Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
29 Sept 2009
Where has the harvest gone? We've been busy enjoying it. Today I'm working on getting a doctor's appointment - has to be done. Just prescriptions - I'm not any sicker than normal :) Thanks to everyone I visited with on the phone yesterday! That was great! I do have a surprise -
Sorry for the watermark - I just wanted to get this on here. We had a mystery roll of film that we had developed and put on a DVD at Costco. It's a short one - 2 minutes, some seconds. If you would like a copy of this - I'd be happy to send it to you. Maybe I'll call it Christmas for you all!
Very fun, though.
So the first post is the first of the film - the second post is the last. I'm not sure who all the kids are - so you'll have to help me with names, places, etc. There's a rollicking section in the middle with kids sliding down the stairs (at my parent's house I think). Something your kids might enjoy seeing. I'll post the other parts over the next couple of days - just so you see what's there.
ENJOY!
Sorry for the watermark - I just wanted to get this on here. We had a mystery roll of film that we had developed and put on a DVD at Costco. It's a short one - 2 minutes, some seconds. If you would like a copy of this - I'd be happy to send it to you. Maybe I'll call it Christmas for you all!
Very fun, though.
So the first post is the first of the film - the second post is the last. I'm not sure who all the kids are - so you'll have to help me with names, places, etc. There's a rollicking section in the middle with kids sliding down the stairs (at my parent's house I think). Something your kids might enjoy seeing. I'll post the other parts over the next couple of days - just so you see what's there.
ENJOY!
Friday, September 25, 2009
25 Sept 2009
Becky - I did use fat-free sweetened condensed milk. My other video just wouldn't load - maybe it was too big - but it showed how to do a cold-water test to see if your caramel was done. http://www.instructables.com/id/SG0HI1LFMEGHEYQ/
Here's a link in lieu of my video :) I hope it helps. I find things like this are best shared - that way you get a little taste and don't end up with all of it calling to you! You can also slice the apples and drizzle the caramel over the top (maybe with some chocolate and nuts too?). Give it a try! You should have plenty left over for your kids, neighbors, etc.
I'm a bit embarrassed that I haven't done better posting this week. OOPS! Anyway - a brief recap. Monday I talked about. Tuesday.....Grandma Sue & Kimball and McKay went to Nampa (and weeded in my yard a bit - Thank you so much!). They stayed overnight with Jared & Cory & crew. We took it easy here. Wednesday we had fun at the FH library. Then we went into town and returned a dishwasher part that we thought we had needed....and Sue brought home a new dishwasher. More expensive to fix than it was worth! Wednesday night DJ & I installed the new dishwasher while Chuck and Sue ran out to help with a death in the ward. Thursday - I did some more family history (having so much fun! - I might actually deal with all those scraps of paper I have lying around!). Then last night DJ, Kimball and I went to the IF temple and had a lovely time. Kimball did a family baptism and a few temple baptisms. DJ & I each did an initiatory. Then we had dinner together in the cafeteria. With the limited - use recommends, you can take your youth with you to the temple! And as we have other babysitters - we took advantage of that and had a really great experience. Can't have too many of those when you have pre-teens/teenagers.
That catches us up to today. Mom is off with Dad and Kimball at the viewing, then they plan to visit another former ward member in a care facility (as Kimball missed mutual this week and that's what they did in mutual). Harvest is going great - really looking forward to having less work outside :) Today we moved the bikes to winter storage area, and washed some buckets Jared got for us from the store - they had frosting, etc. in them. Also - I cleaned out my email! I was close to 2,000 emails and really needed to organize - so I did it! Very pleased with myself right now! Bit by bit it's coming along. I'm hoping to start our film art class today (for the kids during harvest). Interested? Here's the link:
http://campusstudios.com/wiki.php?course=Reviewing:_Becoming_Your_Own_Film_Critic_in_Eight_Lessons
Should be fun! We have a few movies to watch - Court Jester came from Netflix the other day and the girls haven't seen it yet. Danny Kaye - never disappoints!
Well, that's about it for now. Hope your day is great! Oh - and a picture just for fun:
Happy Birthday to all the birthday's from yesterday - DJ's side and mine :)
Here's a link in lieu of my video :) I hope it helps. I find things like this are best shared - that way you get a little taste and don't end up with all of it calling to you! You can also slice the apples and drizzle the caramel over the top (maybe with some chocolate and nuts too?). Give it a try! You should have plenty left over for your kids, neighbors, etc.
