Sunny Day

Sunny Day
Originally uploaded by glass_identities

Life is going Great! This last weekend I had two sales in my artfire shop and got a few more things listed... I am working on some new ideas for my shop... ( to those of you who sent me photos... I am still working on them ) I have to fit that time in between work and family and orders. Speaking of work.. it is going good... still only working very part time but I am loving it and hoping after the MRI next week that I will be able to really increase my hours. The house.. it so nice having the house done.. pretty much done... we have been working on the bathroom vanity this last week... there is one in the bathroom now that works just fine but is not very pretty. We hope to have the new one in and working by this weekend... I hope to be sharing photos too :) The kids are doing great.. oldest bought his jeep and sold his car all in one week.. I am so glad that his POS car sold so quickly. Daughter is 16 now and busy being busy... it is amazing watching her get older... *almost* funny how when she rolls her eyes it brings back memories of when I was 16, Once again I would like to take this minute to Thank my parents for not killing me... Thank you! Middle two kids are still keeping busy down south... rumor is that the oldest there will be going in the Marines very soon. Youngest kid is still doing great.. he is going to be 15 any day now and signed up for drivers ed in the fall and talking about getting a job and saving his money and buying a car, as of yet... he has not *done* any thing about getting a job or saving money.. but I figure in the next year or two. *smile* We are making plans for our summer vacation... possibly a road trip down the coast to california in the motorhome :) Over all this is shaping up to be a very nice and relaxed summer. The photo sort of is how I am feeling these days..laying on the grass looking up just feeling relaxed.

Space, Clouds, Volcanos and more

Amazing photos from the International Space Station of a volcano eruption and more.

Link is here

Looking for a Farmers Market Near you (local to me)

I woke up this morning and the first thing I saw when I turned on the twitter... lol no more tv for me... anyway.. was a post from @king5seattle with a link to the local farmers markets... it is a very user friendly link too.. you can search by county and and it is super easy.

PugetSoundFresh.org

Thank you king5 for sharing :)

If you know of a local farmers market in your area and want to share it in the comments that would be great! I will be more than happy to post a link to any that are anywhere :) ( does not have to be local to me ) Would also love to hear what makes a market number one for you.

Here is a Market in Marysville, the manager ( Hope ) is really friendly and easy to talk/email with Market on Getchell

Rhubarb Cookies

Rhubarb Cookies
Originally uploaded by glass_identities

I am loving my grandma right now so much... growing up she made the best rhubarb cookies.. not sure how.. but I had forgotten about them until the other day when my dad called me up looking for the recipe... ( thanks dad )....after sharing it with him I had to make some myself. I did not have any rhubarb but I put an ad on freecycle.com for my local area and within an hour I had 6 people write me who all lived within a mile or two.. so I headed over to one of the houses and she wonderfully let me take a whole bunch of it.. ( going to make a pie with what is left ) I just finished making them and not only are they wondeful *pats self on back* but they bring back so many wonderful memories of being young and carefree and playing at grandmas. Grandmas are truly a childs best friend.

Just a side note on this recipe make them small... they grew a lot while baking and ended up being the size of saucers which only made a dozen cookies.. I will be making more this weekend.

Rhubarb Filled Cookies Recipes

Ingredients For: Rhubarb Filled Cookies Recipes
1/2-cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2-teaspoon salt
1-tablespoon milk
1-teaspoon vanilla

Filling For: Rhubarb Filled Cookies Recipes
3 cups rhubarb, chopped
1/4-cup water
1 cup granulated sugar

Instructions For: Rhubarb Filled Cookies Recipes
Mix filling ingredients and cook until soft. Set aside and chill.

To prepare Dough: Cream butter, add sugar and cream together well. Beat eggs and add to this mixture.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture to butter mix alternating with milk and vanilla.
Chill dough.
On floured board, roll out dough 1/2" thick. Using a 2" cutter, cut out cookies .
Place cookies on a greased or sprayed cookie sheet.
Cover dough with a teaspoon of filling. Top with another cookie and press edges together with tines of a floured fork.
Bake rhubarb filled cookies recipes in 400°F oven for 10 minutes.

Salsa Garden

salsa garden
Originally uploaded by glass_identities

This last weekend was so great... no time schedules... well Dave had some work he brought home that needed to be done but no house stress.. no projects we had to work 24/7 to get done. It was really nice. We did some garage sales.. got a green marble rolling pin/cutting board set for a $1.. and two barstools for $5... a great moose candle holder...it was great. Went to Bostons pizza for lunch and then on Sunday.. we slept in really late.. had some breakfast.. and then went back to bed.. it was amazing. Today I played in my little salsa garden this morning.. gave the tomatoes new stakes.. they are growing really fast right now... all are covered with little yellow flowers. The pepper plants are not growing so well I dont think... All the flowers in the planters are doing great too.. overfilling the baskets and full of very bright blooms. I love this time of year! Today I start back to work. Will only be doing short shifts.. see how it goes.. should be great..and then by the time I have the next MRI, in july, I hope to be working full time again :)

Great Weekend

This last weekend was so great... no time schedules... well Dave had some work he brought home that needed to be done but no house stress.. no projects we had to work 24/7 to get done. It was really nice. We did some garage saling.. got a green marble rolling pin/cutting board set for a $1.. and two barstools for $5 it was great. Went to Bostons pizza for lunch and then on sunday.. we slept in really late.. had some breakfast.. and then went back to bed.. it was amazing. Today I played in my little garden this morning.. gave the tomatoes new stakes.. they are growing really fast right now... all are covered with little yellow flowers. All the flowers in the planters are doing great too.. overfilling the baskets and full of very bright blooms. I love this time of year! Today I start back to work. Will only be doing short shifts.. see how it goes.. should be great..and then by the time I have the next MRI, in july, I hope to be working full time again :)