Category Archives: Side Dishes

Casseroles, Side Dishes, Vegetables

Garage sales yield great bargains, including gifts for the grandchildren (of course)

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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 ››
Meats, Side Dishes

Fall dinners mean batter up for fried fish, vegetables and onion rings

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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 ››
Side Dishes, The Essential Amish Kitchen, Vegetables

Sticky lessons with Gorilla glue, and happy for supper on daughter’s patio

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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 ››
Side Dishes, Vegetables

Stuck buttons, Abigail helps Grandma, and tight hugs

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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 ››
Side Dishes, Vegetables

Little Abigail gets introduced to the Coblentz family water battles

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Little Abigail gets introduced to the Coblentz family water battles  It looks dark towards the southeast like a storm could be forming. We sure could use the rain. It’s been dry this week. We watered the gardens a few times this week but hoped it would rain tonight. Our soil is sandy so all the rain … Continue Reading ››
Side Dishes, Soups

Lovina’s daughters and all five sisters surprise Lovina on her birthday

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Lovina’s daughters and all five sisters surprise Lovina on her birthday My 47th birthday was May 22. My daughters wanted me to spend the day with all of them at daughter Elizabeth’s house. When I walked in the house it was decorated with balloons and Happy Birthday banners.Continue Reading ››
Breakfast, Side Dishes

Birthdays, Mother’s Day, and Wednesday with daughters: all good

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First of all, daughter Lovina will be 14 tomorrow, May 18. A happy birthday to her! Also, happy 25th birthday today, May 17, to my niece Elizabeth. We are invited to her parents (sister Liz and husband Levi) on Saturday for a surprise birthday party for Elizabeth. With so much gardening and spring work it doesn’t … Continue Reading ››
Side Dishes, Vegetables

Overnight, a new foal born without help

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Ginger and her new foal.
Overnight, a new foal born without help; name ideas? It’s Thursday morning around 6:30 a.m. Son Kevin, 12, is waiting on the bus to pick him up for school. We had a few thunderstorms during the night. Loud enough to … Continue Reading ››
Side Dishes, Snacks

Life goes on: preparing for a wedding reception without Amos

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Life goes on: preparing for a wedding reception without Amos It’s Thursday, April 5. Today is niece Lisa and Matthew’s wedding reception in Berne, Indiana. Lisa is brother Amos and Nancy’s daughter—the third from youngest out of ten siblings. Matthew and Lisa joined hands together as one on January 20. They were going to wait to have … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Potatoes, Side Dishes

Attentive doctor reminds his patients to trust God

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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 ››