Pioneer Woman at Heart

                                                                                 I love a pan of roasted vegetables, and this was a bit different than my normal seasoning (as well as vegetable variety).  It called for 5 cloves of garlic, 1/3 cup of olive oil, 1 tsp. of paprika, homemade onion powder, and 1 tsp of homemade Italian seasoning (and salt and pepper).  The second photo is a cheese mixture with feta, cream cheese, yogurt, and honey.  We loved it!   Oh, in the end of the cooking time, I tossed in some sliced turkey sausages. I do miss fresh garden goodies.  Finding "fresh" in the stores is not the same.  We have nothing to harvest this time of year, as we do not have a greenhouse. It is pouring down rain as I get this very last blog post for ...

  Not the best photo, as I should have been up at 5am for a better photo. Half the living room floor remains to be removed.  Sigh.  I though it would go much faster and it's driving me nutso. We believe the original part of the house was built in the 30's.  Apparently this is what was typical to support the center of the floor in each room.  In the living room it's a random stack of wood.  There may be a rock or two as well.  Just one more of those "what in the heck" moments of doing repairs and remodeling. I ordered a crochet hook from Amazon, and the carrier lost the package.  It was one I did not have either, and I need to keep my sanity during all of this chaos in the house right now.  I typically find myself baking, but even with the plastic sheeting up to block dust out of the kitchen, that's not going to happen.   I have to be super strict with my husband's diet anyway.  His last doctor appt. was not good....