Chicken, Market Day, and Hello...

Good morning, Friends...

Well, another week has flown by.  I think I blinked twice, and it was gone!  Yet again, we weren't all that busy.

Larry did some grilling (I really should get back out there and re-familiarize myself with the grill) of some really tasty chicken thighs.

My sister Ruth Ann goes in for her last chemo this coming Monday (17th).  A new plan will be discussed about needing more chemo or if she's totally done with that part of treatment.  There's also the plans for re-attaching her colon and doing away with the colostomy bag (hopefully!) to be discussed.  We have no idea at this point.  Just praying the cancer is gone (the oncologist says it is) and stays gone!

Chicken thighs

We decided we'd jump in the car and travel south to our favorite country meat market, Green's Sausage House.  Usually, at this time of the year, we'd see different crops in the fields...corn, maize, cotton, wheat.  But, to our surprise...there was nothing but corn in the fields!  Nothing...just miles and miles of...corn.  Anyone know why this is?  We don't...

Curious...

 

We finally make it to Green's.  SO many different choices....They constantly stay busy and we never venture to the market on a Saturday!  Too busy for us!

The back yard is starting to fill back in nicely...All that burnt up last season grass, is being taken over by the new grass seed Larry spread out, several months ago.  The roses I planted are growing great...new growth on them all.  They are a bit spindly...so I'll need to prune them back in February.  I'm not sure if I can do it sooner here in the South.

A while back, I decided I'd had enough of fluoride in my toothpaste.  You hear so many bad things about all the commercial toothpaste being caustic and full of cancer-causing fluoride.  Well, I decided to finally change products!   Instead of Crest I found (after a lot of research) a product called Hello.  Oh my goodness!  What a difference!  The taste of mint is very mild and pleasant...you get none of that tingly burning feeling (not a good thing!) in your mouth that those other paste give you!  And you don't get all that foam!  So messy...  

I found Hello at Walmart.

I may be 71 but it's never too late!

Lol...

Our sweetpea, Sloane... (greatgran)

 

Sloaneygirl  and Gampa, having a heart-to-heart

 chat...lol

Larry and I laughed at this one...too true, for us! lol

Meatloaf for lunch yesterday.  Larry put Sweet Baby Ray's instead of catsup on top.  He put a bit too much on it, but I didn't say anything...hey!  If your man is cooking, you take one for the team!  I secretly did a little scraping without him noticing...and smiled... lolol

Hoping this finds you all happy and content.  So...until next time...

Oatmeal...The Birds...Big Red Ice Cream...

 Good morning, friends!

We enjoyed a peaceful Independence Day...cooked, walked and rested.  Watched television a bit.  I ran to Walmart but, other than that...nothing.  We didn't even hear any fireworks!  I think that we are now living in the "oldie's" part of town...We have lived here 48 years so I believe we now qualify...as oldies...lol...The young have bought homes elsewhere...

Rolled Oats for breakfast...make it...cut it up then wrap in waxed paper, pop into a Ziploc bag then freeze it. Thaw and heat in the microwave when you want oatmeal for breakfast.  I love to prep meals for future use.

Recipe called for adding cinnamon and brown sugar with pecan bits.  I also added a few raisins.  Heats back up just fine.

I made rice and tomatoes this week...easy...just tomatoes, rice and butter!

If you have mosquitoes, ants or other pest like wasp or scorpions, etc., you need this!  It's a heat pen that kills the venom of the bite!  We LOVE it!  Get bit...apply pen...no more itch!

Get it on Amazon.  It's called, Bite Away.  We bought several for the kids, as well.

Well ladies...I think it's mostly the truth...Lol

I made Big Red Ice Cream on Tuesday.  I've been making this for years!

From the South?  Then you know!! lol

Recipe Here 

My sweet Libby never leaves my side!  She's asleep in this photo...lol

I love how our beloved and departed Kiki turned out (18yrs old)!  I know she's always around me...Larry surprised me with this one...

Larry smoked a Tri-Tip...Tender and Delicious!

You know, no post of mine would be complete without something about our greatgran Sloane! lol

This was her first Lemon Oreo!  She thoroughly enjoyed it as much as she did the Chocolate Oreo last week!  She had a lunch prior to the cookie of Chicken and applesauce...with green beans.  

She's such a joy to us old folks...

I made this pie...So Delicious!!!

Go to my cooking blog for the whole and easy experience!

Lime Cracker Pie Recipe

See what Larry made me?  Chickens! Lol...I love them! 

He also made me a hummingbird and flower!  I'm really trying to get my potting station fixed up.  It's still a work in progress, but it'll get there.

I pray you are all having a peaceful week...and are well, or at least getting there. It's still early morning here so I best get outside and do some watering.

Until next time...

Sloane's Vacation...Tomatoes and Gadgets

Good Morning Friends!

My goodness, Spring has quickly turned into Summer!  

Sloane and her mom and dad have enjoyed their vacation in Port Aransas, Texas.  They should already be home by the time I post this.  Looks like they ate a lot of seafood and played in a lot of sand and salt water...We missed them...

Miss Sloane (our great granddaughter)

Look-a-like clothes...lol

Always so happy...with mom and dad...

A little time-out with cousin Arlis...

Had to have a little swimming pool time...

Being chauffeured while out seeing the sights...lol

On the beach for the first time!

Pooped out...lol

It was Taco Tuesday!  Larry and I made it into town in time to enjoy one of our favorite meals.

These came off of my tomato plant.  It's already given me about 8, so far...and now these and, there's more on the plant!

Rosemary, Noah's Ark and Hibiscus

Here's the solar water feature (Amazon) Larry purchased for the bird bath.

Zucchini, Yellow squash, shrimp and tomatoes in a lemon cream sauce.

I saw this neat little gadget online somewhere, but I did a search for it and found it, yet again, on Amazon.  It chops strawberries, garlic, mushrooms...etc.  If it fits, it'll chop.  So if you have your board full of strawberries, let's say, you just push down over a strawberry, press quickly downward and then move on to the next one!  No emptying the chamber until it's full...Talk about a time saver!

Well, not much to report today...Hopefully, I didn't bore you too much.  Larry's feeling better...working back out in his workshop on more things for the wood fence...watering the foundation (Texas heat will dry out the soil around your house so we water it.  Not one crack in our's yet and have been doing this since we moved in 48 years ago.)  Most of the houses on this block have had some sort of foundation repair!  When visiting with the neighbors, we'd try to tell them how to keep cracks from happening but...they know best...not going to happen to them...okay...lol

Here's hoping you had a good week, were good to each other and enjoyed some "down" time.  

So, as Sloane is saying...bye bye for now...until next time,