Good Morning on Saturday!

13 years ago

Morning All,

The rummage sales today were not so good. I only bought 3 nice embroidery hoops for a total of twenty five cents. Yesterday was much better. I found lots of church type cookbooks and they were five for a dollar. I got a bunch of those and will have a lot of fun looking though them. For a dollar I bought a nice new Wilton Texas sized muffin pan, and for fifty cents a big pie pan with a cover for the top. For two dollars I got a big matching set of plastic storage containers with lids and they all fit inside of each other. I have a good use for those in my pantry.

I also watched Baby Alyssa for a few hours so her Mommy could tidy up their home.

Yesterday I baked a big pan of brownies for Amber and Mike to take to a birthday pitch in and I also baked for us this weekend a glazed lemon cake. Today I am getting ready to put together a pot roast in my crock pot and make some coleslaw for tomorrow's dinner after church, here at home. I have a bunch of tomatoes and some peppers to wash up and do something with.

The weather here isn't too bad after being very, very foggy this morning early. It is 73 outside right now and a little overcast. Looks like I really should get busy. What have you all been doing lately?

Sue in Central Indiana

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phyllis__mn
13 years ago
It's 61ÃÂº here and partly cloudy....feels quite cool. I just mixed up a batch of Hungarian twists to bake for after church coffee tomorrow, and now I'm going to make myself some waffles. I always freeze a few when I make them, as they reheat quite well. Maybe I'll get to my garage cleaning which has been hanging over my head for weeks.
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two25acres
13 years ago
Good morning, just had a good storm blow through here in SE Wisconsin. We needed the rain so I'm not too bummed about it. Going to get busy, do some ironing and start pulling things for my fall garage sale.
I think we will do Pioneer Womans beef and snow peas over rice noodles for dinner.
Enjoy your day.
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Sue, I missed what happened that you aren't walking well--?? What happened? Hope it continues to get better. It's another yucky day here. Been raining ever since our GS got here Wednesday. He's been such a help. He moved a large armoire from one bedroom to another, including moving 2 TV's in the process and he helped Harry put together the new TV stand for our new TV which will be delivered next week. Plus, you have to love a guy who eats anything you put in front of him. We hadn't seen him since he was a teen--now he's 24--and it's so nice getting to know him all over again. He's very bright and reads a LOT! Wish he could stick around longer but he leaves tomorrow for Miami to visit his other grandmother and relatives. He's a joy! This afternoon is the big SEC Alabama-UF game so we're going to tailgate at home. I have shrimp cocktail, chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, Fritos w/guacamole, pretzels w/mustard and an olive-pickle plate. Later I'll make a pizza. I'll make brownies later to go with the peppermint stick ice cream, too. Hope you all have a great day. And get better soon, Sue.
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Georgysmom
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Did my 5 mile walk with Georgy, had breakfast, relaxed a little and now I'm going to start cleaning the Master Bedroom, bath and dressing room (fancy name for a big walk-in closet that gets rather messy but at least it keeps the mess out of the bedroom.) Right now I have some pinto beans cooking in the slow cooker for tonights dinner. I'm also hoping to get some ironing done some time today.
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gazania_gw
13 years ago
Just grated up enough zucchini for a round of Chocolate Zuch bread. Will bake it in 6 mini loaves to freeze for Christmas giving. The pans are prepared and now I am resting before moving on. These days it takes me most of a day to bake one round and clean up after. Will spend a little time picking around in the flower beds later, and that will be my day other than finding something to thaw for dinner.
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marie_ndcal
13 years ago
Good morning Sue. Glad you posted as I am in such a icky mood and you make me feel much better. As you know Minot really got hammered with the flooding and there is so much information being given the people by so call experts it really gets to me to see people ripped off.
Thanks again Sue for being you!!!
Marie
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marie_ndcal
13 years ago
Sue, please contact me about some cookbooks I have.
Thanks,
Marie from ND
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Marilyn Sue
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13 years ago
Awww, thanks Marie, you made my day!

Sue
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patti43
13 years ago
I had a busy morning for a Saturday. Georgysmom made me feel guilty posting everything she accomplished yesterday ;0

I scrubbed and baked those 3 huge baking potatoes I got at the store for .83 and when they cool, I'll make twice baked potatoes and freeze all but one, which we'll have tonight.

Did two loads of laundry and changed our sheets. Then I took everything out of my spice/baking cabinet and washed all the shelves and--now get this--arranged all my spices in alphabetical order. Isn't that OCD? I bought a thing called a Spice Stack. It is a metal box with 3 shelves that pull out and down so you can see the spices. Each shelf holds 9 jars, or double the amount of those little jars. It's really cool. So no more rummaging around and taking 15 jars out just to find the one I'm looking for. I was surprised I only had doubles of 3 spices.

That was pretty nice so I cleaned the pantry, too.

Oh, Phyllis, I wish you hadn't mentioned the "G" word (garage). Ours is a disaster.

Marie-ndcal, did you flood again? Didn't you have bad flooding this spring, too? Bless your heart, you have every right to feel bad, but wish you felt better.
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Jasdip
13 years ago
You guys are all so energetic and productive!
I just did 1 load of laundry and hung them out. Just brought them inside. Getting humid out. Today is our annual air-show and the fighter planes and Snowbird aerobatics etc etc fly over our area. Very cool, but scared Smudge out of the window with the noise! LOL

I'm in a bit of a funk today. This is our Celebration Dinner this evening for Mom and I'm so torn with emotions. I even thought that I'd better not wear make-up cause I'm going to be crying! (even though she wants us to be happy).
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Marilyn Sue
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13 years ago
Oh, Sherry, I will be thinking good thoughts for you and here is a big hug too.

Sue
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patti43
13 years ago
Jas, I hope your celebration of your mother will be as happy a time as she wanted it to be. She always seemed so cheerful no matter how bad her situation was. Harry wants a similar celebration of life dinner. I will be thinking of you, sweetie. ((Jasdip))
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