snow, pot pies, and a new car!!!

 

In the small city, snow on the blossoms...

 As Jonathan asked, "April showers bring May flowers, but what do April snow showers bring?!

Jonny is the one with the "new" car.  He got an excellent deal on it, it has way too many miles on it, and it needs work, but he is still as excited as can be.  Today, we put insurance on it, and dropped the paperwork off at the department of motor vehicles, so it can be registered.  A hundred thirty bucks to be registered, gotta love NY state.  

And, pot pie...here's how I make it:

I tripled the butter crust recipe to make two double crusted pot pies, so into the food processor went 3 and 3/4 cups of flour with 3/4 teaspoon of salt, whir it a bit, then add 3 sticks of butter, sliced up a bit.  Whir this until the butter is pea sized, on low, for not too long.  Dump into a big mixing bowl, and add iced water, a little at a time, about 3/4 cup, but more if you need, tossing it with a fork as you go.  Form 4 balls of dough, flatten, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate.

A 5 pound package of chicken breast, trimmed and cut into cubes, browned in a little flour and olive oil.  I mixed chicken broth and a can of cream of celery soup, dumped it in with the chicken, and simmered it a while.

One bag of frozen mixed veggies, then four large potatoes, peeled and cubed, into the pot.

I should have cooled the mixture first...but I didn't.

Some butter and salt on the top crust...

And into the 350 oven for a while...they aren't done yet, but the house smells absolutely heavenly.

It's chilly here, remember, like a winter's day, but with spring stuff everywhere...

Yes, we have the fireplace going!

My flower seeds sprouted already, and have to be thinned...I planted them in paper cups from the dollar store, in a muffin tin.

Jonathan, Char, and Cam took a trip to the dump with some of the hot tub, wah.    This weekend we are getting rid of the old furnace, the old hot water heater (it died back in January, ca-ching!), and a few other things...

Walmart today, bought a new hose and some grass seed to plant where the hot tub was.  Now we have to wait until winter is over, again.  It's supposed to be 65 and sunny on Saturday...yay!!!!   

Ah well...that dinner smells like it might be done...