HERE, (find articles, artwork and items for sale.)

Our many thanks to Arlene Wright-Correll and her son Don Wright. She had many times praised the wonderful fruit from his company, Hale Groves in Florida. He graciously allowed us to sample the naval oranges and they are divine ! ! When Texas lost all of its crop back many years ago, they would not allow any to be imported, but that was just lifted. Randy's words were "tasty and sweet." The ones for sale in the stores were big and pretty but always sour and bitter. Even with Splenda or sugar, they were never sweet. They have made a new customer. Just ask and I'll send you their address.

Becky Taylor has many new recipes that sound wonderful. I want to try to oven baked cheesy fries soon. Ummm. CLICK HERE Thank you Becky. Enjoy her recipe collection but look around at her many articles. Thank you Becky.

Jenn Lynch has a blog page. CLICK HERE for the Blogs Around the World and find her page added. Thank you Jenn.

New York Kathy is sharing her recipe for making hand cream. I'd asked if she had anything that we might be able to make as gifts for Christmas. Thank you Kathy. CLICK HERE.

When you make donations, where your money goes. CLICK HERE.

Have you checked out the Blogs page recently? Arlene has so many now that I made a new page for all of hers. Many have retreats. Look above for the link.

Workshops available now. Carl Correll has a workshop for making Stained Glass Crosses CLICK HERE  and CLICK HERE for his Matting Workshop. NEW: Flying Butterfly workshop, CLICK HERE.

Avalon Stained Glass School & Creativity Center has Workshops ! ! Flying Stained Glass Butterfly Mobile Check out the Blog page.  CLICK HERE to see all the Blogs and Retreats.

Ked's, the shoe company, has accepted 2 more of Arlene's designs for their line of casual shoes. Cute penguins and scary witches for Halloween. CLICK HERE and look for the Zazzle section in Special Features to learn more and to buy your own.

Arlene Wright-Correll has a new item for sale. You've followed her articles on making your own fused glass items, and now you can make your own at home in your microwave. "Want to create fused glass jewelry without the big expensive equipment then try our Micro-wave kiln. We are having a great sale right now on our Fuseworks Microwave kiln. Only $99.00" CLICK HERE. And not just jewelry.

For Sale by Narita Siegel. "All or part of our 78 acre ranch.  We live in Southeast AZ near Willcox, AZ.  Within a mile of our property are several vineyards so potential for your own personal vineyard is very good.  We have excellent soil, weather and water.  Email us at hsnrs@powerc.net or call 520-384-4805." CLICK HERE and look on the left side to find the For Sale Page. Lots of info and photos on her website. See her weather notes to find their weather is much cooler now. Visit her website. Last I saw, she only has one pup left. Go and look around her pages.

Ahh, so cute. CLICK HERE and look for the new collection page. Click again on the Rupert, the 1 pound survivor page.

Arlene took Carl's workshop in mat cutting. CLICK HERE to see what she made with her latest painting. Excellent. Carl is giving on-going workshops, look in his section for details. Arlene is featuring her new Christmas ornament, CLICK HERE and look for page 13. It's ornaments... ongoing.

The Classified Section has been updated. Find Narita's links to her property for sale included. CLICK HERE and look around.

The Support Freedom page has changed a bit. Defend America has gone away but the Department of Defense page is still around and you will find a new link for their page. CLICK HERE and catch up on the articles.

Becky Taylor is sharing a tip she found to keep egg salad good for leftovers. She says it also works with cucumbers. CLICK HERE and look for her recipe section. She is also working on a new recipe for Zucchini Apple Bread and it sounds oh so good. Thank you Becky. (She is going to try it with applesauce and will let us know how it turns out.)

(Wonder what Islamic Sharia law is about? Click on the link to read  articles by those who know.) Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told to get out of Australia as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. CLICK HERE to read words from the Prime Minister of Australia.

Our city, Abilene, has put in a dog park and named it Camp Barkley after a military installation from back in the 1940s. Catchy and cute. I remember the base since my dad was stationed there before I was born and it existed for many more years. Mom's youngest sister was married to Merton Searcy and he has graciously shared his memories with us. CLICK HERE to have a read of the collected notes. Thank you Uncle Mert.

Where your gasoline comes from... CLICK HERE and you might just change your mind about where to fill up.

When "Sugar Free" has loads of sugary calories: I would swear that Kool Whip's Sugar Free variety was made with Splenda. Looking closely now, it is fructose corn syrup. That's not good. As soon as Wanda mentioned it, I checked and we quit using it. You can use whipping cream and sweeten it with Splenda but you still have the sugars in the cream. Ah well.

Nancy Thompson has written an update. They are doing well and it is so nice to have a glowing report. CLICK HERE and look for Life with the Colonel. Thank you so much Nancy. She has many articles to read and such a way with words. They have been in our prayers since their worries began and will remain there.

Pam Porterfield has lots of photos. Her cats and dogs and the cutest of pygmy goats. Oh my. CLICK HERE and look for where it says New Photos!!! Buy some Avon, she's a sales rep. and will so appreciate your business. Thank you Pam.

