Good Evening, All!!
Computer was wonky (again...) when I tried to start the thread earlier today, and I had to leave home to head to grandson's wrestling match, so didn't get back around to starting it until now.
Re: posts in last week's thread about canned soup being a good thing to have on hand - Yes indeed; it is!! To stretch a can of soup to feed more than one, try serving it over rice, or thinning it bit with water before bringing it up to a simmer in an iron skillet in the oven, then topping it with drop biscuit dough and baking until the biscuits are brown. Dumplings could be dropped into simmering soup as well to make it a stick to yer ribs meal!
No chance to go through the weekly ads as yet (why didn't I think to take them to the wrestling match?!) so don't know if there are any good buys out there or not! I did pick up some foil loaf pans at Dollar Tree today while picking up supplies for a work project - I needed the loaf pans to help me organize the mylar packets of tuna and salmon - prefer to use the foil ones rather than the cardboard boxes they come in in case of leakage as my pantry shelves are raw pine boards and if anything soaks into them it would be a pain to remove.
Still waiting on our new heater to arrive - the two day delivery has now stretched to 5... I am looking forward into getting it hooked up and running - especially since my computer is conveniently located about 8 feet away from it, so I should stay comfy for sure
Working Monday and Tuesday, have Wednesday off, minor surgery scheduled on Thursday, then Friday to recover - although youngest grandson has conned me into picking him up after school and taking him out to lunch lol! Work should be getting a little less chaotic in the next couple of months as we just got approved for 2 more nurses to work the unit - which means we need to hire three as we're still down one... Another change will be that all the day shift staff will be pulling an 11a~11p shift once a month - scheduled, not extra so we can't whine too much; we are blessed to have jobs to go to in any case!
Well, 0430 is gonna come plenty early, so I reckon I'd better finish up this post and see if I can get some sleep. You folks take care - especially if you're having to fly somewhere!!
Computer was wonky (again...) when I tried to start the thread earlier today, and I had to leave home to head to grandson's wrestling match, so didn't get back around to starting it until now.
Re: posts in last week's thread about canned soup being a good thing to have on hand - Yes indeed; it is!! To stretch a can of soup to feed more than one, try serving it over rice, or thinning it bit with water before bringing it up to a simmer in an iron skillet in the oven, then topping it with drop biscuit dough and baking until the biscuits are brown. Dumplings could be dropped into simmering soup as well to make it a stick to yer ribs meal!
No chance to go through the weekly ads as yet (why didn't I think to take them to the wrestling match?!) so don't know if there are any good buys out there or not! I did pick up some foil loaf pans at Dollar Tree today while picking up supplies for a work project - I needed the loaf pans to help me organize the mylar packets of tuna and salmon - prefer to use the foil ones rather than the cardboard boxes they come in in case of leakage as my pantry shelves are raw pine boards and if anything soaks into them it would be a pain to remove.
Still waiting on our new heater to arrive - the two day delivery has now stretched to 5... I am looking forward into getting it hooked up and running - especially since my computer is conveniently located about 8 feet away from it, so I should stay comfy for sure
Working Monday and Tuesday, have Wednesday off, minor surgery scheduled on Thursday, then Friday to recover - although youngest grandson has conned me into picking him up after school and taking him out to lunch lol! Work should be getting a little less chaotic in the next couple of months as we just got approved for 2 more nurses to work the unit - which means we need to hire three as we're still down one... Another change will be that all the day shift staff will be pulling an 11a~11p shift once a month - scheduled, not extra so we can't whine too much; we are blessed to have jobs to go to in any case!
Well, 0430 is gonna come plenty early, so I reckon I'd better finish up this post and see if I can get some sleep. You folks take care - especially if you're having to fly somewhere!!
