I wasn't stealthy enough to get a picture, so I'm borrowing one from a really awesome website that will tell you all kinds of fun facts about the birds you see at your feeders.
Needless to say my hummingbird feeders are up in full force now.
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Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Little Visitor
I saw my first one of these today getting a sip from one of my tulips....
I wasn't stealthy enough to get a picture, so I'm borrowing one from a really awesome website that will tell you all kinds of fun facts about the birds you see at your feeders.
Needless to say my hummingbird feeders are up in full force now.
I wasn't stealthy enough to get a picture, so I'm borrowing one from a really awesome website that will tell you all kinds of fun facts about the birds you see at your feeders.
Needless to say my hummingbird feeders are up in full force now.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Confessions...
I'm linking up with Confessions of a Northern Belle today.
I confess...I'm glad KB's plants took off well, but I'm ready for them to be out of my house. It's been too cold to put them out yet so they are living on my kitchen table, floor, tables in our house...anywhere there is room.
I confess...I just started my job 3 months ago, but I'm ready for a vacation. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I'm so busy now that sometimes I can hardly see straight. I want a good week somewhere tropical now (not in September).
I confess....I've eaten way too much Easter candy. My mother in law loves to make Easter baskets even though her children are full grown adults.
I confess...I picked a bunch of flowers from my neighbor's yard when he wasn't home. He's a bachelor that doesn't take care of his yard at all and has the cutest little grape hyacinths everywhere.....so I took a bunch.
I confess...I have watched Roadhouse 3 times in the past week. I was around when KB was watching it last weekend, it was on again earlier that week and then we watched it (like sat down and actually paid attention to it) last night. It's not even that great of a movie. I mean...Patrick Swayze rips some guy's throat out. Unbelievable.
I confess...I'm glad KB's plants took off well, but I'm ready for them to be out of my house. It's been too cold to put them out yet so they are living on my kitchen table, floor, tables in our house...anywhere there is room.
I confess...I just started my job 3 months ago, but I'm ready for a vacation. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I'm so busy now that sometimes I can hardly see straight. I want a good week somewhere tropical now (not in September).
I confess....I've eaten way too much Easter candy. My mother in law loves to make Easter baskets even though her children are full grown adults.
I confess...I picked a bunch of flowers from my neighbor's yard when he wasn't home. He's a bachelor that doesn't take care of his yard at all and has the cutest little grape hyacinths everywhere.....so I took a bunch.
I confess...I have watched Roadhouse 3 times in the past week. I was around when KB was watching it last weekend, it was on again earlier that week and then we watched it (like sat down and actually paid attention to it) last night. It's not even that great of a movie. I mean...Patrick Swayze rips some guy's throat out. Unbelievable.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Friday Fives
Here's five random things on this Friday.....
-I have to work today. Boo. My company gives us President's day instead of Good Friday. Yay America.
-KB's grow light operation has been working well....a little too well. We transplanted the seedlings into bigger pots yesterday because they were starting to die. Now my house looks like something off of Drugs Inc. Lots of pots. Lots of lights. Lots of water. Our neighbor actually asked us the other day what he should tell the cops we are growing when they show up.
-I got bitten by a tick 2 weeks ago. It still itches like crazy and has this really nasty scab on it. Ticks are seriously so gross and there is snow on the ground. What was a tick doing out at that time (I sound like its mom)? Before you go crazy and think that I have some nasty tick borne illness, I don't. We have extensive background in that (KB is a tick magnet) and I don't have any of the symptoms. It's time to break out the DEET I guess.
-I'm still going back and forth on paint colors for our house. At first I wanted something dark and woodsy, but after thinking about it I think that would look kinda weird on our house. I think I've settled on a sage green color for most of it, a cream trim, and dark red accents. Now I just need to convince KB to pay someone to do it and not try it himself.
- Everyone should vote for Cheerwine in Garden and Guns bracket of the best southern foods. North Carolina come on and raise up.
