What's Happening

August is when the farmers are getting their equipment out and checking it over to make sure it's all in working order. Beans will be ready to be combined in about a month. Bill says he has had a busy day today. He got parts for the disk ripper and got them put on. He says it's ready to go. He went to an auction of our friends' parents' stuff. He met a guy that came to work on one of the fire trucks.

Mom is still doing well since her knee surgery. It's been a week as of today. Last year she said the first 10 days was the hardest time so she's almost through that. The therapist came late this afternoon and will be here tomorrow - plus the nurse will come. The Kings stopped by and brought us a southern Indiana melon - yum!

It actually felt cool out at times today - with a nice breeze. It's supposed to get down in the 50's tonight. Maybe we can have windows open tomorrow!

Breakfast Out

Last week after I got here, Mom & I went out to breakfast to a place that my cousin David really likes in Noblesville, Rosie's Place. It's on the court house square. It's cozy with the brick walls and the food was pretty good. All of the scones and things they bake that were on display up front looked good too.

The last picture is of one of the trash cans downtown there that have a little "tree" and flowers planted in it.

Surgery is Done

Mom just had her second knee replacement surgery here at Indiana University North Hospital in Carmel on Tues. She came home yesterday. She has a really good surgeon (Dr. Hur - click on his name to read about him plus see a picture) and is doing well. She had her other knee replaced in March 2010.

Here, the therapist comes to your home. He'll be here today and at least five days in a row before a break. They really want you to get on it right after surgery to have the best outcome. Icing to keep the swelling down, keeping up with the pain medicine and a healthy diet is important too.

This second picture shows water shooting up along the sidewalk - different.































Mom was on the 5th floor and the Life Line helicopter was outside her window. During the three days she was there I saw it land twice with patients.

When we were ready to leave yesterday, someone from food service came and asked what kind of sandwich we'd like to have with a lunch they'd pack for us to take home. Then they brought this cute bag with a large turkey sandwich with little jars of Dijon mustard and mayo., bag of chips, an apple, 2 cookies, white chocolate covered pretzel rod, orange dark chocolate bar, hand towel, and 2 bottles of water. It was nice to just come home and not have to think about lunch, but also would be good for those traveling home farther distances and not feeling like stopping.

Westfield, IN Farmers' Market

Friday evening we went to the Westfield Farmers' Market. We picked up a cantelope that was supposed to be from Vincennes, some sweet corn and zucchini.

The picture of the building is the side of what used to be the pharmacy. Westfield is changing too. Having the farmers' market is new since I lived in the area.

Mom's knee surgery yesterday went well. She's mostly laying around trying to get better enough to go home. She has walked twice today and had her first meal at lunch today. We really like this hospital.

Recipe

I saw Paula Deen make this recipe on her show and thought my stamping customers and downline would like it - and they really did. How can it be bad with two sticks of butter and cream cheese?

TOFFEE GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Cake:
Vegetable oil cooking spray
yellow cake mix
1 large egg
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted

Filling:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 large eggs
1 t. vanilla
1 (1 pound) box confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1 cup toffee bits

Preheat the oven to 350. Spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray.

With electric mixer, mix well the cake mix, egg and butter. Pat evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking pan and set aside.

In a bowl, mix together the cream cheese, eggs, vanilla, confectioners' sugar and butter. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Fold in the toffee bits with the spatula.

Pour the filling over the cake mixture and spread it evenly. Bake until the center is just a little bit gooey, about 40-50 minutes. Allow to cool completely before cutting.

Weekend Stamping

Here are some pictures from my downline meeting Sat. We each brought the supplies for everyone to make a card using lots of our new products from the catalog that just came out July 1. It was a relaxing morning of stamping, technique demos and sharing business ideas.

The cupcakes were from Holy Cow Cupcakes.
The owner had on a Colts apron so when I mentioned living near Dallas Clark's hometown, she said they did cupcakes for his recent baby shower and also some for a party Jeff Saturday had.

The rest of the pictures are of some of our displays that we bring to share the ideas with each other.