Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
A Must See Video.....
My Aunt sent me a video of my cousins new dog, Eddie. She lives in Texas and this is the second dog she have found and rescued.
This Howie, the first dog she rescued. She found him when he was a little puppy. He is one of the best dogs I've ever met! I want to steal him!
Now this is Eddie. Lindsey saw him in the same area for a week. She picked him up and hung flyers around the neighborhood but no one claimed him. So now he is part of the family.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Happy 200th Abe......
I found this really cool picture of President Lincoln at the site of the Battle of Antietam. Which was the first major fight of the civil war.
Here are some great quotes from President Lincoln.
If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Westminster Dog Show!
And the winner is.....Stump!
Stump has a great story. He was in best of show 5 years ago but lost. He then got really sick and almosted died. Now he's the champ.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Cleaning......
One of my favorite things to do is cleaning. I love books about cleaning, cleaning products(all environmentally friendly) and the entire process of cleaning. I thought I would share my favorite books anf cleaning products.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Roasted Winter Vegetable Soup....
Cold snowy day, there is nothing better than a good bowl of soup. I had bought a butternut squash a couple weeks ago and need to use it, so I had to decide what to make. Then I remember Ina had a recipe for a roasted veggie soup. Voila...dinner!
Veggies...butternut squash, sweet potatoes, carrots and parsnips.
Roasted veggies....pureed
The end result! Yummy!
Ingredients
3 to 4 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
1 quart Roasted Winter Vegetables, recipe follows
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
In a large saucepan, heat 3 cups of chicken stock. In 2 batches, coarsely puree the roasted vegetables and the chicken stock in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pour the soup back into the pot and season, to taste. Thin with more chicken stock and reheat. The soup should be thick but not like a vegetable puree, so add more chicken stock and/or water until it's the consistency you like.
Roasted Winter Vegetables:
1 pound carrots, peeled
1 pound parsnips, peeled
1 large sweet potato, peeled
1 small butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled and seeded
3 tablespoons good olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Cut the carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, and butternut squash in 1- to 1 1/4-inch cubes. All the vegetables will shrink while baking, so don't cut them too small.
Place all the cut vegetables in a single layer on 2 sheet pans. Drizzle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss well. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender, turning once with a metal spatula.
Yield: 8 servings
There were a few changes I made to the recipe. I used a good store bought chicken stock then added about 1/2 cup of half & half, a little nutmeg and cinnamon. Then I topped with some creme fraiche. If you want to make this vegetarian use vegetable stock or the water.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Completed Project
Everytime I'm hired to sew or make ribbon boards I have every intention of taking pictures and then I never do. So one of many resolutions this year was making sure I document the projects I do.
This ribbon board was for my Aunt. She supplied the fabric and upholstery tacks. I use a thin layer of batting over Homosote fiberboard, which I think is the best material for making a board. It's very sturdy but not so dense that you can't attach the tacks.
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I'm not sure if I'm really digging this. I want to have a transitional look for the winter then I want to fill this with flowers for the spring and summer.
I bought this small wreath to hang on my kitchen window.
Weekly Kitty Collage!
I decided every Monday I will create a collage of the weeks kitty pics!
(*I know this was posted Tuesday, but it was ready on Monday.)
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