A New Review....or two

HAPPY HALLOWEENER!!! HAHAHAHA!!
 So, I tried the hot dogs with spaghetti noodles shoved into them...and guess what??? It is definitely a ***** five star pin!!  The only problem is that you have to cook them for so long to get the noodles cooked thoroughly that your wiener is now pretty big and swollen (eek...but true) and kind of wants to split open, we can't have that!! So I would recommend getting the super skinny noodles for this project.

Sugar cookie dough...with a surprise inside :)

Next, I tried the sugar/rolo cookie.  You simply put a rolo in the center of a ball of sugar cookie dough.

I guess it was ok.  Maybe *** star pin. Nothing spectacular..although it was pretty darned easy! They tasted better when the were cold...FYI

A before and after photo of a yard sale side table....treasure!

Notice the cat (now deceased) and the dust :) 

  I just need to put on another coat of stain and it will be all finished. I like it, I may keep it. This store may be bad for me...real real bad!

Beet Harvest 2012

 Beet harvest is a favorite time of year...the smells, the sounds, the chill in the air. It is also the final crop to come out of the ground. Which means the end of another farm year.  We still have a couple weeks of disking and ground work to put the soil to rest for the winter but it is a much slower pace and not as critical as getting the crops into storage or wherever they may be going.

 

Just some disturbing photos to enjoy :)

Dead gerbil...I tried to revive him

The kitten is cute...the belly, not so cute!

I had a vein stripped...that even disturbs me!

This position could only be cute when performed by a kitten.

Fish eating dead skin....in the AIRPORT! Now, who doesn't want to sit on a pedestal in a busy airport and plunge their feet into a piranha tank?

Abandoned baby racoon's...nasty little buggers!

My really strange sister in law...carsick, drinking a ginger something or other. The only thing we could find in Europe for an upset tummy. She is a little dramatic..hahah

My untitled book..

Now, my book (still working on a name for it) has kind of been on the back burner. I am so busy harvesting sugar beets right now that I just don't have time for everything! (I sure hope..once again..that Stuart does not read this..hahah)  I need to get going on it before I forget even more details of the past few years.  I wanted to have my sons perspective in my book but if I want it done in a timely manner...I may have to finish it by myself..sniff sniff :(  My hope is that my book will reach out to other parents who have had the unfortunate opportunity to deal with a child that has fallen prey to the world of drugs and alcohol.  People often say that they don't understand how a family like ours could go through this.  We raised our children is a loving, christian home and never believed that something like this could effect our family.   Well let me just tell you right now!!! It can happen to anyone, anyplace, anytime! Our society has led our kids to believe that they cannot have fun in life without partaking in theses substances. It has become quite acceptable. The problem is that some are strong enough to move on after trying out this lifestyle and some have already been attacked by addiction. 

We have been humbled and strengthened by what our son has gone through and what we have gone through beside him.

Update....Sibling Rivalry!

So many projects...so little time! These are all things that I am in the process of getting ready to finish up for our store. The golf clubs are not a project :)  Just need to organize a little. Who left those there anyways? Dang kids!

Yes, this used to be a garage...it is now a storage/work area for "creating". My husband loves that the garage looks like this. His dream is to be able to park in here again someday.  For me, the garage is just an extension of my home. I don't like to mess it up by putting cars and pickups in here. That is crazy!

O.k. so we at Sibling Rivalry are a little slow at getting our store up and running, but believe me..there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes (that sounds so mysterious huh?).  My middle sister is working on our website and my oldest sister is...ummm....I don't really know.  But I know she has some great things for our store.  All handmade and very unique. My mom is also busily saving her wares for our store.  I am not sure how she fits into the sibling part...but she has good stuff so we will allow her to "play" with us! I will start posting some before and after pic's on the things that I am working on. So exciting!!

Horror for a Rooster!!

My daughter sent me this very sad tale of a rooster and a bully (aka, my son in law)..