-I have to work today. Boo. My company gives us President's day instead of Good Friday. Yay America.
-KB's grow light operation has been working well....a little too well. We transplanted the seedlings into bigger pots yesterday because they were starting to die. Now my house looks like something off of Drugs Inc. Lots of pots. Lots of lights. Lots of water. Our neighbor actually asked us the other day what he should tell the cops we are growing when they show up.
-I got bitten by a tick 2 weeks ago. It still itches like crazy and has this really nasty scab on it. Ticks are seriously so gross and there is snow on the ground. What was a tick doing out at that time (I sound like its mom)? Before you go crazy and think that I have some nasty tick borne illness, I don't. We have extensive background in that (KB is a tick magnet) and I don't have any of the symptoms. It's time to break out the DEET I guess.
-I'm still going back and forth on paint colors for our house. At first I wanted something dark and woodsy, but after thinking about it I think that would look kinda weird on our house. I think I've settled on a sage green color for most of it, a cream trim, and dark red accents. Now I just need to convince KB to pay someone to do it and not try it himself.
- Everyone should vote for Cheerwine in Garden and Guns bracket of the best southern foods. North Carolina come on and raise up.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Menu Monday
Here's what we'll be eating on this week....
Mon: Smothered Chicken with Greens
This looks really good and I have some mushrooms that are on their last legs. We'll be having this with some extra greens from KB's grandparent's house on the side. I'll probably dress them up with dried cranberries and apple cider vinegar. Yum yum.
Tues: Corn Cakes with Goat Cheese and Salad
I've had these pinned for a really long time and kind of forget about them. Aldi had goat cheese majorly on sale, so I stocked up. I'm also going to make a salad to go with these with some kind of mustard vinaigrette. Our friends gave us some really good spicy mustard and I can't wait to try it out in this.
Wed: Chicken Fajita Salad
I love salads like this because they are easy and taste way richer than they really are. I'll probably not use the dressing. I made some like this last week and it wasn't very good. I'll probably make some jalapeno ranch (which is totally not cultured or healthy, but whatever).
Thurs: Avocado Egg Salad
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that KB will not like this dish. He pulled an avocado out of the fridge yesterday and asked me what it was and who was eating them. That would be me. All the time.
Extras!:
Peanut Butter Pie Cookies
Sometimes I eat things and I'm like "I'm really glad I'm not allergic to peanuts...or milk...or gluten..etc. This is one of those things. I made these for a cookout with our neighbors on Saturday and they were really good. I'm pretty sure their kid at about half of them.
Easter Egg Bread
We had another cookout to go to on Sunday afternoon for some friends that have chickens, so I thought it would be fun to make this. It turned out terrible. I'm just not good at baking. It didn't rise hardly at all and is really hard. KB thought it was good though, so he's been eating it for breakfast in the morning. I ended up taking a bottle of wine to the cookout instead. That's probably more fun anyway.
Mon: Smothered Chicken with Greens
This looks really good and I have some mushrooms that are on their last legs. We'll be having this with some extra greens from KB's grandparent's house on the side. I'll probably dress them up with dried cranberries and apple cider vinegar. Yum yum.
Tues: Corn Cakes with Goat Cheese and Salad
I've had these pinned for a really long time and kind of forget about them. Aldi had goat cheese majorly on sale, so I stocked up. I'm also going to make a salad to go with these with some kind of mustard vinaigrette. Our friends gave us some really good spicy mustard and I can't wait to try it out in this.
Wed: Chicken Fajita Salad
I love salads like this because they are easy and taste way richer than they really are. I'll probably not use the dressing. I made some like this last week and it wasn't very good. I'll probably make some jalapeno ranch (which is totally not cultured or healthy, but whatever).
Thurs: Avocado Egg Salad
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that KB will not like this dish. He pulled an avocado out of the fridge yesterday and asked me what it was and who was eating them. That would be me. All the time.
