A few things around my house

Hello everyone and happy second day of autumn to everyone

It has been very hot and dry in Oklahoma, but yesterday we got a little bit of rain and the temperatures dropped significantly. And it’s still that way today and supposed to stay that way all week. 

So these cool temperatures feel very refreshing

our hummingbirds left about two weeks ago

We’ve taken down the feeders and sterilized them and stored away away till next spring

I’m pretty sure I have shared this nut bread recipe before.

It’s a very simple recipe that takes no time at all to mix up, but it does take a little while to bake

It’s delicious, even though it has only 1/3 cup of sugar and no added fat.  it’s not fat-free because there is a little bit of fat in the nuts and the egg.

it is a very tasty bread, we especially enjoy it lightly toasted.  

I’ve been keeping my recipes in big notebook binders for several years. But I don’t really like having that big notebook out on the counter when I’m cooking. It just takes up so much room.

So I’ve been writing my favorite recipes on recipe cards.  

My recipe box is old.  

I remember two of my children painting it, and putting on the rub-on Decals, I think it would have been around 1992 or 1993.

One of them also made the divider cards.  The tabs were taped on and have come loose.  But the cards are special to me, so I used some laminating sheets and covered those special divider cards.  

it looks rather grubby in the photos, but I assure you it is clean- just old 

We like hashbrowns for breakfast and I usually use leftover baked potatoes.

One of our grandsons is a big fan of hash browns.  Sometimes his sleepovers here are spontaneous and I don’t have cooked potatoes on hand.

I saw these Hungry Jack hash browns on a Youtube cooking show.  They are a shelf stable pantry item.  To prepare, add hot water to the box, drain after 12 minutes, then fry in 2 tablespoons oil for 6 minutes.  

I think these will be a nice breakfast addition when that grandson is here.  

This box with 7 servings was about $2 at Walmart.  I also saw a 5 ounce serving box for $1.25 at Dollar Tree.  

For a pantry item,  these hashbrowns are great! 

Sewing ——- my daughter requested new potholders, so I sewed up a stack of them for her

their doggy is a little black dog, not really a dachshund, but she looks somewhat like the dogs on this fabric.  

❤️ Rhonda 

sewing at church and this week’s to do list

Hello everyone 

We’re attending a new to us church.  Their new pastor is someone we’ve known for more than 20 years.  

We’ve jumped into several  activities and are really glad to be doing so.  

My favorite is the sewing group.  

Look at this wonderful sewing space full of supplies and workers.  

The main sewing project is tote bags.  they have one pocket inside and one pocket outside.  The handles are webbing.  

Missionaries take this bags to other countries and gift them to people in very poor areas. I’ve been told that a missionary team will take a suitcase full of these bags with them. And that’s a lot of bags!

The sewing space is so nice! It has cutting tables where some women cut out the body of the bag and the pieces for the pockets.

The sewing machines are in the center of the room and electric cords come down from the ceiling so we aren’t tripping over sewing machines plugged into the wall.

There are ironing stations and several sergers for the people who finish the inside seams.  

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The map on the wall has pins marking all the places these bags have been sent.

That’s a cart full of bags with the pockets matched up to them.

I usually sew on pockets on the inside and out

some people cut out, some people iron,  some pin on the pockets and some sew on the pockets and some people sew on the handles and some serge around the edges

Some of the women also sew simple little girl dresses and little boy shorts for missionaries to gift to people.  

Here’s my To Do list for this week 

I checked off most of the tasks on last weeks list and feel like I’m getting back to my productive self but a few jobs moved to this week.  

Hope you all have a good new week 

❤️ Rhonda