Foodie Friday~ Sauteed Mushrooms

Start with fresh mushrooms.....washed of course!

Cook until very brown in color. I cook them in my Great grandmother's cast iron skillet....my grandmother is 93 years old. So, my skillet is OLD!!!!!!

Served them with homemade french fries (the only kind I cook), pasta, and hamburger steak with onions.

Sauteed Mushrooms

16 ozs fresh mushrooms

1 tsp. garlic salt

1 tsp. black pepper

1/4 cup butter

Wash the mushrooms and let drain. In a cast-iron skillet, melt the butter and add the remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the mushrooms are very brown.

Enjoy!!

***Very tasty with steak and grilled hamburgers.

This is what happens when you drink too much Sun-Drop

You flip your lid and turn into a skeleton. This handsome fella was my traveling companion today from the high school to the elementary school. We are using him in the Haunted House during the Fall Festival tomorrow night.

Views from the van

Our home is on the other side of this hill......

Some of my brothers-in-law's equipment

Love this picture....looks like it could be a postcard!

It really needs to stop raining around here for a while so the farmers can harvest their crops!

Foodie Friday~ Sugar Cookies

Hello, I am joining Foodie Friday for the first time....I made some homemade sugar cookies/tea cakes this morning. I thought I would share my creation with all you. Sit and grab a cookie and enjoy! I just did....yummy!

Sugar Cookies

2 cups Self rising flour

1 cup sugar

1 stick of melted butter, unsalted

splash milk

dash vanilla

Mix all together and bake at 350 degrees for 10-11 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy!!!

FYI when you are using nuts and dried beans

A several weeks ago, I filled a apothecary jar with various nuts from my backyard and dried beans from the grocery store. Well, little did I know that the beans would end up looking like this......

I guess the nuts still had some moisture in them. When I placed them inside the apothecary jar, they could not get any air flow....the beans started to sprout and mold. Well, you live and learn...right?

Tablescape Thursday~ War Eagle

I am joining Susan from Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Not your typical tablescape....looks more like a game day party! Well, my wheels got to turning last night during church while my little one was writing War Eagle on a piece of paper. I gathered a few of our Auburn memorabilia and went to work.

I used some of the kiddos jerseys for a tablecloth.

The Auburn football is from Fan Day 2008. We stood in line for hours to get the football player's and Tommy Tuberville's autographs. I could really care less about football, but I LOVE to watch the people at the game. I like to socialize!!! I have always been an Auburn fan because when I was little I either wanted to be a veterinarian or a teacher when I grew up. Well, no vet school for me.

The blue chargers were purchased from TJMaxx several years ago ....only have two...booohoooo! The plates are Currier & Ives.

Toomer's Corner is the PLACE TO BE after Auburn wins a game....party central!!! They roll the corner with toilet paper. The drug store has some yummy lemonade too.

War Eagle....Baby!!!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the team our family supports. Hopefully, they will have a successful year this year with their new coach! Be sure to check out all the other great tablescapes.

Oh Deer!!!

Our backyard would be a hunter's dream.....lucky for the wildlife we live within the city limits....I guess that means no hunting? Well, we don't kill them anyway! Friday I looked out our kitchen window and this is what I saw. There were five in all. You can not see the fifth deer. I do not care how many times we see these creatures in our yard, we act as if it was the first time. Sometimes, the deer will get within 20 ft. from our detached garage which is close to our home to eat from our apple tree.

We have turkeys, opossums(sometimes they come onto the back porch to eat cat food), squirrels, rabbits, and a fox. A couple of months ago, a fox was about 10 ft. from our back porch. Rylee said, "Moma, there is a funny looking pet in the backyard." I looked out and it was a fox...just standing there looking back at me. It stood there for a few minutes....just looking back at each other.

Well, that's all folks!