A weekend of Fun

Last weekend began with happy hour at Bud and Mary McCarvilles'.  We got the chance to break in their new deck.   They have such a beautiful back yard and deck.   Several of the monthly gang attended and had a great time.

Saturday morning I asked Ronnie if he would like to go to town with me as I needed to pick up a prescription at Target and I wanted to stop at Younkers because I had a lot of coupons and I was interested in Fiesta dishes. Off we went and look what I got. Notice my pretty bundt cake in the background.

Sunday morning brought Mass and the Moorland Fireman's Breakfast. That was yummy. We spent the afternoon cheering for our Nascar favorites but it didn't work out this week. Get going #88 and #24.

Peach Jam

Friday morning found me in the mood to can peaches.  I bought a lug on Thursday when I got groceries. 
As I started getting the peaches ready I decided to try my hand at making jam.   I boiled water on the stove and filled a pan with ice and water in the sink.  After cutting an x in the bottom of 8 peaches I put them in the boiling water for one minute and then moved them to the ice water.  The peels came right off and I sliced the peaches into a pan and mashed them a bit.  I then added 5 cups of sugar,  2 Tablespoons of fruit pectin and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.  I brought the mixture to a low boil for 20 minutes, remove foam from the top and put the mixture in to hot jars.  Time to hot water bath for 20 minutes.  The finished product looks good and we will be enjoying it for awhile. Maybe some homemade bread is in order.

A week in the life

Tuesday I had lunch with a couple of my favorite people, Tina and Cleo, from Target. So nice to catch up and have some great laughs and conversations and a little gossiping among the girls. Wednesday, I got a body perm from Jodi at the Headquarters in the morning. I love it. Not too much curl but just enough body to keep it looking good. Thanks for coming through for me Jodi.

Wednesday evening we went for dinner with our Moorland friends at Mineral City.   It was great and for once, everyone was able to make it.    As always we headed to the Dariette for some lemon ice cream after dinner.  We rode with Joyce and Dick and so they stopped back for coffee when we got home.  It was a fun filled evening.

Thursday I decided that I needed a few things in town.  Ronnie was busy staining/sealing the deck and so I headed out on my own. 

I went to a new store in Fort Dodge called Real Deals for Home Decor. Of course, I made a couple of purchases for the bathroom. From there I walked down the street and browsed around a reconsignment shop. Younkers just happens to have 75% off on some of their summer clothes and I picked up a couple of dresses to wear around the house. A trip to the bank was next and then I headed to Hobby Lobby and bought a new clock for the living room. This is really fun. Menards was my next stop and I picked up spray paint for the wooden frames that Dick made for us. I was getting hungry so I bought some pretzels too. Target here I come. Luckily they had some of the groceries that I needed and I do love just wandering around in there and seeing all of the good deals and the old friends that I made. My final stop was HyVee for groceries. Is it really 6PM? Time does fly when you are having fun.

Summer is coming to an end

After the boys went home to Omaha after their visit I started to realize that summer is almost over.  All grandchildren are back to school and it is a definate sign of fall.  After spending Saturday night and part of Sunday in Omaha we headed for Moorland.

Monday was a big house cleaning day.  It was necessary after being gone so much and having so much company.  As the routine goes, Ronnie does the floors and I do the rest.  I love that he is so willing to vacuum.  It is definately not one of my favorite things.  While I was cleaning I thought it was time to make a little coffee bar near the coffee pot.  I am crazy for change and always trying something different. Take a look.

After enjoying my coffee bar for a couple of days, I decided to take the Pioneer Woman's advice and make iced coffee for us. Sorry Starbucks but it is outstanding.

Here is how I made it. I put 8 ounces of Kona coffee in a large bowl and added 4 quarts of water to that. I let is sit on the counter for about 10 hours. Dick Silvey stopped in and wondered why I had brownie mix sitting around in a plastic bowl. lol

Here is a picture of the final product. It was so yummy and we are still enjoying it. Come for coffee you are always welcome.