he's back in Europe .. I sure do miss him
Thursday, February 3, 2011
a river runs behind it
it's rained A LOT here over the past couple months. my son has been trying to get me to go look at our creek, but I can get lazy. one afternoon when the men were busy working on something in the garage, I slapped on my rain boots, grabbed a beer pulled that water-logged fence open to begin my adventure!
the water was really flowing after a solid week of pretty heavy rain, you could even see on the bank that the water had been about a foot higher. I made my way down our terraces, hopped off the telephone poles, now used to support parts of the hill, and through some heavy brush to our creek.
in case you haven't noticed, I'm a total geek for the outdoors. when I'm on a hike in the mountains, I feel like I'm as close to God as I'll get until I leave this earth. the sound of a rushing river is even better than my favorite White Stripes song. a wildflower growing up out of a mound of broken shale, more beautiful than any bouquet a florist could deliver. so, for me - for us, to actually have moving water on our property is the bee's knee's.
there was all sorts of beautiful stuff going on down by the water's edge, i was most intrigued with where the water has washed away some soil exposing hundreds of palm-sized and smaller rocks. the moss that had taken root was SO green, SO soft .. I wish I could have moss for carpet in the house!
I found a perfect big rock that was juuust the right size and shape for sitting and watching the water. The Seabee came looking for me later. I made him come down the hill and sit with me.
ONE WAY =>
this photo...
the Seabee and I have a very complicated love story. it was hard to get to where we are now. I was a bit of a mess in the beginning. he put up with a lot of BS from me, a lot of indecision. but, here we are now and I'm so glad I went ONE WAY, that I didn't take that left or make a u-turn ..
a little over a week from today marks the 2 year anniversary of his proposal of marriage
a day in the life
Really, it's more like 2 months in the life ...
My Seabee husband came home for Christmas. He arrived on December 20th and stayed clear through 'til January 8th. It was wonderful.
Here are some of our activities and adventures ..
a nice drive in his '65 Dart - Pine Mountain area
brought a little snow home and made ..
a beautiful snow lady
a close friend is having a hell of a time with his chemo treatments, can't eat, so I made some "special" browines for him. My mistake? You see those 3 set aside? Well, I ate them ALL, AT ONCE. And not to mention that i scraped the knife after each cut and ate that deliciousness as well. There's a lot of "special" ingredients in the mix. What a day!!
we received a phone call from the really cool service called "find toto". you lose your pet, you call them, they call everyone in the vicinity and give them a description of the dog. we saw this little fellow running around looking quite lost, "charlie" we call to him, he runs right up to the Dart and then hops right in. turns out, he wasn't the lost dog, but it was fun to have him ride around the block with us.
this is me, bored, while waiting for the Seabee to come out of our mortgage company's building.
and this .. this is just a taste of the Christmas madness at my wonderful Aunt's home. she get's down & funky when it comes to decorating.
Food is fun
I do really well with the before photo's, but when it comes to the after .. I am in serious need of improvement!! I think I lose all control and just have to sample the creation. sad..
This is from a cooking show on TV, saw it in the evening and knew that's what we were having for breakfast.
Nests:
Shread 4 potato's (dry well)
pre-make your meat (i used BBQ sausage from Fresh & Easy and bacon another time)
spray cupcake tin with non-stick spray
season and tuck potatos into tin like little nests
cook @ 350 for abour 15-20 minutes (until edges just begin to brown)
remove from oven
crack an egg on top, don't break that yolk!
crumble meat on top of egg
return to oven
bake @ 350 until egg has reached desired firmness (this happens pretty quickly, so keep an eye on them)
remove from oven an let cool just a bit
remove from tin, I used 2 rubber spatula's
top with maple syrup (if that's your thing, cheese is just a delicious)
makes about 10 if you're using the regular size cupcake tin
prepare for the coolest thing you're ever eaten!! Kids (and husbands really dig theses)
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