BEDA #13 Elementary school musical and supper

Hello everyone 

We discovered our Air Conditioner was not cooling about 2 weeks ago when we had an unusually hot evening.

So we called our repairmen and they needed to order a part and refill the cooling gas as it had leaked out.

They came today and repaired it all and it’s cooling just fine,  but we sure don’t need AC today as  it’s in the 50s and very breezy. 

But when hot summer arrives,  we will be very happy the AC cools properly.  

Grandson Braeden was in a musical at his small, rural school today.  The play featured classic Walt Disney songs.  

The 4th graders were dressed in movie character costumes and the 3rd graders were  dressed as Mickey and Minnie Mouses.  

    

I took 3 photos of Braeden afterward but none of them are very good.  

He was telling  us why he thought he should keep his costume but his mom said he needed to give it back to the teacher.  

Supper was just my husband and I so we cleaned out the fridge and had plenty to eat. 

Salad things, leftover pasta and leftover beef and noodles

We talked about going out for supper but I’m glad we ate leftovers and we can go out a later date.  

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #12 not much…….

Today was a laundry and house cleaning day.  

Supper was red beans and rice that was less than wonderful so I ate salad and the children filled up on rice, crackers, cheese and fruit.  The 2 men liked the beans 🤷🏻‍♀️

Anyway, https://moreparsimony.blogspot.com/  More Parsimony asked how tall is the planter.

That’s a tall first grader standing beside - so it’s pretty tall! 

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #11 this week’s to do list

This is what I’m planning to do and to buy at Aldi and maybe Walmart

We’ll see how it goes.  

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #10 Aldi butter sale and a fancy planter

Hello everyone 

Jane, lejmom, said her Aldi didn’t have the $1.97 butter when she went but the store worker told her he thought the sales were the same everywhere.  So,  I did a bit of investigating.  

This is the Aldi ad in Oklahoma.  Our ad started on Wednesday April 6- 12.  

When you go to the Aldi.US website and look for the weekly ad,  it will ask for your zip code.  

I think Jane lives in Michigan,  I’m not sure though.

But I did find a Michigan zip code and entered it on Aldi.US

The Michigan ad is a bit different than the Oklahoma ad, but both have the same butter sale.  

Jane should be able to get $1.97 butter as the Michigan ad starts on Sunday the 10th,  4 days later than Oklahoma 

This Michigan Ad says  it runs April 10-16. 

Anyway,  if you’re wanting some bargain butter, I hope you can find some, whatever cycle your store runs it’s ads. 

We have several new things on our patio, courtesy of our son in law.  

One is this fancy, rolling planter.  

It arrived here full of soil but I don’t think anything has ever been planted in it.  

My husband planted romaine and broccoli seedlings in it today.  

We’ll see how it works.  

It will just be here this summer and will go to their new home in about 10 months or so.  

Their builder does seem to be on the ball and he said 10 months from start to finish.  

I guess we will see how it keeps going.  

I’m normally optimistic but with all the shortages and delays and price increases,  who knows? 

Hope you all have had a nice weekend 

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #9 pasta night and more little tweaks as we make this home work for 7

Hello everyone 

This was outside the bathroom that the only sick child was using.

My daughter  kept the bathroom all clean and disinfected and wore gloves to protect herself. 

 So far, only 1 of us was sick and is better now we think. 

Some other changes are 

The banana keeper box is staying on the kitchen counter again.  

7 people eat lots of bananas and we have to keep them in something

I think it helps a tiny bit to slow the ripening but I would not re-buy it. 

Our trash is picked up by our city as part of our utility services.  We have a big rolling can for recycling and it is free.  

I think we pay about $20 a month for the same size rolling can for trash.  

I’d rather not have a third giant trash can so we are trying to be diligent putting all recycle stuff in the recycle bin.

Our city accepts metal cans, paper and cardboard, and plastic that are class 2, 3 and 5.  

The very first week our daughters family moved in, my son took 1 sack of our trash to put in his rolling can.

 But all the other weeks we have filled both trash cans but not needed to figure out any other disposal methods. 

We already had this double trash can in the kitchen- the big side is trash and the smaller side is recycles. 

Supper tonight for 4 of us was what we call spaghetti but is actually a homemade red sauce on pasta and topped with cheese- no meat. 

I blogged how I make this on my first blog- if you want to know how

http://ahomewithasmile.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-ive-been-up-to.html

  

I made a big enough batch to put some in the freezer and left handed 1st grade grandson helped label them.  

   

Above is just cooked pasta and the sides were a leftover baked sweet potato, leftover green beans and fresh fruit.  

I’m guessing many people who previously didn’t eat leftovers are eating them now as grocery prices soar and many things are hard to find.  

Our supper was delicious- both the fresh cooked part and the reheated leftover parts.  

Hope you are all having a good weekend 

❤️ Rhonda