Happy Grandparents Day

 Happy Grandparents Day to all the awesome people who made our childhoods wonderful, happy, safe and secure. You helped shape and mold us and God knows we learned alot from you. I had the greatest and would give anything if I could still talk to them and visit. I could sit and listen to them all day long and never tire of it. They stood in the gaps and showed up when our parents needed them. They spoiled us and also took care of us. Showed us unconditional love. Guided and counseled us because they are from a generation who really knew best. 

Some of a child's best memories are about their grandparents. Mine sure is. We had an awesome time. 

We vowed that when our kids had kids we would do the exact same thing and we are so honored to be in this category in our lives. I wouldn't give anything for it.  

I use to get on to my momma when she would let our boys get away with things that she would have burnt my butt up for. Then she would say those words, "Well, it's  different!" Well, now I know what she means. You love your kids, but there is just something about those grandkids. I'm glad we are getting to see our kids have kids. It is a blessing to see your kid be a good parent. That means all those years of fussing and fighting with them paid off. I hope  God blesses us with as many grandchildren as he sees fit. They will truly be loved. ❤️

Knowledge Box Central For All Students and Teachers

 Knowledge Box Central is not just for Homeschoolers, it can also be used in the classroom for teachers and students. More great ideas for learning and supplementing material in the classroom or homeschool library. 

Knowledge Box Central is family-owned and operated. We design educational materials for homeschoolers, as well as private and public school students. We specialize in Lapbooks, Copywork Notebooks, Notebooking Pages, Activity Workbooks, Games, Interactive Foldable, and MORE! Our products work great with all ages and grades!

Here is a video explaining how it works:

How it works

You can find all you need here :

ArtKive For Kids Art

 I have seen these books on Instagram and probably will do this for the grandkids. I loved keeping some of my kids artwork (still have it) from their childhood and now I love getting artwork from the grandkids. I am a softie and I love keepsakes. This is the perfect way to do that. They take your child's artwork pages and turn them into keepsake books you can have for a lifetime.

Hi, we're Artkive!

We solve the problem for parents of what to do with all the art and school work kids bring home.

Since 2012, Artkive has turned children's artwork into stunning keepsake books and unique one of a kind wall art for families and organizations! Check them out below

Grow And Make Crafting Kits

 

These kits are not just for kids but adults as well. So many categories to choose from

Grow and Make offers DIY crafting kits for every occasion!

Grow and Make was founded to inspire people to use their hands to create. We invite our customers to live a more sustainable, simple, and fulfilling life – just by growing and making more of what they consume.

Help us spread the hand crafting revolution!

All of our kits are made in Portland Oregon and assembled by hand.

Our product line includes:

Extreme, Deluxe & Artisan Hot Sauce Making Kit

BBQ Sauce Making Kit

Cocoa Butter Soap Making Kit

Goat Milk Soap Making Kit

Soft Cheese Making Kit

Chocolates Making Kit

Tea Herb Garden Kit

Gardening Kit for Kids

Edible Flower Garden Set

Sugar and Salt Scrub Making Kit

Lotion Making Kit

Cocktail/Mocktail Bitters Making Kit

Gin Infusion Kit

...and more!

Give the gift of DIY!

Bentgo Sale

 

Bentgo is having another sale right now on their lunch box and backpack products for kids and grown ups. New styles, colors and prints on lunch boxes and back packs. New lunch box accessories and containers all the way to glass containers for adults who take their lunches to work. Sales on thermos', bentgo boxes with easy open closures for even preschoolers, plastic containers, sauce cups, utensils, etc. Ends Sept 19th.

Check out everything here

More Deals and Sales For You

 I said in one of  my last posts that I was on the hunt for deals and sales for you to help ease on the budget, well in this post I am providing more for you. 

I love Bentgo Products for lunches for kids, teenagers, young adults and even grown ups. Right now you can Create a complete lunch sets in 3 simple steps & save 10% click on the link to find out. 

Create a complete lunch set in 3 simple steps & save 10%! Shop Now!

Don't forget your every day deals at your Dollar Tree click here to see what all is new

You can even order small quantities online click here to find out how and save

Stay tuned, I have more to come your way!!!!!!!

It Has Been A Good Summer

 Well, August has left us and now the BER months start. 

