Meyer lemons and farm fresh eggs..

Identical in color and a perfect match...

 I made Meyers Lemon Scones last week and took them to work.  Today, I made them again but used whole wheat and white flour and added dried cherry craisins.  They were even better!

The recipe comes from Farmgirlfare.com , they are the real deal!  Crispy, lightly sweet with the wonderful smell of lemon.  I'm going to look into what it takes to become a sconehead.  I think I could do it!  This site has a wonderful recipe index and the pictures...well...they speak volumes.  She is a previous bakery owner and I'm so glad she's shared her recipes.  They're wonderful!

....and again the girls at work will be eating scones.  I didn't bake them at the 400 degrees and slowed them down a bit, so we can toast them again to have at the office this week.   I love the relaxing feel of baking, and donating these at work will keep me on track for my Summer target (I hope).   Next I'm trying out the savory scones.. yup..I think I'm hooked!

Looking in on the girls...

I turned on the camera the other morning...checking in on the goats outside before I went out.  It was pitch dark out. The camera has night vision.  When the first image appeared....a chill ran up my spine.  There stood 10 adult goats all standing shoulder to shoulder with heads facing toward the center.  It was a secret meeting.  Everyone standing and appearing to have a matter of importance..
I watched for a bit then remembered to turn on my sound...Did I hear right?  Murmurs of Social Inequality...a protest movement or whispers of opposition to taxes??  Nope...all I heard was a loud  heavy rhythm of snoring from over in the far corner.  I think Peach might need sinus meds before the girls take matters into their own hands.   I've always noticed that about Peach...she sleeps like a log and snores like a foghorn.  Now, lately when I feed and care for the goats, I look at them all a little differently.  Funny how an image can change your entire opinion. 
  Now to find a solution for Peach before they do....any suggestions folks?

Good Morning!

Heading to work and making ready for Tax Season...I can do it...I can do it!

Soapin fever...

my son just had a birthday!  I gave him tools.  He made me soap molds with his own little hands!

I am very excited.  So excited that I think I'll be having soap overload and I might just fill up that soap rack he also made me for my Birthday!!

I was so anxious to unmold these and slice that when I checked on them just 10hrs later they were solid and ready...

In the years when I stayed home with my children when they were young, I decorated cakes.  Lots of cakes , and that supplemented our income.  I think now I've been able to use that practice on soaps and while they look totally edible, I won't be eating these.  I needed to find an outlet for my need to make scrumptious things...as my waistline has a mind of its own.  The boy is making me some sort of tube holding molds that I can add circles and designs into my soap logs.  I think this is just the start of a very fun year of 2012 Markets.

I have lots of new essential oils and am not afraid to try new natural color ideas.  Gotta go...the soapin fever is taking over..

I like even numbers!

I just do...so I welcome 2012 with all its surprises, happiness and excitement!  Where did the last 12 years go as I was just listening to all the hubbub about the year 2000! 
This new year is the year I am getting my new barn.  I have the plans and I have the ground work done.  It'll be 36 X 54 with an 8ft porch on one side.   I want the new half wall panels on the south that allow the sun to shine through and I have it planned for the front 12X30 to have a nice office, kitchen (for soaping)...I am pretty darn excited about it.  Funny what makes us happy.  I'm still deciding on those little extra doodads on the roof.  For the price of them, I could add air conditioning...soo...those are on the backburner for now.  Course my doors are going to be in different locations, but its pretty similar in design.  I will drive my used vehicle until the wheels fall off to get this project underway.  I've already got the ideas on the kitchen/office/apartment...that I dream about.  My goats will enjoy and a few cattle will get the special treatment during the height of a SD blizzard.  Its my goal for 2012 and I just think it might get here!