My Life the Past Couple of Months

So I finally decided to update my blog because I was getting frustrated that every time I checked if any one else had blogged lately... there was nothing. So I guess it's only fair to blog...I can't expect everybody else to do the blogging.

To start... we have built a greenhouse. Square foot gardening. I finally got pictures to post of the greenhouse.














(This is before the blasted snow came!)


Pretty exciting stuff. It's taken a lot of man-hours trying to get this thing up and running. Let's wish it the best of luck!
But it's a car port with thick MIL plastic over it, twice. Helps with the insulation, apparently.

















Here's Jason. The greenhouse doesn't have all the poles in it for height. Do it's a little short for Jason, but perfect for me.































Here's the lovely tomatoes. They're looking good here, but it looks like I still have a little more to learn before I get my green thumb. Let's just say we won't be having tomatoes this winter.


Next item of business. After camp this year, Jason and I totally scored with getting a lot of cheap camp food. Cereal. Canned foods. And MEAT. We got 2 tubes of ground turkey (10 lbs each). It was all fine and dandy. We stuck them in the freezer and we were very excited about our purchases. But then it came time to use the meat... a 10 lb tube of rock hard, frozen meat. We had no idea of how to tackle this problem. We didn't want to use all 10 lbs at once so this was Jason's idea...














(please note the oven mitt... that's my favorite part...no frost bite here!)


We got our scariest, biggest, most serrated knife we had and went at it! I think this is how he got all his muscles :)















Look at the determination in his face. Such focus.















It was pretty funny. I'm just glad it worked out. And the knife is just fine.


So Jason woke up the other day and his hair made me realize he needed a haircut. I doubt anyone would disagree with me.































So we took care of the problem...sorry, no before and after pictures for this one.















He didn't really enjoy me using the squirt bottle on him.


Well... that's all for now. I have no other exciting photos, extravagant tales to tell, or really any lies that I could pretend that were true. But I'll can't promise I'll do better at writing on my blog, but I guess if people don't update their blogs I'll eventually get to mine. Until then.

My Adventures in Yeast

So I've apparently become too domestic for my own good. What a great statement to start a blog, right?

But sadly it's true. I bake now like there's no tomorrow... it doesn't hurt that my husband really, really loves bread. But here's some recounting of my adventures with yeast.

My parents came and visited me and Jason in July and they we so kind to get us A LOT of flour, sugar, rice and yeast. So now Jason and I have had the ambition to make our own dough, bread, rolls, etc. (Of course to go with the homemade raspberry jam)

But I have to say I was a little nervous with the whole idea of using yeast. To me its a temperamental ingredient. But I guess lets have the pictures speak for themselves.















Here are some rolls... I was just so amazed that the bread actual raised. My house is really cold so I let the dough double in size in the oven. It works for me so I guess it works.

My here's a little temptation that every time I see a picture of I start to drool.














Stuffed Crust Pizza!
















Pizza Hut eat your heart out... I think I might have just put you out of business.
















It's mine and Jason's favorite pizzas meeting in our kitchen. We both love Chicken BBQ, but Pizza Hut has us in their snare with their stuffed crust pizza. However, we can now make out own!!! You just use string cheese and seal it in the crust. And of course, the inclusion of onion and green bell pepper and you have a symphony in action.

We've had some delicious tasties as of late, but all I can say is pride cometh before a fall... I think I've gotten a little too confident with my yeast abilities and I'm pretty sure this last time I tried to set it up in the hot water and wait for it to all boil up... I think I killed the yeast... and of course you don't get to see the pictures of my bellyflop creations.

Well, lets hope my head doesn't get too big, but let the tasty bread keep coming!!!