February 5- waffles and a little history

Hello - no daily things to post- grandchildren have been here today and we did things but I never took a photo 

My Uncle Rex passed this cookbook to me. His wife got it from her boss when she was working in a little cafe in Enid, Oklahoma in 1946.  

I believe Aunt Cleta and Uncle Rex both used this book lots!

I don’t imagine any recipe books will ever be made with similar titles- it very un-politically correct, right?  

Inside is also a recipe from my Aunt Evelyn for waffles.  

I don’t know if the waffles Uncle Rex are holding were made from Aunt Evelyn’s recipe.  I do expect Uncle Rex ate and enjoyed them though.  

Isn’t that a funny photo?  

Grands are here and one of them asked for waffles for breakfast tomorrow so I’ll be making Aunt Evelyn’s recipe and thinking about my very special aunts and uncle while I cook.  

Our waffles will be a little smaller than Uncle Rex’s though.  

I’ll let y’all know how they turn out 

❤️Rhonda 

Below are some of the waffle recipes printed in the cookbook 

February 4

Hello everyone 

I baked a coffee cake for our breakfast from an old Betty ii9Crocker recipe. 

I think the extra handwritten measurements are when I used to make this in a bigger 13x9 pan when our children were home.  

It’s not fancy but it tastes really good and is made with very basic ingredients.  

I got all the laundry done today.  Husband worked on his seedlings and thinks he planted some too soon-  who knows?  Plants seem to do what they want to do. 

Later in the afternoon,  we picked up one grandchild.

Today was the 100th day of school (even though it’s been almost all virtual school) 

His teacher delivered a cookie to him and I’m guessing she visited all her students today too.  

And yes,  his teacher made these cookies.  

He had school lunch and breakfast today.  He didn’t remember what he ate for breakfast but he said lunch was "fish cornbread." 🤷🏻‍♀️  He didn’t like it but his brother did.  

We stopped at the new-ish salvage store near us., mostly just to browse.

My husband got a big pack of zip ties.

I got this lone pack of bias tape- I’d of bought more at this price but it was the only one 

Jackson picked out a dinosaur egg full of slime and dinosaur parts 

  

It is some very slimey slime too 

Supper was what Jackson requested 

And my husband requested 2 so he could have leftover pizza for lunches.  

That’s our day- 

❤️ Rhonda 

February 3 - out and about day

Hello everyone 

It was a busy morning as I picked up our Walmart grocery order, then I had a quick medical appointment and then I picked up my parents Walmart order and delivered it to them.  

At home, I did a quick organizing job on the freezer part of our refrigerator 

Before on the left and after on the right 

   

It only took 10 minutes and I now know exactly what is in there and if I pull something out,  there won’t be an avalanche 

We had smothered cube steak over baked potatoes for lunch 

In the afternoon, I made a big salad and a sandwich toppings box - both normal things around here 

I rarely answer phone calls from numbers I don't recognize but years ago,  I got a call from the University of Oklahoma and I answered it because my brother works there.  (He never calls me on a work phone but I still answered it.). It wasn’t him but it was a student asking me to do surveys for one of the science departments at the university.  

I said Yes and I’ve been doing a 10 minute survey about the weather for them,  every 3 months and then they mail me a $10 Walmart gift card.  

This has been going on a long time, it seems like that 12 year old grandson was here and just a toddler when I took that first phone call.  

I’ve only talked on the phone with them 1 time and all the surveys come by email.  

Not sure, but I’m guessing I’ve earned about $400 total doing very short surveys for 10 years or so.  

In general,  I’m not a fan of telephone calls that want something or of surveys but I’m glad I answered that call and said yes all those years ago.  

My husband had a late afternoon medical appointment and should be home any minute.  

So I’m watching Aurora Teagarden on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries while I wait.  

Supper will be salad and leftovers of choice. 

And that’s all the excitement from our home today.  

❤️  Rhonda 

February 2 - a birthday, frost, sewing and cookies

Hello everyone

Happy Groundhog Day

It’s also our oldest grandchild’s 12th birthday.  He was home from school today so we took his presents and Whataburger for lunch and had a nice visit with Gavin and our daughter in law. 

We ate in their new barn that is finished on the outside but the inside is still a work in process. 

 The whole family has been working hard to make it functional and look good too.  


Yesterday we took my parents to 2 early doctor appointments.  

Look at this thick frost on the car 

It was 3D frost, almost like little icicles sticking up instead of hanging down.  

In the lobby at their retirement home,  I saw this cute love sign.  I’d like to make one for our home.  

I hemmed 2 pair of dress pants for our son.  

He pins them up at his home with binder clips and such.  

I’ve hemmed so many pair for him,  I had quite a collection of clips so I sent them all back with these hemmed pants

Sewing list progress 

2 of our granddaughters are Girl Scouts and one has just started her yearly cookie sales.  

If you want to buy cookies from your local scouts but don’t want the cookies,  the Girl Scouts will deliver them to a local group that appreciates cookies.  

Elizabeth’s troop’s donations go to our local food bank and youth shelter.  

Andie’s sales won’t start until next month.  

The sales are sort of staggered across the country.  

But don’t feel like you have to buy cookies if you don’t want to,  I am amazed every cookie season at how many cookie sales our granddaughters rack up.  There are a lot of cookie fanatics out there! 

Again, happy Groundhog Day 

And a joke 

❤️ Rhonda 

February 1- homemaking highlights from the last of January

Hello everyone 

The last couple of weeks have just been normal weeks here with a little cooking, a little sewing and some family time.  

My husband is itching for spring and growing things.  Our breakfast room is our sunniest room so it’s been turned into a seedling hatchery. 

In the sewing room,  I made 2 new aprons for me.  The pattern is not new but one I’ve been using for more than a dozen years or so.  

  

Both aprons are polka dot, one is lined with off white muslin and one is lined with tiny black checks 

I want to do more sewing so I made a list 

My granddaughter said maybe I could do one project a month and be done by November or so.  I told her I hoped to finish a lot sooner than that.  I guess we will see.  

Cooking 

We had homemade pizza and I used the recipe on the back of an Aldi yeast envelope for the crust.  

It made a really good thin crust.  

I just put the 5 simple ingredients into a bread machine on dough cycle and baked the pizza the traditional way.  

Dough - 3 cups flour, 1 packet yeast, 2 T olive oil,  1 teaspoon salt and 1 cup water 

I will use this recipe again!  

2 grandsons and Grandpa enjoying pizza and watching an aquarium show 

Some grands are still doing remote school

    

And we do a few crafts when we do school here too - that’s just a simple rag banner by Elizabeth 

We finally got to have Christmas with the 3 grands in another town ❤️❤️❤️

Andie, RJ and Charlie 

And one more recipe.  It’s a recipe I’ve made before and I like that it’s so quick to get it started with a no knead dough.  

I made this with pecans instead of walnuts and it’s really good.  I added cinnamon and left out the vanilla and the frosting too. 

Here’s hoping February is a good month

I’m going to try to blog everyday again like I did in December 

❤️ Rhonda