Better late than never

 I almost forgot to post today.  Oops

I made potato soup and leak soup. It was pretty good and I had that about noon. I stayed busy today crocheting today on the baby blanket. 

Fleta stoped by on her way home from work telling me about how the Berryville Tyson plant caught on fire. It did not burn down but did some damage and I think some people were hurt. I guess I should have paid more attention so I could write more about it. 

Tomorrow I am washing my bedding. I have ment to do this all week but I have gotten up and immediately made the bed each morning.  So I did not want to remake the bed again but tomorrow if I get the bed made and then remember I need to wash the bedding I am going to unmake the bed. 

I’ve got to mop the floors also so I guess tomorrow will be house cleaning day. It’s about time. 

It seemed warmer today but this will be short lived I’m afraid. I had the heat off in the house but tomorrow night I think I’ll have to plug the bathroom and kitchen heater back on. I sure can’t take a chance on pipes freezing.

I should have called Bill today since he was off work. 

I sure miss this ole boy. It’s the last picture I took of him. Bill said it was his dog but the entire family claimed him as their favorite, including me!

38• right now.

 Well, the snow still has not completely melted. But I did make it to town yesterday and today. I’m so proud of myself. Today I did do a little grocery shopping. But by the time I got home I was so hungry. I fixed something to eat and all of the groceries like the canned goods are still sitting in the kitchen floor. I at least did put the cold stuff away. 

I have a load of laundry in the dryer, I need to tend to. And some kitchen towels folded from ann earlier load are sitting on the floor in front of the dryer. That’s really a good place for them isn’t it.

I just turned the TV on to deadliest catch. It’s reruns, reruns, reruns, so I can listen to it without really watching it and I think I will go in and put the food away in the kitchen. There’s not dirty dishes. They’re all in the dishwasher and it’s not full so I don’t need to unload it, but there is still that load of laundry in the dryer. It hangs over my head like a weight.

It has been sunny today and not all that cold but it’s getting down so cold at night that the snow isn’t melting quite as quickly as I would like. A week from yesterday they said it’s gonna be 9° so that ought to be really fun next week.

Fleta came by today. I made her food, when I made mine. We had fish steamed in butter and fresh cauliflower steamed in butter. It was so good and I was so hungry.

Thinking about Mackenzie making sourdough bread hasn’t helped. I would like to have some. I keep looking at the recipes online and they all look like a lot of trouble so I don’t think I’m going to do that. But I did buy bagels today so I will enjoy them.

Tomorrow is Thursday and Bill is on his new schedule for his work I believe and so he’ll be off Thursday, Friday,  and Saturday.

 Saturday,  he is having some people come over and help him and I am so thankful. I hope he gets a lot done On his building.

Oh, I did do several rows of crochet today. I am working on a blanket for Mackenzie‘s next future baby which I hope is several years off from now because I really enjoy the one she has and the one she has think she’s the bomb. I would hate for her to have to share the lime light.

I think I have figured out where I’m going to store my $15 vacuum cleaner. So far it has been stored in front of my entry to my bedroom during the day then at night I push it all over in front of the front door, but this is not a permanent solution. I don’t think. Sure would let me know if anyone come in in the middle of the night though. 

Tonight, I will not need to leave the heat on in the kitchen and in the bathroom or leave the water running either one it’s only gonna get down about freezing tonight. But it won’t last long.

I have not been able to go out my back porch because the step there is so slick. Fleta brought me rock salt up today. She said I needed to put it out there. I’ve just been going out the front door. It has worked pretty well.

Only two more days and sister Fleta will have a couple of days off. I am glad she is walking better not limping so much but you still can’t tell her anything. Her broken leg did not make her any nicer.

Well, I am going to say Fleta says she finds it pretty hard to feel sad for all the millionaires that have lost their homes. I still feel bad for them. She said she is sure they’re going to be just fine and I’m sure they are but many of them had lived in their homes for years and years and maybe even some were family homes so there was a lot of memories and pictures and things like that that you will never get back And I do have to admit that it is not like the poor floods of Kentucky and Tennessee. Those people are so so poor, but it’s just all sad to me. I am so thankful all we have to worry about is Fleta setting the place on fire. At this time with all the snow and wet I think we’re safe.

