Oh Glorious Creating!

I have finally been finishing some of all my projects.
Now if my camera would magically appear, I could show them to you (working on that).

I finished the drape to hang on my side of the bed, and got it hung (now I just need to make one for Elm's side.... so maybe in another 3 years?!?!)
Got 3 shirts made for the girls, have 3 more to go, but they each got to wear one to church yesterday and they were very excited.
Made a quick skirt before leaving for church so Rhiannon could be presentable.
Hemmed the edges of my hook rag rug so it would stop fraying and it is now at the foot end of my bed (needs just a few little trips added, but it's usable....I started this I would guess abt 15 years ago).
Made flower clips for the girls hair and beautiful headbands loaded with flowers.

I'm I nearing the bottom of my to sew pile, nope. Do I feel like I got a lot done? YES!
I will work on finding my camera, as pictures are so much nicer.

Little things .....that make life easier

My new bag!!!!

it has 6 pockets inside and this bag just seems to work.... I've never been able to get pockets organized and keep them that way. This one I can.The pockets are nice and big, I slip my hand in and feel what things are in there and then I just continue around the circle till I feel the right items. I use it as my take everywhere bag... on Sundays it gets turned into my Sunday-bag.
One pocket is designated to be the snack pocket (always) with fruit snack and granola bars.... I always run into the problem of grumpy little girls, and this has helped SO MUCH.
A gal at church had these... she'd made them, I borrowed the pattern... I just need to get is traced and then give her back the pattern. Oh and they are reversible :o)

Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Here's what we had for dinner last night. They were tasty. The BBQ sauce I used was a bit too tangy for my taste. As the coleslaw is quite tangy too... there was a bit too much tang :o)
But yummy all the same.
Here follow my recipes for those of you who might want to trey them out.
On the buns make sure they rise till they are really puffy, mine where a bit dense, because I didn't let them rise quite long enough.

Hamburger buns - Caraway Rye

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Sub Category		Preptime
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Ingredients

- 1C warm milk - 4 Tbs melted butter - 3/4C rye flour - 1C white flour - 1 T caraway seeds - 1/4 tsp yeast - 2Tbs potato flour - 1/4C dry milk

- 1/4C warm water - 2 tsp yeast - 1 1/4C unbleached flour - 2 Tbs cane sugar - 1 1/2 tsp sea salt

Instructions
1)													the night before- mix first 8 ingredients. Scrape sides of bowl, spray with Pam and cover with plastic wrap... pushed down onto the sponge
2)													Next day- mix yeast and water add to sponge add flour, sugar and salt mix in mixing bowl for abt 10 min. if too wet, add 1 Tbs of flour at a time, if too dry add water.
3)													turn in oiled bowl, cover with wrap and a towel, let rise 1 hour till double. divide into 6. shape rolls. put on sprayed sheet, spray top and cover with wrap and towel. rise 10 min, press down on top of wrap repeat once more then let rise one hour till puffy.
4)													bake 15-20 min @ 375F remove and cool on rack

Pulled Pork

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Ingredients

- 3 lb pork shoulder - galic powder - onion powder - salt pepper - paprika - liquid smoke abt 1/2 tsp - bottle favorite bbq sauce

Instructions

1)

rinse pork and trim off fat, pat dry and rub with spices

2)

put in crock pot, add abt 1/2 inch of water and cook for 8-10 hour on low

3)

when done, pour off water, shred meat with forks and add bbq sauce. heat through

Serving Suggestions

serve on hamburger buns, topped with coleslaw and pickles

Memphis- Style coleslaw

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Ingredients

- 1 large head of cabbage, finely sliced - 1C mayo - 2 Tbs dijon or while-grain mustard (I used frenches) - 2Tbs apple cider vinegar - 2 Tbs cane sugar - 1/2 heaping tsp sea salt - 2Tbs onion, grated or finely chopped - 1 1/2-2 tsp celery seed - 1/2 green sweet peper minced

- 1 carrot, peeled and grated

Instructions

1)

mix all sauce ingredients together add diced veggies

2)

pour over sliced cabbage, stir to coat

3)

cover and set in fridge for 2-3 hours till nice and soggy

Serving Suggestions

serve on pulled pork sandwiches

Gifts for Christmas

The quilt we did for Aunt Rhonda for Christmas

All the purple squares had hand prints, drawings and messages in them

Pink print flannel backing

I crochet this for my MIL.

Thanksgiving

I'm thankful for my home,

I am thankful for fresh milk

I am thankful for two little girls

I am thankful for my Mom who made cookies with the girls

I'm thankful for green decorating sugar

I'm thankful for soap, to make the green disappear

I'm thankful for the fun involve in making these cookies and eating them

Cover that caos

S-L-O-W-L-Y making curtains to cover up my open shelve in the kitchen. With having a see in fridge (even when organized it can look messy) I NEED to cover up my storage shelve. The mess makes me frazzled. I had this fabric laying around and started taking measurements and finally found a bit a velcro (sticky on only one side) and got it up.

Crayon Roll Up anyone?

So I've heard about these and finally decided to make one. Here's mine.... I thought it turned out cute. I'm also making one for the girls, with reversed colours. I'm excited.

This is what it looks like, once rolled up and ready to go in my bag.