Girl Fun

Today I have a couple of friends coming over for Bible Study and then lunch.  I like to do "girl food" like this and make it pretty.  Have learned a lot about "garnishing" and  presentation from my friends Terri and Debbie.  Today we are missing one of our friends.  She is just getting a cold and if it's anything like what Bill and others have had, it's terrible and she'll have it for a while.   Bill is still coughing pretty bad.  He's had his cold and everything that went with it since just after Christmas.

Today's menu is homemade chicken salad with pecans and grapes in a waffle bowl, French Breakfast Muffins that melt in your mouth, and fresh fruit.  I'll post the Betty Crocker recipe for the muffins next.  They are so good.   

It was very cold yesterday so we had sun dogs.  The picture below was taken at sunset.  This morning the sun is shining brightly but the temp. is -8 and -21 wind chill even though the wind is only 6 mph.  Brrrrr. 

 

Snow Yesterday

This is what it looked like here yesterday.  We got about 5" of snow.  Today the roads are good and it's a bright sunny day.   Even with the sun shining bright, at 3:45 pm it's 5 degrees and -11 wind chill.

Bill is working on our corn head.  He sent me to West Bend on a parts run.  Very small parts this time.  Dropped off our recycling in town on my way through.

In the first picture you can barely see the train coming on the right.

 

Decorah Eagles

It's that time of year again - the Decorah, Iowa eagles have been working on their nest and this week two eggs were delivered.  You can watch the live eagle cam here:  http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

This picture is the dad taking his first look at the eggs and getting ready to take his first turn sitting on them while the mother takes a break and gets some food.  Pretty amazing to be able to watch this whole thing!  Enjoy




 

Meal with Friends

It's interesting how many people from Indiana are in Florida in the same area every winter!  Mom always has lots of things to do with others if she wants to.  

Mom went to school with the Kings, and while Glenn and I were growing up, we were with them and their kids all the time.  It was fun to get to have a meal with them and another couple that mom went to school with while I was down there.

We all took something.  The other couple brought cheese potatoes and a yummy Key Lime Pie.

 





Kings found this watermelon pitcher at a garage sale!  Different and cute!

 
Oh, this new Internet provider and speed makes doing this soooo much faster!   Makes me not dread doing it so will probably be back to doing blog posts regularly again.  Seems like I never run out of things to take pictures of that "might" be interesting.  

Love to see comments so I know someone is reading!  It's not hard! They won't show up immediately, I have to see and "approve" them first. Just click on Comments at the bottom of a post.  Then you can choose Anonymous but if you do, just type your name at the end of your comment.  Or you can stay Anonymous!  It would be fun if you say what state you're in.  I know those of you reading like to read the comments as much as I do.

Bill is headed to a gun show in Ft. Dodge today, and I'm going to have a quick lunch with a friend and stop at the grocery.  Planning to make some Beef Barley Stew in the crockpot this afternoon - and get my suitcase unpacked.  

Working On It

It's been a long time since I've posted anything here.  Our Internet connection has been super slow for several months which made loading the pictures for the blog posts take forever.  

Bill has just changed our provider and our speed is sooo much better.  

I'm just back last night from a couple of weeks in Naples, Florida with my mom and hope to get back to blogging soon when I get the pictures transferred from my phone to the laptop.  

Lots of nice beach and pool days in Florida, visiting Indiana friends and some shopping, walks and reading.  It's actually fun to shop for summer clothes there with lots more to pick from and in bright, fun colors.  Always like to take advantage of the fresh seafood too.

I flew on Allegiant from Punta Gorda, FL to Des Moines and saw that the ground was white as we got closer to home.  Quite a difference to go from everything green to white.  Always good to get away to a warmer place in the winter!