WHAT'S HAPPENING AND A GROCERY HAUL

Hello, friends!  I hope you are having a wonderful Friday.  Another week in the books.  And almost another month.  Time is just getting away from me.  It seems I never have time for my blog anymore.  I am so sorry about that.

Yesterday I went to the eye doctor to see about my floaters.  The doctor I had been seeing left the practice so I saw another doctor who just happened to be the surgeon who operated on Joe's cataracts.  My eyes are in great shape except for the floaters.  I found out that they will never go away, but my brain will just learn to cancel them out so that I don't see them anymore.  How awesome are these brains of ours!  But until that time they sure do bother me.

I was able to get out into the yard one day this week and pull up some of the weeds.  Hopefully today I will be able to work a little more and then I will take a picture for you.  The marigolds are not doing so well, but the tomato plants are growing great.  I know I got them in late, but I am hoping to see some flowers soon, and then some little fruit.  It would be great to be able to eat some tomatoes from my back yard.  They always taste so much better than what you can buy in the store.  I have been trying to grow sunflowers, but no luck.  I think I will buy a new package of seeds and try again.  What I had in the house was from last year.

Do any of you do the Fly Lady system for cleaning and decluttering your house?  I have tried it twice in the past.  I do it for a short period of time and then it goes by the wayside.  But this week I started again with a different attitude.  I joined a Fly Lady support group sponsored by Steph, "The Secret Slob", whose YouTube vlog I watch.  I am having more success this time.  Hopefully this is a changing point for me and I will finally get my house straightened up and clean.  Having a support group really does make a difference.

On Wednesday I got another ball of the yarn I am using to make my knitted shawl.  I was almost finished when I ran out.  I know I have enough to finish it now and can't wait until it is finished and I can show it to you.  It is probably the prettiest thing I have ever made.

So that is what has been going on with me.  Now I will show you the grocery haul I got on Friday the 12th.  I can't believe I haven't shown it to you before.  Here goes.  It's a big one.

Frozen French fries, lactose free cheese and confetti sugar cookie dough.  I already baked and ate those cookies.  They were good!

Chicken thighs.  I divided the package and am getting four meals out of it.  Sausage for breakfast, and a ham steak.  The ham made a dinner for us, and then the next day I made ham fried rice for dinner with the left overs.

A pork roast and some ground beef.

I desperately needed paper towels.  This was the only two pack on the shelf.  I don't need 12 rolls of paper towels at one time.  I have no place to store them.  I found a cannister of disposable wipes.  It was the same as I had the last time.  I really wanted Clorox or Lysol, but when there is nothing else, I will take what I can get.  We needed hand soap too.

I tried this new food for Jack.  He likes it, then he doesn't the next day.  He's a picky little thing.  But it's things like chicken and carrots.  Salmon with brown rice and peas.  Sounds good to me.

We haven't had Texas Toast in a long time, so I got a package of that.  I also got some meatballs, pizza crust, and pie crust.  I made an apple pie last week.  It was good, but I used the wrong type of apple and it was juicy.  Very, very, very juicy.  But it was good and the apples didn't go to waste.

I needed all kinds of plastic bags.

I didn't need the strawberries, but I wanted them.  They were dessert for two dinners.  I was completely out of potatoes.  It was one of the things I ordered from the "shop from home" the week before but never got.

I got a package of bagels, a small package of Hawaiian rolls (I love them!) and 18 eggs.

I got flounder, potato salad and macaroni salad for dinner.  I also got some lunchmeat ham for sandwiches.

Joe has been on a milk craze.  Chocolate milk to be exact.  I got both chocolate and white for him and lactose free for me.

And then the snacks: lightly salted chips and Little Debbie donuts.  We needed paper plates too.

Produce:  broccoli, zucchini, bananas, tomatoes and pear and gorgonzola salad.

I treated myself to cashews and candied ginger.  We needed peanut butter and the store brand was $2 cheaper than the name brand.  I tried it and it is just as good.  I also got a pound of lower sodium bacon.  Since I have been using it, the regular bacon tastes so salty now!

Corn on the cob was 6 ears for $2.  So that's what I got.

And finally, I treated myself to an African violet.  I love the way it's bi-colored.  I put it into my African violet pot and so far it's doing really well.

Before I forget, I want to thank you all for your prayers for my friend, Rusty.  He is home from the hospital and doing really well.  Of course he has a way to go, but I am so happy to hear that the doctors are giving him good reports.  Keep those prayers coming.  I will keep you updated on him.

And finally some good news.  My god-daughter, Emi, had a little boy four days ago.  I haven't seen any pictures, but I'm sure he is adorable.

Hope you all have a great day.  I'll be talking to you soon.

Kathy