What are you doing today?

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Blessed said:
I have decided this will be a bad food weekend. Trying to decide what I shall indulge in the way of too much salt, fat, sugar. LOL
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If it were me, I'd be tucking into cheese. If it were my sister, she would be raiding the crisps, while my mum would be demanding cream cakes and my brother would be searching for chocolate. What's your favourite binge?
 

I ate a late breakfast. Then my orders from Vitacost and Swanson were delivered, so I unpacked them. I showered and washed my hair. Then I ran out to buy eggs and fresh mozzarella and mailed a package at UPS.

This afternoon, I cooked. I've had a yen for butterscotch pudding and have been thinking about it for a week, lol. I figured it wasn't going to make itself, so I finally got around to making it. Then I made a yellow squash casserole that I had with pork tenderloin in maple bourbon sauce for dinner. In between, I did a couple of loads of laundry and sat outside with a drink for a bit before dinner. Tonight, I'm watching a movie, zoning out on the couch, and trying not to fall asleep. 🥴

Bella✌️
 

hollydolly said:
This afternoon I got the lawn mowed out the back.. front can wait for another few days , but I had to do the rear because after all the rain we had I had a huge carpet of leaves..
Incidentally a correction on my Laurel Hedge.. it's not 16 feet high like I thought.. it's actually 30 feet..OMG !! :eek:

Now it's almost 4.10 and I'm waiting for an Amazon delivery...
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Gosh, 30 feet is like at least 5 tall people! :oops::geek::)
 
hollydolly said:
it's hard to get the photos because they only come out at night in the dark, and if they hear or sense a movement they curl up into a ball until I've gone... I did get some a while back but they're not really too clear using just the light on my phone...

The large Blue container holds water, and the paper plate held mealworms.. they love those...

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Terrific photo. I enjoyed seeing that, and imagining them scoffing up those mealyworms! (served on paper plate too!☺️)
 
The birdies woke me up around 5,was able to go back to sleep until 6
My early morning walk around 6:30,temp was 52 no wind was refreshing,dropped off article at my close friends,Marcia&Dave's house{2 blocks away}. I came back to water the plants/flowers in our community garden
My long walk this morning walking to/from my church {6 blocks} for 10:30 service
The rest of my day read local paper, talk to my brother in Conn, read my book
 
My day started by letting Yummy 🐔 out of the chicken yard, so that the young 'uns could eat without being hassled. This is normal procedure. Yummy enjoys looking for bugs and eating clover, and she is trained to come back when she is called. Not today!!!! I called and called, and finally went trapesing through the wet grass looking all over for her. Finally saw her. She ended up finding her way under the electric fence and into the woods....no way I was going to be able to go in there and get her!!!! She refused to come when I called her, hmmmm
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...what to do to get her to come out on her own?

💡I went and got Andy's food dish, and rattled it....that got her attention!!! As soon as I set the dish down (on my side of the fence of course), she came running out and I picked her up!
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I did not need all of this activity before I'd even had breakfast! Now, I have to hurry along and get ready to head out to the rink! If this was any indication, I should have an interesting day!
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I hope your day is interesting, too! 😂
 
Kaila said:
Terrific photo. I enjoyed seeing that, and imagining them scoffing up those mealyworms! (served on paper plate too!☺️)
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ordinarily I would put the mealworms ( only in winter) in the borders under the hedging and shrubs in a proper ceramic dish along with several dishes of water, so they can eat without fear of predators.. humans etc.. but I wanted to catch them out in the open for a photo shoot, and the only way I could think was to put the paper plate out in the open.. on a wet rainy day
 
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Good morning! I have a nice steady rain here today....and Chelveston
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is out playing in it.
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Andy is sound asleep on the rug in the kitchen, I think he has the right idea....it looks like it might be a good day to recover from the weekend. ☔

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We saw a lot of wildlife on our drives this weekend. The Bald Eagles were active and in clear view, showing off their white heads! I love seeing them! There were a lot of squirrels going back and forth across the roads. Also, a total of 9 deer ran out, in different places....one was way too close for me! Now, that is just the things that were crossing the roads, but there were also critters just standing there that we had to drive around. They included: box turtles 🐢 (more than I could count), a roadrunner, a fox, a red tailed hawk, and one cow (moo)! Anymore critter traffic and they will need to expand the road!
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hollydolly said:
This afternoon I got the lawn mowed out the back.. front can wait for another few days , but I had to do the rear because after all the rain we had I had a huge carpet of leaves..
Incidentally a correction on my Laurel Hedge.. it's not 16 feet high like I thought.. it's actually 30 feet..OMG !! :eek:

Now it's almost 4.10 and I'm waiting for an Amazon delivery...
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That is going to be a lot of work!!! Good luck!
 
moviequeen1 said:
The birdies woke me up around 5,was able to go back to sleep until 6
My early morning walk around 6:30,temp was 52 no wind was refreshing,dropped off article at my close friends,Marcia&Dave's house{2 blocks away}. I came back to water the plants/flowers in our community garden
My long walk this morning walking to/from my church {6 blocks} for 10:30 service
The rest of my day read local paper, talk to my brother in Conn, read my book
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I like the way you keep active! There was a time when I would take my backpack and go to the store. As I got older, I got more and more tired of having soggy shoes and feet! 😄
 
RubyK said:
Another rainy day here. Will do a jigsaw puzzle and read today.
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Fortunately, I can do jigsaw puzzles online. I don't have the space for a real jigsaw puzzle but I love doing them. I like them best when working on one with other people. At the senior center, there is always a jigsaw puzzle waiting for attention in the lobby.

We are finally seeing a reduction in our drought. After the fires we had two years ago, we grumble about the rain, and then add it is better than the forest fires. We have had more rain this year than in the previous two years and we are very happy about that. We have had rain for days and now the northwest part of Oregon is no longer in a drought, but to the east things are really bad! Not enough rain or snow and the snowpack is melting too fast. Anyway staying inside and doing a puzzle or curling up with a book sounds wonderful.
 
I'm going to continue the cooking and baking I started this weekend. I like to prep things ahead of time and freeze things so I can have healthy meals ready in a short time. This weekend I made (all homemade) vegetable quiche, carrot pancakes (delicious, really!), rye bread and blueberry scones. All have been frozen in individual servings so all I need do is thaw, warm and enjoy. I also bought all kinds of fresh vegetables and have cleaned, blanched (if needed), chopped and froze those, too. Today, I'll be making apple muffins which I'll freeze, too. And to keep in the refrigerator, it will be a lovely fresh fruit salad. I've also been making pitchers of iced herbal teas which are surprisingly refreshing.

I've already done my morning housekeeping (made the bed, emptied the dishwasher, vacuumed the floors, folded laundry) and have answered emails and texts. Later today, I'll walk the dog, pay a few bills, do some work in the front garden and who knows what afterwards.
 
Paid some bills earlier. Had my cheerios w/bananas, and kept the peels. Watering the backyard is next, then some laundry.
Took the garbage to the curb. Nothing overly exciting.

I read where if you soak your banana peels in water, and then use it to water your tomato and pepper plants, it will make them flourish. From all the potassium in the 'nanas. So hey, that's what I'm doing.

ETA: I also ironed 5 blouses...
 

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