What a sweet heifer...

Here is our two oldest girls milking Sassy, one of our Jersey heifers. She had just calved and she is the gentlest heifer we have ever had, or cow for that matter. She is milking between 3-4 gallons per day. We have milk out the waazoo, Cheese-Making here I come....
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Canning Fish !

Well, I was told that canned trout was better than Tuna or Salmon so I decided to give it a try !
Cody is constantly fishing so I had him bring some Trout. I had enought for three pint jars for a sample. You put the rinsed off Trout in the jars, add 1/2 tsp of canning salt and 1 tsp of Catalina salad dressing...Yes , Catalina salad dressing...then you process with 10 pounds of pressure for 90 min...
Well, Madeline who is the fish lover pronounced it delicious! It was just as good as Salmon, although I thought the texture was softer. It is certainly alot cheaper ! We will now can fish
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St Judes....

Well, we took Tessa back to St Judes to see what the "growth" on her shoulder is and her new oncologist wanted to take the "wait and see approach" Ha Ha....we told her we have been down that road and we weren't planning on visiting it again! So , we will see a Dermatologist in Memphis on March 11th the earliest appt. I am sure it is nothing but we just have to make sure.
Thanks for all the "extra" prayer and keep them coming!
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A Dreary Day....

Well, yesterday was beautiful and full of spring promise. I got the irrigation for the berries planned and spoke with my son about him "mapping" it out for me.Looked through all of my seed catalogs trying to decide what to order... and then today has been miserable; it is cloudy, raining and we have a possibility of SNOW tonite...YIKES when does it ever end...I am really ready for spring...and yes to those of you who live South of me (you know who you are ) I am a little jealous of the warm weather but come July I will be glad that it is you and not me..
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Tessa's last trip to St Judes.....

Well, we went to St Judes last Tuesday and Tessa had her eye exam on Wednsday. It was great we don't go back until May for her eye exam but.....
well I guess about a week ago I noticed a "blister like" place on her shoulder. I thought imediately that it was chicken pox because it is going around.She never developed anything else and it has never gone away. Dr Wilson looked at it when Tessa what under anesthesia and said that it looked like a small hemangioma because it blanches...well he said to watch it and if it gets ANY larger come in...well, of course those of you who know me , know that I am not a "wait and see kind of a person" so I have called and she goes back on Monday for her oncologist to look at it. I really want it removed NO MATTER WHAT! Call me paranoid.... I will keep ya posted.
On a lighter note Sam has started to crawl!!!
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Noodling......

I decided that I would try my hand at home-made noodles because I have memories of my Dad making them and they were delicious! He made a mess but it was worth it...Well, I doubled the recipe and it still wasen't enough for all of these hungry mouths! All it takes is flour,egg,salt and a little milk but next time I will roll them out thinner and cut them into more of a narrow noodle. They were good and the kids loved them. I served them with Boiled chicken.
If anyone wants the recipe just let me know!
Until next time.....