Category: Home Sweet Home
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Rose Quartz: The State Mineral of South Dakota
Pink is not a color I particularly care for, but I do like Rose Quartz. I have a few big pieces in my flowerbeds. My father-in-law had collected a few tractor tires full of different sizes that are kept down at our junk yard. They occasionally get raided for our yard or to give as…
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Pledging Character Building
In honor of National 4-H week I thought this column was appropriate for the occasion. The words of the 4-H Member’s Pledge are important for all youth in today’s society. Raising good and caring citizens while still protecting kids from an era of new dangers has become increasingly challenging for parents. I believe in 4-H…
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Getting Ready For Winter
With the exception of a couple of rainy days and an extremely windy one this past week, progress has been moving along on our siding project especially when the materials we’ve ordered are in and we can pick them up. Over the past couple of weeks dealing with getting all the necessary materials we’ve ordered…
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Ice Cream: A Necessary Staple on the Kirk Ranch
Our family goes through a ton of ice cream (specifically, chocolate chip or vanilla) and it’s a good thing, because I don’t know what we would do without all the ice cream buckets we use for different things. A gallon of ice cream usually lasts my family 2-3 weeks and once everybody’s enjoyed a gallon’s…
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Looking Forward to a Warmer Winter
This past week work was started on our home to get new siding put on. It may not be very exciting news to everyone else, but for this ranch wife, the facelift to our house is long over due and I am excited to embrace winter this year in a warmer home. The old stucco…
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Have A Taste of Monte Walsh
I discovered a great new twist on a favorite sandwich of mine; the Monte Cristo, on one of my favorite new internet beef recipe resources. The recipe for the Monte Walsh (I love that for a sandwich name after Tom Selleck’s character in Crossfire Trails) that calls for beef instead of ham. I got the…
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Cucumber Salad: A Summertime Family Tradition
For as long as I can remember, cucumber salad has been a part of every Studt family (on my paternal side) summertime potluck and gathering. I don’t know if any of my cousins, aunts, or uncles think of it as a tradition but I’ve always considered the side dish a family tradition whenever my…
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Bread for My Family, Soul, and Spirit
A few years ago I stopped buying bread and started making my own for several reasons. For starters, homemade bread tastes so much better, but I also liked the idea of knowing exactly what the ingredients were as well as using honey instead of sugar, old-fashioned oatmeal, wheat germ and unbleached whole wheat and white…
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BEER FOOD
I never used to like either one of these. In fact, like a lot of foods I wouldn’t try back when I was a picky eater, I was very good at avoiding them. There are many days I regret that I’m still not one. I’ve discovered too many guilty pleasure foods that I can’t stay…