{Click 365} Interesting Week Indeed
Who is ready for spring? I know I am!! I am ready to garden and get outside.
Monday, February 10th, Don and Donnie worked on the car. Don replaced the water pump. Donnie supervised and got whatever Don needed. This is great because he learns the ins and outs on how the car works. Together they have done a few projects on this van. We are not sure how much longer we can keep mending her. Next year will be 10 years since we bought this car, used of course.
Tuesday, February 11th, I made some coconut milk. I have been making my own for a few months now. I actually like the flavor better and I still get the cream on top. I use this recipe. I find it does cost less than the cans, roughly $.041 for as much as a can will hold. Not bad!
I’ve been drying the coconut to grind into flour, but was thinking that it might not be a good idea since all the oils and such are taken out when made into milk. Does anyone know or have ideas on this?
I love the ReCap lids. They make pouring coconut milk, salad dressing, and honey so easy. They also come in pink, but not in the wide mouth just yet. I love the pink too.
Wednesday, February 12th, as I was taking down a bowl to put fruit in, I noticed it was cracked. We’ve had this bowl for over 10 years. I bought it when we lived in Brunswick, GA. The kids were toddlers back then. It came in a set of three, so I still have the other two. I like the country look of it. 🙂 I clicked a picture before I put it in the garbage. 🙁
On Wednesday, we lost power at about 8 am because an ice storm was going through these parts. I didn’t even get to check my mail or the latest and greatest on Facebook. I was hoping it would be out for a few hours at least, but it was a few days. We got power back up on Thursday evening about 6 pm. I say a few days because it was pretty much all day Wednesday and all day Thursday. 🙂 Those were some long days.
Thursday, February 13th, I snapped these from the window when I woke up. We are all electric, so we had no heat or stove. Thankfully we had just gone grocery shopping and I had baked a chicken on Sunday night so we still had some in the refrigerator. The kids and I ate that with fruit. We also had cereal. It has been forever since I had cereal. I had mine with coconut milk. I have to say that I am thankful too that our temps could have been worse. We got down to 30 degrees at night and in the 40’s during the day.
We were double-socked and clothed. We pretty much camped out in our beds. The laptop had some juice so the kids watched a movie. It is so amazing how much we depend on electricity.
Once the electricity came back on, we scrambled to make hot tea and turned on the heaters. Oh yeah, and flushed the toilets! We are on well water, so if we lose electricity, we lose water too. Thank the Lord we have two bathrooms.
Friday, February 14th, the girl next door brought us a valentine. I thought that was sweet of her. She is in third grade and I feel for her when the school bus comes to pick her up at 6:45 am. A THIRD GRADER!! She is one of their first pick-ups, so she spends about 40 minutes on the bus.
Saturday, February 15th. Donnie has been so sweet to let me use his lap-desk he got for Christmas to do my morning Bible Study. I have been doing it in my bed these days, except when Don goes in late and is still sleeping. I try to sit at the feet of Jesus first thing, usually about 7 am.
Right now I am doing a study on Revelation. Have you heard of Catherine Martin? The study is A Heart To See Forever: Embrace the promise of the eternal perspective. I have been learning a lot and really trying to focus on what is important.
I’ve been wanting a lap-desk for like forever! After using Donnie’s, it convinced me to order me one too. So, I did and the same day I clicked the above picture, my lap-desk arrived. Isn’t it beautiful? (MaryEllen also got one for Christmas. Ours are the same.)
So that was my week, simply. I can’t believe February is already half-way over. I am almost afraid to blink.
Have a blessed week. See ya next week,
Wow! An eventful week and all captured and documented as treasured moments. Brr….cold, especially losing power for so long. We are on a well, too, and know the electricity affects. (((hugs))) to the little girl next door. My dd is 3rd grade and I just couldn’t imagine 40 min. on a bus everyday. So precious that she remembered your family.
And, LOVE your lapdesk! It has the verse I have based my word of the year on {be still}.
