No Good Rotten Day

The no good rotten day. Have you read that book? Cute book but sometimes I think I live that day. Only for me that day was yesterday and it was not a day but a couple of hours. 

  We set down for dinner and the baby throws his plate to the floor. No big deal, right? So I feed him off my plate. Then I realize when I am not looking he is taking it out of his mouth and throwing it. No big deal, right? So I take him away from the table and finish eating. He goes into the kitchen and dumps a huge box of cereal all over the floor. Okay, now it is becoming a big deal. 

As I am getting him dressed I hear screaming from the kitchen. The dog has been sick in the kitchen. Not normal so I tell myself, no big deal. Then the four year old starts playing in it before I can get done changing the baby. Now I am just mad and annoyed but tell myself it is okay because we have church in a hour and u can let everyone go to class and set and listen. Oh wait, I have nursey. No big deal because I honestly love working in the nursery. At least no one throws a plate of food at you.  At this point I call my husband who is away with work to complain and he says well your day can't get any worse. 

  So we leave for church but I have a soap delivery on the way. Drop off the soap. As I am walking back to the car I swallow a bug. As I am gagging I am telling myself okay this is not a huge deal. Only I start gagging. The kids won't stop talking and someone is patting me on the back. In the end I am in a strange neighborhood Upchucking in the middle of the road. THID IS A BIG DEAL! You see in the last 18 years I have only upchucked one or two times. I cannot handle up chuck. 

So I call my husband after I calm down. Did I mention he is staying on the beach. You know open the door and you see ocean. His reply was, oh your day can get worse. 

  Honestly he is the best husband ever and would do anything if I asked him to. But really what can he do when he is far away.  We went to church and the day got better. There is something about being near believers that reminds you how great your day really was. 

Pamela

Monster Baby

Attack of the purple trash can baby.  Be scared he may smile at you if you do not do exactly as he wants. 

Pamela

Cajeta

Cajeta, I have never heard it called this before but could not wait to try it. I have made caramel using sweetened condensed milk before but never used our raw goats milk. 

This is a super simple recipe. 

1 gallon milk 

4 cups sugar 

2 tablespoons vanilla

Heat in sauce pan until dissolved 

1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in 2 tablespoons water 

Add to milk mixture and cook 

Do not let boil but simmer. 

How long do you simmer, hmm I am thinking maybe 5 hours. Stirring every few minutes and making sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan

Over time it will turn this beautiful golden tan color and thicken up. 

I serve mine several ways: 

1 we use it in coffee

2 I cut up apples and bananas to dip in it

3 I cut up apples and lay in a pie pam and cover with this yumminess. 

How would you serve it? 

Pamela

Chicken Holes

These beautiful chickens dig holes deeper than my dogs do. 

I love how they dig holes to bath in. Reminds me of my boys playing in the dirt. 

I cannot wait until we start mowing the grass so they can have the clippings. 

Pamela

Taking Advantage of Me

Dad was out of town this week and the kids took full advantage of me. 

I cannot say that I mind. I love snuggling up with them in the middle of the night. 

Pamela