Daryl wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to get in the fields today, so we just planned on getting some things done around the farm just in case the weather got nice and he was able to start to take out the soybeans. We both have more than enough to do this time of the year, so it was OK to try to catch up a little bit.
While Daryl worked outside, I spent the time today washing and getting the canned apple jars from yesterday organized down in the cellar. I used to never rewash the jars until one time I had some pretty funky stuff growing on them and from then on, it’s always something that gets done. When I was putting away the jars I spotted my water bath canner and when I compared the two that I had, there is a difference in the sizes. Now how weird is that? Well for whatever the reason why this one is shorter is beyond me and it’s headed to Good Will where someone can use it only for pint jars.
Definitely two different sizes.
I also had a chance to get some cards made. We needed a baby card 
and another sympathy card
and finally belated birthday card. 
I took my time just hanging out in the scrapbook room today and it was GREAT!
Another thing that worked on today was to make some chicken soup. Daryl has a terrible cold and with leftover chicken in the fridge it sounded like a good plan. I was thinking as I was making it that nothing around the farm really goes to waste. Like I said the chicken was left over from yesterday dinner and when I took the meat off the bones, the parts of the chicken that I didn’t use got split up between the dogs and the kitties. Well to tell you really how it went, the kitties had it to start with and then the dogs came around. Yea, you can picture it right? Then after I cut up the carrots, celery, and onions, the scraps from doing that went out to the chickens. It’s kind of cool not wasting anything and I really have to remind myself how important to do that really is. So below is my recipe for my soup today and even Daryl said that it was good!
Fast and easy chicken soup
Easy Chicken Soup
- Remove chicken from the bones and tear up into smaller pieces
- Add 2 boxes soup stock (I used 2 of the 32 ounce sizes)
- I added 2 carrots cut up, 2 stalks of celery cut up,1 small onion, and some garlic. Honestly, you can add as much or as little of these things that you like.
- Then it looked a little runny and I knew that Daryl hates homemade noodles, so I added a packet of the pasta mixes that you can usually get on sale for a $1. I had creamy chicken with noodles and into the pot it went. I left it simmer for about 30 minutes and just like that it was done.
- I almost forgot. I also added some butter to the soup 🙂
This time of the year I always want to have leftovers in the fridge and I’m thinking this soup isn’t going to last long. So I made a pan of lasagna just in case Daryl was going to be able to combine beans this afternoon. I thought that the lasagna would stick to your bones (as my Mom would always say). But the weather didn’t cooperate and he’s hoping that he’ll have a chance early this week to get started. Until then? Well I guess we’re eating soup and lasagna for awhile.
The photo of the day is that of our little kitties. It was still a little windy and cold today and the kitties like to cuddle together on the couch on the porch. I took the picture from inside our house looking out the window in the kitchen. I’m thinking that it was a good spot today for them. I’m just wondering where the 5th kitty was? 