Prairie Pie Crust

PIE CRUST This is my Daughter's Pie Crust Recipe. 

With her permission I'm sharing her recipe 
that she got from her Grandma. 

BLESS your family, friends and your taste buds 

with this wonderful crust that just about MELTS in yo' mouth. 

Pie Crust Recipe 

1 cup flour 

3 heaping tablespoons of shortening 

Dash of salt 

A tiny bit of ice cold water 

Mix ingredients together and roll out on wax paper. 

Assemble pie. 

Spread a little milk on top of crust before baking. 

Shut my pie hole

because LIFE just got a little easier.

Simply delicious,

Daughter's Momma 

Joining Michael Lee's FOODIE FRIDAY Party
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BE IT FAR FROM ME

1 Samuel 2:30King James Version (KJV)

30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, 

I said indeed that thy house, 

and the house of thy father, 

should walk before me for ever: 

but now the Lord saith, 

Be it far from me; 

for them that honour me I will honor, 

and 

they that despise me shall be 

lightly esteemed.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD

They said, "I Do."

You'll Be A Daisy If You Do

 Today, I am resting after a super BUSY week last week.  The grey skies outside have hidden the sun for a time as I can still hear birds chirping in the trees with a light mist permeating the branches.  A light rain showered down on us as we left my daughter's new HOME after returning Lil Miss HOME from a ballgame. 

We had coffee and conversation at their dining room table.  A loaf of home-made bread came out of the oven and we ate a slice covered in butter.  Nothing better than home-made bread covered with creamy butter.

Last week, we attended a SPRING PROGRAM for one Grandchild.  Rested and packed our bags as we traveled south to Oklahomaland to witness another Grand GRADUATE from Middle School.  She was dolled up with a new hairdo, painted fingernails and facial make-up wearing a formal she purchased with her own money.

Afterwards we were energized with ice-cream with the younger Grandchildren.  Staying up late made going to bed a luxury that I looked forward to.  Ahhhhhhhh....comfortable mattress and fresh air coming through the window.

Always a delight to see our GROWING Grandchildren.  Visiting with our Son and D.I.L. is a much needed time as we do not see them very often.  Shell always feeds us well.  They are all a huge blessing to me.  Love them so very much.

Pictures later.

Our trip there and HOME was refreshing as the traffic was slower paced across the Flint Hills.  Beautiful rolling green hills.  Thankful to be safely HOME resting.

I tinked around the KITCHEN, did some LAUNDRY, thumbed through some garage boxes, washed and tried out a NEW BLENDER, and stayed in my PINK HOUSECOAT until afternoon coffee.  Can you believe that?  ha.

Received a phone call from my Doctor's Nurse telling me that I would be going on a stronger dose of thyroid meds as my numbers are too high.  Kind of suspected that since I am tired.  BUT am feeling more energetic on the ARMOUR natural thyroid meds.  Which is wonderful.  I still sweat, but not like I was while on Synthroid for five and a half years.  That's a blessing as I sweat to beat the band.

Blessings to you,

d

Grand Dancing

Grand

is dancing a solo 

at Spring Program.

She seemed so brave and confident.

Wonderful to see.

Love,

d

Some Blue For You

Friday

Dance Recital

Ice-cream Treat

Saturday

Garage Sale

 Thrift Drop off

Sister and Brother.in.law stop by

Eat Pizza

 Childhood bedroom furniture received

Sunday

Mother's Day

Telephone Moms

Flowers and cards

Spaghetti meal out 

Rest

Monday

Laundry

Bills

Grand-daughter's Spring Program

Rain

Tuesday

Downsizing

Downsizing

Downsizing

Wednesday

What a week

Blessings,

d

There's A Elephant In The Room

Made huge progress in downsizing...but a funny happened that I know you'll appreciate.  As my sweet husband laid down the law that we are not bringing back into the house nor garage the things we didn't sell at the garage sale over the week-end.  He made sure I understood that we are DOWNSIZING.  He made it very clear that we are downsizing and THINGS that don't sell will NOT return to the estate.  Period.  Nooooooo.

I loaded the trunk of the car and the back seat FULL of these ever loving treasures.  It felt pretty good to load the car and go IMMEDIATELY to the thrift shop to drop off our 'goodies' that we will never see again.

No need to hang onto these treasures.

NO. NEED.

