The Simple Woman's Daybook Monday August 3, 2009

For Today...

Outside my window... a rose bed trying to survive the heat

I am thankful for... health insurance.

From the kitchen... watermelons, Israel melons & a couple of fresh tomatoes.

I am wearing... turquoise pants set

I am reading... Alphabet Weekends by Elizabeth Noble



I am hoping... a cleaning fairy to stop by my house..

I am creating... a lot of trouble for myself

I am praying... for faithful friends and family.

Around the house... stuff!


One of my favorite things... a drive in the country.

A few plans for the rest of the week... paying bills, cleaning house, washing car....fun stuff.

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

Just one of those interesting things we see on those drives in the country...

Our latest past time...

Our city's Athletic Center...


is where you will find us nearly every afternoon during the week.



It's a great place to cool off and get a little water exercise.

This is a fun contraption in the kiddie area.

The buckets fill up and dump when they get full.

There's also this fun "mushroom" fountain, which you can stand under...

A big slide that I am going to attempt one day...

A life size water tower that over flows...

And of course our favorite the lazy river... (Skippy is right there in the middle)


Here he is vigorously exercising his legs....

And me? Well, I'm contemplating the need of a pedicure...

Tomato Pie

It's that time of year....fresh homegrown tomatoes!!

And here's a great recipe to use them....

I didn't think about blogging this until I was almost done so there is no "cast of characters" and the recipe is completely blurry, but here we go...

Underneath all this lushness lies a bed of mozzarella cheese...

3/4 of a pound!!

Not 3/4 of a cup...

THREE FOURTHS OF A POUND!

IN EACH PIE!!

On top of a prebaked pie crust, the on top of the cheese is layered tomatoes, green onions, bacon pieces and herbs. Pop it in the oven and bake. Makes a really yummy lunch with a big glass of iced tea....


~PERFECTO~

Tractor Square Dance....

Now the truth is out....I am a redneck. I got the biggest kick out of this video. What talent and skill this takes and it's so darn entertaining! Well at least to me.

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Have a great week!!

My New Dishwasher!

(No, not Heather!)

It was another one of those evenings. An evening of celebration. Of daughter-in-law Heather's birthday. And of course Gerad & Heather brought over our granddog Zoey.


And like the true lady that she is she pitched in and did her part....

More computer humor

A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'

'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

The women won!!

Keepin' the kitchen cool...

The largest window in our kitchen faces the west...which means in the summer afternoons it gets quite hot near this window.

Well, this year I tried something different...I planted some morning glories outside this window, strung some twine from the top of the window to the ground and the rest is a nice window treatment made of morning glories.

Here's the view from the inside of the kitchen...it just LOOKS cool and does actually make a difference. I saw one bloom several weeks ago, but none since...these were suppose to be annuals but they come back every year, but this is the first year I haven't had plants full of blooms. They've even been doctored with Miracle Grow and Super Bloom and still a big fat nothing in regards to blooms. Oh well, they do provide a cool shade!

So now here's where I went over the top of making it a redneck project....

I had tallest son (6ft 4 to be exact) cover the sky light in the kitchen with tin (if you're real country!) or aluminum (if you're city slick)foil the last time he made a visit.

WOW, what a difference shading the sources of the sun makes!