• Blog - Kitchen

    Treats, treats and more treats

    December 15, 2013 - By 

    spritz treatsIt feels as if it’s been non-stop production this weekend. In realty, it wasn’t. I was taken out by a toothache. It had started early in the week but hit the pinnacle of painful yesterday evening.

    Today it seems to be better…quickly knocking on wood…but I’m sure a visit to the dentist is in order.

    Under the piles if bugle bells and peanut butter on ritz dipped treats are white chocolate dipped pretzels.

    Needless to say…I won’t be indulging on these sweet treats. But seriously…I didn’t need a bum tooth to make me stop…or did I?

     

  • Blog - Kitchen

    T Tuesday: handmade edition

    October 29, 2013 - By 

    Thanks for joining me for another edition of T stands for Tuesday brought to us by Elizabeth at Altered book lover.

    Today is my typical kind of Tuesday…busy, busy, busy. I always make time for a good breakfast though. Poached egg on toast is my favorite. With coffee, of course.

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    Today though I have a bit of a different schedule. I have my job orientation! I’m very excited to be starting this new phase of my life.

    Over the past week I’ve been very domestic. I cooked a pie pumpkin that yielded 7 cups of pumpkin puree. I’ve made 2 pies, 2 large loaves of pumpkin bread and a batch of pumpkin chia pudding.

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    I’ve also been sewing quite a bit. I’ve been upcycling some stained or torn vintage linens. As well as using up scraps for additional projects. More on all that in a later post.

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    Miss Gracie has been keeping me company, that is when she isn’t busy watching for critters out the window.

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    I’m off to start my day now but I’ll be back later to visit all my blogging friends.

    What are you doing today?

     

  • Around home - Blog - Outdoors

    T stands for Tomatoes!

    August 27, 2013 - By 

    Today's harvestThanks for joining me today for T stands for Tuesday…or in this case…TOMATOES!

    As much as I hate the heat and humidity that always seems to come with the end of August, I love the tomatoes that my garden is producing. I’m also still getting a good handful of green beans each day. The cucumbers have yellow pear tomatoesbeen a bit of a disappointment but at least they did something.

    And just look at all these yellow pear tomatoes!! They are so sweet and yummy. They sit like candy on the counter waiting to be nibbled in this lovely basket that I won from a fellow blogger a couple years back.

    garden toamotesThe garden is starting to look a bit haggard but just look at those lovelies on the vine!

    I’m watering them from our rain barrels twice a day in this heat. I’m afraid I’m going to reach the proverbial “bottom of the barrel” very soon if we don’t get any rain.

    Our family is planning to brave the heat one of the days this week for a visit to the state fair. We may melt in the heat.  Hopefully I’ll get some fun pictures to share of “The Great Minnesota Get-Together”

    What are you doing today?