September 28, 2021
My county library subscribes to Hoopladigital.com an app where members can borrow and download e-books. We can borrow 3 books a month. So today I scrolled through a bunch of available books to see what I wanted to borrow before the end of the month. Since Covid hit I haven't been to the library and I miss it. But being able to download and borrow e-books is fun. Oh yes, we can borrow movies and also audio books.
Our library subscribes to Libby too - another app. I can borrow lots of books there if they are available. If not I can put a hold on them. They also have a lot of magazines. There are so many I can borrow that I am thinking of unsubscribing to a magazine app I have.
One of the books I borrowed from Hoopla is Come and Get it written by Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman.
I love watching her TV shows. I was just browsing through the book and found a sheet pan recipe I want to try. It's called 12 chicken legs and 40 Garlic cloves. Now I like roasted garlic a lot but not sure I'd roast that many. She turns on the oven to 400, lays the chicken legs and garlic cloves on the sheet pan, salt and peppers them and drizzles them with olive oil. She roasts them until they are done, about 40 to 45 minutes. They are served with French bread to spread the garlic cloves on. Doesn't that sound delicious?
Ree uses frozen bread dough to make pizza with. I want to try that too.
The other free stuff I got was from our health insurance. We each get $40 to spend every 3 months for stuff like eye drops, tooth paste, and a lot of other health products. The new quarter starts on October 1 so I needed to catch up here too.
Then I created a food shopping list to be delivered on Thursday. That isn't free but it's cheaper than walking around the store making impulse buys.
Ree said in her book that the only communication the cowboys had on the ranch was by Citizens Band Radio until everyone got cell phones. I remember CB Radio. My "handle" (name) was The Confessor because I used to write confession stories.
CB radio
Confession magazines aren't being published anymore though. I wish they'd bring them back. I am so happy with the internet, borrowing and reading e-books, watch movies and tv and get lost in You Tube Videos. Oh yes, going to online classes on Zoom. This is all fun.
http://effywild.com
Thank you for reading.
