Sunday, March 28, 2010

Easter..Ideas for dinner,Easter basket "goodies" and FUN...

Easter at FarmFunnies
(recipies and ideas below story/thots)
I love celebrating everything...
When our children were little , I made it a practice to look for ways to celebrate life..
I still do
We all remember,with fondness, our  very merry unbirthday parties....
None of us know the days we as individuals have  left, to yet celebrate,
nor are we "privy" with  that info about our  loved ones.
be they two footed,four footed or like my beloved (albeit expired)  koi.."no" footed ...
That is why I seek every opportunity to enjoy what we have,while we can...
I encourage you to do the same..each breath ,truly is a blessing...

Today...
What can you do NOW ?
It is NEVER to late to do something,no matter how small..
I enjoy following through on promptings,I am often the one most blessed..
Right now..who comes to mind?
The neighbor across the hall? Your dog snuggled by the fire,like my Kate?
ahhh she is also now  warmed by a loving tummy rub....
****reach out in someway****
I personally believe in prayer and viola' prayers can  always be available to share..
I am 'giving" one to each person reading this post...may you be encouraged,right now, in doing well.

So now it's time to make the rubber meet the road...
AHEM
Below are some of my Easter ideas..past, present and future....
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remember them &  return ,to purchase/follow from  us.
many people nowdays are
working  to make some additional income online, 
 they often give incredible value ,sharing things, with you
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with things they support..
so please, check out their sites and side areas..
I do
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MEAL Time:      
Personally, I love lamb and would only serve lamb for Easter..
  However,amidst "anti" lamb  protests &and bring home the 'bacon clamoring ", I ---endulge our   family. .
( I find it somewhat humorous, of all the critters we have shared our lives with over the years
farmfunnies pop has planted a firm NO foot against swine "pets'
personally I think a little teacup porker would be just "swill" :-)
however... it is the meat of his  choice? go figure,
so farmfunnies mom "packs" home the bacon ...amidst 'squeals  of delight!
Perhaps when farmfunnies mom gets "old" and set in her ways... lamb will "rule" :-)
until then here ,is our typical Easter menu
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Ham (pagan) unless I prepare a turkey ham :-)...
 peas&and potatoes in a cream sauce
fresh spring asparagus, 
green salad,,with  chopped nuts, sliced strawberries ,grated cheddar ; sour cream dressing.
green jello   ,  veggie relish and dips.
Better than Robert Redford ? Lemon lush creamcheese  dreamcake.
Lamb cake...(yep ..I bake one in our "heirloom" lamb cake pan,cocount fleece and all)..kids love this..
and YES..I make horizantal cuts to layer and "fill" it first...
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(recipie for my cream cheese dreamcake....) 
crust: 1 cup flour,1cube of butter softened,1/2cup of toasted nuts..chpd
mix together pat in 9x13 pan. bake 375o 15 min cool
blend 1 cup whipped cream(or cool whip) 8oz soft creamcheese,1cup pwd sug(or splenda)
spread on cooled crust
blend 2 3oz pkts of instant lemon pudding (or choc) 3 3/4 cups milk spread over whpd cream
spread additional whipped cream over the top sprinkle with nuts chill....YUMMM...
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dinner started,table set..
.Now for  some "fun"
(in real time ) this is premeditated fun...perhaps weeks in advance)
EVERYONE has  rather large baskets ,saved year to year. TRADITION...
when all could afford the extra calories... I use to  make a huge solid choc bunnies for them,
now I find a very large hollow bunny,in a box..to make the basket look LOADED..
I arrange the basket "treasures" around this
THEN  I encase the entire basket inside one of those clear gift bags
(2 for $1 at the $1 store)
AND
I hide the baskets
THEN I give each basket "hunter" a treasure map complete with a homemade rhyming clues
 one well remembered "stumper" clue
find clue # 7 where Alice stores her "treasure"...
hmm the clue was where we had a hidden key...no one connected the "dots" sigh...
weather permitting the basket hunt can be over an acre of trails...
hmm one would think after such  a robust hunt they may be hungry enough to eat lamb?
THINK again..NOT,
lamb & fish seem to go together for  this "clans" uncultured  palates.
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Basket "saver" ideas..
akka how to fill many baskets w/o breaking the bank!
I use this same "system" to  make large goodie trays for over 25 people at farmfunnies "pop's work
Brownies...they can fill up a rather large area and make a substantial "base"
that everyone love..akka no leftovers...
(muffins or cupcakes , also work well for my  tray of plenty "ploy")
I don't put the  squishy items  in kid  baskets however.. for adult baskets this would work ok
more super "fluffers"rice crispies marshmallow treats,these can be wrapped
(with plenty of chow hounds, akka fourfooted basket looters...everything has to be individually wrapped)
poptart pkts,individual cereal boxes, fruit leather rolls, fruit "gummy pkts
I wish our "clan" loved nuts, these would be good fillers,and good for you)
some jelly beans,peeps or whatever each placed inside plastic eggs to "hide"
(akka... no unfound eggs, to later  spoil in the yard, if some "hound" hasn't found it, either)
It is fun to insert  a lollipop stick into a snickers bar, add a dab of royal icing
and "glue" on one of those little sugar decorations(found in cake decorating supply stores)
or your own piped flower ,etc.
 wrap  the bar with clear plastic ,securing it with a  pretty a ribbon
decorated cookies or even store bought  cookies "jazzed" up can help fill a basket
ohhh, how about  fig newtons dipped in melted  vanilla chocolate& sprinkled with pastel sprinkles.
how about strawberries dipped in chocolate?
although most strawberries you find now. taste like cardboard in my opinion.
(to jazz up a treat ,dip "it"  in melted  white or dk chocolate..
sprinkle  with cake deco , while  it is still gooey,etc..
just get DOWN and let yourself be creative.
have a cookie deco &  exchange with  your neigbors
ready set  GO-O
hey while you are at it ,think about taking  a tray of goodies to a senior center,the armory or ?
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p.s. p.s. the photo above...
this was a handcrafted item donated to a fundraiser raffel, for habitat
the "chocolate" bunnie is a $1 store plastic item
the flowers,& plastic eggs,also came from the $1 store
the nest is handcrafted  by ...TaDa... moi
the eggs are handmade using  fimo clay ,baked and painted by ..again by ...moi :-)

