By Lovina Eicher The Amish Cook shares a day in the life of herself and her family: 4:50 a.m. — My husband Joe didn’t have to work today, so we were able to sleep later than usual. I get up as daughter Elizabeth is awake and packing her lunch for work. 5:15 a.m. — Elizabeth leaves […]
By Lovina Eicher For The Madison Press A nice sunny day in March although the thermometer shows 25 degrees this a.m. We have all the meat from our beef either in cans or in the freezer. My husband Joe was home several days last week. On Thursday night and Friday he made over 400 hamburger patties […]
The darkness of the early morning is leaving and daylight is appearing. We are being greeted by a world of white. It has been snowing all night and several inches are covering the ground. Snowflakes are still coming down very thick. I love to watch it snow. So many snowflakes and our wonderful God created […]
Hi, I am Susan. I decided to write for mom this week. My 17th birthday is tomorrow the 24th so my treat to mom is to write the column for her. I made monster cookies yesterday. I wanted to have some to treat everyone for my birthday. I am here at my baby-sitting job. I […]
We attended both funerals of my cousins over the weekend. So nice to see cousins, uncles, aunts, and friends that we don’t often see but sad for the reason we had to gather. Chris’s funeral was on Saturday at 9 a.m. Danny’s funeral was at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Both funerals were largely attended. Our […]
By Lovina Eicher I hope everyone had a blessed and healthy Christmas Day. I’ve been struck with the same flu that has been going around this household. Hopefully I’ll be on the mend soon. With Joe off this week and the kids home from school, the house has been full. We’ve had snow and cold the […]
Daughter Susan baked a batch of outrageous chocolate chip cookies this week. With the mixed flavor of chocolate and peanut butter our family really likes them.
I am at the dentist’s office while daughter Susan gets her teeth cleaned. We came in our buggy pulled by our 18-year-old horse Diamond. It was a nice ride into town with the temperature warmed up into the 50s. I am hoping for a nice warm day to wash our curtains and our windows. If the […]