Joy of Country Living

Just came from uploading 2 new recipes from a few years back when we were still living in Houston and I was working downtown !!!   Strawberry Cake … made from a box mix and frozen strawberries  and Sweet Potato Casserole…made from fresh or canned sweet potatoes, brown sugar and pecans.  Both are delicious!!   Enjoy!

 This is a quickie post but didn’t want you to miss out . . . especially if you love chocolate.  This is a wonderful homemade moist chocolate cake that’s covered with a creamy chocolate fudge frosting.  I’ve had this recipe forever, but sometimes the old ‘tried and true’  ones are the best. If you’d like the recipe, you [...]

Just when you think you’ve seen it all – something happens to prove you wrong.   Such was the case when baking biscuits for breakfast last week. Everything was going fine, had the sausages cooked, the gravy was finished and I went to check on the biscuits. After about 15 minutes, they look just about done but [...]

It’s been a very busy week around here. Monday, we drove over to Reagan to pick up a cement mixer David had bought via an auction phone bid. We bought it from Johnny Norman who has moved his auction from Reagan to Whitney.    (If you’re looking for Texas auctions  to attend, visit our  Auction [...]

I’ve often thought – too bad people aren’t more like bears – we could hibernate all winter long avoiding all the extra weight we seem to put on simply because there’s nothing else to do but eat! I think the only thing that keeps us from packing on the pounds is that we have our [...]