Adventures Of Life!

***Warning some graphic photos*** Today marks the second day out of surgery and all is as well to be expected. It took him until last night to get over the anesthesia x2, yes we think he may have woke in the middle of the hour and half surgery. It took 4 hrs in recovery for him to be awake enough to move him to the car in which he slept all the way to the house. He is coherent today and in good spirits. Today is also the day to get cleaned up a bit so that helps too! Thanks everyone for your wonderful prayers and thoughts during this ordeal. We did have some touchy times, such as his blood pressure was through the roof (164/124), waking during surgery and his oxygen levels dropping below the allowance numerous times. We are now on the upside and looking forward to recovery. They fixed every ligament except the LCL which was better than first thought. Doc grafted a new ACL as there was nothing left to repair, he took this graft from his shin. His meniscus was damaged badly and D...

We are here.... UPDATE...His knee surgery went well.... Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

Yesterday we headed off to his folks to stay the night so we could head out early this morning with our BIG load. We were able to get our container home with us on the farm today.  We worked on the sawmill today. Fine tuning how it works. Then we went to cutting up the remainder of the logs we had left in the pile. We did quite a bit cut up. I just have to sweep the floors and we are ready for our early morning trip to the hospital for Mtn Man's surgery. Hopefully be home about lunch time....... Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

             Tomorrow we look for temps to drop 20 degrees into the 40's for a few days then even colder towards the end of the week. The Sun Is Shinin'! Gonna Go Outside And Play! Have A Great Day Everybody!! Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

Today the temps were up in the upper 50's and the Sun was shining!!! Still is..... So on that note I decided to plant my seeds in starter pots...the smell of spring has been on us for a couple days so I thought I better get to it before it is to late. I do hope I am successful...... Squash, Melon, Cuke Plants The sun is heating them up...Wahoo! Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

My Hunting Trip-How It Really Happened! 1am-Alarm Clock Rings 2am-Hunting Party Arrive. Drag You Out Of Bed 2:30am-Throw Everything Except The Kitchen Sink In The Pickup 3 am-Leave For The Deep Woods 3:15am-Drive Back Home And Pick Up Gun 3:30am-Drive Like Hell To Get To The Woods Before Daylight 4 am-Set Up Camp-Forgot Tent. 4:30am-Head Into The Woods 6:05am-See 8 Deer 6:06am-Take Aim And Squeeze Trigger 6:08am-Load Gun While Watching Deer Go Over The Hill 8 am-Head Back To Camp 9 am-Still Looking For Camp 10am-Realized You Don't Know Where Camp Is Noon-Fire Gun For Help-Eat Wild Berries 12:15pm-Run Out Of Bullets-8 Deer Come Back 12:20pm-Strange Feeling In Stomach 12:30pm-Realize You Ate Poison Berries 12:45pm-Rescued! 12:55pm-Rushed To Hospital To Have Stomach Pumped 3pm-Arrive Back In Camp 3:30pm-Leave Camp To Kill Deer 4pm-Return To Camp For Bullets 4:01pm-Load Gun-Leave Camp Again 5pm-Empty Gun On Bird That's Bugging You 6pm-Arrive At Camp-See ...

Can you guess what we are up to today? Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

Treadwell by Dana Joy Wyzard http://littlelottajoy.blogspot.com/ 5 acres & a dream by Leigh Tate http://www.5acresandadream.com/ Chickens in the Road by Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/ Ps..Friends Be Sure To Check out My Recommended Reads Tab up there..... Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

Wood gatherin and splittin day today. Cousins and In laws joined us at the Hwy 51 Cafe for eats then headed to the house for a little work and unwindin! So Blessed to Have Family Close......  Thanks everybody!!                                        For where two or three are gathered together in my name,                                                     there am I in the midst of them.                                                                      Matt 18:20 Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

Start with a bit of oil in pan, 1/2 onion, chopped and a lb. of sausage links, sliced, cook until done then add 3 tsp of Cajun Seasoning let cook for about 3 mins.  Then add 2 cans of whole tomatoes 1 cup of rice, 1 cup of water(the juice from the whole tomatoes is plenty if not add more water) and 1 lb. of shrimp, thawed. Bring to a boil then turn down to a simmer and let the rice get soft and it thickens. Enjoy!! Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

