A Day in my Life - November

Here we are in November already!  Here's how the first day of the month went for me.

I started the day, as I do every day; heading downstairs to walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes.

Then it was back upstairs to get ready for the day and eat a boiled egg which is my daily breakfast.  I seem to be a creature of habit!  It was rainy and cold; 41 degrees. This is the view from our living room window, beautiful even in the rain.

Then it was time to get some work done.  I started a load of laundry.

I put together some slider sandwiches, some will be for supper the next night and some for lunches.  They are ham and cheddar and turkey and swiss on Hawaiian rolls.

I cleaned the bathrooms and scrubbed the tub.

I finished my Sunday School lesson for the next day.

Even though it was still drizzling a little, Bob and I decided to take a walk down our road. I'm so enjoying the Fall color.

These woods are down our road and I love to walk in them.  I'm afraid those walking times are soon going to be done for this year as the snow will be falling.

After we came back from our walk, I settled in with my computer to work on continuing education classes for nursing.  My license is due for renewal and I need to finish the education requirements. I'm not working, but I'm not ready to let my license go yet because if you don't renew it, you can't go back and do it later.  So - I studied hypertension and heart rhythms.  I'm almost done!

In the meantime, our neighbors had been raking leaves and were trying to burn them.  With everything wet, it was pretty smoky.  I actually like the smell of burning leaves, and thought it fit this season.

We met Laura, Aaron and the girls for supper.  We were celebrating Alaina and Ruby's birthdays.  Alaina turned 14 the week before and Ruby is turning 11 next week.  How did they get so old?  We had a great time together.

After supper, we drove home.  It was still sprinkling. We're almost home, our house is on the left.

We had a relaxing evening, turned on the fireplace and we watched a show on YouTube about restoring British military towers.

It was a good start to a new month!

Friday Funny

 

Cooking Thursday

The other day I had soup in the crockpot, all ready for supper. Then I was reading blog posts and saw a post from my friend Carrie at Northwoods Scrapbook. She shared a recipe for biscuits that she said went well with soup or chili.  They sounded good and I had the ingredients on hand to make them. I made a half recipe which made 5 biscuits.  They were light and fluffy and so good with our soup.  Bob enjoyed the leftovers in the next few days.  I know you would enjoy them too!

Garlic Cheddar Biscuits

2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup cold buttermilk
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled for 5 minutes

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, salt, garlic powder and cayenne pepper. Then stir in the cheddar cheese.
In a separate bowl, stir together the buttermilk and butter until small lumps form.
Add buttermilk mixture to the flour mix and stir just until dough has formed and ingredients are no longer dry.
Lightly grease a 1/2 cup scoop and scoop mixture onto a light colored, lightly greased baking sheet. You should have a total of 10 biscuits.
Bake for about 12 minutes until biscuits are golden.
While biscuits are baking combine 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder and 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley.
When biscuits are done, brush this butter mix over all the biscuits.
Serve immediately.