This and That

Today the post is a "mish mash" of a bunch of things. Two weeks ago at work we only worked 36 hours because of the economical climate. Last week we worked our normal 40 hours and this week we have to work a 50 hour week. The work has gotten easier as our bodies adapt to the rigggers of the 10 hour shift. Our bodies have really hardened and we are both beginning to lose weight and inches...yippeeeeeee!!! The long shift doesn't leave alot of time to do the "domestic" chores, or prepare all the meals. We eat out about twice a week.


On our two days off this week we have "caved" mostly.....just hold up in our rig and let our bodies rest. We did laundry and visited the library, but them it was nap, rest, read and knit.....and go out for meals. It rained yesterday so that made "caving" a little easier.


Our water heater went out this week. Luckily there is a fellow workamper here that is a certified rv tech so we didn't have to take our rv to Tulsa or Joplin to get fixed. So for a week we have to heat water on the stove to wash dishes....there is a shower house in the campground so that has been a blessing. Then again our electric coffee pot broke, so we used our Coleman stove top drip coffee maker for a few days, then decided to buy another electric one as it is faster to brew....Jim was trying to make the Coleman work faster by staring at it with a scowl on his face....it didn't perk any faster though :)


We are experimenting today by trying to roast a turkey in our little rv oven, which is only 15 inches wide and 13 inches deep. But Jim and I are so very hungry for the taste of turkey....in our "sticks and bricks" house we ate turkey 4-6 times a year...many times cook on our gas grill outside. So yesterday we bought a "little" turkey - like 8.5 pounds - and are cooking it now in our rv oven. That's Jim's had to give you a perspective of how small the oven is. Those are unglazed six inch tiles on the bottom oven plate to help distribute the heat. Oh, the smell is divine!!!!! Jim made his famous dressing and we are cooking up the giblets for gravy.....oh, my, I can't wait!!!! We just tested the internal temperature and it is almost ready, but being only 8.5 pounds there is hardly any rendered grease in the pan to make gravy because it is such a young turkey. Oh, well, we'll just have to add more butter for gravy.

Doesn't the finished turkey look wonderful?


Remember, you are loved!!!