Setembrina

7/17/11

2011-07-17T10:20:00.000-05:00

I am in Green Bay came in yesterday morning. Mom, Deb, Cheryl and I drove up to DC and spent the day playing. we stopped at a place called handsonart.com where there are 4 different studios that you can pick and make stuff I wanted to do the glass studio but it was too full of people so we did pottery-they have green ceramics you paint and make pretty and they fire it and mail it to you or you can pick it up.
I made a bowl a nice size one for my fruits & veggies i like to keep out. From there we went to fish creek had lunch hit a few stores then worked out way back down to GB.

A few winery's later and a stop at an awesome cheese shop, we arrived back home and have some brats on the grill with a few of our wine purchases.

I had the pleasure of educating Cheryl into wine-our virgin-it was fun using my wine knowledge with someone that really wanted to hear what i had to say & offer. She purchased a few bottles and as a newbie- we all bought her something for her new addiction. I bought her a wine stopper with a pair of legs sticking out, mom made her a wine charm and Deb bought her a magnet that says 'who let the girls out-door county'

today will be spent floating in the lake and being lazy cause it is summer and i am on vacation.

6/9/11

2011-06-09T19:48:00.001-05:00

a nice cool down temp wise here today by 30 degrees!! i was cold most of the day and even had a sweater on!! it was maybe 63ish...

took zaz out running with me since his drain tube is out. was nice to have a dog that could keep up with me. he is 8/0 months old so he has enough energy to spare and i could tell he was itching to get out and burn off some trouble

made turkey chili cause i was cold and a great way to use up some turkey...nomnomnom...

5/26/11

2011-05-26T08:35:00.001-05:00

it is still early and i have not fully woken up although i did muster through my pilates workout with Moira. wish i had a reformer in my house, i miss doing my reformer workouts.

the front yard needs to get mowed so that is on the list of things to do today. need to finish a shawl and get that blocked and mailed out and work on the 2nd bag for sally.

DH is getting a cold of some sort so i am hoping that we do not go to rhinelander this weekend. we have stuff to do here rather than waster time up there. my yard comes first and foremost and with all of the messes he has made by taking down trees there is plenty of work to be done.

5/24/11

2011-05-24T09:27:00.000-05:00

the grass is high again due to the rain so while i am in between storms and things are dry, might as well get out there and mow. i am going to put the bagger on and start the garden compost pile of where i want my garden for next year to be. i have some newspaper saved and that will go down first then the grass. will do layers for the summer and by next year it should be ready to get turned over and tilled.

other than that nothing new to report for today. those that are trying to lose some weight,
check out sparkpeople.com. it is an awesome site, more helpful than WW and i am glad G turned me onto it.

4/2/11

2011-04-02T14:01:00.001-05:00

great morning-went down to the German American Institute this morning for breakfast with Giovanna and afterwards we went to Flirt picked up some pretties and then down to everyday people. i bought a scarf and nothing else because i am not spending $$ on cloths that will not be fitting me in a month or so.

G bought this cut 60's mod dress. it is a great cut and style on her-

had to cut the day short since i have/had an open house that i needed to get to.

3/30/11

2011-03-30T11:24:00.001-05:00

spent the afternoon outside with the k9's cleaning up the yard. we have an acre mostly trees that back up to a sod farm and a corn field, there is a ton of dead fall from previous owners, time and us. so i started a fire and started burning, i have made a dent but there is so much every where it is overwhelming.

the kids enjoyed their romps and runs and were spent bu the time i came in.

today it is a repeat of yesterday just less time, my legs are sore from climbing up and down the small hill and bending down to pick up the wood.

monday 3/28/11

2011-03-28T13:12:00.001-05:00

just picked up my bike from getting it updated and prep'd for the spring/summer ride!!
it was gone for a week and i missed my morning ride on my trainer....sigh..

time to change the clothes and get out there and freeze!

have lost about 5 pounds so far...not sure what is going on one would think it would be more but oh-well can pushing on and all that crap...

Jumping rope

2011-02-13T10:47:00.002-06:00

I can now jump rope for a minute straight without feeling like my heart is going to fall out!
It was a bit dicey this am since the area where I jump is slowly becoming an ice slick. I went to the back patio and jumped on the packed snow. It was refreshing to get hit by the snow bits.

I have an open house today from 2-4 hoping this one will have more traffic than last week. Superbowl Sunday is NOT a good day to have an open. Too many people are busy with pre-game stuff.

We are warming up it is 41 degrees outside!! The kids are happy and have been playing in the sun & snow. Zaz lost the ball in the snow and the other two do not feel inclined to find it for him. ;)

Ok-time to get ready for the world and life

confused

2011-02-10T11:40:00.002-06:00

how in the world can my biological sisters always be going to the doctors because they are constipated?

what are you two eating and you two should be eating better-both of you are in the medical field and should know better.

and speaking of bad eating-today i am going to enjoy deep fried fish our Broker is an Ice-fisherman and is sharing his spoils with us. and man-o-man there is nothing better that fresh walley, even if it is deep fried.

February

2011-02-05T08:25:00.002-06:00

I has been a few weeks HOLY COW! since I last posted.
Nothing new or exciting has come about in my world. I am trying to get a group of people to do the warriordash.com with me but only one has sounded interested in doing it.

I might have to post it on the Nordskogen wall and see if there are any takers to join me.

From the last time I posted I lost another 5 pounds. It has been rather simple to do, my biggest meal is at lunch, evening meal is at 5pm and is light-salad or soup or something grain based. I do ride my bike everyday and do my pilates every other day and use the gym every other day as well. I am on week 2 of couch to 5k training, I loathe running. Then again, I might enjoy it if I did not have to juggle three dogs, probably not but I am still doing it.

And speaking of motivated, I need to find some motivation to start my mom's sweater. I do not like the yarn she picked out the texture is rough for me to enjoy knitting with and I would gladly pay someone to knit it for me. any takers????

Small victories

2011-01-18T14:15:00.002-06:00

I have lost 5pounds not sure when or how but they are gone since last weeks weigh in at the office.

Today was the first day of my couch to 5k i bought a pair of yaktrax's. what a difference they make in the snow. although i do not want to wear my good shoes out in this crap, i guess i am going to have to for the greater good.

Now, if the weather does not get to OMG!!! freezing out I will be able to keep on track with the program otherwise this week will be a wash for running. My biking is going great i just wish there was something a bit more interesting to watch in the early am besides news because after the first 30minutes it is just recycled bits.

I think the kids are going to need booties on their feet because they were doing the three legged hop towards the end of loop. ;(

I had better hop on the bike for a quickie since today is tuesday and realtor tour-which means we eat at the open houses. if they have tasty food and if they are serving. i had a turkey sandwich, two grasshopper bars and a salad at SK's because MOK's was serving leann chinn's which is it own level of grossness. AH had fresh fruit so that was the desert an hour later.

Wednesday is expo day-not sure what it is all about but we shall find out in the AM.

that is all for now

Ok....

2011-01-15T20:24:00.003-06:00

My few readers have noted and mentioned that I have not been keeping my blog up to date as I have done in the past. And to that I have to apologize for that.

12th Night was a fun time. It was busy getting lunch ready and G did an excellent job with all of her pre-cooking and pre-planning. The bread the Ivetta picked up from the commercial baker by her house were tasty and super cheap! I love MPLS and all of the weird and strange goodies that one can find.

The church/school kitchen was great and it really did have everything that you could ever need and want for putting a feast/lunch together. I loved, loved, loved the Hobart dishwasher and I think all dishwashers should be that fast and not the 1hour long marathon that most are.

Gave away all but one of my blueberry jam's. I was torn about whom to give it to and since I am friends with all three of the people that I was saying goodbye to, it will go to work with me and into my yogurt on Sunday.

My phone is not working or the backlight which still makes it not work cause all I see is a black screen. Dh took off the protective cover and said that it was wet. Not sure how it became wet, but the only place it was near water was by the ice-machine....perhaps it became wet when the machine was filled??? I do not know, i did not fill it....

but, i will not have an electronic leash, and i am nervous not having it. How will I function? How will I be able to surf facebook and get my emails at the stop light? Or have a random text conversation with people. How will I be able to enjoy the silence??

JOY

2011-01-05T07:58:00.002-06:00

My fever broke early this morning-2:30 said the alarm clock.

I woke up completely drenched. I was grossed out thinking I had peed myself or Bo had a seizure and peed on me but then in my panic I noticed I did not have a headache anymore and I was freezing. MY FEVER BROKE!!!

After a change of cloths and an attempt to dry my side of the bed, I gave up and went downstairs to try to get back to sleep. It sort of worked-the dogs kept jumping on and off the bed, running up and down the stairs. Then we sleep was attained-Steve came in to ask me why I was sleeping downstairs.

I have been up and somewhat productive washing the bedding, putting clothing away and cleaning up the kitchen and the rest of the house since nothing gets done unless I do it. sigh....

Happy New Year

2011-01-04T09:20:00.002-06:00

I hope all are healthy and doing well.

My Holidays were nice be sets of parents came for a visit. It was nice not to have to travel anywhere.

The goal this week is to put away all of the Holiday items.
The goal next week when I am not sick with the stomach flu (day3 now) is to ride every day instead of every two days.

I have not set any huge goals just small changes I want to make, eat more leafy green at least twice a week-more legumes for protein-and to have a tasty adult beverage once a month.

So what are your small changes?

