Craft Weekend PART 2

I have finally posted PART 2 of CW .

As mentioned before this was a outstanding weekend .

Much needed .

Much deserved .

Helpful

Learned

Dreamed

RElaxed

Embraced

ENJOYED!

 EAT .Well that's what we exactly did . I think that is the BEST part of any crafty weekend . All women know the appreciation of GOOD food. So any crafty weekend I go to MUST have good food. I have even been known to go to crafty retreat for the food.

 Apple pie that was still warm from the oven . YUMMO !

 Breakfast Tea , yogurt , granola and doughnut.

 The "FAMOUS "  CW meal : chicken enchiladas , corn salad , & margaritas. It did get a little WILD this night we had balls flying into the margaritas. Pompoms to be exact .

Breakfast last day .
I must of been so hungry and forgot to take pictures of supper night 1 and cheesecake night 2 .
The food was oh so delicious .
THANK YOU very much to this lovely lady .

The another highlight would be the antique hunting .

 Look at that pile of "junk " some may say . But if I had a truck there instead of flying I could of cleaned that up a bit.

 Meg  took this beauty home.

 I love love these chairs .

 I need one of these too .

My sis  and me @ the barn . Aren't we all cute .

Bird eye view of all our goodies together  . I am thinking we cleaned up in the barn for sure .

well going to leave you all with this for now.Desperate for more.....
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TO BE CONTINUED again................

{LOVELY} things

We are getting some special projects and treats finished up today for some special people tomorrow. We will share some more pictures tonite .But heres what we got going on right now .

Summer goodness

I made this delish Rhubarb recipe and everyone scarfed it down . The joys of being a farm gal is fresh rhubarb right out your back door . This cake was oh so moist and absolutely delish to the last crumb ice cream or no ice cream ,but doesn't ice cream make everything better .

RECIPE :Rhubarb Coffee Cake (Tablespoon - T ,teaspoon -t  ,Cup - C )
1/2 C Margarine                       1 t vanilla
1 1/2 C white sugar                   2 C flour
2 eggs                                       1 t baking soda
1 C sour cream                         2 C rhubarb , chopped

TOPPING
1/2 C brown sugar                    1 t cinnamon
1 T flour                              1 T margarine
Make into crumbs and sprinkle over batter . Bake @ 350* in a 9x13 pan for 30-40 minutes .
Now you all know I cannot not keep to a recipe if my life depended on it .
So this is what I changed . I used Epicure Apple Spice in both mixture and topping same amount as cinnamon .Of course I doubled the topping too . YUMMY !!!
This recipe was courtesy of the Carievale Cookbook and was submitted by Jean Dean (Allan )

DAY 5 of Photo Fun

Heres what we had for breakfast today !

Getter DONE !!!

There is so many things that still need to be done as much as I hate to see the rain today it did give a chance to kick my house chores in the a-- today !!! AS well as get some much needed tasks done too !

So todays list of things to do
- make a comfort meal for supper

- LAUNDRY
- dishes (was way too tired to deal with them last night )

- Use my blackberries up

- Plant my garden seeds and start in the house greenhouse .

- clean out the fridges
- get baby bassinet out and the bedding for it washed
- Do our summer to do list and hanging it up
- get blog partially caught up

Well not bad for a  days of work but I am pooped now . But I even managed to get two extra packages of meatballs done up for the freezer which is always a bonus I am always making extra stuff to freeze away so we have good & fast meals on hand . And really is ever possible to get all the laundry done and put away and not have a item in the hampers . PLEASE share details if you ever have managed this I would love to know how you do it .I still have a meeting tonite which is at 8 MB time in Saskatchewan which I have a 45 minute drive to get to it . UGH !!!!! But really want to be there to voice my opinion . Tomorrow I am on the carpool detail with a near by neighbour we take turns from week to week taking our girls to preschool .So we don't have to each go to town every wednesday it has been working great .I love it !! But tomorrow I may be dragging my behind out of bed to get on the road . I hope to have afternoon nap tomorrow maybe wishful thinking but all well . A girl can dream can't she ........

Wonderful women ~ Wonderful Weekend

                I spent my Mothers Day weekend with this group of wonderful women .

What a inspiring bunch we had attend our 2nd annual Scrap Away Retreat held in Glen Ewen this year . I will share more details with you all real soon .

EASTER EGGS

I love decorating Easter eggs oh so much !!!!

This year we did the good ole vinegar ,water and food coloring .

Then used vegetable oil to rub in them to give them a super glossy look .

A tip I found somewhere online . (not sure where exactly )

We use crayons and masking tape to do different effects . The kids loved it too. (not just me )

What not to GOOGLE.

So if you are still up and want a LAUGH .
Laugh at me not with me .
So since I have decided in the likely event that tomorrow ends up being a snow day .
We will have Bubble buns AKA Monkey balls as some would know it by .
For a yummy warm stick to your ribs kinda yummy fat free of course breakfast.
If you happened to lose your recipe and decide to google the recipe online for exact directions .
Remember what you google will be exactly what you get .
So googling Monkey balls would well........ get you monkey balls there I said it .
So Monkey ball recipe would be the correct google for such thing I was looking for tonite .
But after the day I had and my hubby laughing at it wasn't that bad .
So thought I would share just in case ..
You GOOGLE too.

100% Yummy

Today marks the day we opened our last jar of home made raspberry jam . Raspberries picked from our very own bushes and made with  love with my children .

Here is the proof of  yummy good stuff marked all over her face .

Can't wait for raspberry picking season to begin again .

I made these today !!

Who can resist a light , fluffy cream puff ??
This is the recipe I use :
1/2 cup butter
1 cup water
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup all purpose flour
4 eggs (my trick is to have them room temp. )
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven 425
On the stove top have the butter and water until boiling  add vanilla .
Stir in flour and salt until it forms a ball
Transfer the dough to a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon or stand mixer, beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Centers should be dry.
When the shells are cool cut in half and add whipping cream adn if you are going to all the drop of making them whip up a batch of real whipping cream just that much better .
Then yummy !~~