The bread and butter I made was AWESOME! And knowing that I made it myself, and I knew what was going into making it just made it even better. You know what would top it off? Having fresh raw milk cream for the butter, and my own fresh eggs and stuff for the bread. Adam keeps using my wheat for sandwiches. I said "Use up all the old bread first!" and he said "but I don't want that bread. I want yours!" so that made me feel really good. I'll have to make him some white bread to use since he likes that better. I like heating the bread up, and putting on the homemade butter and just eating it like that. MMM! I guess I'll try some of the white when I make it too, with molasses :-D I wish I knew how to make THAT on my own, too! lol
Still didn't get Halloween decorations up... I would have done that, but Adam's family was having a get-together. It was so much fun! We went fishing while they barbecued. We didn't catch much. Me and Adam didn't catch anything, but it sure would have been nice to bring home some catfish, especially now that I know how to clean them! Buddy was able to get Gabriel and Tristin so it was nice to see them again, too. And Stormy was there with her little boy :-D Poor Tricity was the only girl, so of course she got left out while the boys played video games, chopped wood, and jumped on some hay bales, but Tricity played with the puppy that they had, and followed Stormy around. She loves her :-) It was cute... They messed around with Buddy's truck, the motorcycles, and went off to get some wood for the bonfire. Then after supper, we had desert, and then we went out to sit by the bonfire and have a few drinks.
We got home really late, and then I found out that work tried to call me to come in, but I didn't have my phone with me, because there wasn't any service at their place. It would have been nice to know sooner though, because I had missed a day the other night from being sick and I could have made up those hours... Ah well. It's not like I could have called back when I got back home, because I had already been a little drunk, so I just took a shower and went to bed.
Feel like crap today though! lol I've had a headache, and just now got rid of my hiccups. I managed to make laundry detergent, though. Haven't bothered to get up and see if it works yet. It didn't gel up like it was supposed to, but I think it's because I didn't have a 5 gallon bucket to make it in. I just tried to make two gallons by parting the recipe. (It's a four gallon recipe, so I parted it by four, you would think it would have worked...) Ah well. It should wash clothes just fine. We'll see, and then I'll post about it. lol It's not like our clothes get that dirty anyway. Just the ones from yesterday that smell like smoke and fish.
And the last thing... I pureed my strawberries and had everything ready to be dehydrated for fruit leather... You know what happened? My dehydrator went out! :-( I had Adam go to walmart to see if he could get me a new one but they don't have any. Boo! Walmart sucks! So now I'll probably have to order one online unless I can find one anywhere else first. I just had to keep the trays stacked and I put them in the freezer until I get another dehydrator. Any donations would be nice! lol I was going to make mom some fruit leather too, this time, and then some more beef jerky...
Anyway, that's all for now :-) This post is long enough, and I really do need to get some laundry done. lol Have a nice day!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
I Got a Breadmaker
I got a breadmaker! Instead of paying $40 at walmart, I went to the thrift store and got one for only $4! And as far as I know, it works! I'm so excited. I haven't tried making a loaf of bread yet, but I will try it out tomorrow. That would be awesome to make my own fresh bread, and try out different kinds, and know what's being put into my bread. We also got groceries, and I picked up some cream so I can make homemade butter, too. Mmm... I can't wait! Homemade bread and butter... *drool*
I guess the older I get, the more concerned I am with what I'm putting into my body. If only I could give up Mt. Dew! I don't like the idea of drinking vegetable oil... Anyway, not only that, but homemade stuff just tastes better and has more love put into it, I think. Or at least that's the way I feel. I REALLY can't wait to have my own chickens one of these days!
I've also ordered the supplies so that I can try and make my own wine. Adam let me order a hydrometer, champagne yeast (because I want to try and make sparkling wine), and air stops, because I really don't want to use a balloon or condom to let the co2 out while keeping air from getting in... I don't want there to be a rubber taste from a balloon, and the idea of using a condom for making wine is just disgusting...
Anyway, I'll keep you updated on how it goes!
Ta!
I guess the older I get, the more concerned I am with what I'm putting into my body. If only I could give up Mt. Dew! I don't like the idea of drinking vegetable oil... Anyway, not only that, but homemade stuff just tastes better and has more love put into it, I think. Or at least that's the way I feel. I REALLY can't wait to have my own chickens one of these days!
I've also ordered the supplies so that I can try and make my own wine. Adam let me order a hydrometer, champagne yeast (because I want to try and make sparkling wine), and air stops, because I really don't want to use a balloon or condom to let the co2 out while keeping air from getting in... I don't want there to be a rubber taste from a balloon, and the idea of using a condom for making wine is just disgusting...
