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As soon as I got up this morning the soup bones were to boil. This needed to simmer most of the day so I asked Mark to watch it as I was going to be gone until 1:00 pm. Ruth sent a text this morning, "May I skip the walk? Fedi is up and the cat doesn't want to move. My text to her was, "Your excuses are so entertaining." From Diane, "Well I've heard bad excuses before but this one takes the cake. Then Ruth sent us the picture below to prove the cat won't let her up.
Good excuse and we let her stay home. Diane and I met at mom's but she was still sound asleep at 7:30 am. She had such a tough day yesterday. Diane and I did a short round as I needed to leave for the Berean office. Today we were really busy. Lots of mail and 30 Bible requests. After today we are again out of Bibles. Skip is going to order the same ones they use for the Peoria County jail. They are paper back but at least large enough print that they can be read. We would prefer not to send paper back as they don't hold up as well but we are really struggling to find any Bibles. We were so busy I didn't think to take any pictures. I made it to the Hanna City post office with 4 minutes to spare before they closed for lunch. From there I drove to Aldi to pick up the vegetables for the beef soup that was simmering. When I got home Sarah asked if I could stay with the girls and help them with her homework while she ran to Menards to pick supplies up for their new house. The man they hired didn't have what he needed and they sure didn't want to slow him down. She must have flown to Menards, either that or the time with the girls flew by. It seemed just a few minutes before she was back. Once back at the house the vegetables were chopped and chopped and chopped. The soup came out really tasty. I took 9 quarts out on the porch to cool and we ate some for our supper.
After they had cooled down they were taken over to the barn and put in the fridge freezer. I brought home 2 crockpots that were left at the barn on Sunday and also the honey roasted peanuts and the mixed nuts. Then I googled the chex mix recipe and for the first time ever am trying that. I was a little short of Worcestershire sauce but added a little extra season salt, onion powder and garlic powder. Hope it turns out. Below I have just put it in the oven.
It is baking at 250 degrees and is being stirred every 15 minutes. So far twice but I'm thinking this is going to take a while. I probably should have put it in 2 or 3 shallow pans. Hope it turns out, we shall see.
