False Alarm...Easter, Embroidery and Serger (Overlock)

 

Good morning, Friends...Hope this finds you all happy, safe and well!  It's was just another week filled with the mundane (a Good thing) dealings of life.  Our refrigerator refused to make ice...I tried everything I know to make it change it's mind!  Nothing worked...then Larry gave it a go...nothing, once again.  He said it's silly to spend $$$$ on a repairman these days on a 15 year old refrigerator that may or may not have a few more years in it...so we went shopping.  Bought a less fancy brand called HiSense.  Never heard of it!  Lowes rep said it's new so they don't have much data on it yet.  $1618.39 with an added 5yr warranty added to the price.  They don't last like they used to.  

We get home...I go to check on the ice maker in the old unit...and there's ice...staring at me...well...fudge!

Told Larry...we just looked at each other for a long half second then he says...we're still buying the new one.  Okay then but I tried to reason with him.  $500/700 repairman, parts & labor...no telling what breaks next...or, just buy the new one with warranty. 

We bought the new one.  Lowes installed it the very next day!  What a race to clean out the old one!  I was totally out of freezer space!  But the job got done. 

Everett, Samantha and Sloane at Easter.

Sloanes finger is healing nicely but she's also being very careful with it.

Our little Miss Sydney... from Tylar and Sara in Hungary (AF).  Ty has put in for a base in Arkansas and it is on his "wish list"...and ours!  Say a prayer, will you?!  They are coming home to the States soon...yea!!

Love my Baby Lock embroidery machine!  Starting to learn!

No more frayed edges!  Love the Brother Serger (Overlock).

Pasta dish Larry made...it was really good!

Breakfast this morning... I cook the sausages in my airfryer...no time at all!  And they brown all over instead of the two sides.

I also made leg quarters and Larry made the sweet beans...

Well, that's about it for me this week.  Hope you all are well and happy and staying out of trouble! lol

Have a great weekend!  So, until next time...

Sweet...The Girlz, Cooking and Washing.

Good morning, Friends!  It's been a busy week.  Deliveries, eye appointments...Going with the girls to eat lunch...babysitting Sloane...cooking...buying a new washing machine...watching an ambulance take a neighbor to the hospital...(long story)...he couldn't ahhh...go to the restroom...doesn't take his medications...we think he's having some dementia issues.  I feel so sorry for his youngest daughter living 3 hours away.  Every time he sneezes, he thinks he has to call her to come back home to take care of him...sad.  He hates that she married and moved away...personally, I think he knows what he's doing...anything to get her here...so sad!

The girls (Daughter Crystal, granddaughter Sam and great granddaughter Sloane and I, the old crone...lol) went out to eat at our favorite sandwich joint, Schmaltz's.  Wonderful lunch and lots of love from my SloaneyGirl! 

Crystal holding her granddaughter, Sloane for an after-lunch nap.

My grandbaby Samantha resting...

Samantha's newest commercial photo...I love her so much!

Oh, my word, this pork roast was wonderful!  Added red potatoes, bell pepper and sweet onions along with some butter.

We were craving Chicken & Dumplings...They were really good!

I made Key Lime Pie yogurt...always wonderful.

Had to purchase a new washing machine.  I will NEVER own a front loader machine again!  My fancy front-loader Bosch (10 yrs old) needed a new Mother Board...No Way $$$ .... I'd had enough trying to use the mechanical "go-around" to wash clothes!  It won't spin... Ridiculous...Larry thought it was just fine and that it might be "crippled" but, it still worked... :oo

He sang a different song yesterday when I told him since he was fine jumping through hoops while trying to get the wash done...I believed it was time for him to take over the washing duty! 

He couldn't get me in the truck to Lowes, fast enough. 

My new washer will be delivered...today.

When it would snap up the ERROR message, I'd have to do A through F... 

Our feral cat, Miss Kitty relaxing with us for just a little while before meowing to go back outside.   We really hope we can get her trained to use the dog door, coming into the house, before Winter!  That's Buddy sitting in the chair...observing her.  Both dog babies (Buddy & Libby the pug) and Miss Kitty get along just fine!

Larry bought a new toy...a 3-D Printer... I have no idea why...but if that's what makes him get up in the morning, good enough.  He's 76...77 in October.  He needs to keep busy and have fun while doing it.  He goes in on the 16th of September for a check-up on his bladder cancer.  Keep him in your prayers please.

This is his first project...lol...It's a pattern that came with the machine. I asked if he could make toys for Sloane, and he says he can.  Special project patterns cost, and those prices vary.  Doesn't everything?

Well, I suppose that's all for now.  

I hope you all are happy and safe in your worlds...so until next time....

 

Fries...Mice, Quilt, Sloane and Zwilling

Good morning, Friends...Just stopping in to let you know everything is okay with Marie, across the street... (read my last post).  I guess she never even saw the A/C van parked out in front of our house. Nothing's been said in person or on Facebook...She hasn't befriended me...lol

Hopefully, all is well...

