Monday, October 12, 2015

Cozying In

We finally got some rain on Saturday, buckets of it.  I was so glad for all the trees and growing things to get a good soaking.  I did some resting up from a busy week and crocheted on my blanket project, read and we watched a few movies on TV.  Our daughter-in-law Kristi did some cooking and baking much to our enjoyment.  She'd seen this recipe for Japanese Milk Rolls.. she made these to go with dinner on Saturday night.  They turned out great!


She also tried a new recipe for orange marmalade glazed pork roast with rosemary.  Another keeper of a recipe.  She served this with roasted carrots and parsnips!



I tried to capture a photo of the pouring rain.. it's not easy to see it, but I know this should give you the idea of it.



It was coming down like cats and dogs!  :-)  Do you use that term?  What do you say for hard rain?


Then on Sunday Kristi made grilled ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, more rolls, green beans and tried a recipe of baked apples and sweet potatoes.  She is a very adventurous cook so it's fun to try all the new things.  



Yesterday Kristi set up her new sewing machine in the nice tidy craft room that she organized for me.. and set about learning how to use it.  She then hemmed up two pairs of pants for Caleb and a dress of hers that had a tear.  While she was busy at that, Dayle found a movie just starting called "A Good Year" about a London banker who inherited his uncles estate and vineyards in Provence.  We both just LOVED the movie, if you haven't seen it you should find it to watch.



As I was typing along to do this post I noticed the sun slanting across the house and illuminating the candles on the table so I snapped this shot.  I've been burning the big honey colored pillar candle in the dark evenings.  I have the candle in my fern etched hurricane sitting on a layer of polished agates that my mom and stepfather found and polished in their own little rock tumbler.  The velvet and crocheted pumpkins are haphazardly strewn across the table.  The boys love "squishing" them.   :-)


I've been reading a lot.. I finished some good ones over the last week or so, "The House at Riverton" and "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton, "Whistling Past the Graveyard" by Susan Crandall and now "September" by Rosamunde Pilcher.  Do you have any good book suggestions? I'm off in a bit for my DAR meeting and then afterwards heading to the pool to swim with Gracie.  I hope you have a good week ahead.  ((hugs)), Teresa :-) 

27 comments:

  1. Did I somehow miss your giveaway announcement? Weren't you announcing the winner on the 11th? Your house looks so pretty for fall. Love that rain picture! We got rain almost every day last week until yesterday. It was just a slow drizzle mostly though. Let's see...I call a hard rain a "turd floater" or a "gully washer," but I do use the term "raining cats and dogs" too. Hahaha. I'm going to look for that movie. Sounds good! All of Kristi's food looks wonderful. I need to find that Japanese Milk Bread recipe because those rolls look perfect.

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  2. That's it. I'm moving in with you. I want someone to cook for us like Kristi does!!! Those rolls look delicious. So does everything else. Yum. We got just a little rain over the weekend. We had just finished closing up the trailers so it was great timing. I have been flat on my back with spasms again since yesterday morning. I have PT this afternoon and then I'm calling the doctor. I wish I could play in the water with you and Gracie. I bet that would help. :-)
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  3. That sounds like a wonderful cosy weekend Teresa, perfect for sheltering from the rain. Your food Kristi cooked looks delicious,lucky you to be cooked for! Enjoy the week ahead. I only read fiction on holiday (I just don't get the time) and recently read the first 2 Poldark novels which are delightful xx

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  4. This was a cosy post indeed! I think you got some great shots of the rain. Our hardest rain came during the evening and then our power went out for over ten hours!!! It took some time to get all our things running again. Jason and Gary had to go out to buy some new switches and then had to install them which meant turning the power off briefly several times. Exciting! Looking forward to visiting with you while we swim! xx

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  5. Crochet and tv after a busy week sounds blissful. And the food looks absolutely delicious, well done Kristi. We do indeed say "It's raining cats and dogs" here. A brilliant saying! I hope you have a good week Teresa. CJ xx

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  6. Kristi is a really great cook isn't she!! We say raining cats and dogs, I would also call that sort of rain "big fat wet rain"!!! I hope that you enjoy September, it is one of my favourite books! I can recommend anything else by Rosamunde Pilcher, especially Coming Home, The Shell Seekers and Winter Solstice. Happy reading! xx

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  7. Lucky you to have an additional cook under your roof--and a great one, at that! Those rolls look amazing. It was really good to have the rain over the weekend but I'm enjoying the sunshine now, too. I will keep an eye out for that movie--sounds like my kind of thing. Enjoy the week!

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  8. Yummy photo shots! Those rolls look so delicious ~ well done Kristi!
    Your book suggestions are very interesting. I looked up Rosamunde Pilcher and all of her books do sound intriguing. I think I'm going to start with "The World of Rosamunde Pilcher".
    Don't you just love the way the sun is set this time of year. It has a special glow all it's own.
    Oh, the rain was wonderful. I do hope we continue to have more this year.
    ((hugs)) to you & ((pats)) for Buddy

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  9. Always good to get some rain and yeah I use that term or Pelting down lol How handy with Kristi's great cooking, tell her she made me very hungry lol As you know I have been doing a bit of sewing, go Kristi she will love it xoxo

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  10. I am on a new series by Deanna Raybourn that starts with, "Silent in the Grave". Set in Victorian England, I am really enjoying her writing.

