Mums the word..

Well, my Mums finaly bloomed. I was begining to thing they never would. They stayed at bud for like two weeks! Hardy big buds to! Did u know Mums and Daiseys are from the same family?? I didnt until I started researching alaska daisys. I planted some frme seed this year and even though they wont bloom until next year... I wanted to know about them. These mums look like daiseys I think..

Well, I have sick kiddos in my house, My daughter was sick last night and I thought id have to stay home with her today. But, she felt well enough tpo go to school. Around 11:30 today I got a call from the school that not my daughter, but my son was sick..So needless to say, I got off early. Happy about that.. (not my son being sick though :( . Hes laying down watching football...ECK!!! IM SO SICK OF FOOTBALL!!!!! Yesturday was our last day of midget football, *th grade will finish in a week and how dare I think we would be done with it??? My daughter got chose to cheer for the traveling team. They play all the way through Thanksgiving... YEAP___E!!!! Just what I wanted.. extended football season..lol.. Not realy! I like things busy but..WOW!! REALLY?? Oh well, I will just suck it up and go with ity.. Well, Im gonna go do something so I better go.... God Bless You!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~Amy Jo

STRESS!!!!

I found this pic and had to share with you.. How cute!! Well, I guess I never knew that.. and now that I do, I will have a reason to bake more :)

Realy though, Football season has realy took a lot out of me and im just tired! So im stressed and gonna have dessert!!! God Bless!!!~~~~~~~~~Amy Jo

pumpkin bread

well, it's raining and football practice got canceled so, I canceled cheerleading.. Hip Hurry!!! a free evening!!! Im prob. gonna bake something. Im not sure what though. I have some pumpkins so maybe I will make some bread. Pumpkin bread is easy. Here is the recipe.

~~ Pumpkin bread~~~

1/3c. butter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1 2/3c. flour

1 1/3c. sugar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1/4 tsp. baking powder

2 eggs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1c. pumpkin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1/4 tsp. cloves

1/3c. cold water~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. soda~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1/2c, raisins (if u like)

1/2 c. walnuts (if u like)

mix first 6 ingredients. Stir in raisins ans walnuts. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Bake 1 hour at 325'~~~~~~~~makes 1 loaf.

Well im gonna go put one in the oven for myself, God Bless you!! ~~~Amy Jo

Well, I 'thought' I was gonna get a break after work today......um....no. I guess it was nice thinking it.lol.

My thought was that seens there was no practice tonight, we would stay home from church and just be home.. well, my middle daughter had a project due tmw and she needed foil to make a sun and mercery..my son needed a hair cut any way so off to town we went...:)

when we got home I helped with the science project, spray painted the sun. I had to cook dinner (mind u I didnt get off work until 5:00 pm today) as I was in the middle of cooking dinner I heard. (Momma, u said u would make us choc. chip cookies tonight) WHAT???? so, I just said with a smile.. I am working on those right now! So, I made cookies, and dinner. got the dishes done and just know, here I finaly get to sit..Im tired! So much for the evening off, huh??..

I turned the heater on last night, I couldnt take it anymore. It is so cold! I love fall but I realy think we r gonna skip it this year. The pic is a leaf rubbing that was done in my art class yest. I have a local artist that comes and helps me teach that class and he done this rubbing. His first one by the way.. Really pretty. I was drinking pumpkin spice capp. and doing rubbing, trying to get in the fall mood.. I've just been so busy, Im realy not in the mood for much..

welp, im gonna go watch a little t.v. and then call it a day...then do it all again tmw... God Bless ~~~~~~~~~Amy Jo

sausage gravy and buttermilk biscuits

I was asked not that long ago what my fav. thing to make was. I realy didnt have to think hard about it, its sausage gravy and biscuits.. I make it for dinner at least three times a mth.. maybe even more at times. I learned how to make gravy a long time ago.. right after my husband and I was married. My father-in -law taught me. He was living with us and he said.. we will not leave this kitchen until u learn.. with a cast iron skillet, oil, flour and water and awhile in the kitchen.. I got it. I was a gravy maker!!! I love gravy! I make gravy every week with potatos or dressing, chicken gravy, beef gravy, pork gravy, milk gravy started with butter (yes I said butter! not the fake stuff ) and my fav.. sausage gravy. I will give u a recipe for it but I will warn you, I dont go by one, Its my own way and measuring is judged by me. As for the biscuits<>

Amy's sausage gravy.....

