No See Ums, Bruises, Witches and Pumpkin Muffins

 Have you ever heard

of "no see ums"??

Even if you have

not heard of them,

I am pretty sure you 

have come in contact 

with them.

No see ums are tiny

bugs in your yard.

They jump up on you,

bite you and you never

see them.

They are actually

Ceratopogonidaes, 

 a family of flies

 commonly known as 

no-see-ums,

 or biting midges, 

generally 1–3 millimetres

 (5⁄128–15⁄128 in) in length.

 The family includes more than

 5,000 species worldwide

When I was going to

the barn all the time

I would come home

itching and scratching

of my legs mostly

but really all over.

I thought I was

having a reaction to

the hay.

NOPE. 

It was those ugly

no see ums.

Look them up and 

check them out.

Knowing about these explains

why when I go out

in the yard, I usually

have to come in and

a shower.

I know y'all 

prob shake your head

when I tell you about

the INJURIES

I tend to suffer

from..

I laugh, cause

its just crazy.

The other day I was

out, barefoot in the

backyard and my foot

started hurting.

I felt like I had

a stone bruise. 

Sure enough...

I did.

That's the bottom of

my foot...

but then yesterday

I looked down at

my hand while doing

dishes, and saw this.

No clue what I did

to the hand.

Oh well..

Picked up this cutie

at Wally World the

other day.

Last week I went over

a couple of days

and fed Petey,

Theresa's cat while

she was out of town.

She picked this up

for my in Ky.

My friends know me

so well.

Moving onto food now.

Something I need to

make...

YUM

Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients

1 box spice cake mix
1 (15-ounce) can pure pumpkin puree
Tips

Mix in 1/2 cup raisins or chopped nuts if desired.

Steps

Take the pumpkin and the spice cake mix powder and mix it together.

The puree and the cake mix should all come together. You do not have to add any eggs or milk or any of that.

Prepare a muffin tin by greasing this, and from there, take a dollop of the mixture, and put it into the muffin cups after they’ve been greased

Bake this at 350 degrees for around 18-22 minutes, or until the knife is nice and clean.

Hoping your week has

started out a good one.

Pam