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I know you have been missing them. Happy holidays!

Old Things!

While at my dad's house for Thanksgiving he gave us a couple old things. First was a stack of Little Big Adventure Books. They range in age from the 40's to the 70's. I can't wait to read the adventure books to Zooey! Next was a set of silver dessert forks that were my grandmothers.

Old things have such a history to them!

Grandparent Time.

Zooey has gotten a lot of quality time with both sets of grandparents. Thanksgiving has been crazy so far - but fun!

Big Girl

Zooey is learning to sit up like a big girl!

Fall!

I love fall. It is my favorite season. This little lizard seems to like it too! Which month do you like best and why?

Oil!?!

Last weekend we went to the race track. Mike was changing the oil on the RV before we left. Something happened and all the oil dumped on him. A human oil slick was left!

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Baby Food.

Zooey has started eating solid food.  Which is interesting and challenging (in that each time we try something it is hit or miss if she likes it).  She has to taste something more than once to get a taste for it (if you understand what I mean).  I've been making all of her own food - which has also been fun.  Carrots from the garden, pears and apples from the trees.  I've found that making baby food is really easy and she loves it.  I wonder if she will ever eat store bought food?

Hand Update.

In case you didn't know I had thumb surgery a few weeks back.  Here is the pre/after/finished hand.  I had a trigger thumb which needed to be fixed.  I'm pretty happy with how it feels right now.  I hope it never comes back!

Baby Update

We are working on solid foods with Zooey. Here she is eating squash (one of her current favorites)!

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Just funny.  Can't stop laughing.

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I have just found this lady and LOVE her!

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I saw this and thought, "Purple Rain?"  Really ....

But she rocks!

Snuggle Time

When Mike comes home from travel there is a lot of snuggling! I wonder what will happen when she gets bigger?

Updates & All.

Well here is a brief update. I was single parenting it last week. Mike is now home and I had trigger thumb surgery yesterday. Been that sort of few weeks!

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I love Wes and this film is great!

Juice!

I used to juice stuff all the time. But I have gotten out of the habit. I've decided to start up again and use stuff that is getting close to going bad. Do you ever juice??

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Old video - but oh so good!

Great Bread!

A friend of mine makes this bread every weekend. I might start doing the same thing. Delicious and simple!
Bread:
3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon yeast
1 tablespoon salt
1 5/8 cup water

1. Mix ingredients, cover and let sit over night (you must do it over night)
2. Form into a ball using flour and let sit covered for 15 minutes
3. Dust with flour, wrap in a cotton towel and let sit for 1.5 hours
A) meanwhile heat the oven to 450 and let a Le crueset pot heat for 30 minutes (with the lid on)
4. Put dough in pot and in the oven with the lid on - bake for 30 minutes
5. uncover and bake for another 10 minutes
6. Remove, cool and eat!!!

Summer Putting Up!

Here are some more things from the garden that I've starting putting up for winter. I've found a nice recipe for the peaches and the pesto is my good old standard. What are you harvesting and saving this year?

Peaches:
Peeled and sliced. Put into a jar with sugar water (1 cup sugar to 3 cups of water). Can for 20-30 minutes.

Pesto:
2 cups basil
1/2 cup Parmesan
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup pin nuts
3 cloves garlic
3 roasted green chiles
Salt and pepper to taste
All in a blender or mixer of some kind. I put it into a Tupperware and cover the top in olive oil. Stays fresh in the freezer for up to a year.