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I am the StuffingOkay, I do not usually do so many quizzes, but this one was kind of fun. Do not ask me what the last question means..... I am very removed from popular culture, so that might explain it! LOL!What Part of Thanksgiving Are You?
Pumpkin FudgePumpkin Fudge Basic Cracker DoughMy kiddos Love this!!!!!
Basic Cracker Dough Cranberry SaladCranberry salad1 large box of cherry jello 1 1/2 cup of boiling water dissolve 1 can of whole berry cranberry sauce 1 can of crushed pineapple DO NOT DRAIN , with juice let sit for 30 min in fridge to a egg white consitancy Add 1/3 cup of chopped walnuts 1 cup of red grapes sliced in half, legthwise Let set up Cold day in Idaho and what we are up to!Well it is two days before Thanksgiving and I am sitting at the computer at 122pm in my pjs Yep..... The weather man said that the high today will be 42* and I am chilled to the bone. Now for those that dont know me......I AM A BIG GIRL.....I dont get cold.....so this is cold. My dh is off and my youngest has a cold. They are cuddled up on the couch snuggling and the boys have finished their schoolwork and have gone out to hunt.....heehee ( dont know what they will get with there little pea shooters....) Anyway. I have a headache, I cant get warm, andI have a ton of laundry to catch up on today and tommorrow will be a day of cooking and prepping for Thanksgiving.I do have 8 gallons of heavy whipping cream on the table coming to room temperature so that I can make homemade butter for our freezer and meal for thursday. I have 6 more gallons that I am saving for desserts and candies for the next month. I am blessed to have a friend that gives me this out of the kindness of her heart! What a blessing. I am thankful for her. Tommorrow I am making 4 dozen rolls. My extended family has requested that I make white rolls (GASP!) They arent used to whole wheat so we I will make what they want. I am also bringing a cranberry salad and homeade butter and a mincemeat pie. We will be eating at my moms and both my brothers and their families will be there also. My dear sister will be at home in Montana( we live in Idaho). I will truley miss her. Wish we could get together more often. The cranberry salad was a salad I had at a recent church function. Had to hunt down the recipe, but it was SOOOO GOOD! I will share it with you. Cranberry salad 1 large box of cherry jello 1 1/2 cup of boiling water dissolve 1 can of whole berry cranberry sauce 1 can of crushed pineapple DO NOT DRAIN , with juice let sit for 30 min in fridge to a egg white consitancy Add 1/3 cup of chopped walnuts 1 cup of red grapes sliced in half, legthwise Let set up IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way back, months agoGood Morning FRIENDS, Where do I start this it has been months that I have posted and life surely did take a tole on me and still trying too..lol..Thank you Lord for standing guard over me when I did not know if I could pull through... So, I guess I will start with the brighter things..My new grandbabies. I have two new ones, growing with leaps and bounds...Today I will share the last 7 months of Drakes moments.... On April 17th my brandnew baby arrives..Drake Landen
home with the big ham, just three days old
HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE WALK THROUGH DRAKE'S FIRST 7 MONTHS OF HIS LIFE..HE IS ALWAYS SO HAPPY ...REALLY A GOOD BABY. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BABYSITTING HIM AND HIS SISTER (BRIANNA) DAILY WHILE THEIR PARENTS WORK..AND OF COURSE WHEN THEY BOTH GET HOME FROM WORK, I STILL SEE THEM BOTH SINCE THEY ALL LIVE HERE WITH US...LOL SO IF I SPOIL THEM, AS I DO, I CAN NOT SEND THEM HOME WITH MOMMY AND DADDY...LOL THANKS FOR STOPPING IN....NEXT POST WILL BE OF CAYLEB JUST SIX WEEKS YOUNGER THAN DRAKE... HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, ENJOY YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. DEBBIE
what spice am I?I think this is interesting, and I can accept this assessment of my personality, but.... isn't basil an herb, not a spice?oh, and I think there is a mistype on it - I hope I am loved by MOST people, not POST people! LOL What Spice Are You?
