Good Morning, All!
My little guys are still asleep, so I decided I'd better get the thread started before they got up and things got busy!
I forgot to post last week that I'd picked up 10# of IQF chicken breast on sale for $1/lb; chunked it and added some broth from the freezer and ended up with 16 pint jars to add to the pantry. I need to keep my eyes out for a sale on beef roasts over the next few weeks, as I would like to add some jars of chunked beef to the pantry as well - I cut it in to largish chunks, dip the chunks into a hot broth made of onion soup mix diluted in water called for in order to 'seal' it, then put the chunks of beef in pint jars, add the onion soup mix broth to cover and pressure can at 10# for 60 minutes. We use the canned beef for veggie soup, beef stew, beef bbq, beef hot-shots (Manhattans), beef sandwiches a jus, and - my favorite - beef stroganoff, just to name a few dishes it can be used for.
The tooth fairy made a visit to our house last night as older grandson lost a 2nd tooth - one on the bottom this time. The tooth fairy had to struggle to stay awake long enough to find some fairy dust (glitter) to sprinkle on his dollar bill - boy, the price of teeth has sure gone up since I was a kid!! - and daughter has embellished her delivery system - fairy dust, snort!! - but I managed to outlast the boy at staying awake and got the switch made
It's chilly here this morning at 27*F - and I forgot to bring the hummingbird feeder in last night so will have to make a new batch of feed as the feed that is in it has frozen twice now. Haven't seen any hummingbirds yet, but want to have something out for them in case they show up hungry Hopefully I'll remember to carry it in this evening - maybe the inch of snow that we are supposed to get this evening will remind me... We are supposed to have temps in the 70's this week (tornado weather) so I don't think it will be too long before the first scouts show up. The boys and I also need to fill all the birdfeeders; got huge flocks of red-wing blackbirds coming in now. The finches are also starting to gain their summer coloring - only gold, purple and house finches seen so far; I'm looking forward to seeing my indigo buntings and scarlet tanagers back. Saw a fairly good size flock of wild turkeys - several toms with their tail feathers fanned, plus a bunch of hens - in our farthest east field as we were on our way home from the pool last week, and male pheasants are thick in the fence rows in certain areas as well. I put a few baubles out on the picnic table as a thank you for my crows - just bits and pieces from a broken costume jewelry bracelet; the crows and the blue jays are my early warning system!
Since I have to go back to work on Tuesday (only 15 weeks until my next vacation, but who's counting??) (ME! I'M COUNTING!) I guess I need to make these next two days count. I need to make a run to Rural King to stock up on bird feed and maybe a few bedding plants, plus hit the chain grocery store in that town to pick up a few loss leaders before the sale ends today; and we need to take a load of recycling in to the bins. I'd also hoped to get a load of mulch at the yard waste site but co-worker Buddy reconnoitered it this morning on his way to work and it still has a lot of water on the ground - which means it would be very messy, plus the mulch will be heavy to load by hand, so I will wait until Thursday. That town got 4" of rain in a short period of time last week; there was 3-4' of water in some houses in a lower lying area. Hubby had to stay in town late that day as his Mama's basement was flooded.
Starting tomorrow, our local independent grocery store has whole top sirloin on sale for $4.99/lb; not sure how big they are but I will pick one of those up for daughter this week, then help her package it for her freezer. They also have top sirloin already cut into steaks on sale for $7.99/lb, so it is worth the effort of cutting it yourself. The same store has the rolls of ground turkey and turkey sausage on sale for $1/1# roll, so I will try to pick up twenty of those for her as well.
And now the boys are up - guess I'd better go put some sausage in the pan and mix up some pancakes for the griddle - I'm cheating on the pancakes - did you know that the little envelopes of muffin mix that make 6 muffins also make good pancakes? Just gotta thin the batter down a bit
Take care all; wishing you all a wonderful week!
My little guys are still asleep, so I decided I'd better get the thread started before they got up and things got busy!
I forgot to post last week that I'd picked up 10# of IQF chicken breast on sale for $1/lb; chunked it and added some broth from the freezer and ended up with 16 pint jars to add to the pantry. I need to keep my eyes out for a sale on beef roasts over the next few weeks, as I would like to add some jars of chunked beef to the pantry as well - I cut it in to largish chunks, dip the chunks into a hot broth made of onion soup mix diluted in water called for in order to 'seal' it, then put the chunks of beef in pint jars, add the onion soup mix broth to cover and pressure can at 10# for 60 minutes. We use the canned beef for veggie soup, beef stew, beef bbq, beef hot-shots (Manhattans), beef sandwiches a jus, and - my favorite - beef stroganoff, just to name a few dishes it can be used for.
The tooth fairy made a visit to our house last night as older grandson lost a 2nd tooth - one on the bottom this time. The tooth fairy had to struggle to stay awake long enough to find some fairy dust (glitter) to sprinkle on his dollar bill - boy, the price of teeth has sure gone up since I was a kid!! - and daughter has embellished her delivery system - fairy dust, snort!! - but I managed to outlast the boy at staying awake and got the switch made
It's chilly here this morning at 27*F - and I forgot to bring the hummingbird feeder in last night so will have to make a new batch of feed as the feed that is in it has frozen twice now. Haven't seen any hummingbirds yet, but want to have something out for them in case they show up hungry Hopefully I'll remember to carry it in this evening - maybe the inch of snow that we are supposed to get this evening will remind me... We are supposed to have temps in the 70's this week (tornado weather) so I don't think it will be too long before the first scouts show up. The boys and I also need to fill all the birdfeeders; got huge flocks of red-wing blackbirds coming in now. The finches are also starting to gain their summer coloring - only gold, purple and house finches seen so far; I'm looking forward to seeing my indigo buntings and scarlet tanagers back. Saw a fairly good size flock of wild turkeys - several toms with their tail feathers fanned, plus a bunch of hens - in our farthest east field as we were on our way home from the pool last week, and male pheasants are thick in the fence rows in certain areas as well. I put a few baubles out on the picnic table as a thank you for my crows - just bits and pieces from a broken costume jewelry bracelet; the crows and the blue jays are my early warning system!
Since I have to go back to work on Tuesday (only 15 weeks until my next vacation, but who's counting??) (ME! I'M COUNTING!) I guess I need to make these next two days count. I need to make a run to Rural King to stock up on bird feed and maybe a few bedding plants, plus hit the chain grocery store in that town to pick up a few loss leaders before the sale ends today; and we need to take a load of recycling in to the bins. I'd also hoped to get a load of mulch at the yard waste site but co-worker Buddy reconnoitered it this morning on his way to work and it still has a lot of water on the ground - which means it would be very messy, plus the mulch will be heavy to load by hand, so I will wait until Thursday. That town got 4" of rain in a short period of time last week; there was 3-4' of water in some houses in a lower lying area. Hubby had to stay in town late that day as his Mama's basement was flooded.
Starting tomorrow, our local independent grocery store has whole top sirloin on sale for $4.99/lb; not sure how big they are but I will pick one of those up for daughter this week, then help her package it for her freezer. They also have top sirloin already cut into steaks on sale for $7.99/lb, so it is worth the effort of cutting it yourself. The same store has the rolls of ground turkey and turkey sausage on sale for $1/1# roll, so I will try to pick up twenty of those for her as well.
And now the boys are up - guess I'd better go put some sausage in the pan and mix up some pancakes for the griddle - I'm cheating on the pancakes - did you know that the little envelopes of muffin mix that make 6 muffins also make good pancakes? Just gotta thin the batter down a bit
Take care all; wishing you all a wonderful week!