Ecuador 2010

This is our church youth group.

They left yesterday (7/16) to travel to NY then they are off to Duran, Ecuador where they will be spending 12 days building a 3rd floor onto the school that they started years ago. Here's a link to a South America map.

http://www.mapsofworld.com/ecuador/ecuador-political-map.html

I couldn't get the image to save to my computer!

They will be flying into Guayaquil. Duran is southeast (?) of there.

Baking Day w/ Pics & Recipes

Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 c. margarine 1 c. brown sugar

1/2 c. white sugar

2 eggs

1 t. vanilla

1 1/2 c. flour

1 t. soda

1 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. salt

3 c. quick oats

1 c. raisins

Mix first 9 ingredients together in mixer. Stir in oats & raisins by hand. With small ice cream scooper, place 2 scoops of dough per cookie onto lightly greased cookie sheet.

Bake @ 350* for about 10 minutes.

Homemade Wheat Bread

1 c. warm water

2 T. oil

3 T. brown sugar

1 t. salt

1 egg, slightly beaten

1 c. ground wheat flour

1 c. bread flour

1 c. all-purpose flour

2 1/2 t. yeast

Put in order into machine. Hit dough cycle. Let rise. Take out & roll into a rectangle with rolling pin. Roll dough into loaf. When finished rolling up, pinch together. Put this to rise in a greased bread pan, with pinched end on bottom of pan. Let rise again til double in size, about 35 minutes.

Bake @ 375* for 20-25 minutes. Brush top with butter when done.

The fruits of my labor!

Blessings!.· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:-Miki -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´*

Our Very First Garden....EVER!!!

Here are some pictures of our garden that I took today. Not too bad for some former "city slickers" huh?

The whole garden

Cucumbers in the back.

From left to right: carrots, green peppers, banana peppers, & head lettuce.

Green beans & zucchini. Onions, Anaheim peppers & corn.

Peas on the left & cabbage on the right.

Tomatoes: Better Boys, Romas & Cherry(?)

The Cherry (?) tomatoes just mysteriously appeared.

Better Boy tomatoes

Cabbage.

I've been having problems with cabbage worms & I read that if you dust the cabbage with self-rising flour it will kill the worms. So I am trying the flour before I go out & buy chemicals. The flour is supposed to expand in the worm's stomach & kill them with they eat it.

Zucchini leaves.

Our first zucchini!

Which I floured & fried for last night's supper.

YUM!!!

Blessings!.· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:-Miki -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´*