Decorated tree:
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Perspective
Stolen from Mary Kathryn's blog:
Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing and butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rock-a-bye, Lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek-peek-a-boo).
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo.
But I'm playing "Kanga" and this is my "Roo."
Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rock-a-bye, lullaby loo).
The cleaning and scrubbing will wait 'til tomorrow,
For children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs. Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.
~ Ruth Hulburt Hamilton, 1958
Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing and butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rock-a-bye, Lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek-peek-a-boo).
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo.
But I'm playing "Kanga" and this is my "Roo."
Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rock-a-bye, lullaby loo).
The cleaning and scrubbing will wait 'til tomorrow,
For children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs. Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.
~ Ruth Hulburt Hamilton, 1958
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Corinne is three months old today!
Playing in the exersaucer, trying desperately to reach that purple guy:
Not tall enough to stand up without the pillow yet:
I love this one. She looks like she's saying, "Hello, world"!
Like father, like daughter:
Completely out cold:
Not tall enough to stand up without the pillow yet:
I love this one. She looks like she's saying, "Hello, world"!
Like father, like daughter:
Completely out cold:
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween '09
Luigi, Mario and Princess Peach:
Ready for trick-or-treating (see our Mario and Elmo jack-o-lanterns?)
Annual pose with the neighbors:
In front of a neighbor's nicely decorated house:
Yummy! Ben had already said several times, "I'm donna do home and eat my tandy wight now"!
Little Princess:
Sweet smile:
Ready for trick-or-treating (see our Mario and Elmo jack-o-lanterns?)
Annual pose with the neighbors:
In front of a neighbor's nicely decorated house:
Yummy! Ben had already said several times, "I'm donna do home and eat my tandy wight now"!
Little Princess:
Sweet smile:
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Some recipes
People have been asking for these, so here we go:
Roast pork (brining it over night makes this roast so juicy, even if you end up having to cook it a little longer than planned)
1 cup water
1/4 cup each salt and sugar
1 heaping Tbsp pickling spices
3 cups apple juice or water
4 1/2 pound pork loin roast
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1. The day before making roast, boil 1 cup water in a 2-qt saucepan. Stir in the salt, sugar and pickling spices. Bring to boil and cook 1 minute or until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes.
2. Add apple juice to pickling liquid. Combine brine with pork in large ziptop bag or lidded container. Refrigerate overnight.
3. Heat oven to 375 F. Remove pork from brine, rinse and pat dry with paper towels. Rub oil over entire pork.
4. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place pork in pan and cook all sides until browned. Transfer to a roasting pan and cook for 55 to 60 minutes or until temperature reaches 155 F. Remove from oven; cover with foil. Let rest 15 minutes.
Holly's Cream Cheese Dessert
2 cans crescent rolls
2 blocks cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg
Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and egg in medium bowl. In greased 9X13 pan, flatten one can of crescent rolls, pinching perforations. Spread cream cheese mixture onto crescent rolls. Top with other flattened can of crescent rolls. Mix ingredients for topping in a small bowl and sprinkle on top of crescent rolls. Bake in 350 F oven for 30 minutes.
Enjoy!
Roast pork (brining it over night makes this roast so juicy, even if you end up having to cook it a little longer than planned)
1 cup water
1/4 cup each salt and sugar
1 heaping Tbsp pickling spices
3 cups apple juice or water
4 1/2 pound pork loin roast
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1. The day before making roast, boil 1 cup water in a 2-qt saucepan. Stir in the salt, sugar and pickling spices. Bring to boil and cook 1 minute or until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes.
2. Add apple juice to pickling liquid. Combine brine with pork in large ziptop bag or lidded container. Refrigerate overnight.
3. Heat oven to 375 F. Remove pork from brine, rinse and pat dry with paper towels. Rub oil over entire pork.
4. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place pork in pan and cook all sides until browned. Transfer to a roasting pan and cook for 55 to 60 minutes or until temperature reaches 155 F. Remove from oven; cover with foil. Let rest 15 minutes.
Holly's Cream Cheese Dessert
2 cans crescent rolls
2 blocks cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg
Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and egg in medium bowl. In greased 9X13 pan, flatten one can of crescent rolls, pinching perforations. Spread cream cheese mixture onto crescent rolls. Top with other flattened can of crescent rolls. Mix ingredients for topping in a small bowl and sprinkle on top of crescent rolls. Bake in 350 F oven for 30 minutes.
Enjoy!
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