James:  It's like he said: "Marvelous things will happen."

Glowworm:  Did he say, "Marvelous Pigs in Satin?"

Monday, November 2, 2009

It was all in my head...

I thought through at least 4 posts this month. Then I saw my blog and realized they weren't there. Apparently the posts never made it from my brain to the computer.

Oh I remember why...the new blogger post editor won't load correctly on my computer and I couldn't figure out how to change back to the old editor. Now I've found what settings to change and I'm using the old editor and trying not to feel like everyone else has it better. Maybe they all think the new editor sucks too.

Here are a few of the things I imagined posting in the last month:

Finished Project!!!


I have wanted to make a bag like this one forever! It is done and I love it! I used this tutorial on Craftster here. It is pretty small though. You can get a more useful size (and easier to read) pattern from Mamma Byrd Tiny Tote Pattern


Happy First Birthday Cutie Pie!



Went camping in Osage Hills State Park (Bartlesville, Oklahoma) to celebrate having the DH home at last!!!
Hip Hip Hooray! He's been gone 12 of the last 18 months and the kids and I are SO HAPPY to have him home.



p.s. Aunt Jeanie, I know I should have told you we were going to be so close to you, but we were going in the complete opposite direction until we changed plans very last minute because of rain.-- Sorry :(






Recipe: Spinach Feta Cheese Quiche:




**This is a recipe I have modified. The original came from "Making Great Cheese at Home" by Barbara Ciletti

Crust:

3/4 c lard
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup water microwaved for 60 seconds so it is really hot

Mix until water is absorbed.

Add: 3 cups flour Blend until crumbly

add 1/3 cup milk and mix until smooth.
Roll out dough and line a springform pan with crust dough.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Filling:

Fry alot of bacon--like a good handful--8 strips? drain on paper towel. crumble up and put in a bowl with

5 Large Eggs
1/2 cup milk
3 cups or so chopped fresh spinach (the spinach in your fridge that you have to use today or it will be slimy kind)
1 Tbsp dried parsley
1/2 cup chopped green onions
2 cloves garlic, mashed
3/4 cup feta cheese (or do like me and put in the whole yummy package)
1/4 cup cream cheese cubed. (Next time I might try creaming it with a mixer first and then adding everything else to it.)
sprinkle a little black pepper over it
3 oz olive oil
1/2 cup pitted black olives

Pour the filling into the crust.
Bake 40 plus minutes until top center is slightly firm and doesn't jiggle when you pull the pan out of the oven.


Magicked 4 Halloween Costumes together in less that 2 hours thanks to DH for driving 80 miles to get fake fur for the werewolf and then dashing off again to the dollar store for a few other things (like the whole witch's costume--totally worth every penny of $1.25plus tax.)



Tamale Pie and Pumpkin Pie ready for tricks



Pumpkin Pie, Bubba, Cherry Pie and Tamale Pie

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Bwa ha ha ha ha!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Delicious Cheddar Pear Pie---This Nearly Was Mine



One Dream in my heart.
One new recipe to try.
One love to be living for.
This Nearly was mine.


As I assembled the pie, I dreamed of how delicious the pie would taste.

True, my 1-year old baby, Cutie Pie, was crying her head off and hanging on to my leg, but I was almost done.



Have a pear, Baby, Just a minute, Baby!

How impressed my company would be.

Ah, the glory.

I brushed the top crust with cream and sprinkled it with sugar. Not only would this pie taste divine, it would look beautiful.

I put the pie in my amazing Jenn~Air double oven stove.

Ahh! Sweet Anticipation

10 minutes later...

BLAST! I forgot to put in the CHEESE.



How could I forget the cheese?

It is in the name of the pie.


No Cheddar Pear Pie for me. Just plain old boring pear pie.



Sigh.

Now, now I'm alone,
Still dreaming of paradise,
Still saying that paradise
Once nearly was mine


What? You want the Recipe? Too Bad.
No Cheddar Pear Pie for me.
No Cheddar Pear Pie for you.

Just Kidding. May you find the pie of dreams within your grasp.

Cheddar Pear Pie

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

What the Family has been Doing



Cutie Pie got 2 new teeth and learned how to eat mashed potatoes all by herself





DH has been "blowing stuff up"
(I shouldn't put that in quotes because it's not an exact quote, if you get my meaning.)



I had to sew up Samuel the Lamanite's wardrobe so he could make a guest appearance at Seminary (two hours, no pattern!!)


And we've all been camping in Twin Lakes Oklahoma
Tamale Pie



Bubba


Cutie Pie


Cherry Pie and Pumpkin Pie

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Goodbye Sweet Lazy Days of Summer


Now I have to get up early to get my kids off to school.

Pumpkin Pie's first day of Kindergarten. She is so little. Bubba and Cherry Pie are old hats at this school business.




Dang! No more sleeping in.

I have my schedule set though, and I am glad that I will be forced to get up. Flylady and I are going to be good friends this fall :)


Here's a sneak peak of my latest project