planning for a good year in 2025

Hello everyone 

My husband has been dealing with several physical issues, the hardest for his day to day to life has been back pain.  He has tried many things to get relief ——-doctors, spine injections and ablations, prescription and OTC pain relievers, pain patches, physical therapy, TENS machine, etc, etc, etc.  

His pain has pretty much kept him at home in his recliner that has heat and massage.  

Right before Christmas,  I saw a Tv commercial for a pain reliever called Magnalife.  I had no expectation it would work but I looked it up and saw it had pretty good reviews.  

I showed my husband this photo and he said the box showed exactly where his pain issues were.  Magnalife is sold almost everywhere for around $15.  So I ordered a bottle and Walmart delivered it that day.  

This stuff truly helps his back pain more than anything else he has tried.  

this is not a sponsored post. 

I’m just passing on how much this product has helped my husband.  

It a homeopathic product and the active ingredient is capsicum which I believe is peppers.  It says it is safe to use with prescriptions. 

Now, With my husband feeling so much better,  we are hopeful we may feel up to traveling again, gardening,  going to more grandchildren events- or whatever comes up.  

I’m a homebody at heart and I’m not wanting to be on the go all the time but if something comes up that we would like to do,  I don’t think my husband’s pain issues will stop us.  

a few things around home 

I have a new planner that I ordered from someone on Instagram 

I’m planning to memorize more Bible verses in 2025 and that’s my first one on the index card

I started an embroidery project on a denim shirt from my closet.  I have so many craft supplies- every year I seem to think this will be the year I make a big dent in them.  It willtake more than one tiny embroidery project but this a start.  

I rarely shop in stores ( still happily getting most all our groceries from Kroger delivery or Walmart pickup or shipping) 

But I wanted to get some discounted wrapping paper and gift bags so I went to Hobby Lobby when it was 70% Christmas off and then to Walmart where it was 75% off  Christmas.  

I did find roll wrap and gift bags,  some little things to mail to granddaughter Cora every so often,  silk flowers to put on graves, 2 red check kitchen towels (I would of bought more as I like checks year round but there were only 2)  And tea bags and peanut butter because we needed them.  

I’m glad I got my bargains  but I do not like shopping in person anymore.  

My daughter went to Hobby Lobby today when  Christmas things were 90% off 

She bought some things for their home and  a bunch of children’s craft kits 90% off.  

I put them all in a basket and they can stay in my craft room until we need them.  It’s a lot and I expect we will share them at church or with friends.  

Have y’all  done after Christmas bargain shopping?  I hope you found what you were looking for if you did.  

well. those next 3 photos didn’t load to Blogger like I wanted them too but I’m still cooking at home - not exciting but our meals usually taste really good to us.  

we still like sandwich boxes and baked carrots 

 

this is produce straight from Kroger delivery after I washed it and got it ready for the fridge.  

   

it works for me cook or more 2 entrees at the same time.  Then the main cooking is done for several days 

This was cabbage and white bean soup and sloppy joe filling.  



Friends,  I would like to blog regularly and hopefully I will in 2025.  

We will see! 

If you’re reading this,  thank you! 

❤️Rhonda 

Monday to do list and breakfast

good morning everyone. I wrote a to do list last  night and it’s not too long

my husband was doing a few things outside this morning while I cooked breakfast so when it was ready, 

I just took our breakfast to the patio

I made hashbrowns from the one leftover baked potato from yesterday. (it was a really big potato) 

We each had an egg on top.

 He had orange juice, and I had the last of some green grapes from the fridge. 

Hope you all are having a good start to this new week

❤️ Rhonda 

yellow tomatoes and a few recipes

Hello 

we’ve done some garden clean out and we found the tag for those little yellow tomatoes.  

it says they are an “over achiever”. and I sure agree with that 

  

so if any of you do a garden next spring and want an easy to grow tomato plant.  look for Chef Jeff Yellow Pear.  

When I cook a recipe that’s a family favorite or a new recipe we like,  I plan to write them on recipe cards for my old recipe box.  

over the last few days,  I’ve  cooked these….. 

a new soup recipe that was so good!

this soup is a lot like Olive Garden’s zuppa toscana soup 

Chocolate chip muffins are always requested by some of our grandchildren 

on Saturday,  I chopped up the vegetables and made the dressing for this cole slaw.  

Sunday morning,  I mixed them together to make cole slaw and out some potatoes to bake in a small crock pot.  

after church,  I baked some oven ready butterfly shrimp and we ate that for lunch with the baked potatoes and cole slaw.  

that was a very nice meal!  

hope you have all had a nice weekend 

❤️ Rhonda 

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