very productive day

Hello everyone 

I’m pretty happy with how much I accomplished today.  

As scheduled,  Kroger delivered my order.  

They put it all right by front door.  Isn’t that great?

There were no substitutions and no unfilled items so I was especially thankful.

Below is what $164 will get you in Oklahoma right now.  
15 pounds of ground beef,  3 1/2 pounds cheese, 3 pounds sausage,

  2 pounds hot dogs, 1 package lunchmeat and a container of salsa.  
Complete Non essentials 

The chips were 4 /$10, I think the brown sugars were $2 each and the white sugars were 2/$5,

  sodas and 2 packages of snacks my husband requested 
Bell peppers, onions, carrots and spinach 
Orange juice and milk -  I really appreciate Kroger guarantees at least 10 days of fresh with dairy products - This milk is dated 12 days out and I pretty certain it will last even longer than that.  
and 2 strings of tree lights.  

Not shown -3 dozen eggs and a freebie bag of potato patties - they were already put away 
I filled up our morning pill boxes for a month - a few prescription pills and a few vitamins 
I worked out our November budget and paid a few bills.  It feels good to have it planned out and not have to think about it anymore 

If you have any older elementary -middle school age children in your life,  you’ve likely heard about 6 7 

Well,  I know it’s just a craze and mostly nonsense.  But I am 67 years old so now when I hear 6 7,   I’ll think they are talking about how special I am  🤭 

Are any of y’all 67?

Our granddaughter Cora is 7.  Last night at dinner she said “we aren’t allowed to say six seven unless we are counting”. 

Her dad asked her what it meant and she said she didn’t know.  

So I think it means the children are annoying their teachers with their 6 7.  

But this will pass…….

I also cooked up 9 pounds of that ground beef today and cleaned up all the dishes.  

The pictures are still downloading from my phone to my ipad so hopefully I’ll blog about those tomorrow.  

Hope you all have had a great day

❤️ Rhonda 

 

I think my posting issues are fixed

I’m sorry for the crazy posts this week and thank you all for your help and kind words.  

I’ll just get back to the homemaking and daily life posts I like to 

Our 5+ year old Bosch dishwasher quit working a few weeks ago.  

We don’t think it was repairable so we just took it.   I have just been washing dishes by hand. 

 There are normally just 2 of us here and we really don’t use that many things.  

We have been rinsing everything after we use them and I usually wash everything from the entire day after our evening meal.  

I prefer to let everything air dry.  

Towel drying dishes is not allowed in commercial food establishments as it can spread bacteria so I’m happy to air dry.  

We already had this little metal shelf and it just fits in the dishwasher hole.  I keep the dishpan and drainer,  gloves and brushes on it when not in use.  

 They are sort of out of sight but still very easy to access.  

I think my favorite part of this washing method is when I put away the dry dishes.  It is much easier on my slightly cranky back and my husband’s very cranky back to move the dishes from counter height than to get them out of a low dishwasher.  

Kroger is supposed to deliver my order tomorrow morning.  

One of their specials is 80/20 ground beef for $3.99.

Have yall priced beef lately?  It seems to of really jumped up in price.

I hope the 15 pounds I ordered come.  

I plan on cooking part of for taco filling and part of it for chili,  all to put in the freezer for easy future meals.  

We like lots of beans in our chili so I put a pound of pintos to soak and will cook them in a crock pot first thing tomorrow morning.  

Hope you are all fine

Good night everyone 

❤️ Rhonda 

One More time

One more post today to see if I can get this blog post format how I want it

photo is  just an unedited snapshot of our supper tonight 

❤️Rhonda

so far it looks promising! 

hello everyone, I've been updating settings and changing settings. We will see how this one posts, but I don't feel like I'm making any progress getting my blog to look like it used to. One thing I've done around my home to get ready for next year, I cut the spent flowers off of the zinnia's from our backyard. I let them dry in a box for a few days, and then I will store them in a Ziploc bag and replant the seeds next year. A single dried zinnia seems to have at least 100 or more seeds inside. We grow these in our backyard and most people never see them, but the monarch butterflies and the bees just love them. Saving ZINNIA seeds is so Thrifty! I'll be able to share zinnia seeds next spring and plant mine just as thick as I want to. I am no expert on indeterminate and determinate and heirloom or organic type seeds. I just know I have been planting and enjoying this batch of flowers for years. ❤Rhonda

another test

just a test post I put 8 spaces between theses sentences as I wrote this post Do any of them show up?

