House to Home - Unleash the Snowflake

So, we moved across country and my husband really really boxed up our junk snowflake. For something, so large and heavy it is also has fragile parts. 

He built a crate with straps. He is quite the MacGyver. The snowflake survived intact. We hung it up over the piano.

Details about the junk snowflake

Weekly Roll - Post Thanksgiving

Linky Love

Paper Bag Snowflakes - This was a really satisfying project and cheap project

Sausage Seasoning - Easy way to turn ground pork into sausage. Especially helpful when you have allergies to onion or garlic or pepper. I left out pepper and did the added brown sugar. DELISH

 Deep Thoughts - Skate Park Church

We have been taking our oldest to the Skate Park on Sunday mornings. It is our new tradition. We initially just sat and watched him go around and round the oval basically. My husband started getting us coffee to drink while we watched.  Then the next thing I knew we had tongs and a trash bag.  So now while my son scooters around the oval. We pick up trash and talk. This also makes sure the oval is clean of bottle caps and trash that will really derail you as you go around top speed. It makes us feel like we are doing something for our community too.

Favorite Things

Oh, I love a gaudy shiny brite. It is my favorite. Good news is they made the move just fine. Picture above is of my display. 

50 Sun Project - Completion 49/50 and 50/50

 

49/50

backyard peek 11/12/22

Well, I bet all my readers are excited to see the end of this project. 

Took my 50/50 photo on the first sunset of my 51st year.   It was a windy one. It took an extra person to help me hold this sign up.

 

Wordy Wednesday

 

Consider this your annual advice for Thanksgiving. 

52 Ancestors - Tombstones

I am participating in Amy Johnson Cow's 52 Ancestors. The topic for last week was tombstones.

I have written about how one of my ancestors, Herman Pringey founded Newlon Grove Cemetary by donating the first acre. I thought I would share some of the headstones from Newlon Grove Cemetary outside of Cumberland Iowa. 

There is a complete list of graves which is helpful. Below is Herman Pringey's gravestone.

Below is Herman's Sister and Brother Law, Henson Liston, Gravestones. As you can see both served in the same unit. It was Herman that introduced his sister Candance to Henson.

Weekly Roll - Almost Thanksgiving

 

I love toddler art and I can't lie. I made this on a lark. It is a tape resist turkey. Some of us might be gearing up for a Thanksgiving feast. I thought some helpful linky's were in order.

Linky Love

Tape Resist Turkey - Busy Toddler and ThinkCraft. I did this on cardboard, and I don't recommend as the tape doesn't release as well. Cheap craft as I only bought $2 in paint.

How much food to make - Brunchwithbabs

Make ahead Thanksgiving dishes - Good Cheap Eats

Cinnamon Roll Turkey's  - Good Cheap Eats and OccasionsbyShakira - this one has bacon. Here is a version I did 

Inappropriate Thoughts - I have two

First, we felt an earthquake on Tuesday. I was noticeable. 

I have always thought my rice cooker cup was metric so I would stress out when it was misplaces. Turns out it is a regular cup measurement. I have only owned this FOREVER!  No one was more surprised than I.  

Favorite Things

I thought I would give a shout out to my favorite instagrammers. I am doing this as part of my birthday month celebration. Below are a few who I really enjoy

debanddanelle - these ladies are something else

livingwithlady - Shannon will keep you surprised. She does TikTok challenges Love her diy ideas too.

venisonfordinner - Kate is a special person.  Love watching her homesteading and showing how homesteading or intentional living is accessible to almost everyone.  I can't believe how much I enjoy her milking videos. Kate doesn't sugar coat. I love her honesty.

myweatheredhome - Emily is a picker extraordinaire and I love her displays with her finds. Her picking with Pops is my favorite stories to watch.

sharonsaysso- Sharon has been described as America's history/government teacher. She makes history and government so understandable. Also described as having golden retriever energy. 

cassie.stephenz Elementary Art Teacher. I particularly like to see "What the Art Teacher Wore." It is my favorite.

damasklove - She is by far one of my favorite crafters

50 Sun Project - 48/50 sunset

 This is a bit of disappointing sunset and it happened at 5:01 pm. I am counting it as I made a special trip to capture. Taken on 11/8/22

What I read November

 I am linking up with Modern Mrs Darcy's Quick Lit. Check out what everyone else is reading

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

I enjoyed this book set in a college library. A priceless book is missing and a colleague who holds the answers is at death door.  I have never thought about donors and acquisitions this behind scenes look at an academic library. This was a good, interesting read.

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

This is a Sharon Says So book club selection. This nonfiction book reads like a fictional family drama. The Sackler family developed oxycontin.  This is the story of their family how they developed the drug, marketed, and profited from it. Arthur Sackler the oldest brother revolutionized how drugs were marketed. This is a complex story and Keefe does an amazing job telling it. This is a book that needs to be discussed.  This is a book that will stick with you.

I have been told I need to now need to watch Dopesick 

House to Home - Fall Shelfie

 

This is the over the sink shelf in my kitchen. I can't wait to show you the completed kitchen. We are just not quite there yet. 

The top of my china cabinet with some pumpkins and candles.

weekly roll-Oldie Glitter Locks

frosty lawn weed

Linky Love

Budget Grocery List 

Amache Rose - A unique rose found at a former Japanese Relocation Camp. A film has been made about it.

The Top 10 Things about Being over 50 - my best friend sent me this one. November is my birthday month. Just call me Oldie Glitter Locks.  

Inappropriate Buying/Inappropriate Thoughts

Hi, my name is Heather and I have a mini tree shopping problem. Since the beginning of November, I have purchased more mini trees. 

