Prepping for the snow, crafting , crafting and baking.

At 130pm the news said that snow was indeed on it's way.  Here it was still in the upper 70's but a just a state above us in Wyoming it was 31*.  

Dude road into town. We are pretty much prepared but always need water.  I got firewood loaded up in the house and he had rolled up all the water hoses before leaving. 

The chicken's waters were elevated and heaters ready just in case.  Warming lights for the smaller chicks were tested and installed. 

I baked oatmeal walnut chocolate chip cookies and bars.

Dude likes having a little snack in the evening. I saw these made with painted candlesticks over on pintrest. I didn't have a candle sticks but I did have a jar and a budvase.  I painted the vase and lid to the jar. Then attached the two with the glue gun. 

Then got the eyes put on the boxes for the dragon boxes being made this weekend. I love cigar boxes.  They are all braced on the inside with wood. 

Tonight I will make one to time myself and see how long it would take others to make.

Here is the one I made last time.  I found the directions over on Artfully Musing.

peace

Recipes... Pumpkin baked donuts, cornbread and more from our day.

We got started early today. Pumpkin donuts were in the oven just after watering and taking care of the animals. This is a super easy recipe. Here's how it's done.

Preheat oven 400*.

1 Box Yellow Cake Mix

1 15 ounce can pumpkin

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice

Mix all together .

I put it all in a gallon plastic bag, cut off the tip and pipe into a donut pan (sprayed with non-stick cooking spray)

Bake 12 minutes.

Have a brown lunch bag ready with powder sugar. 

Toss the donuts in the bag as soon as they come out of the oven. 

Dude loved these with a nice cup of coffee.

Picked from the garden, hoping to making something today but didn't get to it. 

Corn bread ready for tomorrow's chili dinner. 

This is how I make corn bread. 

Heat oven 400* (leftover from the donuts)

1 of the small boxes of cornbread … you know, the ones that are 50-88 cents a box?

1egg

1/3 cup buttermilk

1/2 can drained corn

Mix all together with spoon.  Pour into a greased bread pan. Bake 15 minutes. OHso good. 

The chicks are growing and enjoy a day in the sunshine. 

We found a great deal for firewood. We usually head up to the mountains and cut our own. But today we headed 2 hours north west to Laporte to get a cord of wood. 

 

We had to load our own but not that big of deal.  I loaded and Dude stacked. He is great at stacking... I stink at neatness.  It was a wild workout and we will repeat tomorrow to be ready for the winter.  Tomorrow we are suppose to break a record for heat (we usually have cold rain and snow in the mountains this time of year). 

On the way home we passed the lamb stockyards. 

These are sheered and probably on to the final stop of their life journey.  Colorado lamb is one of the best in the country!

These haven't been sheered yet. 

With such a long ride, I did get two cotton dish clothes made.  (one looks a wee bit cockeyed, ugh)

Time to relax after such a physical day.

peace 

Card making, crafts and more yard sauce made

Started the day early with card making. It always stuns me that we just start with paper and end up with cards. Shout out to my teacher Sherri. 

Can you see the "cotton" is puffed up?  It is with puff paint , heated with a heat gun to puff it up. 

Card 2 is a repeat card. 

Card #3 is gorgeous!  It is a beautiful Christmas card. 

Then more yard sauce is made. I got the idea from Pricillas  blog. The garden has been good to us this year.  I alter mine just a bit. Roast tomatoes, onions, garlic, zucchini with olive oil, salt, pepper, and oregano at 400* for 40 minutes with my oven. Then whirl the whole batch in blender or food processor.  I freeze them in quart bags. I got 4 quarts today. 

A quick Halloween craft. I have seen these all over the internet but most use plastic skull and have a tough time sawing them. 

First get a fake sunflower. 

I had a Styrofoam skull and easily cut it in half. 

Also used some moss. 

Hot glue the moss down and then hot glue the skull. 

I did have some smaller flowers and small skulls to do the same thing but simply hot glue the skulls to the middle of the flower. 

That's it. 

The last of the yard sauce is ready to batch up and freeze. I need to get back to it. 

peace