Hot Cross Buns

when i visited gram last week before easter she wanted some hot cross buns, we stopped at tony's donuts in portland to get them but :( they were sold out. i had been thinking of making them for gram ever since and found out tammy was going down to see her on friday so i made these up for her ( and for us) and sent them on their way. they were very good. i did not use the typical candied fruit, just regular natural dried fruit. healthy and delicious

Flour

Sugar

Buttermilk

Yeast

Salt

Dried Fruit

for observant people you may notice something different about me in this picture ;)

more from mr fixit

hot tub is still not repaired!

MR FIXIT

RECENTLY THE OUR DRYER DECIDED TO MAKE VERY VERY LOUD NOISES WHILE DRYING OUR MANY LOADS OF WASH. I FIGURED THIS WAS IT, I WAS GOING TO GET A MATCHING DRYER FOR MY MIELE WASHER ~ BUT BEFORE I ORDERED THE NEW DRYER I FIGURED I BETTER ASK MR FIXIT WHAT HE THOUGHT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE, WELL HE TOOK A LOOK AND SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BEARINGS, AND BELTS ECT.. SOUNDED BAD TO ME BUT HE SAID OH NO EASY FIX...... :( needless to say, old faithful is back in fine working order not making a wierd sound at all! THE SAME CAN NOT BE SAID FOR THE HOT TUB, HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT THING ALL DAY AND IT IS NOT WORKING YET. IM SURE HE WONT GIVE UP THOUGH ~ HE CAN FIX ANYTHING.

SLOPPY JOES the good stuff

Turkey Sloppy Joes

ground turkey meat

red pepper (or any color)

red onion

tomatoe sauce

brown sugar

worcestershire sauce

montreal grill seasoning

cook on stove

(husband can do this)

Burger Buns

Flour

Egg

Sugar

Yeast

salt

SPRING in maine YUCK!

Im probably breaking
the cardinal rule of
blogging but this
is going to be the complaining blog. (ugly pictures included to make points) This is my pool. This is my pool in March 2008 after a long gross winter! It collapsed, the sides are crunched the liner is ripped and the bottom is mangled. Needless to say we will not be swimming anytime soon. Other things that this winter has brought to us, well how about 3.79 a gallon for oil. Oh did I mention that we go through at least 100 gallons every 15-20 days on top of burning through 8 cords of wood? Gas is 3.30 a gallon and I drive a suburban????? I put in 125.00 dollars worth of gas yesterday. Flour was 33.80 for 50 pounds almost twice the amount I had paid for it 2 months prior. The hot tub is broken, the yards is muddy, the kids are bored, the dog is lame ( mentally and physically ;) He can't run in the snow or his legs get sore! So you see, we need grass and sun and warm weather!! PLEASE PLEASE GET HERE SOON.

I tried to get a picture of the fact that it is SNOWING again here! It has been all day, its gray and ugly and cold and miserable. I have tried not to complain to much about the weather, but this winter has been long and hard and difficult.

HMMM....

I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PICTURES TO PUT UP FOR A WHILE NOW
LIFE HAS BEEN BUSY, MARK HAS BEEN WORKING ON FUNERAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK 1/2 NOW AND FEELS LIKE HE HAS BEEN HOME FOR A BOUT 3 HOURS TOTAL! THE BOYS ARE AT THE DENTIST THIS MORNING AND HE WAS ABLE TO TO TAKE THEM FOR ME, I WAS NOT SURE HOW I COULD DO IT, AS THEIR APPOINTMENT WAS AT 6:45 AND I DID NOT THINK WE COULD ALL GET READY AND OUT OF THE HOUSE AT THAT HOUR, NOT SURE HOW THE BOYS FELT ABOUT GOING TO THE DENTIST WITH THEIR DAD IN DRESS GREENS!
MORE TO COME THIS WEEK I HOPE, MAYBE I WILL PUT UP A PIC OF ME MINUS BRACES SOON.

OUTERBANKS ~ 2004

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES OF ALL TIMES

AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES ON EARTH

THIS DAY WAS MAGNIFICENT

ONLY ONE THING MISSING

BUT WE WERE THINKING OF HIM