well not really but maybe I shouldnt have been making sauce today cause the blender started to leak at the bottom. I grabbed the blender container, saw that the bottom was leaking, ran to a bowl I had sitting on the counter and yes stupidly very stupidly unscrewed the bottom of it....sauce exploded into the bowl but didnt miss me. It came to visit a while on the popover I was wearing...lovely just fantastic. I threw it into the washer and am keeping my fingers crossed that the stains will not be there. Hadnt worn that popover since the spring too.
But the sauce tastes good
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Rained again today!
Another couple of storms went through again today. Yesterday we had a total of 4 inches. There was flooding in the northeastern part of the state so bad the state police blocked off roads and several families were evacuated from their homes. We did some adjusting to the chicken coop yesterday between the raindrops. DH cleaned the coop while I was making supper and I helped him (ran and got tools for him as he was in the coop). We moved the fan from in front of the door to back by the window and moved the feeder from there to in front of the door. It seems to be working pretty good so far. This way when it rains and we close the door the food wont get wet.
For supper we had klushki (sorry not sure how to spell that). I changed it up a bit. Usually you just cook wide egg noodles, cook up some sausages or hotdogs, slice them up and then cook down some shredded cabbage in butter. I cooked the cabbage in some bacon grease and added some frozen peas that I had leftover from the night before. Threw it in the oven in my cast iron enameled pot with the lid on at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. I really liked it with the peas in it. They added some color. Cant have enough green stuff you know.
I have been trying to cook down my quartered pie pumpkins. Who knew that it would take so long...but it smells good in the kitchen lol.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
For supper we had klushki (sorry not sure how to spell that). I changed it up a bit. Usually you just cook wide egg noodles, cook up some sausages or hotdogs, slice them up and then cook down some shredded cabbage in butter. I cooked the cabbage in some bacon grease and added some frozen peas that I had leftover from the night before. Threw it in the oven in my cast iron enameled pot with the lid on at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. I really liked it with the peas in it. They added some color. Cant have enough green stuff you know.
I have been trying to cook down my quartered pie pumpkins. Who knew that it would take so long...but it smells good in the kitchen lol.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
We have rain...
Yesterday DH decided to wash some of his work clothes and hang them out on the line. Then it started to rain and then we lost our electricity for about an hour and a half. He was going to run out and get them but I said no just let them out there they are soaked and they might dry before dark. Hmmm. Guess what? They did dry a little cause they werent dripping when I brought some of them in so he had something to wear to work today but they took a full 45 minutes in the dryer. So much for saving money. Anyway we left the rest of the clothes out on the line overnight thinking that they would be dry by about noon and you guessed it...it's now pouring out. Rain water softens everything right? These clothes are going to be the softest ever! Looks like I'll be bringing them in this evening and putting them in the dryer. Cant complain to much about the rain though and it has definitely cooled down. The chicks are very happy.
Cant understand why DH was grumpy yesterday. Kept mumbling something about grass cutting...
Cant understand why DH was grumpy yesterday. Kept mumbling something about grass cutting...
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Canning
I canned a lot over the weekend. I canned some peach preserves, peach pie filling, and some apple butter. I still have some peaches which I plan on turning into spiced peach jam and some more apples left as well which I plan on making applesauce out of.
Apple butter and peach preserves. I'm using my new labeler to make labels for each jar. It is great, wish I would have gotten it a long time ago.
Sideways pic of my new pressure canner. Couldnt figure out how to turn it sorry!
The mess of pickles I made a while ago.
My lavender jelly made with MY lavender, I'm so proud of myself using my lavender and actually making jelly not sauce...Yeah Me!
Salsa - homemade - yum!
Dont know whether you can see him or not but this is a little itty bitty frog that was on our screen door one night.
There he is!
and there he is again! He was only about an inch long. Hope he made it through the hot weather cause I havent seen him since these pics.
Apple butter and peach preserves. I'm using my new labeler to make labels for each jar. It is great, wish I would have gotten it a long time ago.
Sideways pic of my new pressure canner. Couldnt figure out how to turn it sorry!
The mess of pickles I made a while ago.
My lavender jelly made with MY lavender, I'm so proud of myself using my lavender and actually making jelly not sauce...Yeah Me!
Salsa - homemade - yum!
Dont know whether you can see him or not but this is a little itty bitty frog that was on our screen door one night.
There he is!
and there he is again! He was only about an inch long. Hope he made it through the hot weather cause I havent seen him since these pics.And I think I'm all caught up now on my pics! I will have to make some more of the things I have completed knitting.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Jack Daniels distillery museum
Here we are going into the museum. On the right is my DH and on the left is his friend Archie. Archie visited us for a few days. He is in the Navy and is stationed in Mississippi.
