Blogidays December 18 - our little philanthropist

Hello everyone 

This will be a brag post about our oldest Granddaughter- 10 year old Elizabeth 

I think these photos will explain what she did 

She ended up selling 97 ornaments and raising almost $600

Below is what she bought (with Walmart grocery pickup) 

We helped her family pick up and deliver all this to the hospital.  

They loaded the snacks into their van and the drinks went in the back of my husband’s pickup.   

Our former next door neighbor is the Public Relations director at our little hospital and she was just so happy with this donation. 

She said there are 90 workers in the Covid unit (at this little hospital😳) and she said this will really help them be more comfortable and help raise their spirits.  

Little people can do big things and I’m very proud of her and happy that the workers will get a little boost

❤️Rhonda 

Blogidays December 17 - lunch and a school program

Hello - I didn’t forget to post today, it was just a busy day.  

Some of the grands were here for the afternoon after they did their virtual school work and zooms. 

This was our impromptu lunch - 

fruit, 

little frozen pizzas

French fries because the kiddos asked for them and they baked with the pizzas

Chocolate chip muffins because Elizabeth wanted to make and eat them

 Chocolate Chip Muffins is on of the first recipes I ever got from the internet and have been baking them since 1998. 

In the evening, we drove out the the country school where 2 grandsons go and saw the 6th grader play his trumpet in a Christmas concert 

A friend of ours is a single foster mother and has adopted 4 of her foster children.  She posts some of their activities on FB and this one was so funny,  I thought y’all would all laugh at it.  

She has lots of confidence,  doesn’t she?  

Good evening everyone 

❤️ Rhonda 

Blogidays December 16- pecans, treats and funnies

Hello everyone 

My husband has spent a lot of his recent free time picking out pecans,  He harvested 2 1/2 five gallon buckets full from trees in son Clint’s pastures.  

Most years, those native trees don’t produce much but this year they produced lots. 

 

So far,  we’ve put 4 containers in the freezer.
The container with an aqua lid is big,  it will easily hold 5 pounds of flour.  

I guess I can make about all the pecan treats we want. 

Above are some treat boxes my daughter made for coworkers.  They look yummy, don’t they? 

I started a new jigsaw puzzle.  I made sure to get the border done before grandchildren arrived yesterday.  

This is not a hard puzzle but I get annoyed by puzzles with pieces that have straight sides that aren’t part of the border 😳

  

Don’t those look like they should be in the border? 

I won a Facebook giveaway but I can’t show it yet. 

I also read on Facebook that my cousin in West Texas won this chair.  

It’s a fun looking chair but I’m glad I didn’t win it.  

What would you do with it when it’s not Christmas? 

Just a very funny joke 

And a very appropriate mug for 2020 - I don’t own it,  I just saw it for sale on Mercari 

Hope you are all well 

❤️ Rhonda 

Blogidays - December 15- YouTube channels I like to watch

I like to watch homemaking videos on YouTube.  There are so many channels to choose from and these are a few I have watched for awhile and most of these always have good videos.  

I like homemakers who show real things they are doing - not made up situations just to have something to film.  I also like calm YouTubers,  there is so much drama in the world and I prefer to watch peaceful videos.  

All of these women are homemakers but they have different style homes, different size families,  different cooking styles and live in different parts of the world.  I don’t agree with everything they say but I do learn from and am entertained by all of them.  

But they all seem “real” 

Hillary of Old World Home - she lives in New Jersey and has a beautiful home all done on a budget

Kate lives in California and would be described as a Hippie if  this was a different decade - she can go off on long winded tangents so she’s good watch when you want some thing long to play. 

She’s a vegan married to a man from India.  She gardens a lot! 

This is Lilliana, she is Portuguese and lives on a military base with her British husband and 2 sons.  I first watched her do a British grocery haul and I found it so interesting.

She does thrifting and cooking videos too.

Erika lives in Virginia and does all kind of videos from traveling to decorating to cooking.  They have done many remodeling projects too, all on a low budget.  

I subscribe to a lot of channels but these are the ones I most always watch when they have a new one. 

If you watch Youtube, please tell me who your favorite channels are.  

Merry Christmas 🎄 

❤️ Rhonda 

 

Blogidays December 14 weekly to do list

Hello

Today’s post is short - I spent a good bit of today giving our floors a much needed deep clean.  

My husband cleaned the bathrooms 🥰

Ducky mostly laid around and napped.  

Now we’re watching a very predictable but also very pretty Hallmark movie 

Good evening all 

❤️ Rhonda

PS - we are expecting more snow tonight and tomorrow ⛄️ ❄️ ⛄️