Ok so it looks like I can't change the font even in html :(  very disapointed but oh well it still looks good.  On to tomorrows projects:  get the van ready for sale, and deal with all the garbage outside. Yep honey is gonna be busy.

Hi there everyone I have finally gotten my blog just about the way I like it and it looks great! If I don't say so myself :)  Now I just have to find a way to change the font and I am set.  I like a nice curvy font like Corsiva myself.

So here I go again changing my website mind lol.  I am going to try and get this sucker just the way I want it so it will reflect my personality.  In the meantime, I completed another project :)  I took an old ladder from the shed and broke it down, gave it a good cleaning and guess what?  It is now my new bathroom towel rack!  Yep I love it because it is useful and has a good rustic vibe to it.

Begining Reno's

So here is the first real addition to fixing up my kitchen, a window suspended from the ceiling and holding pots and pans over the stove right where I need them.  I took an old window I found in our garage and gave it a good cleaning.  Then everything was embellished lol with cup hooks and S hooks to hold the pans and finally, we used plant hooks into the ceiling to suspend it. I think though I will take it down and get some stain for it the rustic look is nice but not that rustic lol!

This last pic is actually the before photo. Don't mind the mess, I am in the process of reno's after all. lol

Canning apple pie jam! Yummmmm :)

Here are some pictures of canning day. My daughter and I had so much fun, talking about life and food. Now that she is moving out next week I sure hope we can get together and do it again without life getting too much in the way :)

So it looks like we will be buying this house and boy do I have plans for it!  I'm going to be posting some remodeling photos like crazy now once I get started.  For now I'm just happy to get the jam and jellies done last night :)

Perfect!

Yep my homemade toothpaste really made the grade with the dentist and he gave Gabriel a perfect checkup. Yep, mama's happy.

So today is Gabriel's first dentist appointment, time to find out what he thinks of my homemade toothpaste. :)

Woohoo Google +

Oh man google+ is awesome now to find a way to link everything about the communities to this page and life would be grand. :_

So the butter got made and I have to say I think I am spoiled.  It was so easy and took less than 20 minutes and tastes wonderful.  I am going to outline the steps here but sorry there are no pictures (I was kinda busy lol)
1) chill in the freezer a metal or glass bowl big enough to hold double the size of the amount of whipping cream you have.

2) Make sure the whipping cream is at room temperature.

3) Pour cream into bowl and beat with a mixer.  It will turn into whipped cream but don't stop there.  Keep beating until the butter milk starts separating and it all turns into curds.

4)  Keep going until the texture is creamy just like butter and make sure you drain the milk into another container during the process.  It is yummy and too good to throw away.

5) Once it is nice and thick, make sure you get all the milk out or it will spoil quickly.  You can squeeze it through cheese cloth or use a fine strainer.  Either way works well as long as you remember to run it under water while you squeeze it around to get all the milk out.

Once all the milk is out and the water runs clear (don't worry it will take a few times) you have your wonderful butter!  I used 1 litre of whipping cream and that gave me about 2 - 450 gram blocks of butter!

Now, don't forget the buttermilk!  There is enough for a recipe of your choice, me, I'm thinking buttermilk pancakes!  Yummmm