This is part of the display. The bottles in the middle show different strengths of the whiskey and the big barrel is what they use to age the whiskey. 
Archie and his friend Jack lol...
This is the cave which has a natural spring which is used for the distillation process. It was almost 100 degrees the day we went to see the museum and when we started up the little walk to the cave you could just feel the cold air coming off of the water. Jack Daniels actually bought the surrounding acreage around this spring and cave so he could have the best water for his product. Very smart man - knew even back then about the pollution.
This is the safe that actually killed Jack. Well sort of, he kicked it and was a diabetic and got gangrene and died. Kinda sad. It musta really hurt too.
This is us leaving the museum. What you cant see is Archie's purchases! They cant sell the whiskey except in the museum as the county is dry. There werent a lot of pics I could take as you arent allowed to take pics of the actual whiskey making process. It was very impressive and interesting. The tour is free although why people would bring small children to it is beyond me but some did. 
This is on the way to our car. I was trying to show the planters made out of whiskey barrels. They were really pretty. They make all their own barrels. I really liked the tour and the history was really interesting even though me and my DH do not drink their product. On our way there we stopped by Falls Mill so Archie could see how that worked. I think he really enjoyed himself and DH was really happy he came to see us.
See how happy? I had to spring this pic on them at the last minute before Archie left. DH doesnt like his picture taken. While Archie was here DH and he went to see about getting a gun and bought many beers and talked a lot. Me, well I got to relax and didnt go to see about getting a gun, didnt drink any beer and talked a little lol ;)Friday, August 13, 2010
It's raining
See me doing a happy dance!!!!! Hubby might have to actually mow the grass...;) And it actually only was up to 99 today!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
An actual post...
Yeah it's hard to believe but I'm actually posting (typing) a new post. With help from my DH we canned peach preserves and peach pie filling today. He mostly just cut up the peaches but it did help believe me! I still have some more peaches and will be making some spiced peach jam with the rest of them. We even got some apples so I am planning on making some apple butter or apple sauce. I think I need a bigger pantry cause it is filling up fast! I even gave some of the items I canned away to a friend who visited us a couple of weeks ago. I will be posting pics from his visit and other things that have been going on as well.
The funniest thing happened today. DH was out changing the chicks water (we are doing this up to three times a day because of the heat) and of course Lucy wanted to be petted so he picked her up (I was watching out the kitchen window while I was stirring the preserves) and all of a sudden there was this gusher that came out of her...I was laughing so hard. DH put her down in the run and turned around. He was wet from his waist on the left side all the way down to his shoe! He was laughing too. He said that isnt the first time he has been pooped on. Lucy peed on me a couple of days ago but his was definitely poop. Too funny. He said she was laughing when he set her down on the ground...;)
Other than that not much going on around here.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
The funniest thing happened today. DH was out changing the chicks water (we are doing this up to three times a day because of the heat) and of course Lucy wanted to be petted so he picked her up (I was watching out the kitchen window while I was stirring the preserves) and all of a sudden there was this gusher that came out of her...I was laughing so hard. DH put her down in the run and turned around. He was wet from his waist on the left side all the way down to his shoe! He was laughing too. He said that isnt the first time he has been pooped on. Lucy peed on me a couple of days ago but his was definitely poop. Too funny. He said she was laughing when he set her down on the ground...;)
Other than that not much going on around here.
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Sunday, August 8, 2010
GM plants show up in the wild
http://news.discovery.com/earth/gm-plant-canola-wild.html
Is this scary or what? It was bound to happen...
Is this scary or what? It was bound to happen...
Why housewives will save the world
I thought this was really true and although I am not a housewife per se my mom is and this really hit home for me. Enjoy!
Why housewives will save the world
_____
Once in a while a reader is astonished to learn that I am, quite literally,
nothing more than what I've always claimed to be: an opinionated north Idaho
housewife. I am not a journalist, or a
reporter, or anything loftier than a keeper of the home. I use the
denigrated term "housewife" deliberately because I am proud to be a member
of this elite group.
If you associate housewives with dull women too dumb to do anything but wipe
noses and clean toilets, I'm here to tell you otherwise. I will even make
the extraordinary declaration that it is housewives who will save the world.
Or at least, our nation.
The standard assumption about housewives (besides the obligatory doubts
about our intelligence and educational level) is that our husbands make so
much money that we can "afford" to stay home with the kids. This assumption
always sends us into peals of laughter because it is so seldom true. Let's
face it, the term "thrifty housewife" was coined for a reason.
