Cruddy Blog Posts and Fried Pies

30 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by Kelli in Culinary Style, Farmhouse Style

Okay…so with a title like that…let’s cut to the chase. I’m not sure why my pictures are having trouble uploading when I blog from my phone. I didn’t even realize that it had happened until I looked at the blog today. Rats! Well…I’m gonna try…one more time. Plus…I am gonna give you an amazing FRIED PIE recipe! I know. I love you too!

This crust is amazing. It doesn’t soak up the grease! My MIL is a genius. She not only grew the most amazing man on the planet in her womb…she found this recipe. Okay…okay…she can’t take ALL the credit for my husband, God did that part…but she DID find this amazing recipe. Good job…Moany! (Her first name is Ramona and I like to call her Moany. Um…actually I like to give everyone nicknames.)

(Isn’t the Rhonna Designs app fun? Moving right along…)

Back to the fried pies. I hope that you make them and love them. I also hope that my pictures upload. That would be a huge plus. If not…it’s back to hackin’ it out on the old Dell. 😉

Cray cray in the country,

Kelli

New Babies at the Farmhouse

29 Tuesday Apr 2014

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Yesterday evening was full of five excited folks. We went and picked up three baby goats to add to our little farm. You should have heard the name suggestions flying in my husband’s truck. It was so fun. Such an adventure. We love stuff like that. We loaded up and headed way out in the country to buy our new babies.

Our kids used their own money and bought a goat together. This is their first farm purchase. They were so crazy-excited. They have been in the egg business for awhile…but Dad and I foot the bill for that.

Myrtle and Peanut…our first goats, were not impressed and were actually quite mean to the babies. It’s going to be a huge surprise to them…when the babies outgrow them…by about three times.

We now have babies at the Farmhouse…with the names of LulaBelle, Peaches and Apache. I thanked the Lord for the fun bonding experience that this was with our children. Farming is very hard work…but the lessons learned and the joy in it all…is priceless.

Farm living…is the life for me,

Kelli

Cafe Curtains For Me and You

25 Friday Apr 2014

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I am so sorry for the poor quality of the pictures yesterday. I am making it up to you today. I pulled out Bertha (my big camera) and shot some genuine photos for ya. Ain’t I sweet. Why…thank you. 😉

So…last night after I had gazed at my “cafe curtain” all day…I went to Wally World (Wal-Mart) and picked up some tiers. I love them. They give the effect that I wanted. So dreamy. I love dreamy, do you?

I also wanted to share with you our rug. I moved it from the laundry room to the front door for spring and summer. It grows on me a tad every day. I’m really loving it there. Sometimes I wish that it was gray…but I love the teal too. Who knows? It may go back in the laundry someday…if I find another bargain rug in blue and white. 😉

Don’t look too close at the cafe curtains. They need to be ironed. It won’t take long…but I just popped them up there last night so I could see what they looked like. They are so pretty from the outside of the house too. Yes…I went outside in the dark and looked at them. I also had a couple of children popping up in the window…looking at me. It probably seemed weird that Mom was outside in the dark looking through the window. lol! I learned long ago that the creative mind…is not normal.

I just wanted to share some shots with you. I think that cafe curtains for me and you…is a very good idea. One of my Instagram followers shared with me, that cafe curtains are all the rage in Germany right now. How fitting…since I am totally in love with the European farmhouse style.

Have a wonderful weekend, sweet Dirt Roaders!

Rainy Day News

24 Thursday Apr 2014

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Hey Dirt Roaders! It’s rainy in our neck of the woods today. A tad on the dreary side….but rain is good. I have been piddling. You know…moving things around a bit. 😉

This is such a busy time of year. Just a little bit of school to finish up. That is exciting. I love summer vacation. I always have.

I have been thinking on trying some new recipes lately. I feel like I have been in a kitchen rut. Does that ever happen to you? I think that it happens to us all. Of course once our garden comes on…there will be fresh veggies. That, my friends, is exciting. .

I hope that Thursday is making you happy. Everyone deserves a little happy.

Chuck’s momma,

Kelli
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Hellooooooo!

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

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Hey guys! How are you? We are nuts. Life is crazy-busy and God is good. I just wanted to stop in….say hello and show you a few things from around the Farmhouse.

This is Chuck.

He is our new little Jersey bull. Hopefully he will be the first of many, through the years. We are super excited about him.

I made my first batch of homemade bath salts this week! A cup of Epsom Salt and about 10 drops of Young Living Essential Oil and you are set! I will try to blog in more detail about this soon.

Allergy season is ablaze at the Farmhouse. I am very thankful for this trio.

Have a great day! (Btw: I hope that you had a blessed Easter!)

Kelli Belli

Happy Easter from the Dirt Road

18 Friday Apr 2014

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I wanted to be sure and stop by to tell you…Happy Easter…from our hearts to yours.

May the love of Jesus Christ warm your heart and fill you with peace and joy. There is no love…like His love.

