Snow Blowing Sideways & Recipe Sites

This is the 2ed day of snow storms and high winds to go with it. Dh took the 4 wheel drive to get out this morning. There were pretty good drifts out there and the grader hadn't been through on the main country road. Good thing he didn't try to take the car.

I had to shovel part of the ramp as Bear would not go through the 1 foot drift over the ramp to the yard. It was a pretty good feat with tall Lilli standing between my legs as she likes to do. I got enough shoveled to at least make it so Bear would go to the side yard.

Not much in new news around here. I am writing a new book, well I have like four of them started but trying to write mainly on one.

My health hasn't been the greatest for about a month. Caught that cold and that didn't last real long with drinking warm water, lemon, turmeric and apple cider vinegar. Doing a bit better the last couple of days. Finally. When I catch something it always leads to other things as it upsets my system big time.

A new year gets me to thinking of spring lol. With that Dutch oven cooking. There are some good recipes here. I am always on the lookout for recipes and try to convert them to our tastes and more Paleo and non gluten for me.
Dutch oven recipes

Here are 25 Taste of Home cake recipes:
Cake recipes

A new Year 2016

Here we are 2016 wow. I remember being a child in 1962 and the teacher asking how old we were going to be in the year 2000. I thought OH GADS I will be an old lady 36 lol. Now look its is another 16 years passed that.

Youngest son Kh. made the honor roll at College. 

We just got all the Christmas stuff down and put away in the barn. Dh had to plow his way to the barn to get to the door they go in. The living room is rearranged. Well, as much as possible with our small room and set up.

The wood rack is filled for another two weeks, feed in the chicken barrels up in the coop and a few other odd things that needed done. Oh, and the neighbors snowmobile is freed from its four foot deep snow bank. Dave took the tractor to dig his way to it so they could pull it out to the road from an upper field.

My second book to After The Dying Time Book Two: To Catch A Wild Rose is now up on Amazon, both as a kindle and a paperback. :) After The Dying Time Two Book Two:Gray's Heart.
If you would like to take a look.
Book Two:Gray's Heart, link

Just click on the above link. It was very nice to see it was up when our internet came back. It was down from the 1st to last night the 4th of Jan. Really puts a crimp in one's style when you can't conduct any business or get emails and send them.

 This was our tree after we got it up and decorated :)

I caught the fog rolling in about a week ago. Which made for some very heavy frost the next morning.

My good friend Pat in Texas just lost her husband of 45 years yesterday. Massive heart attack :(. Our deep condolences Pat to you and the family.

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Food Storage Wise:

Time to look over what you have and see if there are any holes in your foods. 

Things you used up over the holidays and etc. I know we did.

I found I hadn't bought Velveeta for around a year. I put it foodsaver bags and freeze.

DJ and his two teens were here the 26th and a few days after and he made grilled cheese sandwiches one night and dh only found one frozen velveeta in the freezer.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all

Hope all are at least mindful of the true meaning of Christmas and this finds everyone as well as can be expected for all of you and your family members.

We are pretty good, had grandgirl for 6 days as she was ill and had to be here as her mom had to work.

We have had a whole lot of snow and that meant lots of plowing.

We had our Christmas dinner last night on Christmas Eve. We had 17 counting hubby and I. Wish more could have made it but we understand. Some just want to be at their own homes and we understand that also.

One of the older grand girls brought her new little boy up and hubby. My mom is a great, great grand, she was here, brought up by one of our daughters. Five of the family members had car pooled up in our daughter T's 4 wheel drive pickup. 

Hope all are having as good a Christmas season as you can. Happy New Year to come.

Merry Christmas to All, Our Tree is Up.

The tree is a little odd, but it's ours :) The temperature dropped to 7 degrees late this afternoon. Dh was plowing the new snowfall out of the driveway, and said no wonder it felt so cold lol.

Tree time.

Our tree is a combo of store bought and what the kidlets made through the years.

The dogs were exhausted lol

Snow, Sleet. Rain, Ice, Mud

Yep, we have gone from -2 to this week in the low 40's and melted to mud. We have had, lots of snow, sleet, ice and now dogs wallowing in mud. It is supposed to snow again starting tomorrow. Next week we will be back to the 20's for highs.

We have been trying to figure out what to do for family members this Christmas and we think we have got that on the go. Now have to mail some things out.

We found the all the Christmas boxes and have to put a tree up yet. We have been setting out our decorations. I think we will get a fresh tree from our woods.

I ended up with some kind of infection in my left eye and woke up with fluid all around my eye and swollen. Been using warm and cold compresses on it. At least it isn't hurting like it did yesterday. A great relief. I just hope it doesn't go into my right eye, which is starting to feel funny tonight. ACK.

Christmas recipes:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/rainbow-christmas-wreath/358392f7-9643-4f9a-978b-17b2889f89d6?utm_source=Email_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BC_12_10_2015&vcode=AQAAAAAdg1dbllAgZHi51nQ3bkDK7dZDoXKaAcjCUC72cXju1amEPKURzHuGXqTRoO6gFR9x_NEZlu2IMvRJPPZ0pZ9HFKUcafOXa1DDZfChdrgDew

http://click.e.kraftfoods.com/?qs=f0dbab8cd9fe6d0f72cdfce620d4b4262556b6839c454971f47de006b0ff20dc1fef21d4a54b65e1fd8b296edb3ace46

Are We Ready Yet, Nope

Hello everyone,

Just thinking about this last of the year and how quickly the first 11 months whooshed past. Here we have just finished Thanksgiving, again. And no we are not ready for Christmas yet.  Still just thinking about what needs accomplished.

Our Thanksgiving Day was held down in the valley at son and daughter in laws, J and J's with their two little ones. All together there were 17 of us including my mother who is a great and great, great grandmother. We had four generations represented at the tables. A couple were missing when the picture taking was happening, they were up and about, son Jo for one.
Daughter on top left Ch and her fiance Ath just got engaged like 2 weeks ago. He will be a great addition to our family and we hope us to his.

Hello new family to be in Alabama.

We sure missed those who were unable to come this year but we know it always doesn't work out. Some had to work and others had priorities or live far away. We do miss all of our remaining children being together with us once in awhile.

The 28th of November was our daughter Tanya's birthday, she would have been 43. We miss you.

Hope all you folks are doing better than us at your Christmas preparations. My major part is keeping the love we have for one another and healing any bridges that need so.

We were snowed on. Dry spell Broken.

Yesssss, we are now wet. We even had some snow.

But wet at this time of year makes mud as it doesn't stay frozen. The dogs become wet muddy messes. Lily loves to wallow in her two holes she has made in the back yard.

We have also been burning the slash piles, as we are allowed to at this time of year and things being so wet.

Not to much else going on up here. Oh the potatoes are all out of the ground and stored away for the winter, We ended up with 300 plus pounds. With plenty to eat and save for seed potatoes next spring.

Here are Lilli and Bear while still clean :).

We are getting in gear to think about the Holiday's, Thanksgiving will be at a son and daughter in laws house J and J, down in Lewiston. We are bringing the last Turkey we raised that is 48 pounds. Don't know what else yet. But that one is a for sure.

All take care and stay warm and dry.