Made in America! Installed in Hope, America

 My new stainless steel kitchen faucet.  Hooray!  No leaks!

My plumber remains anonymous as he says he has all the work he can handle but you wish he lived where you live.  

He replaced two faucets and the outside frost-free faucet (which was leaking in the basement).   He was here for two and a half hours and the bill was $112.50.  A bargain!



 Just look at this shiny faucet.  The old one was installed in 1980 when we built the house.   We got our money's worth. 

Moen Faucets are Made in America!

Bear Dog? Deer Dog? Moose Dog? Spoiled Dog?

Yes, we had snow and the dogs got to sleep inside.  They are supposed to be keeping the varmits  from eating my fruit trees and flowers, but the old dog can't hear anything and the little dog has no clue about what she is supposed to do.  She just does whatever the old dog does. 

A dog's life on a snowy night.  The old dog is content to sleep on her rug.

Moose Hamburger Helpers

On Saturday we went to Tyler and Laura's to help Trav cutup his moose for the freezer.  The hunters have an excellent setup for cutting up the meat.

These guys are the pros at cutting the meat.  They cut the steaks and roasts.

 At this table we have the hamburger helpers.

Hamburger Helpers

Next, we have the hamburger grinders:  The first grinder is the coarse one, the 2nd the fine grind.

We have wrapping station number one:  Jim and Lena:

 

Jim, was also helping with cuber along with Adam and Dale.

This is the wrapping station:  Wrappers and labelers were:  Lyndsie, Leslie, Taylor, Chris and Zach.

It took about 5 hours to cut up and wrap 400 lbs. of moose meat.  I can remember it taking Jon and I an entire week to cut up a beef on our kitchen table in 1976.  We did not have an electric grinder for the hamburger.  The other story in 1976 - how I ended up with my table broken in half with a half a side of beef thawing out on my kitchen floor.  It had something to do with Murphy's Bar, smoked kokanee and politics.  Also a possible divorce. 

Purely Primal

I tried this recipe from the following blog:  Purely Primal  The sauce is awesome.  It would also be great on a grilled steak.


Casey, Purely Primal author, is the son of our good friends, Tom and Kathy, who are so lucky that they get to live in both Idaho and Montana!


Salmon with Huckleberry (Blueberry) Sauce

• 1  - 2 lb Salmon Fillet
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 to 2 cloves minced garlic
• Pinch of allspice, sea salt

For Sauce:

• 1 cup blueberries   (I used 1 c. huckleberries)
• 2 tbsp of fig balsamic vinegar
• juice from half a lemon
• 1 tbsp arrowroot powder
• 1/2 tsp Herbes de Provence
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tbsp butte
• (I added sweetener to taste as the huckleberries are pretty tart)  You may also need to adjust the amount of thickener

Sauce:  Begin by mixing the juice of the lemon with the arrowroot powder.  Then put all of the sauce ingredients into a saucepan except the butter.  Simmer on low for 20 to 30 minutes until thick (while simmering, prepare the salmon as instructed below).  Once sauce is done simmering, stir in butter. Remove sauce from heat. Cover with lid to keep warm.

When you get a chance, check out the recipes on their blog.   I think I am going to try the coconut/chocolate bars. 

La Nina is returning.......

Snow is in our weather forecast for the next seven days.  Possible chance, possible chance, possible chance.  I am trying to get the leaves raked up before the first chance hits us.  

It's time to start thinking about traveling to one of these locations.

 Belize 2006

Galveston 2006

Sunset 2006

Leaving Cabo San Lucas 2007