Is My Fish To Big?

I recently heard a story of a man who sat on the river bank; poor, hungry, and fishing. 

Just up the bank from him was a boy, watching him.

 This man was catching fish, BIG fish, but every time he caught one he would throw it back!

Finally the boy asked him why he was throwing them back!? 

The man replied, 'Because my frying pan is to small for these fish.'

I thought ,Oh My Goodness!!! That is just like me! 

So often I, as a wife and mom, know that I can 'catch the big fish' but because the situation isn't perfect I either don't keep them or I don't fish!

For example, "I can't cook dinner because the stove top only has one burner". (It does for real. LOL).

 How about staring earlier and using the crockpot and microwave? Or oven...

Or I can't organize the closet cause I can't afford an organizer. 

Hummm, How about cute cardboard boxes from Dollar General (they are free;out behind)?

Let the children decorate them with reused wrapping paper,etc.

So this story taught me alot! 

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Hope you enjoyed it too!

Ground Cherry Pie

Shell and wash the ground cherries. (I had a walmart bag full)

Create pie crust using 1 cup flour, 1 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp salt. Cut in 1/3 cup shortening.

Sprinkle about 3 tbsp ice water and 1 tbsp vinegar over mix. 

Toss with fork to form dough ball.

Roll out just big enough to fit pie pan.

Crimp edges or press with fork.

Put 2 1/2 cups ground cherries in crust. Mix 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 tbsp flour.

Sprinkle over cherries.

Sprinkle with 2 tbsp water. 

Mix 3 tbsp flour, 3 tbsp sugar, and 2 tbsp butter til crumbly. 

Spread over all. 

Cover edges of pie.

Bake in preheated oven @ 425* for 15 min. 

Reduce heat to 375* and bake another 25 to 30 minutes.

Enjoy your pie! 

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We plan to eat ours tomorrow.

Quote of the Day

‎"People are NEVER meant to be tasks.

 Don't get so busy serving your Family/Team/Church that you don't spend time with them." 

--Laurie Woodward

Defrosting the Freezer

My freezer was in desperate need of defrosting so one day I took the plunge and cleaned it.

Chad and 'Shiny' helped me. We took all the stuff out and put it in coolers. Meanwhile I boiled some large kettles of water and unplugged the freezer. We set a kettle in the freezer on the middle shelf and shut the door. We laid towels around it on the floor and gathered up rags and buckets. After the steam did its work we traded kettles and shut the door again. In a short amount of time the freezer was clean!! (=

Wow! What a great feeling.
How often DOES one defrost a freezer???