Friday, June 26, 2009

New Way to Eat Scrambled Eggs



I found a new way to eat scrambled eggs and make scramble egg sandwiches so you can do this for a lunch or for breakfast.
This will take a little prep time but not much, toss some potatoes in the over and bake them until done or half way done. I usually put in 9-10 potatoes being that I have 2 hungry males most of the time.
When the potatoes are done let them cool down by either sitting over night or placing in the refrigerator.
In a large frying, put in 3 tablespoons of butter melt the butter and begin adding cut up baked potatoes, begin cooking them to where they look a bit golden brown. Now add eggs, I add about 5 eggs but you can experiment and reduce this recipe to how you like it. Begin stirring and scrambling potatoes and eggs, coating the potatoes with egg.
Now if you have lunch meat , left over sausage, bacon or any other kind of meat you can add or just leave meatless.
As eggs and potatoes begin to look done add salt pepper, seasoning salt, onion, shredded cheeses, sometimes I love to add pepper jack and make this spicy, but cheddar or any kind of cheese will work. Add the cheese last as just to melt over the top. Now its ready to serve up and eat.

If you would like this as a lunch do as stated above, omitting the cheese. then toast whole wheat bread, sour dough or just regular white. Add slice tomato, lettuce, a slice of American cheese, spread mayo onto toasted bread and then add scrambled egg mixture and you have a wonder and filling sandwich.
Both ways are good anytime of the day.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Finished Crochet Rag Rug and Small Basket







I finally finished the rug and basket, they both were fun to create. Nope no patterns once again just ideas out of my head.
On the rug I used a triple stitch and a double, and I used a yarn that was acrylic and of many earthly tones.
The rug is about 19x18 and the basket is 11 inches across and
I designed a simple lid for it Now for the basket I did a single stitch and a double, for both the rug and basket I used my 10 1/2 hook and I also starched the basket somewhat so that it would be slightly stiff. I almost forgot; on the rug once again I doubled the yarn for that thickness and it worked quite well.






This project took a few more days, well about a entire week to complete this time, and lots of fun complete them.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

No Winners

Well no one posted any comments! Darn, so there was no giveaway but maybe next time and later I will show what I did with the doll.

Here is a fun way to do pineapple upside down cake; use a yellow cake mix and a can of pineapple chunks, pour chunks and juice all into mix beat well with mixer on high speed then add 3 eggs and beat again at high speed. Pour batter into large, well greased bread pan. Now melt a 1/2 cup of butter and mix 2 cups of brown sugar, mix until butter and sugar are crumbly and then sprinkle over top of cake mixture in pan, bake at 350 until golden brown and tooth pick comes out clean.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Working on a New Rag Cloth Doll



Working on another rag cloth doll, this one is from a vintage pattern and I am doing her a little different. The design of the facial features is my own, the pattern actually called for no facial features nor no hair but I just thought I would see how she looked with hair and embroidery facial features.
Now my thoughts are should I leave her this way?
should I stain her and make her look really old?
So let's have some fun !
Give me your comments on what you think I should do next and the one with the wildest or silliest comment will win this.......


I will post the winner of the best answer on the blog June 20th once you see your name or the wining comment send me your mailing address and I will mail off the prize. Send to stockerpam@gmail.com
Be sure to add your mailing address and I will send priority mail to those in the United States, outside the United states it will be regular postal service.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Graduation in Astoria Oregon



A quick shot of the cake!



Talking will my daughter and the thoughts she has but she was just so nervous about getting to the school, although she did mention what she wanted to be in a year or two.
This is the grandparents arriving at my home, this is my mom and I just had to video to bug her a little.


This was after the ceremony; we arrived at bit later to the ceremony and were way, way far in the back so filming was near impossible but we did get pictures but those will not be here. I got some really cute video of her afterwards anyway.

















This is my dad; grandpa!






My wonderful husband and son and a bit of goofing.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Honoring D-Day




Remembering the great importance of today, and honoring those brave who fought and fight for freedom
Thank you
I love all my family who were apart of D- Day you are always in my thoughts and heart.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Little Red Jewelry Box





This is one of those cute wooden jewelry boxes that look like a purse; I think these are lots of fun to design.
What I did first was to mix a bit of red acrylic paint and a bit of burnt umber and then I took an old cloth and began applying the pain and wiping off the paint as to create that washed out, old or aged look.

Then I let the jewelry dry for about 2 days as to make sure the paint was completely dry; before adding the stickers of flowers and birds. Then I let that sit for a day before applying sealer and I would add just a single coat and let that dry then another coat, so about 2 coats of sealer and I used a flat sealer so that it did not look that shiny.
I also stained the inside of box and and added more stickers, and applied only a very light coat of sealer.



This was a fun project to do and it will make a nice gift for a friend, or a family member.