Verena’s view from camping week, plus super easy supper on the grill
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Attentive doctor reminds his patients to trust God
Spring has arrived—or at least that’s what the calendar says! We did have some nice sunny days, with the mercury on the thermometer reaching almost 60 degrees. We have taken advantage of the weather and dried the laundry outside on the clotheslines. It sure makes it so much fresher than when it’s dried in the … Continue Reading ››
Find out what’s new at the Eicher household!
The sun is shining bright but the mercury is only at 16 degrees. We have had our share of cold weather.
I am very excited to share the news that Joe and I are grandparents for the second time! Jennifer Susan was born at 7:46 a.m. on January 15, 2018, to daughter Susan and Mose. She … Continue Reading ››
Where Lovina hopes to be over a bug at Thanksgiving!
Where Lovina hopes to be over a bug at Thanksgiving!
It’s Wednesday morning and we have lots to do today. I think I have some kind of stomach flu. It makes me feel weak so I haven’t moved too far from my recliner yet. Hopefully I will feel better soon. I do not have time to … Continue Reading ››
A day in Lovina’s Life: Diary of September 20, 2017
A day in Lovina’s Life: Diary of September 20, 2017
3:00 a.m. Alarm rings telling us it’s time to start another day. Mornings come around too quick. I pack Joe’s lunch and put on a pot of coffee so he can take some to drink on his way to work.
3:45 a.m. Joe and son-in-law Mose leave … Continue Reading ››
Getting things done: dresses, garden cleaned off, salsa made, church prep
It is bedtime already but my agenda looks way too loaded for tomorrow. Today was long enough already but this column needs to be written and on its way.
I started the day with sewing on daughter Verena’s dress that she needs for her baptism on Sunday. I have the dress almost done.
While I was sewing … Continue Reading ››
Elizabeth hosts the family for brunch, family games, and birthdays
This column will bring us more than halfway through 2017 already!
My arms are sore this morning from all the painting we did yesterday. Sister Emma and I helped paint three rooms at our sisters Verena and Susan’s house yesterday. The new floor will be put down next week so we wanted the painting done before … Continue Reading ››
Enjoying summer vegetables makes meal planning easier
Our weather has been hot and humid this week. This morning it is looking like it could rain. We need rain and it would also cool everything off.
Daughter Elizabeth and sweet little Abigail came yesterday to spend the day. We did laundry, which seemed extra huge with bedding and curtains in the wash. We washed … Continue Reading ››
With husband and children on vacation, Lovina serves up extra recipes
We recently butchered our old laying hens and canned around fifty quarts of chicken broth. My husband, Joe, and our children are home on vacation the week of July 4. So this week I’m sharing some extra recipes.
The Eicher family canned chicken broth … Continue Reading ››
The Eicher family canned chicken broth … Continue Reading ›› Son’s eighth-grade graduation tugs at Lovina’s heartstrings
It’s a sunny pleasant evening in June. The temperature stayed in the low 70s today. Tomorrow evening we will be putting in hay. It has been a good week for haymaking.
Last night our family attended the eighth-grade graduation for the class of 2017. Son Joseph was among the twenty students who graduated. Sixteen boys and … Continue Reading ››