Fry a pound of bulk sausage in a soup pot. med high heat

after pork is all the way cooked, leave grease, add flour.. if i had to guess..about 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup. make sure all the pork is covered with a coding of flour.med HEAT,. when the grease starts to bubble, add milk.. about two cups. then stir and when gravy thickins..add more mil;k about a cup.. do this over until the gravy is the thickness u like. If its to thin..cook it down a little. it will thickin. If that dont work.. mix a tbs. corn starch to 1/4 cup cold water and then add to gravy. this will do the job for ya. The sausage i get is from a country market and the owner makes the sausage himself so all spices are added. if you want to spice up the gravy.. add salt and pepper. maybe a little sage.

Amy's buttermilk biscuits~~~~

2c. all purpose flour~~~~ 1/3c. shortening or lard

1 tbsp. baking powder~~~~~~ 1 full cup butermilk

1 tsp. salt

heat oven 425. combine flour, baking powder and salt in bowl. cot in shortening to make crumbs. add butermilk. mix with fork until dough is moist. knead dough on slightly floured surface. do not roll dough! kinda rub it on the surface..cut with small mouth jelly jar. place on ungrease cookie sheet.bake for about 15 min. after taking them out of oven, brush melted butter on them.

there you have it.. my most fav, thing to cook and eat. Making gravy is like riding a bike..once u learn, u never forget. God Bless you! i hope my recipe is easy to follow.. ~~~~~~~~Amy Jo

Sweet Aunt Josie and Uncle Bob

This is a picture of my husbands great aunt and uncle. How cute are they??? :)

Uncle Bob went to be with the Lord about a month ago. But, his life was filled with so much joy! Believe it or not, he was a heavy weight boxer back in his day, you should have heard all his storys, the famous boxers he went rounds with.. the fight he lost, the owns he won. Its funny because even though it was back in his spring chicken years, u couldnt walk upon him without him jumping and ready to swing on you..lol. He was a wonderful man! I will miss him.

Aunt Josie.... she is the most sweetest woman I have ever been blessed enough to met! She is 88 a only about 5 foot tall. Boy now she has some storys! My husband and I will go to visit her and just liston... She grow up in the hills of VA. She tells the story of the first radio she ever heard.. oh how she wanted to hear the music come out of it.. shed tell of a time where you only slaughterd your hogs around fall and salt them because there was no freezers around.. How on Sundays after church her and her family would go for a walk in the woods and explore. How a girl was raised to never let a man see passed your knee.. she says that even when she was a mother herself when shed take her kids swimming in the creek, shed wear biboveralls so her boys wouldnt see her knees. How differant was that?? I could liston for hours all her wonderful memorys on growing up. I didnt grow up in that time but.. even though things was rough and times was hard, familys stuck together and values was taught. People wasn't afraid to talk about God or Jesus.. They made him dwell in their hearts. Maybe more people need to get back to the basics and back to the book.. :) anyhow,, aunt Josie has realy been taking the lost of her husband hard. You see the pain in her eyes. She just keeps saying.. it was Gods will and Bob isn't in pain anymore.

I love her and im so glad we are a part of her life.. she always tell me.. Amy, I love you like your my own.. I am blessed to be able to see her so much, she goes to our church and is a faithful woman of God.. strong in faith! A prayer warrior. I sit beside her twice on sunday and then again on wed. If church is open.. shes there. Her brother was a preacher and even though I never got to hear him preach I heared he was wonderful. He passed away about 16 years ago.. got hit by a car while walking to church.

Well even though shes not my aunt shes my husbands.. I love her like my grandma. She will alway have a place in my heart...

well I better go to bed.. its late and im tired!
God Bless....Amy Jo