Hello! How is everybody doing today? I hope you enjoyed a fabulous week. I sure did simply because that is the choice I made regardless of whatever else is going on around me. NO Bad Days!
Even though I had worked all day on Friday for some reason I got home with a lot of unspent energy. My Chewy order arrived Friday and I was able to get all of the canned kitty food unloaded and onto the shelf in the garage where I store the cat food and supplies for them. You will be very proud of me because the Chewy shipping box is residing in the recycle bin. I did not keep it!
After dinner I was still feeling energized so, of all things, I pulled out the Christmas décor and went through it. I had originally planned to do this in about a month from now, much closer to when I’d actually be decorating, but reason hit and I decided it would be much more pleasant for me to do this before it got really cold out in the garage. I ended up purging a lot more than I thought including a box (sentimental item alert) of ornaments I had handcrafted out of felt and toilet paper tubes when I was in high school. They were falling apart and it has been more than 40 years since they have graced a tree so I said goodbye to them as well as to some of my grandparent’s and kiddo’s stuff, none of which were particularly special. Guess what? I actually feel better after doing this.
I separated out the two foot mini tree, its lights and ornaments too, so now all I have in the big bin is what I actually use at Christmas. I made a much smaller separate bin for the mini stuff (I also sorted through and decluttered some things) and put it away in the downstairs bedroom for now because I have plans for it in the not too distant future. I have a lot of “future” ideas and plans swimming around in my head these days and I’m trying to sort through and organize some stuff in order to make sense of what I am planning to do.
Donation box is full again
Over the weekend I really allowed myself to relax and enjoy some much deserved downtime. I puttered about the house doing some housekeeping tasks, a little bit of cooking and a load of laundry. I read a book, I watched TV and I snuggled with my kitties. It was a perfect weekend.
I worked Monday afternoon and scored some goodies – a large bag of small ripe bananas, a bag of oranges and a large bag of bagels. I brought the fruit home and washed the oranges to add to my fruit bowl for fresh eating. Then I peeled and cut up the bananas and put those on a tray to freeze so I could vacuum seal them to use next year in my smoothies. I currently have plenty in the freezer in my kitchen to use now in my smoothies so it will be very nice to have these tucked away in the deep freezer. I could also use them in muffins or to make banana bread. All of the peels and a couple of the bananas went out to the chickens. I plan to parcel out the bagels to them throughout the next couple of weeks. It was truly an unexpected blessing for which I am very grateful.
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| I laid them out on a cookie sheet and froze them before vacuum sealing |
On the way home from work I did a quick stop into the grocery store to pick up some more fresh produce for salads and a half gallon of milk so I can make some more yogurt. Bagged onions were less expensive than the loose ones so I went ahead and grabbed a bag. I also stopped at Trader Joes right down the street to pick up a few items there to round out my shopping list. I have now marked everything off of my October grocery shopping list and am thrilled to have my freezers, pantry and LTFS completely stocked for the upcoming winter. Yay!
Winco 
Trader Joes
Tuesday I headed to the mall to pick up a few items for Christmas gifts at Bath & Body Works. I used a $25 gift certificate I got last year and that covered nearly all of my purchase. On the way home I stopped at Wal-Mart to pick up some items to donate to the senior center to use as bingo prizes. Practical and useful items are very much appreciated. I’m collecting quite a few of these items right now as part of my Christmas charitable giving this year.
Ssh! Christmas presents 😊
Wednesday I made a quart of plain yogurt and a big batch of granola. The BFF likes to have this as a snack before bedtime so he will be excited. I also went to the post office and dropped off a package because I sold some more Pyrex! I’m slowly, but surely making my way through to the end of the Pyrex sales. Only a handful of pieces left to go!
Granola! 
Senior Center donations
Thursday I worked all day taking a group of senior on a Fall ride into the country where we took in the changing leaves, went out to lunch, stopped in at a museum and then finished off at a winery. It was a long day and they were pretty tuckered out when we got back, but we all had a really nice time.
Homemade Fish & Chips 😍
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