Love Freezer Meals

Today my sister, a friend, and I got together and made freezer meals.  We each brought the ingredients to make 6 of one dish.  For example, I took large pasta shells, meat sauce, cheese, spinach, and cottage cheese.  Linds made 42 ham balls, and Lex brought corn, beans, hamburger, tortilla shells and made taco bakes.  In 2 hours we had lots of dirty dishes and our freezer meals were complete.  Now my freezer has 2 taco bakes, 2 stuffed shells pans, and 2 pans of ham balls ready to pop in the oven and serve for supper.  Linds and I made CCP (chicken pot pie) and spaghetti bake a over Christmas break... I love having something good in the freezer ready to bake.  On those "I am out of everything," or "Get home at 6 or so," or "BL, can you start supper?" nights, the freezer meals are GREAT!

Let me know if anyone has any great freezer meal recipes, we are planning to do this again in a few months.  

Work Family

I admire the people I work with at school.  We all have differences, maybe we do not always agree on everything, but when you walk into our school you feel love.  Love for each other, love for our students, and love for learning.  We truly care about each other like a family.  I love you guys, man!

My Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day to my Valentine, the butter on my bread, the ranch on my salad, the ketchup on my hamburger, the frosting on my cupcake, and the cinnamon in my roll. 

After 19 years, he is still the one that makes me laugh, still the one that makes me strong, still the one that makes me shout, still the one I love to touch...  (sing it)  Still the one,  Still the one,  We're still having fun, and he's still the one...

There's so many ways your sweet loves made this house into a home....
When a whole lot of Decembers are showing in your face,
Your auburn hair has faded and silver takes its place,
You'll just as lovely, and I'll still be around...  (you know the rest)



Happy Valentine's Day BL!

The Ranch

My next love is the Ranch.  I adore living on this farm. 

One... we bought it from my mom and dad.  Growing up it was referred to as "Pete's."  Dad bought it from a man named Pete Taylor.  Our house sits where there once was a old corn crib.  Dad raised pigs here and calved some cows.  When I was about 12, Mom and Dad were loading pigs, and Dad tapped one with a board.  The board broke and hit Mom in the nose.  With blood running down her nose, she firmly declared that she was FINE.  She was fine, and does not have any surface scars to show.  But it sure did leave a permanent impression in our memories. 

Two... I love livestock; goats, chickens, cows, horses, and our dog, Dally.  I presently have 40 eggs in the incubator and anxiously wait to hear the peeps of hatching chicks.  We just bought 6 baby goats, they are the cutest little things ever.  In about a month, we will start calving... can't wait! 

Three... I truly believe some of my most wonderful memories, life learning lessons, and hardest work happened because I grew up on a farm not far from this Ranch.  Where else in the world does a peeping chick or a calf's first breath make all the difference in the world?

Simple Church

I love our little, simple, country church.  Of all the places to love, it is simply one of my favorites.  I remember going as a little girls, I still see my first Sunday teacher most Sundays.  I walked down it's red aisle with my dad to marry my husband.  At the Christmas program, my grandma was one of three grandparents that had four generations present.  Our family has out-grown the back pew at the Easter Sunrise Service.  Our girls were baptized there.  Smiles of friends and neighbors greet us each week.  It's peacefulness is simply amazing. 

Vintage Campers

I absolutely LOVE vintage campers.  The challenge, the what in the world are you thinking, is that yours, the knee slapping old ladies... it makes me smile.  Our first camper, the IH, still holds a special place in my heart.  I will never forget the look on BL's face when we pulled home the "project."  Our newest 1972 model is the cat's meow.  Some may think it looks like a Taco Wagon, but to me it's heaven.  Restoring vintage campers is my dream job, but not on a high demand.  I have a new project this spring... I can't wait.  The neighbors are joining the Ditch Diva Club. Nothing makes me more proud then to see a campground with a bunch of Ditch Divas there.  We need a banner.  I think there might be a market for Ditch Diva t-shirts?

Top 5

I love my daily commute.  Here is a list of the Top 5 funnies from my daily commute over the past 12 years...

1.  the slip and slide in Pulaski at the construction site
2.  passing a tractor on the side of the road and realizing it was Dad
3.  watching a car completely destroy the road sign (no one was hurt)
4.  seeing a lady in the ditch, we stopped to assist, I asked her if she was alright, she replied that she wasn't to good, I asked how I could help... she replied that she wasn't hurt, just not to good (why was she driving?)
5.  my partner in crime reading a book, while I drive or vise versa. 

Everyday is an adventure!