The Hard Times Cafe

Shopping, shopping, shopping and shopping...

 Can ya guess what Seth and I did today?

         Yeppers-grocery shop! 

   We finished with our schooling day, and I had studied the sale papers, so off we went.  First Walmart, second Farm Fresh, third Food Lion and fourth Kroger.  I only spent $124 (rounded up), and I saved $26 (rounded up) in sale savings.  That was the main reason for me going shopping today.  Well, there is a storm, Hannah, that is supposed to drop a great deal of rain this Saturday, so I wanted to be prepared.  This shopping trip actually only took 3 hours to complete.  So, this afternoon went by quite fast.

   There isn't much to say about today, other than my collards are dying.  It is soooo..... hot.  Too hot for the leafy green veggie that I love.  So, I will be replanting as soon as it cools off.  I am not in the gardening mood, so the waiting for cooler weather sounds like a good excuse for me. 

   Supper was a left over event tonight.  I had tons of food, but I didn't want to cook any of it; I was really tired.  The refrigerator looks comfortable after losing the extra weight. . . oh, that sounded so corny!

   Anyway, that is it from the Beale Bungalow.  It is time for a shower and some shut eye!  Good night and God Bless!!

Freezing My Easter Eggs

All my hens are laying now.  I just love all the different colors I get each day.  I knew I'd be getting pastel blue, green and pink, and of course brown and white, but I'm loving the deep olive green eggs.  Those were a surprise to me.  Look at that tiny brown egg in the basket!  I put it in the pot when I was boiling eggs for potato salad and egg salad today and snapped a picture of it in a teaspoon right before it got salted and peppered and popped in my mouth!  Mmmm-good!

I was beginning to get quite a number of eggs in the refrigerator so I knew it was time to freeze some.  Recently I have cracked bunches of eggs into a big bowl and scrambled them, added a little salt and poured them into a freezer bag to keep until I needed them for a scrambled egg breakfast. (or supper!) 

Today I wanted to freeze them individually to use in recipes like cakes, cookies, pies, so I emptied out my ice trays and cracked an egg into each section and this time added a pinch of sugar and broke the yolk of each egg.  {Always remember to add a bit of salt or sugar before freezing.} Once they're good and frozen solid I'll just pop them out and put them into a freezer bag.  This will keep me in good supply of farm fresh eggs even if my hens stop laying for a time.         Just eggcellant!

Gustav Update Day 4

The sun has come out today and it's pretty hot.  We're still without electricity.  I hear there are places here and there getting power back on.  Walmart had power yesterday but someone told me there was no fresh produce or frozen or refrigerated food or bread, etc.  I got out and picked up a few limbs in the front and some around the chicken coops today.  It will take a lot more work plus a power saw  to get all that mess cleaned up.  This sunshine will dry things up I hope.  Thank you for your prayers and kind words and thoughts everyone.  It does cheer me up.  And it was great hearing Kitty was alive and well and she asked that I let everyone know here at HSB and asked for continued prayers during her very trying circumstances.  My daughter was able to be admitted into a  hospital ast night thankfully and her doctor has started another IVP and has called in a Urologist.  Please keep her in your prayers.

Update from Kitty

I was able to talk to Kitty today.  She and her family are doing okay.  Her house withstood the storm and I think they lost a shed and maybe some things outside.  She is fortunate to have a generator but they are only running it a little while at night.  As we are finding out too, the gas to keep one of these things running is very expensive.  She said where she lives took a direct hit from the hurricane and they are without power and may be without for 6 weeks.  I sure hope that's not the case!! 

Her mother is in need of prayer.  She is not doing well at all.  She is considering calling an ambulance today.   It's very hot  in her house, yet she's cooking a lot of food, rather than it going to waste.  I think others in the area are coming over and eating at their house. 

Let's all continue to keep Kitty and her family, her mother especially, in our prayers.  They are going through such a terrible time.

~Frist Week Of September~

Goodmorning And Blessings To You!

Wow frist week of September is almost over!! Im just sitting here wateing for dh and Jarred to come home from there walk, dh said he thoguht I could use a few min's of peace becuse I have been feeling sick for a few day's now, Jack is still home with me but dh layed him down befor he left but he hasnt feel asleep yet but that's ok he will probly play abit in his crib befor falling asleep, If not I will get him up shortly, I dont think they will be gone too long, I think they just went too the store to get some bun's for supper, dh told me he want's too do as much as he can while he still has vision in his one eye, Jarred is acuttly going to walk the hole way....dh thought it would be good for him so they dont have to drag the day stroller around with them, Plus the store you can get there and back in half an hour.

Im so tired lately and sick........NO I'M NOT PREGNET.....he he.....I'm not sure what is going on im always shakey and last night I really go light headed....I dont know why though, I know I should probly go too the Doctures...But I hate going there.....Silly I know! But hopefully what ever is going threw my body, The Lord will heal me and cast whatever it is out of the body.

I finally got all the lundry sorted and put away yesterday, It just seemed like it was pileing up so fast, I also got all the dirty stuff picked up and thrown down stairs to be washed tomarrow, I had to go threw some of Jacks stuff he is growing like a weed and had stuff in his room I had to pack away for the next baby down the road, they always say as soon as you get rid of all you baby stuff there will be one on the way....And I know how much baby stuff can cost and being low income you keep what you have, So far I really havent had too buy much for Jack becuse he has Jarreds hand me downs.

It's so quite on the street now the kids are back too school....The street is dead during the day....Jarred finally got to catch the bus the last couple of day's he is so over joyed he get's too see it, the one bus stop's right in frount of the house so he's preatty happy about that.

Well that's my post today.

Blessings

~Ruth