The place we were taking the goods has a person help load the stuff into an oversized cart that they wheel back into the building when finished saying good-bye to things you've become attached to but are bravely parting with. 

ALMOST PAINLESS.

ALMOST. 

As sweet Hubby pulled a large picture of some elephants out of truck, he affectionately spoke these words with honesty..."You're not going to get rid of my elephant picture are you?"

I had marked it a whole DIME and it didn't sell so she was in the trunk of the car going to Thrift Lane riding on top of the spare tire.

I quickly said to him, "Now is the time to decide if you want this or not.  Just put it back in the trunk if you want to keep it."  He placed his treasure back in the trunk.

HOUSTON...we have a problem.  WE need a little bit more time to get use to the idea that we are downsizing.

Laughing at how he changed his tune about 'we are downsizing'......nothing out in the garage is going to go back in there or back into the house.

Except..........

HaHA.
I laughed out loud,
d

Happy Momma's Day

Happy Mother's Day to my MOMMA.

With LOVE,

dd

I'm There

Waking this morning with a weak body and little strength.
The last 5 weeks have been very physical ones and today I truly feel the lack of strength.
Coffee Time.
Resting well was a plus through-out the night.
Still, this old LADY isn't a body builder.
Even they have to recoup and rest.
Sometimes having surgery for their injuries and overworked physiques.
Yesterday I had a very full day and will again today...LORD willing.
The Techie who drew my blood at the Lab had difficulty finding a vein and OUCH she dug.
She tried again on my rolled vein in my right arm.
She told me she hit gold there.  You know.....I really don't care for gold diggers.
After leaving that place I went to Menards to get another folding table that was ON SALE FOR SALE.  Heavy lifting.  Next time I will wait for Husband to do the heavy lifting.
Off to the Dollar Store to get some more baggies for bagging up small items.  So handy.
Made my trip short and bought a $3 ring at the THRIFT SHOPPE.  So pretty.
Drove the distance to work on my Daughter's stash of things that she no longer wants.
Picked up the MAIL and ate a LATE LUNCH, rested a tad then got to work on my own stash of goodies that are disappearing.
My BODY is tired.  Wonderful to have drive and ambition to get this taken care of.
One day closer to seeing results.
Beautiful day today as the Burgundy Irises are displaying their elegance in the front flowerbed.
Wish we had them in the back yard where I could go sit in a comfy lawn chair sipping coffee while listening to the birds tweet.  I have a request...a request for a future flower garden in the fenced backyard for privacy.  A sanctuary.
I believe this will become a reality in the near future, but have to wait until the correct time to plant Irises in July.  So I will do some more waiting.  AND as I wait, I will stay busy with other activities.
For now...I must rest this morning and be rested for more of the same.
More work with shuffling boxes that made the way to inside our HAVEN from the garage. 
Must see to believe what is inside each dusty box.  Items to be relocated in my old stone house or let go to some one else. 
Blessings and may you have a sweet day.
I'm drooping.
Coffee TIME.  The PARLOUR IS CALLING MY NAME.
Please join me and I promise not to complain about how tired I am,
d

Early Mornin'

GOSH....how did this happen?  3:37am and i am up.
tried to fall back asleep and couldn't.
soooooo...a shower took place and i washed my hair.
dried my comforter that was still damp in the clothes dryer.
dried some blue jeans that spent the night in the washing machine 
andddddddd...washed the coffee pot to fix a pot of java.
4 scoops to the water in the perk.
today i am fasting before blood work is done to check how i'm doing after switching from synthroid to armour natural desiccated thyroid meds.
took my blood pressure and made me smile.
124 over 84.  For me this is excellent.
i haven't seen this good of blood pressure in years.
thank you God.

i want to get in early so i can leave early and go get a few supplies at the dollar store.  then get back to gathering things to get rid of.

all week i have been gathering things to get rid of and it is overwhelming how much i have gathered.
it makes my head spin.
ashamed at this mess.
thankful on one hand that i can finally thin way out.
thankful.

oh the books, the books...they get so heavy.  
so many of them i collected over the years.
collected and no longer need.  they aren't sacred, but i think maybe i was thinking they were more important than i should.
the clothes go away.
far far away.
dishes not needed and no longer wanted.
what else can go....the yard bench that looks like it's on her last leg, some lawn chairs that we no longer use, some fixer upper bikes, some old dolls that i don't want, craft paint, odds 'n ins, old records now called vinyls, nail polish, make-up, toys, movies, picture frames and prints.....still looking.....etc.

