Thursday, April 30

We were up around 7:30 this morning. I got on the treadmill after having a cold cereal with bananas breakfast. It began raining while I was getting ready for the day...just a slow rain with no thunder. There's been an awful lot of rain this week, so we hope the newly planted tomato plants don't drown.



Later this morning, Hubbie and I went to the farmer's market in the southside community of our town to check on strawberries and tomatoes. The strawberries, grown in our county and the adjacent one, were $3 for one-pound packages. I bought a couple just to try them, as well as a basket of Florida tomatoes.



About two miles from home, we noticed that there was a guy selling strawberries from the back of his truck, so we stopped to look at them. They came from the same area as the ones at the southside community, and were also $3. But these were quart-size boxes, with more berries for the price, so I bought a quart. Since this guy is so close to our house, we'll probably buy berries for the table from him.

Mother stayed home all day today, and when I talked to her, she said she'd like another flat of strawberries for the freezer...she had already worked up the two we bought yesterday. So Hubbie went back to the meat market/grocer to buy the ones for $2.25 a quart that will work for making preserves.

After a grilled cheese sandwich lunch, with strawberries for dessert, we spent this rainy afternoon watching a Hallmark movie that I'd recorded on DVR..."The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler," about an amazing lady who smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

While we were watching the movie, there came a thunderstorm with a brief downpour. And then the sun came out. Later, we learned the storm had spawned a small tornado in the eastern part of our county, with some wind damage, though we don't know how much, yet.

After the storm, I put together a white chili, using canned chicken, white beans, shoepeg corn, chicken broth, green chilies, onions, garlic, and various spices. I served this for supper, topped with shredded Monterey Jack cheese, and dollops of sour cream, with crackers on the side. Mother doesn't like hot, spicy dishes, so she didn't join us.

Spent the evening in our usual routine. Pretty unexciting day, but unexciting is good sometimes.