Kasi Took Me On An Outing
Yesterday Kasi brought lunch (Chinese food) and then she took me on any outing. I wanted to go to a small antique mall in Broken Arrow, so that’s where she took me.
I found new milk glass for my collection and two vintage cookie cutters. Kasi followed along behind me, and when I found something, she’d put it in the basket she carried.
It was a fun time for me. I haven’t been out like that in ages. It felt nice to be out and about.
The mall only had about 5 aisles and they weren’t very long. So I was able to reconnoiter the place on my walker/rollator. The place was almost empty.
I had expected it to be busy, but it wasn’t at all for a Sunday afternoon. So I really enjoyed myself.
It is dark and rainy outside. I think we’re in for some bad weather. A Monday morning that looks more like dusk.
Yesterday I took John, who lives just across from me, a couple of pieces of chocolate cake I baked Friday. Ron and Pat sent fudge my way via John. We trade books and food.
What I’m Preparing For Supper:
Around noon I’m going to put an eye of round roast in the crock pot and cook it for supper.
The recipe I found on Pinterest calls for only two ingredients: The beef and a packet of onion soup mix. So that’s going to be an easy recipe to follow.
There was enough Chinese food that I ate it for supper last night and will have it for lunch today. When Kasi goes to the Chinese restaurant she usually gets extra so I’ll have a few meals.
It seems like yesterday when the girls were young. They’d come home from school and sometimes I’d have potato soup going in the crock pot.
We usually had chicken salad sandwiches with it for some reason I can’t recall. And now when I have potato soup, that’s what I want to have with it.
Those were the days when you fixed jello with fruit in it. So sometimes we had that for dessert. Back in the days of Tupperware and Cabbage Patch dolls and jello salad.
Cabbage Patch Dolls:
If we wanted a Cabbage Patch doll for our girls, we had to stand in line to get one. Do you remember that? They were very popular dolls.
Didn’t they come with birth certificates and adoption papers? And were they referred to as Cabbage Patch Kids? I don’t recall.
I haven’t thought of those dolls in such a long time. They had little chubby scrunched up faces. You can still buy them on eBay, but they cost more than they did back then.
Every little girl wanted a Cabbage Patch doll. So we had to move mountains to make sure they had one under the Christmas tree.
Now, so many years later, the girls’ dad is in hospice dying of cancer.
They’re taking turns taking him food he likes, like barbecue ribs and pizza. He’s too tired now to go out in the wheelchair to restaurants.
Stages Of Life:
I feel so sad for them, watching him go through these awful stages before he passes.
Once he was the big muscular dad who held their hand when they went somewhere.
Now the tables have turned. And they’re behind the wheelchair pushing him.
Well, thanks for letting me show you what I found yesterday. As well as letting me reminisce about the “olden days.” I hear it thundering now.
This was a fun post today, Brenda! I’m so happy you got to go shopping with your daughter. And I love Chinese food too. And you have such a nice group of friends in your community. It’s so nice that you all share your yummies with each other and enjoy the same past times. You should start a book club. Time spent with family and friends is time well spent! The best part of crock pot cooking is coming home after working all day, and the house smells good and dinner is ready! You don’t have to cook when you’re tired. It’s a win win. And I do remember the cabbage patch kids. They were hard to get when every kid wanted one. My grandmother was great at sewing, and she made my daughter a cabbage patch doll! She did an amazing job! I still have the doll. I’m sorry your girls are having to see their dad’s health deteriorate. That’s hard on everyone. But you raised two amazing, compassionate girls who are showing him much love when he needs it the most. You should be proud of them and of yourself. I’m sure they learned from your example!
I have the same round cookie cutter, as well as some others I’ve had for ages.
I agree with Joan— Chinese food and a trip
to the antique mall sounds wonderful. You certainly found some treasures.
Glad you had a nice outing with Kasi. Milk glass is so pretty – I have a few pieces that I’ve picked up at Goodwill over the past years.
I sure do remember Cabbage Patch dolls. My youngest son (Tim) was 2 at the time and he wanted a boy one. His name was Paul. Tim slept with him every night. I wish I had’ve kept that doll. I think I ended up giving Paul to my nieces and who knows what happened to him after that.
