Recipe from "Gooseberry Patch", COZY COUNTRY CHRISTMAS-pg.90- This is the first recipe I ever had published in a GP book, Enjoy!

BACON & CHEDDAR DIP

16-oz. container sour cream

1-oz. package dry ranch salad dressing mix

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/4 cup bacon bits

Mix together sour cream and dressing mix: add cheese and bacon bits.

Stir well; chill for one hour before serving. Makes 2 1/2 cups.

Crunchy bread sticks and scoop-style corn chips are just right for

scooping up this hearty dip.

Mom's Macaroni and Cheese, This is one of my recipes in Gooseberry Patch cookbook, "Comfort Foods"

2 cups (8 oz) macaroni, cooked

3 Tbls. melted butter

1tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

2 cups ( 8oz.) shredded, cheddar or american cheese

3 cups milk

Cook macaroni according to package directions 7 minutes: drain. Arrange

cooked mararoni, cheese, salt and pepper in buttered 2 1/2 to 3 quart

casserole. Pour melted butter over macaroni. Carefully pour milk into

corner. Bake, uncovered at 350 degrees for 1 hour. I bake mine in a 9 x 13

inch pan for 45 minutes. Yummy!!!!

New pictures of my favorite things

Scroll down to check out the pictures of my favorite things. Also just received a letter that "Gooseberry Patch" is putting one of my recipes in their Christmas cookbook for this year. This will be my forth recipe published, YeepEE!!! I'm shooting for at least 5.

Today I went to WV one week after the snowstorm. I have added two pictures
of the outdoors. Plus made a slideshow of some of the inside rooms.

Porch construction at old Farmhouse

We are putting a wrap around deck porch on the old Farmhouse in WV. Here are a couple pictures.(Scroll down to slideshow). Can't wait to get the roof around the whole porch. Old farmhouses didn't have much closet space. Notice the porch upstairs, my husband wanted to close it in and make closet space. But we decided not to. We love settin on the upstairs porch in the mornings and drinking our coffee, we look across the field and see the beautiful view. More pictures to come, inside also.

Please scroll down my blog to view the slideshow of the remodeled bathroom.
Leave me a comment letting me know what you think.Hugs, Lecia

Slide show added today:

The computer is so hard for me, but I am soooo proud that I made this little video of our remodeled bathroom. It actually was done a while back. It was a bigger project than expected. Had to remove several layers of flooring. We planned on a weekend project, and it lasted several weeks. My commode was actually in my LR for a couple weeks. And to top it all off my daughter invited a house full of people here for my Grandson's birthday party.so glad I had another bathroom. Oh, just more memories!