7 days ago

2010-12-18T07:30:00.002-06:00

it was snowing and blowing and no bushels of fun were had by man or beast. Maybe Polar bears...

yesterday i made tamales...very putsy..so if you are evered offered homemade tamales know that the person really, really likes you.

i have a craving for waffles. big thick fluffy waffles with butter and powder sugar. i am hoping i can talk my DH into making them on sunday and bacon-thick slabs of bacon-

yes, i am hungry and i should be foraging for

food i am typing about food. waiting for the goddess caffina to jump start me for i am a bit slow moving today. i really could crawl back in bed and sleep for another 5 hours or 3 tops.

here is my work webpage. my DH took the picture of me-we spent a good hour doing different shots. the photo will change when it gets warmer outside-i would like one of me in the yard.

time to get dressed and motivated for the day.

from a howling wind comes a stinging snow---

2010-12-11T11:21:00.007-06:00

today it is craptastic weather!! I hope S&S are safe out there plowing.

today while getting things prepared for cinnamon rolls i noticed my mushrooms going stale so i tossed them on a jelly roll sheet put them in the oven to dry out and started making a gravy.
to make a gravy start out with equal amounts of butter and flour- melt your butter, then put in flour until you have a nice paste. add some of your dry seasonings at this point for flavor (always layer your spices & herbs while cooking) then add your broth, a little at a time, stir while cooking to keep the lumps out--taste-add spices-broth-stir repeat this until you have your gravy to your taste. I do not add ANY salt if I am using bouillon cubes due to HIGH amount of salt in them. I also love to add sherry. It gives gravy an extra depth of flavor. What is nice about making your own is you control how thick or thin you want it and it does not take much time at all.

off i go to make something else today. i anyone is hungry you know where i live.

monday

2010-11-22T16:06:00.002-06:00

took another ice day because i can..it was a nice feeling knowing that i for once did not have to get up and go outside and drive in crap weather putting my car and life on the line

worked on two knitting projects did some cleaning in the process of making pfeffernusse cookies and the house smells wonderful. the cookies are a bit light since i did have enough molasses 1/4 is not a 1/2 cup but they are tasty and golden brown.

yogurt is half way done and it looks like i need to make a batch of garnola too.

holiday spirit is slowly coming around but not enough to make me decorate cause really that is too much work for only two people and only one of us would enjoy it. maybe next year,then i can restock my holiday supplies since most of them went to goodwill back in 2004

5 huge tom turkeys are corssing my yard with the longest beards i have ever seen

slippery sunday

2010-11-21T08:08:00.002-06:00

woke up and let the kids out & in, went back to bed for a short nap-thought it would be a good thing to take the kids for a walk--it was a short walk due to the fact there is ice covering everything.

it was hysterical watching the dogs slide down the hill that makes up over drive way. all legs and ears flopping every which way...

i have two open house-showings scheduled not sure if anyone will be out in this weather but we shall see

letting the fire die out so i can clean out the ashes that have built up-i am so glad that we have a ton of dead fall -i have been told we have enough wood for 4 winters. not too shabby. and by that time i am certain there will be more dead fall to collect.

snuggy time with newspaper, coffee and kids

check list

2010-09-14T09:31:00.002-05:00

While home with a sinus infection, JOY!! I am going to make myself a check list of things that I would like to get done for ME. Because it is my world and I love me. (I think I need to stop watching family jewels)

I have an appointment set up for a chimney sweep for the 27th to give the fireplace a good cleaning and make sure it is 100% for this winter. It will be our first winter with a fireplace. We still have the pellet burner but it will not fit so we need to sell it. So, if anyone local is interested in a pellet burner for heating your house and it is a superclean system let me know.
Wade & Corey came over a few weekends ago and looked at all of the down trees in the yard and told us we have about three/fours years worth of burning. NICE!!

I NEED to put up shelving in the hall closet and brackets for coats. While the floor does hold a metric ton of stuff not having to dig would be nice.

Sewing room: that is going to be a work in progress maybe I could talk a friend or two that I know are freaks with organization to come over and help me with this. My problem is that I have space for once and it a bit overwhelming. :)

The sun/computer room: due to the number of windows and lack of wall space shelves are out of the question so I think vintage storage chests are going to take up some of the over flow of extra blankets and pillows.

The TV room is going to house the Indian plate collection we have. When we lived in Sheboygan my mom gave us one as a X-mas gift and that started that!! When we moved to Manitowoc it ended. JOY!! I would rather have eating plates- at least you can put them in the washer.

Ok-it is nap time for me the sinus headache is winning. One would think with all of the Rx in the world they would find one by happenstance for mucus clearing and only mucus clearing.

SUNDAY

2010-09-12T15:51:00.002-05:00

The day started off a bit slow-we went out for breakfast. It was not all that good. Came home and started doing some lawn work.

Buring tree bits slowly today since it is windy but I feel ok about it since we both are in the yard.

The grass is unruly long and it is poor form on us to have let it go as long as we did.
Wonder hubby has not helped but did do a few rows. He is kind of cute but would like helpful over cute....:)

It is far too nice to be inside re organizing my sewing/craft room which was a goal of mine so maybe during the week I can get it done.

strange

2010-09-11T18:41:00.001-05:00

I had two boxes of quiliting fabric when i moved into my sewing room now that i am getting settled in, i only have one.

I know I am missing one because the fabric that I have unpacked does not contain that pattern for a reversible tote/bag. Piss me off!!!

busy saturday

2010-09-11T10:08:00.002-05:00

i hit the ground running this am fueled by coffee that my hubby brought to me, even though i was mean to him last night when i came home. it does bother me that he has his phone on vibrate and does not hear/feel it when it is on charge.

put the laundry away-did some more laundry-cleaned out drawers of T-shirts I do not like anymore.

made some banana bread-yum-which means i have more room in the freezer for more bananas. it seems that for every 4 i eat 2 go into the freezer. sigh...

Most importantly I cleaned out my sewing room and took all of the stuff that belongs to my sqauter and put into the living room. WOW!! It feels nice to walk into the room and have space once again. Sunday I plan on reorgainzing my space and stuff and busy with unfinished projects.

I do not have time today to finish this mess I have started because I have anatomy at Noon.

We are also trying to retrain the dogs into using a kennel run. They are proving to be very stubborn. Azazel is the only one who will use it and that is because he is a pup and does not care where he goes but we do.

this is him at 8 weeks old

Weekend recoup

2010-08-30T03:54:00.002-05:00

The weather in Rhinelander was PERFECT. A sun filled days with the breeze coming in at a perfect time to cool one down. I am a bit darker thanks to my love of the sun, I was a good girl and wore a hat to protect my face. I do get enough sun that way via the car.

We spent three hours picking blackberries, it wast the best weekend to go up and get them. Next weekend while there will be berries, there will not be as many of them available.
While working our way back to the 5th wheeler, it was pointed out to be blueberries!! I am so excited!! Next year it will be very berryful.

I am a bit upset that I missed all of the raspberries. They came and went early this year. sigh...

Stopped at the Menonite store on saturday picked up more peaches and some blueberries. For the blue berries some will get dehydrated, some will get frozen and some will be made into jam and syrup.

If it is not too windy out today, I do need to get some of the shrubbery burnt up. So, the tree that has Oak Wilt can come down and spilt up. It will need to be kept separte from the rest of the wood for a year according to the flier the DNR left on my door.

Kicked in the face.

2010-08-27T10:51:00.003-05:00

I found out this morning via Facebook that the person I have living in my house since February is moving out.

She has lost her job in Indiana due to the contract being canceled and her being separated from her husband she did not have a place to live. I took her in gladly because she let me stay on & off at her house(prior to her leaving) when we lived with the in-laws and I needed to get away. And she was a good friend.

When I cut my hair and came home feeling very happy about the new style she said that I met the wrong end of a pair of scissors-the following day when she saw me again she said she was hoping it was a dream that i had cut it. Very hurtful.

Steve and I sent her an email since she was in Dallas for work saying that since she was working she could now pay $500.00 for room & board. We never heard a response, never said anything to us when she came back, so Steve and I did not know if we should bring it up or just wait to see if she would start paying the $500.00.

I guess, I know what her response is. I am so hurt by her actions that I am not sure how I am suppose to react when I see her again and since she lives with us, it will be shortly. How do you react to someone you took in helped them through a tough time in their lives, supported them, let them recoup some of their personal balance in life only to get blind-sided by Facebook they are leaving? Perhaps social net-works are not the good of a thing.

Beets

2010-08-15T16:07:00.001-05:00

If you have not tried them- you really need to. Fresh slightly boiled to al dente...sliced thin or cubed...toss in your favorite veggies...and presto!

excellent source of colour, texture and veggis...

yay for beets....

eat them they are natures candy!! and the get your fingers messy too...what better?

more food & stuff

2010-08-11T15:45:00.002-05:00

this week so far i have made, chickpea soup with spinach-thracian tomato casserole and kohlrabi and ham bake. All of these wonderful dishes can be found in the Russian, German & Polish food and cooking book.

In the knitting world, I am making mini stockings for adopt a navy ship. If you are on Ravelry you can open the link-if not and you are a knitter/crocheter-JOIN!!!
I am going to frog a sweater-I have one repeat done and while I LOVE the yarn and the finished look of the sweater from the pattern I ABSOLUTELY HATE KNITTING IT. Therefore, it is coming off of the sticks and the yarn will be moved to another project.

The second round of the dish cloth swap that became my project a few months back has started and had gained new life and a fresh feel to it. YAY!!!!

Azazel is settling in nicely into our house and has a few accidents and does the excited pee. Case in point when I picked him up this afternoon to go outside, he peed all over me. NOTHING says I love you, like getting puppy pee on you!! Not sure where or if Steve has even downloaded all of the pictures of our little demon monster pup but they will come soon.!!!

A Tuesday in July

2010-07-20T16:24:00.002-05:00

As things go, I have not been keeping up with things in blog world.

The past weekend DH & I were in Chicago for Iron Madien. My all time favorite rock band! The lead singer Bruce Dickinson has the best voice for a rock band EVER and he is being interviewed in this clip by one funny person.

