Country Cabin Living

My goals for the next two weeks

TO DO BEFORE SURGERY ON THE 30TH

KITCHEN

Bake and freeze:

Dinner rolls

Hamburger buns

Hot dog buns

2 dozen banana muffins

Clean out and organize fridge/freezer

Organize food cupboards

CRAFT ROOM

Clean closet/move file cabinet in there

Reorganize room and clean

BEDROOM

Clean closet

Get out winter clothes

OUTSIDE

Rotate tires on car

Cover big AC unit

Remove small bedroom AC unit

Cover Swamp cooler on roof

Fill in gaps in garage with foam insulation

Re caulk pellet stove pipe

Put BBQ in garage

Cover generator on back porch

FOR CRAFT FAIR (24TH)

Make two aprons

Clean/fix Papa's woodwork

Take pictures of woodwork/make album

Price woodwork

Gather towels from friend and decide which ones go

Photograph towel on oven door/bathroom rack and make price/picture sign

Call and reserve booth

The outside stuff we'll do this weekend since we are supposed to be nice and warm again (70 ish).  Son will be doing the tires....I'll be supervising LOL  He's never done it before so I get to show him how.  He'll also be the one climbing on the roof, removing the small AC unit and moving the BBQ to the garage.  I can do the other things as they don't require me to do any heavy lifting.  

I also need to go in this Friday, get more pellets (son is off school and can pack them for me) and go to the hospital and get my pre admission stuff done.  Then on the 28th is my preop appt and afterwards I will "borrow" money from the savings and get the groceries for November since payday is the day AFTER my surgery.  This way we'll be good to go food wise other than a few perishables Hubby can get easily on his way home from work. 

Well, I guess I'd better quit typing about what to do and get to it hadn't I?   Have a wonderful day (week if I don't get back on here) and God Bless.

Tricia

I am only one

" I am only one,

But still I am one.

I cannot do everything -----

But still I can do something------

And because I cannot do everything

I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

~ E.E. Hale, D.D. ~

TA DA....

Thank you to a Friend

A good friend gave a wonderful present to my sister and me! She gave us.......

MaryJane's

IdeaBook CookBook LifeBook!

Thank you so much to my friend if you are out there reading this post! My mom, sister, and I are really enjoying this book. It was very sweet of you to give it to us!

                                 Thank you!

                                      Belle

Rainy Monday

It has been gloomy and dreary all day long.........and tomorrow is supposed to be the same or worse.  Yuck!  I really need sunshine to have any ambition at all, so as you can imagine, I haven't gotten much done today.  I have a "few" indoor projects I could be doing, maybe tomorrow some of them will inspire me, I sure hope so.

We actually didn't buy anything at the auction Saturday except 4 roller pigeons.  There was lots of critters there for sale, but nothing that really interested us, so we left about 1/2 way through the sale. 

Got home that evening and found out a lady wanted pies made for Sunday........so I spent Saturday night baking.  Remember I just said I was glad the pressure of baking every Friday was over for the summer??  Well, I had an order for 3 pies on Friday afternoon, and then made 6 more on Saturday night.

We had a pot-luck dinner at church yesterday.  A friend and neighbor gave me some eggplant and a recipe last week, so I tried it out.  It turned out good.  As always there was lots of good food there.

We have an interim pastor right now, he has been there about 6 weeks.  I can see the Lord working through him and it is exciting!  He is such a caring man and really stresses prayer.  Almost every Sunday there have been people going forward for baptism ( our church is Baptist) and to join the church.  You would not think people would make those kinds of decisions without a full time pastor.  There is just a different attitude, very exciting indeed!

Hubby has been working, until the rain, on getting the garden worked up.  It will be quite a bit bigger next year.  We also need to have a spot ready for some blackberry plants.  Some friends asked if we wanted some starts next spring.....of course I said yes!  They will have to be someplace safe from goat escapes.  Not sure there is any such place???

I know there are mixed feelings about Oprah, but I saw advertised today that her show tomorrow, Tuesday, might be interesting.  It is Where does our food come from, or something close to that.   They showed some free range chickens.  Don't know what it will include, but I thought it might be of interest to watch and see how they present the topic.  It may make us small producers look bad or it may bring us some great advertisement............

The weather man said there are frost warnings for the north-west part of Kansas tonight.........yikes, I know it is coming soon enough but I am not ready! 

Country Blessings,

Marilyn~at Heritage Hill Homestead

Trade days weekend!

Pumpkin Cornbread

We love pumpkin around here!  A friend of mine posted this recipe on her blog. We tried it last night and it was fantastic!! It's almost good enough to serve for desert!!  This recipe is from www.recipegirl.com

1/2 cup flour

1/2 whole wheat flour

1 TBS baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 cup cornmeal

2 eggs

1 cup canned pumpkin puree

2/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup oil

1 TBS molasses

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously grease a 10 inch square baking dish.  Combine dry ingredients and set aside.  Beat eggs, whisk in pumpkin sugar and oil and molasses.  Make a well in the dry ingredients and add pumpkin mixture and blend just enough, do not overmix. Bake for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

~ gloria ~

The Truth About Halloween -- a Resource for Those who do not participate in Halloween

It's that time of year again...... many children may be decending upon your home in a few short weeks..... asking for candy and donning their newest costumes for this year's Halloween.

For those of us who feel convicted that they do not wish to participate in this day I have a wonderful resource that I have used in the past in lieu of handing out candy to kids. 

The Truth about Halloween is a little booklet that is produced by  www.rodandstaffbooks.com

It outlines the history of Halloween and why many Christians choose to not participate in this day's activities. You can purchase these in quanities for very little.

Many people may not realize the history or roots of Halloween and may be caught off guard by your choice to not participate in this activity. This booklet is a great way to present the facts in a  kind way.

We feel very blessed this year that  we attend a Church that does not sponsor Halloween activities. For years we battled this with our prior Church. It always deeply disturbed me that a church would sponsor "spook allies" or parade their children around dressed as witches and vampires!!    I am so thankful to be in fellowship with other believers who have been convicted in their hearts concerning this  day.  Our church instead focuses on the blessings of the harvest season and we sponsor a harvest fellowship meal in November.  Most the families who attend our Church also homeschool and share the same values. So we are truly blessed!  Thank yoiu Jesus for bringing us into this precious fellowship with others who share and believe our activities should reflect godliness!!

I know this is a personal choice and many who read this may participate in Halloween activities -- but I wanted to lovingly and kindly present this resource to those who are tired of explaining to their friends and family "why" they have chosen to not engage in Halloween actitivies.

~ gloria ~

Caramel Apple Butter

The Best Thing You Will See All Day!!

You HAVE to watch this video!  Be careful, you'll catch yourself smiling through the whole thing!

http://www.maniacworld.com/twin-baby-moose-in-sprinkler.html

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><