A few years ago I reconnected with family that had journals and diaries that my Great Great Grandfather and Akin family had left. Here is the accounts of the Lobo Cleanup by Gip Akin. LOBO CLEANUP By Gip Akin The wind had been blowing from the west for two days [Read On]
Share your memories with family
January 18, 2013 by 22 Comments
One of the main barriers family historians face is sharing information. Most of us have family all over the States and even World, and for my Grandma she would have to rely on snail mail, and then towards the end email. Which in my experience is the least reliable source of sharing your families history. [Read On]
Flip pal Sketch Kit special
January 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“A Sketch in Time!” Purchase a Flip-Pal mobile scanner and get a Flip-Pal mobile scanner Sketch Kit FREE!, valid January 3-March 31. Please place items in your shopping cart first, then use promotion code: SKETCH13. I love my little flip pal, it is tiny enough to go with me anywhere and yet powerful enough [Read On]
Gifts in a Jar-Fragrant Bath Salts Mix
November 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
Gifts in a Jar day 4, I have been sharing Spa gift ideas and soon will be sharing the cookies in a Jar recipes. Frangrant Bath Salts Mix Makes 2 cups 1 Cup Borax 1/2 cup sea salt or epsom salts 1/2 baking soda 1/2 teaspoon lavender soap fragrance 1/4 teaspoon orange soap [Read On]
Gifts in a Jar-Oatmeal Facial Scrub Mix
November 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Gifts in a Jar day 3, hope you are enjoying these recipes. You can get your own books with Recipes in a Jar such as Gifts Cooks Love: Recipes for Giving, Quick Fix Healthy Mix: 225 healthy and affordable mix recipes to stock your kitchen, and Dinner Is In The Jar: Quick and Easy Dinner [Read On]
Gifts in a Jar- Zesty Lemon Body Scrub Mix
November 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Day two of the Gifts in a Jar Recipes, today it is Zesty Lemon Body Scrub and Lavender-Chaomile Facial Steam Mix. I grow my own Lavender and Chamomile, however you can find both of these dried at a herbal store or craft store. Zesty Lemon Body Scrub Mix Makes 2 cups 1 [Read On]
Family Love Freebie
November 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This week Touched by a Butterfly has a lovely Family Love Freebie on her facebook page. I created this page late last night of my Great Grandma, her son Phillip Durbin, and family. Such a lovely addition to their photos.
Gifts in a Jar- Victorian Milk Bath Mix
November 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Last Christmas I shared these recipes, they are fun and easy to create a quick lovely homemade gift for a loved one. I will start sharing these again, hoping to share one a day. Victorian Milk Bath Mix 2 Cups powdered milk 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats 1/2 cup dried lavender flowers 1/2 to 1 [Read On]
Beggars’ Night
October 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On October 30, 1926, my Grandma was born on Beggars’ night. She was the first child of Raymond F. Durbin and Ula Mae Akin Durbin. She told me that Beggars Night was the “treat” portion of Trick or Treat years ago. From the research I have done, it is mainly a midwest tradition. My Great Grandfather [Read On]