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Dancing,dancing, I wanna dance...

Malahara...and Czar....
Guess what mom wants to do next?
Give up???



Saturday, March 20, 2010

almost cornbread... glute free,low carb,high fiber&omega 3..flaxseed biscuits

Recipie is below  farm funnies story...

Oh mama dear ...see here, see hear, our mittens we have found..
WHAT ?  found your mittens you darling little kittens...
Farm funnies mom will make some pie...

Well ,I didn't make any pie, but I did make a delightful
new  biscut recipie for breakfast .. it calls for  something that is very good for us..
FLAX seed..yep and what a fun way to use them .
These treasures are high in fiber,omega 3 and WOW low in carbs

So what does this mean?  It means if you are not in the middle of
our 5&1  (what farm funnies mom and pop used for our amazing weight loss journey  that was fast,safe,easy,physician apporoved  to get  us >>>>>THERE<<<<<  YAY !  )
then this is something you could enjoy, just like us :-) ...
I will be sharing more yummy,healthy recipies..that PASS
the farm funnies "gantlet"  test, so you better get on my list :-)

Anyways...THIS recipie MADE it....
It made a really decent low carb  biscuit to go  along with our farm fresh eggs.
 
Perhaps if you are really good, you might even be able to enjoy some of our fresh churned butter from one of our sweet Jersey cows, well I confess we are cow less right now..so you'll have to settle for real butter from the store, just like we did...

Using butter  would depend on how you wanted to spend your
calories...or what extra activities you wanted to do to use up any excess calories...
farm funnies mom and pop worked outside today moving some corral panels , pop fixed our lawnmower and mom mowed..
( Good thing he was gone when I ran across an old buried cable, and killed the engine..
umm I was suppose to only mow the front yard until he returned, since the battery was not working well..sigh

I jacked the mower up  (praying I could get it all done before he came back from town, I never enjoy the I told you so's) I got some cable cutters and viola' set 'er free, but I couldn't get the mower to start so we had to push it (again) to one of our cars for a JUMP. hubby said why did you do that..umm duh..because I wanted to get stuck and crawl on the ground to get the cable out of the blades..why else?  ( I didn't tell him about when I was mowing beside the house where the ground was soft and going down a small hill  and I got stuck and  kind of stepped of while holding the seat down so the engine wouldn't get "killed" again to lighten it enough to get it unstuck and it nearly took of with out me..YIKES...life is never dull here on the farm. 
That's how we were able to have spend some  extra calories today,now what about you?
 It is your choice after all...so as Yoda would say...master Luke...choose wisely :-).....
I think these little kittens are choosing some warm milk, don't you?..