We have had a very good summer. We have celebrated birthdays, the birthday of our country and Independence, planting, growing, harvesting and preserving season, time with loved ones, and many projects that were on our to do list we finally got to do. 

Now we start planning on fall and winter projects on the farm. Seems like it never ends, but I look at it this way, You spend 75% of your hard earned money to have nice things like homes, vehicles, etc., you should take really good care of them so they will last a long time and you are not throwing money down the drain. You work too hard for it. 

Pregnant cows are doing fine and momma cow and baby are doing great. The calf is growing like a week and looks so strong and healthy. 

This fall, I'm going to work on just flower beds around here. So much pruning needs to be done. I think the last frost or freeze we had in the early spring stunted alot of our rose bushes and such. Then I want to freshen flower beds and plant some bulbs. There are two flower beds that are claimed by dear hubby and some of the things he had planted in it died from the last freeze. So I asked him if I could plant something for him. I want to plant Iris', Lilly's and Buttercups for him. Those were his mothers favorite flowers. I think they will look nice. 

Well, it is time to go feed the cows and close down the kitchen for the night. Hope every one has a blessed night. 

Back To School and Off To College Savings and Deals

 Even though school has been back in session since August 1st here in our region, I know lots of regions who don't start back until after Labor Day. 

So in today's post and a few more coming up, I will share deals and sales with you that I have tried to find for everyone.  I love saving people money and helping you shop economically because,  hey, it's hard out there with inflation and the way prices just keep rising. We have to cut as many corners as possible to save on the budget. 

So here are some things I have found:

I am all about trying to find deals and sales for everyone and trust me when I say, this is a steal. Back To School and Off To College, parents, this is a great savings to get them fixed up for their homework at home, virtual, zoom or livestreaming, Homeschooling, and for you college students for all your class needs. This was $1,099.99 now it's $289.99 which is 74%off also with a $20 coupon at checkout. You can't beat that. Also perfect for anyone who works from home. Click here to check it out. You want be sorry. 

Check our even more savings on other name brand computers here 

Check out the deals on all computer essentials like mouse pads, wireless mouse, backpacks for your laptop, and even more here

Sales on tvs and accessories for the dorm room when they just need some down time or they can mirror things from their computer to their tv

Of course you will need to make sure their rooms are organized and they will need some small furniture to store clothes and essentials in when they move in check out the deals on small furniture, organizers, storage units etc to hold all their belongings and keep them organized. 

They will need comfortable bedding essentials to make them feel "home away from home" but in style also great deals and sales on all bedding here

You can't forget one important thing: THEY ARE GOING TO GET HUNGRY AND NEED TO EAT so here are some great deals on cooking appliances for dorm rooms. Man, some of these things are so cute, small and effecient, that I may get some for our home or for when we travel on work trips. They are awesome. But what is also awesome is deals on air fryers for dorm rooms. I love cooking meals in our air fryer when we travel. You will feel good knowing that they can make nutritious meals for themselves in no time and not have to spend money eating out all the time. Oh, and I almost forgot, deals on instant pots too. Instant pots are great for dorm rooms and they come in all kinds of sizes. Then there are crock pots where you can even match it with your room color or college school colors. If they prefer microwaves better, here are some great deals on microwaves.

They are going to need somewhere to store their cold food as well when they learn how to grocery shop to make meals or grab some snacks and drinks for those long study nights check out the savings on these dorm room refrigerators

For when they need to call home, you definately don't want to miss those calls because they forgot to plug up their phone to charge these are bedside caddies with charging ports there are also lamp stand with charging ports 

Now, if your kids are not moving into a dorm room and they will be commuting back and forth, they will need to carry their lunch with them. Look at all these deals on lunch boxes and accessories and don't forget your back packs to carry all those heavy books, computers and other things in as well.  Check out these deals on back packs for school

Don't forget back pack for the kids going back to school and their lunch boxes and accessories kids gotta eat too. 

And our never ending, long list of school supplies. You can get all your school supplies in one place at great savings

I will spend the next few days and weeks trying to see what all other deals and sales I can find for y'all. I hope this post, list and links help you save money on the budget for your kids of all ages. 

Here is a little extra: if you are a college kid or your kid is going to be off to college and will be doing their own cooking. I have a playlist of videos on our YouTube channel where I am cooking in a hotel with nothing but an air fryer, instant pot, and the rooms microwave. It might help teach them how to cook some meals for themselves and become more independent instead of eating out all the time. There are also a couple of videos where I do my meal planning for small space cooking and even take you along on a grocery haul and teach how to shop economically. These are all life skills these kids  need to learn how to do. Catch the whole playlist here

I will see you in the next post, hopefully with more savings, sales and deals. 

