Happy Halloween...

 K.I.S.S. aka Moon Daisy

 Luke Skywalker aka Brown Hawk

Zombie aka Crazy Hair

Darth Vadar aka Tall Feathers

Arrrrg aka Fuzzy

and the birthday girl aka Daley

Happy Halloween!!!

Goals For Monday...

Tomorrow will be my first full week at home since November 1, 2010 and I have a list that seems to grow longer and longer as I contemplate what to do with myself this week. For starters, tonight I pulled everything out of my sewing room into the hallway. I am determined to get it organized. In the year that I have been keeping Fuzzy and Tallfeathers I have allowed it to get to the point where I can barely get in the door much less think about sewing, so my goal for Monday is a clean and organized sewing room and an empty hallway.

"I never suspected this room was so large. I would have said I could do the whole thing in an hour. But then, I never knew it was so bloomin' dirty."~~Grace Livingston Hill-April Gold

I have been reading Grace Livingston Hill lately. Another goal for Monday--finish Cloudy Jewel.

                                                   

Happy Halloween!!!

                                                      

Happy Birthday Daley...

Our youngest

25 years

Since her birthday is October 29th she loves Halloween.

Happy Birthday. Love ya little Daley.

Have a great day!!!

Fuzzy Friday...

Hope you have a Fuzzy Friday too!!!

Goodbye Fuzzy & Tallfeathers...

One year ago on November 1st, 2010 I started keeping Fuzzy and Tallfeathers 4 days a week. I live an hour away so I would come on Sunday and leave on Thursday as soon as my daughter got home from work. The plan was for my daughter to work for 1 year, which she had committed too and then quit work and be a stay-at-home mom. She didn't want to put Fuzzy in day-care for that year and I didn't want her to either, so that's how it began. It has worked perfectly, but the year is up today and it's bittersweet. Sweet because I really do need to get back home. You can imagine after a solid year the things I have put on hold or just plain put off, but bitter because I won't be here with my babies. There will be no one to put down for a nap at noon, no place I have to be at 3:00 when school lets out, no homework to help with, no supper to start and my posts won't be filled with near as many pictures of Fuzzy and Tall Feathers, but I really don't live that far away.

My quilt club and church family hardly remember who I am. My two chihuahua's have patiently been dragged along with me week after week and will no doubt be grateful for their big green pillow covered in lots of blankets to snuggle under, their matching food bowls and their little beds throughout the house. When I started keeping the kids I had nine cats. I am down to two. They seem to have taken up residents with my closest neighbor's. I am going to try to retrieve some of them while telling myself that four is enough. Ha.






I have had someone collecting the mail, tending my
garden, feeding my cats, and keeping an eye on the place, but it's time for me to get back to business. So, sadly when I leave here at 5:30 I will close this chapter, go home and open another one. That's the great thing about life. You just move through it, take it as it comes, do the best you can do and it always works out and I really don't live that far away.

Have a great day!!!

The Jesus Storybook Bible Review...

"Every story whispers His name..."

The Jesus Storybook Bible is a children's book that tells 43 Bible stories from the book of Genesis through Revelation.

Published: 2007
Author: Sally Lloyd-Jones
Age: 4-8 years
Purchase: Amazon

Review:
Let me start by saying this is a good version of a children's bible storybook. At the center of every story is Jesus, but the author takes some liberties in her attempts to make it understandable for children that I really can't approve of. An example is Jesus playing games with children. Some of these things may or may not have happened, but the bible doesn't tell us this, so why not stay true to the bible . I think it is a good storybook as long as we correct it as we go and don't consider it a children's bible.
Have a nice day!  
    

Hot Sauce For A Crowd...

Today I made my families favorite hot sauce. I love the look of just filled canning jars sitting on the counter waiting to cool and be eaten or stored away for another day. 

Ingredients:

5-6 cans of diced tomatoes * 1 can of hot Rotel * 1 Tbs. Garlic Powder * 1 large onion, coarsely chopped * 5-6 jalapenos, chopped * 1/8 cup salt * 1/4 cup sugar (optional) * cilantro

 My food processor is not large enough to hold all of the tomatoes, so I put a couple of cans of tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients into the processor and pulse until it looks right. I don't like it pureed I like to see the vegetables, but not to the point of being chunky. 

When it is to your liking empty into a large bowl. Put the rest of the tomatoes in the processor and pulse. Add to vegetable mixture and stir well. Fill jars and store in refrigerator. I have on occasion boxed the jars and shipped them to my son. When I do this I heat the mixture in order to seal the jars. This hot sauce doesn't last long enough at our house to worry about it. Makes 7 pints.

I have modified this recipe over the years. I no longer add the sugar and we like it fine, I use a little less than the 1/8 cup of salt(this is a coffee scoop) and sometimes I use canned peppers. Tweek it to your liking and enjoy!!!

Have a great week!