The Watsons

I made a Russian soup called Borscht tonight… At first it sounded weird but its definitely a favorite. Here’s the recipe and a picture.

INGREDIENTS
1 Tbsp veg. oil
1-2lb beef roast
1 large onion, peeled, quartered
64 oz beef stock
4 large beets, peeled, chopped
2 large russet potatos, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Half of a head of cabbage, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp dill
1 cup sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste

In a large pot bring veg oil to medium-high temp and add the roast. Brown the roast on all sides then add onion. After onions start to go clear add 32 ounces (4 cups) of the beef broth and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer for 1 and a half hours.

Pull out the roast and chop it into small pieces against the grain. Add beets, chopped beef and the rest of the broth to the pan, simmer 30 minutes. Add cabbage and simmer an additional 15 minutes.

Serve with a spoon of sour creme and a sprinkle of dill.

♥ This Valentines weekend was great! The weather was nice and an extra long weekend because of Presidents day…. Anyways, We went out west shooting Troys guns, we took scooter rides and went out to dinner. Valentines day was full of cards, balloons, goodies and SUSHI! Homemade sushi. Some of the best I’ve ever had and it was fun to make our own. It’s definitely something we will do more often. Anyways, it couldn’t have been better and no one better to spend it with. ♥

I was getting really curious as to why we were only getting 3-4 eggs a day after we had 5 eggs a day steadily for a week. I searched the whole yard; looked in the ditch pipes, the wood pile, the composter, I even tore the shed apart looking for eggs. Then I remembered finding one egg on the ground behind the coop. So I started searching around the coop. I had never thought about the space between the nesting boxes and the straw! I lifted up the straw cover and found this:

Ha ha. K. So I came across this pic a while ago and I just found it again.  I think it may be the funniest and saddest little thing evar!  The little hat and cloak doesn’t seem to bother the poor beeper but it is just so funny to me! So the question isn’t should I make one, because I know I shouldn’t… But would I?  Probably! Just to laugh at little ratties in costumes!  But i don’t want to be one of those pet moms that dress their pets up. But anyway, I hope I made everyone either laugh or seriously think of how crazy I really am.  :)

So here it goes… We celebrated Troys 23rd birthday!  Hooray!  And it was technically the first party we threw in our house.  We had the family over for cake and ice cream and had fun opening presents!  I made his cake again. I’m not too good, but I do like to make them.  I like to think Liz taught me how to frost cakes because she is the best I know..  Thanks Lizbeth!  Anyway, He got a new saw, shaver, shirts, chevy battery charger, some robot stuff, etc.. Overall, great birthday!

We had a fish tank for a while and we finally decided to fill ‘er up. We have some mollys, albino tiger barbs, rainbow shark and a ghost shrimp swimmin around now. They’re pretty fun!  And ink loves to watch them.  Recently Troy came home and caught her elbow deep in the water trying to hook one. haha. .. wish I was there for that one.

There was a pretty big snow storm that happened a few weeks ago, and we decided to take the Heavy Chevy out for a ride.  The wiper blades had broken so he had to get out every once in a while to scrape them off… Bad News!  But it was a fun little ride that probably took 20 minutes to go around two blocks. 

We also went out to Charlie Chows for his and Sheeps birthday dinner. We had a huge awesome group and had rons of fun and awesome food.  Thanks for the pics Jen!

So ink has this new, “I love smelly things and need to drop shoulder and rub all over them”  kind of thing going on.  She especially loves shoes, wash clothes and socks…. Coles socks! LOL!

We finally got our first Double yolk egg! Thanks Daisy Bird!

Troy built his huge desk.  It’s pretty sweet! We can fit all of his geek stuff and my sewing stuff on it as well.

Coles ponytail… nuff said.

Here are our Ratties.  I’ve been trying to get some good pics of them lately. Here are some of our faves.. here is Ruby and Pearl.

We are plant-sitting my Grandma Turners Cactus while there in Arizona and Mexico.  He’s kind of growing on me.  I like to call him Gus.

So here you go..

Holy smokes we’ve done a lot to this house! Check out the kitchen after we gutted it.

And here it is after we got our hands on it.

To start off our lovely night, we went to Cody and Joelle’s wedding where Troy was a groomsman… and almost didn’t make it on time.  Ha ha. We had some major malfunctions with his wardrobe and had to run to walmart for some quick fixes a few minutes before it was to start.  I wish we grabbed a few more pics of it, but this is what we have.  It was very nice and I loved that it was citrus themed.  But I’m very glad we got invited and Troy got to see some old friends.

After the wedding we had some fun watching movies and the New Years shows and eating pizza.  I bought some whistles and a few other fun accessories. We ended up playing with them early and snagging some pictures… and it’s a good thing because I crashed out before midnight, but I did wake up right before though ha ha.  I think it drives Troy crazy! anyway, Happy New Years everyone!

Tonight is New Years Eve! I am so excited. We get to go to one of Troys best friends weddings tonight, so we can get dressed up and ready for parties! Or just a party for ourselves, we havent decided yet.  Anyway, I will get some pics up tomorrow to show you how much fun the night was.  Hope you all have a good one!

Since this was our first Christmas together we decided that we needed to get our first tree ornament… And this is the one that we… well, I liked best.  This year was full of family parties and dinners.  Some were fun and the others… well,  you know. ha ha.  But anyways, it was all fun and I couldn’t believe how fast the day actually crept up on us. I did all of my in-store shopping the week before and luckily had everything shipped on time, so all went well. We got a ton of stuff this year from each other, our pets, Santa and both sides of our families. We received gifts from arduinos to coats and ladders, and books from cooking to a book on cats wearing wigs.  Glamour Puss to be exact. I’m sure you’ve all heard of it. Thanks Troy! heh. Even the rats, cat and chickens got some treat presents. Anyways, Best Christmas Evar!

Java, Jumpin Java Bean, Mean Bean, Lumpy Tato, Swamp Rat, Jamba, Jibby, Whichever name we called you by, we will always remember you, love you and miss you…  Your Mama, Troy, Pearly Girl and Mama Rube.