Colors Cased..They leave too soon.

I went to my husbands BGDE color casing ceremony today. This ends their state site status and starts a new venture them. They leave soon and I am already counting down to the uncasing ceremony in about a year from now.

Photo a day. Day 5

January 5,2012 photo of the day 5.
The ever elusive package. I have been expecting this box since the Friday before Christmas. Lesson learned, don't send things parcel post. :) sorry Ellen! Lol. I was excited to get this box for 2 reasons. 1 it has new fabric in it, and 2 it has the DCU jacket I have been waiting for to make memorial pillows for a friends kids. These kids are awesome and so is their Mom. I wish I was able to get to know Ellen better while we were in Texas. Our girls are friends and I can only hope they will continue to be friends through the miles and years we are gone.

 

Photo of the Day 4

Jan 4,2012
This is how most soldiers start their day. Tougher than most of us. They don't have a choice in "going to the gym". They do this plus south more. Daily. Their day starts at about 6 for formation and typically doesn't end until their 5 o'clock end of the day formation. And that is just stationed stateside. I am very proud of my husband and all he does for this family. The Army is a big part of my life. This is just one small part of what it looks like.

 

Split Pea Soup recipe finally!

A few days ago I made Split Pea soup on the crock pot for the first time. It was very easy and, quick to put together and turned out really good! The pictures I have posted don't do the soup justice at all.

Crock Pot Split Pea soup

1 package dried split peas
5-6 cups of water
1 cup milk
3-4 carrots chopped
1/2 onion chopped
3 cups chopped ham

Combine all ingredients into crock pot, set on high, cook for 6 hours.
Stir periodically, if you want the soup to be soupier and not as thick, add water here and there as needed while cooking.

Photo a Day~ Day 3

The husband went back to work today and the kids head back to school in the morning. Starting tomorrow, it will just be the dog, my music, the sewing machines and me. Still no recipe, maybe I will post that tomorrow during all of my quiet time. For now, I am just posting the photo for the day.

A photo is worth a thousand words. This one is not as it seems :)

Was busy with projects today and still haven't uploaded the recipe for the soup.  It is coming I promise. I spent the day working at my embroidery machine.  I didn't finish but 2 projects due to my machine and I having different opinions on how it should be working. I won in the end, however I did lose a lot of time for what I needed to accomplish. My photo for today is the beginning of my day when my machine and I still agreed on things.

My project material laid out, my machine all plugged in and ready to go and my coffee. I used to drink hot chocolate out of this mug at my grandmothers when I was about 4 years old. As far back as I can remember this mug was at her house. Now it is at mine.

Hau ‘oli Makahiki Hou! (Happy New Year in Hawaiian)

I have decided to start a photo project. A photo a day for the year 2012.  It may be a rainbow, a flower, a kid, who knows what I will post. Today's photo is dinner.
Homemade split pea soup and homemade clover rolls.

I will post recipes for both tomorrow :) I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year!