Housewives spend years learning to be thrifty. We shop at Goodwill, not
Nordstrom. We mend holes and patch jeans. We purchase basic food items and
cook from scratch. Most of us don't do this because we are green and
environmentally conscious. We do it because it's cheap and it keeps us home
with the kids.
Many housewives supplement their husband's income with cottage industries. I
do freelance writing. I know a woman who makes brassiere holsters for
handguns (yes really . this is Idaho, remember). Yet another woman makes
reusable feminine hygiene products.Yet
another woman sells items on eBay.
None of us is sitting around watching soap operas and eating bonbons. We're
too busy making our home welcoming, too involved in looking for additional
ways to earn money, too occupied in finding yet more techniques to trim the
household budget so the bacon stretches further.
We praise our husbands for bringing home this bacon, however modest in size
it may be. It's our job to stretch that bacon so it lasts the whole month.
A housewife takes her marital vows seriously and does whatever it takes to
make her husband feel like a man by giving him respect, dedication, love,
faithfulness, a warm home and happy children. Housewives don't (or
shouldn't) speak disparagingly of their husbands. We praise them. Praised
men are happy men.
And that's why I believe the housewives of America will save this nation.
When the chips are down, the housewives rise up. We work harder, stretch the
dollars further and discover creative ways to do even more things from
scratch. We become cleverer and more resourceful at "making do."
These may seem like such small, trivial things. How will baking our own
bread or making our own laundry detergent save the nation? It may not . but
it could save the family. And if a family is saved, then bit by bit, family
by family, the nation is saved. See the logic?
What I mean is this. On a massive scale, our nation's problems are far
beyond our individual ability to do anything about them. Housewives cannot
stop the insane spending spree our government has embarked on during the
last 50 years. We cannot keep the economy from its free fall.
But we can help ourselves. Inch by inch, foot by foot, we can keep our
family afloat. If our husband loses his job, we tell him he's still manly
and sexy. We give him the confidence to look for work. We tighten an already
tight belt even more. We pick up part-time employment. We write more
columns, make more holsters, sew more feminine hygiene products and clinch
another eBay sale. We stroke our husband's fevered brow and whisper that it
will be OK, we'll weather this together, we'll stumble along doing whatever
it takes to keep our family whole. We don't let the cruel winds of financial
hardship rip our family apart. We are the glue that binds it.
You see, the role of a housewife is so much more than wiping noses and
cleaning toilets. Feminists have looked with contempt at housewives for
decades and have tried to convince our daughters that only lofty careers and
hefty paychecks can fulfill a woman. But housewives know better.
Men work hard at jobs they often dislike to provide for their families. For
a man, it is not his job that grants him identity, fulfillment and meaning;
it is his wife's praise and admiration. The wise housewife honors her man
for his dedication and sacrifice. The smart housewife becomes the kind of
woman her man wants to come home to. This is the glue.
A glued-together family stays together no matter where they are. If they are
evicted from their home because they can't afford the mortgage, then they
rent a cheap single-wide. The housewife will then turn it into a beautiful
haven because she knows it is not furnishings but love that makes a home.
When the hurricane roars during an economic storm, it will be the thrifty
housewife who will bear her family aloft through hard times. Her frugality,
common sense and familial glue will keep the boat afloat until it lands on a
more fruitful shore. As the waves settle, she will continue to bind, weave
and mesh her family into a seamless harmonious whole. In return, she is
blessed a thousandfold for her actions.
On the surface, it may not seem like wiping noses and cleaning toilets can
have any significant impact on saving our nation. After all, these acts are
not spectacular achievements like winning a court case, negotiating a
contract or curing someone of cancer. But the foundation of a nation is a
solid family unit. It is the humble, collective efforts of housewives that
build those solid, happy families. Nation upon nation is built on this
foundation. Without housewives, such a foundation would not - could not -
exist.
Don't thank us. We're just doing our job. But please, remember to put the
toilet seat down.
Bill and Tina Kroshl
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Why housewives will save the world
_____
Once in a while a reader is astonished to learn that I am, quite literally,
nothing more than what I've always claimed to be: an opinionated north Idaho
housewife
reporter, or anything loftier than a keeper of the home. I use the
denigrated term "housewife" deliberately because I am proud to be a member
of this elite group.
If you associate housewives with dull women too dumb to do anything but wipe
noses and clean toilets, I'm here to tell you otherwise. I will even make
the extraordinary declaration that it is housewives who will save the world.
Or at least, our nation.
The standard assumption about housewives (besides the obligatory doubts
about our intelligence and educational level) is that our husbands make so
much money that we can "afford" to stay home with the kids. This assumption
always sends us into peals of laughter because it is so seldom true. Let's
face it, the term "thrifty housewife" was coined for a reason.
