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

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

Thursday, April 14, 2022

BEDA #14 gardening, supper in shifts and paid to test toilet paper

 We’re eating supper in shifts tonight. 
My husband and I prefer early suppers.  The youngest grand was here till 6 when his other grandmother picked him up for a baseball game. 
The middle grand and his dad are at another baseball event and oldest grand and her mother are at a dance event.  
So this is my solution tonight
I pulled out the 13X9 crockpot that rarely gets used. 
On one end is a pound of taco meat. In the back is some lentil taco from the freezer. And in the front is the rice left over from the other night when we had red beans and rice, I seasoned up to be sort of Mexican flavor, with a can of Rotel tomato’s, a little butter, a little chicken bouillon dissolved in water  and some Goya seasoning.  
Then I put everything in the crockpot and it’s sitting there on warm for people to eat as they need to. In the fridge are traditional toppings like shredded lettuce, diced up tomatoes,  onions, salsa, sour cream, cheese. And on the counter are some bags with a few tortillas and some crunched up tortilla chips, things that have been hanging out in the pantry and need to be used.

My husband and I had bowls. And Jackson had a taco with two helpings of rice. He is a big fan of rice.

His fingernails are dirty because he helped me do some gardening. We planted some zinnia and petunia seeds that we started in the house. We put them in bigger planters outside.




There is a lot of weeding to do in different parts of our yard and garden. But I was happy I spotted this weed while it was still little. I believe it is an elm. But whatever it is, when it gets much bigger than this one, it is almost impossible to kill or get out of the ground. This one was small enough that I was able to just pull it out. But a few others that we have not caught have had to be dug up with a lot of effort to get the whole root and plant out.



I’ve posted about Esearch before 


They are a company that does product testing.  
I’ve done a few laundry tests for them and just got paid for a 10 day toilet tissue test.  
They ask you questions before they start and pick who they’re going to select for the testing. Then they ship you the product to test and give you exact days to use it. There are also several email surveys but they are straightforward and not difficult to do. They pay well! I always answer whenever I get an email from them about a possible product testing. I don’t get very many of them and I probably get selected for less than half of the ones that I apply for, but it’s very worth my time when I do get in on one. 


So if you haven’t signed up with them, go to the Link.  You might fit the demographics they want and you might get picked for some nicely paid surveys, who knows? 



❤️ Rhonda 

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

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 












Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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 


Monday, April 11, 2022

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 

Sunday, April 10, 2022

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