Thursday Thoughts

Breakfast!  Thrown together with whatever I had - onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, swiss chard, hot banana peppers, eggs, topped with pepper jack cheese ( a bit too much, ha ha).  I meant to add bell peppers too, but it slipped my mind.  I was multi-tasking.

Menu so far:

Southern Ground Turkey Casserole

Salmon Romanoff, green beans

Creamed peas and toast ( my Mom's recipe)

Leftovers

Miss Thelma continues to lay eggs in the feeder.  I looked around and found something to temporarily cover it.  Crazy chicken.

Woke up to 25°F this morning, but we should be up to 50°F later today.  I was so looking forward to the weekend.  It is to be a high of 56°F, but now they say rain.  Darn it all.  We have to split wood, work on a car, and help remove large furniture from my Dad's place.

Speaking of sweet potatoes in the breakfast, my supply of homegrown continues to supply us.  Although we didn't grow as much, my garlic is also supplying us (thankful for that).

We've been making up coming travel plans to get some R & R.  I'm praying those happen.  They are without the kids, but we'll be planning family travel for next summer soon.  The kids need to get out too.

I really miss having a large craft store close to home.  I am trying to find specific crochet books, and searching online has become a headache.  I'll try to check stores on the next trip to town.  I guess I can search Thrift books too.  You never know, and if one daughter stops at the thrift store, I'll have her check there too.

We have another stray cat.  It's a male.  Again.  Orange and white.  Oddly, one daughter caught our barn cat loving on him.  Strange.  She never likes un-invited cats.  We'll see if it continues to hang around.  The dogs won't like it for sure.

Day Out!

I was a very lucky gal yesterday.  Very lucky.  My daughter (21 year-old) had the day off.  I was so stinkin' happy.  We both got out of the house for some shopping.

I wrote out my shopping lists and we headed out.  Oh boy, oh boy.

Picked up some netting for scrubbie making.  I still cannot locate lavender netting.  Anyway, we stood in line forever.  No clerk.  There was an older lady waiting in front of me with fabric.  I rang the bell.  The lady turned around and said, "I did that too."  We chatted and chatted.  No clerk.  I literally got my cell phone out and called the store.  No clerk ever came.  My daughter caught up with me and we told her what was going on.  She said, "okay this is not cool, I'm finding someone."  She did.  Clerk showed up with a very mean face on.  Got the netting and left.  Shopping is a total headache.  Lack of employees and long lines.

We stopped at two more stores, one in which I always found jeans for myself (which I need).  None to be had.  Went to the CD section for a CD for my husband.  Heck, they reduced the CD section to like almost nothing and had a huge display of vinyl records and record players.  What?  Ugh.  Guess I'm looking online for that today.

Looked around at two stores for items for Youngest's birthday this month.  Geeze, that was work.  Came home only with dress boots for her to wear to work.  It was definitely hit or miss, with lack of options available.  Mind you, these were all big box stores (packed with people on a weekday).

We even drove to a different city in hopes for more options.  I'm not sure if shopping in stores or online is worse.  

On a good note, our youngest daughter was working, and I stopped in and got my hair cut - first time in 9 months.

I still didn't find salt for the water tank.  We are on the hunt today (well hubby said he'd stop on his way home).

I'm back to being at home today.  I need to make a breakfast and a dinner today, and plan the menu.  Of course finish my Monday cleaning I put off to go shopping yesterday too.