Starting off September

Hello everyone 

It’s getting closer to autumn but it’s still 100% summer in Oklahoma.  The heat is exhausting so I mostly stay inside, in air conditioning and do quiet things in the heat of the day.  

I didn’t make an actual to do list for this week.  I did the big housework over the weekend-floors bathrooms, laundry.  

So I’ll just do housework as needed this week.  

I needed a few groceries so I went to a Walmart- what was I thinking?  If you’ve read my blog, you know I like to do grocery pickup from Walmart and delivery from Kroger.  

Today’s trip convinced me that pickup and delivery suit me best too!  

Cook something

I made a double batch of energy balls - these have mini chocolate chips- and will be eaten in school lunches by some of the grands. 

energy ball recipe here

I took a package of cube steaks from the freezer but it was much too much beef for my husband and I for 1 meal.

So, I cut about half of it into cubes for tonight’s beef stew and cut the other half into strips for a meal later this week- maybe fajitas or pepper steak

The beef stew tonight was delicious !

 

Sew Something

Mrs. Laura Lane said on her blog that September is national sewing month.  

I’ve been decluttering my sewing room over the last week but today,  I started a new project.

Have you heard of the 15 minute or burrito style pillowcase sewing method?  

If you look on YouTube or Pinterest,  you’ll see many tutorials.  

We need new pillowcases for our bed so I got started on a pair.  

2 cut out pillowcases and one of them pinned and ready to start sewing.  

It may only take 15 minutes for an experienced pillow case maker to sew them.  But it took me 30 minutes to iron and cut out my pieces-  

Hopefully I can sew them both up tomorrow 

A few Grandchildren updates

Gavin and Braeden raise dairy cattle.  During our local county fair, they were featured on a morning news show.  They did a great job talking to the host.  

Gavin, 14, is our oldest grandchild.

Braeden is 11

This is our youngest grand.  

She was on a weekend trip.  

Her parents ordered her ice cream for dessert and the restaurant treated her to cotton candy as well.  

Fun photo, right? 😂😂😂

And no, she did not eat all that sugar herself.  




Hope you all have had a good Monday 

❤️Rhonda 

Hummingbird feeder and Dollar General event

First Nature Hummingbird Feeder, 16 oz
https://www.walmart.com/ip/22889949

I had a question about this hummingbird feeder. I bought two of them from Walmart. They are not the sturdiest feeders ever but they do the job. They also come apart for easy cleaning.

If I need more, I would re-buy this same kind.  




On my Dollar General app, and I saw these high value coupons. 

Two of them are only good this coming Saturday, September 2

I looked on Instagram for some of the people who show deals at dollar general. One of them said Don’t click both the $10/$40 and the $5/$25.  

She said the smaller one of them subtracts first and probably would not take off the bigger one.  

Dollar General has lots of digital coupons for P&G products Charmin- Febreeze-Tide-Downy etc 

I’ve looked over the digital coupons and I’m hoping to buy $40 of P&G and use both the $10 coupons as well as some individual product coupons.  How it will work remains to be seen.  Coupon deals are tricky but I’m going to try.  

And I want to let y’all know in case you want to try to them too.  

If you want more detailed advice, do a search on IG or YouTube for Dollar General deals.  There are a number of experts who share deals much more detailed than I do.  

❤️ Rhonda 

Recap of a hot week

Good morning everyone

I’m still liking Kroger delivery.

This week, I really only needed fresh things and Kroger had deals on all of it 

I pretty much only buy things that are on sale, are Free-Bees  or have coupons though 

The milk was a very good price.  I poured a little off the extra ones into a small pitcher and froze them. 

The energy drink was a Free-Bee and I imagine one of our grown children might want it 

I refilled the hummingbird feeders with homemade nectar

Country Living magazine says to bring 4 cups of water to a boil and add 1 cup of sugar.  

I keep the extra nectar in a glass jar in the fridge. 

 My husband saw it and  asked if I was making moonshine 😊

We don’t garden much these days but we do have some bush green beans planted for fall in this narrow raised bed along the east side of our house. 

Bush green beans are easy- they don’t need any climbing support 

As I’ve already mentioned, it’s been so hot here so we ate out several times this week because it’s especially hot in our kitchen. 

This was the funnest meal out, shared with 2 grandsons 

Jackson is 8 and a 3rd grader,  JJ is 10 and a 5th grader.  

Our weather forecast for next week is cooler and I’m so thankful! 

Hope you all have a great week

❤️Rhonda 

Branson Missouri USA

Hello again 

If your wondering what a Branson music is like,  this theater puts a new one every week on YouTube 

It’s short though but very good.  Other Branson shows tend to run 2 hours 

For lots of Branson tips,  join the Facebook group called Branson on a Budget. 

If you’re planning a Branson vacation, check a Branson calendar before hand

Branson tends to run very cyclical. Many things are closed from New Year’s day until about spring break.

Summer theaters shut down two weeks at the end of August.

Hotel rates are also hirer during high traffic months

We have stayed at Branson hotels and two different condos, routed through Verbo

Our favorite place to stay is the French quarter condos

http://french-quarter-resort.hotels-branson.com/

I have written a number of post about our Branson vacations. To find them, just type Branson into my search box on the right hand side to see them

I had a much longer post written out, but it disappeared before I could publish it 🙁

❤️ Rhonda 

Good morning 🌞

Good Monday morning everyone 

I got a lot of rest this weekend and I’m feeling good this morning.

 Even still,  this just written to-do list is much shorter than my usual lists but is more realistic of what I might actually accomplish 

Over the weekend,  I had 40 pounds of Colorado peaches to deal with.  

I peeled the ones for a relative and froze them in bags. 

At home,  I blanched ours and that was the best way.  The peels almost fell off.  

My husband helped and we sliced and froze ours too.  

The peaches are delicious but not the quality we are used to from this farm- but I understand peach crops most everywhere have not been good this year.  

Our summer started out both wetter and cooler that usual but…… it’s going out with a bang!  

So my plan today is to get some much needed housework done- especially our tile floors this morning.  

Then I’ll sit and read or sew once it gets really hot this afternoon 

Hope you all have a great Monday 

❤️ Rhonda 

PS. I will do a requested post about Branson soon