It's a new year!!

If time (and Marshall) allow me, when I wake up in the morning I lay in bed and think about what needs to be done that day. I'll set small goals to do and usually by the end of the day I'll have those "things to do" finished. So before 2014 approached I set a few goals to accomplish for the year.

Here they are for 2014...

Raise & butcher rainbow ranger chickens

Raise and butcher meat rabbits

Buy a cow/goat for milking

Make butter

Make cheese

Make French bread

Make "sandwich loaf" bread

Make my own healing salve (Neosporin)

Start Cloth diapers for Marshall

Sew a skirt for Maddie

Grow veg plants from seeds to "Save" the seeds for next year.

Can can & can some more! 

Find & cook 100 brand new recipes!

Vacation in Shipshewana Indiana.

Start blogging! 

It's a huge list and probably the hardest one will be the vacation sadly :(. I love love love Shipshewana but that's a whole post in itself! 

BUT, it's January 12th and I've already accomplished a few items on my list. Obviously, I've started blogging! This is something I attempted before but never had time to think about and so it never developed. I've always wanted to blog and so now I'm doing it and I'm going to STICK to it! (At least for this year) Plus, after posting a picture on fb people have asked for recipes or how to do something so I just figure Ill put it all in one place with details! How exciting!! 

I've started my list of 100 recipes to make this year. It didn't start out too great. (I'll post about my biscuit making later.) Even though I have the best cook in Arkansas as my mom and I learned a lot... There are several things I don't know how to do. I can butcher a deer, fish, squirrel and fry it up with the best fried potatoes... But 'baking' is another story. I'm also so tired of buying pre made items from the grocery store with all the GMO and additive mess so I'm teaching myself some new tricks.

My (soon to be)100 recipes:

French bread

Butter

Cheese

Biscuits 

Mayo

Potato cakes

Italian cheese cake

Cream cheese cake

Roasted tomato soup

Crunchy peanut butter candy 

Cherry walnut squares

Praline ice cream squares

Layered turtle cheesecake

Chai tea mix

Cuban panini

Parmesan potatoes au gratin

Easy breakfast strata 

Raspberry almond coffee cake

Honey chipotle ribs

Waffles from Scratch

Pancakes from Scratch

Pizza crust from Scratch

Tortillas from Scratch

Sopapias from Scratch

Fritas 

..... I'll keep adding more

But, I don't just want to make it and move on. I want it to be really good! And that is why I ended up making biscuits FOUR stinkn' times!!! 

I accomplished Butter making already too! And that makes you wanna "slap Jo Mama crazy!" Here's a picture of our awesome butter that was devoured in one day!

So I would say I have a pretty good head start on my list. And hopefully my posts will inspire a few followers!! So bring on 2014 and all the new challenges ahead!