Monday morning

I had a yard sale on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and I should have only had it on Thursday.  Thursday I made around $100 and  on Friday and Saturday combined I made about $10.  It sucked.  Saturday afternoon, we went to my grandparents' house in Pleasant Hope to celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary.  It was a great time.  All together there were 37 of us- all of the grand-kids and great-grand-kids were there.  My BIL Dallas wrote them a song about their life and it was really great.  We had a ton of food and everybody loved my Chocolate Covered Bacon!  I didn't take any pics, but all I did was bake the bacon at 375 for 20 minutes (I put the bacon on cookie racks on jelly roll pans to catch the grease) while they were cooling I melted some milk chocolate in a double boiler.  I dipped the bacon and then set it on some parchment paper covered cookie sheets and popped them in the freezer for a few minutes.  Then I bagged them and put them in the fridge.   It was really good and everybody had to try it!

Sunday we went to the Fair Grove Heritage Reunion Festival.  We had so much fun and the weather was prefect fall weather.  I bought some new potholders and some homemade soap.  Plus we ate some really good food!  There was a ton of people there, and it was such a great family outing.

Today I have a ton of homework to catch up on, but at least my online class teacher has cut our work by over half, so that does help. 

I have Eng Comp 102 tonight, (behind in that class too) so I guess I better get started on my homework! Will update with some pics later.

Whole Wheat Strawberry-Rhubarb Pop Tarts!

I used this recipe as a guideline http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2010/06/14/homemade-whole-wheat-pop-tarts/

I changed:

*the amount of sugar-made it 2T instead of 1T

*Used salted butter so I omitted the salt

*I don't have a food processor so I used my hands-works just as well I think :)

*Used a Strawberry-Rhubarb filling

*Made them round instead of rectangle.



Cooked them for 12 minutes @ 375 degrees.

They were so good! Finished them up this morning and the kids loved them!  Chris wouldn't try them because he said he doesn't like whole wheat things...whatever his loss!

cRaZy SePtEmBeR!!

This month has went by crazy fast. 

•  My car is still in the shop-hopefully it will be done today or tomorrow
• I am still behind in my online class
• We now have 5 bottle calves (2 heifers and 3 bulls)

We are so broke now, I don't know if I will be able to drive to class next month.-Spending $350 a month in diesel with just me going to class. and our bills will be around $800 next month...Chris only makes $1200...doesn't leave much does it?  I am considering trying to get rid of the escape.  When we decided to get the Escape, we knew it was going to be tight-but our insurance was cheaper and I was bringing in $60 a month in babysitting.  Now our insurance is as high as it has ever been and I am not babysitting anymore. sigh.  I don't know what to do.  I told Chris last night, it might be best to try to sell the Escape and just get a little car for him and I to drive (him to work, and me to school)

Earlier in the month (before we were totally broke...) we bought a camper.  I kinda wish we had the money now...but oh well I guess.  It was a great deal and we only ended up paying $800.

Some other pics that I have taken this month...

Ricky and Lucy

Moe

Leroy and Ethel

and.....



Oh and I guess I should add that Jake started living with Mom and Dad this month.  He is now going to school at Half Way, and is having a terrible time with school-he refuses to do anything and won't listen to the teacher.  Mom and Dad are about to go nuts with it.  Otherwise he says he really like living with grandma and papa.

Thursday...

What a hell of a week. seriously pure hell.  My sister, Liz, has created so much drama for my family and it has been a rough week.  All I know how to do now is to pray.  Pray and know that life must go on.

Well Craig gave us 2 more calves this week, a bull and a heifer.  They are so cute!  I am going to try and take some pics this evening of them.  All three of them are solid chocolate/black color.  Chris owes him a bit of work and Chris told him that he would like about 2-3 more calves if possible.  Craig said he might find something for him to do.  I told Chris this all reminds me of Doc Baker in the Little House on The Prairie--- he accepts chickens as payments and I think one episode he got a hog!  We really don't mind being paid in calves though!

I wish there was something I could do for my parents to help them out.  They are both very stressed right now and I don't know what to do.  This week more has been revealed about Liz than it should have ever been.  It is just too much I am afraid.  I hope my mom keeps her sanity.

School has been tough.  I had to drop my economics class.  My document processing class takes up so much of my time.  I think I am doing alright in my other 3 classes though.

Oh but GOOD NEWS!! It rained!! A TON! Yesterday last night we got somewhere between 4-6 inches I think.  We don't have a gauge up, but that was the average in Half Way.  It rained some last night and we are suppossed to get a good rain tonight.  It makes me so happy; I was really getting worried.