Wednesday, October 24, 2012

It is that that time of year again.
Yep!  Time to carve the pumpkins.

Every year the kids ask me to roast the pumpkin seeds.
I never do it, because I do not like roasted pumpkin seeds.
I do not like the taste,  I do not like the texture and
I do not like the amount of work required to roast them.
Welllllll......  this year I decided to do something different.....
So... after the kids carved the pumpkins,
I took the seeds......
Yep!!  I took the slimey seeds and divided them from the stringy pulp.
And, I decided to deep fry them....
They needed to fry as long as they needed to bake, which seemed like forever.
But really,  it was only about 20 minutes or so....
They became a golden brown; sounds good, doesn't it?
They were then drained to remove as much of the grease as possible,
and then I freely poured on the cinnamon and sugar....
Yeah Baby!!!!!
And how do you think they tasted????
AWFUL!!!
So, I still do not like pumpkin seeds.....
But I love carved pumpkins....
What do you do with your pumpkins seeds????
Should I do something different to  make them taste better????
I would love to hear your ideas.
Love,
Catrina


Thursday, October 18, 2012

Ten years ago, the ninth of September, our family moved to the State of Ohio.

The family really struggled with moving away from the beach,

and from the family....

There are things like that in each of our lives....

the place we are living,  something we don't really expect ...

or truly plan on......  or just some hurts in our lives.......

The view from my back door
This can cause us to wonder where God is and does He really care......
The view from my bedroom window
It could even cause you to wonder if you are all alone...
A close up view of our road
It can even grow to make us wonder,  does anyone care?????
The view out my front door
And then I am reminded.....

Each beautiful picture in nature....

Is God speakingI am here......

and I love you.........

He does,  you know...


Love

Catrina