Oh, and I still have my lap desk that you bought me!!!! Annette uses it too.
Hi, Cynce, sorry about your 10yr. old bowl. That is a bummer. Love the pics of Donnie working with Don. I’ve been meaning to make coconut milk like forEVER. It’s so easy too and 0.41 compared to a can of it, can’t beat that.
You sound like me. It took me forever to give coconut milk a whirl, it being so simple and all. I buy Bob Redmill’s coconut at Big Lots for $5.50 for 24 oz. I did the math, but I don’t remember the actual numbers, so the $0.41 is an estimate. 🙂
I’ve been wanting this lap desk ever since I got them for you and Reff that one year. Every time I was at Christianbook, I looked, but didn’t buy. With MaryEllen drawing so much in her bed, I thought a lap desk would be great and thought of the one I got y’all. Amazing how we will get things for others, but not ourselves. Well, I eventually got mine. Yay!! I love it!!
Good Morning, We have a very old van that my dear Husband won’t give up on it has sat for 2 yrs. —-not running…..I am driving his hand me down work car and am blessed every time it starts up for me!
I have never done coconut milk, you use it as an alternative to dairy?
The lids I have not seen in my area. They would be very handy. Our weather is much colder with about 12in.of snow on the ground. We have not lost power so far this year. It has been a challenge to keep the kids happy with so much inside time because of the cold. We have had a lot of below O days.
We are very ready for spring, although I must say that the sunny days are quite beautiful. 🙂
Blessing to you and yours.
Hi Peggy, Yes, I use the coconut milk as an alternative to dairy. A few years ago I started getting bad sinus issues and allergies, so I cut most of my dairy out. I say most because sometimes I’ll have cheese, my only weakness in the dairy category.
Wow, 12″ of snow! We had snow one day, 2″. 🙂 We have been stuck inside too, looking forward to this week when we are suppose to get into the 70’s, not exactly hot, but better than the 40’s and 50’s for sure.
The van usually gets stubborn with starting in cold weather, but now that I mention it, it hasn’t been a problem this winter. While I’ll be…!! Feeling blessed now. 🙂
Interesting indeed! I didn’t even think to make coconut milk when I bought some a few weeks ago, though it IS very easy and I’ve made it before. I will have to try it again. The ReCap lids look awesome! I have plastic screw on caps and use them daily. Love your daily captures!
Hope you have a great week!
I do keep a few cans as back-up…just in case. 😉 The ReCap lids are awesome for the liquid type stuff. I also use the plastic screw caps and love them too.
Our old van had 212 thousand miles on it when we gave it away. Many memories and parts! It is still on the road. The family we gave it to continues to put parts into it.
Love the lids. I have never seen one before. Going to find some for sure.
Pretty bowl. I usually save the chipped and cracked ones for plants.
We have been blessed to not have the ice and not have any loss of power.
I am looking at your study on Revelation. Have been looking for one for a while.
Have a blessed week!
Now why didn’t I think of that! I will have to remember that next time I have a chipped bowl.
I think you will enjoy the study on Revelation. I also bought Adrian Rogers Sermons on CD. They will also enhance the study. https://secure2.convio.net/lwfm/site/Ecommerce/1692494875?VIEW_PRODUCT=true&product_id=1324&store_id=1121 They are a bit expensive, but you can also buy it one album at a time. They also have a sale each Wednesday I think it is, this is when I got each album for $15 each. The sale is known only through email…I think.
Our van also has over 200,000 miles. It has been good to us!
Wow that is along time to be without power. I remember when we lived in the country that when the power went out it meant no toilets either, that was always the hardest part. We use lapdesks a lot around here, but I just realized mine might have a hole it in, that would be such a bummer if it does. I would definitely get a new one, I use it too much. 🙂
I hear ya on the toilets! I am loving my lap desk. My daughter draws 24/7 and in the evening she draws mostly while sitting on her bed, so this lap desk is working out great for her too. Wow, a hole, it must be used A LOT! 🙂