Take Charge of Tuesday PWYC

[Lady Maverick]

The day is progressing fairly smoothly.
Homeschool is done with a little bit of push-back from DS16.
DH went with me to pick up a valentine shirt I had ordered then we stopped by a local grocery store to get a few things.

Food added to our ready-to-eat stash -
** Homemade biscuits
** Sausage gravy
** Chicken Chili
** Strawberry & lemon pound cake Trifle
** Apple pound cake Trifle
** Fried chicken tenderloins.
** Cabbage soup
DD47 brought the first 3 items this morning, the next 3 items were bought at deli, the soup was made by me.

It is 30 degrees cooler than yesterday but will be 20 degrees warmer tomorrow. I am using extra layers of clothing today.

[blessedw2]

d lady where did you find your cabbage soup recipe please.
I used to have a great cabbage soup up in door county. so good. I love your menu for put away!
apple trifle sounds amazing

love to hear your day is running smoothly d lady!

hi d Nancy we too are supposed to get snow or ice - the city through salt on our road.
stay safe!
rolls rising sound wonderful
I am going to have to come to your and d lady's house for meals!

hello d rose!!!

took dogs out again but this time I didn't last long. - The sun is hiding - it says it's 23 degrees but feels the air is supposed to be like 12 degrees - cold never bothered me much but I am a coldy locks.

cleaned next the washer and dryer - done
next:
vacuum the stairs to basement.
mom did a beautiful job in the family room -
dinner is in progress.

[Lady Maverick]

where did you find your cabbage soup recipe please.

No recipe. I just start and see what happens. First was chopping a head of cabbage and let it simmer with butter while deciding other ingredients. Chopped onions and chicken bouillon were added. I like spicy so added tomato & green chili, also chopped hot link, and red pepper flakes. It needed salt but I decided instead of using salt, I went with ranch seasoning for sodium with extra flavors. The end result made my taste buds happy. No one else in the family will touch cabbage so it is all mine to enjoy.

9 minutes until time to get DD13 from school. What can I accomplish in 9 minutes?

[Nancy]

Got 15 drops of snow.
On our walk.

I have a no power dinner in case.
Street behind me has no power b/c some one hit a power pole.
Details in my journey thread.

Took a 2nd walk to sort of settle my nerves and a look - see.
Police have the street blocked off & power co. is there now and have the
pole secured.

Fine snow coming down but not sticking at this point.

[blessedw2]

oooo sounds absolutely wonderful d lady! I have a feeling my family won't eat it but I just love it! sounds delicious!
thank you!

go lady! 9 minutes - you have got this!

d Nancy a tiny flurry of snow! glad you enjoyed your walk!

[blessedw2]

dinner has been served- it was so so to me. I have been out of practice.
dishes are done but need putting away
swept the kitchen floor
flip flop laundry
stove top cleaned again
counters cleaned

sweet dreams!!!

[Harriet]

Able to get to desk for first time since the 31st, when I did maybe one thong.

I had gone into such a deep spiral and was really down for the count. HRH has had to be with me constantly, has had so much work to do. Have missed being here - days of posts I haven't seen.

Tomorrow will be a hard day of medical at two centers. Trying to figure out how to keep this from happening again.

Weather beautiful here today, lost on me. But temp good for finally getting back to shower, grooming. Tiring though. Tomorrow huge temp drop of almost 30 degrees. We think rain will not start until we are back. WonderBoy will help to get me into and out of car here if necessary.

I gather Mystery got hurt and am so sorry.

Thinking of you all.

[lucylee]

(((Harriet))) I am sooo sorry you are having such a rough time, and praying tomorrow goes well, with less side effects to follow. (((BIG HUGS)))

Twins', I'm sorry... I have not taken charge of Tuesday, and Wednesday isn't looking good either. I am embarrassed, seeing how badly someone like Harriet would love to have the time and health that I have to take charge, and I am squandering my days... but it is what it is.
Had the dgrands for several hours -- and in that time, I did manage to manage some errands --
* took them for lunch, which was a bad idea -- unbeknown to me, DGS was supposed to be on the BRAT diet -- which did NOT include his corn dog and milkshake. He felt fine, however, until his mom got home, when he began throwing up again. Sigh. I had DGD also, because, as her RN dmom diagnosed, she has bro-itis. In other words, she is TRYING to be sick because her brother is. It's almost funny. She told ddil she threw up in the shower. DDIL said, it was just spit. But overall, she was convincing enough last night that ddil let her stay home today. She will be going to school tomorrow, according to ddil.
* texted Dfriend to make sure she still wanted me to fill in for her at church in the morning
* post office
* called fire ant people to confirm that they had received my payment and their bill had crossed in the mail
* dmom's bank to deposit her renter's check
* my bank to deposit my renter's payment (these banks are exactly across the street from each other, and one is next door to the place we ate)
* insurance office to pay home owner's payment... ugh... it is well over $1000 a year, and the deductible for the roof is even more than a new roof would cost.
After DS got finished with his lunch with our (sadly, outgoing coach) and his haircut, he asked if I could meet him at the auto shop and let him leave his car to get the turn signal fixed. Did that, took him and the grands home, and I've been back home since then. Had chicken noodle soup for my supper and I am watching college basketball on tv.
--LADYM -- my Tigers are playing Oklahoma. I can never remember which team you are for in your state, but at halftime, Auburn is ahead by 10.

