Orange Peel craft

I peeled a 3 pound bag of little oranges for quick snacks. 

The oranges went in the fridge and I had a pile of orange peels that smelled so good. 

I was wondering if I should do something with them. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

The day before,  I saw an idea to cut the peels with a little star cookie cutter,  

then let them dry on your radiator and then string them into garland for Christmas decorating.  

It sounded very nice but I don’t have a tiny star cookie cutter or a radiator——-yes, I’m sure they could dry in the oven or just naturally——-

but I’m was still thinking.  

anyway,  later in the day,  the first thing I see on facebook is this reel 

https://www.facebook.com/hodgesfarmtexascooking/videos/813382301307963/

She had a pile of orange peels torn into small pieces and she strung them on a wire to make a little wreath.  

That sounded very easy so that’s what I did.  

I used a length of wire from my craft supplies and tore the peels into random shapes,  all roughly the size of quarters.  

Then I strung them on the wire.  

That’s what I used and had left from 3 pounds of oranges.  

No wire?  You can also string them with a needle and any kind of string or twine.  

I put a ribbon bow on mine and hung it on our junk pantry door in between 2 aprons.  

❤️Rhonda 

[Autosaved] catching up and groceries

hello everyone

I called my dentist office first thing Monday morning and they said to come in at 9:50 AM.  

They were able to re-glue my crown back on and everything is fine.

It was both painless and cost free.  

I started this post several days ago and now Friday,  I’m just getting back to it.  

You bloggers that post daily,  I applaud you!  

Between having spare time to sit and technical issues,  I don’t know if I’ll ever be a daily blogger.  

but on with news and doings 

Tuesday was Veterans Day and we went to our 5th grade grandson’s school for a very sweet and patriotic program.

My husband is 5ft11.  I think Jackson is growing about an inch this school year.  

I’m wondering how tall he will end up.  

This weeks Kroger grocery delivery- I think it was about $72 total 

I think everything was either on sale or had a good digital coupon except the canned cherries.  
2 bags of tomatoes, 3 pounds delicious green grapes, 4 packages lunch meat,  2 fresh salsa that were B1G1 and 2 cottage cheese 
5 pounds butter $2.99 each and that’s as cheap as I’ve seen any butter in 2025

milk, tortillas, tart cherries for a pie 
Grandchildren’s favorite bars, Kroger corn chips were way less than name brand 

the breads and pies were on flash markdown or I wouldn’t of bought them.  

Our daughter has been married 18 years.

  They registered and received a very nice set of pottery dishes that they’ve used exclusively ever since.  

Those dishes have really dwindled done to where they just need more dishes

She asked me if I thought white dishes could be found at thrift stores,  mainly bowls and plates.  

I had time to stop at Goodwill yesterday and found all these.  

They had so many! 

you can’t see all of it in the photo, but I bought a vintage 8 inch Pyrex pie plate for our kitchen.  

The finish is a bit faded but I don’t care.

It just shows this pie plate was used and enjoyed by a family in the past.  

TIP for stickers-  Those stickers were perforated and very difficult to pull off.  

So I put all the dishes in a sink of hot soapy water and left them to soak while I did an errand.  

When I came back,  the stickers were falling off on their own.  

I had time to go to a second thrift store but didn’t buy anything.  

Both stores seemed to be packed with merchandise.  I won’t say prices were great 

but I think shopping at most any thrift store should have good inventories.  

Hope you all have a good weekend 

❤️ Rhonda