"LABOR" DAY

I thought Labor Day was supposed to be a REST from our labor? And so what if Monday's are my normal day off?

Dishes, Fixing a kitchen cabinet door for Julie, recharging the air conditioning on the van,

Picking Pears from our very own pear trees

Country Pear Cobbler

Filling:

3/4 C firmly packed brown sugar

3 T flour

1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

Dash of cloves

2 T lemon juice

6 to 8 medium pears, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced.

Topping:

1 C flour

2 T sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 C buttermilk

3 T margarine or butter, melted

1T sugar if desired
Light cream if desired

Combine all of the filling ingredients, except pears, in a large skillet. Stir in sliced pears. Cook over medium heat for about 5 min, or until hot and bubbly, stirring gently. Remove from heat and set aside.

Make topping... Place flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in mixing bowl. Beat on low speed of electric mixer for about 30 seconds. Add buttermilk and melted margarine. Continue to mix on low speed about 30 seconds, or just until blended.

Pour hot filling into 8" or 9" baking pan. Top evenly with large spoonfuls of topping. Sprinkle with 1 T sugar, if desired. Bake at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes, or until pears are tender and bubbly and topping is golden brown. Serve warm with light cream, if desired.

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!

Jeff came and helped put up a new basketball backboard - So had to clean out my tool box


Jeff and Jess are borrowing the van to take their bikes to Lake Michigan and ride the trails, have a nice picnic and see a beautiful sunset. The weather is perfect for this special day.
Gracie had to get in on the picture. Notice no pants - she has turned into quite the little stripper


Grilling burgers for lunch. Julie and the kids stayed to enjoy it with us

JELLO!

Making KEY LIME PIE! YUMMY!

Key Lime Pie

1 graham cracker crust

Mix:

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 T lime juice

6 T lemon juice

1 pkg lemon-lime Kool-Aid (the old fashioned CHEAP envelope kind)

Let this set 5 min.

Using a mixer, mix in an 8 oz. tub of Cool Whip
Put this in the pie shell. and set in refrigerator. Must be kept cool.

OK, so my day wasn't ALL Labor. I took time to read some of Jeff's new book FROM SHEPHERD TO KING. (Check it out on our side bar)

Read the newspaper and snoozed a bit






A nice ride in the convertible, because we aren't sure how many more nice "convertible" days we will have left.

Yes, and a quick stop to Target, Meijer and Hobby Lobby

Hope your Labor Day was just as "restful"
as ours was.

Yummy!

Check out this yummy recipe I found in a magazine. They showed it drizzled with white chocolate morsels but I was out so substituted pink and blue. The kids thought this sweet treat was wonderful and had to take some home with them.
Chocolate Chex Caramel Crunch

8 C Chocolate Chex Cereal
3/4 C brown sugar
6 T butter or margarine
3 T light corn syrup
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 C white vanilla baking chips

1. Put cereal in a large microwavable bowl; set aside. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper.
2. In a 2 C microwavable cup, microwave brown sugar, butter and corn syrup uncovered on HIGH 1-2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until melted and smooth. Stir in baking soda until dissolved. Pour over cereal, stirring to coat evenly. Microwave on HIGH 3 minutes, stirring every minute. Spread on cookie sheet. Cool 10 minutes. Break into bite size pieces.
3. In a small microwavable bowl, microwave vanilla baking chips uncovered on HIGH about 1 minute until melted and smooth. Drizzle over snack. Refrigerate until set. Store in air tight container.
*Personally I think you could skip the extra chocolate on top but the kids thought the colors were great. zBe careful, it is so yummy it is addicting.