Borrowed The one day when we can choose to Love our significant others a bit more. I think this day is for those who have such a busy schedule that they forget to take the time for Love. Ps my gifts this year bullets and booze...not the best combo but useful in their own rights! Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

***Wow*** I have over 6000 views on this post...to find more interesting and fun recipes please go to  http://goodolamericancookin.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html   updated 8/12/18 Today's Post Here In the post listed below I had a casserole there that I promised I would get the recipe for  http://adventures--of--life.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-mousy-kind-of-spa-day.html#comment-form  My neighbor got it from copykat.com 350*  35-40 mins  Greased Pan 1-2 lbs of ground meat 1-2 packs taco seasoning mix (add one for every 1lb of meat) 2 boxes corn muffin mix 1-14 oz can of cream corn 1-14 oz can of kernel corn, drained 1 1/2 C shredded cheese 1-4 oz chopped green chiles, drained Brown the ground add taco seasoning per package directions. Mix the corn muffin mix per directions. Stir in half of cream and kernel corn. Spread half of the corn muffin batter in the greased baking pan. Top with the meat. Spread remainder of cream corn and kernel...

Well folks here we go again....Because a lack of preparation on our nations part,  for the worst winter that the Midwest has had in years, we are being rationed on how much propane we can order. 200 gals across the board no matter the size of your tank for everybody nobody is special and the prices are INSANE!!! We have heard of some paying $5.50 a gallon!!! Our propane company is at $4.69 a gallon(Monday) and we thought $2.69 was STUPID! In Laws are fixing to pay 750.00 to get 200 gals for their tank. Looks like we may have to think about alernative heating for our place. These prices are not gonna drop all that much when this is done. It will take awhile for things to resolve themselves but I am thinkin we won't see the prices below $3 when done with this which means for a 250 gal tank (they only fill to 80% or 200 gal.) it will cost you no less than $600 bucks to get your tank filled. WOW! then if you have to do that a couple times a year or for some more you might as well...

All you can eat...Fried Chicken, Mashed Tators, Green Beans, Corn, Gravy, Coleslaw, Biscuits and Dumplings. Drinks and Dessert are extra....Mtn Man and I had a drink a piece and dinner for about $14.50 each. The lodge was beautiful! http://giantcitylodge.com/ Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

4-boneless, skinless chicken breasts, chopped 1 pkg of bacon, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1/2 large green pepper 6 mushrooms, sliced 1 healthy size tsp of diced garlic 3 med heat chili peppers, sliced add all of these to a pan to cook until the meat is done. I love color in my food don't you? 1 pkg of tortillas 1/2 pkg of cream cheese Spread cream cheese in the middle of each tortilla. then add the cooked mixture to each one and roll it like an enchilada....stack next to each other until all tortillas are used. For this one I had 8 to fit in a pan 13x9. *If you have leftover meat then spread over the top of enchilada's. Spread grated cheese lightly over top of this. 1 Jar (Quart Size) Salsa Spread this over the whole pan of enchilada's. Place the pan in a 375* oven for 30 mins. Pull it out and add a healthy layer of grated cheese to the top of this and place back into oven for another 10 mins or until cheese is melted. Copy...

We need to have a chat Phil, another 6 wks of winter!!! Argh! Mtn Man and I were talking this morning and if Phil is right we will have experienced 6 mos of winter this year when it is over! This is the longest winter I have ever had....... It wouldn't be so bad if I had some sewing projects handy or beading work handy but I don't as they are still packed away in our storage container. I do some writing which is slow because it is about my life in the past and find it hard to write about it. But I push forward because I would really like to get it done. We have been having huge issues with our internet again. I swear when they created the internet it was suppose to make our lives easier, convenient, blah blah blah and all it has done is cause me headaches and gray hair!! This is the second round with Hughesnet (we had it in Montana) and thought we could go at it again but after two months the service went from no problem with usage to you are exceeding within a few days o...