I'm a bit embarrassed that I haven't done better posting this week. OOPS! Anyway - a brief recap. Monday I talked about. Tuesday.....Grandma Sue & Kimball and McKay went to Nampa (and weeded in my yard a bit - Thank you so much!). They stayed overnight with Jared & Cory & crew. We took it easy here. Wednesday we had fun at the FH library. Then we went into town and returned a dishwasher part that we thought we had needed....and Sue brought home a new dishwasher. More expensive to fix than it was worth! Wednesday night DJ & I installed the new dishwasher while Chuck and Sue ran out to help with a death in the ward. Thursday - I did some more family history (having so much fun! - I might actually deal with all those scraps of paper I have lying around!). Then last night DJ, Kimball and I went to the IF temple and had a lovely time. Kimball did a family baptism and a few temple baptisms. DJ & I each did an initiatory. Then we had dinner together in the cafeteria. With the limited - use recommends, you can take your youth with you to the temple! And as we have other babysitters - we took advantage of that and had a really great experience. Can't have too many of those when you have pre-teens/teenagers.
That catches us up to today. Mom is off with Dad and Kimball at the viewing, then they plan to visit another former ward member in a care facility (as Kimball missed mutual this week and that's what they did in mutual). Harvest is going great - really looking forward to having less work outside :) Today we moved the bikes to winter storage area, and washed some buckets Jared got for us from the store - they had frosting, etc. in them. Also - I cleaned out my email! I was close to 2,000 emails and really needed to organize - so I did it! Very pleased with myself right now! Bit by bit it's coming along. I'm hoping to start our film art class today (for the kids during harvest). Interested? Here's the link:
http://campusstudios.com/wiki.php?course=Reviewing:_Becoming_Your_Own_Film_Critic_in_Eight_Lessons
Should be fun! We have a few movies to watch - Court Jester came from Netflix the other day and the girls haven't seen it yet. Danny Kaye - never disappoints!
Well, that's about it for now. Hope your day is great! Oh - and a picture just for fun:
Happy Birthday to all the birthday's from yesterday - DJ's side and mine :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
21 Sept 2009
Here's a picture of the spooky printable cut-outs completed by my kids. Picture by them too - that's why it's a bit blurry. They so enjoyed getting to use the scissors!Before I forget: McKay will be baptized on her birthday - October 10th. Family/Friends are invited. I don't know the time - it's the regular Stake baptism day. :)
Day one of Harvest Break. We picked apples, pears and tomatoes. That was our service hour. Kimball mowed a section of lawn. After a delicious lunch - we made caramel apples. We've got a couple of movies to help you if this is something you've been wanting to do.
Caramel Apples:
1 cup salted peanuts (chopped into fine chunks) (optional)
1/2 cup butter
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
Dash salt
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla
10 tart apples - washed, dried
10 lollypop sticks or Popsicle sticks
Melt butter in 2 quart saucepan. Add brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a full boil over medium heat. Stir in sweetened condensed milk and cook to firm ball stage. (245 on a candy thermometer). Stir in vanilla. Dip Apples in caramel mixure. Place on buttered wax paper. Makes 10 (or more) apples.
Recipe submitted to Newspaper by Lorriane George.
Kimball is also working on some aprons :) They are turning out really cute. We are copying an apron I had got this summer at Opera. It is a good beginning project, I think.
Couldn't get the other movie loaded today - more about caramel tomorrow :)
Thursday, September 17, 2009
17 Sept 2009
Having a take-it-easy day. Reading Leven Thumps - books 3 & 4. Done some laundry....just need to get my room cleaned up a bit. Sorry for the short post - but better short than nothing - right?
I remember your garage, Becky - hadn't thought of that in years! Thanks for the memory!
