it’s been a while…….

Hello Everyone

We had a very quiet summer while my husband was recuperating from a shoulder injury and  surgery that was much harder than either one of us expected it to be

he is doing much better now.

So things are starting to get back to normal here, and I am getting back to more homemaking instead of just the bare necessities. 

you may remember, I planted a spring garden. I harvested lots of bush green beans. I have since cleaned out that bed and planted another crop for fall

We also planted a few assorted peppers and several small tomato variety plants

The tomatoes have done amazingly well with very little care

One day we picked 20 pounds

And this morning I picked about 3 1/2 pounds

I have made spaghetti sauce for the freezer with some of them, have made fresh salsa many times

And have shared lots of them. My daughter works in a big office building that has a sharing table and she says our tomatoes are very popular there.

Our other summer entertainment has been birds

Robins like to build a nest on our pergola. I think this is the third year they have done so

This year, we have had five nests with baby Robins. 

Robins  grow up very fast And both parents provide equal care for the babies

My photos are not very good because I have to take them from a distance and the pergola is up kind of high.

My granddaughter has suggested we put a trail camera up there and we just may do that next year 

We have also enjoyed hummingbirds

We just had two feeders, but we may expand on that next summer.

This morning, I made my first pretty to do list in several months

I discovered my big black ink pad for the rubberstamps was not very fresh. But I have a smaller one and it worked good

Last week, I made this sort of master meal list for the month.

These are dishes that we have ingredients for and I’ve already made several of them even though there’s no check beside any of them

Sometimes it helps when I’m not feeling very inspired to look at a list. 

During the summer, we did enjoy takeout and restaurant meals several times.

But we live in a college town and the college kids are back, which means there’s lots of traffic and it’s not much fun to go out at busy times

So I intend to cook  At home whenever possible

Thank you all for the kind comments During my blog absence

I’m hoping to be back blogging and back to getting things done

❤️ Rhonda 

Not the busiest Wednesday

Hello everyone 

We had 2 errands today.  The first one was picking up summer  lunches and breakfasts from our local school system  They pass out a week’s supply at each weekly pick-up.  

The second was going to the hospital for my husband to do his pre-op screenings.  Both were so pleasant and efficient.  I truly appreciate when events like this go smoothly.  

My main housekeeping today was doing all our laundry - just 3 loads so it wasn’t a huge task.  

Lunch was a stir fry made with normal vegetables we usually have the last of the Texas Roadhouse steak left from that family meal on Sunday.  

Simple and very tasty 😋 


These pots are in our backyard and are holding deeply discounted plants from the Lowes clearance racks.  

They all perked up and really grew once they were transplanted into bigger pots.  

Good night everyone 

Hope you all sleep well with sweet dreams 

❤️ Rhonda