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Bedtime Blog..............
It is a bit after 10 and I planned to be in bed awhile ago, however I was baking cookies and cleaning up the kitchen... We had pork chops, corn casserole and mashed taters for supper.. Don't ask it was kinda kids pick the meal night.. LOL Of course Jeremiah wanted green beans, but did not tell me till to late to get them cooked.. He is so funny everynight just about he says hey mom can we have......... and I will say way it will say starts with Gre...................en and ends with beeeeeeeeeeeeannnnnnnnnnnnnnnns,,LOL He loves green beans. He is even learning to cook them...
Jill is the only one still up besides me and she is finishing her homework from where she missed yesterday due to dentist and most of today for another appointment.. She is almost done.. I myself am getting ready to go to bed as well.. You can tell the weather here has been crazy the kids were wild after school today.. LOL I was like what is the deal and so it took a bit of extra time to wind down and get to sleep.. It was raining and cold here this evening.. Tomorrow they go with their dad for a bit after school.. I always say boy I hope they act for you like they have acted for me and my ex always says well that is not very nice of you.. LOL I then say why should I be the only one to have this much fun.. LOL Of course he has said the same thing a couple of times to be...
Well I would love to chat more, but I am off to bed.. I wanted to say Good Night my Blogging friends... Sleep well..
God Bless,
Mars
Root Beer..Home Made ( Recipe)
I've been asked by a couple of folks for my recipe for root beer..so here it is from our kitchen to yours..
Brenda
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This is so good I made it for Memorial Day.. Here is the recipe from Wanda Brunstetter ...
Home Made Root Beer
2 cups white sugar
1 gallon luke warm water
3 tsp root beer extract
1 tsp dry yeast
Mix all together well and pour into jars.Cover and let set in the sun for four hours.Chill before serving next day..
I put mine in a gallon jar and left it there it worked fined.. Enjoy it taste so good... haflinger 
Tuesday.......
Another gorgeous day here! I'm kicking the boys out after lunch since school is done. All I had to do today was work out and iron. So now i'm reading. Cya!It was bake day today..See pictures..
Today was bake day I did apple dumplings~blueberry bran muffins~ squash cookies..They all came out great. Its that time of year where I start cooking. I haven't done to much cause I love to eat and I'm watching what I eat .. Its hard when all this good stuff is around..
First we have blueberry bran muffins and apple dumplings..
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Next we have squash cookies and recipe included..
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Recipe for squash cookies ohhhhsoooo goooood..
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Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups winter squash ,(COOKED I used one small can of squash..)
2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups of raisins or any dry fruit I used raisins
1 1/4 cups of walnuts,chopped..I didn't use these..
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Directions
Preheat oven to 375 lightly greased cookie sheets.
In a large bowl,cream sugars and butter.Beat in eggs and squash.
Then in a medium bowl,sift together all dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture.Add raisins and nuts and combine.
Spoon approximately 1 heaping tablespoon of batter per cookie onto prepare cookie sheet. Adjust for desired size of cookie..
Note I used medium cookie scoop..
Bake for approximately 11 minutes..
Note I baked for 16 minutes..
Remove and cool cookies on a baking rack..
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If you have any questions please PM me and if you want recipes for apple dumplings or blueberry bran muffins please let me know..
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From our kitchen to yours..
Brenda
Freezing rain..see picture (HAIL)
I was baking and I hear the dog wanting to come in and noticed it was dark outside.. I looked and here comes the freezing rain..I grabbed the camera and if you look real close you can see it.. Can you believe it old man winter is around the corner.. Its that time of year..
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Blessing Brenda
Monday already??????????
Can you believe that it is Monday again already?? Wow this weekend was awesome and I had such a good weekend.. I was able to do laundry at my house.. WOOOHOO THANK YOU MOMMA DEAREST!!!!!!!!!! I went and did my monthly grocery shopping and then I went with my friend Anna to the grocery and helped her better use her monthly grocery money. She was like looking at all that I got and etc and was like man girl you gotta go to the store and help me.. So we went yesterday afternoon and she has groveries like you would not believe.. I was trying to teach her and help her to plan her menu and how to get the most from her money and she was majorly impressed yesterday when she got everything she needed for the month and still had some money left over..
I love being frugal.. BTW Wal-mart had an AWESOME deal on Gatorade yesterday and since we are in basketball season the kids are drinking way more than normal and so I stocked up on that.
OK gotta run to class.. Later
God Bless,
mars
Need Answer ASAP Please.. Squash
I need to know about squash in the can.. I have one can that needs to be used. I did a search and found recipe for squash cookies.. now its said use cooked squash. Is the squash in the cans cooked???? I don't know? would it work using it to make cookies..I need an answer ASAP I have everything out to make them and oven on..Thanks..
