Grim Wytche Farm

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween

I have to share something that happened tonight…. It is so funny!

Grim and I are passing out candy…. I am sitting near the lit pumpkins, wearing my wool trench coat. All of a sudden I smell toast and comment to it and then ask Grim am I on fire?

To which he replies….

No honey we aren’t burning witches tonight….

LOL!

I laughed about that for awhile. Mainly, because I thought I would smell like toast if I was on fire… Who knew!

Yart

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Welcome to my Witches Tea Party (pic heavy)

Poison Toadstools

Thank you for attending my Tea Party!

I hope you enjoyed yourself!

Yart

Friday, October 28, 2011

I have a confession to make…. I signed up for a challenge at the beginning of the month. It is to do 300 miles in 3 months. I have failed miserably. I have done 19.48 miles for the month of October. The only excuse I have is that life has gotten once again in the way of me exercising. I’m not going to beat myself up. The 20 pounds I lost at the beginning of the year is still gone. I really did hope to lose another 20 before the end of the year.

There is still hope that I can pull this together. Only 280.52 miles to get done in just over 2 months. I guess I better get on that exercise bike. LOL!

Yart

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Falling asleep on my feet

I wrote this last night!

I need to get this typed up while I am waiting for Band monster to get done with practice. I am so afraid that I am going to fall asleep since this is the first time all day I have sat down.

After I dropped the monsters off at school I came home and emptied and washed the last 30 jars. Then I got started on cutting up the onions to dehydrate. I think that it was about 5 pounds. Altogether I got 7 trays of diced onions. I would have done more but I could no longer breathe or see… LOL!

Then I got started on cutting the cabbage for kraut. Grim was a huge help with this as we did 3 heads that weighed in at 21 pounds. So this took all his strength to muddle the cabbage. Man what a job. But it is done and awaiting its final home in the basement.

I got 2 loaves of French bread made. I also made for the first time Sourdough Dinner Rolls the recipe can be found here…. They came out great. Will be using my starter for this on a regular basis from now on. Since I had so much starter to use up I also made 3 batches of Sourdough buckwheat pancakes…. Minus the buckwheat… the recipe can be found here. I made so many because I am trying to get the monsters off of cereal in the mornings. It isn’t healthy and its expensive.

For dinner I made 2 pounds of pasta, 2 pounds of hamburger and beef gravy…. mixed it altogether baked for 1/2 an hour. Everyone really liked it. I liked it cause it was quick and easy.

And the dishes I have done all day… They just kept multiplying. I hate when they do that…. My shirt has dish pan hands, from where I lean against the sink…. LOL!

Yart

Sweet Paul

I want to send a big shout out to Liesl & Miles over at the Nest for posting about this wonderful site!

They shared a new to me site…. Sweet Paul Magazine…. It is to die for!

They have the greatest ideas and the recipes are fab!

The Galette, Pretzels and a ton of other great recipes and design ideas!

Yart

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

I did a very bad thing

I spent our whole pay check… The bills are paid and there is money set aside for expenses till the next pay. But I spent everything else.

I bought:

Farmers Market 50lbs potatoes 25lbs peanuts 25lbs turnips 1 bushel of apples 6 pumpkins assorted squash lettuce parsnips tomatoes celery peppers 5 cabbage green onions cranberries pomegranates bananas radishes dried figs	Grocery Store toilet paper dish soap shampoo conditioner razors dental floss sandwich bags laundry soap blueing agent vitamins thermos
Specialty Stores cereal safflower oil pizza crust mix halloween candy milk eggs sharp cheddar cheese cottage cheese salami tortilla tortilla chips parmesan cheese	Extra Shops Bag sale at church $2 ~ twin flannel sheet set, 6 paper backs, glass globe, knitting needles, mitten pattern book Micheals 4lbs glycerin, 3pk color, 1 scent, 2 skeins of yarn, 1 bag of melts Ukazoo Book Store Idiots guide to knitting and crochet, interview with a vampire, pride and prejudice and zombies, and sense and sensibility and sea monsters

Now wasn’t that fun…. LOL! Sometimes you just need to see it in writing before it sinks in that you bought a ton of stuff. But this will last at least 2 weeks. Some things will last well into the winter. Next pay I should only need food and baking supplies (butter, baking soda… I guess I should start a list now… LOL!)

And of course I will be heading back to Ukazoo. I told Grim about it and he is looking forward to checking it out. Gotta Love new stores! I will try and get some pic the next time I’m there.

This ended up being much longer then I originally intended.

Yart