If you have not already, check out the free books at Amazon. I love to look around at all the many books and have discovered many free books. What is so unique about them is the year they were published. I'm talking about Cook Books and Taking Care of your Household. They are a scream. Let me tell you if the Women of today had to do this stuff they would run screaming (and not in laughter). One is titled, " Directions for Cookery, in it's Various Branches", by Miss Leslie. Tenth Edition, with Improvements and Supplementary Receipts, 1840. Did you notice the date ? This is a book to read. While it is unbelievable that the women actually did all of this the information in it is very interesting. I am enjoying reading it and I know you will also.
Another one is, "Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet", by A.G. Payne. On the inside is the date 1891. From what I can gather so far there are 4 sections to this and they are all included here. It's funny really, I thought our generation was the only one who discovered Vegetarian eating, aren't we full of ourselves. It's not just about that, I believe it's also about taking care of your home as I have not read all of it yet. Another thing you might find interesting is the beginning you will see advertising by different companies, that's funny. Check them out I think you will find, as I did, aside from the hard labor and time consuming efforts, we are all somewhat doing the same thing now.
I have also been looking for crochet and knitting books. Yes, they are free and I like that but it's not just for that, I'm finding patterns that maybe would have been lost and now we are able to discover them. Just start looking around and you'll be surprised. I have found a sweet book about Birds, the title is, "The Curious Book of Birds", by Abbie Farwell, Brown, 1903. It has adorable stories about why birds have their own quirks and character. I have not read it all but check out the story of the Woodpecker, very interesting and adorable. I would think reading these stories to younger children would be an advantage for them. How smart they would feel knowing some of this. Of course I realize we are competing with video games, computers and iphones but we can't say too much as your reading on your Kindle. Ha! Maybe we should look at it that we now have the best of both worlds. Tootles
by that I mean good food. Vegetables, fruit, whole grain bread etc. You know, the food we all really should be eating along with moving through exercise
. I just need to get motivated and excited about it. You know like spring is here (even though it's 50' out and a storm with rain and wind is coming this weekend and I live in Nor CA) and you want to look good in shorts. Well, if not shorts, then at least a nice pair of cool slacks and summer shirt. We have a thrift store down town in Gridley, CA (the building used to be JC.Penney's). It's a really nice store with second hand clothing, anyway they have an abundance of Hawaii type clothing. Some of the labels are from Hawaii and I would like to get some of them for summer. I would love to pick up an Hawaiian dress or cute shirt and skirt but I know I would not look good right now so I'm trying to get excited now so that by June I'll be ready. It really is hard but I have to say not impossible. You just have to have the right state of mind and that's what I'm looking for, My mind. I think I lost My mind. Just kidding, I didn't lose it, it's here and just waiting for me to use it to get excited and motivated to get busy, be active, exercise and eat healthy. So who is with me on this. God help me, I will keep you posted about what I am eating and what kind of exercise I am doing. Maybe if you see yourself in my struggles and I start doing it you'll realize you can too. So here is to us, looking for the losers. Ha! Tootles
in "Amazon Daily". It's called "Nana's Hole cake". It's one layer, which is just right for Jim and I, and fun to make, plus of course, it's delicious. Tootles
