October #6 new dog collar, 2 “free things” and misc

Hello everyone 

Oklahoma is having bad weather most of this week.  We are as prepared as can be.  

We have a tornado safe room just a few feet from our backyard.  

Out town has tornado alert sirens and there is one less than a block from our home and it is very loud. 

Im keeping shoes, a leash, my handbag and a lantern on the table by the back door and we can be in our building in seconds if we need to head out .

I looked into ways to safely walk Ducky and after lots of research, I ordered a new collar, just for walking, from Amazon.  

So far,  it’s working great!  He doesn’t mind wearing it and doesn’t gag or choke with it,  

He just walks nicely and leaves a little slack in the leash and wags his tail the whole walk- but he doesn’t pull or yank at all.  

  

One job I didn’t have on my to-do list was to clean out the freezer on our kitchen refrigerator. 

And y’all be amazed but I remembered to take a before and an after photo. 

BEFORE 

AFTER 

I guess these photos aren’t too dramatic but it really is much better. 

  

  

I reused some plastic tubs to hold things.  

I pulled out the saved chicken bones and started a batch of “free” chicken broth 

I let it cook all day and then strained it. 

It made an almost full gallon and almost a quart 

It will chill in the fridge all night,

Then tomorrow I’ll take the fat off the top and put it meal size containers and freeze.  

Today, our public library had free flu and Covid vaccines,  

I got a flu vaxx and it maybe took 5 minutes.  I usually get an achy arm after a shot but so far, I feel just fine.  

While I was there, I got my library card reactivated as it became inactive during 2020 when I went almost nowhere, including the library. 

I walked the children’s section between where the vaccines were and the main desk.  They had lots of freebies for littles so I picked up a craft kit and color sheet for Cora. 

While I was out,  I dropped off some donations at a thrift store and a used car seat that still had plenty of time before it expires to a family who requested one on a Facebook buy nothing group.  

If feels good to help others and to have some more room/breathing space in our home.  

I hope you all are getting things done and enjoying the beginning of fall, 

🍁🎃 Rhonda 

October #5 fall things and replies and my new to do list

First, here’s my to-do list for next week

I’ve started a few things in the sewing room 

I ripped up a bed sheet into squares to make napkins- I plan to hem them soon 

I used this sheet on the bottom futon on some bunkbeds we used to have and it’s really nice thick woven percale.  

Cora needed some fall themed clothes for her day care - they do different themes each week and she doesn’t get special clothes each week but this seemed like a fun week to do it. 

I used fabric from I already had and put iron on fusible on them and cut out the shapes,

  after I ironed them on,  I machine stitched with a straight stitch close to the edge,  

I cut up some fabric strips to make a garland for our fireplace and I want to finish this fall theme cross stitch I did years ago 

And I hope to sew up this fabric panel for a fall themed decoration for our dining room, 

It’s the same fabric I used on 2 of Cora’s shirts 

Goofy Ducky likes to lay right in the middle of the sewing room - and yes, he is in the way 😵‍💫

Speaking of Cora- I stayed with here one evening while her parents went out to a local restaurant. 

She was already asleep in bed when I got there and I watched her on this little monitor.  

She kept me entertained as she flops and wiggles a lot 🥰
She never knew I was there but I enjoyed it just the same

Replies

Lejmom- still have the banana keeper but it’s soooooo big and I’ve only been buying 3-4 bananas at a time recently. 

Traveling Oltmans- I don’t pre-bake my pizza crusts but lots of other recipes do.  

There were lots of good, informative replies yesterday.  I hope y’all read them too.  

Terri left a good pizza crust recipes and Tammy left a variation of pimento cheese that uses bell pepper instead of pimento and sounds delicious,  Tammy, I think the cheese balls that Jimmy makes have diced bell pepper, among other things, and they are really good

Are you all planning your new week? 

Hope you all have had a good weekend 

❤️Rhonda