Thursday Afternoon...

I told him not to throw that snowball...

STILL SNOWING...

this was what we woke up to Friday morning...unfortunately we had to go to work.

Its snowing...

the sky is falling!!!


the burn pile...

at the well house...

who planted a pine tree in the backyard?

the onions in the garden...

Dusty checking it out...

I think its about an inch...

the corp land in back...

looking north west in the neighbors backyards...

Dusty and Curly Sue...

Lillies first snow...

what's this?

looking south east...

run...

shake it off...

the kitchen garden...

clothes line...

birdfeeders...

out the front door...

It started about 8:30 this morning and as of 4:30
this afternoon its still coming down pretty good.

Kitchen garden 2010...

January 19, 2010
it was 65*

this is the bed where I will plant the onions...

so I weeded...

cleaned up the path in-between...

and planted the onions.

I went to Wal Mart and picked up Texas sweet onions, sweet peas and pots for starting some seeds indoors later this month.

the season begins...

Update: yesterday I planted another bunch of purple onions.

GO TEAM Buffalo...

Super Bowl Sunday...
Everywhere I look lately you see all the recipes for things to eat this Sunday, most of them are for Buffalo Style chicken. So Kenneth and I researched a few websites and also got a recipe from yesterdays newspaper (which I am making for supper tonight, because I have to work Sunday)

Crock Pot Buffalo Sandwiches

• 4 skinless/boneless chicken breasts

• 1 bottle (your choice) buffalo wing sauce
  
• 1/2 pkg (1 oz) ranch dressing mix
• 2 T margarine
• 6 WW buns

mix 3/4 wing sauce with dry ranch dressing...set aside
place chicken breast in oiled crock pot
pour sauce over chicken
cook on low 5-6 hours
shred chicken when done add margarine, heat 30 - 60 more minutes
place on buns with favorite vegetables...enjoy

TIP: any left overs can be used for buffalo pizza

Baked Buffalo Strips

• 3 chicken breasts cut into 1" strips
• 2 T Olive oil
• 1/2 C soy sauce
• red pepper flakes (to taste)
• 2 T ketchup
• 1 C honey
• 1/2 t garlic powder
• salt/pepper

Mix last 7 ingrediants together and coat strips, place in oiled baking dish'
Bake 375* for 1 hr



Deep Fried Buffalo Chicken

• 3/4 C flour
• 1/4 C cornmeal
• 1/2 t pepper
• 1/2 t cayenne
  
• 1/4 t garlic powder
• 1/2 t paprika

mix the dry ingredients

• Cut 3 chicken breast into 1/2" strips
• place 1 C milk and 1 egg into ziplock bag add chicken strip
• marinade for 30 min. to 1 hr.

remove chicken from baggie and dredge in dry mix, deep fry at 375* for approximately 5 minutes. Toss with 1/4 C hot sause and 1 T melted butter. Don't forget the ranch dressing and celery on the side.

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This is a picture taken when we visited Dallas a few years back and I found a log cabin village online.

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February...

dates to remember...

• 4th Thank a Mailman Day
• 7th Super Bowl XLIV "Go Team!"
• 8th Fly a kite day
• 10th Umbrella Day
• 14th Valentines Day "xoxoxox"
• 16th Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday
• 20th Love your pet day
• 22nd Be Humble Day
• 23rd National Pancake Day - FREE Pancakes at IHOPS!
• 26th Carnival Day
• 27th International Polar Bear day

Can you add anymore?