Quick Post

I just came up from an afternoon in the basement. It's too nice to be downstairs!! I've been counting Christmas cards, swapping them and then counting/checking and then packaging them up to be mailed out tomorrow. Everyone is going to be very pleased with the cards they receive. I have a great group of stampers/Demonstrators!

I was in our grocery late this morning. They're now doing broasted chicken and it was smelling good, and I've heard that it is. Hope this helps their business. They're also going to stay open until 9:00 this fall (usually close at 6:00!).

Bill & Tim have been combining beans since late morning. The weather is supposed to be great all week. Lots of wagons full of corn and beans are being pulled by our house. We are only about a mile out of town so we're on one of the main roads to the elevator.

Now back downstairs to work on what I have planned for my workshop tomorrow night with 10 attending. It'll be time to take sandwiches out to the guys soon.

Lights in the Fields Tonight

Finally, lots of combines in the fields starting this afternoon. Bill & Tim got the beans here at our house done, moved to another field and got 65 acres done there. Guys are still working in the field across from our house (at 9:45).

I got Zemans, the bin site and our house all mowed this afternoon. Peggy helped the guys get moved from our house to the next field. I took some sandwiches out tonight and drove Tim back & forth to get the semis moved to hard ground for the night.

The elevator closed at 7:00 tonight so Bill could only combine until he got both semis and the cart filled.

The weather was perfect here yesterday - about 72 & sunny (the Colts won) and another really nice day today.

It's been like Christmas here every day for about 2 weeks! I've been receiving envelopes full of Christmas cards from my downline. Today was the due date. They sent me 15 cards all the same and I will swap them and send them 15 different ones back. Will take a picture tomorrow when I'm doing that. I had 2 groups of 15 so there are 450 cards downstairs to be swapped! I'm also getting ready for a workshop in someone's home on Wed. night.

La Mie Emilie

When I was in Indiana recently, Mom & I had lunch here at the French cafe, La Mie Emilie in old downtown Carmel in the Arts & Design District. We had soup, Quiche Lorraine and tried the coconut cream pie that we had heard was good. It was a nice lunch!

We finally have SUN this Sun. morning but it will take a while for things to dry out enough to start working in the fields. It's looking like a week of sunshine so that will be good.

I'm looking forward to going to church this morning and watching the Colts game this afternoon!

Garlic Parmesan Chicken

We had .6" of rain last night and more today so still not working in the fields. Long rain delay this time. Tonight it has cooled down to 56 and is windy.

On dark, rainy mornings Bill has usually turned off our alarm, but this morning the phone was the alarm shortly after 7:00. John Deere calling about a kit they needed to put on the combine. Bill was to meet him with the combine by 10:00.

After lunch Bill stayed home today. We (mostly he) went through a lot of old pamphlets, brochures, notebooks, etc. that had accumulated in the filing cabinet and a stack on the floor. I have a big pile of recycling now and room in the filing cabinet for the files of current papers we need! For over a year since living in the new house, we've had the wrong toilet seats on 3 of the toilets but finally have the right ones now - think this is the 3rd or 4th set. Bill installed them today. Got a lot of little stuff accomplished!

It's been a while since I've posted a recipe. Diane told me about this one. We had it for lunch. It's very easy and gives the chicken a good flavor. The breasts do not brown much and they don't have a crispy crust but they are good.

GARLIC PARMESAN CHICKEN

3 chicken breasts
1/2 c. parmesan cheese
1 pkg. dry Italian dressing mix

Put the parmesan cheese and dressing mix in a gallon size ziploc bag and shake to mix. Add chicken and shake to coat. Spray a baking dish with Pam. Place breasts in baking dish and bake at 350 for 45 min. to an hour or until chicken is tender.

No News

Not much of interest going on here. Farming is still on hold while we have more cloudy, and this morning misty, weather. We're in a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 6 pm tonight. Hoping that stays north of us.



Our library has "coffee" every Wed. morning for all to come to. Sometimes there is a program. I went today because a woman (daughter of someone I know) was talking about her and her husband's mission work in India. It was interesting. She had on very pretty clothing that she was given as a gift there, like what the wealthier women would wear. My Carmel minister and a group of others had gone to India a few years ago, and a missionary family we supported in India would visit Central Christian about once a year. Wondering if Laurie here maybe worked with them.



An interesting note - while I was in Indiana I had planned to make a low calorie pumpkin/spice/choc. chip muffin for both my downline meeting and stamp class. I could not find ANY pumpkin at the large grocery stores there. I found a can of it at Fresh Market but it was organic and close to $4 a can. Due to last year's pumpkin shortage, there is a shortage of canned pumpkin! Today I looked at our store, and we have plenty so far.



Bill and Tim are working on the roller. It's taking longer than they thought it would. I'm working on some awards certificates and things for my downline. This is the time of year that I give out awards to the Top 10 in Sales in my Stampin' Up! group.

Misc.

This is a new building in Carmel. It's been going up for a long time but will be finished late fall.

Flowers at Clay Terrace shopping center.









There are lots of window boxes with flowers in downtown Carmel.

One of the bronzes on Main Street.

This last picture shows an addition to Grandma & Grandpa's house which is now a church. Kind of shocking to see at first. Their house is still to the right of this addition.

The guys combined corn after lunch but the elevator closed at 6:00 so they came back to our house and are combining beans tonight hopefully until late. They're worried we may have rain on the way. I'm supposed to be taking them something to eat (Bill & Tim) but I'm trying to decide what. Not much "fast food" in the refrigerator. I need to get back in gear with the "take to the field" evening meals.