Mom has been going down hill for a while now. Last week she had some problems and I didn't know if she would make it to Christmas, then she bounced back today she has had a little set back don't know how long I can keep up with everything going on with her.

With the Cheese Ball Recipe I forgot to tell you I tweek it a little.

Cheese Ball cont.

I also add Pepperoni and Jalapenos

And if the truth be known I really don't measure the Pepperoni Jalapenos or the onion. But the Cheese Ball Recipe I just posted was the one I got orginally

Been asked to post a couple of Recipes:

Cheese Ball

1 8oz Cream Cheese

1 Bottle of Roka Blue Cheese Spread ( haven't found it for a while so I use a Garlic Herb Cheese Spread )

1 cup shredded Cheese ( I use Cheddar but for a real bite use Pepper Jack )

1 Table Spoon Worchestershire Sauce

1 Table Spoon chopped Onion

Mix together divide in half roll each ball in crushed Walnuts or prefered coating

Honey Butter

1 cup Butter room tempt.

1\2 cup Honey

1 egg white

Mix with hand mixer until smooth

This is a good balance to be able to taste both the butter and honey.

Enjoy

Mom has her good days and her bad, Its getting cold now and I don't want to take her out to much for fear she will catch a cold or worse, in her condition it could cause her death Don't want to responsible for that. On the up side she is almost ready for Christmas being its this close hoping nothing happens between now and then. Today I'm making Rice Pudding and watching the weather hoping it doesn't snow to bad although its not looking promising out there. Low hanging clouds isn't a good sign it will be a good day.

Today is Thanksgiving not only that but, moms Birthday her 81st glad she is still here to enjoy it. Although many things have happened to make me think she may not be here much longer, I won't go into it but, I keep thinking it will come soon. Not sure I'm ready for it but, when the Lord wants her to go she will go. I'm thinking it might be harder than I think it will. Been taking care of her since my dad past 17 years ago.

Last week my cousin Keith my brother Jerry and my two Aunts Auntie Rose, Aunt T (Trudy ) all came to see mom on the same day. I have spent the last few days @ home didn't get to much done but I did rest some. Mom has had Sandy and two of her kids here Tim and Melissa and Jamie all here over the week-end. I'm back and ready to spend a few days here before spending the week-end @ the Stockton Volunteer Fire Dept. annual Craft Fair. Hope to see everyone there.

We have had a interesting couple of days Night before last mom went into the bathroom and purposely overflowed the toilet, she was edgy all night and so made for pretty much a sleepless night. Last night gave her some meds to calm her down during the night. This morning she got up to go to the bathroom and fell thank goodness she isn't hurt. I think she will be sore for awhile haven't been able to go back to bed myself I'm afraid this is going to get worse before it gets better.

Mom has had an issue with a rash or a varied of rashes their not sure whats causing them. They think they have it under controll and then it comes back. She had a coughing and mucus problem this afternoon but, finally got it under control. Not sure whats going on with her, she is looking forward to the holidays and this year her 81st Birthday is on Thanksgiving.

I was up @ 3:45 a m got in the fridge to get a drink when I heard from moms room Good Morning I told her it wasn't Good Morning yet to go back to sleep. Wonder what she was thinking. Not looking forward to going off daylight savings time shes going to be wanting to get up @ 6:00 a m for breakfast. I suppose I will deal with it when it gets here.

Sometimes I get really frustrated with the fact that I live between two places. I love my home and I miss it a great deal.

Been a while since my last post, I had a busy week-end went on the Holiday Shop Hop with my Quilt Group on Friday, Helped my daughter with a Halloween Party on Saturday, its her favorite holiday, Went to church on Sunday and had dinner with my family today I went to all day Quilt Group had a good Pot-luck lunch its wonderful when everyone brings such yummy food lol. Also over the week-end found out one of my cousins past away, Mom is really upset that she is not able to go. I wish I could take her but just not able to. I am going to his funeral with Don and we are picking up my Aunt in Salt Lake and driving her to Provo where the funeral will be on Saturday. Mom is doing good other than being up-set about not going to the funeral. At the shop hop I bought a couple of patterns one is for a Quilt name Moose on the Loose its really cute, started buying the fabric for it told Don I'm making it for him after the first of the year. Have Craft Fair and Christmas to take care of first.

