Flippin Friday

Really nothing too exciting has been happening around here lately, but hey, who's complaining.

Sometimes it is a good thing to have it quiet and peaceful. Dave worked on spraying beans for weeds and insects today.

I worked with my pictures for a lot of the day. Got in on my 100 page book for 20.00. It took a lot of time. I hope it will be worth it. In between I did things like 2 loads of laundry, weeded some flower beds, picked veggie in the garden.


I made a good supper. I copied the idea from Applebee's. I grilled chicken breasts, then topped it with pepperjack cheese and fried onions. Yummy

Don't have much else on my mind tonite. My boys are in Piere SD on a custom harvest vacation, so I'm thinking about them.

Chris had a birthday 2 days ago. Too bad I can't find his birthday card that I bought a month ago. It was so funny. I will have to keep searching.



A picture of each one of my favorite people.

Dave and I are still fighting this cold. Just can't seem to get back to 100%

Well, guess I will call it a night.

Cat in the tree

Carter calls this one Sugars. Cookie seems to think she belongs in the tree and Sugars obliges by running up there everytime he chases her.

Cory's Birthday Thursday

Today is Cory's 25th birthday. He and Ryan and Rob are on their way to Piere SD right now. For a vacation the boys are going custom harvesting for 4 days. They are all excited about it! Robyn's dad Kenny is the one who got Ry excited about the whole trip. I am sure it is going to be a great experience for them all.
I have been harvesting in my garden. Took pictures to put on istock. The coleslaw way yummy.
We had Harvestland out yesterday picking up 5 loads of corn. Since Dave has been sick he is so tired. In between loads he would nap in the hammock.
I went to Redwood today to pick up eggs and medicine. A quick trip. Went home and made Cory applecrisp for his birthday treat.
I have been working all day on a winkflash book with my favorite pictures. I am up to page 50.

Germy Wednesday

Dave and I are still fighting to get healthy. I am 80% better, I would guess Dave is about 30% better. He has this nasty cough that keeps him awake most of the night. I am fighting a combination of stuffy, then runny nose.

Today Harvestland picked up 5 loads of corn for us. In between loads Dave would nap in the hammock, poor guy. I got busy and mixed up my bread machine mix for the week. I line up 8 yogurt containers, then measure all the dry ingredients for 1 loaf of bread, or 10 buns. Then when I need bread or buns I just add 1 cup of water and 1 Tbsp butter to my bread machine pan and dump in a mix. Easy Peasy.

I also got my head of cabbage from the garden made into cole slaw, my green beans snapped, an onion chopped and took pictures of it all. I started downloading to Istock again. I all takes time, but hopefully I will make some money on my pictures. I am also trying to get my best pictures loaded into winkflash. They have a deal now where you can make up to a 100 page book for just 20.00. I am so ready to make a book of all my favorite pictures. I would like to get this all done in the next few days, so I want to get all my pictures uploaded tonite. It is taking a long time to get this done. I went and made the mistake of deleting all my flickr and whcc folders. Figured I wouldn't need them as I had the original, not thinking that these were the pictures I really worked on. Crap.............

It was a beautiful day today. No humidity, and the high of only 80. I could take much more of this weather, but I know for the crops to get caught up we need more heat. We did catch an inch of rain last Friday night. They are talking more for tonite. It would certainly be welcome.

Playing Catch Up

Friday I had Carter and Jack so Becky could go to the Poison Concert at Jackpot. They were very good little boys. We played, did chores, hung out on the patio. Carter wanted to play hide and seek, so I put Jack in the wagon and we went in to grove for a good game of hide and seek. Course, Carter has his own version of the game. He tells me where to hide, then he counts to 15 then comes and finds us. Funny thing, he always knows where we are. When it is his turn to hide, he always hides in the same place, so we have no trouble finding him either. We have lots of fun in the grove, though I think Jack thinks we are a little looney. He kept giving me this funny look.

Saturday was chicken butchering day. The boys wanted to do it all in one day. 75 chickens in one day is a lot of work. We were all so tired by the end of the day. The chickens were huge! 7-10 lbs.......Wow, that is a lot of meat. I was so tired at the end of the day I climbed into the bathtub to soak my muscles. I got leg cramps so bad, I couldn't move my legs. I had to roll out of the tub. Adam was home for the weekend so he got in on the chicken butchering. John Baune also came over and helped with 2 batches.

Sunday I went on a nature walk and got some pictures with all the condensation from the fog. Had Carter's 4th Birthday party at noon. Had fun with Becky's folks, playing yard games. Boys had lots of fun with the water balloons Stacy brought. I made taco salad, but never got to put the dressing or chips on. Needless to say, I tasted it and thought to myself, something is off here.

In the afternoon, Dave and I both started feeling sick. I knew Rob and Bex had strep, so we went home and started on penicyllin. Monday we were both sicker then dogs. Did chores and that is it. Layed around and slept.

Today is Tuesday. I finished a book while sick, the new Odd book my Dean Koontz. Love the series of books. We still feel punky, but think it is getting better. Dave took a trip to Springfield to pick up feed. I cleaned the kitchen and took a walk. Chores and then I am sure we will hit the sack early......there, caught up.

I'm so behind.........

Here are a few random images from Sunday morning. Woke up to a beautiful fog. Grabbed the camera after chores to capture some nature shots. Top one is my new kitty.......
Itsty Bitsy spider
I can't believe almost the end of July and peas are still setting pods for me. Yummy........
Just a shot of the cows.

Frantic Friday

Man, some days are crazy, and today is one of them. I had a bunch of cooking and baking to do to get ready for chicken butchering and Carter's birthday. I have been watching the food network and especially The Next Food Network Star. I see how when they have a big job in the kitchen they make a p.l.a (plan of action) so I did that. It helped, that is for sure, but I still fell behind. Here is what I did accomplish in no particular order.....
1. 3 doz hamb. buns
2. l loaf of bread
3. 8 brat buns
4. baked, sliced and bagged a ham
5. 2 doz. cupcakes
6.1 big bowl potatoe salad
7. fried potatoes for supper
8 prepped cauliflower for sunday salad
9. watched Carter and Jack
10. that is it, I'm shot!

Now, it is Sat. morning, and it is raining..........I will be upset if we don't get those chickens butchered. Will post pictures later.