Extras!:
Peanut Butter Pie Cookies
Sometimes I eat things and I'm like "I'm really glad I'm not allergic to peanuts...or milk...or gluten..etc. This is one of those things. I made these for a cookout with our neighbors on Saturday and they were really good. I'm pretty sure their kid at about half of them.
Easter Egg Bread
We had another cookout to go to on Sunday afternoon for some friends that have chickens, so I thought it would be fun to make this. It turned out terrible. I'm just not good at baking. It didn't rise hardly at all and is really hard. KB thought it was good though, so he's been eating it for breakfast in the morning. I ended up taking a bottle of wine to the cookout instead. That's probably more fun anyway.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Confession Time
I'm linking up with Confessions of a Northern Belle again to confess my weirdness for this week.
I confess....I've been going crazy on the garden stuff recently. I've already ordered 3 different orders of plants and am just waiting on them to get here so I can plant them. I had KB cut down a ton of trees in our yard, get me a ton of mulch and just generally do lots of hard convict labor. Our yard looked terrible last summer because we moved in during the spring when it was too late to do much. Not this year. Oh no.
I confess... I got mud all over my shoes and blamed it on Rosa just to see what KB would do. Rosa is his special little girl and can do no wrong in his eyes. He didn't seem to care, but I'm not sure he would've cared if I had just said that I got mud all over the carpet either.
I confess.... I'm kind of fed up with a contractor that I really liked. We're trying to get our kitchen redone and I had a handful of contractors come out to give me bids. I only really liked one of them when he was here....of course he's the one that still hasn't given me an estimate. It's been almost a month. Come one dude.
I confess.... I had big plans to work in the yard yesterday afternoon because it was sunny and it was still daylight, but instead I just ended up watching a few episodes of Girls and calling it a day.
I confess...Besides watching a few episodes of Girls I also watched almost an entire season of Veep. It's hilarious! I saw it pop up on our On Demand stuff and thought I would give it a try. That spiraled out of control into watching almost an entire season.
I confess....I've been going crazy on the garden stuff recently. I've already ordered 3 different orders of plants and am just waiting on them to get here so I can plant them. I had KB cut down a ton of trees in our yard, get me a ton of mulch and just generally do lots of hard convict labor. Our yard looked terrible last summer because we moved in during the spring when it was too late to do much. Not this year. Oh no.
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| Oh our yard will not look like this nasty mess again... |
I confess.... I'm kind of fed up with a contractor that I really liked. We're trying to get our kitchen redone and I had a handful of contractors come out to give me bids. I only really liked one of them when he was here....of course he's the one that still hasn't given me an estimate. It's been almost a month. Come one dude.
I confess.... I had big plans to work in the yard yesterday afternoon because it was sunny and it was still daylight, but instead I just ended up watching a few episodes of Girls and calling it a day.
I confess...Besides watching a few episodes of Girls I also watched almost an entire season of Veep. It's hilarious! I saw it pop up on our On Demand stuff and thought I would give it a try. That spiraled out of control into watching almost an entire season.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Grow Grow Grow
We have lift off....
KB wanted to try starting some seeds inside this year. Almost all of them came up.
We planted Black Krim tomatoes, Right Bite tomatoes, Beefsteak tomatoes, jalapenos, bell peppers, squash, cucumber, zucchini, impatiens, alyssum, and some gourds. Holy produce Batman.
KB wanted to try starting some seeds inside this year. Almost all of them came up.
We planted Black Krim tomatoes, Right Bite tomatoes, Beefsteak tomatoes, jalapenos, bell peppers, squash, cucumber, zucchini, impatiens, alyssum, and some gourds. Holy produce Batman.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Friday Randoms
It's been a busy week around here with lots of work going on. My new job is taking off in a big way. They are definitely getting their money's worth!
Here's some random things going on with me.
I just don't like yoga. I've tried to make it work for me and I just can't do it. I'm not flexible, I can't "quiet my mind" and I just don't feel like it gives me a good workout. I know that none of these things are supposed to matter in yoga and that's why it's so great, but the fact that I can't do it just ends up pissing me off.
