It’s going to be a quiet Christmas eve I hope. I do have some last minute shopping to do like usual, but I have my lists so it shouldn’t be that bad. Not like the rushing I did last year. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!
Kids and Christmas
After fighting the shoppers tonight, I came home really bummed and not in a good mood. I walked in the door and there stood the Christmas tree, in all it’s glory! My son helped my daughter put it up and my daughter decorated it. It’s breathtakingly beautiful! I didn’t think a small “Charlie Brown” artificial tree could fill out and be as beautiful as this. I guess my son hung it up, so to speak after it was put together, and my daughter finished the rest. Thank you Viney Girl! It’s beautiful and I love it!!
Grocery Shopping Hassle
Something tells me that I wish I could hire someone to do my grocery shopping for me. I’m the kind of person who loves to cook, but hates going shopping for something to cook. No matter how many coupons I clip, or lists I make, I end up forgetting them at home and then winging it once I get to the market. Since I’m going to be away this weekend, “my guys” informed me that, there is nothing to eat in the house. This of course is not true. There is. But that would mean they would have to (horrors) defrost something to cook. I think I just might grab a few pizzas for their supper tonight and get some items to make tacos for tomorrow. I’ll tell them to free for all it on Sunday. I really hate to grocery shop.
Driving test
My youngest daughter will be going to take her driving test after school today. She doesn’t seem nervous about it, but with her it’s kind of hard to tell. I’ve been taking her out on back roads and country roads to practice even before she was 16. I did this for all my kids as a precaution just in case something happened to me and they needed to drive in an emergency. I learned when I was nine years old because of living on a farm. My daughter does well on the country roads, but I’m concerned since she hasn’t driven much in town, which is no doubt where she’ll be driving. Her dad has taken her driving in town, but he isn’t the most patient person when it comes to teaching someone things like that. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for my “little girl” in hopes that she passes her test.
Going “Home”
My daughter and I are going to go out of state this evening to visit my Mom. I was going every other weekend, to help her with things that she needed done around the house, and to just visit. Lately though, there has been so much happening around here, that I haven’t been able to make it down there and it’s been bumming us both out. Her house I will always consider home, even though I have my own house. It’ll be nice to relax in my room there, and also spend time with Mom. 🙂
The weather is about to change
For the last few days, the weather hasn’t been bad for this time of year. In fact, it was nearly 60 degrees when I took the dog for a walk this morning very early. But I could smell the change in the air. I wish the kids would start wearing their heavier coats instead of just hoodies, to school. It bothers me a great deal, and also if they get sick, there is the doctors visit and the bill to worry about.
Leftovers until next year
Why is it, when I start to cook, I can’t seem to stop and the food sort of grows and grows?? Dinner was over last night at an estimated time of 27 minutes after cooking for two days. While putting the leftovers away, I ran out of storage containers and had to have my husband seek out a store to buy more of them for me. I know he didn’t want to go out, since he was totally stuffed, but he did then got home and promptly fell asleep. No new news there! I did get the thanks you’s and and the compliments though on the dinner, which was nice. Now what to cook with the left overs…
Help in Austin with home problems
The other day, my uncle who also happens to be my Godfather called me. Apparently the weather has been pretty bad there, or at least had been and he had a lot of wind damage, due to a big storm that had gone through there in his city. He’s getting on in years and to be honest, I wish he knew more about maintenance on his home. I worry about him, since my aunt passed on a few years ago, because she was a very efficient woman, and he relied on her a great deal. My uncle Al, does have a computer, but he really only knows how to send an email at best. He doesn’t know that he can also find help with matters of things like maintenance, or help with things like the wind damage or other fix it type services that can be found on the internet.
After he and I hung up, I called a friend of mine who lives near Austin and she gave me a link to a site, http://www.the steamteam.com/ and they would be able to help with the problem.
I of course called Uncle Al and told him how to look up this service on the internet and get the information that he might need and that they would no doubt be able to help him not only with the wind damage, but also any other damage his property may have suffered due to the storm.
Happy Thanksgiving
I’m up to my elbows in cooking and doing the prep work for the Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I know that the three of the kids are doing their own thing tomorrow, but I’m still going to have a big dinner here. I love cooking this kind of meal. I’m sure that they will all come straggling in sooner or later and heat what I made up, so that is okay. I want to thank my youngest daughter who is 18, for sticking it out with her father and I. She is a doll baby and loves to help out. I’m blessed with all my kids, but she is the one that really is totally considerate of other people’s feelings.
So Happy Thanksgiving All, and remember what you are truly thankful for. I am blessed in a lot of ways.
Enter new cooking posts
I’ve decided to start adding some of the recipes I’ve made up that have turned out really well. I do have a taste tester in my oldest son, but well…some of the things I come up with don’t look the greatest, but the flavor is awesome. So, these will be recipes that anyone can do. I just don’t measure much. :S So bear with me.