Happy Sunday to all. Hoping this finds you all well and safe today. The last Sunday of the month - can you believe it? They say time flies when you're having fun. We must be having a ball! LOL
It is another hot and muggy start to the day and week. We did get a couple showers over the past couple days - nothing huge, but the plants enjoyed it, I am sure. Temps would drop for an hour or so, then climb back up. I am so looking forward to the end of the week and the first of August - they are predicting cooler temps. From all I see, our area will be below normal in August (normal is about 85). YAY! Looking for 70's come Saturday - oh happy days!
My frugal week:
- Started week by visiting sis - that is always fun
- Mowed all the yard - front to back (early in week)
- Finally got all the limbs and branches from past storms, broken up and gone
- Found evidence of tomato worms - ugh! Got that taken care. I like nature - but I aint sharing my tomatoes with the buggers
- Managed to get in a couple really good walks, when temps were cooler and picked up trash on one walk, as I saw it
- Got to air the house a couple mornings early in the week (AC off & gave it a break)
- I hit the hose when mowing - oh my. I did a temp patch (so I can get water to garden with soaker if needed), have what I need in garage to do a permanent fix and will when it cools off some
- Cut back some flowers that looked drab, deadheaded and cutting weeds one morning
- Cleaned out weeds/grass between the drive and fence one day - sat on cement and it was all in shade while working
- Staked and tied up tomatoes - that was a hot, hot job. It was early, but boy did it get hot and sweaty!
- Made a batch of s/f vanilla pudding - topped each serving w/ some choc. syrup and a crushed graham cracker - tasted like an eclair!
- Made a big batch of pasta/veggie salad. Mainly veggies - using every kind I had on hand
- Picked 5 tomatoes!!!! FINALLY! 6 banana peppers, 16 cherry toms, and 1 big (hidden) zucchini. There will be a lot of zucchinis this week.
- Laundry in cold and using dehumidifier water in wash. Hanging to dry
- NO grocery at all this week again - using what I have
- Paid a couple bills by phone
- Just doing all the regular stuff
Meals this past week:
2 homemade burritos
Pintos (freezer) and rice
Lasagna (freezer) and salad
Zucchini/onion/salsa/sausage skillet & fried smashed potato
Swiss/angus burger w/ sauteed peppers & onions (no bun) & baked beans
Baked beans & smoked sausage on bun
BLT (MY tomato!) and a small salad
SNACKS - pudding, PB sammie, popcorn, fruit
Just trying to stay cool, which isn't easy, unless you are inside. I am so thankful for AC. Even working outside early, gets hot in a minute. Looking forward to cooler days.
How has your week been? How are those gardens doing? Did you get any good deals this week or yard sale finds? Give us a shout out and let us know how you are faring.
I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead, and please know I pray for you all and your families daily. I wish you all the best. Blessings to you and yours from me at my humble little home.
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James 1:2-4
Again Lord, we send thanks for all our blessings and gifts received. We ask guidance in all our trials, that we may know You are always with us, and Your will be done. May we each have the strength to continue our faith daily. AMEN
You were super busy outside this week. Your yard must look amazing! Ugh on those hornworms, they are stinkers! I need to make a pasta salad for this week, that sounds refreshing. It’s really hot here too and I’m looking forward to cooler temperatures.
ReplyDeleteWell I got things done in the early parts of days. Sad part is - you do it all - and 2 days later grass and weeds look like they haven't been touched. This weather - everything just grows and grows.
DeleteI really like pasta salad - it is easy and refreshing.
Have a lovely week.
Good morning, Cheryl. The weather here is a contrast to yours. There's been only 38mm of rain so far this month. One morning, the temp was only 4C. Day-time highs are very bearable in the mid-20s (C). The grass is needing trimming/cutting only every few weeks. The tomatoes are starting to produce as are the pattipan zucchini. I've eaten one cucumber. The peas that were reseeded 2 weeks ago have not germinated. So disappointing. Flowers are at their peak. I had committed to figuring out why the pressure washer bought at a garage sale didn't work. After carefully following instructions, I discovered I had assembled it wrong. It works like a charm & I cleaned the back steps & ramp. I had running boards installed on the truck so I didn't have to hoist myself up by the grab handle. It makes such a difference to getting in & out of the truck. My friend brought me back & forth from town so we had lunch & played cards 'til the truck was ready for pick up. There was another lunch date with a friend followed by scrabble. Attended a bridal shower for a niece & an 80th birthday celebration for a neighbor. I took supper to my cousin's. She's managing pretty well in her home after 4 mos in the hospital. My half-full glass was certainly refilled with all the socializing. I picked saskatoon berries a couple of mornings, singing every song I new to keep the bears away! Today, I'll make pie. In the kitchen: chicken caesar salad; brisket, smashed potatoes, coleslaw; homemade gnocchi w/ garden kale & Italian sausage; BLT.
