Trash day today – it must be Tuesday. It is the activity of the week that grounds me to the calendar.
I made more Peanut Butter Balls dipped in Chocolate today at the request of Jason’s family. I need to remind the kids that these are special Christmas treats only and I usually only make them once a year in December. Tagen had requested some in November, I made the regular batch in December and now I am making them for the third time. There must be a pandemic going on or something!
Jim had to go to town to get some of the ingredients for me so I could get them made. I asked him to get a small box of Rice Krispies and he came home with two big boxes. Sometimes I don’t think he can hear very well or maybe he just has male selective hearing. Men seem to be able to hear what they want to hear when they want to hear.
Jim helped me with the dipping into the chocolate process. When he was done I told him to pour the hot double boiler water into the chocolate. Instead he put his hand in the pan of hot water. I cut some Aloe Vera plant and put it on his hand. He was inpatient and didn’t let it sit for very long so not sure how much good it did. Maybe he will learn to listen to me but not going to hold my breath.
We are to get snow over night tonight. Haven’t heard how much is forecast to fall. It was mighty cold walking down to take care of the chickens this morning and it hasn’t warmed up much today. They only gave me 17 eggs today but I gave them a free pass as it is cold out today.
I was watching the Lyon County Health Department website for the enrollment of another vaccine clinic as I am trying to help a couple people get appointments. They didn’t open the clinic they are having this week to on-line reservations as they found people this time otherwise. I feel so bad for the people that have to answer the phone at the health department. There is great demand for the vaccine and not enough to go around. The Health Department doesn’t know how much vaccine they are getting until the last minute and it is hard to be fair to all when so many qualify to get it. I think they are doing the best they can under the circumstances. It is hard to be patient to wait though as it can mean the difference between life and death. I’m afraid it isn’t going to get better very quickly.
I wish I could say I am surprised by the comments left on Facebook about the vaccine clinics but I’m not. I do understand how frustrated people are but the local Health Department has no control over how much vaccine they can get their hands on. They are turning it around as quickly as they can and are learning as they go.
I have some ripe bananas I need to use up by making either banana bread or a banana cake. If I make a cake I will have to give some of it away. Anyone like banana cake? I would be happy to share.
Other than making peanut butter balls I haven’t gotten much done today besides some knitting. I guess most days I say that these days. I may be in trouble if there comes a day when I have to get something done – I think I am forgetting how to do that.
We are having the rest of the hamburger soup for dinner tonight so I don’t even have to cook tonight. We have had left overs two nights in a row so tomorrow night I will have to come up with something for dinner. I’ll probably fix a pot roast as we haven’t had one of those for a bit. It is to be cold tomorrow and something cooking in the crockpot will smell good all afternoon.
One of us will have to go to town tomorrow to drop off the peanut butter balls. If the roads are slick I will have Jim do it as I am a wuss when it comes to driving on slick roads. The highway will clear pretty quickly as it is so busy so maybe by afternoon I can go. I don’t think we have any other errands to do this week so it will be a quick trip to town and back.
January has seemed to go by quickly. I have finally been able to settle into the quiet of the days and allow them to be full of empty space. It feels very comfortable to me now.
Grateful the peanut butter balls are made, grateful for leftovers again for dinner, and grateful for another quiet day at home.