Friday, May23, was lovely! A great foothills of the Cascades Mountains springtime day! The weather was mild and sunny. Neighboring chimes blowing in the breeze beaconed to me.
A marvelous day to finally get some yard clean up!
Time to give the Japanese Maple a cut...
And nose hairs trim!
All set for summer!
Took about 2 hours...
Experiment in healthy cooking on a budget!
I bought a 6lb chicken and 2 packages of bone-in chicken thighs on sale. I've read about bone broth and it's health benefits. The recipe for homemade seemed quite easy. So...I baked a lemon pepper chicken, ate some, cut up and "deboned" the rest. Also deboned the thighs (a bit messy). Put them all in a large pot with a tablespoon of vinegar, frozen celery and onion pieces and simmered for 6 hours.
Let it cool, strained it and skimmed off the fat.
(Later I returned the fat after reading it is healthy. Feel free to have a conversation about that.)
I got 6 small containers to freeze, plus some to make...
a pot of chicken, carrot, celery and fine noodle soup!
It produced a tasty, light soup with a thin (healthy) broth.
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Mountain Mama living isn't all chicken soup...
Jake broke through the lumber on the back deck. Redoing or making a new deck is on the schedule for labor day weekend. My sons and grandsons are going to labor...hopefully as details get worked out over the summer.
Ted, my 20 year old SUV, keeps killing the battery. He ended up in Portland at the Hyundai dealership. Needs an electrical component that isn't made anymore. At this moment a call has come that they got one from a junkyard somewhere in the country. Need to get him back and hope that is the solution. I have been having a talk with Ted that it might be time to part company. We'll see how well he functions.
TOOTH TROUBLE!
A permanent lower left bridge including a tooth with a root canal needs a redo from a redo. Yuck!
Tried for an appointment last week but got lost and had to reschedule for this week. Yuck.
Don't think you want to see a photo. Yuck.
Wednesday, June 4, I successfully endured the root canal!
WEED WAR DAYS!!
Time for DIY weed killer action!!
My yard is broken up into 5 small areas. I enjoy working on them except when there is too much to maintain, weather is bad and senior age is setting in. Nice to be outside.
Jake power washing for me! Thanks, Jake!!
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Heavenly sign I'm called to be a writer??
REFLECTIONS
It seems that recently many problems coincided in a short time. I'm alright dealing with one issue, but more than that confuses my mind and emotions. Debbie's family helped me out with getting me to where I needed to be and Jake power washing my driveway and sidewalks. Thanks, Millers!! Life seems to be easing up. Summer is here and time to enjoy sunny weather! Come back to find out what June adventures await!
This has been a good 3 GeoGram weeks in the life of Grandma G!
"The righteous person may have many troubles but the Lord delivers him from them all." (Psalm 34:19)
