Tea Time ~ 2/24/2022

 

Grab a cup of tea, coffee, hot chocolate or your favorite drink
while I share a few things about my life lately...

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~Last Friday my blog hit 1200 followers!  It had been dancing around the 1200 mark for a while.  Someone would follow then someone would unfollow...  Finally, I woke up Friday morning and the number actually hit 1200!!!  That might seem paltry to some of you but it is a milestone for me :)

~Laken has been wanting to make "Oreo Bombs" aka "Oreo Truffles" since Christmas.  Finally, for Valentine's Day, we got them made.  They are super easy to make, but the chocolate covering can get quite messy for us messy bakers :)  It must run in the family!

~Now that Valentine's Day is over, the puppies needed some St. Patty's bandanas.  I got a simple green fat quarter at the "Big W" and cut in from corner to corner.  And voila two bandanas for two Labradors.  I didn't get a picture of Lilah, but I couldn't resist adding this picture of Kona mid-yawn!  :)

~Thursday evening the hubby and I got our taxes done.  Not very exciting but I am glad to have that done and out of the way for another year...

~Laken, who just turned 15 years old, has decided that she wants a hippie van when she turns 16 and gets her driver's license!  The hubby found this puzzle and and told her that is as close as it is going to get!  She was NOT amused but put the puzzle together anyway.  Laken loves puzzles!

~Laken was exercising and left her yoga mat out.  Lilah decided that the yoga mat is much more comfortable than her expensive orthopedic dog bed!  If only we had known :)

 

How was your week?

 

Colletta

Journal Entry ~ 2/13/20-2/19/20

A few sentences about each day...

February 13, 2020 - February 19, 2020

13/Thurs ~ We got our taxes done this morning.  It feels good to have that done and out of the way.  Laken was supposed to have a four-day weekend but tomorrow is a snow make-up day.  It has been a very mild winter so far.

14/Fri ~ Shawn took Kaylee out for Valentine's Day.  Doug took me and Laken to Cracker Barrel and also bought us chocolate!  We got a few movies from the Redbox but didn't get a chance to watch them yet.  We'll do that tomorrow.

15/Sat ~ Laken spent the afternoon at a friend's house.  I did some housework then Doug and I watched a movie.  Kaylee spent a long time this afternoon working on a Sociology paper.

16/Sun ~ We came home early from evening Church because Kaylee wasn't feeling well.  I'm not feeling the best either.  I hope we're not getting a stomach bug!

17/Mon ~ Today was President's Day so the girls were home.  I was supposed to have a check-up but I rescheduled it for Friday.  Kaylee is buying her very first car!  We test drove it today and she loves it.  It is a 2008 Ford Edge and the color is Orange Crush.  She is really excited!

18/Tues ~ We picked up Kaylee's vehicle today and got everything transferred.  She is a happy camper :)  Laken said that her first vehicle is going to be a truck.  A Ford Super Duty to be exact!

19/Wed ~ Kaylee and I were going to go to the gym but the sun was shining and the birds were chirping so went outside for a walk.  It was still very chilly so we weren't out for long but it was nice to be out in the sun even for a short while.

Until next week,

Colletta

Tuesday Talk ~ 2/26/19

Things I'm thinking about lately:

~Kitchen Blunders!  Have you ever made a blunder in the kitchen and just can't figure out how it could possibly have happened?  That was me!  I was making a "from scratch" Oatmeal Cake.  Everything was going fine and I popped it in the oven.  The timer on the oven went off and the cake still didn't look done!  I started looking back over the recipe (one I've made countless times) to see what I did wrong.  Well, I figured it out.  I forgot to add the flour!  The very last step and I forgot it!  So I scraped the "pudding" back into a bowl, added the flour and baked it some more...  Instead of cake, I had Oatmeal Bars!  The taste was just a tiny bit off but still edible.  Sigh.  This is what it was supposed to look like.  Click the picture for the "Easy" Oatmeal Cake recipe.

~Taxes :(  We haven't done our taxes yet.  We're trying to decide whether to try to do them ourselves or go to a tax preparer like we have done the past few years.  I hate to pay out the money for someone to prepare our taxes if I can do them.  But...  I really don't know what I'm doing!  lol  I think I'd rather pay and know that it is done correctly.  My brother uses TurboTax and says it is really easy.  I just don't know what to do...  Do you do your own taxes or go somewhere to have them done?  Any advice?

~Bible Reading Plans.  I am so behind on my One Year Chronological Bible reading.  I'm getting bogged down in Leviticus.  I hate reading when I feel like I "have" to instead of reading because it is something I want to do.  Especially when it comes to the Bible.  I'm debating switching up my Bible reading plan.  I'm trying to decide whether to just stick it out with my current plan, find a New Testament Plan, or start a Bible Study of some sort.  Any suggestions?

What have you been thinking about lately???

Colletta