    Kristi sounds like a DEAR :)

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  11. Hard rain: raining cats and dogs! ha We had that here in southern West Virginia last week for several days. I thought it would never stop.

    Those plates of food reminds me of family gatherings when I was younger. Great memories ... and great food.

    Blessings.

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  12. So Kristi is learning to sew? I'm so so excited when I hear about young women wanting to learn to sew. When I was learning, there weren't the resources we have today. Good for her. Looks like she has already mastered cooking!
    I loved the movie A Good Year! And I loved the book September!!
    X9 Kris

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  13. Wasn't the rain exciting? I was in a store when one of the bigger showers hit and it sounded like hail instead of rain! Fortunately it subsided a bit so my groceries (and I) didn't get too wet:)
    The meals look and sound incredible. YUM!
    Blessings, Aimee

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  14. Send Kristi over here, what a treasure she is. A great cook. We also say raining cats and dogs, a strange term isn't it?

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  15. What a lovely cosy post, Teresa. It all looks so nice at your home, and Kristi's cooking and baking looks delicious. Hope you have a happy new week and enjoy these beautiful autumn days....without too much more rain ๐Ÿ˜€.......your rainy pictures looked like the weather we often get here!
    Helen xox

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  16. I'm impressed your craft room remains tidy.
    I went outside to garden and we didn't get as much rain as it looked. The soil 1/2" down was still quite dry inspire of the cats & dogs.
    I also re-watched Outlanders (completely skipping episode 7) and was thoroughly entertained as I sorted through my recent garage sale acquisitions.

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  17. I tell you, that Kristi is a go-getter. You sure keep yourself busy even when you are at home. I've not read much since the summer holiday. Have so many books I started but haven't finished. Lots of crochet work going on at the moment for The Secret Garden. :)

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  18. LOVE Kate Morton books! Have you ever watched Tortilla Soup? It's one of my favorite movies. I did tell that to my friend who got it and watched it with another friend, and they both looked at each other and said, "That's a favorite movie???" but I love it.

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  19. Gosh, you guys are eating great over there! It looks like Kristi is an excellent cook on top of everything else she's good at. It must be so nice to have her in the family, she seems like a woman after your own heart. I hope you had a good swim with Gracie and that your week is going well so far.

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  20. Wow Kristi can come over and cook anytime ! I want to try the milk bread . mmmm but I have to wait for a special occasion.
    Deep Down Dark was a great book about the Chilean miners

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  21. Teresa,
    Love all of these photos-but is that moss growing on the roofs of your out buildings? Because if it is, it is so charming!
    Hugs,
    Jemma

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  22. Is there anything Kristi doesn't do?! :D The meals she prepared looks delicious. I enjoy cooking, but I also enjoy being cooked for. :) Glad you finally got some much needed rain.

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  23. Hello again :-) those rolls look yummy as does rest of your d.I.l.'s meals - she is a darling! This last few days have been beautiful - had a lot of rain Mon before last! I have lots of cakes to get busy with ! Hugs Anne x

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  24. I remember reading September many years ago and really enjoying it. A couple of other books by Maeve Binchey that I enjoyed were Circle of Friends and The Copper Beech. I love Kristi's cooking - looks delicious. I would really like to start baking all of our bread but I just wouldn't have time. We also say 'raining cats and dogs' as well as 'coming down like stair rods', 'lashing it down' and 'the heavens emptying' to describe heavy rain.

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  25. Teresa, this post was so enjoyable and what a lovely weekend you had. The rain would be a pure blessing around here and yes we call it cats and dogs, too . . . but we haven't seen one of those for at least a couple of years. How nice to have a budding chef in the house; her meals look amazing and those rolls, wow . . . good stuff! Right now I am reading 60 Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar (for the second time). I've been on this mission to convert my husband's eating habits and the way he nonchalantly cares for his health. His doctor loves me . . .Steve has lost 38 pounds since the middle of June and his blood sugar is down in numbers enough that last week his doctor lower his medication. It's a battle telling him no to so many of his favorites and finding new recipes to not let him feel deprived. Have you ever had the cauliflower substitute for mash potatoes. We just tried them last week and they are a keeper. For pleasure I just started a new book last night called, An Amish Spring by Sarah Price. I didn't get very far before I started falling asleep. Not because it was boring, but I have just been getting sleeping earlier in the evening now that the days are shorter. Isn't it funny how the daylight hours can change how we feel.
    Have a wonderful week . . . oh, I love your dining room table and those cheerful yellow walls. It is such a beautiful room :)
    Love, Connie :)

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  26. I hope you liked Walking Past the Graveyard, September is a terrific book. I just finished A Man Called Ove, I LOVED it! It is the best book I have read/listened to in years.
    Meredith

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  27. I make my own bread and fancy trying the rolls, if you wouldn't mind sharing the recipe with me please? (Kristi?) She can definitely cook!

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