Ponderings by Plowgirl

My apologies for my disappearance for the last 2 weeks. This week I have been on "vacation" with little to no internet access, and last week, I was so sick I just didn't feel up to posting. The cold is now pretty much gone, and I will be returning home to blog more tomorrow. (I have LOTS of great pictures and stories to write about!) I even have a recipe complete with step by step pictures for you. This recipe is a MUST for your Thanksgiving Day dessert table!!!! Stay tuned....hang with me, I will be back! Happy trails, ~plowgirl

well, the update is that there is nothing to update. Nothing has happened with the house since last week. If the weather would cooperate, maybe we'd get something done. I hope this raining every3-4 days isn't a trend for the rest of the winter. However, the boys did get started cutting beans on Saturday. On Saturday, the nieces from Joplin and their kiddos were over to Grandma's for lunch. Plowbaby enjoyed the afternoon playing with her cousins. Happy trails for today plowgirl

It's been awhile since I "foodie" blogged, so I thought I'd give you a recipe to try. I made this one last night to take to Thursday Lunch today. It was one of my old standby Pampered Chef recipes that I'd do at shows. It is a quick and easy recipe to toss together and doesn't require any "special" tools. (Sorry I didn't take step by step pics for you). Hope you enjoy it. Haven't found anyone yet who doesn't! Praline Cheesecake Crust: Melt 1/4 cup of butter in Large Batter bowl add 1 1/4 cup crushed graham crackers and 1/4 cup packed brown sugar. Mix together well and press firmly into the bottom of a springform pan. Place in freezer until ready to use. Filling: (I use a mixer for this step) Soften 16 oz (2 bricks) cream cheese Cream softened cream cheese and 1 cup caramel ice cream topping. (I like Smuckers in the squeeze bottle) To that, add 2/3 carton of a 12 oz carton of cool-whip. (Save remaining cool-whip) Next, add 8 oz of ...

There was a crane at the farm on Monday to erect the grain leg. I created 11 minute video montage, and if I figure out how to post it, I will. There are a few stills also if I can find them. Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com In other news, Steve is here working on the brickwork. He and I cleaned mortar off of the old brick Monday. Yesterday, Mark and I went to Joplin and picked up the new brick. Today Steve "toothed" out the old brick by the windows so the wall can be re-bricked. (We are using the "old" brick as to match with the existing brick). Depending upon the weather tonight, we might have the brickwork completed by the end of the week! This is the window on the south First row of bricks on the new wall (west) This is the window on the north More later, stay tuned! plowgirl