I hope all of you are doing good?  I pray so...

 

Leg quarters and fries for lunch...

Cinnamon rolls baked in the air fryer for breakfast.

Pork and corn with green beans another day...

This recipe looks easy!  I'll be trying it...  Let me know if you do, as well!

Playing with stitches on the sewing machine...Larry said they looked like ticks...I had to do some adjustments...lol

Trying to finish the quilt.  It's been one thing after another and some laziness on my part...

Sloane had an ear infection again...and she has tubes...Maybe soon, she'll outgrow this?  Hope so.

Sam picking her up at the end of the day...feeling much better.  We always hate to see them leave...

I did an AI photo of our Libby...it turned out almost like her!

I also did one of our Buddy...I never could get one to look like him and he's certainly not a puppy at 14!

Right!

I love my Zwilling device!  I ordered extra bags from Amazon. The device is sold there as well.

Well...that's about it for me, this week...I know...a bit boring but I'm really thankful it's been boring.  I had a YAG laser posterior capsulotomy done on my Right eye last Friday and will have the Left one done, this Friday.  All it does is clean the lens of scar tissue which had caused my vision to be a little misty white. Took about 10 seconds to do with the laser...no pain...sitting up position...clothes on!  The wait took an hour and a half!!!  (not every patient was there for a YAG procedure) Larry called it, a cattle call!  One patient after another...Hopefully, the wait time will be shorter this next time...my appointment is at 8:25am. The other was at 11:05am. Wish me luck...If you are experiencing the same, ask your doctor about a YAG procedure.  It helps clear things up.

Have a great rest of the week and stay safe...until next time!

God sent His Angel...A/C Dilemma, Yogurt and Hot Air.

Good morning, Friends...It's been a little busier around here, than usual.  Our air conditioner coils are leaking and Larry doesn't want to replace them.  Almost $3000 just for the coil unit...plus labor...and if anything else goes wrong with the a/c, more money, so...we are getting a new complete unit.  The guy starts on it today.  

Larry has been mowing our across the street neighbor's lawn, now for almost three years.  The husband (Al) owned an air conditioning business.  Before he passed away, he asked Larry to just be there if his wife Marie, needed help.  Well, Larry just started mowing her lawn, no charge.  And we are there if she needs anything else.  Well, that's the dilemma...

The last time one of Marie's techs (Al's brother) came to refill the freon (because it has a slow leak no one told us about it) Larry asked him to please work us up an estimate on a new unit.  Well, that was over 2 months ago and still no word.  Well...we then called a company called Jacobs-Cathey.  We worked with them a lot in all the years we worked in our plumbing business... (now we are retired, and Larry's brother and wife are running it).  Well, that was about two weeks ago...Larry went there personally to talk with them...they apologized and said the tech must have just gotten busy and forgot to turn the work sheet in.  ok...that estimate turned out to be over $11 thousand dollars...(grabbing my chest).  SO he called an a/c guy that our daughter and granddaughter had worked for years ago...Bailey AC.  He called Larry back about an hour later...came by an hour after that and had our bid for $8300 in less than 30 minutes.

Now...When Marie see's Bailey AC in our driveway...what do I tell her??  I know she's going to be upset about us using someone else.  

Larry said to just tell her the truth...her tech never got back to us..."it's business", he said.  I know she's going to be upset...I'll let you know how it turns out...say a prayer for peaceful waters.  We've had enough shocks this week...

We stopped at our favorite Chinese food joint...They are cheap and give you enough food for several days!  This was Larry's Chicken Fried Rice...

Waiting for our order...

After we got home, Samantha called asking if we could pick our Sloane up from daycare...they were going car shopping and didn't think Sloane would do well.  We picked her up at 2pm and they picked her back up around 9:30pm.  Nope...too long a wait for a baby.

We had a fun time and a change of clothes...got her banana all over herself...I missed the piece on her lip...lol

A new project all folded away when I get through with the quilt...hopefully, soon! lol

The material I found is so sweet...

I made air fryer Cornish hen...

I made Instant Pot yogurt...Seriously good!!  I never knew that the longer you leave the yogurt to ferment, the tangier the taste!  SO, I left it for just 6 hours and talk about delicious!!  Vanilla...

The other photo was my Lemon chicken...

Here's an upgraded plastic bag blower Larry made!  It works great and I can easily wash and dry them now.  Too darn expensive to throw away!

I made Chicken Salad...delicious if you like a sweet salad.  

Grapes, chicken chunks, mayonnaise, mustard, slivered almonds and about 2 cups of Cool Whip.  Mix well and refrigerate.

Serve on your favorite bread.

Well, that's about it for me...Hope you all are all well and safe.  Please pray for America...and the families of the shooting that happened this past Sunday.  Thank God President Trump turned his head...ever so slightly.  Pray for unity...and a peaceful election.

So... until next time...