I emptied the dishwasher while I was waiting for the water and milk for my coffee to heat up. Daughter had conference calls, so I tried not to make any noise while doing a few small tasks - putting away laundry,tidying the dining table, sorting through the box containing my sewing supplies, etc. My daughter had bought me a small plastic crafts supplies organizer box; it's meant for beads and things, I believe. I tried to use it for my reels of thread, but the bigger reels are too big for it. I was able to fit in some of the smaller reels of thread, however, so now, it is easier to see what colors of thread I have, etc.
I inherited a large plastic shoe box of assorted reels of thread when my mother died. She used to buy different colors of thread when they used to go on sale, often for just $.10 or $.20 each. I have been using that thread for various sewing projects where the thread color didn't really matter, including my various scrap quilts - I'd just put in one reel of any color thread and sew with it until the thread finished! In the 12 years since her death, I've only bought white and black thread, and daughter bought one reel of red thread for one of her costumes, I believe. I still have a few reels of thread from my mother's thread collection!
I have been missing my mother a lot, this week. I don't know why, though, as it isn't her birth or death anniversary. Last Friday was my father's death anniversary, but it has been 55 years since his death and I don't really grieve for him anymore. I did choose the anniversary of his death as my last day at work, though, and that's how I picked that particular date.
I had put mung beans to soak, last night, and I boiled them for brunch, today.
Today, I didn't take an afternoon nap. Instead, I went grocery shopping in the afternoon. I went to the Armenian store:
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| July 27 Groceries |
1+ lb. ground beef (15% fat) @$2.99/lb. = $3.35
1 1/2 lb. salmon steaks (3 steaks) @$4.99/lb = $7.46
1 packet cashews @$8.99/lb = $3.82
Broccoli crown @$.49/lb = $.66
Tomatoes @ $.99/lb = $1.26
Serrano chilies @ $.69/lb = $.10
Onions @$.20/lb = $.43
Green beans @ $.99/lb = $.86
Zucchini @$.39/lb = $.57
Mediterranean Cucumber @$.99/lb = $1.45
Red Grapes @ $.99/lb = $2.02
6 oz. raspberries = $.99
Peaches @$.59/lb = $1.33
Total = $24.30
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| 7/27 Receipt |
July Grocery Budget = $100 - $3.78 over-spent in June = $96.22
Spent to date = $27.21 + $6.49 + $3.42 + $43.22 + $24.30 = $104.64
Balance left in July grocery budget = $96.22 - $104.64 = - $8.42
I went over budget by $8.42, but that is OK. Some of what I bought will be given to daughter to take back with her. I will carry over the amount overspent to August.
After I came home and put away the groceries, I had a cup of tea and scrubbed the bath tub. Then, it was time for friend M to attend to the garden. He trimmed the curry leaf tree a bit (one branch was going over the wall to the neighbor's back yard) and cut the grass at the back.
I also called the doctor's office and made an appointment for the endoscopy/colonoscopy. That will take place later in August. Daughter was able to book a flight home, so she'll be with me when I undergo the procedures.
Then, I called my cousin N, and her mother, Aunt C called me back to say cousin had not been feeling well, earlier in the week. So, I decided to make some chicken and vegetable soup to take over to them, and I made some egg salad, too, since Aunt C likes my egg salad. I used the carcass from the rotisserie chicken to make the chicken broth and I added carrots, potatoes, onions, celery, tomatoes, and green beans to the soup. Daughter and I included the loaf of bread we bought yesterday, to the soup and egg salad and took them over to aunt and cousin. Cousin was feeling better, We visited with them for an hour or so and came home. Aunt had already called and left a message to say that the soup was delicious!
Today, I am grateful for:
- I was able to visit aunt C and cousin N
- Cousin was feeling better
- I was able to make soup and egg salad to take to them
- I was able to get the grocery shopping done
- I was able to organize the sewing box
Today was a somewhat busy and productive day. It was a little cooler, too, with the highs of only 99F.
Saturday's To Do List:
- Go to the auto club and DMV in the morning, to see about daughter's driver's license renewal, my car registration renewal, and to hand in the mileage verification prior to my auto insurance renewal
- Cook the salmon steaks
- Write out the wedding card
- Iron the sari blouses
- Do daughter's hair for her
- Get dressed and go to my friend's daughter's wedding (we will ride with cousin P and her daughter)
How was your Friday? Have you finished grocery shopping for July? Were you able to keep to your budget? What have you planned for Saturday?
A curry tree! The exotic plants (to me anyway) are all over your backyard. Did you plant it? Do you use it for cooking?
ReplyDeleteThe curry leaf tree (Murraya koenigii) is used in our cooking - we add the leaves to our curries, just as you might use bay leaves. In addition, people grind up the leaves to make a side dish, as well, or cook it with rice to made a type of breakfast porridge. My mother and I planted two curry leaf plants that have grown to the size of small trees and there are numerous little seedlings growing from the roots. I wrote a post about it, in the early days of my blog; it is here: https://bless2cents.blogspot.com/2015/09/curry-leaf-tree.html
DeleteThe chicken soup sounds delicious and so sweet of you to share with family members. Hoping this second wedding is a more relaxing experience for you than the last. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carolyn. I made enough soup so there's some for me, too, to have during the week. My daughter refuses to drink soup when it is so hot, but I don't mind. I think this second wedding will be much more relaxed! I only have to dress myself and my daughter, although she would like me to do her hair, as well. At the last wedding, we didn't have time to do anything with her hair and she just wore it lose. But, we have all afternoon to dress!
DeleteA belated happy Retirement, Bless. It sounds as if you are filling your time. It makes me laugh when people say they don't know what they'd do if they didn't work. I would have no problem whatsoever! Soup with nice crusty bread to dip in - lovely in any weather!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eloise. It feels nice to feel I have all the time in the world to do the things I want to do! Work was lovely, but, towards the end, it was taking all my energy. I worked through my cancer treatments (worked from home, but, still worked), and went straight back after treatments ended (had meant to take a couple of weeks of vacation, but treatments went on for so long, I felt guilty about taking more time off), so I didn't have a break, as such. I think that contributed to my feeling to tired. In hindsight, I would have done things differently. Oh, well. Hindsight is always 20/20, they say.
DeleteThose rotisserie chicken carcasses are great for soup, aren't they? I could never throw one away until after I had extracted all the goodness in a broth for soup.
ReplyDeleteWe were going to visit DS and family on Saturday and staying overnight, and there was one very ripe banana left in the bowl, so I made pancakes for breakfast incorporating smushed banana in the mix.
They do make a good broth for soup, Bushlady. I like your use of the ripe banana in the pancake batter! I might do that with the one banana that is left, here. The bananas ripen too quickly in this heat, I think, and I don't like very ripe bananas! Hope you had a good visit with son and family.
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