April One Line a Day
Hi, we are gearing up on getting the yard in shape for our summer activities. April already here and the mowing and dandelion season has already begun!
1. April Fools. Seeing many posts of people showing pretty flowers blooming. And when I walk out of my door, this is what I see blooming.
2. Work computer was down yesterday. Made today very busy. My head hurt at the end of my shift.
3. I sure enjoy my ‘ice cream’ aka frozen strawberries and banana smoothie!
4. Movie night with Adam. For dinner, Casey’s pizza, best pizza! Movie, Deepwater Horizon with Mark Walburg and Kurt Russell. Much better than last Thursday’s choice.
5. Finally Friday, virtual walk with Linda.
6. Saturday, Weight Watcher meeting, Adam errands and grocery shopping.
7. My grand daughter had gotten a phone on her birthday this year. I got a text today with this picture!
8. Monday, always busy. Call volume the highest in the week. Virtual walk with Linda (on our treadmills).
9. Rough day taking calls. Virtual walk with Linda (on our treadmills).
10. Spent the evening with Adam, our movie and dinner night. The movie tonight, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Could be a bit frightening for little children but not like the other movies Adam has selected!
11. Kevin fried a few mushrooms he found just a couple days ago. Every spring I look forward to having these!
12. It’s Friday! I look forward to the weekends. Tomorrow, going to the Tulip Festival!
13. Wamego, KS Tulip Festival! Very fun day spent with a friend, Linda. The weather was perfect!
14. Happy 36th birthday to my daughter! Kevin and I met her at the Waffle House for breakfast.
15. Last week, I was drinking hot chocolate. Our inside house temperature was at 62. This weekend the outside weather reached 80 degrees and then some. Kevin turned on the AC. We removed the pool cover. It’s time to start cleaning the pool and patio!
16. Enjoy the virtual walks with Linda.
17. Movie and Dinner night with Adam. Goulash for dinner. Real simple and plain recipe, hamburger (2lbs), I can tomato juice and 2 cups of elbow macaroni. Browned the hamburger then in a pot added all ingredients. Heated the goulash until the noodles were cooked. Done. Very good on a cold, rainy evening! The movie was the third in line, War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
18. Cold continues. Much needed rain. Lots of calls at work.
19. It’s Friday. My favorite part of the weekend is Friday at 5:30pm. My work shift has ended and the weekend has officially started!
20. Slept in. Horrible night sleeping. Did not go to my weekly Weight Watchers meeting. Stayed home. Ordered my groceries thru the Walmart app to pick up tomorrow.
21. Met Erika and the girls at my folks house. Had Casey’s breakfast pizza. Adam came by too!
22. Kevin always finds things to do on the farm. He will go to the back forty or across the road. I had a question for him and tried calling him. His phone was in the house on the charger. So I reverted to calling his name really loud, Ke-vin, here Kevin, come, along with a whistle. Not just one time, but several times repeatedly! 🙂 I thought it was funny. After several minutes, I heard him come into the house. His words, “So, you think you’re funny”. Looking into his eyes, “I thought it was darn funny!”
23. Experienced FaceTime issues. Not sure what caused the disruption. Ended up having to uninstall the app. Re-installed FaceTime and all was good. However, all this occurred during the time I was to virtual walk with Linda.
24. Good day. had hot chocolate. Was able to virtual walk with Linda, FaceTime now working.
25. Felt like Friday. Long day.
26. Dinner and movie night with Adam and a bonus. We went to Erika’s home for movie. Dinner was Golden Corral. The movie, Murder Mystery 2.
27. Spent the night with the kids. Saturday Shaune and Adam worked on taking out the bathtub from the grand girls bathroom. They got it out and even set in the new. Still need to work on the sheet rock. The hardest part is done.
28. When I left Erika and Shaune’s house, Shaune had the tub in place. He said the back part for the shower should be easier. The difficult part will be cutting the piece where the shower pipe will need to go thru the backing. I will be excited to see the remodel next weekend. And then after Erika has done her redecorating!
29. I had an exciting day. Adam called me this morning after he got off work. He had been in a bike wreck. Adam drives a Honda Grom. It’s bigger than a moped but not as big as a motorcycle. My heart sank. I live about 25 miles north of where Adam lives. I made it to town and Adam is okay. There was minimal damage, repairable. All is good.
30. Been in the process of opening the pool. Well, it’s official. Our pool will need attention. This summer we will need to limp it along. We have a drain that has a crack. It’s on the return side back to the pump. Kevin was concerned. He got one of those camera scopes to view the pipes. But the positive, Kevin said when he fixes the drain, we can replace the liner. Something I was excited to hear! 🙂
Take Care. Best wishes, Debra
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How do you make your frozen strawberry and banana ice cream? I noticed a box of pudding in the background so I assume you add the pudding powder as well, but what kind of liquid do you also add to blend it all? Or is it just those three ingredients?
The photo in your post header caught my eye because it looks so much like the cover of one of my children’s picture books. I don’t think we can add pictures to our comments, so I will e-mail you a copy of it.
You have a very pretty granddaughter.
Hi, Sandra. I sent you an email. However, I will answer your question here in case others may want to know.
Nutribullet, personal blender. The cup has a mark on the side. First I put the frozen fruit in. As you can see, I fill it to the brim. 🙂
I first filled with milk up to the mark line. Then I changed it to half milk/half water. Now I do just plain water. I add half a package of the pudding. Then I let the blender do its thing! 🙂
I like using the pudding with strawberries/banana. When I use frozen cherries, I use the chocolate protein powder. The amount of liquid determines the thickness of the smoothie.
If you try this, let me know what you think!
Take care and best wishes.
What a jam packed month it was! Loved all the photos and I’m intrigued by your “ice cream” and the pudding! Happy May!
I wondered if anyone would catch that! When you add the pudding powder mix, my choice is the cheesecake flavor, to the fruit, it really does taste like a strawberry banana cheesecake. Very Weight Watcher friendly 🙂 You do need to use the sugar free mix.
Take care and best wishes.