Foggy morning.....

This is what it looked like out my door yesterday morning when I went out to do chores!

Can't see the road or the neighbors place across the road...

I couldn't even tell which horse this was coming across the pasture......

....even in this foggy photo, I can't tell which one this is (and I don't remember)!

It looks much better out there this morning! The sun is shining, the sky is clear.....however, according to google, it's to be 41 and partly cloudy today, 31 and mostly cloudy tomorrow and 32 with ice/snow on Monday.

I really hope they're wrong about Monday!

Well, off to do something productive.......

...I hope.

Enjoy your day!

Is it almost over?.....

Good morning world....I hope you all had a nice week/weekend. I've really had better....I've lost count of the number of snows we've gotten this past week.  I don't want to rush time, as it goes quickly enough, but I am SO ready for warmer temperatures! Actually, I'd be satisfied if we just didn't get anymore snow! 

I was scheduled to have a Pampered Chef gathering yesterday afternoon & was really looking forward to it, but decided to cancel just hours before due to the snow.  While main roads and city streets may be clear, our road can be horrible.

If you've ever been to a PC gathering, you know that the consultant usually demonstrates her products by preparing a dish or two for the guests.  Well, since I cancelled and I had all the ingredients, I made the dish that Naomi was going to demonstrate.....

Mexican Chicken Lasagna.....

It's a layering of corn totillas that have been dipped in enchilada sauce, shredded cooked chicken, cream cheese & monterey jack cheese, chopped onion & more sauce & more monterey jack cheese.  I didn't have the pan she would of used but I think it cooked up just fine in this one! It's a pampered chef as well.  And rather than cook in the microwave, I baked in the oven!  YUM! Leftovers for supper tonight!

Well I'd better get going with my day....hoping the snow plow has made a swoop or two up & down our road and hoping we don't get any more snow!

Enjoy your day!

Weekend Ramblin'...

Hello world!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend! 

I'm not one for making new year resolutions because they don't usually get resolved! I did tell myself that I want to get back to cooking more often than what it seems I have been over this past year.  So, Friday night, I broke out my new Pioneer Woman cookbook and fixed us up some chicken fried steak for supper!  Complete with mashed potatoes and gravy.  Apple pie for dessert!  I'm not one for following a recipe on such dishes but I'm tellin' you, the difference it can make....just the addition of a couple ingredients?  YUM!  So thank you Pioneer Woman! I look forward to cooking more of your recipes!

If you are on Facebook, you may have seen the status updates "for my creative friends" handmade challenge.

So, besides the cooking and usual household chores that need to be done on days off, I took a little time to dig through my fabric stash and also took out my crochet hooks, to start planning and creating my handmades.  Every once in a great while, I will get out the crochet hooks....it's a break from my usual handworks and keeps me in practice, even though my projects are small and simple. Some of the fabrics you see are remnants from past projects, some are just small cuts, but they will become small quilted pieces of some form. 

While sorting through my stash of supplies, I realized that it has been a long while since I've had a give-away here at the farm, so be on the lookout! 

Time to get busy....Enjoy your day!

Decorating...

Two days ago I started taking down the Christmas decorations. It has been slow going but I hope to have it finished by tonight. 

But this is it for me...Christmas is really the only holiday that I do a great deal of decorating for where I will take down my everyday things and pack them away to make room for holiday things.  All other holidays or seasons, I might add a little somethin' somethin' to my everyday decor or change out a wreath but not to the extent of Christmas. 

I made a stop out to Randolph Mercantile yesterday to snap a few pics for facebook and thought I'd share a few here!

Getting ready for Valentine's Day.....

Spring.....

and Easter.....

Memorial Day,  July 4th.....

Now that I think about it.....we are well into January now and the mercantile spring open house is just right around the corner and will be here before we know it....but I'll post more on that another time.

Enjoy your day!

Happy New Year.....

Well, we are five days in to this new year of 2011....How's it going for you so far? 

I just wanted to share with you a couple of new cookbooks....my son got me this new Paula Deen cookbook as part of my Christmas and I received a gift card from a friend so I used it to get The Pioneer Woman Cookbook (Ree Drummond)! I can sit down and read on both like a regular book....however, I think I gain weight each time I read over a recipe! OMGosh! Can't wait to have some family home to try out some of these wonderful sounding dishes from both books! 

Time to get busy...Enjoy your day!