June 12- church breakfast, CVS and bracelet information

We attend a tiny church. One man always cooks a big church-wide breakfast but he is away on vacation. ( the normal menu is eggs 2 ways, hash browns, biscuits and gravy and breakfast meats. )  We agreed to do the meal in his place but we did something much simpler.

Fresh fruit and assorted sweet rolls/ doughnuts all from Aldi. We also heated up precooked bacon and sausage.  One man grumbled about the lack of his favorites but everyone else happily ate fruit and doughnuts and meat.  

This little church building is rather quirky.  Can you tell from the photo that the serving bar is covered with floor linoleum?  

CVS today with no Extra Care Bucks.  

I only used coupons from recent newspapers and from the CVS red box scanner.  

The dropped from $134 to $41 

I got back $19 in ExtraCareBucks and should get $10 in BeautyBucks within 2 days.  

I had some questions about these bracelets. 

I used this tutorial for the patriotic one http://blog.consumercrafts.com/seasonal/summer-projects-seasonal/4th-of-july-patriotic/patriotic-bead-bracelet/

And the black with stars one is made almost the very same.

Yes, the beads do move around and are supposed to.  

I could not find the glue on end clasps in my town or from any USA store.  I ordered them from a very low cost EBay seller in China.

Good night 

And Good Bye weekend. As always, you go by so fast! 

June 6- June 11

Hello everyone, 

I had this unrealistic idea that I would blog everyday in June.  Obviously that didn't happen.  But here's what I've been up to.  

I took a supper to share with my parents at their retirement apartment.  My daughter's family also ate this meal. 

I baked a loaf of bread and some sandwich buns- and remembered to put yeast in both batches 😄

The entree was chicken salad.  I boiled and shredded one whole chicken. 

The small batch is just chicken and mayo. 

The big batch is chicken, mayo, toasted pecans, red grapes, craisins and a little celery.  It was so good!  I will be making this again.  And soon! 

There were also some grape halves and quartered tiny heirloom tomatoes to eat with the sandwiches.  

I made a big batch of chili- mostly for the freezer.  We like chili here year round though I've heard lots of people say they don't eat soup or chili in the summer.  We do both! 

My daughter found out about a small blackberry farm near us and has bought beautiful berries there twice.  

The berries are just huge, so good and have very few seeds.  

I put most of ours in the freezer for cobblers.  

We also ate plenty just fresh.

Granddaughter Elizabeth found a blackberry shaped like a heart ❤️

Huge Blackberries!  That's one berry by a regular teaspoon.  

We hope to get more in a week or so when a different variety is ready to pick.m 

As usual, I do my manicures with Impress press on nails.  I especially like this polka dot- glitter- orange combo.  

There's been a little jewelry making going on.  I have a lot of beads- passed to me when my mom downsized here crafting supplies.  

I made these 2 with Pinterest tutorials.

My son and grandson enjoy making rubber band bracelets.  

Sewing- I hemmed some suits pants for my son- but no photo. 

This stuffed cat had a tail problem- I suspect it had been swung around by its tail 😱 and was barely still attached.  

I sewed it back on - extra securely.  I also sewed up 8 cloth napkins.

Our neighborhood had its annual yard sale today.  We didn't sell anything but we did set out some discards by our front curb with FREE signs taped to them.  Everything was gone within in an hour 😄

That was easy. 

My grandson and I shopped at a few of the yard sales but nothing much interested us. We did see lots of good deals though.  I have been decluttering and organizing for several months and I just didn't see any bargains I wanted to let occupy our straightened up spaces.  

We did spend a quarter- grandson bought one of those old fashioned wood paddle toys with a rubber ball on a bouncy string.  

My husband has been gone for almost 2 weeks helping his parents after his mother needed surgery for a fall and his father came down with a bad cold.  Both are recovering and my husband returned safely home this morning.  🏡

So, that's what I've been up to!  I hope all of you are fine and getting lots done.