~*~GOODMORNING ALL SAHW**COME ON IN AND CHAT WITH US AWHILE~*~

Goodmorning ladies.....I need to go and feed my animals..I shall be back in a bit.

Hope all have a great day..

Marion how was your day yesterday? I missed ya..

Alright now come on ladies....quit this playing hide and seek!!!!!!!

Well I need to get moving, I have a few errands to run today..and woke up and it is cloudy out and chilly, just the way Iove it...

See ya all later...

Good morning Pam, been waiting since 6:30 for you to post!  DH is working many hours today, he probably won't be home till tomorow morning, he has a floor over 3,000 sq ft to pour today.  So I will go out there sometime after school to see him, and the house, the house is a log house, aparently huge and amazing!  DH didn't build the house, but he did do the basement for it two years ago, it's such a big house, that it isn't yet ready to move into.  It is for a young family with four or five kids, DH went to school and youth group with the husband and wife.

Well, I suppose Pam would say it is cool here too, but i think it is decent for early morning.  It is 12ºC and partly cloudy.

Today I babysit only in the morning, but have library time soon.  No big plans for the day otehrwise.

morning.  

stupid rain.  stupider wind!

sheesh.

i could handle working in the rain, but i cannot stand this wind! it is brutally cold!  and it's only around 5 degrees here, so really cannot afford any wind chill!! 

anyhow, off to do some school.  then might do some of my building projects, since i can cut them in the shop and build them in the house.  might keep myself occupied this afternoon :)  then again, a nap sounds just as pleasant today too!!

Goodmorning Char....and your temp is 51 right now?? LOL That house sounds amazing..and good thing the weather is decent so your dH can pour the floor.

Have fun at the library today and have fun babysitting...and our temp right now is 10'C...how do you get that little zero on your celceus??

Hey Cookie I didnt see you there???? Well try to have a good day today....

Pam, type in the number you want, then hit and hold down the Alt key, and use your right hand side numbers and type 167

12º

Hey Everyone, boy what a day I had. Started with the compresser on the walk in going out, got a late start to town got home late. Found out will cost $2500.00 for new one and can't get it until Tuesday because of the holiday. So to make a long story short no cold beer for the weekend. People are really going to love that.

We put the milk and deli in the soda box, won't order any more until it's fixed. They are chargeing us $80.00 an hour to come out here, takes them 2 hours to get here.

Ok enough venting, hope everyone had a good day the weather here is WINDY but only in the 70's. I really hate the wind, I guess nothing is going to make me happy today. Pam that dog video was great, wish I had a dog that smart. Maybe we could make enough money to pay for the new compresser LOL Take care BBL

 Greetings Pam, char, cookie and Marion and to the others that stop by today. 

I brought virtual coffee and cinnamon rolls today. They're all calorie free. Well, you have to break the cinnamon rolls in half so the calories fall out. 

We have rain in Omaha too. It contributes to the pain but other than that I feel great.

Marion - I'm sorry that your walk-in went kaput.  Maybe a lot of ice in a cheap children's swimming pool will hold enough beer for the weekend??? I love your little smilie. So cute.

char - My DH is in the construction business too. He does remodels, lays tile, drywall, but his passion is building cabinets and furniture andany other kind of woodwork.  He's a  talented man.

cookie - what kind of building projects are you working on??

Pam - Have a great day my friend.

okay, hate to complain, but it is cold enough in that wind i might break out the insulated carharts later (the ones i wear all winter long!!)

jenni, i'm making a couple of benches to finish off the front deck, found this really cool and simple pattern in a magazine i bought.  and then i am going to fiddle with the pattern a bit and tweak it to make ones for the back deck, with planters... so it would be in an "L" shape, with a planter-bench-planter in the corner-another bench-ending with another planter.  planters are easy enough, they are just going to be more like covers for the plastic ones i already have. but i want to widen the seat of the bench to match the width of the planters, so that is where the tweaking comes in LOL  shouldnt be too hard really.  but want to make the bench (in the pattern) first so i get the hang of it.

i've got all the planter boxes and trellis' made for the house and lance helped me put them up on mother;s day, so if the wind/rain  would just quit i could drill the holes (dont feel like electricuting myself in the rain today!  LOL i know where is my sense of adventure right??) and get them planted.  found some honeysuckles on sale so i bought them.  not really what i wanted but will match what i did under the back deck anyhow, so it will look nice i think, since there is more of a 'theme' then...

anyhow, babbling. sorry :)  need to make lunch for the chicklets and eat myself, and then off to the shop for a bit.  just cant take staying in this dang house any longer!! 

