tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56312724005785753472024-03-14T02:58:09.926-07:00Life's Little PleasuresHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-61293627270680402022010-09-14T12:54:00.000-07:002010-09-14T13:01:22.799-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRgI_I3vdX0GPZGt5OcPZ9plWd9uc7X1hQcjOaBqSgSuAzmmMGbo0uJ9oK5sDuZum8EN4JKvOloyBqcnfwv5Cu8m7qrZAE5Z7koLd1LIz9g6tH6QpE27EVNKDtSCdOrtCYdIx4dm_iEI/s1600/017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516861599678558226" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRgI_I3vdX0GPZGt5OcPZ9plWd9uc7X1hQcjOaBqSgSuAzmmMGbo0uJ9oK5sDuZum8EN4JKvOloyBqcnfwv5Cu8m7qrZAE5Z7koLd1LIz9g6tH6QpE27EVNKDtSCdOrtCYdIx4dm_iEI/s320/017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOT1VwV9cK4xHzHZJ00ex6wd4enm648I7XpesuqgRUqNT9KRr9bsEtR7GWCu-0Xgxep-TAOCUkwel-0M-x4cCyB2Z0fOCTwwOxAAzvRg7_cBsJVDb71wXgIpF3VBYfzK6gZZy6TCsyqI4/s1600/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516860981608631490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOT1VwV9cK4xHzHZJ00ex6wd4enm648I7XpesuqgRUqNT9KRr9bsEtR7GWCu-0Xgxep-TAOCUkwel-0M-x4cCyB2Z0fOCTwwOxAAzvRg7_cBsJVDb71wXgIpF3VBYfzK6gZZy6TCsyqI4/s320/002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>OK so I have learned something here!!! Yea! I can put pictures in the middle of my post, I had always wondered how people did that. Here I will attempt to put two pictures, one of my granddaughter in here sweater-coat that I knit for her and a picture of the sweater-coat without her in it!!!!</div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-35346717609236712212010-09-13T06:56:00.000-07:002010-09-13T08:07:19.823-07:00I am reading Tea Teaberry Strangler by Laura Childs. I am a sucker for book with recipes! How about you? And this book is no different. However, there are some recipes in the back that I am definately going to try, like, Pecan Pie Muffins, Haley's Vagabond Vegetable Soup and Butterscotch Scones, to name a few. Here is the recipe for Pecan Pie Muffins, which will be made as soon as I get off the comptuer!!!!<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Pecan Pie Muffins</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">1 cup brown sugar, packed</div><div align="center">1/2 cup flour</div><div align="center">1 cup pecans, chopped</div><div align="center">1/2 tsp. cinnamon</div><div align="center">2 eggs</div><div align="center">1/2 cup butter, melted</div><br />Combine brown sugar, flour, pecans, and cinnamon in mixing bowl. Beat eggs well, then stir in melted butter. Add egg adn butter mixture to dry mixture, stirring until moistened. Spoon batter into foil baking cups that have been greased, fillings about 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20to 25 minutes or until done Remove from pan and cool on wire rack. Yields about 8 or 9 muffins.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-8024667881688879142010-09-13T06:49:00.000-07:002010-09-13T06:55:41.883-07:00<div align="justify">I am taking a class on blogging - I wonder if I will keep up any better than before? I hope I learn something, I think I already have, but wait......we'll see.....</div>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-25450638286699226702010-08-16T12:22:00.000-07:002010-08-16T12:26:38.532-07:00Ok, so I think I need lessons on how to keep up! I haven't posted since Oct. What has happened? DD#3 Katie, found a medical coder job at the regional hospital in Evanston, WY and she and mikaya moved there the last weekend of March...boohoo, boohoo.... Kristen DGD#1 finished 4th grade and this summer I took her and her mom Megan, DD#2, on a road trip to Reno, NV., Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, CA, Yosemite, CA, Disneyland and Sea World!!! Then we spent 4 days with Katie and Mikaya in Evanston. I have been home for two weeks and have done nothing, no sewing, no scrapbooking, nothing! I am hoping that I will get more done soon!Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-80539132215148906242009-10-01T11:24:00.000-07:002009-10-01T11:37:36.142-07:00It is brisk here this morning - soup weather, so I am making homemade bread, and Spicy Lentil Soup. The stew recipe follows. Of course, because I don't plan well, the bread won't be done until later, but crackers work well. Nothing new on the home front. Mikayas' vocabulary grows with each day. Sucker, I stuck, me brush. I can't beleive the 2 word sentences she is putting together. Well once I get some AA batteries for my camera, (two went into the furnace thermostat this morning. Funny how the furnace won't kick on when the thermostat isn't working!!! Brrrrrrr - 66 degrees in the house this morning!) I will post a picture of the Lentil Stew!<br /><br />Spicy Lentil Stew<br />1.5 cups of uncooked lentils, rinsed<br />5 cups chicken broth (homemade, canned or bouillon-based)<br />2 cloves garlic, finely chopped<br />1 cup onion, chopped<br />1 cup large carrot pieces<br />1 cup green pepper, chopped (optional)<br />1 15oz can diced tomatoes (with juice)<br />1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks (yes sweet potato - put it in, it's a lovely addition)<br />1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, depends on how hot you like it<br />1/2 teaspoon ground cumin.<br /><br />1. Using a large pot with lid, combine lentils, chicken broth, and garlic. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Turn off heat and let oentils sit for 1 hour.<br /><br />2. In the meantime, prepare remaining ingredients.<br /><br />3. After 1 hour, turn heat to medium. Add all remaining ingredients. Cook, uncoverd, until carrot adn sweet potato are tender, about 30 minutes. Makes 6 servings.<br />Variation:Serve over brown rice or other whole grain.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-42952550788211324912009-09-18T14:04:00.000-07:002009-09-18T14:15:13.699-07:00It's Friday the 18th of September, and all is quiet on the home front. Life is never dull here, Mikaya, looked at me on Sunday the 13th, her 18 month birthday and said "Nama"! Then on Monday she said "sucka (sucker)". Everyday she is adding new words and learning new things. We have to find her some wooden puzzles to work. Her problem solving skills are out of this world! On a quilty note, kind of, I am making a purse with 3 compartments. It is slow going, as I can only work on it in the mornings when DD is home to watch the baby. The sewing machine is in the basement and my are there so many things that Mikaya can get into that she shouldn't! :-) I have a color quilt in the works, an altered sweatshirt with cats on it and numerous other projects that need to be done. I am going to try and get something finished that I have started a while ago. hmmmmmmm I wonder which of the many I should work on???<br />The button to the right is for you scrapbookers, or anyone who loves to read blogs! Kim is giving away some e-books from Ella Publishing. Check them out with the next button down.<br />Have a great weekend.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-29105982746045395992009-09-07T14:25:00.001-07:002009-09-07T14:35:08.028-07:00Isn't it funny one can go forever and not have anything new or exciting to blog about and here I have two in one day!!! DS and I just returned from a road trip and we both got a dose of CA traffic! We drove north from Ukiah to Willits and then west from Willits to Fort Bragg and then up CA Hwy 1 to Leggett & CA 101 then back down to Ukiah. A total trip of about 200 miles! However 101 North of Santa Rosa is sporadic divided highway, and the 20 from Willits to Fort Bragg and the 1 into Leggett are all 2 laners if you want to call them that! I, the one from S. Cal, didn't realize that the northern mountains of this state are straight up and striaght down! The round trip from Willits was just that all 2 lane, and all twisty curvey mountain roads. Now if I had been driving........................ Thank you Ben for driving! Upon arriving back in Willits there was a typical California traffice jam! 2 miles out from the first stop light in Willits the cars were backed up and slowly inching forward. Willits have 5 stop lights!!!!! geesh - sigh Tomorrow is Ben's interview and then we hit the return road. Such a quick trip. Oh yes, we did stop at a winery, and of all the thousands of wineries in the Napa/Sonoma valley we stopped at the Cohn Winery, I think, thta was formerly owned by the Dobby Brothers! Now how weird is that? sigh bought two bottles of wine for DD#1 and none for me.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-16089538771914482182009-09-07T05:32:00.000-07:002009-09-07T05:34:59.960-07:00I am sitting here in a motel room in Ukiah, CA. Ben, my son, has decided to interview here for a job. Relocating from Wyoming to Northern California will be quite the experience for him. At 26 he's "running away" from home! My! What will I do with him so far away?Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-19446286058158237872009-07-25T10:40:00.000-07:002009-07-25T10:42:40.030-07:00Wahoo! Two posts within a week! I uploaded pictures of the quilt top that I made at Quilt Wyoming, two weeks ago. It is called Quick Rolling Star and the teacher was Jan Krentz! I am so happy that it is done - well maybe! The bottom picture are the pieces laid out at class, as you can see I changed it all around before I was done! Enjoy!Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-39909398622832611732009-07-20T08:43:00.000-07:002009-07-20T08:52:04.598-07:00OK, so I check a couple blogs everyday, and one got me back here. Life is busy as you can imagine with a 16 month old in the house. Busy as a bee she is!! Right now Mikaya is sprinkleing bug juice on herself - well sprinkleing wasn't the correct word - we won't go there. Now she is "cleaning" her mess up with no clothes on! sigh - somedays.....I just finished a class over at JessicaSprague.com using Photoshop Elements!!! Whew I learned so much and had so much fun. I will try and add some of the pictures, maybe before and afters, so you can see what I have done. I am going to try to be more diligent about blogging, but don't hold your breath!!! sigh - I spent 2 weekends ago in Cheyenne at Quilt Wyoming - the state quilt guild annual retreat. I took a class from Jan Krentz - Quick Rolling Star - was hoping to get it done before I go the CA next week, but......... and then a class called Magic Squares - an architectual quilt. that one will take a while, but I have some of both done. Have a great week.