KB put up a bird feeder outside of my office window over the weekend and it's been really neat. I've seen a lot of birds really up close. This morning I also saw a hawk take out a squirrel that was eating on it. Needless to say there hasn't been any more squirrels on it today.
On the same bird nerd note, when I was walking the dogs today I saw a whole flock of bluebirds. It was magical. I just stood there and watched them for a while. Then Pancho got antsy and started barking at them and they flew away.
KB's birthday is on Tuesday. He won't tell me what he wants, but did say last night that he wanted to try out wood burning as a hobby. Wood burning? I didn't even know that was a thing. He says he wants to make a sign for our house saying who lives here. My grandma has a sign. His grand parents have a sign. I think I see a trend here.
I'm planning on getting my yard ready for spring this weekend, but it's supposed to rain almost all weekend. I ordered a bunch of flowers this week, so I've got to get my yard in shape before it's too late. It's rained all week almost - over it!
We're watching chickens for a friend this week and I love them! They are so funny and pretty easy to take care of. I've gotten 5 blue eggs already. They are little and pretty. I just want to look at them and not eat them.
Here's some random things going on with me.
I just don't like yoga. I've tried to make it work for me and I just can't do it. I'm not flexible, I can't "quiet my mind" and I just don't feel like it gives me a good workout. I know that none of these things are supposed to matter in yoga and that's why it's so great, but the fact that I can't do it just ends up pissing me off.
KB put up a bird feeder outside of my office window over the weekend and it's been really neat. I've seen a lot of birds really up close. This morning I also saw a hawk take out a squirrel that was eating on it. Needless to say there hasn't been any more squirrels on it today.
On the same bird nerd note, when I was walking the dogs today I saw a whole flock of bluebirds. It was magical. I just stood there and watched them for a while. Then Pancho got antsy and started barking at them and they flew away.
KB's birthday is on Tuesday. He won't tell me what he wants, but did say last night that he wanted to try out wood burning as a hobby. Wood burning? I didn't even know that was a thing. He says he wants to make a sign for our house saying who lives here. My grandma has a sign. His grand parents have a sign. I think I see a trend here.
I'm planning on getting my yard ready for spring this weekend, but it's supposed to rain almost all weekend. I ordered a bunch of flowers this week, so I've got to get my yard in shape before it's too late. It's rained all week almost - over it!
We're watching chickens for a friend this week and I love them! They are so funny and pretty easy to take care of. I've gotten 5 blue eggs already. They are little and pretty. I just want to look at them and not eat them.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Thoughts on a Thursday
I haven't blurted out random thoughts in a while, so here goes...
-It's my first week of completely working at home (I used to be able to every now and then at my old job) and I'm amazed at the amount of work I get done (both personal and professional) when I'm all by myself. This week alone I've done all of my regular work, had 3 contractors out to look at our kitchen, deep cleaned a different room every day, kept up with laundry, and had dinner done by the time KB got home. It's been pretty glorious. I'm sure once I get up to speed with actual work though lots of the personal stuff will have to go away.
-KB has decided that he wants to go to law school (why I have no idea). This would involve us moving at least 3 hours away from where we are now. I'm not sold on the idea.....and he knows it. I'm hoping that it will just go away. He says he's tired of his job and he's bored with what he's doing. I'm hoping he gets a new job soon and the law school idea dies a quick death.
-I"m in the process of decorating my office/closet room (pictures to come). KB and his grandpa built me this huge corner desk. We decided to stain it in the basement and then move it upstairs to my office. Needless to say this desk weighs a million pounds and I was pretty sure I was going to die last night moving it. We also had a slight issue fitting it through the door, but made it (after scratching the door and walls which will now have to be repainted).
-I got to spend some quality time with some lovely lady hens yesterday. A friend of ours is going out of town for a few weeks and just moved close to us, so we're watching her chickens for her. I get to keep all of the eggs and hopefully it will be good practice for when we get our own chickens (hopefully this spring). We've got plans to build a log cabin coop like this one from Backyard Chickens that will use up a bunch of tress that KB has cut down.