Trying Chrome…..

This is the view from our front door right now. Our Christmas light man hung the lights back up today. Christmas is two months away, but we think the lights are festive so we will have ours lit from dusk to Dawn until he takes them down sometime after the first of the year. I'm trying this blog post using Chrome on my phone. I used to blog on my iPad with whatever browser comes with iPad. Melanie suggested I try chrome. Theoretically it should work perfectly since chrome and blogger are the same company, Google. We will see. I can already tell I think it's going to run all this text together into one paragraph. I would really like to blog. I like visiting with you all, and I think blogging keeps me more active as a homemaker. So let's see how this test post works ❤ Rhonda

Hello 👋🏻

good morning!

those are a double batch of energy I made as requested by a grandson to take in his school lunches. He won't eat all 5 pounds by himslef. His family members also pack lunches .

i'm still here and I'm fine. I still don't get as much done as I used to, but I'm trying to get busier. Doesn't our new weather forecast look so pleasant? It warm and dry for several months now. We had a lot of rain over the weekend and I'm very much looking forward to what I call Thrifty weather -when we really dont need to run the air conditioner or heater. I'm having issues making posts to my blog. I can't seem to use the app I used to for posting. I'm doing this one directly to my blog with blogger but it won't allow some photos I want to post and it runs all my text together. If you are a blogger, please tell me how you make new posts. Pretty Please, I really need advice ❤ Rhonda

use what you have – Apple butter in a slow cooker

Hello everyone

there were several containers of applesauce in our pantry, most were freebies from Kroger and they were all getting close to their used by date my daughter recently made pear butter. And I've watched several YouTube videos recently of people, canning jelly and jam. So I decided to try turning that plain applesauce into apple butter. I looked up a few recipes. I didn't follow any of them exactly but I will put my recipe that I used below and it turned out Delicious! We like a lot of cinnamon, so mine does have a good bit of that. And it is not canned to American food safety standards. I put the hot apple butter straight from the slow cooker into recycled jars and put the lids on them. Then, when they cooled, they went in the fridge. I'm sure it could be water baths and official canning jars and kept in the pantry, but I'm not giving advice on how to do that because I don't know. for this batch of apple butter, I used About 8 cups of unsweetened applesauce 3/4 cup of sugar 3/4 cup of brown sugar Heaping tablespoon of cinnamon Half a teaspoon of allspice And a few pinches of salt I let it cook in a slow cooker for about five hours. I started every hour or so and stopped when it was thicker Then it went right into jars with lids And into the fridge when it cooled. ❤Rhonda

Hello again

Hello Last week I went to my dentist's office for a cleaning. the hygienist discovered a tiny filling was missing so I went back the next day to get it replaced. Then this week I went to the eye doctor for a check up The next day I went to the eyeglass store to order new glasses And then the day after that, I went to the Walmart pharmacy and got four immunizations. I think that's plenty of medical stuff for now, but I'm thankful to have it done Yesterday I got a Kroger order delivered.

I am a big fan of Kroger delivery. I pretty much buy only things that are on sale or have good digital coupons for. I also think Kroger produce is usually a lot nicer quality than what I can get from Walmart. all of these groceries totaled about $70. The frozen potato rounds were free. They are not something I normally buy. The green grapes and the plums were huge! We haven't eaten any of the plums yet, but the grapes are delicious! Grocery shopping is completely dependent on where you live. I don't think many places have Kroger delivery.

these ice cream treats were on sale and I knew they were small, but my husband and I both got a very big laugh out out of just how tiny they actually are. I don't think they are a good deal, but we needed a good laugh. And I know when two grandsons are here this afternoon, they will think these many drumsticks are really silly. Supper last night was easy. I put some diced potatoes, bell peppers, and onions in this cooker with a tablespoon of olive oil. I was hoping they would kind of fry. They didn't really brown, but they did taste delicious About halfway through, I added some jalapeño and cheese sausage from our local university. I made us both a side salad and it was a delicious and easy supper

hope you all have a great Friday ❤ Rhonda