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-82521809070278182632009-04-04T08:55:00.001-07:002009-04-04T09:00:20.780-07:00It's Springtime in the Rockies - and the snow is falling and the wind is blowing! I shoveled the driveway this morning and the snow was falling faster than I could shovel! Soon it will be spring. I have been taking an online scrapbooking class and it has been a blast. Scrapbooking on a Shoestring. Stretched my feeble brain into using office supplies, i.e. paper clips, transparentcies, staples, paint, etc. But I have some wonderful ideas to keep me going. Now I need to get back to quilting and get a quilt quilted soon. It needs to be in Seattle by April 2o. hmmm, maybe if I get it done soon enough, DD#1 and DSIL can hand carry it to Seattle when they go on the 16th! Ya think they would do that for their mom? alas probably no, with the cost of baggage now days!Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-30911237840852542022009-03-15T15:17:00.000-07:002009-03-15T15:23:53.505-07:00I have no excuse for not updating this blog, except well, I don't know. What's happened since October? Hmmm, two trips to California, one with granddaughter Kristen and daughter Megan. It was to help with a wedding reception that was canceled, but "the girls" and I went anyway. Spent 2 days at Disneyland, and had a blast, then Megan and Kristen took a boat on into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Newport Beach -Dana Point to look for whales, while we saw no whales we did see porpoise and sea lions. Then home and back again with granddaughter Mikaya and daughter Katie, and out to see Mikaya's daddy. Nice warm weather. Then Halloween and Thanksgiving. We spent Thanksgiving in Gillette with daughter Jamie, and son, Ben and Megan came up from Casper. Then Christmas here with Megan, Kristen, Ben, Katie & Mikaya. Jamie and David had their girls for the holidays and didn't come down. Now the big 1! Mikaya is now 1 and such a beautiful baby. Gramma is partial don't ya know? Maybe now I'll keep up better.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-49242173299934559662009-03-15T15:05:00.000-07:002009-03-15T15:07:04.752-07:00OK, so I didn't get the Disneyland pictures posted in October, nor the Thanksgiving pictures posted in Nov, nor Christmas, Valentines pictures posted in their respective months. But I will see if I can find some today. Mikaya just turned one and oh my what a year it has been. She isn't walking yet, but it won't be long.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-53158557914205084382008-10-14T08:34:00.000-07:002008-10-14T08:41:11.540-07:00OK, so here it is almost a month later! I know, I know, not very consistant am I? sigh But I have a couple, well 4 pictures to post of my weekend activities! DD#1, Jamie, asked if I would make Halloween costumes for her 3 (step)daughters so like a good momma, I said yes. I posted some pictures of them. The oldest Hailey (14) is going to be an angel, Braxtayn (11) is going to be Selina Gomez, and Whitney (9) is going to Hannah Montana. Then tomorrow a.m. early I will fly to Southern California to visit a high school friend with DD#2, Megan, and DGD#1 Kristen and so I made me a Mischievous gnome messenger bag. It was fun to do and quick!!!!<br />Next post should have pictures of Disneyland, Sea World and our whale watching excursion!Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-71761331480178113662008-09-18T12:18:00.002-07:002008-09-18T13:14:07.424-07:00This is a recipe from my Aunt Lauretta. She would make this is in the fall with fresh dill seeds, but since I don't grow dill, I used the dried stuff that comes in a jar. I am sure that the fresh seed would make this yummy bread taste even better! EnjoyHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-89036885359136976592008-09-18T12:18:00.001-07:002008-09-18T13:12:36.994-07:00Dilly BreadDilly Bread<br /><br />Sprinkle 1 pkg dry yeast over 1/4 cup of warm water (110-115 degrees) Heat to lukewarm 1 cup large curd cream style cottage cheese.<br /><br />In a bowl add to cottage cheese<br />2 T sugar<br />1 T instant minced onions<br />1 T butter<br />2 tsp dill seeds<br />1 tsp salt<br />yeast water<br />1/4 tsp baking soda<br />1 egg<br /><br />Stir mixture<br /><br />Add a little flour at a time 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 cups<br />Beat well after each addition<br />Cover and let rise until double - 50-60 minutes<br />Stir down with 25 vigorous strokes and turn into well greased loaf pan, or 1 1/2 qt round pan or 1 1/2 qt. casserole<br /><br />Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-18016898107572289662008-09-18T12:18:00.000-07:002008-09-18T13:06:58.967-07:00Today is September 18, 2008 and here I am again. I have added three pictures of the newest branch on the Wilde tree. The first is the night she was born, the second is Mikaya and her Mommie on March 14, and the last was last week on September 12th, the day before Mikaya turned months old. She is with her Mommie and her doctor, Lauri Palmer. Aren't they just really cute? I will be adding pictures from the between months sometime soon.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631272400578575347.post-69479557591765152962008-09-15T16:37:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:38:42.886-07:00The start!Well I took the jump and started a blog. Let's hope that I keep this going.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265832178690244750noreply@blogger.com0