Mom is doing good I have had a rough week with losing my little dog Teddy he had been a part of our family for eight years. The next door neighbors hound dog got out and attacked my poor Teddy when he was weighed @ the vet he weighed all of 6.9 lbs. The hound was @ least 75 lbs took him to the vet as I just said I tried holding him in my arms that night but, he was just to uncomfortable so I laid him on the couch and I laid next to him in a recliner and he past away about 11 pm that night it has been hard to go home from moms this last week but, have enjoyed the break from moms also Going home for the week-end to help Don take care of our grandkids for the week-end all five of them lol

A new twist for my cheese balls instead of Cheddar Cheese put pepper jack cheese in a bit more spicy but, yummy!!!!

My cousins daughter just found me on fb I love it been able to visit with her off and on all day.

Mom is doing well so thankful for that. Have started making my cheese balls for the year, Another Recipe I will have to put here although I think I have already shared it with everyone that has wanted it.

Cheese Ball

1pkg. cream Cheese

1 bottle of Roka Blue Cheese spread ( the last couple of years I haven't been able to find this so I use a Garlic Herb spread I have found @ wall-mart in the deli section.)

1 cup shreded cheddar cheese

1 Tbs Worchestershire sauce

1 TBs onion

Mix together roll into crushed walnuts makes two balls

I add to taste pepperoni, Jalapenos

Enjoy

Been awhile since I posted, mom is doing pretty good. Been able to spend quite a bit of time @ home thanks to my kids. Mentioned the recipe for Chicken Santa Fe thought I would share.

2 cups of Chicken Breast chopped

4 potatoes Cut up cook in microwave

1 can of corn

1 cup of Salsa

fry Chicken in two tablespoons of Veg. Oil, Mix in cooked potatoes let brown together mix in corn and Salsa Simmer LETS EAT

Its been a busy week, spent two days getting moms business taken care of still forgot her oatmeal so one more day of running to the store. Went out to the front porch and visited for a few minutes last night when I came in mom had started tearing the paper on the Oreos package cause she wanted a couple of more it was a easy open pkg. all she had to do was lift where it said lift here I showed her how to open the pkg hopefully she will remember and I won't come in and find Oreos all over the counter lol.

Mom is doing good she gets up every morning eats a very big breakfast. Hope everyone has a good week-end

Sharing Recipes through the window @ moms really makes me happy I actually open the window in moms livingroom far enough for a face to look through a sweet lady that lives upstairs looks through the window each morning to see how moms doing. She was telling me she was running out of ideas for dinner it seems like she is feeding her daughter and her son-in-law while their house was being painted. It has been done for quite some time and she is still fixing a meal a day for them. So I started giving her recipes. Today it was my Chicken and Rice Recipe I have shared it many times over the years.

Haven't updated on mom for awhile. Shes doing good we have had her out a couple of times the last few weeks. We took her to Stockton Days on the 13th and to our Ward Party on the 19th besides taking her to Church when we had Zayne blessed on the 7th All in August. And of coarse we always take her over home for Sunday dinner. They have now brought enough Oxygen tanks so I don't have to worry about running out if we decide to take her someplace other than my house.

I think that 1st thru 12th grades start tomorrow Kindergarten starts next week. I can't believe our Harley is starting school this year, for a brief time after he was born we were afraid he may not make it in this life he has been such a joy to Don and I we have more grandchildren that we love dearly but, we haven't had as much to do with them as our Harley glad we've been able to be part of his life. Wow school now don't know how I will handle him being so busy!

Because I mentioned it on my status on FB I thought I would put the recipe for Loaded Mashed Potatoes. Here it is

Peel and boil Potatoes until done, Mash them add Butter, Sour Cream, a splash of Milk Mash together then add Green Onions, Cooked Bacon, and Cheese Mash together then put in cassarole and bake @ 350 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes Serve warm Yum!

