Tonight's dinner

Another busy day on our little homestead.  I had doctors appointments today, not very fun.  Then it was late in the afternoon when we got done with that so we had to get lunch and of course it we were out of town.  We ate at Chick Fil-A.  I love that restaurant since it is a Christian company and you can pick healthier options.
Then I had to go to another county so my oldest could drop off an application for a job and mail one off.  Whew!  It is now after 6pm and I left around 11 am.  What a day!  So here is what I am doing for dinner tonight. I have leftover chicken and broth from my roasted chicken last night.  I am making a mock chicken pot pie.

Left over chicken, cut up two potatoes, two carrots, two celery stalks, small amount of lima beans (frozen), small frozen bag of green beans, and corn (this is a small  bag that we put up).  I also used some herbs and a small can of cream of mushroom and a can of flaky biscuits torn in half cover and bake for 1 hour at 350*. I cover with foil and if need to brown uncover and bake for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.

Blessings,

Sherry

Tonight's dinner

Today I am getting a late start on preparing dinner.  I had to work today and getting home after doing some errands. One thing on getting home late I got to have a nice lunch with my mom.  It isn't often we get to have lunch alone just mother and daughter, so this was a nice treat. Today was a day of mixed emotions of life, a family friend's husband passed away.  I didn't know him however my husband did, I knew his wife barely.  This weekend a friend of our family, a different friend her family had a huge scare from carbonmonxide poisioning.  The good news they all are going to make it and it seems they are doing alright.  It just shows that prayers were answered, Praise God! 

Well, tonight we are having roast chicken, herbed baked sweet potatoes, green beans and fruit salad. 

Fun, busy sunshiny day.......

I'll make today's a short but sweet just to say hello to all of my friends.  Well, first thing this morning my girls and I had to do some running around.  Then we came home and I have my chicken cooking so I can shred it for tomorrow lunch for after church.  We will be having something like chicken enchiladas but with rice lasagna noodles.  I also have two packages of meat mixed up to make jerky (deer). Now I just have to wait till it's ready to go on the dehydrator. I have laundry going and a load of dishes right now.  Whew!  I need to mix up some potatoes for supper I am going to marinate the baked fries with olive oil and other seasoning. I have my music jamming and just having a lot of fun and getting things done.  I need to get some dessert going for supper tonight and I am thinking of making some tapioca, I haven't had that for a very long time.  Well I must cut this short my wonderful husband just got home. 

Blessings,

Sherry

I am lost at blogging.....

I don't know why I am finding this site hard to blog on.  I can't seem to figure it out.  I don't know how to see other blogs unless I see friends on my friends sites.  Now I know it should be easy but not for me.  I am not sure what I am doing wrong.  The other blog site I use to belong too I could search easily.  I don't know if it is cause I may be on dial up which is tough enough but geeze.  I would like to find new friends with similar interest as mine.  I do miss a lot of some of my older friends on the other site but praise the Lord I have a few here.  One of them not only is a friend on here but in real life as well.  God had blessed me with her friendship and with her family.  But, I am learning how to write back to some of the comments that you have left but I just don't know what I am doing on here yet.  So if any of you can explain this site to me it would be appreciated.  Also I am not sure if my computer is to old if that could be a problem. 

My challange for myself.....

I had read an article in one of the woman's magazines called the Paleo diet.  I think that is how it is spelled.  It is about going back to the basics of early man.  It's kindof like the Atkins diet but not as much.  You drink of course lots of water, eat mostly meat, then veggies, a little bit of fruit, then whole grains, some fats and a bit of herbs.  The main idea I got out of it cut out sugar except from fruits and white flour.  Hardly any breads.  The other thing is dairy is the other no, no.  They said the reason for this is they didn't have it except from your mother back then.  I am trying it the hardest thing for me is dairy. I have cut back on my dairy but it is still hard.  I have a glass sometimes during dinner and eat my yoghurt with breakfast.  I can't see throwing away my ceral so I am eating that with breakfast while working.  So I have just started and tring to make changes with our family is a slow process but getting their.  

Blessings,

Sherry

This has been a tough week....

This week it seems that I have had a test in my faith, God knows I call upon him but it seems that faith breakers have been trying me.  One of my long time acquaintance's gave me a little saying that I hope to always to remember.  "When Satan tries to remind you of your past, remind him of his future."    When he said this to me today I just about fell to my knees and cried.  It was like the music to my ears that I needed to hear for quit some time in my life.  Maybe I've heard it but my focus was never their in the right direction.   Without my faith I am nothing.  


I have been tested in so many ways this week that it has drained my energy.  I have had a co-worker question my every move and what seems like my existance.  I have had family members beat me down.  My mom and her friend Marcia went to see Marcia's 95 year old mother-in-law and when I needed my mom and just the simple hug of my  mom I couldn't even go to her.  I missed my mom.  I can't even fathom not having my mom their.  As we age I know our days are getting shorter and her health isn't the greatest.  
My father is still living but we no longer  have a relationship due to his doings.  We don't have a healthy relationship and I will leave it as that.  Maybe sometime I will expain more but now is not the time.