Housewives spend years learning to be thrifty. We shop at Goodwill, not
Nordstrom. We mend holes and patch jeans. We purchase basic food items and
cook from scratch. Most of us don't do this because we are green and
environmentally conscious. We do it because it's cheap and it keeps us home
with the kids.
Many housewives supplement their husband's income with cottage industries. I
do freelance writing. I know a woman who makes brassiere holsters for
handguns (yes really . this is Idaho, remember). Yet another woman makes
reusable feminine hygiene products.
another woman sells items on eBay.
None of us is sitting around watching soap operas and eating bonbons. We're
too busy making our home welcoming, too involved in looking for additional
ways to earn money, too occupied in finding yet more techniques to trim the
household budget so the bacon stretches further.
We praise our husbands for bringing home this bacon, however modest in size
it may be. It's our job to stretch that bacon so it lasts the whole month.
A housewife takes her marital vows seriously and does whatever it takes to
make her husband feel like a man by giving him respect, dedication, love,
faithfulness, a warm home and happy children. Housewives don't (or
shouldn't) speak disparagingly of their husbands. We praise them. Praised
men are happy men.
And that's why I believe the housewives of America will save this nation.
When the chips are down, the housewives rise up. We work harder, stretch the
dollars further and discover creative ways to do even more things from
scratch. We become cleverer and more resourceful at "making do."
These may seem like such small, trivial things. How will baking our own
bread or making our own laundry detergent save the nation? It may not . but
it could save the family. And if a family is saved, then bit by bit, family
by family, the nation is saved. See the logic?
What I mean is this. On a massive scale, our nation's problems are far
beyond our individual ability to do anything about them. Housewives cannot
stop the insane spending spree our government has embarked on during the
last 50 years. We cannot keep the economy from its free fall.
But we can help ourselves. Inch by inch, foot by foot, we can keep our
family afloat. If our husband loses his job, we tell him he's still manly
and sexy. We give him the confidence to look for work. We tighten an already
tight belt even more. We pick up part-time employment. We write more
columns, make more holsters, sew more feminine hygiene products and clinch
another eBay sale. We stroke our husband's fevered brow and whisper that it
will be OK, we'll weather this together, we'll stumble along doing whatever
it takes to keep our family whole. We don't let the cruel winds of financial
hardship rip our family apart. We are the glue that binds it.
You see, the role of a housewife is so much more than wiping noses and
cleaning toilets. Feminists have looked with contempt at housewives for
decades and have tried to convince our daughters that only lofty careers and
hefty paychecks can fulfill a woman. But housewives know better.
Men work hard at jobs they often dislike to provide for their families. For
a man, it is not his job that grants him identity, fulfillment and meaning;
it is his wife's praise and admiration. The wise housewife honors her man
for his dedication and sacrifice. The smart housewife becomes the kind of
woman her man wants to come home to. This is the glue.
A glued-together family stays together no matter where they are. If they are
evicted from their home because they can't afford the mortgage, then they
rent a cheap single-wide. The housewife will then turn it into a beautiful
haven because she knows it is not furnishings but love that makes a home.
When the hurricane roars during an economic storm, it will be the thrifty
housewife who will bear her family aloft through hard times. Her frugality,
common sense and familial glue will keep the boat afloat until it lands on a
more fruitful shore. As the waves settle, she will continue to bind, weave
and mesh her family into a seamless harmonious whole. In return, she is
blessed a thousandfold for her actions.
On the surface, it may not seem like wiping noses and cleaning toilets can
have any significant impact on saving our nation. After all, these acts are
not spectacular achievements like winning a court case, negotiating a
contract or curing someone of cancer. But the foundation of a nation is a
solid family unit. It is the humble, collective efforts of housewives that
build those solid, happy families. Nation upon nation is built on this
foundation. Without housewives, such a foundation would not - could not -
exist.
Don't thank us. We're just doing our job. But please, remember to put the
toilet seat down.
Bill and Tina Kroshl
Talk to ya later!
Denise
Friday, August 6, 2010
Sew Mama Sew
They are giving away a new Husqvarna Viking serger at Sew Mama Sew. What I wouldnt give for a serger. They are perfect for sewing any kind of seam making the seam more durable. Serging curtains and other home items is great. Much better than messing around sewing the hems and such by hand or regular sewing machine.
If you are interested in entering the contest for the serger head on over there to sewmamasew.com to find out all the particulars. If I dont win, I hope someone who reads my blog does!!! Good luck everybody!
Crossing my fingers and toes
Denise
If you are interested in entering the contest for the serger head on over there to sewmamasew.com to find out all the particulars. If I dont win, I hope someone who reads my blog does!!! Good luck everybody!
Crossing my fingers and toes
Denise
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