SUNDAY'S RECIPE

House Barbeque Sauce

2 TBSP butter *** 1/2 cup finely chopped onion *** 1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper *** 1/2 cup Russian salad dressing *** 1 cup ketchup *** 2 TBSP brown sugar *** 2 TBSP cider vinegar *** 2 TBSP burgundy wine *** 1 TBSP Worcestershire +++ 1/2 tsp garlic salt

Melt butter in saucepan, saute' veggies till tender. Add remaining ingredients, bring to simmer and cook 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Yields 2 cups sauce.

SUTTONS' ON THE MOVE

Sutton came over today to show us how he could roll over by himself...he brought his folks along too. We had a nice lunch and watched my alma mater lose to A & M :'( He played with the John Deere tractor I had on the shelf...then he spied the Harley rocker! He wanted to see if he was big enough to ride, so we gave it a shot.
Not quite there, Bud! But i told him he could try it for size every time he comes to visit, so hopefully he'll put a bug in mom's ear to get back up to Grandpa's house again soon! Thanks for the visit, kids! and you too, Diesel...sorry about losing your brother!

OUR FAVORITE DOBERMAN, AXL

We lost our favorite Doberman last nite...Gina & Adam had to put Axl down yesterday. He had been sick for several weeks, had lost over 25 lbs, and was getting weak/looking anemic. They took him in to the vet and discovered a large mass in his abdomen, probabaly a cancerous tumor. So they made a terribly hard but correct decision to ease his pain.

I know the kids are hurting very bad right now...losing a dog that loves you unconditionally all the time for not much in return is so hard to take. We're thinking and praying for them during this difficult time...the sun will come out tommorow! Keep them in your thoughts!

CASE IH 5140 TRACTOR W/ DUALS & SADDLE TANKS

side view of the tractor to the right, front quarter
shot below

SUNDAY'S RECIPE & WINTER PICTURES

...pictures of winter in Kansas as thru the eye of
our resident staff photographer, Nancy.











We had about 5 or 6" of snow January 9-10, and very cold temps, so the snow has stayed with us even
to today, a week later. this is the mighty burr oak
tree we have in our front yard.



















a shot of the sun rising over our backyard neighbors house and our little acreage of
backyard.









The recipe for today is more of a cooking tip...

GRILLING STEAK 101. I can't stress enough how important it is to have your steaks at room temperature before putting them on the grill! I was at the KSU-Texas Tech game yesterday and called Nancy to see what she had bought for supper. she had found some ribeye steaks special priced and bought 2 nice ones...it was around 1pm when i called. i told her to leave them on the counter ALL AFTERNOON. I finally got around to throwing them on the grill at 6 pm...with absolutely nothing on them, plain jane style! they came out great...about 1" thick and about 7 minutes per side. they were juicy and relatively tender (they were select grade, not choice...so take that into consideration) with not having enough time to marinate them. Don't listen to the home economists...they have to say what they do 'cause the federal gov't. writes their paychecks. Anyone that knows beef will tell you the same...room temperature before grilling!

KSU WILDCATS

Went to the game at Manhattan and watched my 'Cats blow out the Red Raiders of Texas Tech! They looked a lot better today than the past few games...hope they keep up the intensity for the Mizzou game Monday.

On the way home we listened to KU escape Nebraska by the skin of their teeth...too bad the 'Huskers didn't pull off an upset. Oh well, it'll be coming sooner of later!

CABOVER FREIGHTLINER READY TO ROLL

The cabover Freightliner is now ready to roll and
awaiting a driver, with a payload of boxed freight
and the D4 Caterpillar 'dozer.