Acres Midwest » Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com Mon, 20 May 2013 20:34:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Amish Cook http://acresmidwest.com/amish-cook/ http://acresmidwest.com/amish-cook/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:25:07 +0000 Tina Murdock http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3187 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 [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/amish-cook/feed/ 0 The beef is all cut up. Now it is time to cut up the pork http://acresmidwest.com/the-beef-is-all-cut-up-now-it-is-time-to-cut-up-the-pork/ http://acresmidwest.com/the-beef-is-all-cut-up-now-it-is-time-to-cut-up-the-pork/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:00:48 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3131 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 [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/the-beef-is-all-cut-up-now-it-is-time-to-cut-up-the-pork/feed/ 0 We are having some bad weather http://acresmidwest.com/we-are-having-some-bad-weather/ http://acresmidwest.com/we-are-having-some-bad-weather/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:22:24 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3122 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 [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/we-are-having-some-bad-weather/feed/ 0 Susan makes birthday cookies http://acresmidwest.com/susan-makes-birthday-cookies/ http://acresmidwest.com/susan-makes-birthday-cookies/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:10:39 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3057 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 [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/susan-makes-birthday-cookies/feed/ 0 Another day is not promised to us http://acresmidwest.com/another-day-is-not-promised-to-us/ http://acresmidwest.com/another-day-is-not-promised-to-us/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:17:40 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3044 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 [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/another-day-is-not-promised-to-us/feed/ 0 Lovina has been struck with the flu http://acresmidwest.com/lovina-has-been-struck-with-the-flu/ http://acresmidwest.com/lovina-has-been-struck-with-the-flu/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:46:10 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2974 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 [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/lovina-has-been-struck-with-the-flu/feed/ 0 We are preparing for Christmas http://acresmidwest.com/we-are-preparing-for-christmas/ http://acresmidwest.com/we-are-preparing-for-christmas/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:45:10 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2909 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.

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/we-are-preparing-for-christmas/feed/ 0 We had a wonderful visit with our family in Ohio recently http://acresmidwest.com/we-had-a-wonderful-visit-with-our-family-in-ohio-recently/ http://acresmidwest.com/we-had-a-wonderful-visit-with-our-family-in-ohio-recently/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:03:03 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2886 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 [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/we-had-a-wonderful-visit-with-our-family-in-ohio-recently/feed/ 0 Susan had her casts removed but still has to wear air casts http://acresmidwest.com/susan-had-her-casts-removed-but-still-has-to-wear-air-casts/ http://acresmidwest.com/susan-had-her-casts-removed-but-still-has-to-wear-air-casts/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:01:20 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2851 Another chilly morning with the temperature dipping below 40. So far my garden hasn’t been hit with a killing frost. I am surprised because it has been quite cold on some mornings. Some places look like they did, though. Both my gardens are beside buildings so I wonder if they are protected from the cold [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/susan-had-her-casts-removed-but-still-has-to-wear-air-casts/feed/ 0 The Amish Cook http://acresmidwest.com/the-amish-cook-2/ http://acresmidwest.com/the-amish-cook-2/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:47:45 +0000 Tina Murdock http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2809 BY LOVINA EICHER School doors opened on Tuesday, Sept. 4. The house seemed pretty empty after the six youngest left for school at 7 a.m. They had Rich for their bus driver again which made them happy. Rich has been the bus driver for the children ever since we moved to Michigan eight years ago. [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/the-amish-cook-2/feed/ 0 The Amish Cook http://acresmidwest.com/the-amish-cook/ http://acresmidwest.com/the-amish-cook/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:15:56 +0000 Tina Murdock http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2766 BY VERENA EICHER, Age 14 I decided to write for Mom this week. It has been awhile since I wrote the column. I just  came home from de-tasseling corn not too long ago. The corn was extra wet this morning since we got all that rain. I don’t really mind de-tasseling corn unless it is [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/the-amish-cook/feed/ 0 Loretta will be in hard casts for four weeks http://acresmidwest.com/loretta-will-be-in-hard-casts-for-four-weeks/ http://acresmidwest.com/loretta-will-be-in-hard-casts-for-four-weeks/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:05:21 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2731 I decided to write this column while my red beets are cooking. I cook them long enough so that the skin peels off easily. I want to make pickled red beets to put in cans. We will serve those for lunch when we have church services next spring. I also have several more buckets of [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/loretta-will-be-in-hard-casts-for-four-weeks/feed/ 0 Wedding wagons make it a lot easier; You don’t use your own supplies http://acresmidwest.com/wedding-wagons-make-it-a-lot-easier-you-dont-use-your-own-supplies/ http://acresmidwest.com/wedding-wagons-make-it-a-lot-easier-you-dont-use-your-own-supplies/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:07:54 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2693 It is 5:15 a.m. and 18-year-old daughter Elizabeth just left for her job at the factory. My husband Joe left over an hour ago for his job. Elizabeth started at the factory a couple of weeks ago. She works five days a week. Her cleaning job didn’t have enough days of work each week for [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/wedding-wagons-make-it-a-lot-easier-you-dont-use-your-own-supplies/feed/ 0 It is good to be done with the de-tasseling http://acresmidwest.com/it-is-good-to-be-done-with-the-de-tasseling/ http://acresmidwest.com/it-is-good-to-be-done-with-the-de-tasseling/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:10:58 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2675 By Verena Eicher   I decided to write for mom this week. It has been awhile since I wrote the column. I just came home from de-tasseling corn not too long ago. The corn was extra wet this morning since we got all that rain. I don’t really mind de-tasseling corn unless it is really [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/it-is-good-to-be-done-with-the-de-tasseling/feed/ 0 The rain gave the lawn a boost http://acresmidwest.com/the-rain-gave-the-lawn-a-boost/ http://acresmidwest.com/the-rain-gave-the-lawn-a-boost/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:53:39 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2646 It is July 30 and 2012 is halfway over already. A happy fifth birthday to nephew Steven, Jacob and Emma’s son. I find it hard to believe he will be starting school this fall. Time seems to go faster every year. It looks like a nice day to do laundry. Last week we had rain [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/the-rain-gave-the-lawn-a-boost/feed/ 0 Everyone had a nice time at the cabin http://acresmidwest.com/everyone-had-a-nice-time-at-the-cabin/ http://acresmidwest.com/everyone-had-a-nice-time-at-the-cabin/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:57:58 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2627 By Lovina Eicher   It feels so much better to have cooler weather this morning. Last week temperatures were over 100 on some days. We had a nice week at the cabin by the lake. Children kept cool swimming in the lake. We had a great time, but I was glad to be back home [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/everyone-had-a-nice-time-at-the-cabin/feed/ 0 Keeping up with the house and both gardens has everyone busy http://acresmidwest.com/keeping-house-gardens-busy/ http://acresmidwest.com/keeping-house-gardens-busy/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:06:59 +0000 Lovina Eicher http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2527 This past week we did a lot of painting as we continue to get things in order after the house fire last month. All four bedrooms upstairs are painted and one needs another coat. Things are beginning to look a lot better. We would like to go get some flooring to put in the bedrooms [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/keeping-house-gardens-busy/feed/ 0 Elementary students took up a collection with change they put in jars http://acresmidwest.com/elementary-students-collection-change-put-jars/ http://acresmidwest.com/elementary-students-collection-change-put-jars/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:16:14 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2465 We just arrived home from Jacob and Emma’s house awhile ago. We were over there so that my husband Joe could help Jacob unload hay in their barn. Meanwhile, daughters Elizabeth and Susan just arrived home from a wedding supper they attended. Tomorrow evening the youth are invited to another wedding supper. Weddings are still [...]

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