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

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

Monday, April 18, 2022

BEDA #18 to do list and eggs

Hello 
Another Monday, another new to do list - plain and not pretty this time 


Today was mostly filled with laundry- I think I did 7 loads.  

We colored eggs yesterday so  today I turned them into egg salad and doubled  eggs to eat this week 
Thankfully they all peeled really easy 
Lots of egg salad for lunches and we ate most of the double eggs with our sloppy joes at supper.  


My husband bought this mushroom cutter awhile back.  We don’t eat mushrooms very often but I do use it whenever I need to chop eggs.
It works great! 


Then I crushed up the shells and worked them into one of the raised beds in the garden,  


More Parsimony - about my Zenni glasses, I do wear progressive bifocals and I have no complaints about my Zenni lenses. 
 I don’t have a very strong prescription and whether this makes a difference,  I don’t know.  I just know I’m happy with Zenni.  

❤️ Rhonda 


Sunday, April 17, 2022

BEDA #17 Easter fun and technical issues

Hello everyone 

The first fun thing today was a big basket by the front door from a secret Easter bunny 
Photo was taken through the dining room window looking out to the front door 

Jackson didn’t want to pose for a photo, he wanted to open the basket 😁

The basket was full of candy and treats geared to all of us like Black Rifle coffee, pickled asparagus and green beans, bath bombs, nail polish, bubbles…..

We know who brought the basket but they want to be anonymous so we keep it that way.  Isn’t this a fun family tradition for them? 

I took more photos today with my phone but they aren’t downloading to the iPad I blog on so that’s all I have for you today.

Hope you all had a special and fun Easter 

❤️ Rhonda 




Saturday, April 16, 2022

BEDA #16 getting ready for a big meal Sunday and new eyeglasses


Hello everyone 
We’re hosting Easter lunch and I think there will be 16 of us.  
So today,  I did some cooking and prepping ahead 
A grandson nicknamed these double eggs and I prefer that name 
No picture but I baked this and will serve with sliced peaches put in the freezer last summer and whipped cream. 
Potatoes ready to make scalloped potatoes and carrots ready to bake 
   
Granddaughter Elizabeth thought it was hilarious I was making a crust for this “salad”
Yes, we know it’s not really a salad but southerners call dishes like this salad and it’s ok 
It’s really delicious but I did make 1/2 a recipe as the whole recipe makes a lot! 
Homemade buttercream eggs from a sweet friend 
We’re also having smoked ham, green beans, rolls and a ham sauce.  

Tonight, my daughter is making a big pot of chili.
We’ll freeze the extra for future meals. 
And yes, it has beans in it.  


Our Zenni glasses arrived.  2 pair are mine, one pair is my daughter’s and the pair out of a case is my almost 5 year old pair of Zenni glasses that are still in great condition but my prescription has changed a bit. 

I know there are pros and cons ordering glasses.  
It works for us though 
These 3 pair with express shipping and upgraded lenses was about $210 total.  
They took almost 2 weeks arrive.  

❤️ Rhonda 
















Friday, April 15, 2022

BEDA #15 eating, gardening, stitching - and - Hope and Thrift blog is back ❤️

Hello everyone 
For breakfast, 2 of the grands helped me bake 
streusel puff muffins
And 
Both recipes are family favorites and have been baked in my kitchen for decades 

Husband and I worked in the garden this morning - mostly getting beds ready for planting 

The tomato plants he planted maybe a week or 2 ago are doing OK 

Tammy
it has been crazy windy in Oklahoma for 2 weeks, just like you said it is in Nebraska.  It has not been much fun being outside all month, 
but this morning, the winds were milder for a few hours.  But when they picked up, I went back inside.  

The broccoli in the giant planter seems to growing - not sure about the romaine though 

Daughter and family went to Oklahoma City to select brick and appliances for their home being built ( the slab was poured today) 
Oklahoma made brick has a wait time of 5 months and Arkansas made brick has a 4 month wait time.  
She was a little overwhelmed by the appliance choices so no orders or purchase were made today.  

Since they were gone,  we got takeout from Texas Roadhouse 
It was delicious and there are leftovers for tomorrow’s lunch.  

I worked some on this plastic canvas project- a bunny with 3 baby bunnies in her apron pockets


I’m sure some of you remember Hope & Thrift .  Well,  good news is she has opened back up her blog from private to public.  
It doesn’t sound like right now she plans to make many new posts but her archives have so much information about gardening and food preservation,  cooking,  thrifting, and doing everything on a shoestring and making it beautiful as she goes along-  anyway—— if you remember Jane or if you want to check out an excellent blog,  go visit 


❤️ Rhonda 














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