Pam where are you? now I can miss you LOL

Marion, sorry to hear of your troubles, that stinks!  Hey, did you know that in Canada, you cannot sell alchohol of any type in stores?  Only in liquor stores.  So needless to say, the first time I went into a convinience store when I was in the US as a teenager, I thought I had the wrong store!!  To me, it is strange seeing a mom with her kids and grocery cart and having a case of beer in it, just so wrong to my Canadian mindset.  But in Canada, you can drink legally at age 19.  Just another difference between our two wonderful countries.

Cookie, please don't share your talent with me!  don't try to teach me!  I quite enjoy watching DH do these sort of projects.  Right now, he is making a deck chair for me.

Jenn, my DH does mostly framework, but his true passion also lies in furniture/cabinet and designing and building decks.  If he could make a living doing that, he would, but at this point, we have several talented cabinetmakers in our town, and DH loves to visit and work with them.  The one guy let DH use his cabinet shop to finish our cabinets, free of charge.  One day that guy will retire, who knows, maybe DH can continue his work???

Well, pam isn't outside enjoying her weather, she is much to wimpy for these temps that she has today LOL.

Jenn, thanks for the reminder of cinnamon buns.  I think Pam asked me for my recipe, or someone did!

Large Cinnamon Rolls

3 cups warm water

¼ cup sugar

1 ½ Tbsp. salt

¼ cup margarine

1 egg

1 Tbsp. lemon juice

1/8 cup oil

5 cups white flour

2 Tbsp. yeast

Blend together water, sugar, salt, margarine, egg, lemon juice, oil, yeast, and 3 cups of flour.  Beat until smooth.  Add remaining flour, enough to make soft dough.  Knead until smooth.  Let rise until double. 

Sauce

Pecans

1 cup butter

1 cup margarine

½ cup apple juice

4 Tbsp. thick cream

3 cups brown sugar

Melt butter and margarine combined.  Set aside ½ cup butter mixture.  Divide rest between two 9x13 pans.  Add ¼ cup apple juice and 2 Tbsp cream to each pan and stir.  With fork, stir 1 ½ cups brown sugar into each pan and sprinkle with pecans to cover.

Filling

White Sugar

Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Once dough has risen double, punch down and put on greased and floured board.  Let rest for 10 minutes, then roll out to a 1 inch thick rectangle (I divide my dough into two batches).  Spread remaining butter mixture over dough.  Sprinkle cinnamon on top of sugars.  Roll up along long side.  Cut into rolls (12 per pan, will be big).  Let rise for 15 minutes.  Bake at 350º for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown.  Then turn out upside-down onto greased aluminum foil (VERY IMPORTANT!!)  Let cool, and enjoy!

char3bc:

Large Cinnamon Rolls

Char thanks for the recipe, I'll make them when my DD and her family come next month. She'll have her DH and all of my GK's, 4 teenagers and the 11 yr. old.

Okay..okay..okay.....here I am finally, I had to go to the DMV today to get the tags for DS truck and I went out to see my peanut too....LOL I needed a peanut fix..but he was sleeping so I just stared at him wishing I could kiss and hugg him..

Marion now dear did you really miss me??? LOL I am so sorry about your walkin unfortunately stuff happens at the most inopportune time, and the people will just have to deal with it if not tell them to hit the road......LOL

Must be an off day for you today?? Dont ya just wish they would just stay away???

Jenni oh thankyou for the coffee and cinnamon rolls, good thing they are calorie free I think I ate all of them then...LOL

Cookie your benches sound great, when your all done maybe you can take a pic of them so we all can see how talented you are????

Char...BTW I was outside today and loved it..we even got a little bit of rain...and WIMPY??? " I THINK NOT"...

Todays weather sure is weird..I dont know wether to put a long sleeved shirt on or a shrt sleeved one...it cannot seem to make up its mind.....but I really do love this temp.

Lets see what my favorite temp would be...let me see?????? I think I would be happy if it was in the 70s all summer long...that would be perfect.

I will be back I need to go and water my flowers, didnt get enough rain to not water...be back soon..