At long last I am ready to end my blogging break.....
Just to catch up. We did go to St. Louis as planned and had a very good visit with the grandkids for three days.
We came home Sunday December 18. Now at this point I had no decorations up for Christmas since we had expected a New Year's visit from our daughter and her family. Two days after getting home DH got very sick with an intestinal virus thing that just knocked him out for two days....just as he was getting a little better, it hit me.....hard! I was sick for 4 days. For 9 days we didn't get off the farm.......about two days ago I began feeling more normal but just a little weak. Today I feel back to my norm. This was the first time we have been sick in probably 30 or more years! I think this is a new virus
I even milked this morning. I am happy to report we had Willow's milk stored for about 10 days and it stayed beautifully sweet and good the entire time. I was pleased about that; it tells me I am being very sanitary processing the milk.
The weather here today is beautiful with a breeze and beautiful sunshine. I think we are supposed to be up to 60° by the weekend.
We still aren't sure about holiday plans. I do know I don't plan to put up decorations for just one day....even though there will be some disappointment I know. I will decorate the dining room and put the gifts on the table and try to make it look somewhat Christmasy. I am hoping I can handle a turkey dinner.....I take rest breaks every hour or so.
I made our favorite pound cake today. I got the recipe from Allrecipes and it is called Gina's Poundcake.
It is unique in the way it is baked starting in a cold oven.
I will freeze this if no company appears....
I have also made a batch of sugar cookies I will bake at the last minute and decorate .... or freeze.
I also made a batch of Honey Oat Bran Bread. We were out and I like having extra on hand for company.
An unexpected Gift:
I was at my MIL's the other day and I spotted this quilt on top of some discard boxes in her garage. I asked her where she got it.....it is from her MIL and used to be red and white but faded like this when she laundered it. She had it on the trash pick up stuff....she asked if I wanted it and I told her yes! It is 100% hand made. I laid it on the dining room table before putting it away and like the way it looked so....here it now rests.
She told me she has others......I haven't seen them yet.
This is enough catching up. I have been trying to read and respond to everyone's blogs and hope I haven't missed anyone.
Just to catch up. We did go to St. Louis as planned and had a very good visit with the grandkids for three days.
We came home Sunday December 18. Now at this point I had no decorations up for Christmas since we had expected a New Year's visit from our daughter and her family. Two days after getting home DH got very sick with an intestinal virus thing that just knocked him out for two days....just as he was getting a little better, it hit me.....hard! I was sick for 4 days. For 9 days we didn't get off the farm.......about two days ago I began feeling more normal but just a little weak. Today I feel back to my norm. This was the first time we have been sick in probably 30 or more years! I think this is a new virus
I even milked this morning. I am happy to report we had Willow's milk stored for about 10 days and it stayed beautifully sweet and good the entire time. I was pleased about that; it tells me I am being very sanitary processing the milk.
The weather here today is beautiful with a breeze and beautiful sunshine. I think we are supposed to be up to 60° by the weekend.
We still aren't sure about holiday plans. I do know I don't plan to put up decorations for just one day....even though there will be some disappointment I know. I will decorate the dining room and put the gifts on the table and try to make it look somewhat Christmasy. I am hoping I can handle a turkey dinner.....I take rest breaks every hour or so.
I made our favorite pound cake today. I got the recipe from Allrecipes and it is called Gina's Poundcake.
It is unique in the way it is baked starting in a cold oven.
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I will freeze this if no company appears....
I have also made a batch of sugar cookies I will bake at the last minute and decorate .... or freeze.
I also made a batch of Honey Oat Bran Bread. We were out and I like having extra on hand for company.
An unexpected Gift:
I was at my MIL's the other day and I spotted this quilt on top of some discard boxes in her garage. I asked her where she got it.....it is from her MIL and used to be red and white but faded like this when she laundered it. She had it on the trash pick up stuff....she asked if I wanted it and I told her yes! It is 100% hand made. I laid it on the dining room table before putting it away and like the way it looked so....here it now rests.
She told me she has others......I haven't seen them yet.
This is enough catching up. I have been trying to read and respond to everyone's blogs and hope I haven't missed anyone.