On the other hand a few days ago I cut and trimmed some bushes and possibly some of them had some posin ivy on it and I now have a bad case of it.  Today I had to get a shot and some pills which knocks me out.  I dont' like being this tired.  UGH!

I had toaked to some wonderful friends of mine and my families and we were talking about gardening and I can't wait to get started.  I have an asparagus plant that I can't wait to get into the ground.  I am wanting to get my potatoes planted and other veggies.  Do any of you have your gardens started.  Here in the upper tri-state area it is to cold.  It was the other day in 60's and today we didn't even make it out of the 30's, which realy stinks since I have spring fever really bad.

I am hoping since I don't have to work tomorrow I will be able to bake some bread.  I had hoped to a few weeks ago but do to schedules and life getting in the way I haven't had the chance.  When I  cleaned out my freezer I have found that I have several fruit items and veggies that need to be made into items.  My husband God bless him isn't very adventures for trying new things hasn't liked some of the veggie items that I made.  But he is a trooper and ate it even though it wasn't his favorite.  One item was Spinish and smoked sausage with mashed potatoes.  This was a meal that my mom made a lot when I was a kid.  You cook it all day in your slow cooker and boy oh boy does it ever taste good.  I did it with green beans that I had frozen from our garden that I need to cook and cooked it with it and it wasn't bad, I added some herbs to flavor it some more.

One thing I am thinking of today is trying to think of onething I am thankful for and the best thing that comes to my mind besides my family is: freedom of being able to worship God without being persucuited.

Blessings to you all and may you have a blessed week,

Sherry

Today....

Today my girls modeled at Fashion Bug.  A month or so the girls were asked if they would model, so I agreed to it.  It was hectic trying to get everyone around and keeping in a good mood.  Today my oldest  teenager tested the water several times.  It is very hard to try to keep a smile on my face today.  The girls got their hair fixed by the local hair salon by the store for free to model it looked very cute.  They were so happy.  My husband was able to go and see them model.  It was fun to watch all the girls and one little girl got to model with her momma.  She was so cute, she was only 2 or 3 years old and boy oh boy did she ever enjoy herself showing off her little purse that she got to model.  All the girls seem to enjoy themselves and it was a good life lesson.  My oldest who has some self esteem issues smiled ear to ear.  I was happy for her.  Both girls enjoyed themselves and had a good time and made a couple of new friends while there. Their dad and I just enjoyed watching them grow into their own person. 



Tonight it has sure cooled down and quit quickly to say the least.  I will be looking in after one of our ladies from church who had some surgery and needs someone to stay with her.  I said I would so her family can attend church.  I am going to take my bible and read a little to her and to myself.  I am thinking of making some apple muffins for tomorrow for breakfast and take her one. 

A little trick to do if you don't have butter milk and don't want to buy any add a little lemon juice to your milk and you will see it curdle a bit.  For like a cup of milk add about a tablespoon. 

Many blessings to you all,

Sherry



Tonight after publishing this we decided to have a bon fire it was a nice end to a long day. Listening to the laughter of my children and listening to the sounds of spring with the bullfrogs and all sounds of nature.  To top it off a clear sky with a big orange moon coming up over the trees.  God has blessed us with all of his beauty and reminders that he has us in the safty of his arms.  Have a blessed night everyone!

Hello again....

It has been such a long time it seems.  Life is funny when you loose your computer, it makes you remember what is life was like before computers.  I felt lost and unconnected with friends and family.  It is funny how now we seem to communicate more with computers of all sorts.  It use to be that we would pick up a phone or sit down and write a letter.  Now it seems that most of us now pick up a pen and paper less and less or not at all.  Writing letters seems to be a lost art.  Everythings seems to be going more and more virtual.  

Today has been such a beautiful day, my girls and I were able to get out and trim up some bushes.  Boy did they ever need a hair cut.  This week has been a life changing experience, for the first time in 11 years my husband is now on days.  It is such a blessing.  We now get to act more like most normal families.  It has been only seeing my husband a few hours a day, to several hours a day. 

I just want to tell everyone that I hope that you have a blessed Saint Patricks Day. 

I have been doing a lot of planning for our little homestead.  We are studing plans on raising chickens.  We don't know a lot about them or building a chicken coop but we are learning.  If anyone raises them and has advice please let me know.  What are the best layers and friendliest.  I have learned that you don't need a rooster unless you want to bread.  I know that  you just need to feed them oyster shell to make the eggs hard. 

I am planning on planting more fruit trees and make my garden larger.  I am so excited but need to build up my dirt.  We don't have the best dirt.  Where our garden is use to be a building, we keep finding glass and other items.  So I am planning on puting possible sand, compost and some sort of fertilizer on it.  Our dirt is not clay but kindof hard.  I am just excited to get it going but we have to wait another month in a half. 

We are also wanting to build up a few patio's around our house.  I know that we have a lot of irons in the fire and know we may not get it all done but it is good to set goals.  Well I don't have any other exciting news in my neighborhood to share with you. 

So I wish you a blessed day and week,
Blessings,

Sherry