Certain Bargains

Sometimes a bargain is not what you pay for.

My husband and I went to a Fleet Farm so that he could look at some fishing tackle that was on sale. Now, I don't normally shop at Fleet Farm, but while I was waiting for him
(he is so poky), I saw some clothing. Most of the women's clothing was not something I would like, but I did find a pair of black slacks for work. I have lost a bit of weight and I need new clothes so you can imagine my delight when the slacks were only 20 dollars!

I went to work this a.m. all happy with my deal, and an hour into the day, someone pointed out the slit on the right side where the stitching had come loose. It wasn't that way when I left the house. I had to whip stitch it sitting at my desk. I have no idea how long I was having this wardrobe malfunction, but it was embarrassing to say the least.

In future, I will check out a deal better than I did. And I will also admit that I don't plan on clothes shopping at a fleet farm any time soon.

Lovely

I spent the weekend at the cabin. Saturday came cool but sunny. I didn't want to get out from under the electric blanket, but there was work to do.
I cleaned. Rewashing all the dishware and pots and pants. I swept, scrubbed, dusted, and then decided to rearrange everything. More room in the open living area.

I miss that bed during the winter. It is only a full size, and Phil and I have to curl up a bit. Especially if Bufford the lab sneaks on during the night which he did because
of the chilly night. Thank heaven for the wood stove and the electric blanket!

When we first drove in, I caught a flash of white up on the hill and realized
it was the warning of a deer's tail. Disappeared in a flash.
As usual, we had locals (all cousins and family) dropping by to welcome us "home".
Its nice to know they are around and the keep an eye on things. Theft of summer
cabins is big time in our areas. My brother has been broken into twice since his place was built. If you are not in residence, there is really nothing you can do.
At least our place is insured and there really isn't anything expensive in it
to make off with. If we do bring something, we haul it back home once the weekend
is over.

I am trying to get some pictures here but can't find which file they are in.
When I do find them, I will post.

Reamus:

Good luck on your journey. Let us know how things are going, where you are, etc.

Take care!

Friday

Tonight when my husband gets home, we are going to go to the cabin up north. I have needed this solitude for quite some time now, and this is our first visit this year.
I will be cleaning everything, etc, but I will be THERE.

It is my "true north".

Have a great weekend all. Maybe I will send some pics next time.

Dear Mom, Papa and Tim:

When I got home I found a note from my daughter. The following steps were listed for me to
follow: (All emphasis is mine)


"I've prepared dinner for you guys. Follow the instructions carefully please.

Directions for Delicious Burritos:

1. Warm large tortilla in microwave for 20 seconds (tortillas are tagged with number 1)
2. Spoon meat and onions onto open tortilla (Meat/onions are tagged with number 2)
3. Cover meat in Old El Paso Enchilada Sauce (tagged with number 3)
4. Spoon french market beans onto meat (tagged number 4)
5. Cover with shredded cheese (tagged number 5 Mozzarella, tagged number 5.5 6 cheese Italian)
6. Apply Tabasco liberally (I skipped this step because I don't like Tabasco)
7. Wrap Tortilla tightly, microwave for 30-45 seconds. (the microwave was tagged with the number 7)
8. Enjoy!!

Love,

Teagan"


I am a lucky mom!!!!!

What can I say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Yawn. In more ways than one.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves............

I know that as we age, we lose brain cells, and we don't get new ones either.
I seem to be in some odd hazy funk. And I get bored easily. My only recourse
to the boredom is to sleep. I think it must be spring.

We had a lovely easter dinner. (Made by Phil of course). It was nice having the kids and significant boy/girl friends along. After dinner, I caught up, Jessica wrote her paper on
"fighting words" and everyone else went to the park to play football. We all ended the evening
tired but contented.

The weather has been beautiful lately. Sunny skies (except today), and warmer temps. Temps in the 50's to Minnesotans means its time to put on the shorts, BBQ stuff, and suddenly erupt from homes across the state like those crazy mice in Australia. Sorry, it was on some show I saw and I don't remember what. Animal Planet? Animals gone wild? Sorry, no little bikinis.....as if people would be interested in that. But you never know.

My doctor told me that younger people are getting kidney stones at an alarming rate. He and others believe it has something to do with high fructose corn syrup. I didn't think I ever drank that, but it seems my lemonade (frozen concentrated) has huge amounts. Most fruit juices do unless they cost a lot. Cheap stuff that you can afford usually is worse for your health.

Well, time to get something on for dinner. But I would rather take a nap.

Happy Easter

I will be out for a bit and wanted to give the blog a good spring airing.
I will try to be back next week.

Breakfast

I was just listening to a blurb on NPR about Iceland. Seems people are going back to the old ways.
Everyone is eating oatmeal again, where before it was almost shunned.
In fact it is hard to keep it on the shelves as everyone is buying it. It is nutritional, hot, and stays with you awhile during the day.

We used to eat alot of oatmeal when I was young. It was cheap and could feed all eight of us kids.
I especially liked it with brown sugar, but my mother always made it with raisins too. ewwww
I hate cooked raisins. No raisin pies, no raisin cookies, no raisins in baked goods. Yet every
morning there would be my bowl, full of bloated cooked raisins. (They reminded me of those awful huge ticks that dogs get if you miss even one of the little buggers.)

I also loved Farina/Cream of wheat. With brown sugar of course. But my all time favorite was
cooked hot wild rice with cream and sugar. With a little dab of butter, there is nothing like it with it's nutty taste. Of course in those days, we went to the farm to get milk. And would let the cream rise to the top. mmmmmm. We also harvested the wild rice ourselves. At least my brothers did. I remember having to clean the unsavory bits out of the rice.

Now days, I am partial to cheerios, grape nuts and some of those kids cereals. I know. bad bad.
But at least I eat breakfast. And not to forget, the best of all of these is my husband's pancakes with real old time maple syrup. The stuff that is boiled over an open fire in a big kettle. You can taste the smoke and it is thick and very dark.

Poor people food at that time. Now it costs an arm and a leg to get the real stuff.

Anyway, it is nice to hear that others eat oatmeal like we do. I just hope they don't put raisins in it.

Owwwww!

Ok. so the evil tooth is gone. But it left something behind. Pain that no amount of recommended Tylenol has helped. I took the max I thought safe and I still want to crawl into bed and weep.

I am scolding myself for not saving even one of "those" little pills. And I can't drink either.
Dang! Next time, I am going to have them put me completely out instead of the Novocaine and the wracking around in my mouth. I would be asleep in la la land and not feel anything.