Yahtzee...

My Aunt invited my family over to her home for dinner and visiting. The dinner was fabulous! It was husband Jim and son Matt’s favorite meal, meatloaf. One can't go wrong with comfort foods. After dinner we played Yahtzee. Three of us scored Yahtzee, one of us did not. I’ll not mention any names, but I will include a photo. 

In the kitchen...

  

Recently, maybe because of the cold weather, I have been in my kitchen. 

I processed a pumpkin and put 13.5 cups of pumpkin puree into the freezer. I found this link on Pinterest for baking the pumpkin. I then peeled the skins, and sent it through my Kitchenaid vegetable strainer. I actually did try to process it with the skins on, as another Pinner had advised; but that was a big fail. I'm now ready for pumpkin bars, pumpkin cakes, pumpkin cheesecake and many other pumpkin recipes.


I also made a Pecan Pie. I like the recipe by Pioneer Woman. Click the link above to find her recipe. I was ready to try it right away, but I had to wait overnight for the pie to cool. 

Try either one of these recipes; I think you will be pleased. 

New year 2014...

Just like many other people, I have set some goals for 2014. One of my goals... more frequent blog posts. I guess time will tell! 

My family is doing well. My husband Jim's NSCLC cancer is currently in "guarded optimism" as we wait to see if the chemo and radiation therapies were successful or not. Jim has more tests in the next few months. 

We will soon be facing more challenges as the new year rolls in. I will expand on those issues on another day. 

I am currently enjoying my canning-food hobby. I am trying new things. Since I am relatively new to canning, most everything I try is new! Ha! I would like to revive my sewing hobby this year. I would also enjoy taking the dog for walks again.