watching Gavin grow...with a patriotic theme

the little flag quilt is staying the same but the boy keeps growing!

2009

2010

2011

Gavin,  looking so grown up this year.
He is 2 years and 5 months old. 



Gavin and his Grandpa had lots of fun waving the little
American flags and saying
woo woo   over and over!



Really good cole slaw

sorry this post is wacky - Blogger is not letting me do things like I want to !
this post is all out of order but the recipe is at the end......


I used the exact ingredients as the recipe called for
except I hand cut and grated the vegetables as I don't have a blender.
I also mixed the dressing ingredients in the cole slaw bowl
before I added the vegetables. 



a full recipe makes a lot - this bowl holds 13 cups and and it
is all the way full. 

I've talked about Jo Ann York before.  I read at least one magazine article about her

 and remember seeing her on TV back in the late 70s.  

  http://healingwoman.blogspot.com/  left me a comment last week

 and asked if I by chance had Jo Ann's cole slaw recipe.  

Well,  I did not but it got me thinking about Jo Ann again.  

I've looked for this little paperbook book of hers for a while 

but it usually is listed for a crazy high price.   

When I looked last week,  I found one

 on Amazon for less than $8 so I bought it. 

The seller got it to me so fast too.

Anyway,  I tried the cole slaw recipe first. 

 I only had 1 pound of cabbage so I made just a half batch

 and it is a great recipe, the kind of slaw we like.

It is not a heavy-dressed or super sweet slaw,

 but is dressed just enough and the vegetables are just right. 

We liked it so much,  I made a half recipe on Thursday and then a full recipe today. 

A little more about Jo Ann York, 

 this book was about how she fed her family of 4 for just

$16 a week,  that translates to about $67 in 2011 dollars.

She has some great basic recipes and lots of money saving tips. 

I plan on cooking more of her recipes and will let you know how it goes.

Yard sale fun

We went to just a few sales on our side of town this morning and found  a few goodies. 

a fleet of construction vehicles that Gavin will just love
and a doggie pull toy for Elizabeth
$3 for all

2 childrens books  50 cents for both

vintage linens - still in their factory packaging
3 pairs of pillowcases and 1 twin sheet
$3 for all

stack of Corelle plates $2
I think there are 6 dinner plates
and 8 sandwich plates.
We saw a similar stack of Corelle at the Antique Mall
today for $24. 

still in their original package and shrink-wrapped
a set of highly scented bath oils. 
50 cents!