Blogidays December 9 -

Hello everyone 

I went to see my parents today.  The staff at their retirement home decorate for all the holidays.  It seems they’ve cut back quite a bit this year but these are a few pretty things I saw today 

Cute tree with a snowman topper and train at the base 

I like these faux lampposts too- I saw several of them.  

At home I did a little food prep.

We had egg roll in a bowl for supper so early in the day I chopped the veggies and made a small sandwich topping box. 

 

There are many variations of egg roll in a bowl- I browned 1/2 pound ground beef with grated onion,  then added in 3 grated carrots and a pound of diced cabbage.  Let it all cook covered on medium until done, season with low sodium soy sauce and pepper.  Other variations add in more kinds seasoning and other veggies but we like it just like I cooked.  

That pack of ground beef was 1 1/2 pounds.  I’ll use the rest for burgers tomorrow.  

We went to a new store in our town this afternoon.  It’s a discount and salvage type store,  not a chain but a locally owned small business.  

It’s a very nice store.  Everything I looked at seemed cheaper than I remember from other stores.  

So,  we bought a cart of stuff 

A new to me product found at Walmart pickup is Hershey chocolate mint candy canes,  

To me, they taste just like a York peppermint Patty but take a longer eat for just 50 calories.  

  

Replies will be in tomorrow’s post 

❤️  Rhonda 

Blogidays December 8 - wrapping gifts

Hello everyone 

I spent the afternoon wrapping gifts,  but before I could wrap them,  I had to one box of toys that I put in a safe place but couldn’t remember where I put them 

See that box on the top of the hutch with 30 wrote on it?  That’s where I put them  🤦🏻‍♀️

But first I looked in every closet before I remembered where I stashed them.  

I mostly wrapped grandchildren gifts today.  We usually are all together when we open gifts and I usually get them all the same thing.  

But you all know gatherings are different this year so I got them all different things.  

I’m not showing what the 3 grands that live in our town are getting because sometimes the oldest one reads this blog. 

The boys that have a pond and cattle tank are getting remote control boats.

The 3 that live an hour away are each getting 3 things that I hope they will like.  

Here are most of them,  wrapped and ready to deliver.  

The paper is Dollar Tree roll wrap and the ribbon is assorted ribbons that were thrifted quite a while ago- 

  

Last night I took this funny photo of our dog Ducky, just as he got a new treat.  

Ducky was a tiny puppy when we got him and we’ve had him almost 3 years.  

Merry Christmas everyone 

❤️ Rhonda