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Yes, Murphy has as of late made himself, or itself at home at our property. Do you know Murphy’s law? It’s more or less based on the idea that a series of unfortunate events will always happen at the worst times. I’ve previously lived by another version of it. One that Military Wives and I called “Military Murphy’s Law”. That one was “what can go wrong, will go wrong…during a deployment”. You see, this is why I myself constantly have it so ingrained in me to always be the Devil’s advocate. Always look for what could go wrong. Because for almost twelve years of our marriage to my husband Edward ..read more

Ever since we lived in Maryland, in that small military house, with the small yard, that started out as a smelly, gooey mess we knew we wanted something. Something. But we just couldn’t quite figure out just what that SOMETHING was. We knew when we were getting closer because things just seemed to, amazingly, always work out. Always when we moved towards certain ideas and feelings. We knew we had a dream, but what was that dream? And if we didn’t know what the dream was, how then could we make it our reality? When we bought our home in North Pole Alaska, it seemed like a huge stretch. After al ..read more

Many feel a bit daunted by the idea of pressure canning anything. They worry about safety from botulism, or that the pressure canner will blow up. Throughout my 30 minute tutorial, you’ll see that pressure canning doesn’t have to be scary. The rules are typically the same for pressure canning meat or pressure canning vegetables. The only difference is the end product as vegetables tend to turn out rather mushy, and meat tends to turn out amazingly tender. With that in mind, I usually prefer to take cuts of meat that are tougher. This makes an end product that is delicious to serve during the w ..read more