Brenda
Things around the homestead
Ok, still don't know why the camera didn't want to upload to the computer...or why the computer didn't want it to, but that's technology for you. I've played and reloaded and rebooted and what-have-you, and finally, this time, it just sort of worked.Here's the assorted odd pictures of the last many days here:
LOL...yes, basically a useless picture...but it was supposed to be here for the day I baked the pumpkin bread and raisin pumpkin snack cake. And yes, of course I buy butter in that huge container....doesn't everyone? My goodness, what other size would there be for a large family?How do you learn to ride a bike? Well, you talk your older brother into letting you be the first to ride his new bike, then you get on and let him shove....er, push you gently....across the front yard. Note to my children: you might want to find a new place to test your bike riding skills. There is a slope to the front yard in that particular area, and it heads straight into the mulch pile and timber line.
This is Wild Child, Jacob...with Abigail there in blue, and KatiAnne on the bike....totally forgetting to even pedal...or steer.
Here we have Miss Emily trying to coax the chickens into coming closer for a visit. She poked her hand into the fence and wiggled her fingers, calling them...chickee, chickee. As soon as they started over toward her, she liked to have pulled the fence down yaking her hand out so quickly.
And the new addition to the homestead...and still unnamed officially...The Buddy Dog :o)
He is a Great Pyrenese (or however you spell that...it never looks right to me). According to our friend who got him at his auction, he's about 3 months old. But goodness is he huge for a mere 3 months old!
Here he is with Matthew...and our blind goat...doesn't he look awfuly big for 3 months? Maybe it's just me. I'm not very familiar with their growth patterns and all. I know they are to be large dogs, but at 3 months, I guess I thought he'd be more 'puppy' sized or something.
As to being 'protection' for the goats, well, I don't know about that. He's rather skittish with them and tries to pick his places wherever they aren't. And our 'seeing' goat is a bit of a pill with other animals in her pen. She all but killed the poor black puppies that grew up with them. The male is blind in one eye and won't go near the pen now. The female always did have a bit more gumption, but even she chooses her battles with that seeing goat.
Yeah -- that one there, staring at you, with a touch of attitude....that's the seeing eye goat :o) We bought her as a companion for the blind goat. But she's full of attitude...spit and vinegar I think is the old saying. That's definitely her.
A serene Saturday & Sunday afternoon
Here are the photos from yesterday. The children built a fort.
Well, it's an encampment of sorts, really.
It's Boonesboro...or in our case, Smithsboro. The children love watching the old television series Daniel Boone. Emily sings Daniel Boone was a man....a biiiiiggggg maaaannnnn.... all day, just out of the blue. And easily switches between that and Victory in Jesus or Jesus Loves Me. She has rather eclectic singing choices, I know.
This is the beginning of our fabricated chicken house, actually. It's just a cattle panel arched over a frame. We'll move the chickens around the garden area with it once it's finished.
Well, maybe...looks like I may not be getting this one back any time soon:
And the laundry that was left to wait on Smithsboro's completion...
And, I just thought this photo turned out nice. It's Miss Dimples, our KatiAnne, enjoying Smithsboro's outdoor cafe...
She wanted Grandma to see her :o)
10 Commandments for Every Christian
We could all certainly use far more of this in our churches today and a lot less of the 'Christian play' that goes on.
• DON’T CRITICIZE your fellow-believers anytime or the pastor (especially never ever before or after a Sunday service: the Devil’s already doing that; don’t you help him).
• DON’T POLARIZE in church meetings or committees. ‘I don’t agree’ is very negative: try ‘Is there perhaps another way of looking at this?’
• DON’T OSTRACIZE people whose psychological ‘chemistry’ is different to yours, or who do not see things your way. Be Christian, and greet them warmly, and pray with them anyway.
• DON’T IDOLIZE the pastor or any other leader: we are all fellow- strugglers and we all have feet of clay.
• DON’T MONOPOLIZE conversations: be that kind of rare person who is an empathetic listener.
• DON’T ORGANIZE anything ‘off your own bat’. Initiative is good: initiative plus collaboration plus accountability is better.
• DON’T HOMOGENIZE. Talk to people who are not your cronies (even tax-collectors and sinners do that). Accept people who are not like you theologically. After all, God’s truth may include both your and their understandings!
• Above all, DON’T VERBALIZE your frustration or negativity about the church to others: it is sure to discourage them. Do it with the Lord, a spiritual director or counselor, and possibly, after much prayer, to a responsible leader. The devil is very clever: he puts words into our mouth like: ‘Would you (my friend) pray with me about the problem I have with...’
• Instead REALIZE that the Church is loved by Christ, so be patient with each other: the Lord hasn’t finished with any of us yet!
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