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  Just over 2 years ago & I broke my right wrist, my dominant hand.  Gradually, a little arthritis has settled in & I've lost nimbleness in my fingers.  I used to crochet a scarf a week but I have not been able to crochet at all since my hospital stay in December.  It's part mental & part physical.  I had a yarn buildup (23 skeins) on Facebook Market place for $30.  I just need them gone. Mentally & physically.   I had several inquiries but no one had committed yet but one woman, Debbie, said she wanted & she'd pay $40 but she could not come til today.  I trusted my gut & decided to wait. She came this morning & picked up.  (And paid $50!).  And stayed & talked for 2 hours. She talked about crocheting, her husband, kids & grandkids. She is retired & 69 & "didn't have much to do" so clearly she just needed someone to listen to her.  She was making a Chiefs pillow & I said, send me ...

One of the restaurants we used to go to occasionally before Covid was Cheddars.  They have burgers, salads & general dinner-y things.  It basically tasted ok but nothing special.   One thing they did well was onion rings.  ORs are my favorite thing in the world & I try them everywhere.  Some come out of bags like I'm sitting at Sonic so they are pre-fabbed.  But if they are hand breaded with or without a beer batter, I'm usually a fan.   So we went one day in 2021 & they told us there were no onion rings because they were short staffed & could not batter things.  I kid you not.  So we just left...no point in paying their prices if no ORs.  When I got home I dropped them a note on their customer support sight nicely pointing out that that was a stupid policy.  I don't remember if I got a response. So, last week, I got an email from Cheddar's customer support telling me onion rings were back!  3 years la...

Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results I'm officially textbook insane. I was supposed to go with my nephew's wife,son & mother in law to a nearby historic town tomorrow. We made arrangements last week. I texted them today to make sure we were still on but, sadly no. They suddenly have other things to do. Maybe in a "couple of weeks".  But then again, in reality, probably not.  Just more people I'm not a priority for.  It hurts my feelings.  Lots of things hurt my feelings. When will I learn there is no one in my life anymore I can can't on.  No one.  I won't ask again.  And embarrassingly, if they ask I'll say yes because sometimes I get so lonely that my pride doesn't even exist anymore.  But I'm still insane.

  8 cups corn .   I've used fresh, used frozen this time. Don't believe the servings on bag...I needed 5 bags when I should have needed 4. 3 cups bell peppers.   I mixed red & yellow. Green would have added to color but I don't like them.  2 small onions 3 stalks celery 2 cups water 2 1/2 cups white vinegar 1 3/4 cups sugar 4 tsp dry mustard 2 tsp black pepper 2 tsp pickling salt 3 Tbsp corn starch 2 Tbsp water Mix everything together in a large pan.  I actually used my Instapot on saute setting.  Bring to a gentle  boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Mix together water & cornstarch, add to relish mixture to thicken. Boil for 2 more minutes.  Ladle into sterilized jars. Put lid & ring on, put in water bath for 15 minutes.  Hot jars, hot contents.  Wait to hear pop & seal to go down on jars.  Let cool. To sterilize jars, use canning wrack, put in hot (not boiling) water, cover at least 1" above cans with ...

 

▢ Ingredients  Ingredients  Ingredients  1  can  peaches or 2 fresh peaches  ▢ 2   cans   crescent rolls (8 rolls each) ▢ 1   cup   packed brown sugar ▢ 1½   cups   unsalted butter ▢ 1   teaspoon   ground cinnamon ▢ 1   teaspoon   vanilla extract ▢ Pinch   salt ▢ 8   ounces  lemon lime soda   i.e. Mountain Dew or 7up      Directions     Preheat oven to 350.   Pam a 9x13 pan.     Drain & pat peaches dry     Unroll crescent rolls & divide at perforation.  Place a peach slice        into a crescent triangle.  Sprinkle with brown sugar. Roll into                crescent, place in pan.    In sauce pan, melt butter & brown sugar, Bring to boil. Remove              from heat, add cinnamon, vanilla & salt. ...