-It's my first week of completely working at home (I used to be able to every now and then at my old job) and I'm amazed at the amount of work I get done (both personal and professional) when I'm all by myself. This week alone I've done all of my regular work, had 3 contractors out to look at our kitchen, deep cleaned a different room every day, kept up with laundry, and had dinner done by the time KB got home. It's been pretty glorious. I'm sure once I get up to speed with actual work though lots of the personal stuff will have to go away.
-KB has decided that he wants to go to law school (why I have no idea). This would involve us moving at least 3 hours away from where we are now. I'm not sold on the idea.....and he knows it. I'm hoping that it will just go away. He says he's tired of his job and he's bored with what he's doing. I'm hoping he gets a new job soon and the law school idea dies a quick death.
-I"m in the process of decorating my office/closet room (pictures to come). KB and his grandpa built me this huge corner desk. We decided to stain it in the basement and then move it upstairs to my office. Needless to say this desk weighs a million pounds and I was pretty sure I was going to die last night moving it. We also had a slight issue fitting it through the door, but made it (after scratching the door and walls which will now have to be repainted).
-I got to spend some quality time with some lovely lady hens yesterday. A friend of ours is going out of town for a few weeks and just moved close to us, so we're watching her chickens for her. I get to keep all of the eggs and hopefully it will be good practice for when we get our own chickens (hopefully this spring). We've got plans to build a log cabin coop like this one from Backyard Chickens that will use up a bunch of tress that KB has cut down.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Pretty Pretty
When I got home from NY I found this little lovely waiting on me..
I'm trying to get into orchids, so KB got me one for a little present while I was gone. I have another one that finished blooming, I repotted it and it hasn't flowered again (apparently it takes them a really long time to reflower). It's not looking too hot these days, so I'm not really sure what's going on.
Any orchid growing tips? I see them in design magazines all the time, so somebody out there has to know what's going on.
I'm trying to get into orchids, so KB got me one for a little present while I was gone. I have another one that finished blooming, I repotted it and it hasn't flowered again (apparently it takes them a really long time to reflower). It's not looking too hot these days, so I'm not really sure what's going on.
Any orchid growing tips? I see them in design magazines all the time, so somebody out there has to know what's going on.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Pinteresting Wednesday
Here are my favorite Pins this week....
What are your favorite Pins this week???
Link up with The Vintage Apple to play along.
What are your favorite Pins this week???
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
It's beginning to look a lot like....
Spring in my house! I moved lots of my plants inside for the winter just to see how they would do and they are going like crazy.
There's lots of things growing around here...
I got this Christmas cactus from Lowe's last year sometime in January. They were selling them for just a dollar. I left it outside all spring and summer and it never really did much. As soon as I moved it inside though, it went crazy! It's growing like crazy and this past week has started blooming like crazy.
I've been wanting an orchid for a while, but could never find one that was affordable enough. These things are seriously expensive. I found this one in Aldi a few weeks ago for only $9. I couldn't pass it up. I love it! I've read a bunch about all their needs (they are as needy as a hormonal teenager), so hopefully I'll be able to keep it alive.
I love their blossoms! I must be doing something right though, because I have a little bloom that's popping up. Supposedly you can take that bloom when it gets a little bigger and transplant it into a whole new plant.
I'm also planning on trying to root a pineapple plant. My grandmother has a pineapple plant that she rooted from a pineapple top and it is huge! You can actually harvest your own pineapples from them after a few years. I read online that you need to let it root first in a shallow dish with water.
I also moved inside my African Violet. I made this fun little pot out of jute twine last night. It turned out pretty well and my African Violet fit right inside of it.
We're also working on doing some outside work on our new garden spot. I'm not sure what the people that lived here before us were doing but it involved lots of landscaping fabric and irrigation pipes (can you say sketchy). We're trying to rip up all of the landscaping fabric before tilling it up, but the stuff is everywhere!