Have you ever been sitting somewhere and all of a sudden you think Wonder what happen to? I did that this morning. And I was shocked @ the name I came up with! I don't think I have even thought of her since I left High School going on Forty years ago. Now I'm even second guessing the name so I won't mention it. Just wondering if that has ever happened to anyone else. lol

Went to Quilt Group on Monday, didn't have any projects to work on well I did but I didn't start any. I worked on my Lady Bug wooden spoons today, just a little project I got going. I made up some and put them in a flower arrangement of Sunflowers, it turned out really cute. Excited for dinner tomorrow Spagetti isn't a big deal but, excited to use some Tuscan Butter Spread that we had @ Quilt Group to put on rolls. I love it! Bought some today, and some french bread will make Garlic Bread just by putting it on the bread. Tomorrow I hope to get some projects started and maybe finished ENJOY WHATEVER THIS DAY MAY BRING!

The week-end was crazy Enjoyed going to Stockton Days missed the Breakfast but enjoyed the pot-luck Brought mom home about seven Tim and Melissa stayed with mom Saturday night and most of the day on Sunday. Went to Church and then home to make Birthday dinner for Jamie and myself .We ate quite late because Jamie worked until six-thirty and I insisted we wait for her. Anyway didn't get mom home until after eight-thirty About three this morning the power went out we were low on Oxygen to begin with because of all the activities then to have that happen I worried we'd run out before the power came back on then I worried after it came back on that it might go out again and then I'd be in trouble Got oxygen delivered today now if the power goes out @ least we're covered.

Just because I'm always thinking ahead on meals for during the week Thanks to Jamie for telling me about this! Instead of buying pre-made Chicken Strips.......... make your own by taking your chicken Breast and cut into strips use Shake and Bake she says bake them but, I found that the seasoning don't always sticks to the Chicken so I deep-fry them until done, a friend also told me that if you put them in an egg-wash before you shake them that the seasoning will stick so you can bake them anyway no matter how you do them I serve them with home-made fries. Enjoy!

We're having Calico Beans with some Polish Dogs tonight been talking about them to much lately lol decided to have them this time there will be left-overs yum. Moms is doing okay getting a little more demanding. Dad got that way really bad before he past almost 17 years ago. Will be taking her to the pot-luck dinner @ Stockton Days tomorrow evening. Hated to be this way but she had her choice of the Breakfast or the pot-luck just don't have enough oxygen to be able to do both and really don't think she could handle both she is kinda weak not as bad as @ first but, a all day event I don't think would be good for her.

Today I made what I call Hamburger Soup it might be considered a Goulish any way here goes how I made it. I used about 1\2lb of Hamburger brown it with onion to taste. I added a different seasoning that I picked up a Rosemary and Garlic blend to the hamburger and onion, I added a can of Beef Broth and let it simmer down then I cut up some carrots and a couple of potatoes, let it simmer I also add about a cup of water so it wouldn't thicken to much and a bout 3\4 cup of macaroni let that simmer a while added a can of diced tomatoes and then towards the end a can of kidney beans let simmer add another cup or so of water simmered until carrots potatoes and macaroni are done.

Found out today that a friend passed away, It was hard to tell my daughter Josie of her passing she had a closer friendship with her than I did. Hadn't hear from her in a long time I wasn't excepting that kind of news. So it was kind of a shock to me Bea was the kind that you liked but sometimes she got on your nerves. I loved her she was a good friend. Rest in Peace my dear friend.

Had a wonderful week-end I actually got to spend sometime @ home I was there for three nights

in a row Tim and Melissa was great to spend two of the three nights Jamie stayed Saturday night after she got off work What a wonderful family I have Thank you all! Mom is doing good although sometimes she gets a little snappy but so do I We took mom to my grandsons Blessing she quite enjoyed that had a luncheon afterwards. I am so amazed that my kids help so much they all pitch in when it came to fixing dinner although it was basically a Meat and Cheese Tray Calico Beans and a Macaroni Salad. We made our own Meat and Cheesetray so much cheaper than trying to buy it.