I remember your garage, Becky - hadn't thought of that in years! Thanks for the memory!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
15 Sept 2009
Halfway through the month. Crazy! I've been working on getting the garage emptied out - and moving the rest of my stuff to the storage shed. A LOT of work - but I'm done and feeling good about it. We now have a "fitness room" - with the Wii and some other work-out stuff. That would be the garage :) Anyway - the girls are excited about it and we're all enjoying it. More later....and some pics later of the cute Halloween cutouts!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
12 Sept 2009
Yes- I took all those pictures. Basically, someone here has tried to get all the cemeteries in the county listed and completed. They were apprehensive about going on to the reservation (Fort Hall) - and DJ and I were feeling ambitious. Two evenings, a couple of prayers for safety and extension of light. I was really impressed when I uploaded the pics and saw what I had gotten. They all turned out pretty good. I didn't have to crop them or anything! You really don't get much of an idea of how weedy and unkempt the cemetery really is! I threw away 2 pairs of socks (one each evening) rather than try to get the weeds out. And you know how frugal I am! Anyway - there's such a spirit about theses projects - you can almost feel these people pushing you to go on and make sure they are not forgotten. I think the gal said the rest of the cemeteries are accounted for (someone committed to do them).
I'm trying to work up to taking my girls on an outing. I'm dragging my feet because they are so full of energy (and noise). But - I know the house needs a break from them. So - we're off to get Kimball some more shoes. She needs an extra pair because her gym shoes have to stay at school. Didn't know that until recently....She's been babysitting and is excited to spend some money that she earned. Our Wal-Mart is undergoing major renovations - and the stock is down by half. So...we're heading to Idaho Falls for a better selection at Target. Have a great day!
I'm trying to work up to taking my girls on an outing. I'm dragging my feet because they are so full of energy (and noise). But - I know the house needs a break from them. So - we're off to get Kimball some more shoes. She needs an extra pair because her gym shoes have to stay at school. Didn't know that until recently....She's been babysitting and is excited to spend some money that she earned. Our Wal-Mart is undergoing major renovations - and the stock is down by half. So...we're heading to Idaho Falls for a better selection at Target. Have a great day!
Friday, September 11, 2009
11 Sept 2009
I just finished the cemetery! Here's a link if you want to see: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=80481&CScntry=4&CSst=15&CScnty=651&
Glad that's done! Just need to call and let the gal in charge know I finished.
Now I can enjoy the rest of this day! Have a great one yourself!
Glad that's done! Just need to call and let the gal in charge know I finished.
Now I can enjoy the rest of this day! Have a great one yourself!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
10 Sept 2009
Bruno - Some special dirt from Nevada. I don't know more than that. Who knew?
So we had some drama here - one of the cats - named TOM managed to get himself stuck on top of a power pole. Well - actually right next to the transformer. He was up there for a bit over a day (we noticed Monday afternoon that he was up there). We all were worried about him and praying that it would somehow be over. Wednesday morning TOM was down. We don't know how - but we were glad. We had contacted the power company who had told us it was too dangerous to send a guy out to get the cat down. So we had to wait and try to lure him down. In the end he came down (somehow) on his own. A little blessing!
The girls have just over a week more of school before harvest break. They don't know what to expect. Should be good. Lots of mommy school. :)
That's it for now....still finishing up the graves. :)
So we had some drama here - one of the cats - named TOM managed to get himself stuck on top of a power pole. Well - actually right next to the transformer. He was up there for a bit over a day (we noticed Monday afternoon that he was up there). We all were worried about him and praying that it would somehow be over. Wednesday morning TOM was down. We don't know how - but we were glad. We had contacted the power company who had told us it was too dangerous to send a guy out to get the cat down. So we had to wait and try to lure him down. In the end he came down (somehow) on his own. A little blessing!
The girls have just over a week more of school before harvest break. They don't know what to expect. Should be good. Lots of mommy school. :)
That's it for now....still finishing up the graves. :)
Monday, September 07, 2009
7 Sept 2009
I found a great blog - done by an high-school-days friend. You might want to check it out: http://printapenguin.blogspot.com/
Very cute printables. Plus - a poll for what you want next! Adrian is so talented and was doodling and drawing back in high school! So glad to find his art :) Thanks!
I've got to go back and see if I finished all my question a day things - I came across a book of questions and need to know if they still need answered. I also have had such fun finding little tidbits that I want to scrapbook. I'll have to give you an example another day. We went to the Fair today - and I'm tired! I don't know for sure when the last time we went was....everything is just so much louder, more vivid, etc....with the fibro! Going through the animal exhibits - I was having a bit of a panic attack - too much stimulus!