Anyway, I'll keep you updated on how it goes!
Ta!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Tis the Season to be Spooky
Well it's that time of year. My favorite season! We still don't have our decorations up yet for Halloween, but that never stops us. Not even this splitting headache... Muah-hah-hah-haa!
Tricity's been wearing her Scooby Doo costume. We mainly bought it so she can play dress-up in it, since Adam got her so crazy about Scooby Doo... This isn't a very bright picture, but I'll get better ones later on when she wears it out for Moonlight Madness. I just wanted to post the picture that I got the other day in the bedroom. Here's my silly little girl!
Scooby Doo isn't who she's going to be for Halloween, though. Moonlight Madness is just a town event where the kids walk around the courthouse and get candy from businesses, pretty much. For Halloween, she's going to be a pirate, and so am I since I have to match her costume every year :-D (Yes, I have to dress up, too! lol) In a later post, I will share our matching costumes from previous years. This picture is actually from Pirate Fest (which I still need to get pictures up for), but here is a preview of what we'll look like:
She also picked out her Halloween clothes for this year, and of course when she tried them on, she had to pose for me. lol Every year, Walmart has these cute little outfits, so we get her one each time. This one says "Daddy's Under My Spell". Here's my dazzling little cutie:
Tricity's been wearing her Scooby Doo costume. We mainly bought it so she can play dress-up in it, since Adam got her so crazy about Scooby Doo... This isn't a very bright picture, but I'll get better ones later on when she wears it out for Moonlight Madness. I just wanted to post the picture that I got the other day in the bedroom. Here's my silly little girl!
Scooby Doo isn't who she's going to be for Halloween, though. Moonlight Madness is just a town event where the kids walk around the courthouse and get candy from businesses, pretty much. For Halloween, she's going to be a pirate, and so am I since I have to match her costume every year :-D (Yes, I have to dress up, too! lol) In a later post, I will share our matching costumes from previous years. This picture is actually from Pirate Fest (which I still need to get pictures up for), but here is a preview of what we'll look like:
She also picked out her Halloween clothes for this year, and of course when she tried them on, she had to pose for me. lol Every year, Walmart has these cute little outfits, so we get her one each time. This one says "Daddy's Under My Spell". Here's my dazzling little cutie:
Homemade Laundry Detergent and Baby Wipes
Okay... so now I'm looking up more stuff on youtube (man, I sure do love that place!) and I came up with even MORE ideas for our home...
Homemade laundry detergent!
I haven't tried this out yet, so don't take my word for it, but here's what it says to do:
Take a bar of soap and grate it into shavings or powder
(I'd use a bar of Dove soap because I love the way it smells!)
Mix it into a big pot of boiling water.
Be careful because it bubbles up, so add a little bit at a time.
This will also help keep big soap clots from forming...
In a 5 gallon bucket, add 3 gallons of water
Mix in your dissolved soap water
Add 1 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
and 1/2 cup of Borax
Stir well, making sure to break up any chunks
Let stand overnight.
Homemade laundry detergent!
I haven't tried this out yet, so don't take my word for it, but here's what it says to do:
Take a bar of soap and grate it into shavings or powder
(I'd use a bar of Dove soap because I love the way it smells!)
Mix it into a big pot of boiling water.
Be careful because it bubbles up, so add a little bit at a time.
This will also help keep big soap clots from forming...
In a 5 gallon bucket, add 3 gallons of water
Mix in your dissolved soap water
Add 1 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
and 1/2 cup of Borax
Stir well, making sure to break up any chunks
Let stand overnight.
When you check on it the next day, it should be kind of lumpy or like jello.
Add a cap full (or more, depending on your desire) of Downy liquid fabric softener
Stir, stir, stir
Either leave in the bucket and mix it up each time before use, or pour it into individual bottles and shake it each time before use.
It says it only uses about half a cap full for each load, but if you are like me, you'll probably use more than that each time, which is why you may have wanted to look up this recipe in the first place! lol
And then I found a homemade thing for baby wipes!
You take some paper towels, cut them in half, and place them all in a stack.
In a bowl or something... pitcher, whatever... mix:
2 cups of olive oil
1 cup of baby oil
1 cup of mild baby wash
Stir, and pour this mixture over the stack of paper towels
put them into a container or ziplock bag, and use :-)
I wish I had found this one when my daughter was still a baby, but oh well... I'm sure they can find some use in the bathroom :-D
Add a cap full (or more, depending on your desire) of Downy liquid fabric softener
Stir, stir, stir
Either leave in the bucket and mix it up each time before use, or pour it into individual bottles and shake it each time before use.
