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Blessed by everyday blessings

these are a few of my favorite things

~smiling faces~

~hugs and kisses from grandchildren
and hearing the name Nanny from far away places~

~mostly old sometimes new~

~quilts with love stitched through and through

~Babies and butterflys and all things created~

~To know you are loved makes life sweet with grace traces ~























recipes

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Apple Goodie Recipe





God Bless Apples!    You make my Autumn days complete.





APPLE GOODIE   Perfect for 2-4 people

3-4 cups Apples pealed and sliced
(Jonagold are good to use. 3 1/2 cups is about perfect )
                            1 cup =  approximately 1large apple
                                                                         
3/4 cup of sugar....... (I use 1/2 cup and it is plenty sweet)*
1 Tablespoon of flour
Cinnamon sprinkled over apples to suit you.

Place sliced apples in your  Greased 9X9 baking dish or a mixing bowl.  Sprinkle apples with desired amount of cinnamon. Mix sugar and flour in a small bowl until combined.  Pour over apples and gently mix.   Pour into Greased baking dish if you have chosen to mix ingredients in a bowl.

TOPPING
1/2 cup Brown Sugar (  I use 1/3 cup) *
Remember the ice-cream is coming later  :)

1/2 cup flour.....  all purpose white or whole wheat
            (I like Whole Wheat * if I have it on hand)

1/8 teaspoon Soda
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal
 or Quick oats if you don't have Old Fashioned

1/4 cup Butter

Mix dry ingredients together.  Cut in butter with a pastry blender.  Sprinkle over apples and pat down lightly.   Bake 350 degrees 45- 50 minutes.  It will be done when it starts to look bubbly.  Test with a fork to make sure your apples are soft.  4 cups of apples may need a longer baking time.

Call a friend....  Serve warm with Ice cream.

Enjoy.   Eat any leftovers for Breakfast :)
Pretend you are eating a granola bar with fruit!


*You can usually cut the sugar in any recipe by 1/3 without noticing any difference in the recipe.

*Whole wheat flour should be stored in the refrigerator to preserve the Vitamin E contained in the flour.







Monday, November 24, 2014

The Best of Home




Serve those you love....

APPLE GOODIE 
more than once in the last three months.




Look for the good....

Counting my blessings.....
I Married a Country Boy.




Appreciate the past.....

Old Ironing boards.




Create welcome....

Pumpkins, leaves, sticks....
Pretty things all in a row. 




Share the bounty.





Everyday
      Keep Counting.......

 

Make it cozy.....

Enjoy The slow process of Gathering
everyday treasures.




Be Thankful.....

Everyday may not be good
 but there is something good
in everyday.  

God dwells in a Thankful Heart.





 Be Blessed by...

Little Boys who already love football.

He can say very few words but
football is one of them.

He loves balls.



(click to enlarge)
enjoy the simple life...

Thrifting my way to Beautiful.




Do one thing every day to bless your home. 

Sometimes I am so slow at getting projects done, 
it drives me crazy but
if I realize
Life is a journey not a destination
I can enjoy
The slow process of  making a home......


I bought this dresser for my sewing room many moons ago.
And it has been relaxing in the garage.
My husband wanted his garage back 
for manly things like snowblowers and cars
Imagine that :)

sooooooo........

with winter here  :(

I brought this in the house to paint it..... 
thinking the kitchen was the best place to finish the job
we plopped it down right in the middle of the room.
Well now missy, guess what?


Thinking outside of the box....
Thinking I'm crazy ....
But I think I like it here!

IN THE KITCHEN  :)

Who would have thought a dresser in my itty bitty
kitchen would look so good?
I didn't intend to leave it here.

But in a room that I don't particularly love
I love this!

I love the height of it to set my computer on 
if I am making a recipe I have found on-line.

I think we could circle around it and chat:)

Endless Possibilities for the drawers....

You see the vision right :)?
Bless you.




Add some personality...

Little bit of Pie for me......
 Little bit of Football for him.... 
 Making everybody happy. 




Pleasantly surprised how little things make me so happy. 

This snowman has been broken for years.

Now he is fixed

with sticks! 

Home grown STICKS!

Every home needs sticks :)

with sweater pumpkins on the side.




Celebrate every milestone...

Birthday boys turning ONE!





Risk  trying something new...

RED :) lessons learned.

If you are going to strip off old broken veneer....

strip it all off every drawer, SAND LIKE CRAZY
then SAND IT SOME MORE
take a break and SAND SOME MORE... 
maybe even put a wood sealer on it
 and PRIME IT. 

I have one drawer of a different shade
 because I got tired of the process.

I cut some corners....
it is finished but
It leaves a bit to be desired.

OH WELL......  it is not going anywhere.
It matches all the other imperfect things in my house.

Imperfect people living with
The beauty of imperfection.

 But on a happy note....

 I'm  saying goodbye to irons falling off my ironing board!

and I have a few less things on the floor of my sewing room. 





Create something beautiful...

Sewing room update....

Creative minds
 at work continually leads to
Unending array of Works in Progress.

We have a house full of girls and
Girls.Need.PINK




Find reasons to be  together....

Together time is the best time.




Look for Beauty everywhere....

White Pitchers from the thrift store
filled with wild raspberry seed pods
from the bike trail. 

Living everyday with a Thankful Heart.

Blessings to you and your family.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Janita

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Simply Delightful


Home is feeling cozy .

The fireplace has be turned on as needed.

Goodies have come from the oven.


 I couldn't be sad if I tried.

This is my FAVORITE time of year.




It is official....  
One Large Orange Goodwill Sweater 
will make 4 pumpkins.



 Whimsical-  sleeve #1



More in control- sleeve#2



Sweet Sweater Pumpkin

Yum- Yum! 





My 3 sweet little Real pumpkins are a JOY.

 Everyone is Growing up so. 

Our littlest grandson will turn ONE year old  next week!


Clayton




Annual Pumpkin Photos

Emerson and Harley


Addilyn Grace



I am probably the only one with tulips in their Fall decorating.

My family is use to me having tulips out year round.

This room has had some furniture rearranging which I am loving!

This is the view from my chair :) 


In a Totally BROWN room color is good.

This room needs a paint revival. 




One dresser is out of the garage!!!!!

This project has dragged on and on for a few years. 
Because when I don't know what I'm  doing...

I procrastinate..... can you relate?

I had some veneer issues along the way.

It is now painted RED! 
That is a leap over the edge for me.
I think it is good.

White is easy... picking paint color is hard for me.

I have done very little sewing in the last few weeks. 
 Having a new dresser in my sewing room should make up for that.


I did finish some embroidery on a project.
When it is finished it will be
Simply Delightful :)

No peeking until Dec 25.


Hope your November is filled with everything YUM -YUM!

Janita









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