The Monster in my Kitchen!

(a re-post from the earlier blogging days, for some of my new readers)

There is a monster in my kitchen! ........You would think I could get rid of it, with just 2 people living here, and use the space more wisely. This monster fakes me out every time I give in and let its call beckon me; to let it do something for me that I already know good and well I can do better and quicker myself! It pleads with me, like a small child saying, "I wanna help! " .... just to find that I have to do at least half the job again anyway. I have to bend over and "bow" to it whenever I let it bribe me by its beckoning presence. Soon as its mouth is open I have lost the battle. I have to fill that mouth, and it will take many handfuls of what it likes best to ever get to the place where I can shut its mouth and silence the guilt within myself for allowing it to be open in the first place. Then there is the constant "bowing" again, to undo what I previously did at the start! And, deep inside I know ...... I know ..... that that so-called time-saver is actually a waste of MY time.

And really, I could get better results asking a toddler to clean up his plate than I do from this monster that I am slave to....

So ........ If anyone would want to take my dish-washer, and replace it with a nice cupboard of 2 shelves and a deep drawer, I would be ever grateful!

( Are you listening, dear hubby? )

Eggs ... Too cute to not share

This was emailed to me. I don't know who the author/artist was but thought it would be okay to post. I take no credit for this. It is hilarious!!

EGGS

love the facial expressions!

Hope you having an “Eggcellent” Day!

Saturday Morning ... and an Afternoon Surprise!

We started off with a breakfast of bacon, eggs and Homey Oatmeal Scones, with dried cranberries and raisins! Baked in my cast iron skillet in the wood stove oven..



Topped with real butter and Pennsylvania honey! (the best of course ;)



Then it was out to cut another pick-up load of wood for hubby while I cleaned and puttered in the house. He cuts and splits the wood ...



and it is my job to stack, which I just love. Its great exercise!



Meanwhile in the early afternoon, a package was delivered to the door....
It had gloves and tee-shirts and cookies for hubby, a toy and treats for Izzy, and for me a teapot cozy knitted by my daughter Tina, to fit my Brown Betty tea-pot; along with an infuser that sits in the teapot, and some natural organic Lavender and Chamomile loose-leaf tea, and Stevia from Restoration Herbs. I made some and sipped it all afternoon Sunday! You can click on the photo and bring up the detail on the cozy. See the buttons in the back where it buttons under the handle? Didn't she do a fantastic job??

Taking a "Me" Day

Since I have pretty much goofed off all day, after goofing off yesterday because my internet was down, I decided to cook, really cook for hubby. We had been eating last week's meatloaf and venison vegetable soup for several days. He came in last night and looked at the soup .... again .... and said with a smile, "Oh, something new I see!" Yah, bread and peanut butter with it!

So I decided to apply myself today by making Scalloped Potatoes and Baked Beans and a nice coleslaw with pineapple,



(I didn't think about pictures until supper was in the oven)



and bake a Country Apple Pie with Oatmeal crust .......


(picture taken before I baked the pie) It is still in the oven. I am not very organized :)

I was working on my "Sunflowers" oil painting this morning, that I had started months ago and never gotten back to. I now have about 7 hrs in it so far. Art work needs to be done in the day time when the light is good ........ I am supposed to be working , you know , at a real job, but things are very slow right now.



Besides, everyone needs a "Me" day once in a while. Don't you agree??

Bloggin' Woes!

My floors are dirty,
My house is a mess!
The dishes need doin'
But I need a rest .....


The wood needs a carryin'
Thank you, Lord, for the cart!
With all of this work
I just can't fall apart!


(But just an hour,
or two.... maybe three,
To do my bloggin'
Don't you all agree??)


The hens need a feedin'
The garden a weedin'
But I'll just be a moment ....
My bloggin' I'm heedin'


Then on to the supper...
Oh! its later than late!
I'll throw on some 'taters
For my hard-workin' mate!


Oh mercy, oh me!
Time goes too fast!
TV's a time-waster
But bloggin's a blast!!

~Written by Sunny~

Early Frosty Morning on the Farm

Sun barely up .... but light enough to get hay out to the cows


One is at the pond drinking, where they have had to break ice to get water. Hubby will have to break it up and keep it broken up so they can drink. The ice can get pretty thick near the banks of the pond if the temperatures stay low for long.


I linger for a moment to get some photos of the sun's reflection on the ice.


Here comes hubby with the bobcat and one of 3 hay rolls he will put out



Cows on both sides of the path head for the hay rings... they know where to go when its feeding time.



This is #13, herd Boss, and she makes sure everyone knows it



Calves follow close behind the momma cows.



One cow with her new-born stays off away from the rest, but will get to the hay eventually.



You can see the steam rising from their breath, as they congregate around the feeding area.



Cows are content so we start back toward the house, the sun rising higher by the moment.



I pass by the dead tree that fell, where hubby got the last load of fire-wood. It will be nice to get back to that wood stove heat in the dining room!

Sunday Afternoon Lunches... which would you pick?

His n' Hers salads ....


Hubby likes a good hearty salad with leftover grilled chicken, FF's and cheddar cheese on top of a mixed lettuce/ veggie base. Mine is the Slim n' Trim one ( how come I'm not?? :) ) with same base, avacado, red beans and swiss cheese. Now wouldn't you think that would be healthier ?