{this moment}

My version of this moment.

what's cooking in my kitchen

First of all thank you so much for all the well wishes! The elephants are slowly leaving..lol!

Now for cooking. Well I had two recipes I wanted to share, but deleted the pics of one of them. I'll tell you it was a Blueberry Puff Pastry!! OMW!! So good. Just have to make another one, and not delete the pics, before I get them on the computer. Oh darn.
The other one I made with my SIL. And lets just say they were AMAZING!! I only have two pics though. What did we make?
These bad boys!!! 

Pioneer Woman's Grilled Chicken and Pineapple Quesadillas!! They are sooooooo good. I just love grilled chicken, and fresh pineapple, so why not throw them in flour tortillas? I made her homemade flour tortillas too. They are so much better then the store ones. Basically all that is in them is cheddar cheese, chicken, jalapenos, pineapple, BBQ sauce and cilantro(I didn't have any so didn't put it on). Easy peasy right?! We ended up adding some red onion, and yummy! Served with rice. My kiddos didn't like the hotness of the jalapenos, but the rest they liked. So I will leave them off next time for my kiddos.

Here they are all grilled and melted together for a wonderful flavorful mouthful! (say that 3 times fast!)
There you have it! Enjoy if yer so inclined!
Have a great day ! 

something new

I'm trying something new. Never made it before. A friend of mine gave me the mother. What?
It's Kombucha. Ever had it? Do you like it? I tried it, and  it's not bad. It's expensive to buy it at the store. I can drink some everyday or every other day, and see how it goes. Maybe my kiddos will drink it too. I decided to give it a try. Why not?! I love to try new things. Besides it detoxifies. haha I had to google the benefits. But now that I know I'm all set to try it. I'll let you know in 7-10 days how it turns out, depending on the weather. Needs to be warm. I put it above my fridge and that should keep it warm. It's just the original kind. You can make all different kinds. So here are the pics.

sugar to boiling water

4 tea bags. it's decaf so my husband can try it too.

everyone needs a mother, including kombucha

gotta have some kombucha from a previous batch to add

here 'tis.

all ready for a warm dark place.

Can't wait to try it!
Have a great day all!

moving fences

Sunday afternoon was such a beautiful day. So beautiful that after church and lunch that I took an hour long nap! Yup I did. I've got a terrible head cold and it's like an elephant is sitting on my chest and in my nose. Yeah. Awesome. So after my nap we all went outside and put up the pasture for the cows. It's really a two person job. We set up the perimeter, then we will section it off and rotate the pastures. The grass is still not real thick and lush all over, it's early here, but it's coming nicely. We just needed to move the pasture so they didn't go through the fence to eat the greener stuff. We are all for rotational grazing! Actually grass based is what we want, but due to our situation we do what we can! It's what we are striving for. So anyways... Walking around the field with an elephant is not really all that great. Plus with the new life that is springing out everywhere causes me to sneeze and blow my nose every few steps. My husband told me to go sit and take it easy. I didn't listen and said I was fine as I gasped and wheezed and sneezed the whole time. haha The kiddos were out there with us talking, laughing, and running around the field. It felt so good to be out and have the sun on me and listen to them and chat with my husband. Joel Salatin has said if you wanna be a grass farmer you better like to walk, or something along those lines. So true as I learned last year! But you know I enjoy walking around the field with my man catching up in our conversation and spending time with him. The kiddos are never too far off and their laughter and chatter bounce off the air and surround me like a warm blanket. The cattle mooing at us to hurry up and move the fence so they can go enjoy it. Then watching Maggie go out last night as the sun was finally going to bed, and listen to her munching happily on the lush green grass. The slight sound of her hooves sinking a small amount into the water logged earth, after all the rain. To watch her flick her tail and shake her head and see her ears flop back and forth. The sun seeming to glow off the soft brown of her coat. The contentment I feel surrounded by the things I love.

apple blossoms

sun setting as we finish up the pasture

It was a good Sunday in the country for this country girl.
Have a great Monday all!

projects

A friend of mine is having her first baby . A girl! So happy for the couple! So I am making her a baby blanket. I finally picked up the yarn and have picked out the pattern that I'm gonna use, and even done a small trial run on it. It's a new pattern I have never made, and I think I can do it, if I pay attention. I have until some time in August to get it done...But I know 3 women that are pregnant and due around the same time. Guess I better get busy!! I love to make baby blankets! Here is the yarn. I just love the color! It's Persimmons. Kinda orangy colored. When I actually get some done on it I'll show you!
Do any of you knit? I can't crochet to save my life. It's bad all the way around! I'd love to learn to make sweaters.  My grandmother makes beautiful ones, I should go spend the day with her and try it out. I'd love that! She knits too.
Any who...

Oh and FYI I have two new recipes, one I made with my SIL, you know the one I hang out with all the time! Maybe someday I'll tell you her name;) The other I did not. SO that will be coming next week. And it's a whole lot of yummy deliciousness! If yer into that sorta thing!  Just a tease!
Have a fantastic weekend all!

camp out

About a week or so ago my boy went on an overnight camp out with the cub scouts, and some boy scouts. They were in a cow pasture on one of the cub scout leaders back yard. How cool is that for a boy?! They got to camp out with no adults in the tent with them and they even had a camp fire, but had some supervision with that. They had to bring food and cook it on the camp fire too. Yup they had to do their own cooking and washing their own plates. We were so thankful that the rain held off on that Saturday mid morning when he left. They went on a nature hike as well. It did rain during the night, but they managed to stay mostly dry! Then Sunday morning it was drizzly. He had lots of fun and the experience and responsibility for him was a good one! My man went and got him early Sunday morning and on their way home he called and asked if I could make some hot tea for them. They were a little damp from the clean up. I did. Once home he told me all about the fun he'd had. I was so pleased he was able to go and had fun!

Have a great night all!

seedling update

So we had a relatively quiet weekend. Thankfully. No more blowing away buildings. Got the tractor tent set back up too. I didn't do it though. hahaha
Been a busy few days for me. And rain. Only Monday so far has been nice, and not so windy it chills you to the bone. Had the fire going to keep the chill out!  The grass and leaves on the trees are coming along beautifully. Almost time to mow the lawn!
Here are the seedlings! They are doing well I think. We have been putting fish fertilizer on them once a week, and they seem to really like it! Praying for a better harvest of tomatoes this year then last. They got the blight late and rotted on the vine :-( So I had to buy tomatoes.

tomatoes!!!!

tomatoes!!!!

peppers

melons. they are kinda hawk eyed due to one of the kiddos running into them and knocking them on the floor. thankfully they didn't die!

Thats about it! Have a great day.