We have had trouble finding a local, natural/organic butter, so last night I decided to give butter making a try… afterall it sounded pretty easy to do. 
And it was!
I just poured the cream into the Kitchenaid and beat it within an inch of its life. 

Once it had separated into nice firm-ish blobs of butter, I [...]

Our garden is still alive!  Our seedlings are even surviving their transplants into their permanent homes.  
Since we both have a serious history of the deadly black thumb, we are using our container garden as a test;  If we pass we can move on to  starting our ‘real’ vegetable garden…  We are getting quotes to [...]

Gingerbread Buttons!

They are for a local craft group I go to.  I thought they’d see the sense of humour in them!
Hope everyone is having a good holiday season!  It’s really flying here, I cannot believe Christmas (and vacation) is only 8 days away! Yay!!!
-Stacey

Well!  It HAS been awhile since I last graced this blog with an update!  See?  This is why I can’t have a blog of my own, and why I can only handle being a guest blogger on Stacey’s blog.  (let’s face it, this is really her blog…)
I, of course, have been sucked into Northrend and [...]

The reality is that during mid-week I have very little time at home. There’s no time to bake, nor cook. Due to the crazy work hours I seem to be keeping these days (a few nights a week I don’t finish until 8pm or this week not until 9.30pm!) I try and take [...]

I’m so excited, Simple sparrow is hosting for the week of 3rd -9th of November Moments in our Kitchens.
I’m not a fantastic cook, but I do love to bake and even though our kitchen is tiny I thought J and I could give it a go!
So here is day 1!
An integral part in my [...]

 
-Stacey