Because He lives,
Kelli

Happy Kitchen

15 Tuesday Apr 2014

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Is your kitchen a fun place to be? I sure hope so. Most of us spend lots of time there. When people come to the Farmhouse…they generally go straight to the kitchen. I am good with that. I try to make our kitchen a happy place to be. Most of you probably remember, a couple of months back, when we painted our kitchen. I love it…so much. The white just makes everything stand out. Do me a favor. If your paint color doesn’t make you happy…change it. Paint is really an inexpensive face lift. Save back a few bucks a week and you will have enough, before you know it, to buy paint. I promise, you will love it!

Sometimes, when I go junking, I have a hard time saying no to kitchen junk. It’s my absolute fave. I love vintage kitchen things to decorate with. The thing about that it, I love a simple look, so I have to make sure that I am choosey.

I have probably already told you this, sometimes I forget…after all of these posts, but a while back I weeded out my kitchen. I took the things off the tops of the cabinets that I didn’t really love and kept only the things that I really needed on the counters. Do you ever watch Sarah Carey cooking videos? I get those sent to my email. I know that it’s a test kitchen of sorts, but I love the simplicity. I love the little pots of herbs and the utensils.

I have a challenge for you. Walk into your kitchen and clear out anything that doesn’t make you happy. I promise…you will love it. It will make you feel like you just took a deep breath.

When we painted our kitchen I decided to take the plates out of the plate rack that had been there for years. I got a wild hair and replaced them with some of my favorite cookbooks. I love the difference. Looking at all of the bright colors against the white, makes me feel happy.

As you can tell, this is not so much a DIY blog. It’s really just more about inspiration. If photos of our home and the way that things can be arranged put a little idea in your head…then my job is done. Those are the blogs I love. The ones with good photography and inspiration. BTW: I have been trying to figure out the color that I want to keep for my badge. I’m kind of digging the gray. We shall see. 🙂

I hope that your kitchen makes you feel happy,

Farmhouse Weekend

14 Monday Apr 2014

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Happy Monday everyone! I hope that the day is being kind to you. We got a lot accomplished over the weekend here at the Farmhouse. That is a good feeling. Thankfully the weather was good. Today it’s a tad cheee-leeee. I wouldn’t want to be out building fence today. I am kind of a weenie when it comes to cold weather. I feel sorry for the people that are getting snow right now. One thing I do know…we do not control the weather.

I decided to bake a cake over the weekend. I did cheat. It’s a boxed mix and of course you can see the icing. I love Saturdays around here. The week before I was helping outside, but I enjoy Saturdays when I can just piddle around the house. Maybe bake something fun or rearrange something. Saturdays are fun for cooking too…because I don’t feel rushed like I do through the week. Saturday is probably my second favorite day of the week…because my first is…Thursday. Yeah…I don’t know either. 😉

Before I let you go…I want to tell you about an answered prayer. This morning during my quiet time I was talking to God from my heart. I was needing Him to let me know that my heart was being heard. He doesn’t have to answer prayers like these. He knows that I would still serve Him. That being said…it wasn’t very long until my cousin called and told me that I had been on her heart all weekend. Isn’t God good? He takes time…to hear the prayers of a daddy’s girl that is still hip-deep in the grief process. This would be a very long post…if I tried to list all of the ways that God has carried us through this. My sweet husband gave me some cut and dried wisdom one day. This is what he said: “God knew that this was going to happen…all down through time.” So simple…yet so profound. I love that. My Mr. balances me. I am truly thankful.

I hope that your Monday is filled with Sonshine. 😉 I hope that you look around and see things and in your heart you say…”God…that was You!” Those are the best moments in this old world. He is making dreams come true here at the Farmhouse. We are continually grateful to Him.

Praying for you, dear readers…

New Beginnings

11 Friday Apr 2014

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Life is amazing. This morning during my quiet time…I was counting my blessings. I decided that when you really live inside the moment..life is incredible. Sometimes life is full of new beginnings. At times we don’t choose them, and sometimes we do.

There is fence building going on at the Farmhouse. We are looking towards adding cattle to our little farm. Right now we consist of a flock of chickens, two spoiled goats, dogs and cats. We also need to add a barn at some point. Our garage is filling up with feed and all of the things that go with farm life.

This has been a dream of ours for quite awhile. We needed to wait on God’s timing. Waiting on Him is a huge part of our life. We enjoy the harmony that comes with taking our cues from Him. That isn’t to say that we aren’t real and have never jumped the gun. We all make mistakes. We just love the peace of being in tune with Him. Good Lord willing, and the creeks don’t rise… we will have fence done before too long. Then we can add new “family members.” I believe that He will help is find the ones that we need. After all…He is the God of new beginnings. I love that about Him.

I hope that your weekend is amazing. I hope that your dreams are coming true. God loves His children. He really does. He has our good…at the center of His heart.

Overwhelmed by grace,

Kelli

Workin’ Like a Farmhand

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

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How is it going on your little piece of the planet? Here at the Farmhouse, there are tons of things on the outside agenda. That is a good thing…but it will also be nice when a few of them are checked off of our list.

I am going to be helping the Mr. today…but I wanted to pop in real quick and chat for a minute. I promise….soon…I will get totally back in gear. Life is crazy at times. Agree? Ikr!?

By the way…another thing that I need to work on is Easter baskets. I love making those for our kids. Easter will be here before we know it.

Well….today I will be workin’ like a farmhand…how bout you?

Love,
Kelli