Pioneer Woman at Heart

I forgot to mention that I got the chance to t ast e frog legs. In case you haven't noti ced, I do post a column on the left side of my blog, re co r ding new foods we try ea ch year. We also got the opportunity to do a wine tasting, and we tried Tawny Port for the first time .  This we loved, but the pri ce on the bottle is a bit over $38.00 .   About the frog legs.... T hey don't taste like chicken either ( at least to me) .  They have a fishy taste and the meat is somewhat rubbery.   Homestead Updates: My doc tor's office agreed to call in a pre scription .  Thankfu lly, I didn't need to drive up and spend ab out $ 9 0.00 just to see her.  Hubby agreed to pick it up for me.  As you can see Dr. Tiggles has not a bandoned me.  I n fact, when I spiked my fever, it w as N urse Jesse and Dr. Tiggles that were laying righ t on t op of me.   I have a book that I'll be updat ing you on soon.  So far, I a...

Thankfully, hubby and I purchased some min e ral bath salts, made with organic ingredients, on our recent weekend away.  We are b oth enjoying them to recover from this recent bug. A photo of what' s a bove the bath tub.  I have two wall candles like the blue one ab ove. Thankf u lly, my fever finally broke last night.  Two and half days of misery.  Speak ing of  misery, it's not over yet.  Even my eyeball sockets hurt to the touch.   I really want some homemade chicken noodle soup, but no one in the house knows how to make it. Boo hoo to me.  Hubby did bring home (better than nothing at all) canned soup.  I am pretty sure I don't have broth or chicken anyway. I think I got the flu, and not hubby, since I had already had the upper respiratory crud for 6 weeks, and was just getting over it.  I really wanted him to wait another week for the drive, but he insisted.   I tried telling him that I was not up for it....

I lit erally took only a few photos this past weekend.  This one was taken w hen we stopped to stock up on artificial grow th hormone free cheese .   Once we got our cheese, we brow sed the countryside, but with only a few things on our minds - inexpensive fencing sup plies, hay, and some R&R. Hubby planned the en tire trip, and we very much enjoyed th e ja cuzzi Friday night.  Sat urday night, however, wa s a different story. All of our regu lar lod ging locations were booke d already.  I'm guessing many fol ks got their tax returns and were t aking much needed wi nter geta ways.   Sa tur day, I felt off.  I told hubby we should just pack up and head home Sunday, and not do our usual Sunday trip taking (like we normally do).  He agreed with it.  Even Saturday night I fe lt off, and didn't feel like eating anything.  Sure enough Sunday, I wok e up si ck, and by 5pm, had a fever of 102 °F and almost all the flu ...

I am feeling better somewhat, so I walked 10 minutes on the treadmill.  This was torture, considering I coughed a few times (I was told you should not exercise with a cough).  I took it easy, but those ten minutes felt like 2 hours.  I have not walked, nor exercised for several weeks now.  I think I hea rd bones creaking - ha ha ha! School is closed today.  It works out for us, although we have some err ands to run, before Hubby and I run away for the weekend.  Yep!  We are on the road, so say a prayer. First we need to go visit an insurance office.  O ur current insurance company first quote d us $4, 6 00/year for insurance (with the t wo sold and a n ew on e to replace), then she called back with $3, 600.00.   We didn't like this woman, as she avoided our questions, and didn't answer us on others.  My son was the driver in an accident over 3 years ago, and we a sked about her revie wing our coverage, a nd possibly going do ...

Hubby had to work late, so I decided to do foot soaks and pedic ures with the girls.  W ell, some of them.  With 5 kid dos still in the house, I plan to do m or e self -pampering for stress reducing reasons. I f ailed to get hous e work finished, but di d get the bedding on the clothesline yesterday.   I'm not stressing over it , but will writ e down what I do get do ne vs. a "to-do" list.  Then tackle what I haven't c ompleted. Also, with the older two (19, and al most 21) not being employed yet, I have a list of chores for them too - chicken coop cleaning, taki ng donations to the t hrift store, taking recycling to the recycl ing center, ta king returns to the library, picking up jugs of water, and a few other jobs.   The snow is still f alling, and i s making laundry day havoc.     W e had some st rong win d s prior to this sn ow arri ving, and have tree branches to pick up now. As you can see the days h ave been clou...

Last night I attempted to get my jammies on early (very early at 5pm), and read my new Fol k magazine.  A dear friend gifte d me a subscription, and I have never rea d this magazine before. However, last night, we had a lot of traffic in and out .  Thus, my jammies never went on early, and I didn't get to enjoy this magazine with a cup of te a. This morning, it's a different story.  I plan to read with peace and quiet, as all the kids are in school/college, but one.  It's freezing here, and snow on t he ground from yesterday, so it's a perfect day to "co zy" up and read. With so many leftovers, I won't need to make dinner tonight either.  Yay !  I do need to use up 4 more bananas. Y est erday I baked a blue berry/ban ana muffin recipe to use up bo th, then ba ked a batch of homemade granola, and then started a crock pot of beef stew.  I tossed in frozen Kohlrabi I had in t he freezer from last summer's garden too. We sold both the va...

I t look s like I will need to do some baking wi th some ripe banana s, as the kids are not eating them up lately.  We are all still battling the "cru d" and wish it to be gone today. We have some work to get done, and have taken inventory on the new goat stalls.  We've got some plans with the goats too.   Blondie remains to be cantankerous.  She loves her grass and will do anything to get at it .  Including breaking her wire fencing.   We have some plans to work on that too.  We may be in a bit of a situation with her too.  I'll have more on t hat as we contact the ve t.