Difficult Day with Pleasant Result & Giveaway Hint

 We had to be out of the house by 9:30 this morning. Of course, I could only get 3 hours sleep the night before. I gulped down Special K, bananas and milk. Tommy had eaten breakfast earlier. We both made a sandwich the night before, packed those with yogurt cup for me, the other half of my banana, and applesauce cup for either one of us and a spoon. We were set. 

I knew of a food giveaway and was determined to get some for the family of five little girls. We got there at ten and were behind blocks and blocks of cars. My feet were so swollen 4 hours later when we got to food. The truck must have been late. 

Two boxes was my allowance. I asked the guy loading if I could get another box. He said he did not make the rules. I said it was okay as he apologized that he could not do that. I said I was wanting it for a family of five little girls. He closed the trunk and said, "Wait a minute." He came back with a box and a bag of chicken thigh quarters and a whole chicken. I thanked him profusely for the half-second I had before we had to drive away. 

Now, we got three boxes, 3 hens, 3 10-lb bags of chicken thigh quarters. 

We only kept one hen, a snack pack, a box of Kraft Velveeta mac n cheese, and 6 tiny Red Delicious Apples, and twenty snack cups peaches.  For this we were gone from home 9:30 to 2:45 and the car ran for the whole time. Tommy loves the little snack cups of peaches.

We gave to the family:

2 hens, so large they must have been capons

3 10-bags of chicken thigh quarters

3 #10 cans of baked beans

5 snack bags (contents below)

3 frozen bags of turnip greens, maybe 2 lbs.

3 bags frozen cream style corn. maybe 2 lbs. each

2 bags with 6 apples each, so 12 tiny and very crisp Red Delicious apples

10 snack cup peaches

3 boxes Kraft Mac n cheese Velveeta

Now, for the snack bags. I think maybe these are meant to appeal to children. Each snack pack had:

1 meat stick, one string cheese, one tiny pack Cheezits, one juice pack, straw/napkin/spoon sealed in little package. There is a candy bar shaped 2 oz white cheese. Tommy eats all this stuff. We kept one of these bags and gave them five bags. 

The guy said to Tommy, "This is amazing! Thank you so much!"  Knowing five little girls will eat well makes the brutal day with all the heat and overbearing sun and swollen feet worth it! 

About 3 pm, I went to bed for a nap and could not sleep, I will go the bed early tonight. 

The celebration at Rickwood Field in Birmingham is quite the professional spectacle of entertainment. Plus, there is a ball game, not an exhibition game. 

Remember the giveaway? I will give you a hint. There will be no cowboy hats. Hardhats will be required. You have to get this exactly correct since I gave you a hint. Enter again if you already entered and want to guess again after the hint. 

I am so tired and braindead that I don't know how to make a link. Just go to yesterday's post and enter with that link. 

At this rate, I will not be up to going to the rodeo! I am going to bed.

It was a pretty day here, very warm. How was your day?

What did you do? What are your plans for tomorrow?

I Finally Did It and a Giveaway

 Today, I timed my nap so we could get dinner done before America's Funniest Videos. Usually, Tommy misses most of AFV. He says he does not care, but I hate he misses. So, I had him wake me from a little nap at 5 pm with carrots and potatoes peeled. I have to trim the carrots and cut eyes and bad places from the potatoes. He remembered to get an onion for me to cut. I reminded him of a piece of celery. 

I was in the dark trying to get the boneless, skinless chicken thighs and boneless, skinless tenders into the bag along with the vegetables. I thought I nicked the plastic bag on the bottom of the pan. I put water in the bag and we closed it and left it to bake. When Tommy took the pan out of the oven and opened the bag, he said, "You did." Consequently, The tiny tenders were dry and hard on ends. The huge pieces of potatoes had a harder outside than originally. The carrots were fine. I never did see the celery and onion. In all the years I have used the bags, I have never punctured the bag. 

Tommy is really serious about this monitor. He forgot to get it from the pharmacy yesterday, so was anxious to get it today and put it on. He walked straight to the kitchen and got it done immediately. He does not want it to run out. Of course, that was another $150.

We are going to a rodeo next week. It is not the kind with horses and cows. If anyone guesses what kind of rodeo, I will find a prize to send you. You have until 5 pm next Friday, June 21. You have to follow my blog to guess and win. So, guess only on this post. I cannot guarantee the prize since I am still thinking what it will be. 

A Giveaway

Sluggy has a new GIVEAWAY!  Of course, there is chocolate as well as lots of good items.

Why Me? (NOT a lament) Just WHY?

Is there anything you know about me that would make you think I would be receptive to the Church of Scientology information? Why would they want me? I have no money!

Before I read the last packet, I asked exbf if he had ever gotten anything like I had. He hadn't and was quite interested in taking it home to read. He has no memory of that conversation or taking it home. Today, I got another packet of information.

Someday, I will read it. Not now.  I have never read Scientology information, so this will be an extreme curiosity driven read.

Sluggy  has a new giveaway that is fabulous as always.


Your turn
Have you ever received an unsolicited mailing from Scientology? Any clues why I received this?

Cadbury Creme Egg Recipes

These sound delicious and sickeningly sweet, I would try some of these recipes, though.

this one

another

cake

Their are other sites. I googled "crème eggs desserts cakes."

I love the chocolate eggs but think the ones that have the "yolk" inside are just tooo sweet.

Russell Stover Chocolate Cream Eggs are sold separately, too. I think those would work fine, too.