We landed Friday around mid-day and ate at this brew pub called the 3 Floyd's. The beer is extremely outrageously superb! And this is coming from a person that brews there own.
The menu, FORKS DOWN PEOPLE, I can not say enough about the menu. FRESH! FRESH!FRESH! Then menu rotates off items as they get consumed, so get there early and order one of everything you like cause it will be gone the next time you stop in. They have small plates, which one might think of as an appetizer, but think again, these are culinary delights made fresh from either the garden on site, yes, you read that correctly or from local farms and should not be placed in the appetizer arena, that would be insulting to the Chef.

Friday, I wanted Carrot Risotto but it was not ready-POUT!! So, I had beets on toast-local raised beets marinated then placed upon a Gorgonzola encrusted piece of french bread. And Squash tostada-summer squash sauteed then placed upon a layer of re fried beans and a spicy salsa verde. ((The hyperlink is not the recipe used but could be used anyway))
I ate both of these before I knew it and was a bit sad they were gone. But with two different beers and the food settling, I was full.
DH had Boudin and french fries with curry ketchup. I have been requested to make Boudin for him- PAGING GIOVANNA---

Saturday we went to the Museum of S&I-very loud and nothing new to see there. Kind of sad.
We ate at another brew pub, but it was lacking in food flavor the menu had too many manistream choices and the beer was bland as well. No names to be published...

Sunday rolled around and we wanted to go to a Meadery but they do not do tours nor do they have a store front. VERY SAD.
So we were lazy and watched HGTV-
Then after a very strenuous day of tele watching we went back to 3Floyds for eats. I had a chicken taco, elote and Haricote Verts.
DH had chirzo & chicken tacos and we split some mussles.
The great thing about these small plates is they only go up to $8.00. The tacos were $2.00 and each of the plates I had were $4.00. The large plates range up to $15.00 and they appear to be just as wonderful and they ARE made with local ingredients. Did I mention before they do their own butchering? YEP.

So the 3Floyds is a MUST stop when you are in Chicago or going through Chicago or just to try something new and fresh. I honestly can not remember me so gaga about an eatery/brew-pub.

marathon cooking

2010-07-05T15:07:00.002-05:00

marathon cooking is done-all dishes were made with chicken-white chili-penne cacciatore-riccota cheese veggie-marinated lime chicken-dijohn/herb broiled-sherried mushroom & chicken marsala- in the slow cooker-korma chicken and in the 2nd slow cooker-slow bean bourguignon- kitchen is cleaned & ready for another day of mess to hit it not bad for 5 hours out of my day 6 if you count the time to drive to the store & back

the meals are in their containers cooling down ready to get placed in the freezer.

i did make some brownines and falafel--aka meat cookies...

now i am relaxing with a glass of plum cordial-made last year from plums from G2's tree we colleced a few years ago.

and sooo..

2010-07-01T10:52:00.002-05:00

well, i enjoyed my time off from work and will be starting in a few day my new job-
i was going to be at Kelly's shope around 11 on Friday but I have sewing machine that is not doing buttons properly and I need to leave at 1pm to go and do a donation in a cup and have some one stab me with a needle.

While, I was unemployed I did the paperwork for my pilates instructor course and will be starting that in September. YAY ME!
Signed up for a course at Kaplan to get my realtor license. So I can help my friend out with her busy business. YAY ME! another item to put on my resume. ;)

And for work stuff-had to get laywers involved to get the non-compete out of the contract-the non-solicite still in there but I do not do sales so....who cares.
St Joe's and Park Nicollette both offered me positions. Genoa who was courting all of us phlebs from CVS started to waffle on me and would not give me a start date and then I started asking my self if I really wanted to work with all of my ex-co workers and that was a NO!!
So, fresh break-fresh job and back to wearing scrubs. ick...
the hours i can not complain about 5am-9am on day until 1:30pm.
which leaves me time to pursue the things that will make me happy

this weekend we are going to our camper pick some berries and float in the lake and get sun burnt!!

Dilly Bars--REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-05-27T14:28:00.002-05:00

Ok, Boss Lady do you really think that purchasing Dilly Bars is going to improve moral in the office? You fired us May 6th and now we are being tortured with sobbing PT's while you hide in your office. NICE!!

I hired a lawyer that specialized in employee contracts and am waiting to hear back from him. The non-compete is the only thing holding me back from starting another job in mid June. It would be nice to hear from him today with some good news or atleast let me know the bad news.

So, while I wait, I am trying to come up with a list of things to do while I am (maybe not) unemployed.

But that can wait I am going to lay outside with my dogs and soak up the sun...Hello Skin Cancer!!!!!!!!

catch up--again

2010-05-16T13:31:00.002-05:00

it will be two weeks on thursday when my office was told we would not have a job after june 18, but they expect to keep our PT's and have them go to a lab. RIGHT!!! Most full functioning adults have a hard enough time going to a lab to get their blood drawn, how do they expect people with sever mental health issues to go to a lab? Let alone the ones that live too far from one and/or too far from a bus stop?

So CVS/CarePlus, we are now calling CareLESS, because they only care about the bottom line and filling up their pockets. It has been a bitch slap into their faces because the doctors for this population are pulling them and going to Genoa. I really hope all of the CareLess PT's get pulled over to Genoa. I might have a lead on a job so no worries-if not-then i take my severance package and my unemployment and go back to school.

Saturday I spent with my most favorite 2year old-Niamh- we hung out while her Momma & Daddy went to the hospital to get her baby sister Zoe. Zoe is light as a feather and about as small as one too. None of my sisters kids were small each were between 8 & 9 pounds and about 21" long.

Sunday is here and I have been doing yard stuff-digging up the endless rock garden and removing the black plastic and planting some veggies as I go along. It would be quicker if I could get someone-anyone that lives in the house with me to help. The dogs want to but just can not pick up the shovel. I should put some lotion on to stop the sun burn cause my freckles are coming out like a mad rash. :)

DH has the grill/smoker chugging along and the yard smells mouth wateringly wonderfull.

well ain't that something

2010-04-26T19:06:00.002-05:00

on friday housemate & i started to make chicken/cheddar/apple sauages but we ran out of steam and agreed we would start again on saturday.

as with all good intentions that was put to the wayside when i was sidelined with a migraine and some serious lazyass syndrome. so, we agreed to do it on sunday-please read the above to find out what happened on sunday.

monday, well, we tried once again but the mixture had become too moist and i did not want to burn out the kitchen aid so it became a terrine. a note-it is a good thing to line them with bacon for extra oil so when you flip them out of the pan they do not stick. that being said, i did not have any bacon in the house. stickage happend and while it does not look pretty, it is pretty tasty, which is what I will call an epic WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello!!

2010-04-23T06:21:00.002-05:00

I have not posted here in a while due to the fact that I have not done any cooking worth reporting nor have I completed any knitting projects worth mentioning. Dishcloths are not blogging material.

With the arrival of our newest addition, DH's smoker-BBQ pit, I purchased a book on making sausage. The pit was broken in last weekend with 3 racks of ribs, a ham and beef jerky that was made and prepared by Giovanna. While we were sunning ourselves on the back deck we were talking about sausage making and I showed her my book and she has the same one. JOY!!

Since I sometimes has little to no impluse control, I went out this week and purchased some supplies for making sausages. Yesterday I made Bangers-English breakfast sausage. Giulia, DH, and I tried some and they pretty darn tasty. SWEET!!
So, now I am left with a crap load of cassing and today we are going to try out a receipe from M.S.U.-making shit up- chicken, applesauce, and cheddar cheese. This will be a breakfast style sausage.

I will put photos up a bit later, my phone is upstairs and it is 630am and I feel a bit lazy.

tuesday-new moon

2010-03-30T19:25:00.002-05:00

happy Passover to all that honor this day.

Nothing new to talk about. Chopped some apple wood on Monday and that was fun. Today hauled over some of the Oak that DH chained sawed down. It will meet the chain saw once again sometime next week and then back to splitting wood. We have enough dead stuff to last us in the wood burner for maybe two years, that is if I do not pack it full cause I am a freeze baby.

And I renamed Bo-his new name is Beer. It is bed time for me...:)

The weekend is here.

2010-03-25T19:10:00.002-05:00

I started to remove the rocks from one of the rock gardens to another rock garden and then I realized I should get a tarp to place them on and put them either back after planting or use them for the ring around the fire pit when it gets built.

I will take pictures of my many rock gardens and my landing strip. YEP!! I HAVE ONE, so if you have a helicopter you can land almost safely in my back yard. Just avoid the large Oak to the right of the strip. I need to take a picture of that too.

Does anyone know a good way to remove asphalt? I am not opposed to C4 or dynamite but I would have to guess the neighbors might be just a tad...although, it would be a good way to get them out of their homes.

I am also wishing for some straight line winds to come and blow the yard free of the billion of leaves that are gracing my lawn. It does not even appear that I have spent time raking and burning and raking and burning.

Saturday I have am coffee plans and Sunday I have a Grandma shower to go to. Which means Saturday afternoon I will be making my mini creations to take over.

My headache is still kicking my butt even though I am well caffinated and I have taken some allergy pills and other items...Perhaps a massage...

burning

2010-03-23T16:44:00.002-05:00

i have not cooked since pizza day, ND made a quiche which I need to dl the picture of and Hubby made venison stew. it has left me time to do one of my favorite things, burn stuff and Twin Oaks has tons of stuff to burn.

yesterday i did bake some premade buscuits just to feel in touch with the kitchen, ok really I just wanted buscuits and they are tasty.

