Sewer Permit.....More Cooking

Randy went to the Gila (pronounced he-la) County Sanitary District this morning to get our sewer connection permit. We found out that the city will not grant us the house building permit without it. We got it for the bargain price of $2900. Apparently it costs $5000 but the developer had to pay $2100 when he was dividing up the land into house parcels.

The engineer who is reviewing our plans is going on vacation for two weeks at the end of this week. We are hopeful that our plans will be approved before he goes on vacation. (Pretty please with sugar on top!)

Meanwhile....Randy is now cooking. I discovered a fun blog called "The Pioneer Woman" a while back and we have been "testing" some of her recipes. Randy bought her cookbook "The Pioneer Woman Cooks."

He has burgundy mushrooms and pot roast on the stove right now. It's a cloudy day with a chance of rain so we will definitely enjoy this comfort food.

If you have some spare time (ha, ha), check out her blog. She lives on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma, has four kids, cooks, blogs, dabbles in photography, and home schools.....she is a character and I love her writing style.