♪ ♥♫ GOOD AFTERNOON MAGNOLIAS☺♫
It is a high humid day ~ ugh ~ 42% now but was 84% earlier and the temp is 67ºF and I am staying inside for sure. This area doesn’t usually have high humid days for which I am thankful. Well when it is 100% at least it is raining.
There is no rain in today’s forecast but a few sprinkles now and then. I was reading a news article about a little parasite that is killing off the orange trees in Florida and the powers that be scientists don’t have a clue to on how kill it even though it has been there a few years already. They are smaller than a head of a pin and go from tree to tree sucking the life out of it leaving it useless in producing any oranges that are edible. That my, friends, tells me the price of orange juice will be going up considerably. Isn’t the price on everything going up though. This is just another tragedy that knocks folks out of a job in those orchards.
I just got my latest issue of Cooking Light magazine and it has a good looking recipe for Vanilla Bean Ice Cream that I am going to make. I have one of those freezers where you keep the innards in the freezer so it will be ready to use when one gets the urge to make ice cream. I think I will do it sometime early next week so by then I will have all the ingredients rounded up. For dinner today I am going to make a Hamburger Helper meal called Beef Pasta. When I make these type dinners I use half the meat they call for because using the whole amount seems like just too much. Cooking it that way it comes out to 6 p+ for half of it. Along with a tossed green salad it makes a good quick tasty meal.
DONNA FAYE I do hope the flood in your state isn't severe.
for your weight loss. You will make the 40 down mark for sure if you keep up the pace. Isn't it a good feeling to have your menu all planned out. I like having mine even though i don't always follow it for various reasons. Yep, Cecil is an unusual cat to not mind frolicking in the rain. But our last manx cat liked wading in the kiddie pool so maybe that breed doesn't mind the water. Those are some snappy looking dresses you are planning on getting. I like those sandals.JEAN Isn't it too bad to have two occasions happening at the same time and you have to make a choice of which to attend. Nope, I didn't get all i wanted to accomplish in the kitchen but it is all back in order and I will finsih up what I want to do out there next week. It is nice that you can kinda make it easier for your yard birds by moving something around to make it more user friendly. Cecil uses the bird bath in our back yard as his outdoor drinking fountain. It must be raining again for he just came in for a petting and his back is all wet.
Hope all are having a lovely day.
The other man that lives in our house is loving the Caesar brand of their special selects and sunrise dog food and the commissary only has two flavors of this stuff and Krogers has like 5 that the commissary doesn't. They are much more expensive at the commissary charges 50 cents per container and Krogers is 89 cents but they had 10 for $7.50 so I bought 2 containers each of all five kinds. They have this one that is ham, potato and cheese he really likes. He doesn't like any of the stuff that has liver in it I am finding out. He never eats the liver combos and I end up throwing it out. Tomorrow I will get the rest of the 3 weeks. We then toddled on home and hubby is taking a snooze with the dog in the recliner and I am doing a load of laundry and reading.
The stray cats drink out of our bird bath too. They hop up and balance on the rim. When Sonny lived outside he would stand on his hind legs and stretch. If the water was low he never got his drink. 
I've noticed on the cooking channel the chefs use vanilla beans a lot. I've never used one.
There is nothing worse than glasses that don't fit right. I had to have my sunglasses adjusted several times just because they didn't feel right; after an hour I'd have a headache because they were too tight. I had to 
I have heard of people trying to gain weight. Unfortunately that has never been a problem for me. How nice of you and Glory to treat your new friend to tea! 
We have soccer games later this afternoon; not looking forward to either the heat nor the wind! I need to make a grocery run this morning and clear off the kitchen island . . . . again. 
on losing another 2#s! Wow! I hope your back feels better after doing some stretches. I have that happen every once in awhile but can't blame it on anything that I did to cause it. That is too bad about the clothing returns and not being able to order any longer! I always do the confirmation request also but try to order from places that have free shipping and return. Actually, I guess I haven't ordered much online lately, except "toys." I imagine Thomas will acquire lots of awards and trophies over his next few years in school. He is quite the young man! 
The heat doesn’t seem to bother Beanie for he is frolicking in the back yard and the cat and Ragg are in the house snoozing under a ceiling fan. I am going to have to drink more water than usual this week for I tend to need it in the summer heat and don’t want to ever get dehydrated. My extremities do swell in the heat also so I need to drink water to keep them flushed out.