I was in hastings early in the morning and the current was reviewing Peter Gabriels new album-Scratch my back...so I sat there and watched the river flow by with it debris and listened to his lovely voice. what a perfect way to say hello to monday.

la mia vita pazzesca --II

2010-03-20T19:45:00.005-05:00

the house wanted pizza for eats tonight and so the dough was prepared while the housemates went to Menmards for items....

the dough rolled out

homemade sauce-what did you expect? Ragu???

No, sorry not homemade cheese. Do not have a press made. YET!
with everyone's favorite items on the za...

and here we are, sliced and baked.

la mia vita pazzesca

2010-03-20T18:43:00.003-05:00

It was a Monday, a day like any other day. I left my hometown for the apple in decay.
Ok, so it was only Cottage Grove not anywhere close to decay unless you look really hard.

The day started with my apple rolling down the drive, my pilates pants falling into a puddle and during mid morning me realizing I had left my work phone at home. I knew it was too quiet to be true. I have a new PT who live in Hastings above a beauty salon, ah the joy of perm and hair dye to kick start the senses awake that the caffeine haze has not cleared.

My quiet was broken when Mr Happy Chef appeared on my personal phone, yes, that is the picture I have for my office and the beauty of the day was slightly broken when TB told me RL was out with an ankle issue and her doctors appointment was not until Tuesday at 2pm. With some words that I can not type due to children might read this, I told TB it was not my problem and what was the issue. Per usual, I needed to figure out how to get Pt's seen and to see if I could give up my day of vacation and work. UGH!!!!!!!!! But, I was also told we had a new hire who would fit right in since she works for the prison system. COOL!!

Tuesday rolled in with me figuring out what time I need to get back from Mankato(city in decay) in time to take a nap before Experience Hendrix Concert. Was taken back by one of my PT's who was not in the mood for his blood draw and was extremely aggitated but due to his recent drug tritration, it was understandable and terrifing at the same time. TH and the new hire asked me if it was "ok" if she did not due my Wednesday route since she was working her prison job that day, I said it was not a problem I just needed to call my Pt's and see how they were for their RX and let them know I would see them next week.

Wednesday, Mr Growler woke me up at 2am and wanted some petting and would not let me fall back asleep so there I lay until 3am with him purring and the dogs twitching because they knew I was awake but it was too early for am eats. ND, my housemate came along for the ride and spent a-day-in the life of me. We went to Montgomery for a stop but had to kill time and there is a cute quilt store there, which somehow managed to take away forty bills from me. HUH-go figure. While I did me end of the day stuff I sent ND to Beyerly's for some Sushi which we ate on the back deck. Then with being warmed through with some nice Minnesota sun, I went off to take a short nap. An annoying phone call woke me up telling me that new hire had quit because she was uncomfortable with the job and she works in a PRISON!!! Great no day off.

Ex perience Hendrix WOW!!! This was such a great way to end a crappy day.
I have never seen Eric Johnson play before what a treat, No, an experience to behold. His fingering is a workout to watch and it is done with what seems to be reckless abandon, poise and grace all at the same time. All I can ask myself is HOW is it possible I have never seen him play???? I have three of his albums/CDs in my collection and yet not once have I seen him...

He is from Austin an original native to Austin and this is also SouthbySouthWest week down there. The Current is down there this year and they are hosting a stage with Codeine Velvet Club one of my new favorite groups.
For the Friday 9:30 coffee break the theme was groups, singers what-not from Austin, which had me thinking about Charlie Sexton, or should I say rediscovering him. Since I no longer have a cassette player, I ituned him and downloaded him YAY!!!
This is going to be my vacation next year, an entire week filled with some great music.

Thursday up at 430 and rolling by 5am. The day somehow clicked and no problems issues and even less than 4 hours of sleep I was wide awake and kicking until late night.

Friday did a strange tour of the city and had intentions of going to knitting, the week caught up with me and I came home to take a 4 hour nap.

Today, is Saturday and it has been an odd sort of a day. With not much done in my usual fast and furious fashion but with slowness and sitting in the sun.

really

2010-03-17T15:32:00.001-05:00

I am so tired of Old Hope, I want some New Hope.

Tuesday- full moon???

2010-03-09T17:11:00.002-06:00

today was hard for me getting out of bed so much that I was behind by an hour.
still much in a daze on of my Pt's asked if I was mad at him. I reassured him that I was not just sleep walking and then I answered all of his questions that he had asked my while I was 'asleep' and suggested he as his building manager if his wife could rent an appartment in his complex.

An hour later still a sleep, I stopped at one of my favorite Pt's he and his foster mother were putting a puzzle of the world together. Lisa the foster mother noted I was still sleepy and asked me if I wanted some coffee, being one not to turn down worshiping the Goddess Caffina, I helped put the "world" together leaving a bit of the South Pacific, and Pt saying he loved me cause he did not want to do the puzzle.

So, the lesson learned today: even if you are behind, there is always time to stop and worship the Goddess, put a puzzle together, listen to your Pt, and share the joy of the many different pets they all have.

For eats we are having chips, homemade buns, and roast beef sandwiches. YUM.

Hello Blog Land

2010-03-07T16:29:00.009-06:00

It has been a while since I have posted and I know I have been busy with my time doing stuff not sure what kinds of stuff. But nonetheless, stuff, as in life.

Was suppose to go to ND this weekend and pick up a semi-kitten 6 months but work called and no day off for me. Saturday we went over to the rental house as loaded up my car and took stuff to the dumpster. We were of the same mind that we have not missed it therefore it goes. Do not worry none of it was really worth free cycling to anyone. Jen-Ekat has a new to her TV that my DH hooked up for her. DH told me Bo, the dog has his nose snapped in a mouse trap.

Here is what I have cooked in the past few weeks.

this is a chicken and pork terrine. it is wrapped in bacon to keep it moist during the cooking process. you can cook the bacon for a blt at lunch time.
chicken parmigiana.

busted cat on the table...no, we have not cooked her, she is too old.

half done chili...yummy
home made buns...these are for the sirloin tip roast that DH seared on HIGH coals then put into the smoker side for a few hours...nice and tender. no pictures of that and i am too lazy right now to go upstairs and take a picture of the roast.

there has been more cooking but no pictures cause i forget to do that sometimes.

i made her soup. her pictures are pretty enough you do not need mine.

week 1 in new house

2010-02-13T09:51:00.003-06:00

I am sitting in the computer/sunroom looking out the window at the trees that are laced with frost on the branches. For me this, what I am seeing right now is the best part of winter. The fog started to roll in around 8pm and when I woke up I grabbed my cup to worship the Goddess Caffina and stare out the window to take in the beauty. Four hours later the laced trees are still beautiful.

I found these the other day while searching the net via the iphone. I think two of them for the front hallway would be perfect. I need to get a feel of each room and order them as I go along, these are the perfect bit of whimsy that can not be resisted by me.

I found my 'missing' pottery vase that I purchase years ago in Escanba and was freaking out because I could not find it and it is my favorite and I had not seen it in 5 years. So, I closed the garage door and sat there waiting for the vase to tell me where I had put it. Fishes and leather came into my head and there was only one place that could be, the fish tank that is filled with DH's tanned deer hides. There is was wrapped with newsprint, bubble wrap and leather.
I made a bunch of girl noises, danced a bit and Isis crawled into her kennel not sure what to make of her Mom.

For moving on Friday/Saturday/Sunday there is not much left for unpacking. It is my large collection of wine bottles that I need to stack up in a corner of the garage for the summer viniting projects. I had no idea that I had so many and that is what one gets when puts most of their life in storage for 5 years.

I do believe that I still have a box or two of cookbooks in the garage, my goal to find them today, take the empty cardboard boxes to work and put them in the cardboard dumpster, take bedding to laundry mat and my knitting because I have not touched yarn all week.

Break time is over and the garage is calling me.

DSL

2010-02-12T15:46:00.003-06:00

Damn, it is good to be back. How I have missed you. While the iphone was nice it was nearly as nice as you. Your kind and gentle ease, your movement and grace are now longer taken for granted. Your uncomplicated way of finding what I am in search for and being quick about it was sorely missed and the fact that Dustin, from Quest was 6'4 black hair with brilliant sky blue eyes that reinstalled and hooked you up at the junction box made our separation worth all of the pain and misery.

Sigh, life is grand!!!

Tonight we feast at this place.

MD#2

2010-02-07T07:34:00.002-06:00

I am excited to see what Mary & Ekat have unpacked. They both have a good eye for how things should be displayed and since I did not have the curio inside nor a few end tables they were on a limited run. I did have to laugh when they said they had unpacked my cookbooks, little did they know that I had three boxes in storage and two more waiting to come over to Twin Oaks. I do know from Ekat they hung my shower curtain.

Taking a small break, so far this AM we have packed the last dresser, the couches that weigh more than DH & I put together, the King size bed and box, dinning room table. Next to go the pellet stove, home gym, table saw and a few odds and sods.

Helping us out at the other end today is James one of DH's co-worker. Ekat may be rolling over to help, it all depends on how she feels and if she is as sore as the rest of us, I can not blame her if she stays married to her bed today.

If we EVER have to move, we are getting professionals to do it for us, I am getting a bit too old to be lugging stuff around as if I am still 20.

M-Day

2010-02-06T10:01:00.003-06:00

first load was done yesterday after signing....
up at normal time today packed the car and truck, shoveled the drive at new place good thing it is down hill!
while DH was clearing the drive I started unpacking some boxes then the car came into the garage and then the truck. done and out by 9:30 a short stop at Goddess Caffina's place of worship, left DH at U-haul and now at Hobbit House to load up the car while I wait for him to come with the U-haul.

Kids are a bit freaked out by all of the commotion but that is to be expected I guess.