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Meal Planning and Grocery Haul

 In this video, I start a new week with planning my meals and I show you my strategy for how I meal plan for the week. I even do one better than that. I take you with me on my grocery haul and teach you how I compare prices and shop economically. Teach your kids to meal plan and shop the sales. College kids, this is good for dorm room cooking and storing food. It is important to learn these life skills for when you get your own home and family, or you just move away from home and you are on your own. 

After you watch the video, check out my whole playlist on Meal Planning and Shopping the Sales. Sure does save money on the groceries. 

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Home Hack

 Neat little trick. Instead of throwing away tons of plastic bags, get some uses out of them. I fold them like little footballs( the kind we use to play paper football with in school when the teacher wasn't looking lol), then store them in a container ( I use wipe containers since I have plenty), and use them in small trash can liners, in my truck for garbage, dirty diapers on the go, soiled clothes, even barf bags in a pinch.

Saving Seeds

 You can leave some green beans on the vine and okra pods on the stalks and let them dry out. Cut off later and open up and save the seeds for next year. You will have a good start for your next year's crop.

A Challenge

 I challenged people on my 4D Farms Facebook page to grow something in a bucket or container. Some people sent me pics of their plants. I asked permission from each person to post their pic's. They are very proud of their small gardens. It doesn't take much but little by little you can cut back on groceries. If you missed this year's opportunity, please make plans for next year. 🍅🍆🥔🥕🌽🌶🫑🥒🥬🥦

More New Videos

 We have some new videos on our channel you might want to check out. I have alot more coming. Just hang in there with me. 

There is Remaking A Kids Outdoor Playhouse, Giving You Some Encouragement To Make It Through The Rest Of Your Garden Season,  How I Cook With My Frozen Produce From The Garden and Instant Pot Lasagna. 😀 

I Am Still Here

 Just letting everyone know, we are still here. We are in the throws of canning season and wrapping up our garden season. The corn, Zucchini and squash are done. We had an excellent harvest with those.  Okra is still coming strong and we are getting a lot. We have been enjoying some fried and granddaughters are loving the ones I pickled. 😋.  We went ahead and harvested the onions. They didn't get very big but next year I will plant them in a row or raised bed by themselves.  The okra stalks smothered them out a bit and over shadowed them. I am harvesting pumpkins and butternut squash and I have a new video on the butternut squash.  

We are working on the pumpkins now and will have a video soon. 

The green beans are still going strong. 

We are harvesting some tomatoes and I will add a new video to our playlist soon too. 

Also some peppers and how we preserve them. 

School has also started and those busy mornings and evenings are chaotic. Parents have to be on their way or already at work before the school opens for drop off, so I help get the oldest to school and the youngest stays with me since she is PreK. I help pick her up in the afternoons and have fun and treats before they have to go home. I help with homework also. This is not my first rodeo. Anything I can do to help. That's just what grandparents do. 

The youngest and I will do some kind of job first to start our day right after we leave the school drop off line. It can be canning something, cooking or baking something or cleaning something.  Then we will do school. One morning I let her make her Poppie some pecan muffins all by herself and I tell you what, we devoured them. She did a great job. 

I have enjoyed this summer with our grandchildren and teaching them all I could. Why school has to start so early around here I don't know but it messes my time up with them. When I was in school we didn't start until September and still got out in May. Oh well. 

The oldest ones school teacher has an app where parents and grandparents can sign up to receive notifications of progress, grades, upcoming events, what they are learning and just what they are doing in the classroom.  

She has made some little friends. 

We have had some unexpected and unusual storms come through the last month and our oldest son has not had much rest or got to spend alot of time with his family. We have pop up showers and thunderstorms out of no where. One minute the sun is shining and we get in the pool and bam, clouds come and then thunder and lightning. We have to get out and come in. Phooey.  

Cows are going strong. We have 3 confirmed pregnant and the momma and baby are doing fine now. The guys are putting up more fencing on the property to expand their grazing. 

I hope this catches everyone up and let you know I'm still here, it's just been busy the past month. I will keep hanging in there until things slow down.