If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

Friday, July 31, 2020

July #8 - last day of this month


I’m sure you’ve all had days like the poor woman above 😂  so we will just continue to grin and bear it.  
But never order chocolate from Amazon during an Oklahoma summer as I’m sure it would arrive very melted.  



We’ve had lots of rain this month and some of our plants are loving it 



But others, not so much 




The 5 local grands were here for a play day that turned into a sleepover.  
It was a good opportunity to do our traditional back to school shoe shopping.  I didn’t get photos but all their feet but here are the 8 year old grandson’s

I’m not sure they are practical shoes for a farm boy but he really wanted them and I don’t say no to Old Glory 🇺🇸


Schools are planning to open in late August but who knows how that will go.
  I’m very concerned about my daughter, 2 son in-laws and brother who all work in education as they will be exposed to many students.  
But as I said,  who knows what will happen.  



For their breakfast after the sleepover,  I baked a double batch of Struesel Puffs 
  
➡️Struesel Puffs Recipe ⬅️⬅️link here 
They are a really tasty muffin,  made a bit different from other muffin recipes,  and you probably have all the ingredients on hand to bake them for your family ❤️



We all enjoyed eating the muffins and we dropped off some to one of their mothers and my parents.  (See the rain outside?) 

My husband’s summer garden plants are about done and he brought in a big pile of produce,  so yesterday I froze tomatoes, bell and poblano peppers,  and canned jalapeños.  



We have ate lots of fresh salsa this summer.  We like cilantro in our salsa but it seems to go slimy in our fridge.  
I tried this dried cilantro and we like it just fine- it’s much milder but still adds the cilantro flavor- and it’s much easier 












Above is this week’s to do list - yes,  I’ve done some of it but that is marked off on the paper copy 
It is a shorter list than usual.  


Today is cooler and the ground is mushy from rain,  so I’m planning on working in the front flower beds this morning,  
I’ll try to take before and after photos as I hope it will look a lot different 


Have a great Friday everyone 
❤️Rhonda 



















Thursday, July 23, 2020

July #7 - a new recipe, masks and kid stuff

Hello,  sorry about the long break and no new to-do list this week.  We had places to go 3 days this week and knowing I wouldn’t be home much,  I didn’t even make a list.  I’m just doing what I see needs done,  as I have time, and it will all be fine.  

This recipe was in a Taste of Home magazine and it is so good and easy.  I made it for our supper tonight and will definitely make it again.  
I followed the recipe exactly except I added 2 cans of beans and I used homemade chicken broth instead of purchased broth.  



I’ve made more veil style masks as they are our current favorite style-much easier to breath in! 
I did lengthen the pattern so they can be tucked into your shirt 


I also made some veil masks from this mustache fabric from Walmart and they turned out especially cute. 
My husband wore a mustache veil mask for his appointment at the VA hospital and he said almost everyone complimented him for the mask.  Sorry I don’t have a photo of him though.....



We saw our 3 grandchildren that live away this week.  It was a fun day too! 
They have a backyard pool and we spent much of the visit there. 
This swim mask is a very clever design,  It completely covers the nose so the swimmer doesn’t get water up their nose.  

Some of the local grands were here this week and they had fun playing with our grocery stockpile.  
They played grocery store (of course) and even made these signs for the door 

Our neighborhood has a private Facebook group.  Most messages are about lost pets or found items.  People also give away things. 
One neighbor offered a bunch of boy toys.  When no one had responded all day,  I asked about them and was happy to get them all.  
And this is just about 1/3 of them.  
It also included a Calico Critters cabin and treehouse with lots of accessories and cute furniture.  

I don’t usually like having this many toys but since we don’t really go anywhere for entertainment, because of the virus,  the extra toys are very welcome.  
And they were all free! 


That’s the highlights from here
Hope everyone is good
❤️ Rhonda 


Tuesday, July 14, 2020

July #6 - summer foods

Hello everyone 
Below is where I usually do my chopping and peeling, etc.  
I set everything up on the breakfast table and sit down to work because it does take me awhile.  
Sometimes I watch YouTube on an iPad while I work.  


Today- I made another batch of fresh salsa and cut up one cantaloupe.  
It was a bit green but it still tastes really good.  I will let the others ripen a couple days before I cut them.  


  All waiting in fridge until time to eat 



Supper was cornbread muffins,  canned pinto beans seasoned with onion, bell pepper and spicy tomato sauce, with fresh salsa to spoon on top.  It was really good! 

Below is what my husband harvested today - minus some onions he ate at lunch and jalapeños I put in the salsa.  
He planted potatoes in tubs to hopefully harvest this fall.  







A few replies 
 Terri- I know it’s a lot of melon but we will share it with family and it will all get eaten fresh.  

Angela, yes- we like our air fryer.  I can cube up potatoes, spray them with olive oil and in 10 minutes,  they are browned, delicious  and a very easy no fuss side dish.  
  Yesterday,  my 3 grands got school sack lunches and the entree was a chicken patty and bun.  I put the patties in the air fryer and they were ready to eat in 5 minutes.  
  I use the air fryer almost daily.  

❤️ Rhonda 






Monday, July 13, 2020

July #5 - cleaned out my purse


Hello everyone 
I took a few photos today so I’ll write a short post 

My husband bought some huge local melons off a trailer in a church parking lot this afternoon 

That’s a 24 ounce cottage cheese tub as a size reference.  I weighed one cantaloupe at 8.07 pounds. My husband thinks the watermelon is 30-40 pounds.  

My purse has been used very little during this virus stuff.  On the rare occasions I have used it while in a store,  I have just dropped the receipt and change in so as not to touch them unnecessarily.  After 3 months or so of neglect,  it did need cleaned out.  
So I dumped everything on the table 



Then I sorted it and threw away the trash 
And put everything back in 

I didn’t put all the change that was in the bottom of my purse back in,  I put it a jar where my husband saves change,  
I’ve heard we’re have a coin shortage in the US but I’m afraid I don’t want to handle coins until this health situation is better 
My purse did feel a lot lighter with all these coins out 





I don’t normally pay attention to fancy vehicles but I saw this ad today and I was so interested.  I have short legs and getting into tall vehicles can be a trick.  
Aren’t the steps on this new model amazing?  

I don’t need a new vehicle and I have zero plans to buy this fancy Lincoln but it sure looks nice.  The car engineers did a great job, I think.
The funny part of the ad is it’s described as affordable,  my guess is the price would be in the $60000 range,  sooo affordable, right? 




Supper was a smoked chicken sandwich, homemade salsa on cottage cheese and air-fried potatoes and carrots.  


❤️Rhonda 














Sunday, July 12, 2020

July #4 - a new week

Hello everyone,  

I get so my comments on my to do lists so here is the one I just wrote for this week.  I’m sure I won’t get all of it done and I’m pretty  sure I’ll do some tasks that aren’t on the list.  But it’s a guideline and it does help keep me on track.  



We had 2 big but unexpected rainfalls Friday and Saturday.
The rain on Friday made it so dark outside.  You can’t really tell it’s dark In this photo at 10 in the morning but you can see lights burning inside the house across the street and the streetlight that runs on a sensor is also on.  

We got 4 inches of rain on Friday and 2+inches Saturday night - very needed and now everything growing outside is happier.  



Hope you all had a good weekend
❤️ Rhonda