Friday is here......

Momma Bear

Well we have had some cold days. 

                                                      I'm not very good with cold weather. 

I think my body tries to go into hibernation. 

 It wants to eat and sleep and that's pretty much it.

 But I do enjoy some cozy rooms with the lamps on, a sleeping kitty on the couch and of course a big pot of chicken and dumplings.

  I've quit my walking, too cold,  I've quit waking up super early, too cold.  My husband keeps asking me what's wrong. 

 Can't a momma bear just want to hibernate?.....GRRRR!

Chicken Mischief

I knew the chickens were up to something......

My "Go To" Party Recipe

This  recipe is something I made up from several other recipes that are similar.  I changed some of the ingredients to things that my family likes.

  You are not going to be happy with me because I don't measure anything but I will try to make it easy on you. 

I call this  recipe......Broccoli Cheese and Chicken Bites

First your ingredients:

  Chicken - I buy a rotisserie chicken and we eat the dark meat and I just use the white meat and my animals get the carcass and everyone is happy.  I chop up the chicken into small pieces. You can use any kind of chicken you like.

Broccoli - I buy one large head of fresh broccoli, you can also buy frozen.  I boil these until they are very soft. Drain well and then I use paper towels to soak up as much liquid as I can.   Chop up into small pieces.

Cheese - I used sharp cheddar cheese about 1 cup.  Add more or less according to your taste.  I have also used mild cheddar whatever you prefer. Then combine the broccoli, chicken, cheese and mayo.

Mayonnaise - Start with 1/2 cup and keep adding until your ingredients bind together.  I also sprinkle some Tony's Seasoning to add a little spice to it but you don't have to.  At this point you could just use this mixture as a dip (which I have done), you can eat it with crackers (delicious) or you can put it in crescent rolls (everyones favorite)

Crescent Rolls - I'm sure you can neatly cut them into squares and put into your muffin pan but I just tear off a piece and shape it as I go....I'm all about easy.  Spray your muffin pan first with Pam.

I'm using the miniature muffin pan.  When I didn't use the muffin pan I left my crescent rolls in the rectangle shape as they come out of the crescent roll container and placed this chicken mixture in the middle and rolled it up on either side and cooked them that way.  Either way is fine, the miniature muffin tin makes prettier appetizers.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 to 12 minutes - they cook very quickly.

I doubled my recipe and it made two large pans of Broccoli Bites.

Yum! Delicious!  It's always a hit at the party!  Enjoy!

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Be Still.....

"Be still and know that I am God."

(Psalm 46:10)

A Great Weekend!

Wow...I have missed you guys. 

 My computer quit on me and I just got it back from the repair man.

  So I have a lot to fill you in on. 

 I had a great weekend with "my guys" and even got to spend some time with "the girls".

These are my guys, my husband and two boys.

  I'm so very proud of them. 

 Since I do live with all guys my weekends consist mostly of things like, cutting wood, watching football, fishing and hunting.

  I don't mind though.  I enjoy just being with them whatever we are doing.

Of course the dogs, Bucky and Breesy, came along. 

 They got bored after a while because we wouldn't let them get off the truck and hunt.

We found this guy just hanging out.

We got a couple of loads of wood and we were done.

  It was very nice just hanging out and cutting firewood together. 

 These simple things make me happy.

And after all that time with the guys I really enjoyed hanging out with these beautiful girls at a Christmas plate decorating shower. 

 It was so much fun.

This is the plate I made her.....I can't wait to see it fired.  All of that pink on the plate will be a Christmas red....:)

This is the beautiful bride to be with her plate. 

 She had a Christmas tree set up on a table with Christmas music playing. 

 They (her and her mother) had ordered pizzas and had cupcakes and chips and dip. 

We had a great time!

And this is where I ended the weekend. 

 In my swing watching my chickens.

  I'll say it again.......what a great weekend!

Finally Friday!

It's Friday....yea!! 

I had to work one and half days this week and it just about killed me. 

That is all it took for me to remember the days of coming home at 5 exhausted and then have to figure out what to cook for supper, do some laundry, help with homework, feed the animals, pay some bills, take a bath, call my mother, sweep a little, iron clothes for the next day, spend some time with the husband and kids.....whew...all of that in a few hours before you crash into bed. I do remember those days and I can sympathize with those who do this every day.

  When you get out of that habit it is hard to jump back in.

  Thank goodness I don't have to............yet.  I feel my days are numbered though.

  Anyway it threw off mine and my husbands whole routine. 

 I came home early (thank goodness) and noone had put Breesy (the dog) in her gated area and she was upstairs sprawled out in the middle of my son's bed. 

 I had to strip the entire bed and do another load of laundry. 

 Did I tell you we had sandwiches and potato chips for supper?

  The poor chickens did not even get their cooked oatmeal (gasp)! 

 Dessert was..............halloween candy!

 Did the floors get swept?  I think you know the answer to that. 

 I couldn't even watch the CMA awards because I was in bed asleep at 9 p.m. 

 It is a lot of work to stay at home and get most things accomplished but ladies, those of you that work full time and then come home and accomplish things,

 I applaud you.