May news #10

Good morning ☀️  

First is my weekly to do list

We had a great visit Friday evening with our son and the 3 grands that don’t live in our town 

The weather was nice and we stayed on the patio.  My husband grilled some burgers and sausages.  The kids played and desssert was ice cream treats from the freezer.  

It’s hard to get a photo with them all 3 smiling but RJ is really a very happy kid,  but like so many of us, he’s not crazy about being told to do something 

Aren’t these pretty biscuits?  Sorry, they are not from scratch........

  I just baked them, they are Walmart frozen biscuits and are really good.  

I filled them all with a slice of Canadian bacon and 1/2 slice of cheese and then froze them again. 

They reheat in the microwave in 90 seconds and my husband is happy to have them for breakfast.  

Yesterday was a grocery pickup day.  It was mostly fresh stuff as we have plenty of staples.  

Not shown are some mini ice cream sandwiches and sodas.  

More grandchildren will be here this week and they are all fans of the little yogurts with M&Ms.  



A little more food prep was making a big salad and dicing 4 big onions. 

I like to dice them all at once and have them ready for cooking- makes cooking meals one step quicker.  



I didn’t take a photo but last’s nights supper was really good.  

I did make a few changes- I used ground turkey and added onions.   I also skipped using a mixing bowl,  just added all the wet ingredients to the pan with the cooked meat and onions and then poured it into the baking dish. 

baked taco rice casserole

Mine filled a 13x9 casserole almost 1/2 full and I think it would be a great family meal.  

And a retro photo- my cousin posted this on Facebook.  I’m the little girl,  I’m guessing I’m about 8.  

My mom and dad were always the most glamorous people in our little town even though they didn’t really try to be,  they just were.  

Mom sewed both our dresses.  

People make fun of June Cleaver because she wore heels and pearls all the time,  I don’t think my mom usually was that dressed up but she always looked and dressed nice ❤️ 

Hope you’re all well ❤️

Rhonda 

May news #9 - purchases

Good evening,  

I didn’t take any photos but we spent today with 2 grandsons that we’ve barely seen during this quarantine.  That was really nice! 

Back around the first of March,  our 10 year old Bosch dishwasher started leaking.  My husband said to buy a new one.  So we went to Lowe’s where the selection was quite limited.  Even so, it worked out for the best as I’m so happy with the new dishwasher we did pick out.  

It is also a Bosch and it has a feature I didn’t even know existed on dishwashers- a 3rd pull out rack.  

I use that third rack all the time.  Sometime I put shallow dishes on the top rack.  

Sometimes I take the silverware basket out of the bottom rack to make room for more big dishes and then load all our silverware and utensils in the top rack.  

The dishwasher was not frugal but it was on sale and to spend even less,  we brought it home in the back of husband’s pickup and then he installed it to save on delivery and installation.  

Other brands also had the third rack.  So if you plan on buying a new dishwasher,  I’m a big fan of this style.  

The disruption in the supply chain during this quarantine and not being to really shop in person has really concerned me.  

I’ve been keeping a full pantry and freezer and couponing stockpile for years,  but the shortages we’ve been seeing made both my husband and I want to increase our food storage at home.  

So,  we’ve added more food storage in our guest room.  

In the flat storage containers are different kinds of rice, beans, sugars. 

There are extra spices to flavor all those beans, plenty of coffee and tea, pet food, canned soups, meats, fruits and veggies and assorted household items.  

I have no idea if this was the right thing to do but except for some canned meats,  all the products are things we regularly use.  

I didn’t buy this in one shopping trip.  The stores in my towns have limits.  Most of it was was bought week by week through the Walmart grocery pickup.  

Have any of y’all felt the need to stock up more than usual? 

Time will tell if it’s necessary but if things do all get better,  we will just use these things in the future and be ahead on grocery shopping 

❤️ Rhonda