Yes, I have a pretty extensive collection already. See pic below of last year's display. 

But can anyone have to many mini trees? Asking for a friend

Favorite Things

I can't lie. I enjoy baking. It brings me joy. Yesterday Charlie and I made Cowboy Cookies.  These make a lot and really for folks who enjoy a crisper cookie.  These make a huge batch

Other recipes on my fall list to try

Overnight Cinnamon Twists - Kate at Venison for Dinner

Brown Sugar Biscuit Twists 

 

50 Suns - Date Night Sunset 47/50

 

I had a rare date night with my husband which involved steak, Walmart, and a sunset. Cheers to a Thursday sunset.  11/3/22. We tried a new location to chase the sunset at a local park. My picture above and my husband's below. Look how I have turned this into a group project.

Balloons and Tunes

We got to go see the hot air balloons launch from Eagle Draw Park in Artesia NM last Saturday for their Ballons & Tunes. It was a cold early morning about 34 degrees.  We grabbed a breakfast burrito and coffee to fuel us. 

It was great how close you could get to the balloons as they were being inflated. The Artesia Chamber of Commerce said they had 17 hot air balloons launch

52 Ancestry - Ghost/Weird Concidence

 The prompt for Amy Johnson Crow's 52 ancestors in 52 weeks is Ghost. Below is my submission

Weird Coincidence/Freaky Ghostly Nudge

On Oct 4, 2022, I realized I had an open tab on my computer to Ancestry and it was open to James Enoch Hoyt. I have no idea why it was opened to this particular ancestor as it was not one, I was currently researching. It just so happens that James Enoch Hoyt’s birthday is Oct 4, 1884. Was this a ghost reaching out? (Just kidding) However, I took that as a sign to explore a little bit about James E Hoyt.

James was born to James Mitchell and Mary Eliza Hoyt in Cass County, Iowa on October 4, 1884. He was the 7th child out of 8.  His father was a civil war veteran. The family was farming in Cass County, Iowa when James was born. 

In 1892, the family was living in Missouri. They were no longer farming in Iowa.

In 1893, the family was living about a mile north of Bonesteel, SD and began to homestead. His sister, Mollie, used to tell how when they were coming out to the west, they chased their mule to the Missouri line. When the family arrived in South Dakota they built a sod house. James was just 8 years old. 

In 1894, tragedy struck when his sister, Rozella Maude “Dell” Simms, was struck by lightning while working in the family field.

In 1901, he lost his mother. They were still homesteading outside of Bonesteel, SD. The South Dakota School Records for Bonesteel DS Gregory County shows Mollie (18), James (15), Frank (8) enrolled along with their nephews Basil and James Simms.   

James married Margaret Olive Hahn in Bonesteel on August 9, 1903. Margaret was from Atkinson, Nebraska. Did James meet her when his sister, Mollie, was attending high school in Nebraska?  They started their married life in Bonesteel, SD. Their son, James Orval Hoyt was born September 24, 1904. 

At some point before the birth of their daughter, Marguerite, who was born September 27, 1906, they moved to Stuart in Holt County Nebraska maybe to be closer to Margaret’s family who resided in Holt County.

By 1908, the family was back in South Dakota and their daughter Lucyle was born.

1910 Census shows the family living in Lemhi, Idaho and his occupation is listed as Wagon Driver. His brother Frank (18) is also living with him.

James dies at the young age of 32 from an appendix operation in 1916.

Obituary Below

Hoyt, James

Nov 20,1916 Stuart Advocate

     James Hoyt of Atkinson, who was brought to Stuart the first of the week for an

    operation for appendicitis, died at the hospital here Tuesday,Nov 28.

     Little hope of his recovery was entertained from the first, but as there was a slight chance that the

    operation might save him, it was tried, since he stood no show if it was not done.

     He was born Oct 4,1884, in Cass County, Iowa, and was 32 years, 1 month and 24 days old.

     He was married at Bonesteel, SD, Aug 9,1903 to Miss Margaret Hahn, a daughter of

    

    Jacob Hahn of Atkinson, and a cousin of Arthur and William Hahn of Stuart.

     Three children were born to this union, who with his wife, father, 3 brothers, and 3 sisters,

     survive to mourn his untimely death.

     The body was taken to Atkinson Wednesday where interment was made.

Wordy Wednesday

 

50 Suns - Halloween Sunrise 46/50

 

Halloween Sunrise

  

I love the extra lights from the Halloween Decor.

10/31/22

Weekly Roll - Band Names

 Oldie but I still love it. 

Way Inappropriate Thoughts

People who know me know I love to make up band names.  I got this bit from a San Diego Radio Morning Show.  The picture below is their Instagram - thedscshow. They are retiring.

I started listening when I moved to San Diego when I knew no one, really. They were my morning soundtrack. They were my kind of people, inappropriate. When I started listening it was Dave, Chainsaw, and Shelly.  They made me laugh so much at a time in my life when things were hard new place, new mom etc. I listened online when I moved from California to Washington State for many years.

I actually think Inappropriate Thoughts would be a good band name or I Have Questions or Questionable. Ha Ha

Deep Thoughts

Birthday Month Favorite Thing

It is my birthday month so I thought I would share a favorite thing

I have been really into nail polish. I have been trying Orly Breathable Nail Polish and it is really good. I have the Kwame Collection.

I started wearing nail polish in the last year to stop myself from chewing my nails. I have been going bold with red but I have branched out to even bolder colors such as black, silver, and purple.