Snow day, sewing room and crockpot potato corn chowder

It was a snowy day.  When we went out this morning it was only 13* and flakes coming down. 

Chores still need to be done.

Our horses have a beautiful barn but they chose to stand outside. 

The geese like the snow. 

And call out to relatives who flew by. 

After chores I had breakfast and  went in to clean the sewing room. It is a mess. 

Found Norman, the dog's, babies who need repairing. I will need to sew them either when he is in bed or with the door closed.  He says , politely, he would like them back please. 

I did have an assistant. 

She had to approve everything.  Such a bossy worker. 

After breakfast I began to get dinner ready.  Crockpot potato corn chowder. 

Bacon and onion on the griddle just after our pancakes. 

Eggs were washed while I waited for those to cook. 

From the pantry I grabbed dried carrots and red pepper.

and dill seed. 

It turned out soooo good. 

I like mine topped with chipotle peppers with adobo sauce chopped up. OMG

Easy clean up. 

Here's the recipe. 

Grill or cook the 4 slices of bacon and small chopped onion until cooked. 

Place in the crockpot. 

In the crockpot add:

2 cups of chicken broth

2 cups of water

3 large potatoes scrubbed and sliced

1 can of corn with liquid (pantry item I buy by the case)

a large pinch of crushed dill seed

1/2 cup dried carrot

2 tablespoons chopped red dried pepper (I used scissors and just cut them)

salt and pepper

Cook 7 hours. 

Then in a bowl combine 2 cups of half and half with 1/2 a cup of flour. Whisk.

Add

1 cup of evaporated milk (another pantry must for me, I buy them by 5 cans at a time) 

Slowly add to the crockpot and simmer for 20minutes.

Top with cheese, and chipotle in adobo sauce (chopped) with the sauce. (optional)

Dude doesn't like the chipotles put he gave it 2 thumbs up. 

Midday the dog and I went for a walk.  I wish I could have gone longer but it was so cold to breathe in. 

Back to the sewing room and cleaning.

Hope you all are warm and happy. 

peace 

Monday walk, cleaning the sewing room and other stuff

Our efforts to clean and purge continue. I wish I had taken a before picture, but quite frankly, I was rather embarrassed of the stage I had let it become. You couldn't even walk in here and I began to just pile everything up.  I made up three goodies boxes for those who are beginning to sew of fabric, thread and other stuff and then set to work to CLEAN.  It took most of the day yesterday after mass but it was also a lot of fun. I had to hold myself back to not just dig in and start another project every time I found  fun project I forgot about.

I found so many unfinished project I started a jar of them to finish. I found this idea online when scrolling through stuff about a week ago but I don't remember where.  You just write down each project, put them in the jar, and pick one project at a time to complete.  As you can see from above one of the bee quilts is first up.

After religion class this morning Dude and I went out to walk the land.  As you can see the snow over the mountains is heading our way. 

We did free any tangled tumbleweeds along the way. 

Angelo is beginning to lose weight and looks great. He felt so good in his new light skin he walked with us to mend the fence. 

Wilbur and Callie the cat came along for a little while. 

This cracked us up. Angelo hasn't been able to play for a long time due to his weight but today he gave it a good try. 

Then it was time to head home. 

Wilbur doesn't think walks are all that great. He stayed and chased the chickens. He loves to chase chickens. 

The sun has gone behind the mountain now.  It is cooling off quickly.  A fire is in the stove and time to make dinner. 

We did get a wee bit offtrack today in class talking about Lord of the Rings and the comparison of Christianity soooo we are making homemade pizza with cauliflower crust and settling in for the night to watch Lord of the Rings tonight. 

Have a great evening.

peace