Kathy Vilseck sent along notes about a Canadian Goose who had stayed a while last year and was back again this year with a friend. CLICK HERE but they moved along and only a few others passing by have stopped. Kathy has been busy making more and more Scrubbies.

Becky Whitford has written her Spring 2010 Update for us. She is so happy to see winter leave them behind. Enjoy her words and plans for spring and summer. CLICK HERE. Thank you Becky.

New Herb information. CLICK HERE then look at the last entry under Herbs to find General Info and Tips. I love it when I can find something that I did not know.

Find a list of plants that will attract Hummingbirds. CLICK HERE and enjoy. Nita

Take a picture of your pet and we will honor them as our Pet of the Month. Send on an email to Nita.

Did you know the name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends.  Tejas is not Mexican for Texas. About Texas, CLICK HERE.

Got a message back from Chanel. She has had a very bad year and is nowhere near being able to be write again. She needs our prayers and best wishes.

Since I subscribe to the newsletter sent out by the San Diego Zoo, I enjoy looking through all their fine sections. CLICK HERE and look for the zoo's newbies. They are just so cute ! The page used to be called Pets but now includes all animals.

Narita Siegel is sharing LOTS of new photos. CLICK HERE and look to the bottom of the page for all the collections of photos. It's a long page but the puppies are oh so cute. Click on the logo at the top of the page to visit her website. You might find you want to buy a well-trained Australian Shepherd.

Think you need a Payday Loan? CLICK HERE and look at the top right column.

Please welcome Cherry Edwards in Washington State. She sent in some photos of the Bald Eagles they see to share with us. CLICK HERE for now we'll have her in the Wildbird Watching section. Thank you Cherry.

Randy wanted to make fried chicken wings from a recipe he'd found in a Betty Crocker cookbook. When we first tried the recipe, we used the Five Spice Powder that it called for. But we didn't like that taste. We had it again this evening, Sunday, and I found a recipe for the Five Spice Blend. I was surprised at what goes into making it 5 spices but used the only one that we had on hand. Oh my, that was sure good.  CLICK HERE and look for A Recipe for Five Spice Powder.

Patti Love has sent along photos of the beautiful gardens of this past and other seasons. The garden photos are now on a separate page. CLICK HERE. Look through all her photos and articles. Thank you Patti.

Nancy Thompson and her husband are doing well. She had written a bit and we so appreciate her staying in touch. The newspaper article met its limit on line so I have a new link that will let you read the item. CLICK HERE and enjoy her words. Thank you Nancy.

A fellow named Paul Mallory had to leave his best friend behind. Read the story that Carol Herzig sent to share with us. CLICK HERE and keep a box of Kleenex handy. Thank you Carol.

Pam Porterfield at Real Country Life sent in a photo. Oh so CUTE.  CLICK HERE and look for her New Articles Section. Now we want one of those. Or two or three.

Look to the top of this page for the link to the Arlene's Week Page... See what she has been doing.

Kathy Vilseck took photos of the Tulip Poplar tree that fell into their pond. Find 2 photos and notes. She has taken the white Scrubbies off her list of colors available since she can no longer obtain the material. Hey, my favorite is purple anyway. CLICK HERE to see her pages and check out those Scrubbies. I bought one of her hand crocheted baby blankets and sent it to Anna Joyce. It is an heirloom item and so nice since we are not able to send birthday and Christmas presents. Thank you Kathy ! There are pictures of Harley and the Ducks on two pages, one at the bottom of Part I and then a separate spot just below that on the list, just photos...

Narita Siegel would like to share a problem that is affecting their being able to raise dogs. "http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jun09/090615f.asp Maybe you can let others know about these potential laws trying to limit our freedoms. This trend is sweeping the nation.  If you have time read about what is happening to our rural way of life.  I'm not hard core but tail docking is part of a long standing tradition in the Aussie breed.  It is part of our breed standard.  As you can see it is wide spread around the country among various breeds. Thanks for listening. They are trying to eliminate people from docking tails and breeding altogether. " We thank you Narita.

Are you a fisherperson? Are you always looking for great places to go? I know that in Texas when you vacation at one of the State Parks, you don't need a fishing license. It's included, just bring your pole and  tackle. Calling ahead for a reservation would help as well. Not in Texas, just call and see what is available  in your state.

The Mars Hoax is going around again. CLICK HERE to read the NASA report. Every year at this time, someone picks up on the item and starts sending it around. Don't believe it.

I found a list of links to websites with information on wisely using electricity. CLICK HERE. The one at the top of the list is what I have just added.

I was reading our monthly rural electric company's magazine and found a page of links to sites with information about best using electricity. Several of the links did not work so they were left out but you will find some good info. CLICK HERE.

P. Allen Smith Newsletter had an interesting article about Herb Crafts this week. CLICK HERE and look to the Herb Section and then to the bottom of it for Herb Crafts. I will keep looking for more such  items.