It says it only uses about half a cap full for each load, but if you are like me, you'll probably use more than that each time, which is why you may have wanted to look up this recipe in the first place! lol
And then I found a homemade thing for baby wipes!
You take some paper towels, cut them in half, and place them all in a stack.
In a bowl or something... pitcher, whatever... mix:
2 cups of olive oil
1 cup of baby oil
1 cup of mild baby wash
Stir, and pour this mixture over the stack of paper towels
put them into a container or ziplock bag, and use :-)
I wish I had found this one when my daughter was still a baby, but oh well... I'm sure they can find some use in the bathroom :-D
Inmate Brew?
I'm going to try and make homemade wine. Not all fancy-schmancy, mind you... I don't have the know-how, experience, or money to go all out... The kind I'm going to try is called "inmate brew". Have any of you heard of this? Or have any of you ever tired to make your own wine??? As far as I've seen, it's just fruit juice, raisins, yeast, sugar, a siphon, and a balloon, pretty much. I've been watching videos on YouTube about it. It seems pretty easy, but I'm nervous because usually everything I try turns out completely wrong! LOL Oh well... If anything, it'll be an experience for me :-p Maybe I'll be able to splurge a bit and actually get some of the proper equipment?
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Fall Weather
Yesterday was such a nice day, that we had to go outside and play. I love this weather. I would much rather have to pile on clothes instead of having to deal with the heat. Adam is the opposite, I think. He always has to crank up the heat and even when I'm hot, he says he's freezing. I think it's the old age getting to him... lol
Anyway, I got some pics on my phone, so the quality isn't as great... but here was Tricity playing out on her swingset yesterday.
This one is kind of dark, but you can make it out. It's a monkey on the monkey bars! ;-)
Actually, she can't really do them by herself, so Daddy helped her across :-D
She wanted to get on her bike, so we got it out for her... And then she wanted to be pushed. Adam told her just to petal so it would be easier for him to push her, but she freaked out and wanted to get off, because she was worried she would fall. He convinced her that she would be okay (because of the training wheels), and he had the back of the bike, so she petaled... until they hit a pothole in the ground. Then she fell sideways, hurt her leg, and freaked out, crying "See! I told you I would fall, and I did!" and then of course she came crying to me. lol I checked her out, assured her she was fine, and she went back to playing...
So then she decided she wanted to pick flowers for us... Little white flowers among the weeds :-D one for me, one for Daddy, and one for her.
We saw a caterpillar eating lunch. I never really seen one eating up close in person that I remember. But then again, my memory fails me a lot lately...
I'll try to create a video with the little snippets I got here and there, too...
Now I just have to put my Halloween decorations up before it gets too late! It's already the 6th, for goodness sakes... lol I got a few new things this year. I can't wait to decorate and take pictures again. It'll probably be about the same as last year on the outside. This year, I have some things for the inside, too.
Hope your day is good :-)
Anyway, I got some pics on my phone, so the quality isn't as great... but here was Tricity playing out on her swingset yesterday.
This one is kind of dark, but you can make it out. It's a monkey on the monkey bars! ;-)
Actually, she can't really do them by herself, so Daddy helped her across :-D
So then she decided she wanted to pick flowers for us... Little white flowers among the weeds :-D one for me, one for Daddy, and one for her.
We saw a caterpillar eating lunch. I never really seen one eating up close in person that I remember. But then again, my memory fails me a lot lately...
She also had her babies out with her (Baby Tricity and Baby Devin), and Uni, the Unicorn.
She's so funny and so silly...
Then we went inside... Daddy had to get ready for work, and it was already getting cold :-D
I'll try to create a video with the little snippets I got here and there, too...
Now I just have to put my Halloween decorations up before it gets too late! It's already the 6th, for goodness sakes... lol I got a few new things this year. I can't wait to decorate and take pictures again. It'll probably be about the same as last year on the outside. This year, I have some things for the inside, too.
Hope your day is good :-)
Sunday, October 3, 2010
To My Surprise...
To my surprise, when I came home from work this morning, what did I see? I was off for the last two days and therefore I had stayed in the house and did not notice this before... but when I got home from work this morning, I could tell...
New flowers!
New flowers bloomed, and I noticed a couple of the other plants had buds on them, too. This late in the year and more flowers are growing? Wow. I was surprised. Of course I really don't even know what was planted to begin with. lol It was a mixture of seeds that I just tossed on the dirt and covered with mulch.
