the little wild kingdom

[Mini Horses]

You could always toss some broccoli in that mix as it is now, add some more cheese even some bacon bits!

Now there's something I like to keep on hand, real bacon bits. (My prepared food indulgence) Some days I want those in/on a dish & not wanting to actually cook up bacon. Yeah, a fast and tasty add on. But I do cook up bacon -- gotta fill the grease jar -- and normally a whole package at a once. Summer esp...BLT time

 

[flowerbug]

You could always toss some broccoli in that mix as it is now, add some more cheese even some bacon bits!

we do keep a bag of that on hand, we both like it instead of having to cook strips and also like not having to deal with the grease as we don't cook that way very often where i'd use it.

Grandma, of course, never threw anything away and would use it on her homemade bread when it was done and also used it as their butter during The Great Depression along with potatoes and onions, basic staple of life and living on a farm.

 

[flowerbug]

our minimalist decoration a friend made for us:

and Mom wanted to make something with pinecones and pink in a jar.

 

[flowerbug]

dang it, stupid smoke detectors started up again yesterday, asked Mom to pick up some fresh batteries on her way home. she ended up not having any money with her at all so when she got home we ran out to the local store and got some and of course since we were both hungry loaded up on junk food and i even got some eggnog. i haven't had that for a year or two so ok, we were set.

today i got up there and replaced the battery hoping that would take care of the problem. if it doesn't i'm going to redo that one with an isolated battery only operated one and then it won't be influenced at all by the wiring (which may be iffy at this point - i don't know for sure), but if i have to do that i'll also install some kind of vapor barrier up there to keep it better sealed up. it may just be that the smoke in the air from the local wood burning people is what is setting it off or making it more sensitive. again, i don't really know... ugh...

at least i can climb up and down the ladder ok and get to that smoke detector - so we count our small blessings and get back to reading a book about aliens.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Grrrrrr - hope you don't have to keep dealing with that!

 

[flowerbug]

Grrrrrr - hope you don't have to keep dealing with that!

me too. glad though that i can at least now get the ladder in and out of the garage and into the house without having to move half the garage contents...

 

[flowerbug]

not quite warm enough to enjoy it, but i did get the kitchen window on the outside washed at last.

it had been looking rather bad since a few months ago when the box elder bugs were swarming on it and leaving behind their ick.

on top of that knowing that harvest of the fields across the road would be happening eventually it wasn't on my list of rush items.

i'd put it higher up on the list now that the weather is colder and field is harvested and was waiting for a warmer day. however, today was a better day because i can surprise Mom with it being done. i need all the brownie points i can get (not that i'm in the doghouse, but hey, just because )...

the inside also needs to be washed but that's going to happen later, sometime, as it isn't nearly as bad and also as long as Mom is baking it's rather pointless until the cloud of flour and flying bits of this and that calm down. in the meantime i spot clean the spots as best i can can (kicks leg but doesn't really do it because i'd probably hurt myself)...