BLUE RIBBION WINNER!

Ben would tease that he's putting his bread in the fair but not tell you how he did. Rude huh. He won BLUE RIBBON for his french bread - plus some special cooking award. (see the red oven mitt?) And Red ribbons (2nd place) for his White bread and rye bread.

Anyone want to put in an order? :)

Hey Hay!

Ben and I are together recovering from ... probably the WORST stomach flu I've ever had. Holy moly... I'll spare you the details.. :)


Earlier this week I came home from work and found this on my counter...
"Ben? What is this on the counter?"
"Um. Hay."
"I'm sorry - .... did you say hay?"
"yeah"
...following the little fuzzy trails ....
AH HA!!! He's up to something...
Some time ago - and some how - Ben got his hands on a raw wool - right off the sheep. I don't know where the heck he got it but it's been camped out in our garage for some time. This week - the barn experiments begin. The ultimate goal is to be able to spin it into something fun.
Gotta shake out the HAY (not on the kitchen counter) and wash it out with super hot water and shampoo. Can't agitate too much or it'll felt

Wash rinse repeat.


it'll take a couple of washing sessions before we can start carting. I'll let you know how that goes....In the mean time, the dogs are confused about what kind of animal is living in the bucket...

Turkey Day

Thursdays are my day off and today I cleaned the house - including kitchen blinds and bathroom shower tiles, paid the bills, and did a little sewing. Now - Ben's orders- I'm chilling with a mud mask, surrounded by my martha magazine stash and blogging.
Very good.

During November Ben is on the hunt for good turkey sales and stores it in our freezer until his wife goes crazy with the lack of space :) Then it's time for turkey day. This turkey he got for 6 bucks - is almost too big for our oven.

It's pretty huh.

Ben cooked us turkey and home made potatoes that were incredible! ...I microwaved the peas.
The best part of the turkey (other then the extra space in my freezer) is how far it goes! A week of dinners - easy. Dogs LOVE turkey day.
Desert are peanut butter love cups. :) Cookies in my heart shaped cup cake holders. Cute huh.

If I didn't have Ben around - I would have Apple Jacks for dinner every night. :)