I know I promised the recipe for Hurry Up Chicken Pot Pie but I don't have the recipe here @ moms I could give you the ingredients and let you by guess and by golly thats the way I cook most of the time. I'm not sure any of you would appericate it to much lol

Here are the ingredients

Cooked and cut up Chicken Breast

1 can of Cream of Chicken Soup

Chicken Broth I would guess about a cup

Frozen Peas and Carrots

Frozen Southern type Hash Browns

1 cup Bisquick

1 cup Milk

layer Chicken on bottom of Cassarole then Peas and Carrots and Potatoes Mix Cream of Chicken Soup and Chicken Broth pour over peas carrots potatoes and chicken Mix Bisquick and milk and pour over cassarole dot with butter

cook @ 350 45 to 60 minutes

ENJOY

Always willing to share recipes this one is for Calico Beans

5 cans of beans doesn't matter what kind as long as one of them is Pork n Beans

exsample

Pork n Beans, Pinto Beans, Garbonzo Beans Kidney Beans Black Beans

1 lb Bacon

1 cup of Brown sugar

1 bottle of Honey BBQ sauce

Drain all the beans, except for the pork-n-beans add the cook bacon brown sugar and BBQ sauce simmer in crock-pot 4 to 6 hours on low

Today I went to a Quilt Group that I belong to mostly we do our own projects but once in awhile we have a group project. I haven't really been into making quilt tops and such until our Relief Society started a Quilt Group a few years ago now it is one of my most favorite things to do. Never got into making clothes or anything like that I mainly did a variety of crafts. Still do somethings crafty. I like to cook and bake and all those traditional things housespouses do lol. Mom usually gets up in the morning ready for breakfast and sits and watches the price is right sometimes or @ least the last couple of Sundays Don has come over and picked us up and we have had breakfast @ my house About ten am she is ready to go lay down with her feet up. Because of her heart condition her feet get really cold if she is up to long poor circulation caused by only the top half of her heart working. So she goes to bed every few hours during the day. She likes watching the birds from her window and she has a TV in her bedroom she likes watching all the old sit-coms that come on TVLand. Enjoy whatever this day may bring.

Today I took mom out to my house for Dutchoven Chicken dinner along with that we had Corn on the Cob ( my Favorite ) Homemade Rolls ( Moms and most of the rest of the families favorite ) Watermelon, Donnie and Jamie brought Calico Beans, Cupcakes, little round Brownies and I ate some of everything my stomach is a little out of sorts. LOL Mom enjoys our Sunday Dinners @ our house. She looks forward to them every week. As long as she can we will take her to our house for Sunday Dinner.

Meet my family

Donald West is my hubby we were married January 21 1972

Donald Jr (Donnie) was born June 6, 1977 He is married to Jamie

Josephine (Josie ) was born March 16, 1981 Josie lives with us she has some issues that makes it easier if she is with us.

Sandra ( Sandy ) was born July 15, 1984 She is married to Justin Altogether they now have five children a blended family their youngest was born two days ago.

Timothy ( Tim) was born Oct. 4 1986 He is married to Melissa

We have lived in Stockton Utah all our lifes. Don and I have raised our four kids here and we love our little town don't want to live anywhere else.

Out West with Nadine has been created for the purpose of family matters and goings on Out West

The end of March of this year mom went from being healthy as a horse to very sick it seemed like a matter of days Finally got her to the hospital to find that @ some point she had had a massive heart attack. Although we couldn't pinpoint the exact time Don and I remember her complaining of pains in her shoulder and down her arm. Being about as stubborn as anyone I know she refused to go to the hospital we believe that was sometime in late January or early Feb. When she got to the hospital we found out not only had the heart attack damaged her heart to the extent of no longer having the use of the bottom part of her heart. She also had blood clots in her right lung and both lungs were filled with fluid. They started to drain the fluid off her lungs and ended up damaging her kidneys. Mom has been home from the hospital since the first part of April with me and my family providing twenty four hour care. It has been hard @ times with having issues within my own family but we have managed. Mom is now as healthy as she can possibly be with her health problems. She is on oxygen twenty four\seven.