daily yarns 'n more

the worlds best baking powder biscuits and friday chit-chat

The other night Jim and I went visiting where we were served baking powder biscuits.  I have to say that these were...the...best...baking powder biscuits I have ever had.  I was pumped when she gave me the recipe.  So the other night Jim helped me make a batch.  I couldn't just stop at eating only one tho.

I had to have one with sugar cinnamon sprinkled on top.

 

And, one with homemade strawberry jam slathered on it.

Baking Powder Biscuits

6 cups Four (I used Lily White)

1 1/2 cups Sugar (we cut it back to 1 cup)

9 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

2 tsp Salt

3 sticks Butter

2 cups Butter Milk

2 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla

Mix together like pie crust the first 5 ingredients.  Beat eggs, butter milk and vanilla.  Roll out and cut with a biscuit cutter.  Bake @ 400°  12-14 minutes.

There has been a lot happening around here the past few days.  Our son Jake got word that he is being called back up for service in the Army.  He's going to be deployed again.  That was a total shock to us all.  Jake and Jennie just moved back here and were just starting to get settle into life outside the military.  This will be his 3rd deployment.  So after getting the news on Veterans Day it's finally starting to sink in that it's really happening. 

I have a few knitting projects going at the moment.  I started this one the other night.  (Em if you want a different color blue as the accent color just let me know)

Work has been going great...I haven't messed things up yet anyway :)  I'll be officially a regular employee and not a trainee starting next week.  Yeah!!!!

I had to get motoring to work yesterday morning so I didn't have time to get a picture of the heavy frost we had.  I'm getting kind of excited for that first snowfall of the year.  I know I won't be so excited about snow by the time the end of winter comes.  I'll be ready for spring again.  But isn't that the great part of living in a 4 season area.  When you get tired of one season the next one is just around the corner.

I was in JoAnn's the other day getting some fleece to line the hat I made for our grandson last year and two ladies at the check-out were already complaining about the snow...and it hasn't even snowed yet.  I wanted to ask them "Why do you live in this area if you hate snow so much?"

Who's excited to see that first snowfall like I am?

it's veterans day today

I know my two Veteran son's read my blog, so I just want to say Thank You to you and to all the Veterans.

something's missing

The other day our youngest walked in the kitchen and looked at this spot on the counter and said "Something's missing".  This is the spot that our Nurtimill Grain Mill sat for a few years and before that a Whisper Mill sat.  We have used the mills I would have to say almost everyday for the past 5 years. 

 

Well I must confess, I can't really take credit for using the mills very much, that would be my husband Jim who uses them.  A few years back Jim started to make his own bread for health reasons.  I do use the flour in recipes but Jim uses it the most.

Why is it missing you ask? 

Well, it bit the dust...It conked out...It's no more...It's broken.  It had ground it's last kernel of wheat the other day.

So now what do we do?  As you can see we have wheat left to be ground yet and there's more in buckets.  But, all is not lost.  I found this grinder over at The Big Yellow Farmhouse.  I right away showed it to Jim, tho at the time we were not in need of a new grinder.  I did talk to Shari about it and found out what kind it was, just in case the day came when we did need to get a new one.  Well, that day has come.  The only thing about it is we might be waiting a long time to get it.  The company where you get it from are not overly customer friendly or for that matter Johnny-on-the-Spot as far as getting the product out to you in a timely fashion.  But, from the reviews and corresponding with Shari the product seems to be a very good one that people like.

So, here's hoping that it will come sometime between now and next Halloween.

what a fun and productive weekend

We had some company this weekend.  Our son Jason and his family came to visit.  Our granddaughter loved helping Grandpa feed the chickens and roosters.

We got some visiting in and I finished the 3 button wrap that I had started last February.  I think that's the last of the UFO's lying around...Other than the half started sock that I'm going to have to do some frogging on, because I can't quite remember where I left off at.  I'm still working on the knitted cupcake purse and only have 3 more to go.  Then I can start on the sewing gifts that I plan to make.  Hmm lets see...How many days until Christmas?  I can't believe that Thanksgiving is only just over 2 weeks away.  Maybe to relax I need to do a bit more knitting.

 

I love the book called "It itches" by Franklin Habit.  I always get a good laugh when I open up the book.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and have a great Monday.

another project to check off the list

My 3-Button Wrap is done.  It only took me 9 months to finish it.