Free Books and other Free stuff

 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 my stories were published in

  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. 

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Zoom With Your Angels

September 8, 2021

This is a repeat of one of my favorite blogs.

 

What if we could schedule zoom meetings with our angels?

Would you schedule regular meetings with your angels?  What would you ask them to help you with?  Why not visualize zoom meetings with your angels!  I've done this from time to time and I want to get into a regular habit of it.  Will I get quiet enough to listen?  Would doubt get in the way?  I do believe in them but never know how they are going to reply.  Will I get signs or dreams? Butterflies or birds? Coins or pretty cloud formations?  I never know.

What messages have YOU received? 

Zooming with our Angels

I created this using a blank Zoom template and imported into Procreate, my digital art program on my iPad.  Then I copied different angels and cut and pasted them into the zoom windows.  

I'm blogging every day in September with Effy's Blog a Thon.  I'm having fun coming up with different ideas for my blog. Also it's fun reading and commenting on many of the creative blogs people have been posting.

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