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Thursday, November 8, 2012

When We Forget To Be Thankful For All Our Blessings

There are many times during the year that I am reminded to be thankful for even the little blessing in life that we have. Most people take for granted very important things they are blessed with. This is because we always have those thing around us and do not know what it is to go with out.
Let us just think of a few important blessing we have. Clean water to drink, electricity, family, grandchildren, friends, home, health, Internet, clean clothing and the right to vote! I try to thank God everyday for at least one or two of the blessing I often forget about having . I have one more blessing to add to my list. I thank God for the use of my hands. That is one that I had not thought about until now. It is hard to text, type, wash dishes and get dressed with one good hand. I was given a little reminder and oh am I so thankful for my hands!

I am back to blogging after a little recuperating. I will be fine if I can restrain myself and type with one hand for just a bit longer.

What are you most thankful for today?

Friday, October 26, 2012

What Are You Most Thankful For In 2012?

Fall is my favorite season. I love fall scents, colors and harvesting time. I enjoy the thought of making Thanksgiving plans. In the past when my children were young and all at home we really enjoyed the spirit of Thanksgiving in our home. Family, friends and many blessing to be thankful for. Now as my children have grown and some have married and started families of their own I have to look at new ways to create an inviting Thanksgiving meal for a small crowd. One crowd pleaser the whole family enjoys and expects is stuffing. Ever since we discovered Mrs. Cubbison's stuffing mix we have been able to create some very tasty stuffing recipes.
Before I share one of my recipe I want to share a few interesting facts from the "Thanksgiving Across America" Survey.
When asked, What Americans favorite holiday was? Thanksgiving came in second to Christmas. All other holidays fell far behind. On a side note Thanksgiving is the #1 favorite nonreligious holiday. I would think most people are Thankful to God for all their blessing while celebrating Thanksgiving. I understand it is not considered a religious holiday but our religions can be observed through out Thanksgiving.
The next survey question was, "To whom or for what will you be giving thanks this year?" God, family and health were the top answers to this question.

I invite you to check out the survey for yourself it is very interesting! "Thanksgiving Across America" Survey.

My Stuffing Recipe:

2 packets one each of Classic and Corn Bread stuffing mix by Mrs. Cubbison's

2 cups chicken broth

2 eggs

1 diced sauteed onion

3-4 stalks celery diced (saute w/onion)

2 diced granny smith apples

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven at 400 deg. Fahrenheit. Mix all ingredients in a bowl until moist. You may need to reduce or add more broth to the mix. This will depend how moist you like your stuffing. Bake in a baking dish or stuff as desired. Bake until down and brown on the top. I had some acorn squash and bell peppers I wanted to use so that is what I stuffed. Does that look yummy? It sure was tasty.

How would you like to win Mrs. Cubbison's Stuffing mix for your holiday meal?

Contest ends 11/1/2012 11:59 pm

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Leave a comment telling me: What recipe has your family handed down from generation to generation for Thanksgiving? Leave you email in your comment if needed.

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Our Koi Pond

It has been a long scary week around here. I have learned a good lesson along with making a lot of work for my self. It all started with my need to add a waterfall to my Koi pond. I have been wanting to do this for some time. The biggest obstacle stopping me was that I did not have the proper rocks to create the look I wanted. I do have lots of limestone but that would cause the PH in the water to rise. When the water flows over the limestone it washes lime into the water causing bad water for the fish. My son came home a few weeks ago with a small pile of large sandstone rocks. He mentioned I could use it for the waterfall if I was interested.
So, this week I finally made the time and set out to create a small but nice little waterfall. I purchased a small pond pump and hose. Then proceeded to hook them up to the water fall box that I purchased last year on sale. At that point I wish I had taken pictures. I had thought about pictures but I wanted the waterfall to run a few days and hoped the filter would clear up the algae and make it a little clearer for some nice pictures. That was lesson one. Take pictures when you think about it do not wait!
So my cute little waterfall was up and running. Next morning I go out to feed the Koi and Goldfish. The fish normally see me approaching the pond and swim right over to be fed. Hm, no fish! I tossed in a handful of pellets surely they would all come up for food. Just a couple poked up their heads grabbed a bite and disappeared. I began to think. The temperatures did drop last night. They would come up later when the surface warmed up a bit. Later in the day it was pouring rain so I did not see any fish. That is normal with hard rain.
Next day I did not see them in the morning but was terribly busy with my grandson. I thought about the fish but had to put my thoughts on a back burner and play with my grandson. I did mention the fish to my oldest son when he picked up Little Bug. I even started to wonder if we had a crane in the area eating the fish.
Some time very early the next morning my son called to tell me he thought the sandstone was poisoning the water. Oh, how terrible I felt. How could I have not thought about that myself. I should have researched about sandstone and fish ponds. I was out at the pond about 6 am draining the water as fast as that little pump would allow. I managed to drag the heavy stones about a yard away from the pond. Where they could wait for my son to finish moving them. I did not want the rain to wash more poison into the water. I drained about 1000 gallons of water from the pond. Leaving around 300 gallons of green water. I finished refilling the pond around 10:30 pm. The story does end well for my beautiful fish. No fish were found dead. For that I am thankful.
I just had to share some pictures from today when they all came out to eat.