Sometime between when I went to bed and came to bed, it started dumping snow. I'm not sure how much is out there, but it's still coming snowing a little. DH will definitely get to keep busy doing some plowing and shoveling today. This "snow advisory" says until Tuesday morning. I'm so glad we went and got our groceries last week, while the roads were bare and dry.
Guess what I did yesterday - if you guessed more wood staining, you'd be right. LOL. DH wanted to use up the last of the boards cut from our trees and he had enough to make 2 more big planter boxes for the patio. He cut the boards up on Friday and I stained yesterday. Boy, we had a hard time figuring out which stain we used on the first 2 (several years ago). We have several different colors of stain, leftovers from projects. Our back patio beams are stained in cedar, but different type of wood and they are a bit more orange toned than the 2 planter boxes. The wood used on the chicken coop is this same wood as the planters and that wasn't quite the same. We had some "red oak", "red chestnut" and "early american", so dh took one of the cut off scraps of this same wood and tried all 3 stains and we took it out the the existing planter boxes to see which matched the closest. None were exact but the "red chestnut" seemed to be the closest. Then after staining and dh put the boxes together, they look way more brown, then the other planter boxes, which do have a bit of orange tone in them. Oh well, not a huge deal, but left us wondering what the heck. Those top pieces are live edge pieces and will be put on the perimeter of the tops. He was trying to find scrap to use for the bottom, rather than spending $100 on a piece of treated plywood that he only needs not even half of (though I think he's wrong on the price, looks like it would be about $60 now). I think he found something to use out in his stuff. Then he coats the inside with this black sealant stuff.
Last night I made a meatloaf for dinner. I haven't made one of those in ages. Used to be in our regular dinner meal rotation - going back to when I was a kid, LOL. It was good, and something different for a change. And I do like cold meatloaf sandwiches, with the leftovers. I was thinking about the meals I still make (exact same recipe), that I carried on from my mom making them, and the 2 I can think of are meatloaf and tuna casserole. Do you have meals/recipes you still make, that you had as a child?
Well, that's a bummer - I had received my Costco rewards for the year (just $30) and thought I could use it to do an online purchase, but I guess it's only in-store. So, now we have to stop in there again. But, it does sound like the rewards check is good until Dec 31st, so I could just hang on to it and use it next November, when I get the wreaths for next Christmas. I'm not renewing our membership (expires at the end of March) we won't be just stopping in there, anymore, after that. Maybe next trip in, we can just stop in and use it towards getting dh stocked up on some cases of Mountain Dew.
I learned the hard way to label stain. I am sure they will look great no matter.
ReplyDeleteOnce, I mentioned I made several recipes just like my mother did and a troll said I should have improved my mother's recipes. Stupid woman. I make spaghetti, chicken and dumplings, tuna salad, and other things I cannot think of right now exactly like my mother did. make chicken and dumplings with chicken, dumplings, broth, salt and pepper. I had to sit and 'smell' how hers smelled before I knew for sure. I read all these recipes with carrots, onion, and other stuff that she did not use. Mine tasted just like hers even though it had been almost 50 years since I tasted it and had never made it.
DH had done pretty good to write on top of the cans with what he used it on, but I don't think he ever thought he was going to make more planter boxes, LOL. I loved my grandma's chicken and dumplings, I wish I had the recipe.
DeleteI'm sure you're tired of staining but the planter turned out nice. Hard to believe with these cold temps and snow that spring will be here soon. I make a number of my mom's and grandmother's recipes. My mom enjoyed baking more than cooking so most of hers that I use are desserts and grams are the savory dishes.
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking I am done staining and he comes up with something more LOL.
DeleteBeautiful planters?
ReplyDeleteMy mother was a lot of wonderful things, but a cook of any note, she wasn’t! With all us kids, cooking was utilitarian and basic at best.I can’t think of a single thing I make as she did, nor would I want to with the exception of creamed onions, which she would serve in Christmas and Thanksgiving. I also learned how to boil lobster from watching her. That’s about it. I think that’s why I learned to cook/bake.
-Meg B.
My mom never taught me to cook, so when I got married I pretty much had to figure it out myself, but at least I had a few recipes I was familiar with eating and liked, so got her recipes from her. Dh's mom was a TERRIBLE cook - haha. Her idea of serving a salad with dinner was (I'm not joking) putting a head of lettuce on a plate and everyone helped themselves. Steaks were slathered in butter before broiling and came out like shoe leather.
DeleteOMG--a head of lettuce on a plate for a salad!
ReplyDeleteyep! have you ever heard of such a thing? LOL.
DeleteDid a person peel off leaves or use a knife to cut a chunk or a wedge?
DeleteI can't remember now, it was so long ago (I'm not even sure we were married yet) - I think they peeled off leaves
Deletecheck your certificate because I think you need to be a Costco member to use it so you might want to use it before you cancel.
ReplyDeletegood point- I'm sure you are correct!
DeleteYou're so luck to have a husband who is so handy - well more than handy actually! And, more to the point, that he knows how to keep himself occupied!
ReplyDeletehe has his bouts where he will do well to keep busy, which is good to keep him off sitting at his computer all day and night, that's for sure.
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