Wednesday

I have donek a little of this and a little of that today...a little cleaning, a little reading, a little work on the Sunday School lesson, etc., etc. I did a little picture taking and tonight's photo is one of them. This one is using a feature on the camera to choose if the camera focuses near or far from you. By pusing a button that controls the far focus, I was able to take this cardinal through the window and get beyond the screen. I think that it did a pretty good job of getting a picture of this pretty cardinal. This evening I went to Bible study and am home, hoping to get a "little more" done this evening. Melany is coming for a visit tomorrow. I am making cookies for an after-funeral gathering on Friday...so sometime between now and Friday afternoon I'll need to get them made. Today I looked through recipes to decide what kind to make. And, I think that I have made that decision...so a step closer. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Welcome, April!

It's April 1...and, I have not heard "April Fool" even once...must not have had any grandchildren around!!!! I'm pretty sure that there were probably one or two or...pranks, at least, attempted at Nathan and Kathy's house! The turning of the calendar page is how I can distinguish the new month. The thing that I just can't believe is that 1/4 of the year is behind us. Zoom! Zoom! This morning I made a tuna casserole that is a "tried and true" recipe in our family...literally it is in my notebook of favorite recipes that I titled, "Tried and True." This particular recipe came originally from a Better Homes & Gardens Casserole Cookbook. When I remodeled the kitchen, I got rid of a lot of old recipe books (fodder for one of Nathan and Kathy's yardsales). Before getting rid of them I went through the cookbooks and copied recipes that I had made in the cookbook and that we really liked. That is pretty much what my Tried and True Cookbook notebook is made up of...Dorrell family favorite recipes from many, many sources over the years. This notebook lets me have one major source to get recipes. Of course, I didn't get rid of all my collection of cookbooks. I still have many cookbook notebooks to choose from along with many favorite recipe books...two shelves full...still. But I did pare my collection down by many during the kitchen renovation. Today's recipe is called Company Tuna Bake...no telling how many times I have made this recipe over the 56 years since Woody and I married. One of the things I have been doing over the last couple of weeks is look a year back in the blog and see what Woody and I were doing on that particualr day. I sometimes wonder who I am reading about...sometimes hard to realize that we went through certain things...sometimes it is almost like I am reading about someone else's lives and other times I can't believe how Woody went through what he did...and at other times...the same about me! I am glad to have the blog to look back at...like a diary and/or journal. After lunch, today I headed to church to meet up with Donna to do some work in the library. We discovered that quite a bit of activity had been happening in there while we have been out of pocket over the last few weeks! Just because we haven't had work days, didn't stop our readers from enjoying the library...checking out and returning books. Donna came up with a system to get the stacks of books organized so we could get them checked in and reshelved...without as much as one library mystery today! We got everything back to rights and will start work on the new book order our next work day. I didn't sleep the best last night and when I got home from the library, I couldn't keep my eyes open,when I sat down to rest my back...feeling more refreshed, I have gotten the garbage out to the road and have had my supper...enjoyed that tuna casserole for supper. Now I am ready to work a little more on the Sunday School lesson (I got a few teaching helps from the library) and hopefully do a little reading and stitching before my eyes close again for the night. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Good-bye, March

And, just like that...the winds of March have blown the month away...and it has been a very windy month...so perhaps that is the reason that the month of March seemed to pass by so quickly! I guess it can be said that March went out like a lion, as we did have some storms in the wee hours of today...but not really bad storms...just quite a bit of rain (I'm so sad that I forgot to put my rain gauge out, oncr again.) and some lightning and thunder. This storm did pass through leaving us with much colder air. I have felt chilly all day. I have kept busy around the house doing a little of this and a little of that...mainly putting some things away and straightening up the downstairs a bit. I received the latest book order for the church library in today's mail, so I did the initial work on those books and will take them to the library when Donna and I plan to meet at the church to work tomorrow aftenoon. I think we may have our work cut out for us after taking several Tuesdays off! I have just returned from the Monday night prayer meeting and plan to settle in...do a little studying on this coming Sunday's Sunday School lesson and then stitch and/or read for a while. I did stitch some in the night when the storms awakened me. I also read a little this afternoon. Time will tell if my book or my stitching will get my attention. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Sunday Favorite

Simply Saturday

Such a pretty day today...a bit cloudy and we have had a few sprinkles...but today is what I think of as a Spring day. It is seeming more like Spring is really here...more temperatures in the 70s for highs and less lows going down to freezing or below. I'm sure that we aren't through our winters...yet...but at least days like this are pretty good promises of the mostly warmer days to dome. We do have predicted storms tomorrow night...again typical as we move from cold to warmer temperatures. Last night I did finally decide on my next Christmas ornament to stitch. That decision made me need to go to Hobby Lobby, as I didn't have all the embroidery floss colors that I needed for it. So this afternoon, I made a short trip to meet this need and while there I looked through their Spring decorations as I had been thinking of a couple of things that I wanted for my decorations. Their Spring decorations are getting pretty thin...as they gear up for summer and the 4th of July, but I was able to find exactlly what I had in mind. I came home and found "just the right spot" for my purchases. And, now I plan to spend the evening using the embroidery floss that I purchased to continue with my latest Christmas ornament. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Final Friday for March 2025

This month seems to have flown by...but then, of late, every minute, hour, day, month seem to fly by. Today was a quick trip to the grocery store to get a few things that were depleted in my pantry and refrigerator. A lot of others had the same idea as I...but the Kroger visit didn't take overly long. Before I parked to shop, I checked out the Kroger gas pumps...none available...so I continued on to the store. I did my shopping and on the way home, I checked to see if there was a free pump and this time there were plenty. So I stopped and filled up my tank. I use very little gas these days, but since I have to travel a bit farther next week than usual, I decided to go on and get it and take advantage of last month's gas points, which I would lose once March was over. So got food for me and fuel for my car on my excursion out today. I got the groceries put away and then was very ready for a rest...I sat down to read a little or watch a little TV...but I think that my eyes closed before I got to do much of either of those. I'm still trying to figure out what my next Christmas ornament to stitch will be. Maybe I'm not in the mood for an ornament and that is why I am having trouble deciding. I've had supper, cleaned up the kitchen. The dishwasher is going so the kitchen is closed for the day! I do think that I will put in a load of towels to wash after I publish tonight's blog. Then the rest of the evening is for reading or stitching and/or TV watching. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Another Pretty, but Lazy, Thursday

I think I have come as close to doing nothing as one can in a day! I have done a little reading, a little resting, a lot of sitting, a little cooking...more warming than cooking, a little TV watching, messaging with a childhood friend, talking on phone with a friend. and my sister, and my daughter. It was funny when on the phone...when I was about to hang up, someone else would call...so three calls all strung together. I guess you could say that my accomplishment of the day was catching up with friends and family! I am trying to decide on my next Christmas ornament to stitch...so far haven't decided, just have done a lot of looking through charts, which doesn't get another ornament stitched! So far today...no stitching. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!