Good Morning, All; I hope everyone is doing as well as possible this morning.
The temperature started dropping here yesterday - we did get a bit of snow then, and have had short flurries off and on this morning, but it all melted as soon as it hit the ground. The thermometer is still sitting on 32*F, but I think the high is supposed to get up to 37*F. I so want to get out in the garden!!
Hubby and I don't drink milk (though there are times I think I keep a cow in business producing the half 'n half for my coffee), so I had only picked up a half gallon when I snagged the boys this weekend; it was down to about 2 cups. Hubby was making pancakes for the boys' breakfasts and had it sitting beside the box of pancake mix; I moved it back to the fridge so they could have milk to drink, and plopped down the bag of dry milk in it's place. He was reading the directions on reconstituting it when I dumped 1/3 cup in with the pancake mix and advised him to mix it up a bit, then add the water called for instead of mixing up the milk - save a step. I checked the back up box of pancake mix and it is complete, so we won't have to bother with milk when we switch over to it. I had picked up 2 each of baking soda and baking powder to rotate in to stock the last time I went to Aldi (they were fully stocked at the time) so we are good to make pancakes when the mix runs out.
Prepping this week has been pretty much limited to standing back and watching other people freaking out. I did add some 2 gallon plastic buckets with lids from Home Depot, but could only get 5 as they had more buckets than lids. I'm using them to repack a couple of buckets of the heavier stuff that I'm now barely able to move when it's in a 5 gallon bucket. The grand-dog and I also went around the yard and picked up sticks, divvied them into two piles under the shed porch - kindling and firewood. Once it dries out some, the grandsons and I will do hobo packets on the grill or in the coals, and make a 'Boy Scout' oven to bake some biscuits or cookies.
Speaking of biscuits, I did snag a couple of cartons of whipping cream on my last Aldi run, so I will be making up a couple batches of sweet cream freezer biscuits later in the week. I'd just as soon have biscuits or corn bread as yeast bread; Hubby still has half a loaf of yeast bread in the bread drawer so I'm not worried about having to make any for a few days.
Well, the granddog has dropped his tennis ball in my lap three times since I started typing and I'm having trouble saying no to those beseeching puppy dog eyes, so I reckon I'd better post this and go let him run off some energy!
You folks all take care out there, stay as safe as you can!
The temperature started dropping here yesterday - we did get a bit of snow then, and have had short flurries off and on this morning, but it all melted as soon as it hit the ground. The thermometer is still sitting on 32*F, but I think the high is supposed to get up to 37*F. I so want to get out in the garden!!
Hubby and I don't drink milk (though there are times I think I keep a cow in business producing the half 'n half for my coffee), so I had only picked up a half gallon when I snagged the boys this weekend; it was down to about 2 cups. Hubby was making pancakes for the boys' breakfasts and had it sitting beside the box of pancake mix; I moved it back to the fridge so they could have milk to drink, and plopped down the bag of dry milk in it's place. He was reading the directions on reconstituting it when I dumped 1/3 cup in with the pancake mix and advised him to mix it up a bit, then add the water called for instead of mixing up the milk - save a step. I checked the back up box of pancake mix and it is complete, so we won't have to bother with milk when we switch over to it. I had picked up 2 each of baking soda and baking powder to rotate in to stock the last time I went to Aldi (they were fully stocked at the time) so we are good to make pancakes when the mix runs out.
Prepping this week has been pretty much limited to standing back and watching other people freaking out. I did add some 2 gallon plastic buckets with lids from Home Depot, but could only get 5 as they had more buckets than lids. I'm using them to repack a couple of buckets of the heavier stuff that I'm now barely able to move when it's in a 5 gallon bucket. The grand-dog and I also went around the yard and picked up sticks, divvied them into two piles under the shed porch - kindling and firewood. Once it dries out some, the grandsons and I will do hobo packets on the grill or in the coals, and make a 'Boy Scout' oven to bake some biscuits or cookies.
Speaking of biscuits, I did snag a couple of cartons of whipping cream on my last Aldi run, so I will be making up a couple batches of sweet cream freezer biscuits later in the week. I'd just as soon have biscuits or corn bread as yeast bread; Hubby still has half a loaf of yeast bread in the bread drawer so I'm not worried about having to make any for a few days.
Well, the granddog has dropped his tennis ball in my lap three times since I started typing and I'm having trouble saying no to those beseeching puppy dog eyes, so I reckon I'd better post this and go let him run off some energy!
You folks all take care out there, stay as safe as you can!
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