Comfort Foods...Ham, Greenbeans,and Potatoes..

This is what I like to use for my Ham Greenbeans and Potatoes... good start.


I peel the potatoes .....

I cube them up to make for better eating..I used 3 mediam sized Potatoes... then...

Add water to the desired amount you need for serving......Next......I......

Opened a can of greenbeans and drained them... No need to use the liquid in those.

I go ahead and put them in the pan with the taters and water...... we are getting there..

Now trying to be frugal... I found this hand dandy all ready cut up Ham.... : )

I cut open the pack and dump them into the rest........

Then I take some Pepper and put it in...........almost there ..........


but no Pepper again...........
Might as well ....

Now I put in some butter...... I used two table spoons..... but you can use to your likeing......

Not this again.... good golly miss molly...... : )

But after all here is the finished product.........MMMMM I know this will be good....

Now does this look Like a comfort food, or, does this look like a COMFORT FOOD.....

LET ME TELL YOU.... THIS WAS VERY GOOD AND NOW WE HAVE LEFT OVERS....
PSSST..Don't forget the butter bread.

Always good to have leftovers as this tastes better the next day...and next ...and next...

Loves ....and Smiles Mary

Just a quick Note...

Good evening, This has been a pretty normal day

,I went to work had a quiet day even though.. I started out rather funny like, Oh, darn the phone at work isn't working, had to use the second one . Thank goodness we have two. Then all of a sudden the register isn't working..
We then had to reboot that.
Once....nope, no go,

Twice...nope no go..

Now phone is not working and register will not boot back up.. unplug, try again for an hour and 1/2 then two hours.

Finally,,,, I sit down for a break, and, left the register to reboot for what may be the last time before we call IBM.

You know the 'ol saying "A watch pot never boils"? Well that must of been the problem because all of a sudden the silly thing started.
I used it the rest of my time at work.

As for the phone, I do believe it needs replaced it is a gonner. We will see what happens when I get back to work.

It is late, and about time for me to bid a goodnight. I will be back again

Here is a pic to keep you smiling.

xxxoooo

A beautiful sunset, taken by Stanley
Jan. 8th, 2010.

Loves..... Mary

We worked hard on this surprise for his mom....

It has been 24 hours plus and I have been worried about this blog....

I put out a cry for help and got some so thank you friend Mariam...Thank you

Stan and I had a nice day yesterday, he decided not to go hunting, we slept in till 8:30, that is so late for me seems the day flew by after that.

Anyway on to the rest of our day. Our main reason to get going was to make a picture of our Christmas at his mothers.
We went to the store for Ink for our printer so we were sure to have enough, we got home and put the ink in only to fine out the printer was not working. We had to go back to the store for a new printer so we could finish the picture collage. We never went to bed till after 11 but after all we did not get up till late, right?

I do believe this will make his mom happy.
She is such a sweet lady and her husband is a nice man.

We delivered the picture and she was very happy with it, she said now just where to hang it, it is pretty big .It stands about 37" and is about 22" wide so nice sized to see the pics.

I made it back home and now Stanley is out walking in the woods with his friend Scott. The most fun Stanley has is walking through the woods and it is such a nice sun shining day today what a better thing to do. Thank goodness Scott was able to go along it saved me from having to go out there in the dag gum cold weather.
Now it is Jake and Myself here at the house just chilling out I can hear Jake snoring sleeping in his dads chair.

How wondrerful life is to be here with my loving husband and the trusting loving dog.. Rock on Jake my buddy my pal.

I love him and his dad so much,,,,,,, I just have to say....

xxxxooooo's to you all Mary

Christmas day..... (sorry so late : ) )

Christmas day when you get older is always just another day.

Get up when you want and oh if you feel like it open the gifts you got each other,,,

That is if you decided to get things.

Stan and Myself got a few things but the best was yet to come..

I felt like... I did a good job getting Stan the few things he needed. He was happy.

As I always like to do I made us a good Breakfast.

