not me monday

This week I ask you to take a look at MckMamma's blog to see how you can pray for this beautiful family. This is going to be a long week for them.
We have had a wonderful week. This morning I did not bribe my dear daughter with a piece of candy if she would take the wipes to daddy and ask him to change her because I did not want to. I would never wake my husband up just to change our daughter.
I did not get excited because I taught my daughter to urinate in a stable when we were visiting horses this weekend. I think this is gross and would never encourage it.
Because my husband is a hard working man I would never try to sneak to bed early on family night without him noticing.
I most certainly did not throw a load of clothes of laundry back in the dryer just so it would look like I had put away all the laundry, I would never do this because I am always on top of things and put my laundry away.
okay you are not allowed to laugh or judge me on the next ones. I most certainly after baking for 2 weeks go to the bathroom and pull out a new metal tooth scraper (like they use at the dentist)and clean all the little parts of my kitchen aide mixer. I would never waste a dental tool and my appliances definitely never get dirty enough to need such drastic measures. I also did not use my melon baler to clean out the pumpkin because it had sharp edges and I was too lazy to put real work into it.
I also did not say excuse me and then pull a piece of Carmel corn off a strange mans butt this week. I honestly have no clue why this bothered me so much and why I thought this would be my business.
Because I love my children and we had been in the car for a hour I would never have stopped and bought myself a mountain dew slushy and nothing for my crying kids. I also would never buy said slushy for 2 or 3 days in a row.
Thank you for reading my blog and for laughing with me. I would love to hear about all of your mishaps this week

pumpkin bread

For the first time ever I have cut and cooked pumpkin instead of using canned pumpkin. I tried my friend melly's www.proverbs31homemaking.com
the second is from allrecipes and the third is my friend angies.
Angies is Angie Allen Clark November 3 at 7:54am
3 1/2 cups flour
3 cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup oil
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
2 c. pumpkin (1-15 oz can)

dissolve baking soda in a few drops of water

cook on 350 for 1 hr
makes approx 3 loaves

(you can freeze the bread too)
good luck!

we actually enjoyed all three. i think i have made about 15 loaves this week. next we are making pumpkin pie.
the bread that is collapsed is because i forgot to add pumpkin. i know i think i have lost it, who would forget pumpkin in pumpkin bread

horse farm

Today we went to a friends horse farm to learn about horses for American Heritage girls. I knew Hope would love it but I loved it. there is something about open air and horses that is relaxing.

home made dish soap

I got this recipe from : www.frugalhomeliving.blogspot.com
Homemade Liquid Dish Washing Soap
1 (7-oz) bar ZOTE or Octagon soap (or 1-2-3 brand soap) {Or cut a 14-oz bar in half}
5 qts. water
1 c. baking soda
1/4 c. washing soda
1/4 c. lemon juice

Grate bar soap and place into a heavy stockpot. Pour in water & stir. Heat over medium heat, stirring often until soap is melted. Remove pot from heat and add in baking soda, washing soda & lemon juice. Stir to mix well. Allow mixture to cool then pour into a seal-able container or reuse your store bought soap bottle.

(As the mixture cools in the pot it may begin to gel up and separate itself from the water. This is ok. Simply mix with whisk before filling containers and it will be fine.) This batch makes enough to fill a gallon milk container and (2) 16-oz soap bottles. So you certainly get your money's worth from it.


To use: Use as you would any store bought detergent. It cleans well, but you will notice that you don't get a lot of suds from it as you do with commercial brands. So don't let the lack of suds and bubbles fool you.

*Note about the 1-2-3 brand soap. I saw this soap next to the ZOTE at the store and thought why not give it a try. It was a few cents cheaper than ZOTE but is only 12+ ounces unlike ZOTE that is 14 ounces. But either way, I thought it would be worth a try.
Pam's notes:
i usedd half a bar of regular soap and it turned out great. she is right it does not really suds up, but after washing my glasses it really does clean well. the recipe made three juice bottles full and i pour the extra bit in my current soap bottle that had a couple tablespoons of soap left in it.

my new toy

a friend gave me a gift this week. i tried making wheat bread in it, i need practice on how much dough to put in each one. it was amazing to put it in my oven

pumpkin bread

this is one of the pumpkin bread recipes i made this week, can you guess what is missing and why it fell this way.

you would think it was yeast or baking powder. NOPE I forgot the pumpkin

pumpkin maple biscuits and syrup

I have really enjoyed cutting up, cooking and freezing pumpkin this week. I may end up giving away part of it before we move but it looks beautiful in the freezer. I wish pumpkin was something that canned well and I wish I knew how to can. To date I think I have made 15 loaves of pumpkin bread. okay, I am off topic. Here is the recipe, just for crystal who reminded me I had it a month ago.
Pumpkin Biscuits
2.5 cup all purpose baking mix (bisquick)
1/3 cup dry milk (can someone tell me how to buy this cheaper)
1/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup pumpkin
1 T water
1 1/4 pumpkin spice
Preheat 435
COMBINE baking mix, dry milk, sugar and pumpkin pie spice in medium bowl. Stir in pumpkin and water until just moistened
KNEAD dough 10 times on lightly floured surface. roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness. cut into 12 biscuits. place on ungreased baking sheet 2 inches apart.
BAKE 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. spoon sauce over

Pumpkin maple syrup
mix 1 cup pumpkin, 1 cup maple syrup (pancake syrup), 1/4 t cinnamon in saucepan until warm

MY NOTES:
love it but a little pricey because of the milk
I did not roll out my biscuits, just used the large pampered chef scoop and did drop biscuits.
I also doubled both recipes and it was great.
The biscuits did seem a little moist when being dropped on baking stone but they cooked perfectly