Tag Archives: Lovina Eicher

Meats

More wonderful news from the Eicher family!

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Daughter Loretta and I are at home today while the rest are either working or at school. We did odd jobs around the house that have been neglected lately. I am excited to announce that Joe and I are grandparents now! Abigail Elizabeth was born to daughter Elizabeth and Timothy on Saturday, September 10 at 1:14 … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins

September means back to school, grilled stuffed peppers, and another wedding

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School doors opened yesterday, September 6, throughout the county. It seems quiet around here with Joseph, 14, Lovina, 12, and Kevin, 11, all back to school. The bus is here around 7:00 a.m. We are so glad the pickup time is later this term. Joseph milks our cow Bessie in the morning, and then showers … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Meats

Neighborliness and community: paying back past kindnesses

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FrontPorch
Lovina enjoys writing from her front porch.
As I write this, we mark the last day of August. I’m just amazed at how time seems to fly by faster each year. Do we take enough time in our busy lives for God? Our children … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins

Horse-and-buggy trip to Indiana caps the end of summer

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We had a nice rain tonight. Our rain gauge shows that we had more than a half inch. Our garden still has tomatoes, cabbage, green peppers and hot peppers left in it. Yesterday we canned almost eighty pints of pizza sauce. We gave twenty pints to Mose and Susan. We also canned hot peppers. Susan … Continue Reading ››
Desserts

An Eicher family friend lifts the veil on Susan’s wedding preparations

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Editor’s Note: Lovina Eicher is busy with preparations for her daughter Susan’s wedding. Guest columnist Ruth Boss, an “English” friend of Lovina’s, provides a ringside seat for the big August 5 wedding. Wedding preparations have been in full swing all week for Susan and Mose’s wedding this Friday. Last Saturday the wedding wagons were delivered: a … Continue Reading ››
Soups

Eicher family makes final preparations for Amish wedding

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WeddingNoodlesIt is Thursday morning  as I write this, [July 28], and time keeps moving on faster and faster it seems. The wedding is tomorrow in a week! It’s getting too close for comfort! Tomorrow evening the wedding cook wagon, the cooler, and the trailer with the … Continue Reading ››
Canning and Freezing, Vegetables

Wedding work frolic planned; sister promises eggs to help make wedding noodles

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FrontPorch
Not much time to relax on the porch these days ...
Today, 17 years ago, our oldest son was born to us after having three daughters. I remember seeing the look on my husband Joe’s face when he told me “It’s a boy!” He … Continue Reading ››
Salads

Cleaning house for Susan’s wedding, Eichers save worst bedroom for last . . .

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We are wrapping up the month of June. The year 2016 is now already halfway done. Amazing how time seems to go faster and faster. The wedding for Mose and Susan is only five weeks away. It’s getting too close way too fast for me! We still want to make noodles for the wedding, and there … Continue Reading ››
Meats

What do you do when the puppy thinks your flower bed is a playground?

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It is a cool June morning with temperatures only in the low 60s. I had to close a few windows as it was chilly with them all open. Summer is officially here now. It seems empty around here. My husband Joe, daughter Susan, and son Benjamin are working. Daughter Lovina is staying at Elizabeth and Timothy’s … Continue Reading ››