The Girl Effect...

This is a neat link that Rae had on her blog and I thought I'd pass it on. I don't see it as a feminist thing, I just think it makes you think, think what you could do to help someone else that's in need when we have so much all around us.. It's fun little video to watch, it's up beat and the way it's put together just makes you want to get excited about some little girls life, whether that be in your own back yard, or across the ocean.

Rice Pudding



4 cups whole milk
1/2 cut long grain rice (not instant)
2/3 cup sugar

Put all of this in the top of a double boiler, cook over boiling water. Cook til the rice is very tender - about an hour, maybe more. Stir occasionally.

Divide three eggs. Beat the whites til stiff. Beat the yolks a bit. When the rice is done add yolks to the rice/milk and stir in. Then fold in egg whites in.

Put into a 9x9 inch pan and then put that pan into a 9x13 pan w/ some water in it, about a half inch. Bake at 300 to 325 degrees for about 40 minutes - until very golden brown (like in the picture). Eat warm or let cool for a more custard like pudding.

This is Matt's grandma's recipe. Everyone loves it. Matt can eat a whole dish in two days easy!

some of the last flowers of the season....

These are some late Hollyhocks. I just transplanted them this spring, so their a little slow in blooming:-) I was taking them in the dark..



Here's one that I un-saturated it a little..

My Russia Sage... the bush is so pretty and big. I have a bunch more to plant and have planted. I am rethinking where I put them because of how big this one got. It smells so good too!

Peaches....

These are the peaches that we bought along side the road on the way back from the cabin on Labor Day. They were so pretty and smelled so good! They were $1.15 a lb. We scrapped together a bunch on dollar bills to get some. We ended up finding $20. and I was happy to go home and make peach cobbler (not a recipe that I'd make again, not bad... just not a do-over) and jam.

Here's the jam:-) I will take a picture of the jars.. they are so pretty!

Steppin' Out In Pink

Here we are getting ready to go on our five mile walk. It was a perfect day for it! We had a great time just ppl watching and talking. It was a long five miles. We got caught behind some bigger ppl and lots of strollers, but it was a good time. At mile three I think it was the UWL marching band was these playing just for fun. They were a fun band to watch! Matt and I always like to do things like this. We'll be doing the Maple Leaf run/walk too if anyone wants to join us!? I'll be running it, Matt probably will be too. Good challenge! :-/ lol.. And, we get all these really cool t-shirts! It was really great to see all the ppl that were out to support local breast cancer research. There are really good ppl out there:-D I think it's like one in every three woman will get some sort of breast cancer (it's something really high like that) and that's scary. It makes you think. Makes you want to help when you can, because you never know when it will effect you or someone you love. It was a fun time:-)

some pretty pictures to remind you of the passing summer...

Some pretty flowers in my yard. Fall is really in the air and it makes me sad that all my pretty flowers will be replaced by snow sooner then I'd like. All those pretty colors and critters (I know some people don't really care for the "critters" in their house right now:-) Rachael) will soon be gone.

Tonight we were out on the water. It was wet and somewhat cold, but fun!
The little neighbor boy, Carter, went with us. He's a little fisherman and love to fish. He love to talk fishing w/ Matt the min he gets home from work - it's pretty cute. He was so thrilled to go out w/ us. He was a great little helper and loved to learn all he could from Matt about fishing and boating. Such a fun, joyful, thankful little boy!

We have the "Steppin' Out In Pink" five mile breast cancer walk tomorrow. We are going w/ Matt's work. Should be fun. After that we are going out on the river to camp w/ some friends - we are so looking forward to that!

I want you to see what a H.A.P.P.Y. man looks like.....

THIS is a happy man... cruising down the river in his very own boat, after a lot of time and money spent!!

He even fished a little... almost had one too!

Mom went with!

On our way back..

Look at that sky and water!?!