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Life on a Small Pecan Farm & the Recognition of God in All of It.
Friday, September 03, 2010
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
68 Degrees!
For the past several mornings...Mother Nature has been teasing me with a hint of Fall weather.
Blogging...it seems many of my old blogging friends have cut back to bare minimum or have stopped all together.
Is it a phase?
I really like to blog..I love to look at other's blogs most of all. With my job, my granddaughter, and no working camera for months....I have just let it slide.
So what to do...what to do?
For the past several mornings...Mother Nature has been teasing me with a hint of Fall weather.
Blogging...it seems many of my old blogging friends have cut back to bare minimum or have stopped all together.
Is it a phase?
I really like to blog..I love to look at other's blogs most of all. With my job, my granddaughter, and no working camera for months....I have just let it slide.
So what to do...what to do?
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
NIGHT SHIFT!
This is the ICU nurses station where I work.
Deserted looking huh? YEP!
We have been so busy! Last night our hospital had to go on diversion....which means any patient that needed to be admitted had to be routed to another hospital! That's 70 full beds! Now you may have much bigger hospitals where you live but a full hospital aint nothin to sneeze about no matter how large!!
This is why the nurses station is empty.
Nurses are either doing patient care or sitting outside the room charting & monitoring their patient.
Now pass the coffee please!
This is the ICU nurses station where I work.
Deserted looking huh? YEP!
We have been so busy! Last night our hospital had to go on diversion....which means any patient that needed to be admitted had to be routed to another hospital! That's 70 full beds! Now you may have much bigger hospitals where you live but a full hospital aint nothin to sneeze about no matter how large!!
This is why the nurses station is empty.
Nurses are either doing patient care or sitting outside the room charting & monitoring their patient.
Now pass the coffee please!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
SCONES & CLOTTED CREAM
Last week I told you about the scones & cream I had last summer. Well after a little experimenting and research I found a cream recipe that I liked and made some scones from scratch.
Making scones is very much like making a southern biscuit. Of a matter of fact, if I didn't know any different, I would call a scone a biscuit.
The difference between the two, I found, is that a biscuit is SUPPOSE to be a lighter, more flaky type bread in comparison to a scone. The only real difference I can see is that a scone can have fruit or herbs added to its dough.
(In the South everyone makes their biscuits different. I use to make big thick flaky biscuits but my neighbor made flatter biscuits. It is just a matter of preference & how you were taught to make them. Both are good.).
The recipe I was given from the Mad Hatter Teashop for the cream was NOT RIGHT. Either the boy who waited on me told me wrong or they just didn't want me to have it.
So I looked on the Internet & found a recipe that tastes like what I remembered.
We ate the scones with cream & mayhaw preserves that Danny made last year.
My results paid off...everyone loved them.
Recipe from: Great Party Recipes.com
Basic Scone Recipe:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup milk (approx.) I used butter milk.
Mix the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in the egg. (If you are using one of the variations below, this is a good point to add nuts, dried fruit, chocolate chips, cheese, etc.)
Gradually add the milk until a thick dough is formed. (It may take more or less than 3/4 cup.)
Turn out the mixture onto a floured board and knead lightly. Roll out the dough to 3/4" thickness and cut into rounds with a 2" cookie cutter. Gather the trimmings and lightly knead, roll, and cut them as well.
Place the rounds about 1" apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush the tops with a little beaten egg or milk. Bake in a preheated 450° oven for about 10 to 15 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm.
Makes 12 to 16 scones, depending on the recipe version used.
I brushed the hot scones with a little butter & then dusted them with powdered sugar.
Recipe from: Big Oven
Mock Devonshire Clotted Cream
1 pk (3 oz) cream cheese
1 c Heavy or whipping cream
1 ts Powdered sugar (I sweetened it to my taste, so I used a little more)
1/2 ts Vanilla
Blend all ingredients until thick and fluffy.
Keep refrigerated.
Last week I told you about the scones & cream I had last summer. Well after a little experimenting and research I found a cream recipe that I liked and made some scones from scratch.
Making scones is very much like making a southern biscuit. Of a matter of fact, if I didn't know any different, I would call a scone a biscuit.
The difference between the two, I found, is that a biscuit is SUPPOSE to be a lighter, more flaky type bread in comparison to a scone. The only real difference I can see is that a scone can have fruit or herbs added to its dough.
(In the South everyone makes their biscuits different. I use to make big thick flaky biscuits but my neighbor made flatter biscuits. It is just a matter of preference & how you were taught to make them. Both are good.).