You know how our chickens roam wherever they want to be.  They have an addiction to cat food.  No matter where we put it, they find it.  Well, today Luke (name changed to protect the not-so-innocent) moved it and he was going to just keep chasing them away until they figured out they can't be there.  He kept running outside and chasing them off each time we heard them near the food.  Well, eventually he decided to just go after the rooster since usually he's the leader of the pack. (though he's been an awesome rooster, really nice. We've gone through some mean stupid roosters)  Anyway, he started taking this big stick with him to chase them off.  Well, he went after the rooster and chased it into part of the yard where we'd just watered, and he slipped and fell and he threw his hand with the stick back to try and catch his balance (didn't work LOL) and hit the rooster.  But when he got up, the rooster was seizing and flopping around, and DIED!  OMGosh! LOL  He must have nailed it right at the back of the neck at it's spinal cord!!!  We have been half horrified half cracking up every since it happened...sad because he was a good rooster and we didn't want him dead, hilarious because WHO DOES THAT HAPPEN TO!???!?  I mean, seriously...who else would anything like that ever happen to??!  Luke seems to be struggling with a little PTSD over it.
In a nutshell, we're the Funny Farm



These are for my special son in law Luke (not his real name...remember)....

Pin(terest) Rating...first of many!! Yahoo!

Pin rating.....***** five stars out of five stars!!!

This little beauty is a chocolate muffin mixed fixed in a waffle iron (duh).  I have pinned several mixes you can fix in your waffle iron, and I must say this is ingenious! Be sure and spray with cooking oil between cakes. You cannot remove them with a fork (like a waffle) so I just picked it up and dumped it out...viola..perfection!!! My husband may get a little tired of all the variations I plan to try.  He is a lucky guy :p 

 

 Melting Ivory soap in your microwave.....oh yea baby.  ***** five stars!!!!!

 Growing.....

 And growing.....

 This was soooo cool.  Feels like tissue paper after about 1 min. in microwave. Not sure what to do with it now.  It's sitting on my counter just chillin'   I read that you can make soap molds out of it by mixing in the blender with (water?) and pouring into molds??? Whatever, it was just fun.

 I am going to have to give this Pin a ** Two out of three stars.  The plan...color onto wax paper or sand paper and transfer onto a t-shirt. Hmmm. As you can see (notice my Vanna hand) it was not a total flop but not what I expected. My husband will never wear this ;)

 The result was wax paper not good with crayons or markers.  The fine grit sandpaper not too good.  The coarse sandpaper was the best.  Although it will whittle down your crayons in nothin flat!

This was a photo on freezer wrap (put through the printer).  Not a bit good.  I will continue to try different papers. I might as well...I have pretty much ruined my printer now :(  Once again..my husband is so lucky, good thing he loves me sooooo very much.  Hope he never reads my blog.


OTHER PINS WE HAVE TRIED (ME AND MY MOMMA) Sorry no pictures.

These are NEGATIVE NEGATIVE.....WARNING...DO NOT TRY AT HOME!

1.  Dawn and vinegar (heat vinegar add equal parts dawn dishwashing liquid)...didn't do anything amazing for me.  Stunk real good though.

2.  Soda water helps boiled eggs peel better...bleeep...nope.

3.  Bleach pen on t-shirts.  Noooooo. BUT..and a big BUT...we used watered down bleach and a paintbrush, OMGeeeee it worked beautifully. In fact my son Justins girlfriend Ashley made several very beautiful shirts using this method....Yeah..success! I will try to get some pictures posted of these.

4.  Condensed milk turns to caramel if left in crock pot full of water on low for 8 hours will turn to  dulce de leche.  My mom said...Nope!

POSITIVE RESULTS ON THESE PINS...DO TRY AT HOME.  BUT DON'T BLAME ME IF THEY FAIL!

1.  Refilling scented oil plug-ins (in the tiny bottle) with essential oils...perfection!

2.  Resurrection rolls...my mom said these are to die for.  Hmmm...or maybe I should say to live for..hahahah

3.  Homemade fruit dip with cream cheese, marshmallow cream (homemade?) and powered sugar.  Yummmers

4. Comeback Sauce... Mon says she used this on EVERYTHING. And I want to know no more! :/

 

Corn Harvest 2012

Onion Harvest 2012

This is what our life consists of during the month of September...All good times :)

Justin and Beth enjoying a lovely hyster ride..

Dumping onion into bins that will be stored in our storage buildings until the price goes sky high and we sell them..hahah

Onion girl!

The best photographer ever!!

Love these two <3 <3