So... tomorrow, I will be arriving at church by 9:00 a.m. to help with the job ddil was doing before she got a M-F day job.
She helped with the "Helping Hands" ministry, being a female companion to the man who heads it up. When people call the church asking for aid with bills or whatever, they are instructed to meet with us on Wednesdays, and whatever aid we give them goes into a data base that is shared by most of our local churches. This may sound kinda cold, but it came to our attention that some people were playing the system and might have funds from every church for this month's electric bill, etc. Of course, with the electric bill, and many like it, we can pay that directly for them, but y'all see what I mean. We have had people complain because another church was giving more for Christmas gifts, for instance. It's sad that people will try to "game" the system like that, but the goal is that we will be wise stewards of the Lord's money.
A few weeks ago, we had a homeless woman sneak into the church and someone found her sleeping in a classroom! The pastor and some of our leaders helped her get a hotel room at a small hotel in town, gave Christmas gift bags to her and the other 10 residents at the hotel, and got her in touch with family members about 40 miles away and took her there to reconnect with them! So we're not an uncaring church, we just have to do what we can and realize our limits.

After my church work tomorrow, I need to buy groceries, and then DS and ddil are bringing DGS to me, I will have to pick up dgd at 3:00, and I will help with the children's class tomorrow night, in ddil's place. DS and DDIL are going to a live musical about the wives of Henry the VIII. It's kinda a modernized re-telling, I think, and as you might imagine... DS can barely contain his excitement. NOT. But he is out of town playing music on Valentine's Day, so I think he wanted to do this for ddil this week.

Harriet, it was really beautiful here yesterday, but has clouded up today, and I think we have rain coming in. (Just like yours, Twins!)

Blessed, boy... IKWYM about being out of practice with cooking! I have GOT to try to start cooking at least once a week. DGS really enjoyed the spaghetti last Saturday. And I read today that one should only keep frozen ground beef for 3-4 months. Well, I've had it that long already, and I am pretty sure I won't use it all up in the next 3-4 months! Good grief. I know when my grandfather had a cow processed, my mom used that beef for longer than 3-4 months! Is a person honestly expected to eat a 1/4 of a steer in three months? That's ridiculous.
Ha -- I bet LadyM would have already used it up with DS 16th around! All your ready-to-eat items sound good (except I admit, I'm not much for cabbage soup, either.)

Twins', you put some good goals out there --
a flexible plan...
work that needs to be done...
time for self and others...
attention to physical and mental health...

I had a plan. But I was still tired from being sleep deprived yesterday. I slept 9.5 hours last night, and still napped a bit today. I am feeling better now, and I plan to shower immediately after this game and get in bed. I might not fall asleep immediately, but I'll be in the right place. Last night I slept on the couch, just so tired, and enjoying the Christmas lights.

Oh yes, Nancy, just a light snow sounds perfect. Not for the person who hit the power pole, of course.

Glad you don't have anymore ice, Mystery, and glad you're feeling a little better. My biopsy is the 26th, so I'll be following you by a couple days later. Then maybe we can both start March with a clean bill of health!

WTG on finishing your cabinet-clean-out, Cathy!

Rose, I am reading your post in H&F -- you are exactly right -- checking FB early in the day causes me to waste half the day. I do sooo much better if I get out of bed, turn on the lights, do a 5 minute stretching routine, s2s, and do my devotional reading FIRST. I use my phone for my alarm, so I have to pick it up first thing, but I do have an alarm clock beside my bed... there is no reason I have to use the phone. But if I can avoid it until I'm s2s, it makes a huge difference in my day.
The next danger zone time for me is when I come home from the post office. (Or anywhere I have been out of the house. Leaving the house = done for the day.) When I come back inside, I want to sit down and read the paper. That leads to snacking, and watching TV, and that leads to wanting a nap... and then the day is completely wasted. So I need to be aware of this and FORCE myself to do some sort of task immediately upon arrival back home. Or, better still, complete my plan before I leave the house. Now, tomorrow, I cannot do that, because I am not getting up early enough to have extra time before going to church. BUT... I will buy groceries before I come home, and I may wash and vacuum the car.

The things I am overlooking on my plan are -- and I have reordered for priorities --
1. Get tax papers together for accountant -- ugh. Y'all can't imagine how I dread this and how it makes me nervous.
2. Get the Christmas stuff OUT of the dining room. I am sticking with my vow to leave the tree up until I get that clean bill of health... but everything else needs to be in the closet, out of sight. After the 70-ish days of sunshine, I am not leaving the snowmen out for this month. I know we may get another snow, but I am not "celebrating" it!
3. Call monument place, check on progress of dh's stone
4. Check on Dfriend whose husband died not long after my dh.

[Nancy]

CI power was out for an hour apx. it's back things are good.
Inner net is back tv upstairs is working.
I'll check the basement one later maybe in the morning.
Dson called to check on me his was out too.
I'm glad I had a plan for no cook dinner.
Flash lites were handy too.
Heat is going I did not get cold just rested with a blanket on the couch.
Snow reflects lite was interesting we have an inch or more and snow all nite expected.

(((Harriet)))