[quote user="budgetwise"] Zohner and Loveday...you'd be a blast to go thrift shopping with! What an ingenious way to re-package the castle. (:[/quote]  Wouldn't that be fun!

 Well, you know what they say about necessity being the mother of invention...

  I'll keep her in my prayers.

[quote user="zohnerfarms"]Picked up a doll-sized tea set, in Blue Willow,  in perfect shape, at a yard sale.  [/quote]  Found one of the AG Kirsten books we did not already have in hardcover at a thrift store for $2.  I also found a small metal tin replica of Windsor Castle at DI for 50 cents.  It originally ...

Found one of the AG Kirsten books we did not already have in hardcover at a thrift store for $2.  I also found a small metal tin replica of Windsor Castle at DI for 50 cents.  It originally held English Toffee.  Brought a doll-sized straw hat for 50 cents, that will get a new ribbon & be incorporated into an outfit. While I ...

[quote user="babsagain"]  Zohner, how are your blackberries doing? Mine are almost ready to bloom. Babs [/quote]  Growing decently thus far, but no blooms yet. Fingers crossed!  

You probably cannot change his living conditions, because your father is not willing to change them. Providing food for him is not helpful if other people eat it. Is there any way you could invite your dad to go out to eat with you...just your dad?  Perhaps you need to "ask his advice" on something, but you could get a good meal ...

For dinner tonight I made a potato cheese pie.  Bottom layer is olive oil with grated potatoes, spread to make the shell, started to cook on the stovetop while I filled the shell with a sprinkle of green onion slices, a layer of cottage cheese, 4 eggs broken into indentations int he "crust" made iwth a spoon, then sprinkled ...

[quote user="zohnerfarms"] If you add 1 cup of sugar to each 2 quarts of non-sweetened rhubarb juice, then place it in a shallow pan in the freezer, stirring every couple of hours, after about 6-8 hours you will have rhubarb sorbet.  Altho it is absolutely delicious & refreshing as a plain sorbet, try filling a glass halfway ...

Refilled a large bowl of lettuce for us in the fridge. Still had PLENTY, so I picked two large zip bags to share with neighbors.