I really do miss having family around and seeing my Grand kids open the gifts Santa brought them.

I have never had that chance, but, I look at it this way, I will get older, and, I will have a chance to be Grammie, and, go to see them first thing in th morning . That puts a smile on my face for sure. : )

OK, OK, now on to the fun at my Mother-in-laws. It is so nice of her to have the family there.

I am talking Stans, Sisters, Husbands, the grand kids, and their kids, all in ages from 40 to 1 year. We had a nice time.

This is My Mom(Stans) and her husband Glenn.

I am so happy to be in this family, they are so nice to me. like I really belong. I am not sure if that is how I felt before but it does not matter. I am happy now.
and of course here is Stanleys family. Mom on

the top step, Kathy, next left, Janet, next right

Tony on the left bottom and the love of my life Stanley.

(Nice Cliche') We all had to take pics on the steps, this was the first time in many years Mom had all and I do mean all her kids there at the same time.

So of course...

I have to show you Stan and Myself sitting on the step as well.

I really am not happy with my hair but what is a curly head to do . LOL
If you look behind us you can see his Niece and the baby being held by someone.
We were so lucky that the Ice storm they were calling for did not come. All went well and we went home.

It was a few days later when I got my Christmas gift and that is what I am using to type this up on .

You guessed it

I got my Laptop, my ever so wanted, Laptop Seee,..

And of course I had to get a pink mouse.

Till we meet again keep up the smiles.

Your all belssed in my book, Loves to all Mary

Whoopie Pies anyone...........

Two cups of sugar......1 Cup of Shortening.....

Cream shortening........

Add sugar to shortening.......

Cream together......

Add Eggs

2 Eggs and 2 Yolks

Once you get the eggs ready put them in Sugar mixture and cream them

By Starting to Whip them up

Whip...Whip..

Whip..........

And of course don't trip over the dog. Jake is my kitchen buddy...

Now put the flour together. Take 5 1/2 cups of flour, add 1/2 teaspoon baking Powder, 2 teaspoon of baking soda,cinnamon ..not sure how much I use but just dump it in, maybe 2teas





Whisk it all together

Making Buttermilk or store bought either will work. I take the milk to almost 1cup and add vinegar to one cup, Then add one cup of hot water.





Buttermilk and water.....

I almost forgot the cinnamon .Oh me oh My

Now is the time to add the wet and dry ingredients together

aternating the dry and wet mixing well between each.

Dry.......

Now the wet and so on and so on

I can use the mixer most of the time but it gets thick and a spatula and spoon wil clean it up.

This is a good batch as long as it is thick.

Chill for about an hour
Now is the time to clean up the mess

While that is chilling you can prepare two cookie sheets, Put parchment paper on the sheets.

Using two small spoons one to scoop the other to push off batter.




With the baking powder in it they will rise. Space them apart putting about 8 per sheet.

When you put it on, it is recomended to flatten and make round by patting it in place.

Put in the oven for 10 mins...

This is about 5 mins in the oven...

They are done........... Let cool ( do not lay on the top till completly cool )

Add Iceing on the bottom of one....

Put two together making a sandwich..

Wrap them in plastic wrap one at a time...( makes great lunch snacks )

All done and looking good, Husband had two already....

Whoopie pies :

1 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

5 3/4 cups flour .. 5 1/2 if using cocoa

1 cup cocoa or 2 to 3 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt (optianal)

Cream shortening-add sugar and eggs. , mix dry ingrediants, put buttermik and water together, Beat while alternating wet and dry ingrediants. Drop my spoonfull onto cookie sheet with parchment paper. Bake at 375 for 10 mins. Letting cool or transfer to table to cool completly

Whoopie pie filling :

1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup shortening
dash of salt 2 cups 10 x sugar
3/4 cup of milk 2 teaspoon vanilla

Put flour and salt in sauce pan whisk in milk till smooth. Cook and stir over mediam heat 5 to 7 mins or till thick, cover and cool in refer. completley.

