Happy 4th of July!

I've had a pretty quiet day. I did get up and head off to the grocery store fairly early this morning. I didn't need a lot, but needed a couple of ingredients for some recipes that I'm planning to make. After I got home and got the groceries into the house and put away, I continued with the preparations for making Tortilla Pie with Chicken...yesterday I made the green salsa for it and today, I cooked some chicken thighs for it and shredded the meat. Maybe tomorrow I will make the recipe! I made some chickeen broth with the thigh bones and some celery, onion, garlic and a carrot. That simmered on the stove for a while this afternoon. The broth is now strained and in the refrigerator chilling. I have to unload the dishwasher so I can load it up with the dishes I have dirtied with my cooking ventures today. I got a call from Nathan earlier telling me that they had taken Joy to the ER at our local hospital. She bumped heads with another youth at camp yesterday while innertubing and has a mild concussion and a possible contusion. They have released her to go home...just got the word from Kathy. The little flag pillow was another accomplishment for the day. I had stitched the flag a while back and had never made it into a small pillow (known as a "small" in cross stitch terms) until today. I decided that that was a good project for July 4th! I have done some reading today...started a new book...and, I have worked on my latest Christmas ornament. So a good holiday...except for the news about our sweet Joy. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Green Salsa Day

Yesterday Melany brought me a whole lot of green tomatillos from their garden. So today I made green salsa. I have frozen some and some I am going to use in a Chicken Tortilla Pie recipe and some I will have as a treat with some tortilla chips. It was a two pan broiler recipe...a baking sheet covered with tomatillos twice and oone of the times with jalapeños, onions, and garlic. Once all those cooled down a bit, I used the food processor to get them all chopped and mixed together. And, that was it...but it took me a while plus left me with a bit of a mess. I hadn't used my food processor in some time, but have used it every day for the last three days. We had a no-rain day...haven't had many of those lately. That is supposed to be the trend for the next several days...so I guess I will be getting the hoses out to water. Some of the gardens will be fine with no watering for a couple of days, but the tomatoes in the containers will need the water pretty quickly...they dry out pretty fast. I finished another book a bit earlier. And, stitched in the morning and plan to stitch more this evening. I am underway with my next Christmas ornament. Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Another Weeding Day

Melany came again today and did more weeding. She finished the long garden along the driveway and got the little mailbox garden all but finished. We picked blueberries before she left. Wade made blueberry jam with last week's picking. I am very late tonight with blog...my internet was out. I sat down in my chair to get comfy to read...but...fell asleep and just woke a little while ago. And, the internet is now back on. Spectrum told me that it was out before I fell asleep...before 7pm and they told me around 10pm that it was back on. I was oblivious of it coming back on...i didnt wake up till 11:10pm! Now that I have had a really good start on a night's sleep, it may be a while till I can fall asleep again! To be continied! Be safe! Be well! Be caitious!

Welcome, July!

And, another page on the calendar...turned! I found myself at the middle of my calendar...six months behind us and six months to anticipate. I have done a few cleaning tasks today. At the moment am waiting on a load of wash to dry. I have stitched some today. I made a goal that I would finish another ornament today and I did. So now to choose the next one to begin. The hibiscus in the photo decided to bloom today and welcome July in with some vibrant color in the garden. Melany is coming tomorrow to do some more weeding for her mommy! I finished a book yesterday and am already in the midst of another. There's always something to do around here...no way could I ever be bored!!! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!