I can't wait to see how they turn out. Here's a few pics I got this morning. I don't' even know what these are!!! lol
New flowers!
New flowers bloomed, and I noticed a couple of the other plants had buds on them, too. This late in the year and more flowers are growing? Wow. I was surprised. Of course I really don't even know what was planted to begin with. lol It was a mixture of seeds that I just tossed on the dirt and covered with mulch.
I can't wait to see how they turn out. Here's a few pics I got this morning. I don't' even know what these are!!! lol
Golly, Look at the Time!
Time sure does go by too fast...
Once again, many things have happened since my last post. lol
Here's the things I wanted to put up since last time that still need to be done:
I also picked a day with her to photoshoot Tricity in all kinds of outfits and costumes, so I'll have to share some of those, too. (I could do that now, actually, but I'm about to put out breakfast at work, so it'll have to wait.)
Then there was Pirate Fest. I was supposed to be a guy and Tahnee was going to be the girl, but she forgot her costume, and I couldn't find my man stuff, so I was a woman, and I looked good. I also got a pirate costume for Tric to wear, and she was cute, as always.
I got to see my grandpa, probably for the last time while he's living in Missouri, and we got a few more things from his place. Among them was a penny collection that was my mom's and she passed it down to me. Now I'm excited about collecting coins! lol
It's October, so that means decoration time. I can't wait to decorate the house! Halloween is almost my favorite holiday. It's like 50/50 with Christmas, pretty much.
I've also decided to go ahead and start packing boxes... If we ever get to move, then I'll be ready to go, I hope. If I get them done before then, that is. I told Adam that either we get to move into his grandpa's place, or we're finding somewhere else to live, because I can't take the crappy air/heat system, I can't take all the mice and ants, and I can't take living in a trailer park. It irritates me to no end how nosey the neighbors are. I'm always convinced that they go through our mail and mess with our stuff.
I've also got hives again this year. It seems like they come and go every seven years. I went to the hospital this time, because the itching was driving me up the wall, and because this time, they came with a pressure allergy. That means, if I got up to walk, brushed up against something, got scratched (like with hives making me scratch?), or anything like that, even biting my bottom lip absentmindedly, then my skin would raise up really bad and be more itchy. So the doctor gave me allergy medicine. I wonder how long I'll have to take it before it goes away? IF it goes away... I can't describe how maddening the itching can be. And people wonder how I have so much patience... You don't even know! :-(
Anyway, I've run out of time and I must go now. Hope to write again soon!
xoxox
Once again, many things have happened since my last post. lol
Here's the things I wanted to put up since last time that still need to be done:
- 4th of July pics and video
- summer fun pics and video from us swimming
- Renaissance Fair pics and video
- A picture of my 'perfume ladies' collection
- cool things I got from the mall
I also picked a day with her to photoshoot Tricity in all kinds of outfits and costumes, so I'll have to share some of those, too. (I could do that now, actually, but I'm about to put out breakfast at work, so it'll have to wait.)
Then there was Pirate Fest. I was supposed to be a guy and Tahnee was going to be the girl, but she forgot her costume, and I couldn't find my man stuff, so I was a woman, and I looked good. I also got a pirate costume for Tric to wear, and she was cute, as always.
I got to see my grandpa, probably for the last time while he's living in Missouri, and we got a few more things from his place. Among them was a penny collection that was my mom's and she passed it down to me. Now I'm excited about collecting coins! lol
It's October, so that means decoration time. I can't wait to decorate the house! Halloween is almost my favorite holiday. It's like 50/50 with Christmas, pretty much.
I've also decided to go ahead and start packing boxes... If we ever get to move, then I'll be ready to go, I hope. If I get them done before then, that is. I told Adam that either we get to move into his grandpa's place, or we're finding somewhere else to live, because I can't take the crappy air/heat system, I can't take all the mice and ants, and I can't take living in a trailer park. It irritates me to no end how nosey the neighbors are. I'm always convinced that they go through our mail and mess with our stuff.
I've also got hives again this year. It seems like they come and go every seven years. I went to the hospital this time, because the itching was driving me up the wall, and because this time, they came with a pressure allergy. That means, if I got up to walk, brushed up against something, got scratched (like with hives making me scratch?), or anything like that, even biting my bottom lip absentmindedly, then my skin would raise up really bad and be more itchy. So the doctor gave me allergy medicine. I wonder how long I'll have to take it before it goes away? IF it goes away... I can't describe how maddening the itching can be. And people wonder how I have so much patience... You don't even know! :-(
Anyway, I've run out of time and I must go now. Hope to write again soon!
xoxox
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