Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	Full-time student earning BS Elementary Education/Special Education
Location	Alder Brook Acres, The Great North Woods, United States
Links	Wishlist
Introduction	I am a mom to 3 amazing kids; a wife to Daniel; a Christian since the age of 6; I grow veggies, fruits, goats, and chickens. I love to can the things I grow and some stuff I don't-like chili base, soups and stews, homemade juice from just about anything, and pie fillings. I buy my honey from a local apiary, my coffee and tea are all Fair Trade, everything else down to my cotton clothing is organic. I carry my own shopping bags, drink tap water from my tested well, buy my milk and butter from a farmer up the road, my meats and veggies I don't grow come from the farmer's market. We listen to A Prairie Home Companion for fun on Saturday night and a lot of other shows on NPR (MPBN here in Maine). We are MOFGA members and for more info see my blog entry about that.
Interests	cooking, farming, reading, Praising the Lord, spending time with my family, photography, scrapbooking, and handicrafts
Favorite movies	I have a couple widgets on my sidebar that list my favorite movies of all time. One is family movies, one is good date night flicks, and the other is a mish-mash
Favorite music	Music is my true vice. Check out my Moira-Board Top 50 Songs of All Time!
Favorite books	I read more books than I do anything else...I love books that are faith based, though. I love Christian romance, thriller, suspense, mysteries, historicals...every genre! I also read magazines. I am a Field Editor for Taste of Home magazine and a long time subscriber to Family Fun, Guideposts, Reader's Digest, and Good Housekeeping.

Please describe how you could take the peel off an apple all in one go:

A good way is to blanch the apple in boiling water. Cut an "X" in the bottom of the apple, dip it in boiling water for about a minute, then plunge it in cold water. The peel will slip right off. This also works for tomatoes. BUT THE BEST & MOST FUN WAY? FIRE IT OUT OF A POTATO CANNON!!