Cinnamon Rolls...

 I wish I could take credit for these, but I can not, I got the recipe from 

Pioneer Woman and they are GREAT.

  I do not make bread, well not good bread, but this recipe is so easy and they are so good.

First mix milk, oil and sugar and "scald", then turn off the heat and let cool for 1 hour or until mixture is lukewarm, not hot. 

Sprinkle dry yeast over and let sit for a minute.  

Then add 8 cups of all-purpose flour.  Stir together.  Cover and let rise for at least 1 hour.

IT'S ALIVE!!!!  This is a good thing.  Now add 1 more cup of flour, baking powder, soda and salt.  

This step is different from her recipe, but I like it better.  My daughter started mixing the butter, sugar and cinnamon together ahead of time.  After the melted butter sits a while it starts to get a little thicker from the butter setting back up.  

Sprinkle your work surface with flour.  Take half of the dough and roll out to form a rectangle.   

Mixing the butter, sugar and cinnamon makes this step a little easier because the butter doesn't run off the bread.   Spread half of the mixture over dough and roll up dough, keeping tight.  Pinch the seam to the roll.   I also use less butter and sugar than she does and it is plenty sweet enough for our family.

It doesn't look like a shortage of calories does it.....

Spread 1 tablespoon of melted butter into foil cake pans, then cut rolls about 1" thick and lay in pans.  Let the rolls rise for about 30 minutes then bake at 375 for about 15 minutes or more.

Frosting:  This is liquid gold.  This is thick, but pourable. 

 I spread this over the rolls as soon as they come out of the oven.  

My daughter and me have made over 65 (and counting) pans of these recently, I would love to know how many calories that comes out to....no on second thought I don't want to know. 

The recipe will be posted under the cooking tab of my blog.

Thanks for my sweet part of the country,

Jana

Windmill

Love my windmills.

Thanks for visiting my part of the country,

Jana

Somewhere over the Rainbow...

 About two weeks ago I saw not one but two rainbows over my house.  I know that in the Bible God says he will never flood all the earth again, and I am still having faith that he will send rain again. 

A few nights ago it was still 104 degrees at 8:30 PM.  and it is suppose to keep getting hotter.  This is two years in a row we have been in a drought, and it is not looking good for a lot of reasons.  

When ponds are going dry, pastures are drying up, fields can't be planted 

and livestock will ultimately need to be sold.  

Please pray for rain.

Thanks for visiting my dry part of the country,

Jana

Warts

I didn't know that calves had warts, but that is what my husband says these are?

Who knew?  I will say he is easy to spot and a face only a Mom could love.

Thanks for visiting my part of the country, 

Jana

White Farm House

My husband and I were driving down a country road and came upon this old farm home at an intersection.  The entire corner was mowed and edged, not a weed growing up around the house. 

 I'm still not sure why, but I loved it.

 I always want to know the stories of old abandoned houses.  

Christmas mornings, birthday parties or who first moved in to the new house 

and how exciting they were......a brand new home. 

Most of the windows were broken out.

Making it possible to "see thru" it.

They had a little porch on all sides....very inviting.

Complete with the water pump right out their door....

all the conveniences of home.

Thanks for visiting my part of the country,

Jana

Garage After.....I'm Tired.....I'm Obsessed...

 I won't say that I was excited to get the entire garage for myself

 That would be putting it too lightly.....I was like a kid in a candy store.....

a very dirty, filthy, buggy candy store, but it was all mine.

What a pitiful life I have when that excites me.....get a life Jana, 

(I also talk to myself)

My dog Todd is amazed he can now see the floor.   A side note...do you see all the carpet, well being the cheapskate that I am, I went to the carpeting store and asked for free scraps.
I got a 12' x 12' piece of carpet.......FREE.

I never dreamed that big of a piece would be considered "scrap".  

 I started off be cleaning off every cabinet, one at a time.  I then cleaned it and painted.  I ended up painting the ENTIRE garage, one shelf/cabinet and wall at a time. 

 I then started in on the slow ( and I do mean slow) process of organizing.  

I kept telling myself no one else was going to do this for me....

Thru the entire process no one ever wanted to help me,
 I know this probably shocks you,  it did me.....NOT.  

 This is all my "taking meals to the field" section.  I bet not many of you have or need this section....

Also a few large cookers.

 After I got things organized into sections I went thru the process of labeling EVERYTHING.

This took a lot longer than I thought it would, but was well worth the time. 

 I put on a new countertop, (I got lucky and found one that matched what I have in my house)

I then added the pegboard to the back, got baskets and hooks for it.  I then went shopping for the tools I use around the house.  

It is now a joke around here that if it is a "yellow" tool it is mine, HANDS OFF.

 On the opposite side I added 2 large pegboards and put all my gardening tools and added 2 magnetic strips to hang small tools on to make it quick and easy to get to.

This was a purchase I made for our "sport" equipment.  That is a joke, we really don't have much, but what little we do have I couldn't figure out how to store, and then I found this shelving unit and it was perfect and it fit where I wanted it to go.
See the folding chairs....yes that is sporting equipment to me and Randy....
I added this note just to see if anyone is actually reading this stuff. 

Another section is my craft and miscellaneous section.   I already had these tubs, but I emptied each one and went thru, organized and labeled them. 

This was my spring project and now that it is thru I am so glad I did it...
and yes Randy is off limits now. LOL

P.S.  No WD40 can, but lots of labels, containers and baskets.

Also, an added note, I have had one viewer who wants a "challenge" to see your garage photos, so if you have some let me know and I would love to see them.  I have no life can you tell.

Thanks for visiting my part of the country,

Jana 

My Garage...the Before

 This is a little quick "update" on MY garage in case you might have missed my earlier blog on it, 

(it's called "my inheritance")

 This is how the garage looked when my husband used it.  He now has a barn and so I get all this....

lucky me, I know.

 I am just showing some pictures today so that when I give an update tomorrow

 you will appreciate me....... I know how pitiful am I, wanting your approval.

Yes, I got the mess, oil stains, bugs (this was a picture AFTER I had already cleaned some on it)

Tomorrow I will give the after, really could it get any worse?

Thanks for visiting my part of the country,

Jana