Good Morning!
The big storms passed us by last night but did do some damage in Illinois. I do not like storms but we missed the rain that we need badly. Looks like we might get some today. I watered my lawn last night and my little "garden". My "garden" is just a red lava rock area that has stepping stone path throughout it (so hard to walk on lava rock!) and on all sides of the "path" is my potted plant garden. I have chives, onions, tomatoes, rosemary, basil, carrots, green beans, and hot peppers in my pots. I didn't buy and flowers this year due to a tight budget but I was gifted two flowers for a hanging basket and I had a day lily in a pot in the barn that multiplied over the winter. So my "garden" is lovely but it needs some rain.
Meals are still difficult for me to get ready because I have little motivation due to it being so warm, I have so little to work with that whatever I make takes more time because we don't use prepackaged anything. Last night we had BBQ's on buns which was easy but we've eaten it all and the fridge is getting empty. I pulled frozen pork from the freezer so maybe grilled pork as that is pretty easy to do.
I cleaned my house top to bottom on Monday when I took the day off. All the bedding washed and dried on the clothesline, vacuumed everything and I cleaned my stove. I have a self cleaning oven but I really don't want to use that function in the middle of summer. The glass was dirty and I could NOT get the spots off. I ended up using a razor blade after getting the glass wet and it scraped off beautifully. I clean the inside regularly so there are no big spills there. The outside needed a good cleaning so that got done.
I've got some big bills to pay this weekend. I knew they were coming and I have a plan of when the check gets written, when paychecks come in and how to best pay them all without feeling like we've been hit too hard!
That's it on my end. Have a wonderful day everyone!
Alice
