up here in lalaland ~ Tennessee here we come!
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Dace
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Hey OFG, you better wipe up those counters.... I'll grab the broom!
Lala is going to be back any minute and she is gonna hit the roof when she sees this mess!
But at least now there is more cake
Lala is going to be back any minute and she is gonna hit the roof when she sees this mess!
But at least now there is more cake
ohiofarmgirl
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* takes face out of the batter and frosting bowls *
i'm working on it! whoooot!
i'm working on it! whoooot!
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lalaland
Lovin' The Homestead
honestly, I leave you gals alone for a minute and....wait, where did that cake go?
serves me right for hauling off to work today, I KNEW I should have stayed home. and I missed you all! dang.
javamama, it is my fav cake recipe for when I'm in a hurry, or when I don't want to mess around. it is pretty much universally loved by everyone, and my neighbors favorite barter item - he'll do just about anything for the cake.
Dace, I'll try the coconut milk in the buttercream, sounds decadent
OFG, ya made me hungry with the lasagna!
I actually looked at the finger today and it is looking good. got more bandages, and I'm good to go.
My friends are going to butcher their chickens next week, but Julie fell in love with Talk-Talk , one of the chickens, and can't bear to see her go, so.....I'm getting 3 or 4 who are about 18 months. I told them, hey make sure you pick me out some layers! don't need more gad-abouts eating up food and giving me nothing!
So keep your fingers crossed that the introductions go well. I figure on putting the newbies in the coop on the roost Sat night, getting up early to supervise wake up, and then....we'll see.
bad news is it means a week or two of walking the newbies by hand into the coop each night til they do it on their own. good news is, I could use a few more chickens .
serves me right for hauling off to work today, I KNEW I should have stayed home. and I missed you all! dang.
javamama, it is my fav cake recipe for when I'm in a hurry, or when I don't want to mess around. it is pretty much universally loved by everyone, and my neighbors favorite barter item - he'll do just about anything for the cake.
Dace, I'll try the coconut milk in the buttercream, sounds decadent
OFG, ya made me hungry with the lasagna!
I actually looked at the finger today and it is looking good. got more bandages, and I'm good to go.
My friends are going to butcher their chickens next week, but Julie fell in love with Talk-Talk , one of the chickens, and can't bear to see her go, so.....I'm getting 3 or 4 who are about 18 months. I told them, hey make sure you pick me out some layers! don't need more gad-abouts eating up food and giving me nothing!
So keep your fingers crossed that the introductions go well. I figure on putting the newbies in the coop on the roost Sat night, getting up early to supervise wake up, and then....we'll see.
bad news is it means a week or two of walking the newbies by hand into the coop each night til they do it on their own. good news is, I could use a few more chickens .
Dace
Revolution in Progress
Good luck with your new chickies....I hope that everyone gets along.
I am glad to hear that your finger is looking better, whew, that was a close call!
Thanks for letting us crash at your place yesterday....sorry about the mess, but that cake was the best!
I am glad to hear that your finger is looking better, whew, that was a close call!
Thanks for letting us crash at your place yesterday....sorry about the mess, but that cake was the best!
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lalaland
Lovin' The Homestead
yowser yowser, soooo much to get done.
time to plant garlic, think I can do that this weekend while I am keeping an eye out on the new chickens.
and if I was any kind of housekeeper, which I am not, I would be tackling that pile of dishes on the counter, but....that looks to me like a sat morning chore. I just get tired, getting home at 7 pm, and doing chores, then eating, and then I look at those dishes and think, hey I would rather...... check out SS!
so here I am.
just don't look behind me where the dishes lurk.
wish I had a piece of that cake now
time to plant garlic, think I can do that this weekend while I am keeping an eye out on the new chickens.
and if I was any kind of housekeeper, which I am not, I would be tackling that pile of dishes on the counter, but....that looks to me like a sat morning chore. I just get tired, getting home at 7 pm, and doing chores, then eating, and then I look at those dishes and think, hey I would rather...... check out SS!
so here I am.
just don't look behind me where the dishes lurk.
wish I had a piece of that cake now
Farmfresh
City Biddy
Glad to know there are others like me out there.
When I get home I can think of LOTS of things to do ...besides dishes.
I have a commercial sink with two huge, DEEP basins in it. Dirty dishes tend to just slide in and rest there. My sister sometimes teases me I just need a lid to cover each sink basin so the dirty dishes would be gone.
