More This and That

Gotta love the irony of life... water for half a day and watch it rain!

We are still sharing a computer here and it's driving me NUTS!!   Still trying to figure out exactly what the heck it is.  You watch though...it's going to be one unchecked box somewhere.  Something simple that we are both missing.  (Like me and my computer time..hehe) The thing to remember is that out here we don't have TV.  Well we have a TV we just don't have any access to any channels.  So you kind of have to factor that in to the whole sharing thing.  I've not been able to keep up with my regular reading or my blogging for that matter.

OK.  Some of you might remember last year that I found a bread machine at the thrift store.  Brand new with the book.  It was marked down to 4 bucks.  Loving a good bargain I took it home and decided to try my hand at making bread in it.  From that point on I never looked back.  I decided that I wouldn't be buying anymore bread from the store if at all possible.  Now I know there are those of you who would say that using the bread machine isn't "really" making bread.   Here are my thought's on that.  First off, I really can make bread by hand if I need to but I figure as long as I have electricity there's no harm in taking the easy way out. It gives me time to do other things that need getting done around here.  Secondly  I am making bread and not relying  on the store bought "stuff" anymore. The difference in taste cannot be compared.  In the past year or so I have probably bought bread 5-6 times.  Most of those were due to moving and packing and such. I'm not apologizing either!!  As a matter of fact I have even been making my own tortilla's here lately.  I'm getting much better at it which is good since we are both some tortilla eating fools. Breakfast, lunch and dinner alot of times. If you can wrap it in a tortilla its fair game!   I can no longer justify spending a buck fifty for a pack of twenty when I can do the same amount with probably half that.  Of course I haven't figured the math but....the tortilla's are good!
We took a trip to Durant yesterday. Another Little Big Town! They even had a real grocery besides the WallyWorld.  The chick in the convience store didn't find my excitement about that at all funny. Guess shes a "city" girl.   I don't know why I got so excited over a freakin' grocery ad!  LOL
Anyway, I had a doctor's appointment and Mars was worried about me making the trip by myself.  He didn't want me breaking down 70 miles from home with no way to get back. Sweet huh? 
Honestly I have to wonder though if the safety of his tools sitting in that  toolbox ever crossed his mind.  Hey... I'm just sayin....
Anyway, the trip went off without a hitch and we saw some interesting stuff along the way.  There were two or three Show Pig farms along the way and several bee keepers. An onion packing plant and a few produce stands. Several cattle ranches and some interesting homes.  Some cool looking thrift store/garage sale places.  A furniture place which was actually a guy's home where he built log hewn beds and such.  A shop that manufactures dulcimers.  Very interesting.  Now here's where I feel bad about this journey... I didn't take my camera AND we didn't stop anywhere.  Don't ask me why.... I have no clue! We are usually quite the "sightseers" and take the chances we are given to explore.  We talked about it after we got back to the house. And agreed, No more missed opportunities. We only have one life to live and we really ought to be enjoying it.  Who knows in these crazy times if we will ever be granted the opportunity again!  So until next time..

Live, laugh and love like there is no tomorrow.

P.S Mars made Snickerdoodles tonight!  Don't they look yummy?