It’s a special day

    Look what I got today. The Grandest taken Christmas 2024. I’ve been waiting for it. Everyone make the picture larger so you can fully appreciate the cuteness overload! 

I just hung it on an existing nail. I may lover it just a bit.

Oh my , I was looking on marketplace and saw an old Electrolux vacuum and shampooer for 15$. I drove to Harrison to pick it up. What a jewel! It will suck the carpets off the floor! It has a retractable cord that does not retract. I’m going to try a little WD40 on it and maybe I can loosen it up but it is great. On EBay it is going for 175$ I don’t know just how old it is but my guess is the 70’s it’s grey and navy blue. It was a great buy

Snow is almost gone

 

But the cold is here to stay.

I started a new baby blanket for Kenzie since I made one for Amanda and one for lex.

Fleta bought this yarn for me at Christmas. I just gave her a hard time! 

It has been a good day here today. I’m so thankful Fleta will be able to drive herself to work tomorrow. On the other hand I will not be trying to drive anywhere. It is just to cold and there might be ice tomorrow. The cold is supposed to last for at least two more weeks and it’s supposed to be really cold.

Well, I’ve been crocheting today. I’ve had the television on there really isn’t anything good on but it is a racket.

I spoke to Mackenzie today. She was doing good. I got to see the grandest. Oh she is to die for she is so cute and Amanda was over at Christina’s. I even got to see her so that was nice.

Bill called me today. He’s back at work hard at it. His friend is coming over with his teenage boys this weekend to help work on his building. That would be lots of hands helping hands. I love it.

Laura stayed home today and she took Betty Jean to her exercise class. She goes to this senior class Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s not far from her house but she’s like the rest of us old people. She don’t wanna drive when the weather is bad.

The kids did not have to go to school today, but they never have to go on Monday anyway. I’m sure Robert went to work. I don’t know about the other two they don’t work at McDonald’s every day. I kind of think they were staying home today.

 Oh I heard Robert got a new dog a big one. I’ll bet sister Fleta is so proud. I know this because Greg come up to get some wood to build a doghouse for it so at least maybe it’ll stay outside. Maybe it will stay down at Greg’s that would even be better. 

I don’t know how long it’ll take me to make this baby blanket. I started on it around noon, which was about five hours ago and I’ve done about 5 inches. So I guess it may take me quite a while nothing but time here that’s for sure.

I made Spanish rice yesterday. I’ve had it twice today. Nothing else just Spanish rice. It is absolutely one of my favorite foods high in carbs. That’s good for my width isn’t it?

Mackenzie was making sourdough bread today. Someone gave her the starter but it is still a lot of work to make it. I hope she enjoys it may I just rather make mom‘s buns that only takes about 2 1/2 hours and quite honestly only about 15 minutes prep time. The rest is just letting it rise and cook. 

Laura Jean does make delicious sourdough bread but I certainly am not taking up that habit. It is way too much trouble for me.

While Mackenzie was working on the sourdough, I could see Wrenley was having a really good time doing a lot of things.

February will be here before we know it. But the weather won’t be any better than January. I’m afraid by April we might be able to start thinking of a garden. There’s hope on the horizon.

Sunday and a Sun Day Again

 Thank goodness it’s not doom and gloom today. It is a bout 40 right now.

Here is a pic of my red and black couch with the sun shining in the windows. Yippee! 

I made vegetable soup today and it is really good. I will be eating it for the next two days. 

It’s supposed to get colder this week and then really cold next week.

Robert is going to drive Fleta to work tomorrow in the truck and then he will go back and pick her up. It will be nice having someone drive her. We three sisters are all past the age of wanting to drive ourselves. I love to be driven around.

Betty has been out on the slick sidewalks walking. She needs to keep her butt at home. If she falls we’ll be in trouble.after Fleta’s broken leg I think we would not want to do that again. Might be just like we would treat a horse. 

There is one show I like to watch these days and I got to watch the new episode today. My high lite of the day. I am anxious for Matlock to come back on. I forget if it’s this month or next.

I did clean up the kitchen today and I have the dishwasher  loaded and running.

 Sent me this picture of his shop today. He now has 2 lifts in. He will be so glad when it is finished. You can see Kimmy by the ladder working. She is something else. She is so good with tools. 

That’s all for today , Folks!