Oh Brenda, nice haul! I especially admire the milk glass goblets you found, they are gorgeous! And the “bubble” vase, it is really an eye catcher too. You are such a good neighbor, sharing your home-made goodies with those who live around you. I have a few milk glass pieces (one from my paternal grandma), and also two amber glassware pieces that came from grandma’s home. I spent a lot of time with her and grandpa during the summers as a child, and I would watch her whip up magical pies, cakes and meals on a small old butcher block stand on wheels in an equally small tight kitchen. She never used a cookbook that I could see, she would use a pinch of this and a palm full of that and voila, the best food I ever tasted. Those memories are still precious to me more than 65 years later. I have a Beef Burgundy recipe that uses beef tips (they used to be inexpensive) and onion soup mix as a base, cooked in the oven (faster) or slow cooker (my preference for developing flavor). Onion soup mix seems to perform some kind of magic in slow cooker recipes when it comes to taste, yum! I’m sure you keep your eye on weather reports and keep up with severe weather threats. A friend who lives in a rural area in Vermont said they got about 12 inches of wet heavy snow over the weekend, and they were plowing and shoveling out earlier today. Where I live in Milwaukee, we may get 7 inches or more of snow starting later tonight/early morning, depending on the temperature later and tomorrow, and how strong the wind may blow out of the northeast off of Lake Michigan. We could either get a “wintry mix” which would lower the snowfall total or “lake effect snow” which could add several inches. It will be wet heavy snow. The forecaster I watched this morning called it “heart attack weather.” When you’re in your 70s that’s scary. I hiked to the very crowded supermarket this morning and then visited the liquor store for wine earlier this afternoon. It seems everybody is getting ready for the worst (supermarket), and hoping for the best (liquor store not busy at 1:45 p.m.) The squirrels and birds are telling me we’re going to be in for a bad storm, they’ve been gobbling up everything I’ve thrown out for the past 2 days and still chirping (or the squirrels tapping on my patio door) for more! I’m no expert, but I think they must be able to sense that some bad weather is coming because they’re more sensitive to changes in the barometer and humidity changes than we are. Stay safe, everyone, and fingers crossed it’s not as bad as I always think it could be.
The emergency doctors in our town called the wet snow “widow makers”.
Glad you’re having fun Brenda! We had snow yesterday enough so I had to shovel. Tomorrow more snow then rain the next day! Crazy weather! lol
I hope everyone is staying warm and cozy inside their homes!
So glad to hear you were able to go shopping! I am glad you have great neighbors. Stay warm and well!
It was so nice of Kasi to bring you lunch and take you to the Antique Mall. I have a few milk glass pieces. I have them packed away but after seeing yours I think I will bring them out. I remember my dad taking my sister and I to the toy store on a very rainy day in 1981 to wait in a long line to get the Cabbage Patch Kid dolls for my daughter and niece. We entered our names in a lottery and had to go pick the dolls up at a certain time and day. What you won’t do for your children.
Lovely reminiscences about times with your girls when they were young and the meals you enjoyed. My mother did not relish cooking (partially because she worked full time six days a week), but she made potato soup that I loved. This is her birthday month, so I think I’ll make potato soup in her memory. I like your milk glass pieces. I have a fruit bowl that originally was sent to my mother filled with fruit when she was in the hospital after having her appendix removed in the early 60’s. I’ve grown to love that piece!
So nice of your daughter to bring you lunch and take you out for awhile. The Chinese food sounds really good and so does your roast. It’s supposed to snow all day here so staying inside. Whenever my sister has potato soup she has to have a bologna sandwich. Such a nice community you have where people share food and books. Glad you found that place.
I enjoyed your post today so much. I use to have a collection of milk glass (most were Fenton glass) but I gave it to my two daughters.
It was so nice that you and your daughter got to spend time together with lunch (I love Chinese, too!) and at the antique mall. What fun! Sounds like a perfect afternoon.
As I sit here looking out the window, I see Mrs. Cardinal looking for food. We had 6 inches of snow yesterday and expecting 3 more today. I fed the birds a lot late yesterday but they are hungry again so I’ll have to put on my snowboots and go feed them. I love my birds! We have a lot of juncos this time of year here in southeast South Dakota.
Stay well and rest when you can!