The recipe I was given from the Mad Hatter Teashop for the cream was NOT RIGHT. Either the boy who waited on me told me wrong or they just didn't want me to have it.
So I looked on the Internet & found a recipe that tastes like what I remembered.
We ate the scones with cream & mayhaw preserves that Danny made last year.
My results paid off...everyone loved them.
Recipe from: Great Party Recipes.com
Basic Scone Recipe:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup milk (approx.) I used butter milk.
Mix the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in the egg. (If you are using one of the variations below, this is a good point to add nuts, dried fruit, chocolate chips, cheese, etc.)
Gradually add the milk until a thick dough is formed. (It may take more or less than 3/4 cup.)
Turn out the mixture onto a floured board and knead lightly. Roll out the dough to 3/4" thickness and cut into rounds with a 2" cookie cutter. Gather the trimmings and lightly knead, roll, and cut them as well.
Place the rounds about 1" apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush the tops with a little beaten egg or milk. Bake in a preheated 450° oven for about 10 to 15 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm.
Makes 12 to 16 scones, depending on the recipe version used.
I brushed the hot scones with a little butter & then dusted them with powdered sugar.
Recipe from: Big Oven
Mock Devonshire Clotted Cream
1 pk (3 oz) cream cheese
1 c Heavy or whipping cream
1 ts Powdered sugar (I sweetened it to my taste, so I used a little more)
1/2 ts Vanilla
Blend all ingredients until thick and fluffy.
Keep refrigerated.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY!!
It is old news to most of you now...Ole Phil & his shadow has given us 6 more weeks of Winter!
It is 52 degrees and drizzling rain here today. Makes for a cold damp day!
My husband requested a "Tater Sandwich" for his lunch so I was up & in the kitchen early this morning. After making his lunch I started tonight's supper....Taco soup. The recipe is a little different from what I've cooked before & I think it will be a keeper.
I want to thank Susanne for the "HAPPY 101 AWARD"! That was mighty nice of ya!
So here are 10 things that make me happy.
1. A good meal, especially if I cooked it. (that sense of accomplishment I guess).
2. A fire in the fireplace.
3. Daisys!!!
4. My grand daughter!!
5. CHOCOLATE...OF ANY KIND!!!
6. Sunrises.
7. Like Susanne....a good cup of coffee!
8. DVR or Tvo or what ever you call that thingy that lets me record my shows & then watch WITHOUT commercials!
9. Peanut butter...anyway you spread it or cook it or dip it.
10. Blogging! I love it! I can stay at home & go so many places, visit many friends, & learn so much with out ever leaving the house!!!
I would feel wayyyy to guilty trying to give this award out to a select few because the truth is....if I go to your blog...you make me HAPPY & you deserve the HAPPY 101 AWARD....other wise I would not waste my time!! So you know who you are!
Steal the button if you like & list 10 things that MAKE YOU HAPPY! Don't we all need this in our life!!
It is old news to most of you now...Ole Phil & his shadow has given us 6 more weeks of Winter!
It is 52 degrees and drizzling rain here today. Makes for a cold damp day!
My husband requested a "Tater Sandwich" for his lunch so I was up & in the kitchen early this morning. After making his lunch I started tonight's supper....Taco soup. The recipe is a little different from what I've cooked before & I think it will be a keeper.
I want to thank Susanne for the "HAPPY 101 AWARD"! That was mighty nice of ya!
So here are 10 things that make me happy.
1. A good meal, especially if I cooked it. (that sense of accomplishment I guess).
2. A fire in the fireplace.
3. Daisys!!!
4. My grand daughter!!
5. CHOCOLATE...OF ANY KIND!!!
6. Sunrises.
7. Like Susanne....a good cup of coffee!
8. DVR or Tvo or what ever you call that thingy that lets me record my shows & then watch WITHOUT commercials!
9. Peanut butter...anyway you spread it or cook it or dip it.
10. Blogging! I love it! I can stay at home & go so many places, visit many friends, & learn so much with out ever leaving the house!!!
I would feel wayyyy to guilty trying to give this award out to a select few because the truth is....if I go to your blog...you make me HAPPY & you deserve the HAPPY 101 AWARD....other wise I would not waste my time!! So you know who you are!
Steal the button if you like & list 10 things that MAKE YOU HAPPY! Don't we all need this in our life!!
Monday, February 01, 2010
A SPOT OF TEA?
