Monday, Aldi, Ice Cream on a Stick, Nails, Etc.

After trying to determine which day this week was safest for exbf to drive up here, we decided on Monday. So, he picked me up and we went about doing a few things. He drove up to the lake here in town and we just looked about from the car. Even if we both walked just fine, it is hot and there are mosquitoes. I had him drive around a new building and explain things to me.

I walked into Aldi's to get chicken at a cheap price. But, there was none. The only thing I got was a huge tomato just in case my tomatoes had gone south. This trip, I managed to work the cart, getting it loose with my quarter and retrieving the quarter easily. Too many people had "helped" me the other times.

Remembering I needed shredded cheese, I went to a store where I shopped yesterday and got more hot dogs and cheese. At Walmart I tried to return my Flonase as it was recalled. Okay, just not this brand. I turned in prescriptions that needed a refill.

You will be proud of me. Although it almost killed me, I went into Dollar Tree. I wanted a pen to put fireworks on my nails. Well, the places I looked before today had nothing for nails that was under $7. I found a little $1 polish with a pointed brush for painting on nails. I don't think I am capable of drawing on my nails. Since I don't need fireworks on my nails until the 10th, I have time to practice.

Thinking I could at least draw straight lines, I was going for something simple like a burst of fireworks. It's hard to do and I make the lines too thick. I have never drawn on my nails before.

We had ice cream on a stick for $1 from the Dollar Tree. They are usually $2 in a service station, OR you have to buy a whole box at the grocery. I refuse to pay $2 or buy a whole box. For $2, someone has to drive a cute musical truck to my street.  I was hurting too badly to go around the store and look at more.

We had BLT for lunch. He loved the pre-cooked bacon and said at Sam's Club, boxes about 2' x 8" of cooked bacon were available.

Dinner was steak marinated in the Mesquite marinade along with potatoes cooked with it in a turkey bag. Carrots were cooked in the crock pot. I forgot to make slaw.  I had one bite of the steak and one-half of a potato.

I bought the 5 lb. bag of carrots a month ago and I STILL have carrots. Tonight, I will put the rest in the still warm crock pot and freeze some for him. Plus, I still have a 2 lb. bag I just got.

He took home: 4 pint freezer bags with steak and potatoes, huge bag of half-cooked carrots, orange, strawberries, rest of huge tomato, box of assorted Quaker assorted hot oat cereals, 4 huge pretzel rolls. There was not much steak in each bag, but I had asked him whether he would rather have lots 2 or just enough in 4 bags and showed him what I was giving him. He said he can open a can of peas and have plenty to eat.

After the next carrots are done, I have lots of chicken to put in the crockpot.

Since I actually had a good night's sleep last night, I don't feel so exhausted. For once, I actually turned off the light and could sleep.  Thankfully, I feel much better than I did several days last week.

Today has been a rainy day in Alabama, just not everywhere. It rained here for fifteen minutes. No complaints!

Do you still like ice cream on a stick? I love a chocolate eclair, fudgesicle, and banana Popsicle. What ice cream on a stick do you like?

Two Recipes: Mesquite Maple Steaks and Vegetables, Watermelon Coolers

After my doctor's appointment I went to Publix for a2milk and had their samples the woman was preparing.

Mesquite Maple Steaks and Vegetables

2 medium red bell peppers
6 oz presliced portabella mushrooms
3 Tablespoons dry mesquite marinade mix Grill Masters Mesquite Marinade
2 Tablespoons coconut or olive oil
1/4 cup maple syrup, divided
1 1//2 lb grilling steak


The entre sample was very good. However, after the second bite, I started sneezing uncontrollably right in the middle of the produce department. I was sneezing into a handkerchief and breathless, trying to say "allergic."


Watermelon Coolers

3/4 cup frozen limeade, thawed

4 cups seedless watermelon chunks

(about 1 1/2 lb.)

cherry lemon-lime soda, chilled

Cooking directions for both Here

The cooler was delicious. It had a slightly Slurpy texture, but was not frozen. We discussed how it would be great in a punch bowl with sherbet floating. YUM!

Someone told me to never post a recipe that I had not prepared. Whatever!