More later my break is over. :)

6:34pm
we are back for round #2 Lars and Steve are taking out the freezer and beer cooler as I type. It was a bit difficult getting the U-haul into the drive way since there was more snow plowed at the enterance and it required shoveling.
Lars and I had a nip of the shine packed up the Vibe he put it into the street, U-haul came into drive and coffee was made.
I am not sure if I have butt cheeks left they are frozen and while 32 is warm right now, it is not warm just for sweat pants only. Oh, well. I am comfortable and it is far easier to bend in these than jeans that do freeze.

More later...

we move

2010-02-05T06:28:00.001-06:00

this weekend and for those that live in my state, you can see what fine weather we are having.

once again we move in the middle of a snow fall. life is grand.

Pork-the other-other white meat

2010-02-01T16:53:00.007-06:00

This is a monster creation of left-over Mexican rice with mushrooms and extra beef broth added for moisture while it baked.

Cool Lime & Pork Burrito stuffing

Baked Pork Chops

Pork Sweet & Sour

We "porked" out Sunday. Which has for two weekends become our/my cook day. A good number of the dishes were frozen, which gives us plenty for pre-made meals waiting for us when we get home from doing whatever it is that we do with most of our time.

oops

2010-01-30T14:43:00.004-06:00

I packed the Mexican cookbook that is the DH's so he did not have his instructions for making Mole and heaven forbid the use of the internet. He made a triple batch and we are freezing a bunch because we are trying to get ahead of the game and not eat out so much during the week.

The "kids" looked so cute sleeping together DH had to take a picture and send to me.

I have a video of Marmalade and a stuffed spider. It is super funny and he is just too cute. I will post is as soon as I figure out how to get it off my phone.

this is just a picture...not the video

We cooked the day away.

2010-01-27T19:39:00.003-06:00

Sunday started with an earlier start than what one would like but when one has children that are programmed to be let out at 5:00am and you ignore them for a half an hour they do get persistent.

So in between doing laundry and that means wash, dry, fold and put away I cooked. But, I forgot to take pictures. Sorry.

So, this is what I made.

White Chicken Chili
Penne Cacciatore
marinated Lime Chicken
Cheddar Chicken

As you can see, they are all chicken dishes which made things easier. After cooking them and cooling them down I put them into Gladware container that hold about three (3) cups to freeze and then today put them into food saver bags to save room in the upright freezer.

All of these recipes came from the Frozen Assets cookbook. The cookbook is lacking in seasonings and spices so I do as I normally do and added what I like and what I know works best.

This book is great for basic ideas but if you have your cookbooks at hand go through them pick out 3 or 4 that have the same meat, gather all the ingredients and cook away. A helpful hint, from a friend of mine, cook the pasta the day you are going to eat it otherwise you will have mush instead of pasta.

The beverage for the evening meals was Bell's Rye Stout. Very yummy for my palate.

friday

2010-01-15T17:06:00.002-06:00

YIPPPPPIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

with that said, no new news on the house, um HELLO VA BOARD my house is packed up and i can not really live out of two pans. and a single cookie sheet.

i yapped with a favorite male friend of mine for a brief period of time before his peanut called for him but we have a 'date' on sunday---ok i bribed him with scotch eggs and his bride and babe n/half. mainly him...bride i know is a freshy so a hit to the grassy section of my favorite.

my bfff, ditched me to go to eat with mutiual friends....

crazy-crazy for the need to cook

2010-01-12T16:27:00.003-06:00

i am jonsing to COOK!!!!
so what have i done this afternoon, read a crapload of cooking blogs...
does anyone have a kitchen they do not mind if i come over and use it?
it might be trashed when i am done but you will have food.

well ain't that something

2010-01-07T15:16:00.002-06:00

I have something, not really sure what it is I can not say it is a cold since I am not coughing or sneezing. What I do have is a rip roaring headache, a nice fever of 101 still-it was that on Wednesday- the lower lobes of my lungs ache when I take deep breaths and my throat is sore but the DH claims that I was snoring last night when he came to bed.

I was in bed by 7:30 and had a restless night because the fever spiked due to the fact that I woke up sweaty and changed clothes twice-joy. Marmalade was up most of the night as well attacking both dogs and Spyder-more joy.

The drive down to Faribault was stressful due to the shifting sand snow we had over night. There are always tons of accidents on 35W Southbound and Northbound. My theory is the Southbound people are going downhill-yes-it is a steady slope down-and once you hit the ice, into the ditch you go. My theory for Northbound, people are going uphill-and due to tracktion, bad tires, and once you hit the ice, into the ditch you go.

It took my 2.5 hours to get back from Owatonna this morning due to the fact people can not drive in the snow. I know for a FACT that MN-DOT was out plowing in tandeum the Northbound lanes at 5am plowing-thanks btw.

I came home around 11:30 let the kids out and promptly went back to sleep and slept until 3 when my work phone rang. UGH-phones...I could go back to bed but I will force myselt to stay up for as long as I can...

as we tune in for another day of drama.......

2009-12-31T16:17:00.002-06:00

today we find Terri & Steve enjoying a tasty adult beverage at a local eatery and some appetizers. When suddenly, her cell phone rings, it is the Realtor. She answers the phone, "Do you have good news or bad news, cause we are enjoying tasty adult beverages right now and do not want anything to be bad?"
Realtor, "Well, then you had better hang-up now. I have both."
Terri replies, "OK, Steve wants both so what it is. Start with the good news."
Realtor, "Good news-water leak was just a screw adjustment. Bad new is the bank appraised the house for less than when seller is asking for. So that means more paperwork and we need to come up with a game plan since the Seller is appealing the appraised amount."
Terri, "More waiting it seems then?"
Realtor, "Yes."
Terri, " I am going to go and enjoy my huge 34oz beer that will make me pass out when I am done. Have a Happy New Years Eve."

So, the saga continues. Will they move any time soon, will they unpack their boxes so they can have a functioning kitchen, will Steve come in anytime soon from snow blowing, will Terri wake up from her beer nap? Tune in soon, for the next installment of as a house sells........

monday

2009-12-28T15:24:00.003-06:00

today i used my most favorite line on Wendy my Pilates instructor today. She had us doing an excercise that made us focus on using our obliques, hamstrings and quads while balancing on a box with your working foot in a strap. The best thing about having only two people in a class is that you get alot of attention, the worst thing about having only two people in a class is that you get alot of attention.

I 'cheat' and use my hip flexors not intentionally but enough that while doing this stretch, Wendy came over put her hands on the areas of my leg that was not suppose to move, made me tuck my pelvic in and redo all from the top. She asks how does it feel, I said while laughing, "You are not my favorite person right now."

If I have not said this before, I will say it now, "You really need to try out Pilate's!!!"

Now for my rant. We had a letter in the mail stating our closing was/maybe to be on 12/30 like I want it to be so I was extremely happy. We find out today that there is a good chance that it will not happen until 1/8/10. NOT HAPPY. I have plans for that weekend which include baking cookies for 12th Night, going to 12th Night and seeing people I have not seen in a L-O-N-G T-I-M-E!!!! I was also suppose to be having people stay over at the new place but, there is now a chance that will not happen. FBOMBERS!!!!!!!!!!

snow

2009-12-24T08:29:00.004-06:00

this is what fell last night, DH cleaned off the top of my car before i could take a picture of the snow on top of it.
DH is snowblowing the drive out so we can leave. He tried to shovel but I was laughing at the thought of that since it was told to be wet and heavy not light and fluffy. He lasted two minutes.

he FINALLY removed the rock that became lodged from the last snow fall. not sure why he waited so long to do it but, it is DH i am talking about and as most of you know he is the firm believer in, why do it today when there is tomorrow. i can not wait to have a drive that is not gravel so i can use the blower again. i am going to miss the hobbit house when we move out of here, it does have its charm.

I hope all of my friends are done with their holiday stress they have been going through. I am glad that I do not have that stress since the nephews and niece started complaining the gift cards to their favorite store was lame, since when is $50.oo to spend as you wish lame?
So they were told after that Holiday it was their last gift from DH & I. I am of the thought that if you have the audacity to complain, then you have the ability to comprehend you will no longer receive.

Next year I am planning on host Christmas at my new house so that should be fun since I have not done that since 2003.

Wednesday

2009-12-23T19:42:00.002-06:00

Yesterday I tried out the new bike trainer. It looks like my living room spewed up a bag of skittles. The base on the trainer is bright lime green, my bike is electric blue and the special tire is blaze orange.

It has been a while since I have been in the saddle my sits bones are sore after a 30 minute ride yesterday and today. The dogs are not sure what to do about the bike since that was a cue for them they were going for a run. They did their doggy dance around until they became bored.

I have a few more boxes that I brought home from work that I can pack up if we are snowed in on Thursday. But that will only last for a couple hours.

Pilates is going great and I have my flex back in my back. If anyone is looking for a reasonable priced place that is NOT a zoo try out Balance for Life.

just because

2009-12-23T05:25:00.001-06:00

introducing Marmalade

2009-12-17T21:12:00.001-06:00

introducing
Marmalade.
this is not a staged photo. when not using him as a chew toy, isis seems to like him.

and we are back....

2009-12-17T14:55:00.002-06:00

The trip to Scott's wedding was interesting and his new family is interesting.
I did not get to go to any yarn shops while in FLA but colourmart sent me an email.

The evil and wonderful Miz T introduced me to the shop you do have to become a member to shop. So on the way back from visiting with my GodParents, I went shopping because what is one to do while stuck in the backseat for an hours drive? Yes, you guessed it, play with iphone and shop in England. THEWORLDISPERFECT.

I am certain I have more to type but I have brain overload right now and could spew for a long time. Perhaps more on Friday when I am refreshed.

snow

2009-12-08T16:53:00.005-06:00

Sweetness it is snowing. I am HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know most of you are not but I like snow. Even if the state I live in has drivers that forget from year to year "how-to" drive in snow.

