Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Bella won't make it to the ball drop and to be honest I probably won't either. I'm going to cook the traditional ham, greens, black eye peas, and cornbread for the first time tomorrow. Wish me luck! 

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Years Day! 

Merry Christmas and Happy Yule!

Bella was thrilled!

My babies

Me and my youngest

Christmas will continue this Saturday with my stepdaughter, son in law, and my Grandbabies 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas/Yule! 

Samhain 2013

Alter to Hecate 

Alter honoring my ancestors 

Bella is a scary skeleton 

Wishing you and your family Samhain Blessings

Juicing

I love to juice. Here is my favorite recipe.

This is the juicer my sweet friend sent me when mine died. I love it!

I use beets (including the greens), celery, cucumber, carrots, apple, and ginger root.

I add a half teaspoon of Moringa to every jar.

I end up with about a half gallon of juice and then I fill it the rest of the way with purified water.

It yields  12 small jars of yummy goodness. I keep them in the freezer until I am ready to drink it.  

Slow Progress

For the last year I have been working pretty hard on getting healthy and changing my body composition. I have had my ups and downs. The last few weeks have been a down so it's time to refocus, regroup, and push on. 

This is from December of last year

And this is from September of this year

I do have to admit I see a slight change and I also have to remember that when you are 40 it takes a little more time and effort to achieve your goals.

Now that I have wollowed in self pitty and copious amounts of food for two weeks it's time to get back on track! 

Lazy Day

We did not want to get up today

But we did and made a small breakfast 

And I decided to flip through some books and this one caught my eye. My mother gave it to me on her last visit.  Its very interesting.

Maybe tomorrow Ill have something interesting to post.

Max and Breakfast

I decided to make the family an overnight blueberry and cream cheese bake for breakfast,  It turned out pretty good!

12 slices of bread

two blocks of cream cheese

12 eggs

teaspoon vanilla 

1/4 cup maple syrup

1 cup blueberries 

cube 6 slices of bread and place in the bottom of a casserole dish

cube the cream cheese and place on the bread crumbs

sprinkle on blueberries

place the other 6 slices of cubed bread on top

mix eggs, vanilla, and syrup and pour over the top

refrigerate over night

bake at 350 for 30 minutes covered and 30 minutes uncovered (the top should be golden and the center should be firm)

while the casserole is cooking boil

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

and two tablespoons of cornstarch

after it comes to a boil stir in one cup of blueberries and simmer until the blueberries pop and the sauce thickens slightly

add two tablespoons of butter

pour over casserole after its done baking

Of coarse I decided to have something different for breakfast

Sprouted bread, bacon, and a fried egg

YUM YUM

I was trying to make a grocery list while I cooked and Max decided other wise.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Early Birthday Gift!

Check out my early birthday gift from my husband! 

That's right! An official "Leg Lamp" from A Christmas Story! Yes, it will be going in my front room window on Thanksgiving Day!

Fall Decorating

I'm trying to decorate for Fall but my sweet Bartleby thinks I'm decorating for him. 

Clearly he doesn't care about the size of the pumpkin bowl......it's his new spot!

Happy Mabon

Bella

Bella is our Boxer and youngest child. She is such a sweet spirit and love bug. She never meets a stranger and is so gentile with our mean orange kitty Pumpkin. She brings so much joy to our little family! 

One of her favorite humans....her big sister. 

Getting "Bella Tots" 

Cuddles with her feline siblings.....sometimes. 

She just wants to taste a little!

I love this picture of her and Loki. 

Iz too early for pictures mommy

Mean Pumpkin will not let her pass! He swats her every chance he gets! 

And he stalks her. 

Hope you enjoyed! 

I Love Tea

I really love tea. And I love tea cups. It's the simple things in life that are the most enjoyable sometimes.