Harvest Lane Cottage

This is a favorite quick lunch that both children and adults like in our home. ~~~ Stir Fried Cabbage 1 small cabbage, shredded 2 T butter Melt butter in large skillet or wok. Add cabbage and stir until it reaches the level of "doneness" that you desire. I like mine a little crispy when we eat it. Serves 4-5 as a main dish for lunch. We add Bragg's Liquid Aminos for flavor. It tastes like soy sauce; but, it's better for you. You can find it at a health food store.  Use soy sauce if you'd rather. Laura Happy at Home ~~~~~ May I suggest? Real Cream of Broccoli Soup  Shared with: Take a Look Tuesday   -  Loving Our Children Tuesday  - Teach Me Tuesdays  - Anti-Procrastination Tuesdays     -  You're Gonna Love it Tuesday  - Titus Tuesdays  -  A Return to Loveliness   -  Tuesdays with a Twist   -  Backyard Farming Connection A Southern Fairy Tale Mandy's Recipe Box Mum...

We started at midnight after a short nap.   We mixed and kneaded and rolled  and sprinkled and rolled and pinched and cut and arranged and raised and baked and drizzled and labled. Lowell and I spent the night together making cinnamon rolls to sell to friends and business people that Lowell knows.  We make them every Friday.  They're big, buttery, cinnamony,  frosted richness. Interested?   In Carthage?  Call 358-0963 for delivery.  Available until 10:30 a.m. today.

It is an absolutely beautiful day.  The breeze is just right.  The temperature is just right.  Green is springing out everywhere.  I'm going to slip away to the porch to read the first chapter of my new book, Here Burns My Candle, by Liz Curtis Higgs.  I know that it will be just one chapter.  I'll have children asking what's for dinner if I read a second! So, what is for dinner? Sloppy Joes, corn (I always use frozen.), and celery sticks.  The ground beef is already cooked; so, it will go together quickly. Have a great week, Laura Happy at Home

"All our thoughts, words, and acts are seeds. They have in them a quality which makes them grow where they fall, reproducing themselves. This is true of the good we do. The mother’s teachings enter the mind and heart of her child as mere germs; but they reappear in the life of the son or daughter, in later years, in strength and beauty, in nobleness of character, and in usefulness of life. Not only is this strange power in the mother’s words; her acts, her habits, her tones of voice, the influences that go forth from her life, are also seeds, having in them a vital principle. Where they lodge, they grow. You never can lose your mother. She may die, and her body may be borne out of your sight, and laid away in God’s acre. You will see her face and hear her voice no more; no more will her hand scatter the good seeds of truth and love upon your life’s garden. But you have not lost her. Your mind and heart are full of the seeds which fell from her hand along the years. These yo...

Outside My Window... It's drippy wet.  It rained all night.  It's always cozy to crawl into bed and listen to the thunder~ if it's in the distance! I am thinking... It's going to be a long long week with my honey working in Kansas City.  I am thankful for... having my three little ones at home with me to teach and love.  From the learning rooms... We just finished Story of the World Middle Ages by Susan Wise Bauer.  It was a great overview of the middle ages.  I'll be looking over my shelves for the next history read aloud book. From the kitchen... I'll be keeping things simple.  That's always best on Mondays.   Cereal for breakfast, PBJ for lunch, dinner to be announced. I am wearing... my springy peach flowered knit dress.  My feet are still in my lavendar slippers. My hair is down.  Only my wedding ring and my promise ring for jewelry. I am cre...

"After Laura and Mary had washed and wiped the dishes, swept the floor, made their bed, and dusted, they settled down with their books. But the house was so cozy and pretty that Laura kept looking up at it." - Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fresh rosemary is a new discovery for me.  It resembles the rosemary in jars about as much as fresh hot homemade pizza resembles the little frozen party pizzas.  Those little pizzas promise big but just can't compare with the real thing.  My favorite use for rosemary is in chicken soup; though, it's found it's way into many a soup pot in my kitchen.  ~smile~ Rosemary Chicken Soup  1 whole chicken salt pepper  1-2 onions fresh rosemary sprigs and a pot of water Options Place a whole, cleaned chicken in a soup pot.  Cover it with plenty of water.  Salt and pepper the water to your liking.  I usually add about a tablespoon of salt and a tablespoon of pepper.  Bring it to a boil.  Simmer for an hour or two until the chicken is falling off the bone.  Remove the chicken to a plate to cool.  While you're waiting for the chicken to cool, chop up an onion or two and add it to the broth.  Add...