Stuffed, just me

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. I know I am truly thankful it is over and that all the pumpkin pie, cakes and fudge are finally gone. My goodness did we ever stop eating? I don't think so. With a huge dinner of ham and all the usual trimmings, we still had room to stuff our faces with pie and sweets. You see I have this thing about making sure your man, or guests, come hungry and leave stuffed, or happy or both. Which ever they prefer. Just so long as they don't leave me with leftovers.

We had our kids here for a few days from California. We have 6 to 10 inches of snow, so staying inside was'nt a bad idea although we did manage to go to town and find a few good deals in the stores on Black Friday. Saturday my daughter in law and I went to the movies and saw 'Burlesque'. What a great show that was. Loved all the beautiful costumes, and the music to say the least, was awesome. Cher can still belt it out there. You could definetly get goose bumps on your arms from the way C. Agulara could sing too. Driving home afterwards was a slow go with ice all over the roads, but back home to a nice warm house was a good ending to another day.
 

Before



As you can see I picked up my center island all finished from my daughter's house just before Thanksgiving. I promised you pics so here they are.

It looks more orange than it is, I think that is do to the lighting. It is more a rusty, burnt color. I sure do love having a lot more counter space as much as the cubboard space below.

We put an old piece of metal that was given to me free, over the top of it. It has it's own patina of rust, so my daughter wiped it down, attached it to the top of the unit and clear coated over it several times. The handles were covered with several layers of paint. She took off what she could but decided it looked cool with some of it still on them, so she left the rest for character.



After

To completely finish this unit I am going to have another cutting board made for the one slot that is empty and a couple of boards cut for shelving inside the two larger cubboards to finish them up.  I am so grateful that my son in law and daughter took a lot of their time to finish this piece for me before the Holiday. It really came in so handy for all the exta dishes of desserts and it's great to put a hot pie right on top of it without a worry of burning it.

Well, I have other things I need to complete today. One is getting ol' Hank out and clearing the driveway once again so that the UPS guy can deliver all the goodies I have been ordering on line. Oops, better now say that too loud.

Happy Monday Y'all

Chillovers and Birthday Celebrations

I was finally able to make and try the chillover powder I purchased from MaryJanes Farm kitchen store. Chillover powder is a gelling powder like gelatin but better. It is made with a sea vegetable powder rather than leftover cow parts like Jello gelatin is made from.

I made the one that MaryJane shows in her Ideabook-Cookbook-Lifebook she called the 'Goodness Gracious' which has the chillover powder, cooked chicken, carrots, shallots, parsley, green peas, bell pepper, celery, and cooked eggs among other stuff in it. It turned out great. I used my vintage mold that I purchased awhile back and look how pretty it looked.





Goodness Gracious



I say looked because there were 14 of us gals at the Chick luncheon who tried it. We had other desserts on the table as well as a yummy soup, which Cheryl, our Hen Honcho made for us.

The 'Layered Suprise' chillover was made with the chillover powder, sugar, egg yolks, milk, vanilla, heavy cream, a banana and chocolate wafers. It was very light but yummy as well. This is only two ways of using Chillover and I hope to make other things in the future from it.



Layered Suprise (right)

Along with our luncheon we had celebrated four birthdays so you can only imagine the fun we had watching each one open their gifts and trying to see what the other one got. Let me tell you, when you get that many women in a room and with celebrations going on, it is sometimes hard to hear let alone keep up on everything going on at once. No matter, we always enjoy being together and having loads of fun.



My Pink Saturday

I woke to this beautiful gift from God. What a way to start the day. The skies were lit up a brilliant pink. Not a forest fire, just plain beauty at its best.

I'm not a photographer, but I could'nt resist. The sky looks like pink cotton candy. This puts a smile on my face and gets me going. How about you?

Looking at this made me remember the beautiful quilts I saw on display at our local museum yesterday. Some of the same pink skies. Several ladies, whom I'd love to meet, did each quilt by looking at a photograph of scenery out around Klamath Falls. They did magnificant work, true artists, and I would love to learn how to do what they have created.

Every panel stands out with such detail, with real rock and twig in some. My pics don't do them justice, but hopefully you can get the idea. Very dimensional in every detail. Spectacular!



Upper Klamath Lake





Mt. Shasta





Spring River Aspens



Have a beautiful day.

A Quick Hello

Just a quick HELLO to everyone. I am still keeping myself fairly busy doing sewing and crochet. Seems I can start one project, think of another, and before I finish one I'm working on the other. Anyway its fun. This morning I finished two hats while doing some crochet in between.

Our weather has definetly turned to winter here which keeps me inside way more than out. Had almost two inches of snow this morning when we woke. It is staying pretty cold so I am keeping the old wood stove working and hauling in wood each time I do step outside. I pop in here on my blog every other day just to see what some of you have been doing, then I'm back getting things put up around here. We got the boat stored for the winter and have been stocking up on firewood. I still need to pick up my yard ornaments that won't make it through the winter. That is the hardest part having to put it all away only to bring it all back out after winter again. I need to only have yard art that can withstand the cold around here.


Hope everyone is getting ready for Thanksgiving. I have family coming in from California and we will be having dinner here at home. It's always nice to cook for more than just the two of us. The Charming Chicks are planning on feeding two needy families this year so that is another thing we are all getting ready for. I just have not seen the turkeys on sale yet. I know we will put together a nice dinner for each of them.

Well I really need to get back to busy. It helps my days feel a little more fulfilled. Everyone have a wonderful day. Thanks for stopping by.