Last year when we went to stay at the Coast, Little Package and I went roaming. We stopped in at the Mad Hatter Teashop in St. Mary's for a snack. One of the items that caught my sweet tooth was the "cream" they served with the scones. That stuff was GOOD!!
I asked for the recipe and tried to replicate it without success. Simple ingredients of heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. What I think I did wrong was NOT whipping it.
I have been researching it on the Internet. Of course this "cream" that I like is suppose to be a substitute for Devonshire Cream or Clotted Cream which we CAN NOT get in my neck of the woods AT ALL!
I am going to try again to whip up some of this heavenly spread. Can I say...I am craving it!!!
I've never made scones from scratch but I feel like that will be pretty simple.....we will see.
Did yall have a good weekend?
It was cold and wet Saturday and just plain cold yesterday but clear skies.
Last year when we went to stay at the Coast, Little Package and I went roaming. We stopped in at the Mad Hatter Teashop in St. Mary's for a snack. One of the items that caught my sweet tooth was the "cream" they served with the scones. That stuff was GOOD!!
I asked for the recipe and tried to replicate it without success. Simple ingredients of heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. What I think I did wrong was NOT whipping it.
I have been researching it on the Internet. Of course this "cream" that I like is suppose to be a substitute for Devonshire Cream or Clotted Cream which we CAN NOT get in my neck of the woods AT ALL!
I am going to try again to whip up some of this heavenly spread. Can I say...I am craving it!!!
I've never made scones from scratch but I feel like that will be pretty simple.....we will see.
Did yall have a good weekend?
It was cold and wet Saturday and just plain cold yesterday but clear skies.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
GOOD MORNING!
Thanks to The Good LORD...I am feeling better! I called in Tuesday night and was on call last night and I have not left the house...hardly left my bed! So I have rested. No more fever...just the remnants of the cold.
I did not watch YOUR president give his State of the Delusion speech last night but I have been visiting a blog of a very smart young lady. The Parisienne Farmgirl did a fabulous job summing up his address & had me laughing out of my chair! So I thought I should share her post with you...I hope she want mind!
I hope there are things in your home that warm you & make you feel good. I have always loved this spare room in front of the house.
The room is full of Little Package's toys & all of her clothes and things. I dont know if she will ever claim this room as hers or not but it sure has her name on it.
This is a Winter sunrise view out the windows of this room.
Surprisingly, I have been able to grow something successfully for more than a season. This old trunk in front of the window has provided a perfect growing area for these Violets.
This new pot is full of Paper White bulbs. I cant get over how fast they are growing.
Well my throat is still scratchy so I am off to fix a cup of hot King Cole (strait from Canada!) tea! cough-cough!
Thanks to The Good LORD...I am feeling better! I called in Tuesday night and was on call last night and I have not left the house...hardly left my bed! So I have rested. No more fever...just the remnants of the cold.
I did not watch YOUR president give his State of the Delusion speech last night but I have been visiting a blog of a very smart young lady. The Parisienne Farmgirl did a fabulous job summing up his address & had me laughing out of my chair! So I thought I should share her post with you...I hope she want mind!
I hope there are things in your home that warm you & make you feel good. I have always loved this spare room in front of the house.
The room is full of Little Package's toys & all of her clothes and things. I dont know if she will ever claim this room as hers or not but it sure has her name on it.
This is a Winter sunrise view out the windows of this room.
Surprisingly, I have been able to grow something successfully for more than a season. This old trunk in front of the window has provided a perfect growing area for these Violets.
This new pot is full of Paper White bulbs. I cant get over how fast they are growing.
Well my throat is still scratchy so I am off to fix a cup of hot King Cole (strait from Canada!) tea! cough-cough!
Monday, January 25, 2010
BLAH!!!!!!!!
So I was suppose to go to the Golden Isles shopping with my Mama today but yesterday afternoon I started getting a little bit of a sore throat. During the night I acquired the body aches & a low grade temperature.......so my day has been spent in bed.
We got more rain last night bringing the total to 5 inches in the past week. Way too much water here at one time.
However, the sun is shining and the wind is blowing ferociously. Maybe it will help dry some of this wet mess up!
So I am going to have another cup of hot tea and watch something sorely stupid...like reruns of Desperate Housewives!
A winter morning.
So I was suppose to go to the Golden Isles shopping with my Mama today but yesterday afternoon I started getting a little bit of a sore throat. During the night I acquired the body aches & a low grade temperature.......so my day has been spent in bed.
We got more rain last night bringing the total to 5 inches in the past week. Way too much water here at one time.
However, the sun is shining and the wind is blowing ferociously. Maybe it will help dry some of this wet mess up!
