Rereading early columns is an occasion to ponder life’s many changes
All posts by Lovinas Amish Kitchen
To follow Lovina around for the day, you’d have to rise at three
Diary of October 16, 2018
3:00 a.m. Alarm rings. It’s time to pack my husband Joe’s lunch, make some coffee for his coffee mug and fill his water jug with ice water. The 45-minute ride to work is enough time for him to enjoy the coffee. Joe is leaving 20 minutes earlier due to having a … Continue Reading ››
Garage sales yield great bargains, including gifts for the grandchildren (of course)
Daughter Lovina, 14, and son Kevin, 13, just left for school. It’s cold and windy outside, and the temperature has dropped to 54 degrees. We had just enjoyed a few nice warm and sunny days until yesterday, when it was rainy and cooler.
Daughters Elizabeth and Susan … Continue Reading ›› Grandma Lovina’s dilemma: Which granddaughter to pick up when the buggy arrives?
It’s 6:45 a.m. and daughter Lovina, 14, and son Kevin, 13, just left for school. It’s still quite dark outside. Daylight Savings Time lasts until November, so it seems most of the school year it’s dark when they leave with the bus.
I think this is my favorite time of the day. After the morning rush … Continue Reading ››
Fall dinners mean batter up for fried fish, vegetables and onion rings
This column will wrap up September. October starts on Monday already! It’s a big day for deer hunters with the season opening.
Son-in-law Mose took our son Kevin, 13, out hunting on Saturday, when the youth hunt was held. Kevin shot his first deer, so that was exciting for him. Mose said the first thing Kevin … Continue Reading ››
Sticky lessons with Gorilla glue, and happy for supper on daughter’s patio
Head: Sticky lessons with Gorilla glue, and happy for supper on daughter’s patio
It’s 8:30 p.m. and we just came home from daughter Elizabeth and Timothy’s house. Elizabeth made supper for us. She made cooked potatoes, cooked carrots, corn, Sloppy Joe sandwiches with ice cream for dessert. It was nice to not have to cook supper … Continue Reading ››
Stuck buttons, Abigail helps Grandma, and tight hugs
I’m sitting outside here by the grill as daughter Loretta grills hamburgers for our supper. We will also have vegetable soup with the hamburgers. The hamburgers are from our freezer which we packed individually last winter after butchering beef. This pack of hamburgers had cheese added.
Today daughter Elizabeth and Abigail plus daughter Susan and Jennifer … Continue Reading ››
Missing loved ones at a family reunion
Summer’s waning days bring bucketloads of tomatoes and family hog roast
Ice cream ensures that back-to-school open house pleases even the littlest attender
Ice cream ensures that back-to-school open house pleases even the littlest attender
Happy birthday to my sister Verena, whose 52nd birthday was August 22. We wish her God’s richest blessings and many more happy, healthy years!
This is Thursday morning, and it seems the hours are going faster than I can keep up! School doors opened Tuesday, … Continue Reading ››