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Archive for February 2008

Feb
29

It Looks Ready to Move Into, Doesn’t It?  You Can Lie.

Just a little visit to check on things. Everyone’s going to behave.





She’s a monkey. She’ll be good, though. Really.





But there are so many fun things to do with scaffolding. “Do we get to keep it after the house is finished?”





Why does all this scaffolding make me feel like we are in a Batman movie?





Look how they pretend to be useful and measure stuff. How about pushing their sister off the scaffolding now? Wouldn’t that be useful?





He is not hugging her, by the way.





Whew. Down safely. Crisis averted. But she appears to have found a giant icicle. Wonder what her brothers should do now???





The final moment of peace as she observes them from the window.

I’d bring you a picture of the Star Wars ice saber battles that followed, but I had to set down the camera and save our planet from ultimate destruction.





Here’s the real high point of our visit to the house. THE SEPTIC TANK IS SET. I can move in on March 8th now. We have working toilets. Or we’re close to it….





And if this post wasn’t exciting enough already, I give you–52’s shoulder! (He totally behaved the whole time.)
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Feb
29

Icicles Off the Back Porch

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Feb
28

Make Kahlua at Home

Is it time to relax? Oh yeah, I think so. Kahlua is a simple coffee liqueur and it’s easy to make at home. Pour yourself a glass of homemade Kahlua tonight. It’ll be ready in an hour. I’ll tell you how! (Pictured: Quick White Russian.)



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How to make Kahlua:

3 cups sugar
3 cups water
10 teaspoons instant coffee (OR instead of using 3 cups water and 10 teaspoons instant coffee, use 3 cups brewed coffee–I like that better!)
3 cups vodka
3 teaspoons vanilla extract





In a medium-sized pot, simmer sugar, water, and coffee for one hour.





Turn off heat and add vodka and vanilla extract; stir well. Using a funnel or a dipper with a pour spout, transfer Kahlua into clean containers. Refrigerate to store.


Here, I used an old Kahlua bottle I’d saved plus a canning jar. And wow, it is that quick. You’re done! Easy Kahlua drink (Quick White Russian)–two parts Kahlua to one part milk, pour over chipped ice.

Make a Frozen Mudslide! Using about 2/3 cup Kahlua, add a couple ounces Bailey’s Irish Cream and an extra dash of vodka. Now plop a scoop of vanilla ice cream into your glass and squeeze a dollop of chocolate syrup on top! (Could also put this combination in the blender.)

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Feb
28

Measuring the Snow


Two inches. Yesterday was another snow day off school.

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"It was a cold wintry day when I brought my children to live in rural West Virginia. The farmhouse was one hundred years old, there was already snow on the ground, and the heat was sparse-—as was the insulation. The floors weren’t even, either. My then-twelve-year-old son walked in the door and said, “You’ve brought us to this slanted little house to die." Keep reading our story....



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