Have you tryed.......

........chicken chili...??

Now ....i'm not much of a chili cook.......for me it's just ground beef....tomatoes.......kidney beans .......and a packet of store brand chili seasonings.......

However........since CityBoy's gastric bypass surgery......ground beef has been replaced by ground turkey or ground chicken.....

And over the last few years i've been making chili with ground turkey....small white navy beans and the same packets of store brand chili seasoning....

Who knew chicken chili had it's own seasonings......!!

There's been alot of chatter lately on the blogs about chicken chili and when i found this packet on the shelf.........brain said "Try it!!"

So i promptly threw it in the cart and happily drove it home.....

What can i say......"Yuck!!!......too much cilantro!!!"

......Sorry.....

I'm going back to ........"My Way"......

OMGoodness....now i'm channeling "Old Blue Eyes".....

Enjoy

Is that the sky.....??!!

Yes.......Yes.....it is!!

And it's BLUE....!!

Haven't seen the blue sky in 3 days....

Time to shake off the cabin fever.......the depression.......the glum.......the doom!!

Time to sweep out the dust.....the mud......the dog hair.....the cat hair.......the chip and dip crumbs left over from watching yesterdays games.......

It's Monday.....my self-proclaimed "favorite" day of the week!!

Like the line from the movie "Hope Floats"

"Time to get up and brush the stink off ya!"

Maybe ....i just need a shower....??

Enjoy

What next....?!!

Do the words.....

"Flash Flood Warnings"

mean anything to you....??!!

What next.......we've had Snow...lots of snow......Ice.....lots of ice.......Rain.....lots of rain...

and now the Flood Warnings.....

Flood Warnings are not unusual up here in the high country....

but...with all the snow and ice....the run off is raising to heights that have the old timers worried.

The little cabin in the twelve acre wood is about 3200 feet up and the parental units are above us.......soooooo....if the waters make it this high....??....uhg.......??

Anyone got blueprints for an ARC....??

I think I can.....

I think i can see the road...!!

Looks like an inside day to me!

Enjoy

Yikes......Mom...!!!

Another ice storm.....!!

This one quietly snuck in form the Plains and Mid-west...

It started yesterday morning and steadily moved in during the night......

Unlike Christmas.....that roared in with high winds and snow.....
This one used a quiet misty rain....

Not enough ice to down power lines....

But....the schools are closed and the roads are a big mess.........again!!

Pamper time......

It was time........time to pamper the Gentle Giant....

After running for 50.5 hours following the Christmas ice storm.....

it was time to give the little guy a check up..

Soooo....here comes electrician Robert and with CityBoy as a helper.....

They changed the oil......the air filter.......checked and cleaned the plugs....and all that other "guy" stuff you can do to a working engine.....

You know.....the stuff that takes several cups of coffee.......several hours of talking and standing around...."listening" to it run....

At one point i almost offered Robert my stethoscope!

Now....the Giant is ready!!......Ready for what...???!!

The next ice storm!!...........Yikes!!!!

Enjoy

Q & A.......

Yep.....there are jalapeno peppers in two of the jars.......they are for a co-worker of CityBoy's that wanted to try something .... "hot and spicy!"

We use a hot water bath canning method for making our pickles....

And we make pickle juice to put in the jars...

3 C water
8 C vinegar
1 C sugar
1 T mustard seeds

Bring this to a boil and then pour into packed jars..

Once the jars are filled ..... we process them for 30 minutes in the water bath....

Bargain Boxes are the boxes that CityBoy brings home from the store...they usually have apples for the deer or damaged veggies or eggs.......he pays for these boxes......he's been in the grocery business all his life and it hard for him to throw "good?" food away...

We then use what can be salvaged ....... freezing for later use or the making of pickles....
Which we give away to friends...co-workers....neighbors.....

You get the picture......

Hot water bath canning is not hard or expensive......just time consuming...

Could this be a hobby...??!

Enjoy