FarmerJ | January 28, 2010
Have you ever had one of those days…or weeks? Have you ever attempted a task and things just seemed to go from bad to worse…to sublime? Well, I have! I never thought it’d happen ~ because I am married to the most easy-going man when it comes to caring for his culinary needs ~ but [...]
FarmerJ | January 26, 2010
Monday ~ Kielbasa and Fried Potatoes with Bell Peppers and Onions Tuesday ~ Sloppy Joes on Homemade Rolls; Corn and Cucumber Salad; Pork-n-Beans Wednesday ~ Chicken Fried Steak; Mashed Potatoes; Gravy; Sauteed Zucchini and Onions Thursday ~ Beef Stir Fry served over Jasmine Rice Friday ~ Roasted Sticky Chicken; Sweet Potatoes; Yellow Wax and Green [...]
FarmerJ | January 22, 2010
I finally completed a project that has been gnawing on me for about three years now! Of late, I’ve been experiencing what Darling Husbie has coined as ‘Projects Beget Projects’ ~ you know, you set out to complete one task and in the process another task spawns, so you tend to that task which quickly [...]
FarmerJ | January 21, 2010
I stumbled upon an offer just a few hours before its deadline December 31, 2009. It sounded like an offer that was too good to be true, so I thought I’d give it a try before I spread the word about it. Well, the offer stands true! Check it out! HotPrints Photo Books are a [...]
FarmerJ | January 19, 2010
We were blessed with some spectacular scenery a few days ago. One evening last week, we had some fog set in. The temperatures were conducive to creating a strange phenomenon to us transplanted desert dwellers ~ freezing fog. When the water droplets in fog freeze, it creates rime. There is soft rime and hard rime. [...]
FarmerJ | January 18, 2010
Monday ~ Potato Gnocchi Soup; Tossed Salad; Bread Sticks [We were supposed to have this last night, but I had a little...um...er...mishap in the kitchen and had to quickly come up with Plan B. So! We are going to have this wonderful meal tonight ~ if I can avoid another mishap.] Tuesday ~ Fiesta Chicken [...]
FarmerJ | January 17, 2010
Although we ate the majority of our dinner meals from things we already had in the pantry and freezer, I have to report that we did fall off the challenge wagon one evening because of lack of better planning on my part. While I’m feeling like I’ve failed because of that, I’m trying to remind [...]
FarmerJ | January 15, 2010
The massive earthquake that shook Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12 also hit home a little on the prairie lands in Nebraska. The first thought I had when I’d heard the news was about the children and staff of Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos. You see, in my former life, I worked as the Director of Sponsorship for [...]
FarmerJ | January 14, 2010
There is certainly one gene God left out of my DNA genetic makeup ~ the crafty and creative gene. The attention to detail gene? Got it. The organization gene? Probably concentrated. The crafty and creative gene? Nope. It isn’t there. So, when I can come up with something that has even the slightest tinge of [...]
FarmerJ | January 13, 2010
After experiencing two blizzards and record-breaking snowfall in December, followed by record-breaking sub-zero temperatures the first half of January, it seems we are having a heat wave! The forecast for the next week calls for temperatures in the low 40′s ~ even the lows are warmer [much warmer] than the highs were a week ago. [...]