The home inspection went exceptionally well today sans the inspector showing up late due to an accident on 65. Other than the water softener not working and since it is a rental, we are not concerned. **anyone want to help us move? just kidding**

Since I was in the house for two hours with the inspector, I had some time to layout where things will go when they relocate. I am still at a toss between having my organized disaster upstairs so one of the lower rooms can be a private guest room or have it down stairs where it can spill out and not truly be in the way of daily living. *this is your time to chime in with your thoughts.*

I thought I was going to miss MizT's birthday blowout but it is on Sunday and not Saturday. Whew...that is going to be a packed weekend for me. J&A are coming up for Nordskogen's 12th Night Friday and the event is Saturday...Plus I am making cookies for the lunch. Yummmmy cookies...so not a lot of down time in between unpacking.

Random thought, I was just surfing someone's Rav page and they had a picture of their Guinea Pig, ever notice, they all have that "OHSHIT" look on their face? Maybe it is me and I should eat.....

packing

2009-12-06T14:24:00.002-06:00

between napping today i have been packing.
i packed up all of my spices and oils and portable potions. i feel a bit naked because as a foodie, i NEED to have these items on a daily basis or so I think. The next few weeks will be a lesson in cooking when I was a broke 20year old and Mrs. Dash was the best thing since peppermint icecream.

i have also been going through the yarn stash and uploading into ravelry. I really should do this when I bring stuff into the house because while this is a great way to piss off time, it is a rather pain in the behind. That explains the increase in yarn photos on Flickr and maybe repeats of yarn on Flickr.

if anyone has seen my battery charger for my G6 would you let me know. i seem to have lost it once again, and it could be anywhere in the mess that I call my house.
deep breath and grand sigh............

SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL!!!!!!

2009-12-04T17:31:00.002-06:00

I am moving out of the Hobbit House. I guess the old saying of the third time is the charm has proven to be correct. The third house we put an offer on has become ours. There were two other showings on the house when I did the walk through Wednesday. I am glad I put down the asking price here is the house . Here is what I know about it.

It was purchased in August by a holding company for 108,900.00, it was a foreclosure, they came in fixed it all up nice and bright and they were even thoughtful enough to paint the house in my colours. Other than my disdain for side-by-side fridge, it is perfect.

Closing will be by 12/30 good thing I am all ready packed!!

friday?huh

2009-12-04T15:23:00.002-06:00

I came home yesterday afternoon with the intention of taking a short nap then calling K to see where we could meet up so we could help some people with a sewing project. That short nap turned into me sleeping until 5am this morning. WOW

I stayed up this morning until 7 then went back to bed until 11 canceled my lunch plans and went back to bed until three this afternoon. While I am not presenting with a high fever or any cold like symptoms' I can not get rid of my headache which starts from my eyes and flows all the way down to my neck.

When I came home from Snuffy's on Wednesday night DH asked me what would I rather do, go to BH or to my brothers wedding. I told him I need to sleep on the answer because brothers wedding is in FLA and I do not like air travel. You know that whole not being in control thing makes me a bit antsy, anti social, tense, paranoid because I have to trust some strange person to get me to a destination safely. And then there is the whole entire last minute plans to BH since DH told me Wednesday he was taking the dogs hunting as well as black powder hunting. A two-for-one weekend.

So, next week I fly to FLA via a short stop in Charlotte NC. I leave Thursday am and come back Monday pm. I am glad that I am a vacation hoarder. Ok, that i not true, I just get to the point where I think I have used up all of my time and then I have to figure out how in the month of December to use up time. Now you are asking how can you still have time left, well, one must remember that I do not work on Fridays and some Thursdays I am done at an extremely early time of the day. So, that is my answer.

I am hungry I wonder if I can get DH to pick me up some soup. Cause then I am going back to sleep.

if you

2009-11-29T09:59:00.002-06:00

hear a strange noise the almost sounds like a hammer hitting something just keep moving on. it is me hitting my head on the desk. i am not sure why my darling husband can not understand about me not wanting to drive and or deal with HWY 65.

I am so annoyed with him I could smack him back up to Rhinelander. Let me start with him dropping all of his crap in the kitchen, the trail of clothing he took off on the way to the shower. I was glad he was unable to get up off of the couch so I could have my last night of snore free sleep. But, I was woken up by the loud volume from the TV, at 630am it just is not acceptable.

Ugh...grr...i am crabby

ramble-ramble

2009-11-28T11:46:00.003-06:00

i have another house to go check out in Wyoming.
But, I am rethinking about the move up there because i just watched a documentary on debt in america and how americans use their credit cards like toilet paper. Just wipe and go...

The next documentary to watch-Walmart-The high cost for Lowest price.
This is my version of bad movie Sunday.

The first documentary was about serial killers-they featured 4 of them the most interesting one was from Russia-the guy was a cannibal.

so....

2009-11-23T19:15:00.002-06:00

my realator called me not for any type of update on the bidding war on the house in Scandia but to see if I had any comedic relief for her.

She had a stressful day and her new assistant sent out emails that were not suppose to go out to the GP, that would be me included, but I looked at the houses and deleted because they were not in my price range. After Pam called me to vent I took another look and noticed the typo's and told her how the human eye and brain work where it tends to over look misspelled words when the rest fall into the right place. I also told her that when I look at listings, I do not read what anyone else has written I look at the pictures, read the information, check out the taxes and lot size. Then move onto the next one.

She is a hoot and a baby knitter, I made her a cowl to get her off of her scarf jag that she is on. It is almost like my hat phase I went through. When we were together yesterday I was working on a lace stole that she fell in love with. I think she is ready for a hat or at least a headband for her daughters. Twin girls freshmen at Eau Claire.

Bo has bad dog gas and is making my eyes water. Not sure what he found interesting in the backyard to eat, whatever it was, seriously, could not have rolled in it like Isis loves to do?

DH had not been successful in the hunt, he only has a few days left to get me some fresh meat for the freezer otherwise, I might look at the backyard population and test out how well my neighbors react to loud noise. :) just kidding...maybe...

Dancing with the Stars is on had better watch it because I have not been following it much this season.

by the light of a sliver moon

2009-11-20T21:14:00.004-06:00

tonight i went for eats with Pat and Bob. their daughter kelly showed up a bit later and joined up. what normally is an hour event turned into three hours. what fun!!
as we all know if you want to know the sins of a parent hangout with the children if you want to know the sins of the child, hangout with the parents.

as I was explaining to Pat & Bob, when DH &I went through the house, the things that failed the home inspection were not things we were looking for nor where we able to call out on an initial inspection. so if you are looking to purchase a new place pay for the extra inspection. it really it worth the cost.

i enjoy my time with Pat & Bob because they are easy people to relate to and they have the same wave length that I ride on. Plus, I can see it being extremely bad for me when my parent meet them. all of my secrets will come out and my bad past revealed.

My kids are acting weird, by that I mean more weird than normal for dogs. They want out, they want in, they want out, bark-bark-bark nothing in the yard, no deer- you can hear them crashing through the bramble-they want in, they want out. Not a full moon so what is going on?? I can not smell skunk, porcupine or raccoon and they all have a unique musk scent to them that if you know what they smell like you KNOW they are near.

I am thinking I will go down to meals on wheels for thanksgiving to help prepare and maybe deliver for those that are house bound. Since I do not have family here and DH is off hunting what a better way to spend the day???....

inspection

2009-11-19T17:45:00.005-06:00

well, due to what was found during the home inspection we are walking away from the house.
Pam and I went to look at two more today one was a foreclosure and in case anyone is missing a friend, roommate, cat, dog by the name of Tom-Tom was in the house because he had written his name on several surfaces. LOVE FORECLOSURES!!!!!!!!!

House #2-WOW!!! 2 Fireplaces move in ready a space large enough for my pilates reformer and steve brewery and space for all of my fabric/fiber goodies. Best of all, if I do not want to see him, I can go to a different floor.

Yes, yes, I know Steve is a keeper for he puts up with me but having him within 5 feet of me for the last 5 years had made me really, really, really love fall hunting and wish he would go more often. A girl needs her space and privacy once in a while. Still have not figured out why he needs to come into the bathroom when I have the door closed...Is this a guy thing or just my guy thing???
Cause if it is just my guy thing, I am going to have to make sure the next place we purchase the lock on the door works.

Going to look at a place in Scandia on Saturday. Pam is excited about this house because it is close to where she lives. She is all ready making plans for going cross country ski-ing this winter. I do not even own skis and have not since I was a kid. It could be fun to watch Steve ski, it would be like watching him Roller Blade. I might have to purchase some Depends for the when this happens...nothing worse then spending time in wet panties cause you have been laughing too much.....

I do not think I am going to unpack anything that I have packed all ready, it would be surrender and I have not yet.

more home stuff

2009-11-15T09:43:00.002-06:00

The regular inspection is set for Tuesday at 1pm. He said it would take about 2hours. I will have to bring some knitting with me because that is a long time to just watch someone poke and prod a house. After that inspection the VA inspection happens, I wish they could do both at the same time to save me some time. Not that I am running out of time, I am in the mode for new house, new focus, new energy.

I have not spent too much time on the house itself but more on what I want for my gardens and landscaping. 5 years is too long not to play in and with the earth. I need to talk with Vlad and Petranella about one of their side jobs.

I packed another box today with kitchen stuff. It will be fun to play with my pasta machine now that I will have a counter to mount it to. I am going to free cycle my toaster oven we have moved it several times and I can not remember the last time we used it.