I tried these biscuits ..some with  butter,  some with  honey, and last but not least..
for old times sake I crumbled one up  into a glass and added some milk...YUM...very close to my favorite cornbread recipie..( the recipie I make isn't the light fluffy one, I like the dense stick to your ribs kind)

heat your oven to 350 degreees...
use your coffee grinder to grind up a little over 1 cup of flax seeds into a fine meal
you will need 2 cups of  meal

add 1 Tbsp of alumaninum free baking powder and 1 tsp iodized sea salt
add 2 pkts( the small ones you use for coffee) of stevia 
5 farm fresh  eggs (ok, ok I guess store bought eggs would work :-)
1/2 cup water and 1/3 cup  of  cold pressed olive oil
stir this all together and place on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
spread it out to form a rectangle, but not to the edges, you don't want it too thin..
eyeball it so you will be able to get 12 nice biscuts.  bake 20 min ,cut into 12 biscuts..YUM

12 biscuts,185 cal each   6 gms protein, 5g fiber..only .7 gms of effective carbs

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

KING KONG NUTTY killer bars...

KING KONG NUTTY Killer  Bars

1/2 c butter melted
2 c graham crumbs
1 c chocolate chips
1 c butterscotch chips, (try pb butter chips),
1 c shred (try flk)coconut
1 c chp mac nuts, (try other nuts too),
15 oz sweet cond milk ( mix 1 c pwd milk,2/3 c sugar,3 T butter,1/3 c boiling water
blend til smooth ,thick  and sug is completely  dissolved, put in jar with lid
store in fridge ,until ready to use ( or you can "cheat" and buy a can of sweet  cond milk
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pour butter in 9 x 13 inch pan.
sprinkle crumbs over butter and press in ..
mix choc & butterscotch chips, coconut, & nuts, sprinkle over crumbs .
 Pour sweet cond milk over top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool , cut into bars

I am working on a recipie for a  SUPER KING KONG NUTTY KILLER BAR... so stay "tuned"

NEWs flash...hey...
I am so excited... this non techie farm "mom" just set figured out
how to set up her personalized WOW site...ALL by MYSELF !
It was as simple as going SHOPPING.
I  just put "it" in my online shopping BASKET,
filled in a couple of things ..
DUH.... LIKE my name, address, etc.
Then clicked check out.... VIOLA'  a new site was "born" 

It has been a fun WOW ride..I earned over $100 my very first week..
as  we often hear coach Curt say... let the "revolution" begin ...

FUNNY I just thought of the Boston Tea Party 
everyone was upset with the unfair tax on tea, and dumped tea overboard...
The internet and phone bills are ridiculous...so a new revolution has begun..
we are throwing the bills overboard...
it's simple... refer three- get yours free  :-)

( a secret just between you and me...I haven't told my team members....
 I have no idea how to use my new phone  (yet)YIKES ! 
ahem... what they don't know won't "hurt" them (or me :-), meantime I am "cramming" info like crazy )
 
Spring is... well ...springing ....
our  farm stuff is keeping me hopping too,
 TaDa 'we" hatched two darling baby canaries yesterday..mom and babies are doing well...

TOMORROW , TOMORROW I will try to figure out the http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/
This  is something my  more internet savvy WOWmobile team members are using...
I really want to get up a customized  site for my WOW team  
and WaHoo one for my Alpaca's..
I have a great idea  for starring .... ROCKY....  our newest alpaca  cria ( baby).
His registration came in the mail today..Go ROCKY...

See how much fun I am having as I enjoy life, challenges ,while earning money...
are you sure you don't want to come along for the "ride?" :-) 
You may have better ideas, I'd enjoy hearing them..but if not...
here are some choices for you : cut off your monthly phone & internet "support" ,
"grab" a   cool new phone ,start your own business, lose weight in time for  summer,
OR....grab an apple picker... never a dull minute because
one way or the other.. here at farm funnies we are  enjoying life and ahem...cleaning up !

What about you? 
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The dreaded sock monster,and side kick lil' MLM "bunny trail" ..akka time thief

SHAZAMM like a bolt out of the blue..
the sock monstor and MLM bunny trail has been "captured"

Below is a silly just for fun letter I wrote to one of my kids early this a.m.

After reading it to look for corrections I might need to make, I thought some of you would relate to it ,
so I  decided to post it here at my farm funnies as an example of how easily we can justify how our time is spent...

After all, we all have a tendancy to  do it don't we? 
You know make excuses,get side tracked,justify our little bunny trails
THEN comfort ourselves with I am BUSY..I am WORKING..I am ,I am.. I've been on this computer for "hours" SEE.. my brain is tired, I need a nap, some chocolate, a MOMMY,to give me a magic kiss and make it all better..to make this WORK..
...honestly, this is why so many of us  buy THE magic "bullet" for success....(honestly there isn't one)

BUT ...There is HOPE... really..
Yes , there is hope to overcome the bunny trails...