Anyway - back safely at home now and the girls had a great time. Sometimes that's all that matters, I think.
DJ is off for dirt this week - on Wednesday I think. Not sure when he'll be back. Saturday - Sunday. Such adventures we have!
Well- must finish the laundry...or at least try! Have a great day!
Very cute printables. Plus - a poll for what you want next! Adrian is so talented and was doodling and drawing back in high school! So glad to find his art :) Thanks!
I've got to go back and see if I finished all my question a day things - I came across a book of questions and need to know if they still need answered. I also have had such fun finding little tidbits that I want to scrapbook. I'll have to give you an example another day. We went to the Fair today - and I'm tired! I don't know for sure when the last time we went was....everything is just so much louder, more vivid, etc....with the fibro! Going through the animal exhibits - I was having a bit of a panic attack - too much stimulus!
Anyway - back safely at home now and the girls had a great time. Sometimes that's all that matters, I think.
DJ is off for dirt this week - on Wednesday I think. Not sure when he'll be back. Saturday - Sunday. Such adventures we have!
Well- must finish the laundry...or at least try! Have a great day!
Friday, September 04, 2009
4 Sept 2009
This week has been busy! I spent yesterday working on sorting through my stuff in the garage. Made more room for Dad's scooter. It's going well.
Hinckley goes to Kindergarten in the morning and when she comes home she gets mommy pre-school. I'm waiting for my big girls to get home now - they should arrive any minute.
Sorting through so much stuff! Getting ready for DJ to have another long trip - 2 loads of dirt in Nevada. Trying to load his MP3 player :) Lots of fun!
Well, Let's see if I have a picture for you....
This is one of the ones from the mystery roll I mentioned before. It's been waiting a while to get developed. Crazy fun! Have a great day!
Hinckley goes to Kindergarten in the morning and when she comes home she gets mommy pre-school. I'm waiting for my big girls to get home now - they should arrive any minute.
Sorting through so much stuff! Getting ready for DJ to have another long trip - 2 loads of dirt in Nevada. Trying to load his MP3 player :) Lots of fun!
Well, Let's see if I have a picture for you....
This is one of the ones from the mystery roll I mentioned before. It's been waiting a while to get developed. Crazy fun! Have a great day!
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Kari
So - I saw this today and thought of you! Wanted to make sure you saw it too!
http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/2009/09/clara-french-cake-stands/
http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/2009/09/clara-french-cake-stands/
1 Sept 2009
Just a quick post. Busy as always - emptying more boxes each day :) Decluttering and Dejunking especially. Our hikers made it back fine - but I have yet to see my camera ;) Hopefully it made it back too.
We're settling into some semblance of a routine. I think....
Taylor is loving Mommy pre-school. Hinckley loves getting in on it when she gets home too. They love doing worksheets and singing silly songs. Such fun!
I've been meaning to take a picture of the field behind our house. You can't really see it unless you go back behind the trees - but they have big rolls of hay? I think that's what it is. It's making me feel like I'm in a strange country where they just let them sit out. Don't know if that makes sense - I'll try to add a picture for you.
Homework over here is much more involved than it was where we used to live. I spend at least 20 minutes with McKay and her homework. That doesn't count the math she does on her own. It's all good.
Well, tomorrow is my shift at the Family History Library again. 9-11. They gave me a key last week. Guess I'm doing an OK job. :) Have a great day all!
We're settling into some semblance of a routine. I think....
Taylor is loving Mommy pre-school. Hinckley loves getting in on it when she gets home too. They love doing worksheets and singing silly songs. Such fun!
I've been meaning to take a picture of the field behind our house. You can't really see it unless you go back behind the trees - but they have big rolls of hay? I think that's what it is. It's making me feel like I'm in a strange country where they just let them sit out. Don't know if that makes sense - I'll try to add a picture for you.
Homework over here is much more involved than it was where we used to live. I spend at least 20 minutes with McKay and her homework. That doesn't count the math she does on her own. It's all good.
Well, tomorrow is my shift at the Family History Library again. 9-11. They gave me a key last week. Guess I'm doing an OK job. :) Have a great day all!
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