February 4

Hello everyone 

I baked a coffee cake for our breakfast from an old Betty ii9Crocker recipe. 

I think the extra handwritten measurements are when I used to make this in a bigger 13x9 pan when our children were home.  

It’s not fancy but it tastes really good and is made with very basic ingredients.  

I got all the laundry done today.  Husband worked on his seedlings and thinks he planted some too soon-  who knows?  Plants seem to do what they want to do. 

Later in the afternoon,  we picked up one grandchild.

Today was the 100th day of school (even though it’s been almost all virtual school) 

His teacher delivered a cookie to him and I’m guessing she visited all her students today too.  

And yes,  his teacher made these cookies.  

He had school lunch and breakfast today.  He didn’t remember what he ate for breakfast but he said lunch was "fish cornbread." 🤷🏻‍♀️  He didn’t like it but his brother did.  

We stopped at the new-ish salvage store near us., mostly just to browse.

My husband got a big pack of zip ties.

I got this lone pack of bias tape- I’d of bought more at this price but it was the only one 

Jackson picked out a dinosaur egg full of slime and dinosaur parts 

  

It is some very slimey slime too 

Supper was what Jackson requested 

And my husband requested 2 so he could have leftover pizza for lunches.  

That’s our day- 

❤️ Rhonda 

February 3 - out and about day

Hello everyone 

It was a busy morning as I picked up our Walmart grocery order, then I had a quick medical appointment and then I picked up my parents Walmart order and delivered it to them.  

At home, I did a quick organizing job on the freezer part of our refrigerator 

Before on the left and after on the right 

   

It only took 10 minutes and I now know exactly what is in there and if I pull something out,  there won’t be an avalanche 

We had smothered cube steak over baked potatoes for lunch 

In the afternoon, I made a big salad and a sandwich toppings box - both normal things around here 

I rarely answer phone calls from numbers I don't recognize but years ago,  I got a call from the University of Oklahoma and I answered it because my brother works there.  (He never calls me on a work phone but I still answered it.). It wasn’t him but it was a student asking me to do surveys for one of the science departments at the university.  

I said Yes and I’ve been doing a 10 minute survey about the weather for them,  every 3 months and then they mail me a $10 Walmart gift card.  

This has been going on a long time, it seems like that 12 year old grandson was here and just a toddler when I took that first phone call.  

I’ve only talked on the phone with them 1 time and all the surveys come by email.  

Not sure, but I’m guessing I’ve earned about $400 total doing very short surveys for 10 years or so.  

In general,  I’m not a fan of telephone calls that want something or of surveys but I’m glad I answered that call and said yes all those years ago.  

My husband had a late afternoon medical appointment and should be home any minute.  

So I’m watching Aurora Teagarden on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries while I wait.  

Supper will be salad and leftovers of choice. 

And that’s all the excitement from our home today.  

❤️  Rhonda