Dace
Revolution in Progress
Ha...I had a friend who kept an EXTREMELY tidy house. EXTREMELY!
Anywho, if she was too busy to get to her dishes, she shoved them into the oven so that no one would see them.
I swear I never saw a speck of dust, a dog hair or ANYTHING out of place in her house. Her husband vacuumed every single evening. Upstairs and down.
I call where she lived a house because it was just way too rigid to be called a home
Lala, you just let those dished rest up girl....they will be there when you get to them. And hey...I can't even see them from here
Anywho, if she was too busy to get to her dishes, she shoved them into the oven so that no one would see them.
I swear I never saw a speck of dust, a dog hair or ANYTHING out of place in her house. Her husband vacuumed every single evening. Upstairs and down.
I call where she lived a house because it was just way too rigid to be called a home
Lala, you just let those dished rest up girl....they will be there when you get to them. And hey...I can't even see them from here
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lalaland
Lovin' The Homestead
whew, I'm glad none of you would be shocked if you came over. (yup those dishes are STILL there) thinking of getting me one of those house brownies.
wouldn't that be nice?
it is pouring again. lots of flooding in the fields and I had to take an alternate way home due to road closures. My heart just goes out to the hundreds of folks in MN right now that aren't in their homes because of water - some places got 13 inches of rain.
My rain gauge only goes to 5 and it is overflowing.
Chickens looked like drowned rats, but it is in the upper 50's so I am not going out to the coop with the pink blowdryer.
I think it is time for a hot hot bath and some hot hot tea - I went grocery shopping over my lunch hour and got caught in the rain - my shirt was plastered to me, and I am chilled to the bone. Had the heater in the car on high the two hours that it took to drive home tonight.
wouldn't that be nice?
it is pouring again. lots of flooding in the fields and I had to take an alternate way home due to road closures. My heart just goes out to the hundreds of folks in MN right now that aren't in their homes because of water - some places got 13 inches of rain.
My rain gauge only goes to 5 and it is overflowing.
Chickens looked like drowned rats, but it is in the upper 50's so I am not going out to the coop with the pink blowdryer.
I think it is time for a hot hot bath and some hot hot tea - I went grocery shopping over my lunch hour and got caught in the rain - my shirt was plastered to me, and I am chilled to the bone. Had the heater in the car on high the two hours that it took to drive home tonight.
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lalaland
Lovin' The Homestead
well, I shoveled out the kitchen.
failed to finish the last batch of basil for pesto before it got kind of black - guess it is compost now!
and, I actually resisted going to an auction today - on a farm, 4 generations, with all the kind of stuff that I lust after : canning jars, wooden barrels, old linens, crates, dilapidated garden rakes, etc. You can't imagine how much money I saved by staying away.
Today I am trying a german soup that my friend's grandma used to make:
knoephla soup: cubed potatoes and grated onion sauteed in butter, and then added to chicken broth and milk, with a kind of noodle formed into a rope, cut in pieces and dropped into the boiling broth.
sounds kind of bland to me, the only season was salt, pepper, and a little fresh parsley as a garnish.
But, today it is in the low 40's, it is wet, wet, wet outside with grey skies and with standing water in the garden and fields, and a frost is predicted again.
So, hot soup, grilled ham sandwhiches and a fire, sounds good to me.
My friends are bringing over 3 or 4 hens to the coop tonight - (Julie wanted to save her favorite hen from butchering).
off to town for errands.
failed to finish the last batch of basil for pesto before it got kind of black - guess it is compost now!
and, I actually resisted going to an auction today - on a farm, 4 generations, with all the kind of stuff that I lust after : canning jars, wooden barrels, old linens, crates, dilapidated garden rakes, etc. You can't imagine how much money I saved by staying away.
Today I am trying a german soup that my friend's grandma used to make:
knoephla soup: cubed potatoes and grated onion sauteed in butter, and then added to chicken broth and milk, with a kind of noodle formed into a rope, cut in pieces and dropped into the boiling broth.
sounds kind of bland to me, the only season was salt, pepper, and a little fresh parsley as a garnish.
But, today it is in the low 40's, it is wet, wet, wet outside with grey skies and with standing water in the garden and fields, and a frost is predicted again.
So, hot soup, grilled ham sandwhiches and a fire, sounds good to me.
My friends are bringing over 3 or 4 hens to the coop tonight - (Julie wanted to save her favorite hen from butchering).
off to town for errands.