What do you have growing???
There's lots of things growing around here...
I got this Christmas cactus from Lowe's last year sometime in January. They were selling them for just a dollar. I left it outside all spring and summer and it never really did much. As soon as I moved it inside though, it went crazy! It's growing like crazy and this past week has started blooming like crazy.
I've been wanting an orchid for a while, but could never find one that was affordable enough. These things are seriously expensive. I found this one in Aldi a few weeks ago for only $9. I couldn't pass it up. I love it! I've read a bunch about all their needs (they are as needy as a hormonal teenager), so hopefully I'll be able to keep it alive.
I love their blossoms! I must be doing something right though, because I have a little bloom that's popping up. Supposedly you can take that bloom when it gets a little bigger and transplant it into a whole new plant.
I'm also planning on trying to root a pineapple plant. My grandmother has a pineapple plant that she rooted from a pineapple top and it is huge! You can actually harvest your own pineapples from them after a few years. I read online that you need to let it root first in a shallow dish with water.
I also moved inside my African Violet. I made this fun little pot out of jute twine last night. It turned out pretty well and my African Violet fit right inside of it.
We're also working on doing some outside work on our new garden spot. I'm not sure what the people that lived here before us were doing but it involved lots of landscaping fabric and irrigation pipes (can you say sketchy). We're trying to rip up all of the landscaping fabric before tilling it up, but the stuff is everywhere!
What do you have growing???
Friday, November 2, 2012
Finally!
It's finally done!
We (and by we I mean KB) started building this retaining wall on Labor day. Almost 3 months later and it's finally done!
This probably would have gone faster if everything KB did didn't have to be perfect. It turned into a nightmare of civil engineering complete with load of gravel, soil conditioner, drainage pipes and outdoor caulk. Hopefully once spring comes and we can get some plants in the ground it will be just beautiful.
We (and by we I mean KB) started building this retaining wall on Labor day. Almost 3 months later and it's finally done!
This probably would have gone faster if everything KB did didn't have to be perfect. It turned into a nightmare of civil engineering complete with load of gravel, soil conditioner, drainage pipes and outdoor caulk. Hopefully once spring comes and we can get some plants in the ground it will be just beautiful.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Random Facts
Clarinda nominated me for a Liebster award.
So here's a little bit about me...
1. Why did you start blogging?
I mainly started because I was creeping on other people's and it felt weird sometimes. I started one mostly so I could comment, but then I thought "if random person can write about what she ate for dinner, so can I!".
2. Why did you choose this name for your blog?
3. If money were no object, where would you live and why?
4. When you meet someone for the first time, what's the first thing you want to know about him/her?
5. What's the most unique thing about you?
6. What inspires you?
7. What's your favorite dish (to eat or prepare)?
8. Describe your ideal weekend.
9. What did you want to be when you grew up and how does it compare to what you do now?
10. What is your dream career?
11. What is your favorite song or who is your favorite artist to dance to?
So here's a little bit about me...
1. Why did you start blogging?
I mainly started because I was creeping on other people's and it felt weird sometimes. I started one mostly so I could comment, but then I thought "if random person can write about what she ate for dinner, so can I!".
2. Why did you choose this name for your blog?
My last name is Brown (and it had recently become so when I started this blog) and I grew up on a farm. It was fun and it rhymed.
3. If money were no object, where would you live and why?
I genuinely really like where we live. We live in Western NC. It's pretty, the weather is nice (most of the time) and both mine and KB's families are here. That being said, I wouldn't mind having some vacation properties in South America, a lodge in Montana or Canada and in Europe. A girl can dream right?
4. When you meet someone for the first time, what's the first thing you want to know about him/her?
I like to know where someone is from and where they grew up. I get asked this a lot at work because I'm one of the few people that has a Southern accent. It tells you a lot about somebody by knowing where they grew up.
