We finally had some rain today!!! SO exciting after poor air quality for weeks. Dave and I are celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary tomorrow. I'm so grateful I married such a wonderful, devoted person. My best friend, great Dad and Granddad! Three years ago, to do something really different, we went up to the mountain town of McCall to spend the night. The hotel rates are off season and no tourists. Cold, nice and quiet! We had a gorgeous drive up Saturday and spent the night, coming back Sunday. Saturday afternoon, after lunch, we drove around Payette lake-
Ice on the N side of the lake
My fave fish sculpture
smooth as glass
Our comfy hotel roomed with soaker tub and salt water pool, Dave enjoyed the swims!
We found a new thrift store there! I got these three winter cuties for a whopping $3.00 total!
Tabletop snowman, hand made in the USA
Small quilt (crib blanket/tablecloth?), 2 sided, winter motif-
Details-
Backside-
Back side
Snowman spoon rest-
Perfect dish for a cold night! I served with ww pasta and Italian bread. I made this with lots of out own homegrown, frozen tomatoes. So juicy I had to add tomato paste! Lots of mushroom in my crock pot with all of it. Recipe here Classic Chicken Cacciatore, and for the 2nd round I added Kalamata olives and capers for something different! Topped with some Feta cheese, yummy! Sadly the crock pot handle broke off, so I finally (after 15-20 years) bought a new, smaller one. With two of us I just didn't need the huge one. I'll keep it until after the holidays and will repurpose it. My new baby, 4.5 Qt., $20.00 at Target, hopefully will last me til I'm too old and decrepit to cook! I'll make some chili this weekend before turkey day!
Happy Anniversary! It is always nice to hear about couples that are still close and work well together. It gives us old singletons hope! :) Lovely place to spend a night/day. That recipe just hollers winter and I like how you changed it up the next day.
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan! I thank Dave's parents for being great parents.The rest is him :)
ReplyDeleteGreat thrift finds! The quilt is really cute!
ReplyDeleteI have a smaller crockpot that I love! It is oval that I found at Walmart a few years ago. I wanted to get one for my mom and they no longer carried them!
Thanks for sharing at Farm Fresh Tuesdays Blog Hop!
Melissa | Little Frugal Homestead
Thanks for stopping by Melissa! Yes I love the little quilt I'll probably wind up putting it on a small table as a tablecloth or hang on the wall! I'm using my little Crock-Pot already making a big pot of chili for the week!
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary! Looks like a wonderful time! Thanks so much for sharing on Farm Fresh Tuesdays!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa sorry I didn't answer sooner but your response went into the spam folder
Delete