Poor things though, the way they are played with, hard telling how long they will be around . . . someday the door might be open too long . . .

Here’s my knitting project . . . First sweater ever . . . As you can see I’m working on the sleeves yet . .  I’ve really enjoyed this project!

And my friend, Hope, gave this quick, nifty idea . . .

Two cans of biscuits

Mix syrup together and melt in saucepan then pour in bottom of tube pan.

1\2 cup butter, 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup, 1\2 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinn., and however many nuts ya like

Place biscuits on top.

Bake at  450 for about 10-15 min I think (can’t remember )

Anyway fast and easy and we love’m!!!!!

“A Tip: How I Save Money by Saving Money

(How we are saving money for our mission trip to California and Mexico this summer)

Since our marriage, I have mostly been a stay-at-home. That means that I only earn occasional income.

I tell Steve, “You work hard to make money and I work hard to save it.” Of course, that doesn’t mean that I don’t earn any money or that Steve doesn’t save. But I have the time at home to perform thrifty activities.

When I do something that saves our family money, such as sewing in a new zipper instead of buying a new coat, I figure out the money I possibly saved. Usually I round it down to a lower price. For example, for the coat zipper I sewed in, I counted the savings as $10, although I know that we could pay at least $20or more for another coat.

As an example, on December 6, in my day timer I wrote,

$20 savings (I bought a used answering machine for $1.50)

$20 savings (Steve thought we could buy insurance on our camera from the store for $20, but the salesman said that Canon would still refund us. Without the insurance I would need to mail in the camera. I told Steve as we stood there in the store with the high pressure salesman hovering over us, “I don’t mind mailing it in.” Steve was fine with that, so I saved ourselves $20. We’ll see how much    work it will be if the camera goes kaput.

$10 savings (I sewed a zipper in Steve’s coat instead of getting another used one.)

What I do then is put the money I saved into a special savings account that we don’t usually touch and designate it for whatever I am trying to save for.

This is a hobby for me. It is so fun to think that when I work hard to save money, I can actually “see” my savings.”

– Sharon Schnupp Kuepfer

They want the building gone so they can build a retirement home instead of having an outdated older seasonal cabin that can’t be lived in year round.  And we want some of the lumber . . .

So the work began with tearing out the paneling, taking out the cupboards etc. . . .

The children enjoyed helping . . .

Lynne hated when I put her in the play pen! . . . such is life . . .

We feel blessed . . . it’s fun working together as a family!