Happy Father's Day Ya'll

 On this Father's Day, I thought I'd feature Wild Bill's cooking. He doesn't get to do it very often because, frankly, he makes odd choices in the dishes he decides to cook -- AND, they turn out terrible!

For one Thanksgiving he made a cranberry-orange relish that two of our daughters and one son-in-law literally spit out! I have never been able to convince Wild Bill that he should not use ALL the bitter white part of the orange peel when he grinds up the peel for the relish.

Jaimee, our youngest daughter, was about 15 when Wild Bill came into our lives. Whenever she'd hear him talk about making his favorite dish, Easy Cheesy Apple Pie from one of the little Pillsbury Bake-Off booklets, Jaimee would find his stash of Pillsbury books and hide that pie booklet. Wild Bill would be looking for his recipe and asking if we'd seen it, and I could hardly keep a straight face knowing why it had disappeared.

So, the other night I asked Wild Bill if he'd do the job of mixing up a chocolate pudding mix. You know...add mix and package... and stir over medium fire.

He took on the job with total dedication. I'm assuming it was because the man loves chocolate pudding whether it's homemade or just a mix. Even my taking pictures across the counter did not deter him from his task.

So today, when the girls call from the various states to wish him happy Father's Day, I'll try to keep a straight face when the youngest calls and he asks her, "Ya'll know where my Easy Cheesy Apple Pie recipe is?"

$10 Saturday

Like most of you, I really need to get rid of stuff. Until I do, I've limited myself to $10 for garage sales each week. Here's what I hunted and gathered last Saturday:

A picture I bought for the frame -- $2.00  Of course I'll paint it white and age it down. Probably black chalkboard paint will work it's way into it somehow...

A  picture of a fish (the frame needs refinishing) that cost only $1.00...

A knock-off silver tray for 50 cents that I plan to paint the middle with black chalkboard paint. Am I the only one who sees chalkboards whenever I look at an object???

Two very heavy glass candle holders for 25 cents apiece. I'll heat up the ugly red candle pieces left in the glass and scrape it out ASAP...

These two small trays for carrying our lunches and drinks outside in nice weather were $1.00 each...

An ugly fake gold clam shell tray, which I'll paint white and age it down to use for displays like ornaments at Christmas time or small pumpkins at Halloween. I think the ornate scroll handle will look good all white and aged. If not, I'm only out 50 cents...

This paring knife was 25 cents. You might think buying a new one would be cheap for such a small item, but you would be surprised! I was looking to buy a new one a while back and they were not cheap for the good ones and the inexpensive ones were too cheaply made. This one cleaned up real nice and works great...

Here's 3 Chinese teacups for $1.00. I worked my way through college in a Chinese restaurant and learned to cook stir fry and fried rice -- and ALWAYS wish I had a little cup of tea to go with my home cooked Chinese meal -- it just feels right...

So all that and I still didn't spend the $10.00 I had allotted for last week.  In case you're wondering about the ugly scratched up wood the items are sitting on, well that's an old desk I bought a few months back for $7.00 and plan to paint when I get 'round to it.

How about you? Done any garage sales lately? Do you set a limit or just buy what catches your eye? Leave me a comment please. I'd love to hear all about it!