Odd Sight © April 2024 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart
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"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
I had two of our apples go bad, as I have not felt up to taking care of them. I am hoping that happens soon, before more go bad.
My husband also did a patchwork job on the chicken coop flooring, in hopes it holds until the new coop is finished.
Today I am joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.
The weather . . .
We are to get our first possible fall frost this coming weekend. If we do, it will be the end of the bell peppers and any hot peppers. We are in the 80's for now, and the rest of the week, but again cooling down after that.
As I look outside my window . . .
It's foggy again, and the sun is up. We both slept in, and my husband called in sick. There will be a doctor appt. today.
Right now I am . . .
Making a pot of coffee.
Thinking and Pondering . . .
I haven't baked an apple pie in so many years. I do not have a recipe in my binder or recipe box either. Does anyone have a recipe for the innards of the pie? Instructions on baking temp and time? I have the crust. I guess I will be doing some research online if not. Golly, it's been so long since I have made one. I may just bake a crisp instead. I found a few recipes for pies in an old recipe book I have. It will all depend on my energy level.
How I am feeling . . .
Tired, still congested a bit, still have some body aches, and once again a day with no work out.
On the breakfast plate . . .
Not sure yet.
On the lunch plate . . .
Have no idea yet. Possible a turkey, lettuce, tomato, mayo roll up sandwich with thin low carb wraps.
On the dinner plate . . .
Have no idea yet. It could be leftover chili, so I don't have to freeze it.
What I am wearing . . .
Right now? Jammies, robe and slippers. I'm in no hurry.
On the reading pile . . .
Yarn labels is about all right now. Just wasn't feeling up to reading yet.
I have made another discovery concerning my cotton yarn stash. It will be a post of it's own, so if you are interested, you can read it or if not, skip over it.
On my TV this week. . .
Any movies that look interesting.
On the menu . . .
Looking around the house . . .
It's not tidy again yet. It will take time. The AC units will be removed this coming weekend or early next week, and put into storage. We really need fresh air in this house anyway.
The hallway pile up of tools is still awaiting the complete garage clean out as well. I also have the binder deep clean job to finish, that was started way back when I started the utility room. Some jobs just need to be finished and done with before winter.
To do list . . .
From the camera . . .
Devotional, thoughts, prayers . . .
Well, I would say prayers for my husband and I, in regards to getting our health back. We get to doing something, and start feeling exhausted 30 minutes later. We are taking breaks, but would really like to feel ourselves again. We are even taking immune boosters, along with medicinal teas, and whatnot. I will be making a new medicinal soon, in light of getting sick.
The pizza sauce recipe is in this book:
I have been getting creative with my freezer and pantry stash. I am trying to rotate out, so I am prepared for the new garden stash to go back in.
I made another new breakfast recipe - Blueberry Baked Oatmeal (Cookie and Kate online). I followed the recipe completely, other than adding a bit more blueberries. I am going to need to re-stock my organic oats soon though.
I'm looking into making herbal packets to sell for facial steams. Has anyone done one? There are so many recipes for different skin types.
I haven't heard back from the General Store on selling an item. Hopefully today I will. I sent another email in case it got missed for some reason.
The leak ended up 2 leaks, and since we had to turn the water off, the other water pipes froze. It's not been fun. My counter is full of dirty dishes. The drain froze too. It'll be a long day for me. When I do get water and a clear drain, it'll take me a week to catch up. So frustrating, but leak was repaired, just not the softener line.
I spent most of my day on handicrafts, although I attempted to purge. I didn't get very much put in the box for our daughter and grandkids. My husband got a chuckle watching me though. He said, "aren't you supposed to be cooking cabbage?" Ha ha ha! We'll, I'll have some items for a fall craft show, prepared well in advance anyway.
Anyway, I heard my husband talking to himself over and over for not heat taping those water lines. I tried to get him to do it several times over summer, and he wouldn't listen to me. I think he got the picture this time.
While he was trying to thaw out the rest of the house, I started yet another craft project. More on that later. I'll probably be purging the last two boxes of books. I can't control myself when I'm purging crafting items (ha ha ha!).
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Attempted to get this post up this morning, but had to literally throw on sweatpants and a shirt and head out. Youngest broke down. I had to pick her up and take her to work, only to come home and find my husband and a friend in the drive. He had left work to tow her car home, but found out her tire blew (what happens when you drive too long on a tire with low air, but maybe she'll learn).
We had to go back to the big city and get a new tire, then back to the car and then back home. I needed a shower and to brush my teeth. Once we get the fire stoked, we'll make a 3rd trip into town (it's 20-25 minute drive each way). We'll deliver her car to her work location and head back home.
What a morning.....hoping the day goes way better now.
I literally have nothing to blog today. I was so busy yesterday though, and we got one car picked up and paid for (this guy repairs from his home and does an awesome job on "big" jobs).
However, there is no room in his driveway to tow my car over for the new engine. Story of my life. I'm told Monday or Tuesday we can bring it over.
In the meantime, our 21 year-old is happy now that she has her "own" car now. We are all tickled pink that our 18 year-old is back home. Her job is keeping her busy and she is doing very well at the hair salon. Her dog is so happy too, that we sent her flowers to her work and asked that the card read, "Thank you for coming back home Mommy," signed Romeo.
Romeo was so excited that he was zooming from room to room and could not sleep the first night she was here.
Anyway, we had a very long but productive day I guess. First, even though my husband is working nights, we drove an hour to a city to do firearms shopping (just being prepared for whatever happens after election, you just never know in this messed up world we now live in). We've already had our mailbox (with a USA flag on it) bashed in and our USA flag on our house beat down so bad, the flag holder screws were ripped out. A flag was set on fire in a close town, that was on their house and could have set the house on fire.
So, while we were shopping, I could not believe all the stores that were all in this city. I mean they have it all. Like a Hobby Lobby with a JoAnn's, Lowe's, Menards, Wal-mart, Meijer....like they were super busy and I thought, "man this is the place to get everything you need in one trip." Too bad it's an hour drive.
I convinced my husband to stop at either craft store to look for my yarn and lavender netting. I found neither one. I came home with 10 yards of teal netting though.
After returning, we drove to pick up the last of our daughter's belongings and retired for the night. It's a good thing I did not let the chickens out while we were gone all day as well. I watched an eagle fly right over the house. I haven't seen one around here in a few years. However, I did see a coyote around 4pm last Wednesday. I'm told they will circle around and be back in a few weeks, and to watch for them. This however was a lone coyote.
Did you know that coyotes will increase their day time hunting as the weather gets colder? Probably why I saw it at 4pm.
On a good note, I found out the our 21 year-old is back to working in the store she was hired in this next week. She's been helping out in another city the last two weeks. Oh, and I'm told that her store put in a bid to buy a larger (our old Hobby Lobby that went out of business) store to move to. If they do, I sent them a request to start selling yarn since there is no good source in that town anymore. Crossing my fingers, but you never know.
I haven't been out in the garden lately. I'm waiting for a round of rain to come down, to make digging easier. We'll see if we do get the predicted rain or not come Monday.
I planted 4 mums in one of my flower beds and found our barn cat sleeping in my flowers. She loves my flower beds.