I need to go down to the spider factory and repack all of my craft stuff I had unpacked, bought new of and make a serious effort to contain the mess. I was thinking of having dressers and highboys for my fabric but I just might go with having shelves instead to keep a uniform look and feel to the room because once I let chaos in it will take over.

So, there is a theme to this post of all of the things that I need to do but I am reading a tone of uncertainty. Part me would like for Steve to be helping with the packing but then I know I would get irritated with him for asking,"how do you want this packed", "what box do you want this in".

I wonder what I will find when we unpack the storage unit. sigh...

update on house

2009-11-13T21:34:00.002-06:00

Septic has received an all clear, so now we are scheduling our house inspection.

On call this weekend so no out of town travling or no further than two hours for me.

Not sure what I am going to do with myself this weekend since I have nothing that is pressing for me to do nor nothing that I feel is pressing for me to do.

I am in the mood for BEEF so if anyone is reading this and is also interested in BEEF email or call me so we can go eat some BEEF. That is bovine btw nothing else....piggards

foiled

2009-11-12T14:22:00.003-06:00

none of the stores that i have called have a crochet hook small enough to go through a seed bead, so there goes an idea i had. it was recommended that i go to super Joann's...too far to drive for a whimsical idea. but i will be able to pick one up on tuesday of next week since i will be near one.

grrrr.

Thursday

2009-11-12T12:38:00.004-06:00

it is a bit early in the day for me to post but i need something to do to kill time at the office.
no interesting stories that i can post because nothing of interest happened today except that i woke up before the alarm stepped on a pile of cat yack that the dogs slept through....bad dogs!!

For secret santa at work i have tony. He had not put his wish list in the book but neither have i, so i can not complain about it. i am not even sure why i do secret santa it really is a pain in the butt and now i am getting pestered about doing the holiday meal. something i have never done because i am usually on my way to Boar's Head. but this year it is a lunch brought in and if i can time things right and be done before the food is in, i will not have to eat it or have them special order me something due to my food allergies.

I am planning on making Lemon Clove cookies for Miz T's launch party on Friday and bringing some tasty goat cheese and crackers. I had thought about making Meat cookies but I all ready have enough things that I am going to bring.

10 more minutes...ok i am leaving now ... can not fake it anymore...

MTWC-kitchen

2009-11-11T18:49:00.001-06:00

this is the kitchen we put in MTWC. would you believe this was done for under $1000.00?
cabinets, counter top, sink and stain. the floor is the original that was hidden under some nasty green linoleum flooring. the design feature where you see the pizza stone is actually a gap between the cabinets.

house

2009-11-11T12:21:00.002-06:00

The septic inspections will be done on Thursday, which is tomorrow. The report should be done by Monday but I can hope for Friday. Yes, I know pinch yourself, you are dreaming.

If the report comes in on Monday VA & Home Inspection will be done sometime next week. And if all passes VA inspection, we will be proud new owners of a house that is a tad bit too big for us with a garage that Steve can trash and keep as messy as he wants. I do reserve the right to go into and organize whenever I deem it necessary.

As most of you know, I grew up living very close to Lake Michigan the furthest ever was a mile until I moved here. As most of you know, I have missed my Lake and as things work themselves out, this house has a pool.

I think I mentioned this before that I went to Sherwin Williams and picked out paint colours but I will need to actually sit in each room to figure out the perfect colour for it. I do know the upstairs bathroom is going to be blue. I am blaming this on my Bushia who had a blue bathroom and I just loved it and the way it smelled. Ivory soap, Oil of Olay cream and Grandpa's witchhazel with a touch of Brut.

conversation--

2009-11-10T13:53:00.001-06:00

yesterday when I was telling my monthly pt's that I would see them again on December 7th one said that was when her father was born. I told her it is my Bushia's birthday as well and her husband not wanting to be left out says that was the day I was let out of prison.

A grand day for all!!! LOL

Sunny saturday afternoon

2009-11-07T14:33:00.003-06:00

62 degrees in NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!
Spent the early part knitting at home then dressed and went to my LYS to hang with the Ladies. After that I took a drive up to the new homestead to see what was around the area such as how far the grocery store is from the house, nearest gas station, liquor store.

I did find what I needed to and took a detour into Sherwin Williams and there is an iphone application for them where you take a picture of something select the colour you like and then the application "matches" it as best as it can and complimentary colours.

I did try to get out of my normal colour range but they just all felt wrong to me. The house does get a ton of sunshine or so it appeared when I drove by a bit after noon. So, if there is as much sunlight in the house it will be painted with warm colours to keep things warm.

The kitchen will with out any argument be a soft yellow since we both have agreed that we would like to go with a grey counter top and the cabinets will be a warm redish stain. The same colour we stained the cabinets in Manitowoc.

All we are waiting for now is the inspection on septic and well. blah and sigh

HOUSE

2009-11-01T10:14:00.002-06:00

It has been a while since I have posted not quite sure what I was doing with my time other than looking at homes via internet and then going to do a walk through on the ones we picked as "OK" to look at.

On Saturday morning, I went to Edina and filled out all of the necessary paperwork for putting an offer on a house. It is much larger than what I had originally wanted in floor space for a house but when it calls to you, I guess it calls you. If things go accordingly, closing should be on or before December 15th.

I guess I should put more effort into packing up things now that we have made a choice.

show and tell

2009-10-23T17:32:00.003-05:00

we looked at two more houses tonight. both are in Hugo and the back yards touch each other.

this is house number one: this house was furnished for pictures. it will not qualify for the use of a VA Loan. There are a number of outlets that are not covered, open areas in the ceiling, non working outlets as well and the siding is half done. While it is move in ready, these things need to be done for VA. If we use Conventional, which we do not want to do, the price will have to come down greatly. We both like this one and we might see whats doing with the seller/agent owner.

this is house number two: whoever has been to Rigo's house and has seen his kitchen, this one is a bit smaller. UGH!!!. This house did nothing for either one of us. Pam, our Realtor and I had fun going through all of the vintage clothing this lady had in the bedrooms. Three good size rooms with two 6' long metal stands and the actual rooms closet STUFFED FULL. I should have taken a picture..my bad, next time. Half of the garage was totes marked with what clothing was in it. Too bad neither of us are a Size 6.

random

2009-10-15T11:34:00.002-05:00

we did a 'tour' on tuesday night. one was decent but the yard too small and a block off of HWY61...
one was too small no kitchen no possibility of a kitchen being installed to my certifications
and one had a nice yard 6acres but the house was 'odd' and just 'odd'. so it is off of the list

Next week we 'tour' Lino Lakes and Columbus. There is another 'dead guy' house we get to look at.
One foreclosure, one short sale and two regular homes on the market.

I am bringing boxes home from work and the packing will start next week. I do have to admit, I did unpack more than I had intended to when we moved into the Hobbit House. Does pre-packing jinx the finding of a house?

Wedding/House Hunting.

2009-10-11T15:00:00.003-05:00

Rachel and Jay's was nice.
The Drama Lama presented his ugly head with Nancy and Tina having a rather loud pissing match. Tina won with Nancy storming off and not returning. Not that I was there to witness any of it. I had Steve take me home after the meal was done.

I felt it was in the best interest once again to leave after Nancy ripped me a new one for tossing out the left over fruit from the dinner table. There must have been a conversation that I was not party to about keeping the fruit. Why I am not sure and if it was to have been kept it should have gone into containers right away and refrigerated instead of placed on the sideboard with all of the other dirty dishes.

Now, for some other news. We spent two hours yesterday with a realtor looking at places. One has our interest but after going through with the placement of our belongings, it might be a tad on the small side. We do have a few dozen more to look at this week so this should be interesting.

OLD!!!!!!!!

2009-10-09T21:55:00.003-05:00

Marb red still tastes good. An 80% proof afternoon still does not curb bad manners for some people.

Between F-I-L and family friends, I have not beaten someone who deserves good manners beaten into them and time in the grey bar motel.

depression

2009-10-08T14:20:00.001-05:00

the 7 acre farm has been sold.
i think i might just off the DH for waiting so long to make a move.

behind the times

2009-10-08T11:43:00.008-05:00

Here is the final package from my SP14. It came on Saturday but I had company and now I have the time to put it up. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

My note from my SP14 said, she is a convert to the beauty of ORANGE!!! YAY!!!!the complete kit
inspected by the cats. there is
a lovely lemon/mint tea that is waiting for me to take and drink of.

i was a bit confused as to why I was sent such a long US1 circular needle. and then i saw this.

magic loop toe up sock!! now I can learn how to do it. SWEET!close up of some yummy yarn

Yogurt

2009-10-01T15:02:00.002-05:00

Last weekend I went with M&N to Costco. Where I was told of this wonderful product
Chobani Greek Yogurt. As most of you know, I am not that much of a yogurt eater. Not sure why when it is the same texture as sour cream and I would if I could eat an entire container of it.

After surfing their website I am happy to say that I found a grocery store that I drive past every Monday, so I will not feel as if I am going out of my way to obtain the yogurt.

Now, I am going to continue to enjoy my yogurt and you all can be jealous. :)

Thursday

2009-10-01T13:12:00.002-05:00

Today is the day that I have chosen to take the tongue out of the brine. It will soak in a plain water solution to remove any extra salt from the brine. It smells wonderful hints of clove and juniper.

Friday I will start a poolish for a bread, not sure which bread I will make. Nothing is better on a damp cold weekend than the smell of warm fresh bread. Ok, nothing is better than that smell any day any time except maybe chocolate chips cookies.

I am having company come over and she is bringing Swiss Chard and beets from her garden. We are going to have a feast for the senses.

We turned the heat on late last night to get rid of the damp in the house. That is the only down side to having a stucco house is that it retains dampness more so than 'normal' sided homes. It feels strange to have heat blowing on me when last week it was sunny and warm with the tease of extended summer. Fall did fall quickly this year.