If you want to win chocolate, go HERE. Sluggy from DON'T READ THIS; IT'S BORING has not only chocolate but a ton of items to be sent to the winner.

Your turn
Let me know what you make. Do you already cook with Cadbury Crème Eggs? What is your favorite flavor of Cadbury Crème Eggs? Do you ever eat the Russell Stover Stover Cream Eggs?

She Is Doing it Again

Slugmama has a giveaway with lots of chocolate and some makeup. There are pictures of it all right HERE.  You can enter every day, making your chances higher, so hurry.

1000th Post; Daughter, Brother, A Giveaway

 

My daughter

the baby

born in 1975

 

Before anything else, who does this look like, someone on a blog? This is not the best likeness of the other person, but the only one I have on the computer. She looks like me, sort of, but I am not sure how I had a blonde. The longer hair is obviously been colored. She has been coloring her hair since she was thirteen. At least now it is not purple or red. She was living in a family of extreme blondes and dark chestnut brunettes and she was a dishwater blonde, so she adapted with the help of CVS. Usually, it is redder than this.

 

 

My Brother's Birthday

born November 11, 1947; died December 12, 2001

 

Gary was exactly 14 months younger than I.

 

1000th Post

 

That is a lot of posts! I have been blogging for 3 years and 3 months. We can celebrate with a giveaway.

 

It's time to gather Christmas presents. So, I will give something that will be great for a present. Or, you can keep it for yourself. I have been debating as to how to work this. I can go two ways. First, I can do like Sluggy at Don't Read This; It's Boring and add something each week and make the drawing weeks away. Or, I can make several drawings, each with a short life.

 

I think I will go with many drawings so more than one person can win. Plus, I don't know how my chances for free mailing will work out. We will see. When I am told to mail, I mail! I will never shorten the time limit, and if I extend the limit, I will add one or more items to the giveaway. How will that work for you?

 

Remember, I received this for hosting a giveaway and blogging about Bear Grylls.

 

First drawing:

 

Bear Grylls paracord bracelet

$24.95 value



 

You must be a follower to enter. If you get someone else to follow me, you get an extra entry. But, that person must tell me or you must. You can enter once each day. If you blog about the giveaway, you will get three more entries. Leave an entry with a link of your blog where you announce this giveaway. Okay, that is one entry per day with the possibility of three extra ones one day, and as many more entries as you get people to follow my blog. Clear?

 

Entry chances:

1 entry if you are or become a follower.

1 entry for each person you convince to follow my blog.

3 entries if put the giveaway on your blog.

 

This will run through November 18th at midnight. If there are not at least ten entries, I will not draw. Oh, I might add something else and extend the deadline. But, hurry to enter now.

 

There is no one that I give Christmas gifts to that would care at all about this bracelet or even appreciate it!

 

Is this confusing? Just ask me in a comment.

 

Your turn

In your entry today, tell me what else would you like to see as a prize--box full of soap, shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste? School supplies?

 

How long have you been blogging?

 

Have you figured out who might look like my daughter?

 

 





I won; I lost

Huge tote bag

Great Loot
Over at Surviving and Thriving, my long-time (several years, now) favorite writer/blogger, Donna Freedman, had a fantabulous giveaway. I won. The box full of goodies came today, and I see Christmas presents in the flat rate box I just opened. The reusable bag is great, huge and has a zipper on the top, is waterproof (rubbery on inside), and a pocket with a pen place. 

Now, she has a new giveaway. Yay! for giveaways. Join the fun. There is a time-limit on entries.

I did not cause the recent mayhem at her place!

And, I lost...

...my cooked dinner. Yesterday evening, I had a catastrophe. I burned to charcoal the chicken in a cast iron pot! When I came home the house was filled with acrid smoke that still makes my esophagus hurt. I rushed in, turned off the stove and dragged the pot off the burner. The back of the stove was black with soot. The knob above the burner had partially melted. I fled the house, eyes burning, and left the back door wide open and opened a window near the door.

I held cloth over my mouth and nose, trying to open the kitchen window. That's not possible unless I get on a chair so I can get on the sink. Yes, when I was younger, this was a piece of cake and involved no climbing.

The chickens were wailing to be let out of their pen, so I set them free to roam. They tried to follow me to the car.

Finally, I went to the car and ate a piece of cake that had just been given to me. When I had consumed the chocolate, I decided to drive two blocks to the fire station. Chocolate helps me think. When I came back to the house, the chickens I left in the front yard were nowhere to be seen. Uh-oh. No, they are not in the side yard. But, I do see a tail feathers  sticking from the open back door. As I approached the side door, all three chickens looked out the door at me! They really, desperately want to be house chickens!

When I called them out, only Louise came. I had to take a piece of newspaper and sort of shove Thelma and Fancy out of the house. THEN, they hopped right back in. Unbelievably, neither pooped in the house, on the door mat, or on the porch.

It was bedtime for the hens, but I did not want them to die from the acrid fumes that choked me. After delaying as long as I could, I finally put their prepared cage in the doorway. They were so eager. After they had jumped in the cage I lined with paper, I left them in the open doorway for several hours, airing out the house. Thankfully, last evening was one of those rare evenings when neither flies or mosquitoes were out at dusk or after.

After awhile, the smell subsided. NOT! I just came home and the house is nasty smelling. I will set dishes of vinegar all over these rooms.  Then, I will tackle the pot OUTDOORS in grungy clothing.

There is no picture to show you, just a horrendous odor.
Your turn
What have you won or lost lately?