June 2nd - unbusy almost summer day

Hello everyone 

Today was a day spent with grands so I did very minimal home things.  

I took 6 of them to a park and they had so much fun. One grand had the best time playing with a classmate who just happened to be at the park at the same

There were 4 of us here for supper and my husband offered to go get takeout.  

There were a few things in the kitchen to clean up for the day.  So I did that while they were gone,

One thing I do every evening is set up the coffee and tea makers for morning.  

My husband drinks 1 mug of coffee and I drink 2 mugs of tea.  

  

They are marked with a silver Sharpie so guests know which pot is which. 

It’s really nice to just push a button and brew our morning beverages, whenever we are ready in the morning.  

The clocks are not set, in case your wondering if I cleaned up the days dishes at midnight - 

Ducky went to our vet for his yearly shots, a checkup and med refills.  

I think our Vet charges very reasonably for his services- the prescription are just expensive! 

But we do love our dog so we take him to the vet to keep him healthy.  Also, living in the city limits he is required to have up to date rabies vaccines.  

At least the weather is being  thrifty! 

We’ve had so much rain, we have not watered any of the garden or yard in weeks.

It’s also cool enough to just have windows open but not cool enough to need to turn on the heater.  

Below are the links to recipes requested 

dill pickle chicken recipe   

spaghetti salad recipe  but no sesame seeds, and I’ll use multicolor bell peppers and a diced cucumber 

This YouTube video also shows how to make Spaghetti Salad 

lejmom- yes, this Commercial Maytag has a huge tub and an old school center agitator.  I hope I never have to use any kind but a center agitator washer. 

Hope you all are having a nice week so far 

❤️Rhonda 

June 1st - a new month and new things

Good morning everyone 

First I’ll show my homekeeping things from the last day or 2.

We have 2 freezers and 1 is quite small.  It really needed defrosted.  So I emptied it and turned it off.  Then I put 2 beach towels folded to fit on 2 shelves.  When I checked it after 3 hours,  the ice had melted and dripped into the towels- very easy! 

Then I organized the frozen food. 

The big freezer has meats, vegetables, nuts, chicken broth, etc 

The small freezer has some frozen treats, breads and fast to fix foods

No apologies for the fast food items - grandchildren will be here this summer, sometimes at the spur of the moment.  It’s very nice to have easy meals they enjoy with no fuss.  

Our 15 year old washer quit working Thursday.  I really don’t like being without a washer and my sweet husband drove to Oklahoma City to get this new one.  

So far, it works so nice! 

We’ve had a very cool and wet May and June is starting out that way too.  

How’s your weather?  

Gardening is a little slow but we are enjoying strawberries very much! 

This strawberry seemed to have antlers 😳

Yesterday’s kitchen stuff - I emptied and cleaned the 3 drawers and everything in the door of the fridge.  

A few veggies were starting to get sad so I made a chopped salad and peeled all the carrots. 

Other meals in May 

  

Beans in the crockpot before I added the water and cooked them 

Taco 15 bean soup with cornbread and blackberry cobbler 

Spinach from our garden, creamed potatoes and salmon patties 

I haven’t sewn this week but earlier in May, I sewed up a stack of potholders 

I also deep cleaned my van’s interior and got my car seats up to date for the grands that need car seats. 

This booster seat had a stain on the cover and it was bugging me so- I sewed a cat on top of the stain. 

When the grand that sits on this seat saw it, he giggled and so did his brother 😊

Clean van interiors are so pleasant! 

This weeks meal plan

Monday Pintos, cornbread and Joanna Gaines Salad

Tuesday Fajitas with leftover smoked chicken and steak

Wednesday Shrimp, baked potatoes and Cole slaw 

Thursday Dill pickle chicken 

Friday Red beans and rice with chicken sausage 

Saturday Family meal 

         Grilled hot dogs with a relish tray of onions, pickle relish, shredded cheese, mustard and ketchup

         Spaghetti salad

          Chips 

         Deviled eggs 

         Either birthday cake or blackberry cobbler 

Sunday - eat out or leftovers 

The biggest news here is that a very sweet child has been added to our family.  (Grandchild #9!) 

No details at all as it is an adoption still in progress.  

The sweetie will spend time with us while parents work.  

I found this nifty changing table on Facebook Marketplace (it’s also on Amazon) and it’s perfect for the short time left that the child will be in diapers 

It folds up and is very sturdy even though it may not look like it in the photo.  

Hope you all have a lovely June- I’ll try to blog but I can’t promise I’ll have time 

❤️ Rhonda