5. What's the most unique thing about you?
Ummmm I don't really feel like I have that many unique things. I have really long toes (like really long). Some of them are as long as my fingers. It's kind of gross.
6. What inspires you?
Right now I'm trying to get fit, so I'm inspired by a lot of weight loss blogs and Pins. It's really motivated me so far to go online and see people who have lost a lot more weight than I want to (or need to).
7. What's your favorite dish (to eat or prepare)?
My favorite dish to each (but definitely not prepare) is country ham. It's so salty (and really bad for you) and so good. I don't eat it that often, but on a biscuit it is seriously heaven.
8. Describe your ideal weekend.
My ideal weekend sounds a lot like the one coming up. I'm going to stay at home and get my yard ready for winter by cleaning out some flower beds and moving some plants inside. I'm going to make some really good deer stew and probably some bread. On Sunday it's supposed to be cold, so we'll probably just stay inside and lay around all day. We've been gone the last few weekends, so this one will be great.
9. What did you want to be when you grew up and how does it compare to what you do now?
For a long time I really wanted to be a veterinarian I really liked animals and I thought it would be super neat. When I got older and wiser I realized that you had to know a lot of science and chemistry and I was just too lazy for that. Now I work in marketing for large pharmaceutical companies. It's definitely not what I saw myself doing for the rest of my life, but for now it's pretty fun and I've learned a lot about that industry.
10. What is your dream career?
I honestly have no idea. I'd really like to be able to stay at home and raise some goats and chickens and dogs. I'd like to have a big garden and just can stuff all day long and make good food. That's not really a job, but more of a lifestyle I guess
11. What is your favorite song or who is your favorite artist to dance to?
One of my favorite songs is "Wild Horses" by the Rolling Stones. The words and music are really pretty. It's not a really good song to dance to though. For dancing, I move it a lot to 80s hair metal. I love me some hair bands.
I'm terrible at nominating people for things, so I'm going to be lazy and tag anyone that wants to say a lil something about themselves.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Pinteresting Wednesday Post
It's time for another Pinteresting Wednesday post - link up with The Vintage Apple to play along.
Here are my favorite Pins of the week:
What are your favorite Pins this week??
Here are my favorite Pins of the week:
What are your favorite Pins this week??
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Around the Kitchen
I finally got a chance to do some random things around the kitchen this weekend.
My mom gave me a bunch of basil, so I froze it. I looked around for a few different methods and ended up chopping it and freezing it.
So far it seems to be okay, but I haven't used it yet.
My basil and a HUGE cucumber my grandma gave me.
My chopped up basil waiting to go in the freezer.
I also made some marinated cucumbers. They are kinda like pickles, but not as pickled. You just cut up a cucumber, add some dill and apple cider vinegar and water.
I 'burped' the cucumber first. You cut off the end that the stem was attached to and then rub it in a circular motion. All of this white gunk will come out and supposedly it makes the cucumber taste sweeter and you won't burp it up later. I'm not sure if it's just subconscious or what, but KB's grandparents swear by it.
My mom gave me a bunch of basil, so I froze it. I looked around for a few different methods and ended up chopping it and freezing it.
So far it seems to be okay, but I haven't used it yet.
My basil and a HUGE cucumber my grandma gave me.
My chopped up basil waiting to go in the freezer.
I also made some marinated cucumbers. They are kinda like pickles, but not as pickled. You just cut up a cucumber, add some dill and apple cider vinegar and water.
I 'burped' the cucumber first. You cut off the end that the stem was attached to and then rub it in a circular motion. All of this white gunk will come out and supposedly it makes the cucumber taste sweeter and you won't burp it up later. I'm not sure if it's just subconscious or what, but KB's grandparents swear by it.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Pinteresting Wednesday
It's time for another Pinteresting Wednesday post. Link up with The Vintage Apple to play along.
Here are my favorite Pins of the week:
What are your favorite Pins this week???
Here are my favorite Pins of the week:
What are your favorite Pins this week???
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