My Artsy blogI know most of you know that I have an artsy blog and I hope you will come by and visit. For those of you that don't I would like to share some of the things that I have been working on these past weeks. A while back I went to a watercolor class with my bestest friend from Florida ( you may remember me talking about it HERE. ) Well I have been working on my technique but on a much much much smaller scale. I went from painting on 12 X 18 canvas to 2.5 X 3.5 inch cards. Anyway, here is some of my latest works. Thanks for coming by today and be sure to leave a comment. Simple Women's Daybook
For Today…November 24th, 2008 Outside my Window… The temp is a mere 31* , the sky is grey, the trees are bare and there is still a bit of snow on the ground. I don't see a bird in site, nor a dog or a horse. I think everyone is hiding somewhere keeping warm from the chilly chilly night we had. I am thinking…of catching up on laundry (gosh there has to be an end in there somewhere) From the learning rooms…. lots of school lessons. I think we are going to start doing 'presentations' again. Seems the children can use some practice in that area. We will begin with researching an inventor, making a visual and then planning out the speach part of it. We are also starting a new Unit Study using the book "Number the Stars by Lois Lowry". We will learn more on the civil war and the areas in which it all took place. Should be an exciting week. I am thankful for… A healing Lord., ("Lord, heal this vessel of mine, take away the symptoms of this oncoming cold and open my airways so that I make breath easily and carry on making the improvements in our home. AMEN.)... my husband, my children and my friends, my creative hands, my art. I am so thankful for my fully stocked pantry, meat in the freezer and the ability to learn to be more frugal. From the kitchen… It is completely silent, no-one up yet to make any noise. I can smell the aroma of the pot of coffee my dear hubby started before leaving to get a load of hay. MMmm think I will go and grab a cup. :-) I am wearing…blue pajama leggings, an green over sized t-shirt. and thick warm comfy socks. I found these leggins at the thrift store the other day and oh how I wish I could find a dozen more. Seems these are perfect for me. My legs often hurt so much during the night (A combination of neuropothy and fibro) and with the way the hug the ankle they don't climb up exposing my ankles to the cool air. I have really got to hunt some down. :-) I am reading…"Preparing My Heart for Advent: A Spiritual Pilgrimage for the Christmas Season" I am hoping…that all my friends around the world and all of my extended family members are warm, fed, and blessed beyond belief. I am creating…several new postcards and ATC's for swapping (you can see these HERE ) and lots of little Christmas tree ornaments. The children and I are working on making 200 so that we can bless the children's cancer center for Christmas. I am hearing… the heat running, the wind blowing and the clicking of the computer keyboard. Ahhhh quiet! Around the house… not a creature is stiring., not even a mouse! One of my favorite things is creating creating and receiving art work. Sharing the day with my family and spending time with hubby when he is off work. Hummmmm wonder what we will do today! I am praying for…my families unity, a clean and organized house, all my friends hither and yon. A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week…finishing the organization of all the totes spread here and there and putting them down on the storage shelves, cleaning up the whole office so I can do something with these walls. What I accomplished since last week…quite a few postcards and ATC's, crocheted a lot of dish cloths and pot holders, practiced my watercolor techniques. oh and lots and lots of school work! Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...
Have a wonderful week everyone. If you would like to read more of the Simple women's daybook entries just visit HERE. pumpkin updatewell, I got 70 bottles of pumpkin. 70. I was not expecting that. I was definitely not planning on having to use 70 of my quart jars for pumpkin. Remind me not to buy a huge monster of a pumpkin again. I roasted all the seeds so my son would not be tempted to grow one. LOL! We will see in a bit exactly how much that makes in relation to the cans I can buy at the store. We will see.We had some friends up this weekend. I showed them how to make soap, and we talked and my children just thought K (the husband) was the best thing that has ever happened to them! I think they are convinced that K&M came up solely to play with them. Silly children. hehehe. It was a long weekend (do not get me wrong - it was fun and I love having them, but it makes a long weekend....) and I am glad to get onto a regular schedule this week. what? it is Thanksgiving week? oh bah! No normal week for me! ds7 is going to the Nutcracker tomorrow with the homeschool group, and I think the girls and I will do some Christmas shopping while he is there. I also have a ticket to the play, but the theater was a little alarmed at the number of adults we had per children - I guess they like the more unsupervised public school child to adult ratio better. So I am going to talk to Bug and ask if he will be polite and attentive if I am not there and he is sitting with another hs mom I know. I have hopes this will work out - he is generally very well behaved if I am not around, I do not get it. Thursday morning we are headed to SL to my mom's for the ritualistic feasting and fete-ing. Friday morning, mom will watch the kids (let them coat gingerbread houses with candy - eye roll) while we go to see Twilight. I know, I am breaking one of my cardinal rules - never see a movie made from a book I like. But, I have hopes for this one. I had hopes for Harry Potter too, but quit after the second movie. I have not and will NOT watch the Narnia movies - I love the books tooooo much. I did not like TLotR books, so the movies were great for me. But off we go to see Twilight. So, no normal week for me. sigh. well, I guess I had better get to going and starting my week. have a great one. { Last Page } { Page 2 of 5 } { Next Page } |
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