Wednesday, March 16, 2011

T-shirt Fundraiser

Many of you don't know her, but my good friend Shelly Wolfgram-Zager has breast cancer. We are selling these shirts to offset her costs associated with the cancer. Please let me know if you are interested in one! They are way cute! There are two styles as shown below.

Costs for the shirt are $15 each and $2 in shipping per shirt.
If you are interested in helping out Shelly and her family, please email or facebook me!
savsimms@yahoo.com

Thank you!





Monday, March 14, 2011

Rocky Rococco

The Dally Lama

Y'know, I don't really mind muddy boots when it means that SNOW IS MELTING!

I've managed to track a path from the hay bale to the front step by staying on snow the entire way. And yet I still get muddy, muddy boots.

Eva the Diva.


This my super cute (at least I think so) rehearsal dinner dress. I'm very excited to wear it and my only hope is that it does not make me look pregnant, for preggers I am not.
Amen.



75, 74, 73, 72!

This makes my day. Every day. For the next 75 days.

Easy Peasy Cheesy Dinner

Alas, a mid-to-long day of not-so-hard, hard work, and a mediocre length drive home results in this pan full of deliciousity!
Best part is – I pulled it out of the deep freeze, cooked it at 350º for an hour, and chowed!

Make it yourself!


Beef Taco Bake

1# Ground Beef

1 Can Condensed Tomato Soup

1 C Chunky Salsa or Picante Sauce

½ C Milk

6 Flour Tortillas, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 C Shredded Cheddar or Monterey Jack Cheese


Brown beef and take off any fat. Stir the soup, salsa, milk, all the tortillas (except a handful), and half the cheese in the skillet. Spoon the beef mixture into a 2-quart shallow baking dish. Layer with the remaining tortillas. Cover the baking dish.

Bake at 350º for 45 minutes or until the beef mixture is hot and bubbly. Be sure the center is done and warm. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.


I normally make a couple pans of this dish at once, and immediate freeze them. Be sure they are completely covered so they don't get "frost bite."

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Crazy Dogs and Shaggy Horses

Winter is still in full swing in Wolsey, South Dakota. Rocky, as always, hates it terribly.



We have a funny story about Dally and trees. She just recently learned that she is nimbly bimbly enough to jump from the snow bank to this particular tree in our backyard, and then run around from limb to limb. Well, we couldn't find her the other night.
Remember, this is the dog we lost twice before: once under our grainery, and once in the back twenty when she wrapped her tail around some barbed wire. The fun part in all this, too, is that she is in heat. Oh, and Boe is laid up from knee surgery.
So, we're waiting for our little nugget of joy to return. Well, we heard her barking and I ran outside and told Rocky to go find her. He took me to a tree. I shined my flashlight up in the air, and found Dally 20 feet up.

It all started with this.


Chipotle.


Ol' fuzzy Bay Horse. What a cute old man!


See you all in 81 days! Can't wait!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

A good ol' fashioned game of Butt Darts

A couple of weeks ago, Boe and I spent some time with our favorite red heads. We spent a day playing numerous card games, rolling dice, playing a few kid's games, participating in a spelling bee, dancing, and, most importantly, competing in a tense game of butt darts.


Alamar's always seemed to hook right.


Alfred walked like a duck with his butt pinched, of course, and his feet turned out.


Boe's lining up for the drop . . .


Cubby John's approach was the best, however. He literally had to pull his cheeks apart.
I don't even want to think about how far he must have shoved that little quarter up there.


He made it in nearly every time, though.


And afterward, he would check to be sure it was really gone.


The man child changed his approach every time.
Note the mismatched socks. And he thought he was fooling everyone because of the color.


Serena used the bend-and-snap approach. It worked fairly well. I employed the same approach.



Fun was had by all. Tehee!