In a bowl cream shortening, 10x sugar, and vanilla, add chilled mixture, beat for 7 mins or til fluffy.

I hope you try this and please do enjoy... Loves ,,, Mary

Christmas With the.... Winters....Dodsons..

Dec.24,2009

It is the day before christmas 2009 and my goal is to go see my family 76 miles away.
Start of the day is fine but getting out of the house could be another thing. It is a cold day but no snow thank goodness.I had to gather all the gifts to go with me and pack all in the car...one bag, two bag (very heavy), three bag and a box.
Check all in the car and ready to go.
Dog Fed Ck..
Went to pot..Ck ck....:-)
Car loaded ...Check...good.
off I go, first, I had to stop for gas, got that done, then check the oil in the car and go to store and get the oil.That all done my Phone rings.. Mom -in-law.. can you go to store for me ..well.. I am on my way home I said.. She said no hurry but if you are comeing this way... I said no I am going to Williamsport home, She said Oh sorry I thought you meant home here. She said it is ok go and have fun. I said thanks and see you tomorrow. I hang up from her ready to head out of town when my cell phone says, no, no, I need charged. I have no car gharger so back into the store I go to get a charger, I hope. Yeah!! I found one...I THOUGHT... It was not the right one, I went back in and returned it.
Back to my house I go, I put my phone on charge to wait for a little bit,just to get enough of a charge to get by on the trip. Off I go it is now 11am and 3 hours later than I wanted it to be.
The Trip in itself takes 1 1/2 hours to get there.

I arrive and go to my sons house first to see my Grand Kids.

Now I had called ahead to let my Daughter -in-law know I was almost there, we can go on to Great grammies house and visit her ...

Nope no such thing I get there and kids are still in PJ's , not dressed and not ready to go.

I got Addies things on her and told her ..

Now let me do your hair...

She said NO mom will get it, it hurts to comb it.

I took a pic of her and she looked at it and said ..I need to do my hair LOL she is so funny.

I got Tyler all ready and took some pics of him, He is a poser... He loves to have his pics taken.

Now mind you, it is now almost 1 pm and I do not plan on staying real long....Afterall it is Christmas eve.
Here we are at GG's House Addison,Tyler, Heather and myself and the Dog Jinx.

My Mother had a nice visit with the kids, She loved Jinx and of course had to hold him.

I had a nice visit myself but as the day went on I knew my place was back home.
I had a chance to see my two sisters also and as always when we are together we are silly ladies. Here is my Sister carol.

And my sister Ramona. And last but always first My Mother.

Love to you all ..... Mary Y

OK, This is an attempt to play around a little. I got this new Flip video camera the other day and we of course have to play with it. I left My husband have it a min and he said dance LOL. I said are you going to record me? he said yes, so I danced to one of my songs I like a lot. Prince and" When Doves Cry" So here it is me, Dancing, being me enjoy. I had gone to lunch with my friend and was showing the camera to her. I recorded her for a few sec and she said I made her blush, I could not tell. Than she took it and held up to me as she is saying it is so clear and I say yes it is we laughed.
I said, I got it for Stan, but he says, no you really got it for you . My idea is for us to go for those rides in the mountains like we do in hopes to see things which does not happen a lot but you never know.
Let me say one thing, I have been a dancing fool almost all my life since i was 11 i went to dances with my then 13 year old sister to (like mom said) keep an eye on her. So we went every Friday Night and we had a good time dancing while she was boy watching. I was just there because I was a good dancer and I simply loved it. It was not till I was a week from turning 12 that a man came up to me and said, how old are you, I said I am 11 but I will be 12 next week, he said well you can stay but you are to be 12 to be here. LOL I had him fooled for a year. Now here we are some 45 years later and although I still love to dance it is not as good as it used to be and never again will I attempt the song "Wipe Out" my sister and I use to really wiggle to that one but after trying it last year we both know it is over for us. By the way One of the guys my sister used to go to the dance to watch and flirt with is now her Husband for over 30 years. I am going to close now so enjoy the show at my EXPENCE BYE