i hear my husband's alarm going off.
time for him to get up and get around for work.
praying he has a terrific and blessed business day.

i know that after my HOME has less clutter that I will perk the heck up.
taking a deep breath and away i go.
will get dressed and groomed, put a little make-up on ready for this day.

the birds are singing loud and clear on this SPRING day.  
they have something to sing about.
so do we.

may you have a blessed day.
d

Mother's Day Is Coming

Spending about an hour on the telephone looking up phone numbers for Flower Shoppes where I can place orders for our Moms took more time than I ever imagined today.  Managed to locate the info and phone in a couple of orders.  Relieved this has taken place and Moms will receive flowers because they are special to us.

My Mother.in.law has a Mother's Day Birthday as well so it was like killing two birds with one stone.  Both Mommas are getting pink roses with baby's breath in a glass vase.  They sound nice enough and I am glad that I got this done today.  I asked that the flowers be delivered on Thursday.  I want the Moms to enjoy the fresh flowers a few days before the calendar says it's Mother's Day. 

I bought cards a few days ago.  Filled the cards out today and they will go out on Thursday.  Hopefully those will arrive on Saturday.  The flowers will reach them Thursday then a few days later the cards will show up.  Probably will telephone Moms on Saturday as waiting until Sunday sometimes the phone lines are overloaded and cannot get through to reach out to them.

Some LADIES have never had children.  In this case we show appreciation toward women who have mothered children, mentored or been adopted.  We can show appreciation to our own Moms or other Moms.  Motherhood.

I am very thankful that I am a mother.
So thankful.
Sometimes I wish I had given birth to 10 children.

SO to all you Mommas who have children that grew up and left home, who have passed away, disappeared, aren't perfect, difficult to handle, easy as pie to love, around your feet and in your hair or never had children at all...may Mother's Day be a pleasant day to think on HAPPY TIMES.

Thankful for children.  Period.  They don't even have to be mine.

This rose is for you!

God Bless,
d

   

Quick 'n Easy

What is today?  Tuesday already.  TUESDAY.  I have to check the calendar to jog my memory with what activities are taking place.  I just about forgot to telephone my meter reading to the city so I can get charged for usage of electricity, natural gas, trash service,water, sewage, taxes.  

One of the neat things I like about living in this small town america is that all these utilities are paid at one location, the City Building at the corner of main street and 4th.  I have a separate telephone bill that also provides internet services.  With a simple phone call I communicate with the phone company using a system allowing payment.  So it's quick 'n easy taking care of business leaving precious time to do other things like clean the toilet or bake a ham.

Desiring simplicity in my old age has it's frustrations as well as benefits.  Somedays my patience is not there.  Wish it were, but it's not.  

Our week-end went well.  Exhausted with sore muscles from digging certain pieces of furniture out from under things, then emptying them and making haste to shuffle and scoot the pieces of furniture down the stairs without injury to body and surrounding walls.  Rejoicing we are closer to our goal of turning loose of so much STUFF.  

This is beginning to sound like a broken record.  Speaking of records...vinyls is the buzz word for what we once called record albums.  Out in the garage is a crate full of  vinyls that we no longer listen to.  Think we should part with them.  I noticed another box of movies that I will pitch and replace if we should desire with DVDs.  I can't believe I'm saying this about the movies I wanted to keep after we pitched hundreds. HUNDREDS.

When I started pitching stuff I knew that the LORD had indeed helped me get delivered from something that had me in bondage.  I could tell.  Wonderful LORD, thank you.

This week we will concentrate on gathering items and dealing with them.  The month of April was the busiest I've had in a very long time.  I'm feeling better on the different meds I have been taking for 8 weeks.  This week I go in to have some lab work to see where my numbers are.  

As we have turned our radiators off and wearing layered clothing to stay warm on these chilly SPRING days, I hope our utility bill indicates that we have used less natural gas.  HOPE HOPE.  We're on an even payment plan.  The year is a fourth of the way gone.  Doesn't that sound odd.  We just had a new year start....or did we.  I seem to anxiously wait to see SPRING.  I've been so busy that I haven't taken time to stare at the sky watching birds fly by.  

Sweet thoughts and time out,
d