This is the CDC page. Look to the right side for the H1N1 green square. They have the info on how to be careful and not spread it around. CLICK HERE. Remember that while it is extremely contagious, it is a fairly mild flu, less deadly than the usual flu virus we see during any normal year. But it should be treated and we do have the medicine and doctors. Did you see that TV item where the crew went to the rural part of Mexico City where this originated? There was no running water, they could not wash their hands. But the network only ran the piece one time. Don't hurt anyone's feelings. And don't show the pig farm and standing nasty water but they did mention it. Yuck.

Mr. Obama wants to cut expenses so he wanted Vets to pay for their own medical expenses. CLICK HERE. He said, hey they volunteered to fight in a war. It wasn't like they were drafted. The media did not report it.

Find a new section just added. It's all things concerning women's health issues. Okay, some are things that men get, too. CLICK HERE. Please help me add to this section.

Arlene Wright-Correll sent an item called A Sack Lunch. CLICK HERE and enjoy the latest addition. Thank you Arlene. (A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'United States of America' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.) This is from the article.

Stacy Artis is a GRANDMA ! ! She has written for us a fine update and included some awesome photos of her beautiful granddaughter, Sora. CLICK HERE to visit and see the latest. Browse her past posts and articles, even recipes. Thank you Stacy. We were sure missing you.

Becky Taylor sent in a History Exam. CLICK HERE. See what you remember though some things I'd never heard before. Thank you Becky.

Did you notice Nancy Thompson's new cat, Lu, is our Pet of the Month? She is on the top of the opening page. Looks like Sly's twin sister. Thank you Nancy. Lu was rescued from an uncertain fate.

The Snow Photos Section has a new page. CLICK HERE to see the new photo of great granddaughter, Anna Joyce. It is added to the photo that Pam Porterfield is sharing with us. Brr. Cold stuff. Thank you Pam. I've added it to what Cherry Edwards sent in last week. Send me your snow photos as attachments on your email or on the message itself.

Cherry Edwards lives in Spokane, Washington. She was enjoying telling of how much snow they'd received when I asked if she'd like to share with everyone. CLICK HERE to see some awesome photos of their 61 inches in just December. Thank you Cherry. We  hope you will be a regular contributor.

Rick Love (OLDGUNS) has written a new article about his collection of old guns. CLICK HERE and look for Model 1903 Springfield Rifle. Thank you Rick. There are some excellent photos.

Kathy Vilseck had a trying holiday season but she sent a few weather notes, CLICK HERE. And she gave me the okay to use an item she written about how to use a Scrubbie and make your cleaning chore easier. CLICK HERE and enjoy. Look for the Testimonials page. Thank you Kathy. Don't forget, visit her Scrubbies page and order what you need today.

NEVER, NEVER open any online postcard or greeting card even when it says it is from someone you know. It will bring you a virus that will take lots of money and work to remove. Never use one of the online offers to correct the problem. They are the ones who created the virus in the first place. Send a separate email to the person whose name you know and let them know that you cannot open the item. They probably know nothing about the danger. 123greetings . com has been around a long time but they can sure destroy your entire computer.

Carl Correll has been featured in Birds and Blooms magazine. Look on page 3 and see the beautiful stained glass birdhouse that you can order for yourself and to give as a gift to a bird loving friend or relative. CLICK HERE

Becky Whitford has started a new collection of stories. Look in the top section right below her Homeschooling pages. It is called "Stories from the Old Homeplace" and find the second in the series added this week. She has also written the part two in of Sourdough, Not Just for Bread articles. Find it as a special feature pair. CLICK HERE. Thank you Becky. I can just smell the yeasty aroma of the sourdough. Ummm. Catch up on any of her articles you've not read yet. Most interesting.

I found an excellent page at the Black & Decker website with lots and lots of project ideas and helpful information. CLICK HERE and enjoy looking around.

CLICK HERE to find a new page full of savings ideas. 

Never give chocolate to your dog. Find a new recipe for a sweet treat that is safe and also my original Doggie Yum Yum recipe. CLICK HERE and look for the recipes.

Brain Bender from Brain Connection CLICK HERE (right side of page).

Watch out for Chase Credit Card company. CLICK HERE to read about our bad experiences.

Would you like to write and post a Tribute to Our Troops? Give them praise and honor. Send me an email CLICK HERE. CLICK HERE to visit the Support our Troops Section. Have you found photos and websites to share? We thank Becky Taylor and Kathy Vilseck (The Scrubbie Lady) for their contributions.

About a website called PC Problem Eraser (for a problem with your "registry" or perhaps, it is working too slow) and the newsletter ArcaMax. CLICK HERE to read my notes. It's all a scam, they create a problem and want you to pay them to "fix" it. Use extreme caution.

Nancy Boswell has added her anniversary date to our list of those celebrating. CLICK HERE to see if you are on the list so your dates can be posted as they occur.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE your own words, some recipes, some help to those asking? CLICK HERE. 

Weather Reports CLICK HERE! Quit Smoking? CLICK HERE!    In the Spotlight? CLICK HERE!

Support Freedom CLICK HERE  Homeschooling CLICK HERE ! Recipes CLICK HERE