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Sunday, May 17, 2020

May news # 7 - ordinary days

Hello everyone 
From comments from you all,  y’all  seem to like posts about everyday things.  I’m just doing plain, basic stuff right now so that’s what I’ll write about. 
But some people may think this kind of post is as boring as watch paint dry.  

Some of my grandchildren were here for their first sleepover in more than 2 months. They were so happy to be here and I know their parents enjoyed a break.  
We made play dough with corn starch and hair conditioner.  It makes a very soft, fragrant play dough and it cleans up easily.  
I’ve read you can do this with lotion instead of conditioner but I’ve never tried that.
It’s made with equal parts of both ingredients and then just add little dabs if it’s too dry or too wet.  
To make it thrifty,  use a bottle of conditioner from the DollarTree or use a bottle you already have at home but don’t like.  



We went for a walk and this one picked a bouquet of wildflowers for me ❤️

I went to my parent’s retirement home this afternoon and we visited with them on their 2nd floor balcony and me on the ground.  
It’s better than nothing.  They expect to be “Lock in” for 3-4 more weeks but who knows? 
I took them some pizza, art work from the grands,  bottoms of dress pants I hemmed for my son (my mom will use them in her crazy quilts) and newspapers.  

Besides hemming pants,  I altered the waist on a pair of my pants and sewed a simple swim poncho from an extra-long beach towel.  
It’s for the tallest granddaughter.  Her mom bought the towel and I just cut a neck hole and added wide bias tape to finish the seam.  
Her other grandparents have a very nice backyard pool so she can swim even if all the public places are not safe right now.mm


Meals have been simple too. 
Our weather has been mild and we’ve enjoyed outside several meals.


This very basic pepper steak as delicious.  It was diced up cube steak,  bell peppers from last summer’s garden, onions, and a spicy Szechuan sauce from Aldi,  served on rice.  



Those are the highlights from some ordinary days during this pandemic.  
❤️ Rhonda 











Thursday, May 14, 2020

May news #6 - home things and books

Hello!
I’m here, just haven’t felt like I had any news to blog.  It’s been a quiet week. My husband had physical therapy twice and I’ve been home.  We’ve both been reading lots on Kindles.  

Last month I showed y’all the mess when I emptied out some kitchen cabinets.  
here
I did get it all put in a much better way, with less stuff and I’m happy with it.  But this is the only cabinet that got new shelf paper.  I ordered some on grocery pickup and it’s very pretty but I’m not fond of it’s  quality at all.  

Below is the baking cabinet and I’m very happy with how easy it is to get just what I need when I’m cooking. 


In the corner is my Kitchenaid mixer bought in 1988 I think.  It’s been used so much and still works perfectly.  



More masks - this style is what my family members like best.  I’ve been adding wire to the nose area and it really helps with fit
A very sweet blog reader in Waco offered to mail me some elastic and I came this week so I’ll be finishing more masks soon.  Thank you so much Stacy!  I mailed you a card yesterday.  


Our dog Ducky loves to chew so I ordered him a Super Chewer Barkbox.  He was very happy with the food products they sent  but he doesn’t like the toys one bit.  Barkbox offers satisfaction guaranteed so I messaged them and that very day they answered and shipped out smaller toys for Ducky.  
So hopefully he will like the smaller toys.  
The Barkbox toys are great and look to me like they will stand up to very aggressive chewing.  



Ducky is going to pass these toys on to his “cousin” dog Murray who lives in Georgia.
Murray is bigger than Ducky, and getting bigger as he’s still a puppy.   
Isn’t Murray a cutie too?  His Mom Megan took this photo 




Remember when I shared the cinnamon rolls our son baked 
here
His sister bakes cinnamon rolls too.  She made several double batches and delivered them with baking instructions for Teacher Appreciation gifts and Mothers Day gifts. 
And they were delicious!
The Recipe  she used 
here.  It’s a great recipe and  she used regular butter frosting, not cream cheese as a family preference 












One of the books I’ve read, and it’s about a pandemic but I really enjoyed it and recommend it.
I ordered mine from Thriftbooks.com but I sure it’s available other places, maybe even the library if they ever open back up.  


 I’m also reading this series 
It’s a very long but interesting series.  








So,  I’m really enjoying reading but I’m not getting a lot else done.  
But during this situation, I think it’s OK.  


Hope you all are fine
❤️Rhonda