Greetings, All.
Hope you are safe and well and far away from any indiscriminate viruses.
We did go out to dinner. It was Sunday evening, 15 of us at Red Lobster. On Tuesday the restaurants in our state were closed to dine-in customers. We had a great time. Probably knowing that it would be the last time for all of us for quite a while. Dear daughter needed to celebrate the completion of her Master’s Degree. She was about four months behind her cohort due to a variety of problems, so she needed to celebrate.
Grandsons are home. Took last week off for a break and are supposed to be studying this week. With their dad working from home they will have company. I asked the middle one if they had made dinner yet? He wondered why? Well, if both of his parents are working and the boys are home doing nothing, it should be their turn to cook. I’ll call in a couple days to check it out. This would also be a good time for the youngest to work on merit badges so he can earn his Eagle Rank. We’ll see how motivated his dad is.
We are doing what we do everyday – nothing has changed. When you are retired, and living on your pension out in the country, nothing really changes except the seasons. I filled the freezer with new food, but am still trying to find the old stuff to cook up. I just found chicken wings, in a vacuum sealed package that are 4 years old. I wonder how they will taste. Clearly I need to clean my freezer more often. That said, when I take something out of the freezer to cook, I end up putting twice the volume back in. I usually get three meals from a recipe, so two meals go back into the freezer. There is space forming so that is encouraging.
I started lettuce seeds; well, spinach, corn salad, black seeded simpson, arugula, and parsley. I hope they survive. I have not been successful with winter crops in the house. We had a very nice warm day and took a walk last week. Checked the fences around the garden. We need new fence posts since the fencing is flopping. A big task. With all of the talk about poor conditions for farming, truck farming, I will try to make a larger garden this year. No green beans though. We still have 120 bottles.
On the other hand, Hubby said, “This is what you have been preparing for.” We don’t really need to go to the grocery. I have milk frozen. I could use some fresh parsnips and celery, and I did run out of onions. So, those veggies are my weak spot. I cannot help purchasing what I just used up, too. I know, I don’t need a new package of chocolate chips when I have a 3-gallon bucket full of them. I did run out of SeasonAll Salt, though. My favorite kind for popcorn. Speaking of popcorn, I thought I burnt out my air popper. Not a good thing. Hubby kindly cleaned up the Dutch Oven I used to make the popcorn. That is one appliance I probably should get a back-up for.
Dear Daughter’s training in another state was cancelled, and they are no longer flying to see his parents in another state. We were planning on going to NYC for a college graduation in May, and I think we all know that is not going to happen. Well, at least these two oldsters are not going.
I hope all of you are healthy and safe and avoid this Thing. I am very grateful for the Prep Club and all that I learn and we share. Thank you.