tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post7903370354988031732..comments2024-03-29T00:10:51.155-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: The Week Ahead: Blooming Seasonterricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-25036740421618282772020-04-06T20:30:11.131-04:002020-04-06T20:30:11.131-04:00Terri, I think it is absolutely lovely that you wi...Terri, I think it is absolutely lovely that you will be helping with homeschooling Josh! He will always remember this. I have homeschooled my boys for most of their education and now that three are grown, I can say that I worried too much if they were learning everything. They have done wonderfully and felt very prepared for college. When they were in elementary I read to them a ton to help them love reading. I was also very relaxed about them learning to read as most kids aren’t developmentally ready until 7 and I think today’s schools push them way too early. We had such fun gardening and talking about plants or whatever seasonal thing was going on. They loved to catch snowflakes on a frozen tray with black paper and then look at them through a magnifying lens and then read a book about snowflakes. Are your libraries totally closed? The boys would ask questions and we would go find out. A favorite quote is that education is more like lighting a fire than filling a bucket. Good luck to you and Bess on schooling. I think it will end up to be a wonderful time.<br /><br />I absolutely get the tendency to not do too much with our personal appearance during this time! I was a bit shocked at myself the other day as I hadn’t shaved in a bit and my husband commented if I was wearing my armpits in the “European fashion”. Sigh....yes, I need to keep up on these things. It does feel better to glance at yourself in the mirror and see brushed hair and just a bit of lip color and eyebrows. I think it makes my face look a few years younger just to do that.Karen in WInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-1725215748341151892020-04-06T09:31:04.600-04:002020-04-06T09:31:04.600-04:00Lol at Lana, if you ever figure it out please let ...Lol at Lana, if you ever figure it out please let me know!Liz from New Yorknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-91709674021716683062020-04-05T11:19:16.199-04:002020-04-05T11:19:16.199-04:00 A friend who is a rocket scientist for NASA poste... A friend who is a rocket scientist for NASA posted himself on Facebook going out to the drug store in a dish towel held on with a chip clip. I pictured him arriving at the store in Houston and getting out of his new Tesla in that get up! <br /><br />Liz, I get those holes in shirts too and it is so frustrating! I wonder where they come from, too. Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-77809075550441720702020-04-04T22:04:59.473-04:002020-04-04T22:04:59.473-04:00I’m going to be really unhappy if the stores won’t...I’m going to be really unhappy if the stores won’t let us buy garden supplies!! Terri, life is too short to read a blah book lol! Read, wear, eat, dress, and occupy time with only the best! Nothing mediocre anymore for me. I too, am throwing out all the t-shirts that have stains, are stretched out, and have little holes that develop right around the waist area. Does that happen to anyone else, and does anyone know why it happens? Have a great week!Liz from New Yorknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-14182341561401123372020-04-04T15:04:52.174-04:002020-04-04T15:04:52.174-04:00Lana, Thank you! I had wondered if I might substi...Lana, Thank you! I had wondered if I might substitute peanut butter...It is after all just another nut butter isn't it? I shall try that instead then and save the splurge money for another item I'd like to stockpile that isn't basic. I always have peanut butter on hand. <br />Carolyn who sometimes comments here has a Blackstone Griddle and she and her husband love it. They take it when they go RVing as well as using it at home. terricheneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-71714219222206571122020-04-04T14:22:48.539-04:002020-04-04T14:22:48.539-04:00Sarah, I just read your comment about the seeds a...Sarah, I just read your comment about the seeds and such! That is shocking! And stupid! I can't read black print on red. It just disappears for me and the harder I try to see it the more it is invisible. Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-7059594880521587252020-04-04T14:19:18.412-04:002020-04-04T14:19:18.412-04:00That is a sweet little Florida house at the top. ...That is a sweet little Florida house at the top. All my scarves are the long type so I would be dragging a lot of fabric along with me! Some missionary friends' Mom is sewing masks with all profits going to buy Bibles, which they spent 25 years translating with Wycliffe Bible Translators. I was happy to place my order and wait for them to arrive in the mail. We won't need them before they arrive. <br /><br />I want to do more grilling this summer. We bought a Blackstone griddle a few weeks ago when Walmart was clearing them out for a low price and so we are learning to cook with that along with our regular gas grill. We have put a whole pound of bacon on it and had it done in like 5 minutes and all the mess was outside. I think I will do fajitas on it tomorrow since I can do meat and veggies and even heat the tortillas all at once.<br /><br />My daughter subs peanut butter for tahini in recipes. Chef Ina G..... can't recall her name, recommends it because tahini is so expensive and she says that it is hard to use it up before it spoils. My daughter says you cannot tell the difference in most recipes. We use a lot of green chilies and I keep stacks of cans of them in the pantry. Walmart Great Value brand is the best price I have found on them and the brand is good. I usually buy like a dozen cans at once and them use them before restocking since we rarely go to Walmart. <br /><br />This week we got the front flower and shrub beds all cleaned out of leaves and such and then the front yard mowed so next week it is the back. The front looks really good and ready for Spring now. Our neighbor boy helped with cleaning up downed limbs. We have been cutting huge bouquets of azaleas to bring in the house since we have masses of them and they are coming on one type at a time now. It is a good way to prune the top shoots and we so enjoy them in the house.<br /><br />Our little lake park has the gate shut and locked. So sad. I hate it for the retired guys who fish on the lake in little boats all by themselves. They weren't in any way hurting anyone. <br /><br /><br />Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-65173574316797052022020-04-04T13:16:05.650-04:002020-04-04T13:16:05.650-04:00Naturally I culled most of my scarfs just a few mo...Naturally I culled most of my scarfs just a few months ago ! :/ I was watching how to make good masks on You Tubes by The Fabric Patch. They talk of ones that will actually keep this teeny tiny virus out using the linings they recommend. Yet the masks are very breathable and comfortable to wear. This channel has 4 videos on masks. One tells of what to do if one thing you want to use to make them is unavailable now. I heard that thin elastic and other things are out of stock many places because people are making masks. The Fabric Patch you tubes to me are the best out on this. <br /><br />Teri, I had not noticed that you had links in your posts for the recipes and such ! My eyes do not distinguish the different color of the words to click on from the words around them. When I was little if teachers used blue chalk on the black board it looked blank to me. Silly but true. So now I will check and go to where you help us to go. Thank you so much !<br /><br />A word to the wise. I heard last night that Maryland and Vermont I believe were the two states that have banned the sale of any garden seeds or garden products along with paint and many other products for sale at this time. Stores are told to rope off those areas from sale. They say they are non essential' items. They showed a sign over all seeds at one Home Depot saying they cannot be bought along with any garden things like say soil, fertilizers etc and plants. It was a long list of 'non essential' things no longer being sold during this time. Also Target and Walmart etc included. I have no idea if other states are doing or will do the same . I take it they are doing so to limit the amount of people out shopping. This also though, limits what we can do in our homes to occupy the time While we are not shopping. And seeds and plants need to go in the ground soon. With less food production from farmers due to all this bad weather last year people wanted to garden even more this year in case there were food shortages due to that too. :((( SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com