Pioneer Woman at Heart

Hubby and I had another prosperous morning in the chicken/goat barn.  We used odd pieces of barn siding (recycled from the big barn) to repair and fix up the barn doors.  You can see in the photo there are a few holes yet to cover, but the bottoms of the doors are looking much better (sharing photos soon I hope).  . . . time and patience.

Late Thursday, all day Friday and all day Saturday, the rain fell here.  We had one more moment of porch time.  Saturday, although col d, I st ole a few moments o ut there too.

You'd think there would be a scien tific term, for a syndrome defini ng ch ronic recipe colle ctors .  Specifically for those who collect new recipes to try, while att empting to try all the stashed recipes they already have.  It's an obsession I tell ya . Sigh.... New recipes find me w hether I want them or not lately.   Cranberry butter was a new, delicious butter for me to make. You can simply use it, freeze it or gift it. I'm sharing the recipe

In the past several years, I knew that my dehydrator had a temperature for rising bread dough.  It was not large enough, height-wise.   My new one however, is perfect for rising bread.  I placed a small tray of water in the bottom, removed all my racks but the bottom one, and covered the dough with a damp cloth.  My dehydrator has a clear door on it, so I can see the results without opening it.

 45 different scarp yarn colors, and 90 ends sewn in later......

Today's weather is not as cold as yesterday.  I'm going to put a few fol ding la wn chairs back on t he front porch.  I hear Than ksgiving day will be warm enough to sit there and relax a bit. Hubby plans on working all day Thanksgiving day.  Not at his full- time job, but here.  We have a lot of bru sh to take care of yet.  Mos t likely I'll be working in the kit chen in outdoor work clothes, joining him when I can as well.   I'm typing like a mad woman, to get caught back up with National Novel Writing Month.

Where did the weekend go? I'll admit it went fast, but it was very, very peaceful here this weekend.  The first time in the last two years.  What a relief for our family and our anim als.