Wednesday Stuff

It was a beautiful, sunny morning

when I got up this morning.

The horses were happy to get 

their breakfast.

The cows are getting a little

less suspicious of me, but

they still stand back a little

until I've poured their feed into

their manger and walked away.

(Walking away is a challenge since

we've had a LOT of rain lately and

even under their feed shelter

it's pretty muddy!)

Because of all the rain,

our backyard (and pastures) are

ANT HILL CENTRAL!

They are everywhere!

You have to be careful where you walk

because fire ants are called that

for a reason!

They hurt!

Anyhow.

Last night we had the Elders over for dinner.

I whipped up a batch of Cheeseburger Pie.

Just basically browned hamburger mixed with

a mayo/egg/heavy cream mixture.

Then I covered it all with some shredded cheese

and popped it in the oven for 30 minutes til

it was all melty and yummy.

Meanwhile, we put out all the possible

cheeseburger toppings on the table in

little individual bowls.

We had:

onions,

lettuce,

tomatoes,

ketchup, 

yellow & brown mustard,

bacon bits and

pickles (bread & butter and dill).

The green salad I bought was NASTY (slimy)

so I steamed up some broccoli 

for a veggie.

The night before I baked a Trimtastic Chocolate Cake

and added about a half can of 

sugar free cherry pie filling

to mimic Sondra's chocolate cherry cake.

That stayed in the fridge overnight to 

get rid of the stevia after taste.

(If you let it sit, you can't even tell its not sugar)

Then while the pie was baking I tossed

some delicious vanilla ice cream stuff

into the ice cream maker.

The little bottle is vegetable glycerine - keeps the ice cream from freezing SOLID
when you put it in the deep freeze! I add about a tablespoon.

It was a delicious dinner!

And I didn't take any pictures.

The ice cream is SO easy!

But the machine is a bit loud so we

plugged it in in Kyle's bedroom.

LoL.

Anyhow...

What with all the rain and the ants, we

had an ant invasion at the back

french doors last night.

Which meant a quick trip into town

to the WalMarts to get some spray.

We had some out in the shed,

but its old and didn't poison them so

much as drown them.

This morning after I fed all the critters

but before I let Beau into the house,

I swept and damp mopped all the floors.

Especially around the french door.

Got that all cleaned up.

And then I made a big bowl of yummy

oatmeal with frozen raspberries for breakfast.

Stripped the sheets off the bed and

ran them through the wash.

Unloaded the dishwasher from last

night's feast, and finished cleaning

up the kitchen.

Listened to my weekly Trim Healthy podcast

while doing some school paperwork and emailing

and then it was time for lunch.

I really MISSED my daily okra and eggs,

so that's what I made for lunch.

Hahaha

I love okra in the air fryer.

(And Pioneer Woman on the TV in the background.)

Pulled out a London Broil for dinner.

And put some fresh eggs in the Instant pot

to hard boil.

They go in a little mesh bowl I have and I

set the IP for 4 minutes. When it beeps I 

let it sit for another 4 minutes and then release

the pressure and put the whole mesh bowl into

my mix master bowl with ice water in the sink.

Rod really likes having egg salad made up

in the fridge. So I'll peel (it literally falls off)

drop them in the food processor with some mayo

and whir it up. 

Done.

Meanwhile, I just got another alert on my phone.

We are the little blue dot east of Palm Bay.

Oh goody.

More rain.

Yup. 

It's raining.

In case you don't have a window to look out,

here's confirmation that its raining.

I am SO switching from satellite TV to cable.

Super annoying.

Anyhow.

Better go make the egg salad

and get the sheets back on the bed.

Happy Wednesday!