Pioneer Woman at Heart

I wanted to send Daughter some good coffee, and finally found a way to do it.  The first thing that came to mind was a "Coffee Tea Bag" but they are really Coffee bags.  After I made these.  .  . 

When tension brews, I brew a cup of Holy Basil tea.  I'm now growing Holy Basil in my garden.  I'm patiently waiting to harvest it. We are tea and coffee enthusiasts (if you want to call us that), and love to try new varieties.

My kids ( and I ) love to drink tea and coffee both.  But lately, they have gott en funky with both.  Mom se nt over some vanilla choc olate tru ffle teabags, and guess what my 16 year-old did? Sh e put that very same teabag into the coffee maker, along with the coffee grounds, and brewed it.  Not bad too. I wonder what else they wil l come up with , now th at m ost of my tea is restocked. Wh at would you call that any way ( brewing coffee with tea )? Coff-tea?  Tea-F ee?  Ha ha ha!  

Yesterday I posted that we bro ke into these ba d boys, and boy did we.  He he he!  Snort !  I even got caught making the chocolate almond coffee and not saving any for my 16 year-old. ...."Mom?!  What's this?" she said waving the emp ty coffee wrapper . (he he he)  . . . we finally got the goat stalls started in the other barn.  . . . this is where they will be goin g.  I must move my windows that will eventually be my greenhouse, and that fencing will be the new grazing area f or the goats.   . . . th is door will come in handy , as the fencing will be behind th is si de of t he door. . . . we have some work to do yet.  this door has missing boards, so we will need to do more repairing a s we bu ild the stalls.  . . . here is one recycled gate that came out of the barn we will be tearing down.  . . . the w eather has been a bit wet, but you can see we do not have snow yet.  Thankfully. ...

Our day was everything but "farm" re lated I think . First, we started out the day with a good work out a t the gym. Second, my oldest brother and his wife cam e over to help move my 18 year-old's belong ings to the house (she's on break from college) and then took 2 of our 5 kids, that w ere home, out to dinner.      Than kfu lly, th rough a series of e-mails, we found a home for this pre cious pup, named Molly.  Sh e turns 2 years old next March. Times are tough , financially, for many people right now, and my ex-husband had to move and coul d not keep Molly.  She is a purebred chocolate lab and we had the blessing of having her for a day and night.  I'm so glad we did fin d a good home, or I would have kept this girl.  She is sooooo s weet.  It was sad and happy when we met up and delivered her to her new home.  The new owners were super ex cited to get her, and have had lab s i n the past. It couldn 't have worked out better...

My husband and I brought home a bag of Hippie Coffee from our recent weekend getaway.  We love coffee in this house, and it hasn't lasted long.  I really like the flavor.  Ever since Mom brought home organic coffee from Costa Rica, I fell in love with the flavor.  Here is some interesting information on this coffee: The Coffee Company. There are different blends of it also.  I'm sitting here sipping some of the mild blend right now.  Mmmmm!