I'm outta here

I'm heading out today for Missouri...going to the Kenneth & Gloria Copeland conference in Branson. http://www.kcm.org/events/index.php?p=event_details&id=1-92WRFE
SOOOOOooooooo excited! Pray for our safe travels. Going with a friend and her family, and know we will have a Blast. Has been difficult getting to this point...many roadblocks this week. Biggest one being my washing machine died Tuesday night...I hopped in my van and drove downtown to both appliance stores and still had to order one! Can't get it till.....MONDAY, What? Thank the Lord for my wonderful neighbor and friend, Teresa...I took what laundry I HAD to get done over to her house....I'll be giving that new front loader a run for it's money, well, my money(ha ha) on Monday night...after they deliver it....provided it comes in Monday.
Well, I gotta get going... Have a great weekend!

Beef Jerky and some other stuff

I found this recipe on the internet and am still in the "tweaking" process to make it work for our taste but enjoy!

5# hamburger
4 1/2 tsp non-iodized salt
2 1/4 tsp Accent season
3/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
2 1/4 Tbsp meat tenderizer
3/4 Tbsp Black Pepper
3 Tbsp brown sugar

Mix all of this well. Press into strips with a jerky gun(mine came with my dehydrator and I highly recommend them). Then mix up 1/2 cup worcestershire, 1/2 cup liquid smoke and
1/3 cup ketchup. I use a spoon and drizzle this mix over my strips of meat. Turn on dehydrator and let 'er rip! I dried mine 12-14 hours...just kind of watch it and see.

The last batch I made I used 5# hamburger that I bought in a tube(eeekkkk) at Wally World I think it was 70/30 and it was 5.99, I also bought a 3# pkg of ground turkey($3-4) and mixed in with it. So then I kind of did a 1 1/2 recipe...I'm not always the best at following exactly what recipes say...sorry! I found that we like more red pepper and garlic. For about $10.00 I made a pretty good batch of jerky, 2 1/2 dehydrators full. I would say I probably had 6-8 sandwich bags full. I'm going to watch my meat sales more closely and buy some more of the cheap stuff and turkey and save my Good beef for supper!


I've got to get pictures off all the equipment we have at the barn! It's CRAZY! This is going to be the biggest machinery sale we've had....looks like decent weather for Sat too...it was around 70 today. Too bad I was inside on a computer all day.YUK.

Well, I'm gonna shag outta here...headed upstairs to watch the CATS play some b-ball. GO KSU!

What I've been up to

Hello Baaaabbbbbyyyyy!

Sunset at my folks last Sunday. That pink and

orange sky was gorgeous. Sorry the shed is

blocking it.

Beef jerky...an important thing in our household...with ZB's diabetes...great snack, he doesn't have to take a shot to eat it! Pretty expensive to buy, I have 2 dehydrators and they were full last weekend!

A little view of the machinery coming in...this

was early this a.m. There is a lot more now.

WIS 6th grade Band.

Many things have been on my agenda since my last post. Mainly, just life in general. That seems to keep me busier than a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin chairs! ZB started indoor soccer on Monday night, 4-H model meeting(we did not make it there), Wednesday, cattle sale day, Thursday was ZB's band concert, Friday ZB and I went to the homecoming games, today it was family fun day at the sale barn--ha ha! Fed cattle and spent the day unloading farm equipment for our upcoming Consignment Auction on the 28th of Feb. I was busy filling out Bill of Sale forms, preparing titles, mainly busy work. Came home at 2pm and started more laundry. So glad to be home...but it's almost 8pm and I've got a pile of shirts staring at me"Iron me, Iron me!!!" I better get busy. May you have a blessed and restful Sunday.

A Word from the Good Book

The Lord led me to these verses last Friday. I'm being led to share them with you now!

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Colossians 2:6-8 (NIV)

Wow...Overflowing with Thankfulness. Need to work on that one. Human tradition and basic principles of this world...yep, they're EVERYWHERE! I pray that we can all keep our eyes on Jesus...he will never lead us astray. Some days will be easier than others, but press on, he is there waiting for us!!! Have a wonderful Monday!

Random Pictures

I'm going with the peer pressure and posting some "Random Pics"! It's fun to go thru older pics and reminesce(sp?). Have a blessed Sunday! I'm going to...heading to my folks after church and the boys are going to get to shoot their 22's...they are soooo excited!

My onrey boys Spring 2007 under my redbud

tree in the front yard.

Having some "brother talk" on the front steps

ZB's 2nd year of showing sheep at a Spring Show.

May 2007

CB's first sheep show...he was so nervous, but

when it was over, he was mad...he wanted to

just keep showing sheep all day, he loved it!!

May 2007

I Won A Prize! I Won A Prize!

Too bad I can't figure out how to make it appear on my blog!!!! ha ha
Oh well--BlackJack Land & Cattle awarded me a "FABULOUS AWARD"--if you haven't visited her, take a gander over there...would love to meet this gal...very cool!

Rules are to List 5 Things you are addicted to and pass on to 5 other deserving blogs.
Ok...this should be interesting...I don't consider myself much of an addict!

1. Carmex
2. Guacamole
3. Taking pictures
4. Being a Mom
5. Music

Passing this award onto anyone who is so kind to stop and read my blog!

I am...

Fellow blogger, Karin down the Dirt Road shared this on her blog awhile back and I LOVED it! I told her I would probably want to copy it and she was so kind as to make it a Challenge! So here goes!!!

Right Now I Am...

fighting allergies/head cold*praying for rain*thankful for my home*thankful for the food in my pantry*wanting it to be summer*wanting to be camping/boating at the lake*counting the days until my 37th bday*wanting to live back on the farm*expecting my oldest son to be healed of his diabetes*wondering if we will have more sick cattle to Dr*wanting a new camera and not needing one*thankful for God's love, mercy and grace*a child of the King*praying for our new President and other leaders*wondering why I have so many gray hairs*wanting to scrapbook*thinking about how I'm going to shed the 8# that found it's way to my butt, hips and thighs since Christmas*wanting to work in my yard*lovin my family*lovin the Lord*working on setting a Christ-like example*wanting to look thru old pics of my boys*thankful for my job and the flexibility it offers*needing to prepare for a huge auction we have in 3 weeks*happy that we hardly have any debt*reading a new book, Stress Less*asking God for many things and Not thanking him enough*looking forward to a friends wedding in Sept*wondering if I would be capable of home-schooling my boys*planning what to put in my garden*wanting my laundry room/mud room to be more functional*a born & raised farmers daughter*aunt*mom*wife*friend*blogger*daughter-in-law*sister*sister-in-law*awaiting the birth of my sisters 2nd child in April* coughing*blowing my nose*coughing again*listening to the TV*smelling the biscuits(from Ranchwife) out of the oven*proud to be an American*patriotic*praying for our troops who protect our freedoms*needing to remove whats left of my fingernail polish*needing to blow my nose...again*needing to balance my checkbook*needing to make another batch of beef jerky*smelling the BBQ meatballs I'm cooking*drinking iced tea*dreading shopping for a swimsuit*thinking about all the neat people I've met thru this blog*needing to do another load of laundry*needing to iron*coughing again*a lover of chips and salsa and guacamole*a pretty good cook*tired*

A little insight to my thoughts....Thanks again Karin for the challenge. I challenge fellow readers to do the same. It was kind of fun to think of all the things I AM!