A bit of Thrift and such...

Hello my dears.. 

I was going to say Happy Monday but I guess it is almost over.. smile.. 

I am usually tucked away in bed by this time but I was cooking a cake and decided I may as well say hello while it is baking.. 

I have some old friends coming for lunch tomorrow so I thought I would bake a cake.. 

Not very fancy but it will be fine with our coffee.. 

We went to town and I thrifted a few treasures.. 

Several plates, dessert dishes, cups and saucers to add to my blue collection.. 

Also, a lovely copper dutch oven... 

It is in excellent shape.. 

Inside and out.. It was only five dollars.. 

A doll that the girl at the thrift store gave to me.. 

She said she just wanted to get rid of her.. 

The poor dear.. 

This is her before pic for you and I will post another 

after she receives her make over.. grin.. 

I am turning her into a vintage girl, I am thinking.. 

Supper one night ... 

My version of Bubble and Squeak.. 

One of Terry's favorites.. 

Bacon, onion, cabbage, left over potatoes and a bit of parsley.. 

Not very complicated.. 

Then I had bought a package of Betty Crocker's Salted Caramel cookies.. 

They were a mix but sounded so good.. 

And yes they were delicious.. 

I baked them Saturday afternoon to have for our church fellowship on Sunday.. 

When they were cool I placed them in the can that I use most weeks and left them on the pantry counter.. 

The next morning after getting ready for church I forgot to grab the can and was part way there when I remembered they were still home .. 

I mentioned it to Terry and he didn't say anything.. 

Well, after lunch after church I thought a little cookie would taste good with our tea.. 

When I opened the tin I couldn't believe it.. 

Someone had ate almost half of them.. 

Now, it was a mix and not many in there but still.. 

I would have felt pretty silly taking the cover off of that tin if I had remembered it.. grin.. 

I know that he would not have said anything.. 

I kindly mentioned it to him and he just says.. 

No one asked me.. 

Ohhhhh.. what a man.. 

Do you have one just like him? lol.. 

This has not been much of a post but just a little check in.. 

We still have tons of snow although the weather has been great and warming up .. 

Snow is going down but there has just been so much.. 

I thought I would share this with you that was in our news today..  

We have had over 400 cm. of snow in our area..

This is one of the snow dumps.. 

Amazing, eh? 

Good night and God bless.. 

xo

A Snowy Friday...

Happy Friday to you all..

Here is how it looked here in Eastern Canada when we woke up this morning..

Pretty, eh? 

The house across the road from us looked so lovely..

The icicles are hanging from the bird feeder...

And you have  seen our old carriage before..

The snow did not stop any action around here, though.. smile..

It is the last week of hunting here in New Brunswick..

But these guys are going 4 wheeling..

Pretty soon they will be changing over to snowmobiles.. 

It just seems like yesterday that they were out doing that.. smile.. 

While they were gone I started some chores.

I started cleaning our living and dining rooms and getting them ready to decorate..

Here is some pear butter in the crock pot..

The star anise in this makes it so delicious and  different..

I just love it... Nice gifts for some elders in our church...

Then I made some Bubble and Squeak for Supper..

We do not have this very often but today felt like that kind of a day.. grin...

One of Terry's faves...

I don't use a recipe for this.. I just throw in bacon, onion, green pepper, salt and pepper in a large frying pan..

Cast iron is great for this...

Then I add several sliced potatoes and 1/2 of a sliced  small cabbage..

At the end add chopped parsley and lemon juice..

That is it.. Lovely with homemade bread and pickles..

Thank you all for dropping by and for all of your sweet comments ..

Please take care and have a great weekend...

May God bless and keep you.. 

Faye..