Doing laundry today instead of on Saturday, I feel oddly more productive doing it today. I know, I am weird.
I am also skipping my design class but since it is a pay as you go and I have not done anything to my knitting design since last week, I do not feel too bad. And I will see the ladies on Friday and will show off the finished Pure & Simple Sweater.
Yes, and I need to take a picture of it and put it on ravelry.

Wednesday

2009-09-30T16:24:00.002-05:00

so today is torture yourself day. no seriously it is. i have it on my calendar...
so i am watching Tyra and it is Ask the PCincorrect question day.
One of the questions that I found amusing was,
"Why do Latino women dress their daughters as if they are going to a wedding, when they are at the laundry-mat or the sub-way."
Um...laundry-mat no clean clothes and hey little girls want to dress on their own. Sub-way, they could be going somewhere....
What a dumb-ass.
Lady, you get the AssHat award for the Year.

red hot swap!!!

2009-09-29T14:15:00.004-05:00

the box of red hotness!!
something for the kids
the big kit, i have some yummy red spinning goodness
the dried cherries are the BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
something to distract myself with this weekend

monday

2009-09-28T15:05:00.003-05:00

third week of Pilate's and it is going great!
if you have not tired it you should. i am doing reformer-which is the table.
i feel ripped off that the hour long class goes so quickly but that is what i paid for.
i think i will sign up for another one during the week.

it has been blustery the past two days. we lost another branch from the Sugar Maple, we lucked out and it did not drop on the power line.

i finished the Pure and Simple sweater Friday and wore it Saturday to open knit. So, if you were not there, you missed it.

Now, my focus is on the Autumn in Oregon sock. I think in two weeks it should be done.
Then off of other grand things.

2for1

2009-09-25T11:20:00.002-05:00

here is my most wonderful kit that i have received from my KnownWorld Sock group on Rav
here is the dress, see i clean up nicely

bread

2009-09-23T11:46:00.003-05:00

i made some "rustic bread" yesterday. turned out very good. i am always surprised and pleased with myself when the bread comes out done and in my opinion perfect. i did not have dark rye flour only light so the marbling is very light.

i do like the fact DH has all sorts of scales for beer brewing this way i did not have to purchase them for this art form. i weighed out 4-1pound balls and made them into loaves. two of them went to two different patients that i saw today and the other two are slowly making their way into our stomachs.

while the book was a bit expensive, it has given me hours of entertainment. sort of like yarn. :)

MY Mom

2009-09-22T12:41:00.002-05:00

I spoke with her today and she told me she went freezer diving. The mental picture of my Mom bent over balanced on her hip bones digging into her chest freezer just gives me the giggles. I am still not sure why they have one of the largest chest size freezers for two people. It must be from when she was a child and being a child of 1st generation immigrants. Mom is a food horder. She will at any given time have 10-20 flavors of salad dressing, same amount for jelly, flavored oils, canned goods, dry goods. You name she has it crammed somewhere in her kitchen.

While living in the Hobbit House, I have noticed I have the same tendencies but it is easy to nip it away due to the lack of space. Although, while sitting here I can see the shelf that holds nothing but tea and I ask myself, "Self, you really need all of those flavors of tea? Could you not cut back and have maybe two." So, I walk over to the shelf take them all out and put them all back because each tea flavor does have a reason and a time when I drink it. Some could stand to be replaced because they are getting to be a year old and they are loose packed tea.

Summer is winding down so, the peppermint tea that I use to keep myself cool will go to the back and the ginger, lemon and chai blends will come up front. Spicy flavors to keep the insides nice and warm. I think I will go and make some ginseng vitality, which I do believe is my most favorite flavor from Teavanna.

and so....

2009-09-21T11:37:00.003-05:00

The past weekend I went to South Dakota. I made up my mind at 10:45pm Thursday night sent out a text/email I was coming down loaded up the car and was on the road by 8:30am Friday.

It was a great day for a drive and 5 hours is not too long of a drive, all things considered.
Two/three days with good friends, tons of laughs and sunny days. What more could a person ask for?

Yes, winning the lottery and an endless source of free yarn would be splendid but, one can not be too greedy.

Not sure what I have planned for the rest of the week but I am certain it will include making some bread and Friday hanging out with another good friend I saw this past weekend.

The watermelon I picked up from the market last week is super juicy and wonderful.

wednesday with nothing to say

2009-09-16T06:25:00.001-05:00

Every now and then I get something good in my email box. This is one of them.

1. When you are sad,

I will jump on the person

who made you sad

like a spider monkey

jacked up on Mountain Dew!!!

2. When you are blue,

I will try to dislodge

whatever is choking you.

3. When you smile,

I will know you are

plotting something

that I must be involved in.

4. When you're scared,

we will high tail it out of here.

5. When you are worried,

I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse

it could be until you

quit whining, ya big baby!!!!

6. When you are confused,

I will use little words.

7. When you are sick,

Stay away from me

until you are well again.

I don't want whatever you have....

8. When you fall,

I'll pick you up

and dust you off--

After I laugh my rear off!!

9. This is my oath....

I pledge it to the end.

'Why?' you may ask;

-- because you are my FRIEND!

***********************
Friendship is like peeing your pants,

everyone can see it,

but only YOU

can feel the

true warmth..

update...

2009-09-09T19:11:00.002-05:00

i really do not post anything of an indepth personal nature on this blog but since i am in a few swaps that require me to post weekly, and I have not, I just wanted to touch base and let them know I am still here.
The past few weeks have been a busy with my family and my own health.
Rehab on the knee has not been as good as was intended. 9-14-09 I go for a visit with an Ortheopedic and a MRI.
My Aunt did not survive the still unknown flesh eating infection and passed away Friday morning with her funeral yesterday.
Made 6 loaves of ciabatta bread for DH & his camping trip.
Started #2 of Autumn in Oregon today. I might need drug therapy when done. They are lovely.
Ate at the Blue Door Pub, which is excellent. So if there are any MN people that read my blog go there and have a beer & a burger.

OK, that is it for now. Sorry about it being so brisk.

this was sent to me via Email

2009-08-31T15:56:00.001-05:00

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body for blood to squirt 30 feet.
(O.M.G....!)

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy!)
(I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
(Honey, I'm home. What the...?!)

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
(30 minutes... Lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(I still want to be a pig in my next life... quality over quantity)

Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm......)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(Okay, so that would be a good thing)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains
(I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(What about that pig??)

Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread these crazy facts and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to, maybe even a chuckle.

baby

2009-08-30T08:01:00.004-05:00

NO, I am not having one. But this pattern is cute and as you all know, I adore hats.

Kelly from the Double Ewe knitted something close to this sweater made it out of Boomerang yarn. Coyote is very pretty it is in the second row fourth one moving right. I need to rethink blue.

Kelly and her son have been working hard at updating the webpage and after cruising on it for a while, Ben, you deserve a beer or two. GREAT JOB.

And I just re-read a class I am interested in taking is starting on a day I am leaving town. sigh...

beff & chicken Swiss mushroom

2009-08-28T08:40:00.003-05:00

this is some of the beef DH cooked on Sunday. It has some Panko and grated Parmesan cheese with sweet onion diced on top of it.

this is it with Chicken, (from Sunday) mushrooms and a sprinkle of the Panko and cheese mixture. the bones went into the freezer for soup weather.

topped with Swiss Cheese.

and cooked in the Cast Iron pan.

Prep time short just diced onions, sliced mushrooms and 4 pieces of beef. the chicken was pulled off from what was remaining on carcass.

Very yummy.

SP14 #2

2009-08-24T13:45:00.003-05:00

Secret Pal is very good at finding items that are screaming SETE!

Then again, I do blog alot. Here is what she sent to me.

the little budahs are stitch markers. love them!!!

paw of approval on the kit and spyder agrees!

Sunday

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$25.76-Rainbow + Two whole Chickenst at .88cents a pound.
$3.91 and $3.85...two birds for the price of one.

This little gem and a few other items are making their way to our smoker/grill . This beauty is going to get real close to a can of Coors light beer.

DH is making himself some ribs for lunch during the week and a nice beef roast that also was on sale for $7.00.

Must have hit the going to the grave yard limit at the store.

So, we shall see what I come up with for the rest of the week and the rest of the meal.

Btw, the Ciabatta bread smells wonderful.

3 meals 1 pork Loin

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Sunday- I cooked a Pork loin the the slow cooker with some potatoes that were making their way to the grave yard, garlic, a chopped head of red cabbage and some onion. No need to add water, there is enough juice in the loin for it to cook in its own juices.

Monday-
Fresh sliced bread-I made it.
Pork Loin -on the side homemade horseradish and mustard
Assorted Veggies.

Tuesday-
Sliced up 1/4 Pork Loin
covered with Creamed Spinach with Basil
Mashed potatoes
assorted Veggies

Wednesday-
Diced up remaining Pork Loin and let it marinade in homemade spaghetti sauce.
Sliced bread

Thursday-
Old Chicago

Friday-
Went freezer diving found some meatballs for spaghetti & meatballs.
Sliced bread.

Saturday-
Hubby's day to cook and we had blue cheese burgers.

Made some Macaroon's thanks to supercook.

For lunch I had the ambercup squash (and rice) I picked up at the farmers market on Tuesday. Halved it pour in some chicken broth, a few spices and let it bake/steamed for a while. (did this on Friday) and of course I cleaned up the seeds and baked them too. Great snack for during the day.

Sunday-
Brunch-Bacon, English Tomatoes and bread from last week.

Going to try my hand with Ciabatta Bread. Pictures to follow.
Beef Roast on the Smoker
Brussel Sprouts Green Beans tomatoes-Fresh from the farmers market.