ReplyDeleteI would rather enjoy not having to mow or weed so often. You do it, and a couple days later, you can't tell. Glad the garden is starting to produce for you.
DeletePower washers are great - they sure can do a great job of cleaning. Yay, on the running boards. I bet that is a big help.
Sounds like a very social week - good for you.
I bet the pie will be wonderful. I had to chuckle at the singing mention - but geesh bears around is scary!
Have a super week.
Excellent devotional! Too many folks think that the Scriptures are all about gloom and doom, hell-fire and brimstone. Not so! This passage in James is contrary to that theory. As always, Your will be done.
ReplyDeleteYou did have a very busy, hot and sweaty week! Even with getting up early, it was almost more than an old person could bear. ha! Glad you got to visit with your sister. Are those coneflowers on your front walk? I'm with you...looking forward to cooler temps. I will be very happy to turn off the a/c.
That's quite a harvest! We will certainly miss the fresh grow-ceries when cold weather comes.
My oldest daughter Alana will be here for a couple days this week. I am a little concerned about her traveling from Texas by herself, but she is making a stop in Kentucky to see Chris's mom and then in Cincinnati to see an old friend, then here. Too bad we can't just beam up to our destination.
Stay cool, my friend!
The Bible and God give us so much hope - I sure hope others realize that.
DeleteYes mam, it gets to be almost too much. It doesn't take long, and I am wet and hot and starting to feel yucky. So I now stop and go in - not doing that again. I was thinking this week - it just doesn't end - so much to do OVER AND OVER!
At least the 'grow'ceries are starting to happen!
Safe travels to your daughter. Hope it all goes well.
Have a beautiful week.
Yes, coneflowers - echinacea. I have a bunch of them
DeleteYou had a good week, Cheryl, you were busy! I had coffee with a friend and she brought me a bunch of "tommy-toes" from her garden, OMGoodness they are so good!
ReplyDeleteSaturday was a hymn singing and we used 3 different books - 2 very familiar, and 1 we only use at this event. Such fun, working with different old hymns. I always wonder, "why did this hymn get lost and we don't have it in any modern books now?' - the tunes and words are so meaningful to me. :)
Still pretty hot here, but I'll cope. It's been worse here and is often worse somewhere else. ;) All my phlox have mildew. :(
MaryB
Aren't those tommy toes like candy? I love them.
DeleteMy neighbor and I were talking last weekend about hymns. He plays music at his church a couple times a month - and he says they very seldom let them play the older hymns. I find that sad. Those are my favorite. I guess they are trying for a younger base - but the oldies should still be played.
Sorry about the phlox, mine is really blooming pretty right now.
Have a blessed week.
I have noticed that with church. It makes me sad too. One book we used on Saturday was a reprint of a book from 1857! Now that had some old hymns I'd never seen anywhere else, I can tell you. :)
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You certainly had a very busy week. Hooray for garden produce. My tomatoes are finally setting fruit - we have about a dozen on five plants. Oh well, it's starting. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your sister appreciates your visits as well. I hope she is doing well in her new space.
It seems busy looking back, but at the time, it was just daily stuff! The tomatoes will get there, it is a start! I just love having fresh produce.
DeleteShe is really doing well, thank you.
Have a great week.
It sounds like a great week besides the heat. I feel you on that, literally. Happy to hear you visited your sister. I'm sure that is always a highlight for both of you. Stay cool and hopefully this time next week it will be a lot more pleasant outside.
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty good - but how much more I could have done, if it were cooler!
DeleteIt is always a joy visiting with sis, we talk so much. There is such an age difference, that for years we weren't real close - now we are.
The cooler air sounds like a blissful dream!
Have a super week.
Sounds like a productive and frugal week!
ReplyDeleteWe were able to air our house as we had some cooler nights and early mornings, which is a bit rare in our hot climate for this time of the year. Despite having AC, nothing beats fresh cool air.
Thanks. Those days are sure appreciated. I agree nothing beats fresh air. I look forward to next weekend.
DeleteHave a great week
I have been gardening in the cool of the evening and harvesting lots of plums, so many that my husband bagged some up and gave them away to each of our neighbours in our small street. They were very well received. The type of plum is Rivers Early Prolific and it is very well-named!
ReplyDeleteThe woodwork on our garage has needed revarnishing for the past couple of years, but whenever I had the time it was always too hot/rainy/windy or cold. This week was the week when I decided that it was now or never and made a start.
My bargain of the week was a huge boxed set of one of my son's favourite tv series, which I bought used online. It is an older programme and is only available on channels which are pay to view and we don't have, so he is very excited knowing that he will be able to watch it.
Wonderful devotional as always. Thank you for your prayers for us!
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