Banana Pancakes

Wow, I was just looking up a recipe for Banana Pancakes to cook for breakfast and found out that Jack Johnson has a song called 'Banana Pancakes'! It's a pretty sweet song. (And yeah, like you need ANOTHER reason to like Jack Johnson.) I mean, he DID do the soundtrack to Curious George...

Quilt Giveaway

Okay, it's not ME giving away a quilt. Are you kidding? If I was to actually get a quilt made all by myself, you'd probably have to pry it from my cold dead hands to get it away from me! I found the link to this blog on Currently Crafting and decided to check it out. Three reasons you should too:

1) She's giving away not 1, but 3 quilts!

2) She makes and sells soap, which is something I aspire to do. Maybe not sell it, but at least make it on a more regular basis.

3) She remodeled her kitchen and has the most awesome farmhouse type sink!

So, check her out, here's the link: Old Red Barn Co.

I feel like the CDC!

I get to handle all this stuff, and I don't have a PhD or nothin'! Did you know that Fedex even made such a thing? I'm not going to tell you what these are for until I have to use them, then I'll be sure to blog about it, cuz I know you'll be sitting on the edge of your seats until then! I just wanted to give you a sneak peek!

Yummy!

Hey y'all! I added a new blog to the sidebar called Chickens In The Road. She has lots of farmy stuff and yummy recipes that I think would make great Christmas gifts! I'm linking to a few that I just came across. AND, she's located in West Virginia, which is where I was born, so I thought that was pretty cool too!

Caramel Apple Jam & Spiced Applesauce

Pumpkin Butter

Homemade Vanilla: Big Bottle & Small Bottle Method

I would like to try all 3 of these. I recently bought some pint and 1/2 pint canning jars, so I have plenty of jars for canning the jam and butter, along with my salsa I plan on making.

Mindless Monday, Electoral Edition

I Stamp, Therefore I Am.

One of the crafty things I like to do, but don't do too often is stamping. I scanned in a copy of the Halloween card I made this year. I think it's pretty cute!

I thought I could can, but I can't can, can I???

Last month my dear friend Amy over at Five Little Monkeys, Jumping In A Parsonage showed me how to can applesauce!



It was lots of fun and gave me a great sense of accomplishment, like now I'm prepared for any emergency, cuz I have 6 quarts of applesauce on my shelf! So, I decided I would can apple pie filling, so that when I had the domesticated urge to bake an apple pie, I could just whip up a crust and fill it up with my pre-made filling. So, Amy was nice enough to loan me her canning supplies, so I could do this.
AND THEN, lo and behold, after researching online, I find out that I can't use the water bath canner pot on a GLASS TOP ELECTRIC STOVE!!! AND, can you guess what kind of stove I have? That's right, a GLASS TOP ELECTRIC STOVE!!! So, after checking out this site and weighing all my options, I decided to freeze my apple pie filling like Mary does on Home-Steeped Hope. It basically accomplishes the same thing as canning except if my electricity goes out, I guess we'll be eating the apple pie filling first! Here are some pics of the process:

Eye Of The Tiger

Okay, this has got to be the best version of this song I have ever seen! Ain't nothin' 80's about this!




Hmmm, I could just watch it over and over and over and over and over and.... well, you get the picure. :)