Praying Dog

My cousin Pat from California sent me this email. Is this not the cutest thing you have ever seen.

Look at the expression on that dog's face. I just had to share this with you.

Thanks Pat!!!

Bean and Pasta Soup

To make this a vegetarian soup , replace the bacon with 2 tablespoons olive oil and the chicken stock to vegetable stock .

Ingredients:

1 strip bacon diced
1 medium onion chopped
1 carrots chopped
1cloves garlic minced
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 can beans such as Navy, Cannellini drained and rinsed
4 cups chicken broth
3/4 cup a tubular pasta
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Directions:

In a Dutch oven or stockpot, cook bacon over medium heat until browned and crisp, stirring occasionally

Add onion and carrots cook until vegetables are soft,about 5 minutes. Add garlic and rosemary;cook until fragrant, Season with salt and pepper

Stir in tomato paste, beans, broth and 4 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer partially covered until soup has thickened slightly about 10 minutes.

With potato mashed, mash some of the beans(still in pot) to thicken soup. Add pasta;cool until al dente about 10 minutes

Double Vine Wreath

I thought this was different. I have not seen this one before. A very easy project with an high style result.

They purchased two grapevine wreaths and wired them together and tied with ribbon.

Sheaves of wheat and sprigs of grape leaves adorn this wreath.

Here again you can use any type of flowers of leaves that you prefer.

The "Ivin's " Pond

Bill and I went fishing. We went to the Ivin's Pond. It was much nicer than yesterday.

Bill caught 5 fish !!! The one he is holding was much bigger in person. I got one, and got so excited I forgot to take a picture of it .

We had a good time. We packed a lunch and enjoyed the nice weather .

Caramel Coated Snack Mix

This looks like a great snack to serve at your next party!!

Ingredients

1 12 ounce box crispy corn and rice cereal
1 1/2 cups mixed nuts
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup light colored corn syrup
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/2 cups chocolate covered raisins
1 1/2 cups semisweet or milk chocolate pieces

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large roasting pan;stir together cereal and nuts; set aside

In a small saucepan, stir together brown sugar,corn syrup, butter, cinnamon and ginger. Cook and stir over medium heat until butter is melted and mixture is smooth. Pour over cereal mixture; stir gently to coat.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, stirring twice. Remove from oven. Spread mixture on a large piece of buttered foil to cool. Break into pieces. Stir in chocolate covered raisins and the chocolate pieces.

Door Headboard

A solid old door,refinished and hung sideways becomes a perfect and perfectly inexpensive headboard for a bed. Check yard sales and flea markets for doors. A strip of crown molding along the top edge offers a neat finish .

How to :

Trim the bottom or top of the door so the rails are equal in width;on most old doors, the bottom rail is thicker than the others. A standard height door will be tall enough for any size bed.

Sand, prime and paint the door

To mount the headboard, cut a 1x4 to the headboards width, and then cut it lengthwise on a 45 degree angle into two equal strips. Securely screw one strip to the back of the door and attach the second to the wall, so the angles interlock to hang the headboard.

Keep the bottom of the headboard the same distance from the wall by screwing a 1 inch thick strip to the back.

Finish the top of the headboard by nailing on a mitered crown molding

Good way to recycle something that would have been destroyed.

Skyline Pond St George Utah

There is this little pond in St George, that Bill and I have fished before and have had some luck.

So today we tried, and the water level was down, and I don't think they have stocked it in awhile.

But we tried, and it was a beautiful day. There were some ducks, and they were having a great time.

Tomorrow we are going to Hurricane and try their pond. Wish us luck !!!