You need a system and accountability..you may need a coach..a coach will assit you with..
I will share these ways in another post..
after reading the letter below you may notice I really do have some horses awaiting their breakfast, it's not very late now, but if I take time to share much more it will be..
I just know you don't want hungry horses on your conscious now do you? 

p.s. if you really want help now, you can click on either my liberty or safe weightloss links and with a little sluething find a way to contact me,(phone or e-mail)..
I know,I know,(to my network marketing friends..I need to get my "opt" in 'stuff" in my blog..
hey I have HAY to feed.(lions and tigers and bears..OH MY is that a lil "bunny trail too"?.:-)...
OK OK..I'll see about doing that, I do know where the info is to  assist me in accomplishing  this)

At farm funnies we(critters too) believe in hugs...
so ...Hugs for a great day
                                                     a.m. letter to son
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ohhhh I wish you'd called me...I got off internet and went to bed early ( hadn't felt good all day...cold ...achy ...I think I am FIGHTING a bug..here's to hoping WE win..not so sure...just sitting here this a.m. feelin' kinda dizzy...

ha "we'll" see how "that" goes when I get up and go outside to toss hay to the horses...I am still cold & achy all over, I keep thinking it will get warmer..but it's only getting later. When I got up this a.m. I thought ok it's probably just the cold weather making me feel achy ...hmmmmm, I noticed breakfast isn't really all that "happy" either

double hmmmmm.......,



BOTTOM LINE...after my "whining on line ...or is that line whining or hmmm lining my whining ...hmmm I guess even when "mom" is feeling like whining on line..her humor remains ummmm rather "bazaar???"

or maybe that is due to making my mind whirl from my one by one filtering of on line files ....which are way too many... looking to see what I don't remember I already have...

consequently requiring applications related to the constant need to overcome my "bunny trailing" tendencies...sigh....

One gold star for the day... I see I am learning how to capture the lil bunny and remain focused much longer...

..YIKES , sneaky "bunny" ...now I'm chasing the bunny in the form of what should be simple reply....GOTTCH BUNNY....duh....

I will make sure your box is "covered" I'll cover your request,umm gottcha covered...awwww..is that a baby "bunny"? ( I am really just feeling like being silly and you are "here" aren't you glad..(well if you actually read this you are)



I am going out in a bit and I will see how your box looks...yay that works...no more rhyming ..I mean it...........ummm anyone have a peanut? oh yeah how about peanut butter?

umm p---nut pnut butter JELLY...JELLY

bleah...now I really feel sick.............NO p-nut butter...just writing it made me feel dizzy............
I want a blankie............and all of my STUFF done via by some osmosis thot process....just for today...........

hmmmm ...think think...retro active osmosis system generator to accomplish the tasks at hand..not working..MALFUNCTION,delete..NO NO, computer..I see what you are doing..mind melding you think you will delete..AHA..BACK bACK away with you...NO.. not "that" either..( I just saw how you "stuck" some important things into files totally not related,plus you didn't LISTEN and put a name on them I needed in order to see where you would possible put or.. I know HID them..)

OSMOSIS do it for me......I do not see the horses being fed,the WET pile of clothes getting on hangers and above the stove by their selves

HUH???? I do hear rustling in the sink... is "it" working??? NO>>not that ,more dirty dishes..how do they do it??? I declare..I know those dishes are in cahoots and have an invisible replicating system..

I think they are related to the sock monster..you know the one who has a way to make sure there is only one of each pair that makes it through the wash cycle, and the monster makes darn sure none of the single individuals who MAKE it through the was are remotely related.....

ahhhhh...enough rambling...I love ya...mom

Friday, March 5, 2010

Birds of a feather...wooing, singing and dancing

One of my canary mommies

I just couldn't resist sharing some amazing you tube video's
I'm experiencing a lot of wrist pain so won't type much
Aha...no doubt it's probably due to all of the typing I've been doing .
Yep, farmfunnies newest "baby"  a fantastic home business
that is so compimentary with what I am already doing..I love win/win :-)
I will invite you to my personal site soon.( ahem,it is just getting ahh well personalized :-)
meantime here are the bird video's
If you love birds I'm sure you will enjoy these video's
If you have kids or grandkids..I'm sure  the kids will too.
What a beautiful bird the little manakin is.
(be sure to back arrow between you tubes to return to  farm funnies for the  next video)
(interpatation of manakin dance) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bsu4z9Y3k
please forgive any spelling errors,long day and my spell ck is still not working