So I am going to have another cup of hot tea and watch something sorely stupid...like reruns of Desperate Housewives!
A winter morning.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
AND THEN IT RAINED........
Over 2 1/2 inches today! The pond is running out into the woods, the yard is full, and the roads are a mess. It makes for great sleeping weather...glad I'm on night shift!!
The birds are hitting the feeders pretty good.
We are planning a fishing trip to Florida for next month. I am ready to go!!
I planted a pot of Paper Whites that I hope will bring a touch of early Spring to these dreary Winter days.
So what is going on in your neck of the woods?
Over 2 1/2 inches today! The pond is running out into the woods, the yard is full, and the roads are a mess. It makes for great sleeping weather...glad I'm on night shift!!
The birds are hitting the feeders pretty good.
We are planning a fishing trip to Florida for next month. I am ready to go!!
I planted a pot of Paper Whites that I hope will bring a touch of early Spring to these dreary Winter days.
So what is going on in your neck of the woods?
Monday, January 18, 2010
COMFORT FOODS
So this Winter I tried my first SMORE! Yep...first time ever.
I have been trying to start some traditions to involve Little Package and our family. Smores night, I thought would be a good start.
It starts with a nice fire in the fireplace.
Chad, Little Package's Daddy, is the maker of all Smores.
Little Package has the duty of passing them out to everyone. This job she obtained all on her own, I might add.
Now I have become ADDICTED to them!!! Who would have thought that 3 little ingredients would be soooooo good!!
But when you dont have a fire........
..........these little suckers fill the gap very well!
Nope.....never had had any of these either until my Mama told me they were the next best things to Smores!!!!!! What cave have I been living in!
Thank You LORD for such good tasting traditions...and getting me out of that cave!
So what's your secret comfort food?
So this Winter I tried my first SMORE! Yep...first time ever.
I have been trying to start some traditions to involve Little Package and our family. Smores night, I thought would be a good start.
It starts with a nice fire in the fireplace.
Chad, Little Package's Daddy, is the maker of all Smores.
Little Package has the duty of passing them out to everyone. This job she obtained all on her own, I might add.
Now I have become ADDICTED to them!!! Who would have thought that 3 little ingredients would be soooooo good!!
But when you dont have a fire........
..........these little suckers fill the gap very well!
Nope.....never had had any of these either until my Mama told me they were the next best things to Smores!!!!!! What cave have I been living in!
Thank You LORD for such good tasting traditions...and getting me out of that cave!
So what's your secret comfort food?
Sunday, January 17, 2010
WHY DID I SUBSCRIBE TO YOU VERA??!!
So the Christmas tree is packed away for another year! Whew...glad it's done!
Had to make a day trip to Atlanta and back to take care of some business. Whew...glad that is done!!
Now there is this little matter to attend.....this VERA that comes to me via my home PC, my work laptop....and via my BLACKBERRY for Heaven's sake!!
So what would you do??!!!
So the Christmas tree is packed away for another year! Whew...glad it's done!
Had to make a day trip to Atlanta and back to take care of some business. Whew...glad that is done!!
Now there is this little matter to attend.....this VERA that comes to me via my home PC, my work laptop....and via my BLACKBERRY for Heaven's sake!!
So what would you do??!!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Friday, January 01, 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!??!!
I cant believe it is the year 2010! Doesn't that seem crazy? While most folks were ringing in the New Year in some festive fashion, I worked the night shift in ICU where the combination of a Blue Full Moon & New Year's eve parties brought all the crazies & non-compliant folks out to the hospital! Half of them ended up in my department.
Any who...I made it through the night and home for a few hours sleep. We had a traditional Southern New Year's Day dinner....Baked ham, black eye peas, mustard greens & cornbread. Desert was baked apple pie & ice cream & mama made a FANTABULOUS chocolate cake.
So now we have our good luck & prosperity for the new year. What about yall?
I cant believe it is the year 2010! Doesn't that seem crazy? While most folks were ringing in the New Year in some festive fashion, I worked the night shift in ICU where the combination of a Blue Full Moon & New Year's eve parties brought all the crazies & non-compliant folks out to the hospital! Half of them ended up in my department.
Any who...I made it through the night and home for a few hours sleep. We had a traditional Southern New Year's Day dinner....Baked ham, black eye peas, mustard greens & cornbread. Desert was baked apple pie & ice cream & mama made a FANTABULOUS chocolate cake.
So now we have our good luck & prosperity for the new year. What about yall?
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