It's Catch-up Time - Cooking and New Stuff

It's catch-up time, and I'm going to try to catch up with all of your last week's posts over the next few days. I might not get to all of the posts, but I'm going to give it my very best. I know, from prior years, that I sometimes miss something. If something really important happened, please message me and let me know I should check out a specific posting that you made over the past week. I care about you, my friends, and I want to know about your lives so that I can be supportive if needed, or merely cheer you on from the sidelines. 

I loved this recipe (link at the bottom of the following 
paragraph). It was quick and easy, the flavors were 
wonderful, and it made a nice portion that will feed me 
for several days. Highly recommended! 

I got my house back in order yesterday, putting all of the last items from Sharon's visit into their proper locations, and doing general cleanup. Most of all, though, I cooked! I had really missed having meals prepared in the refrigerator, so it was a relief to decide on a meal and get it made once again. I decided to make chicken fajitas and they turned out wonderfully. It was a really easy recipe, and I used some of my New Mexican Hatch Chili powder and flakes, so it has a nice mild bite to it. I just spent almost 15 minutes trying to find the exact recipe I used, and wasn't able to. I'll take a deeper look over the next few days, because this easy and flavorful recipe might be one you might enjoy for yourself and your family too. Found it! Here's your link - https://lifemadesimplebakes.com/sheet-pan-chicken-fajitas/#wprm-recipe-container-31577

This is the mini food dehydrator that I ordered 
and that should be arriving next week. It fit 
my criteria - small, efficient, and relatively 
inexpensive. There was one other I was looking 
at, but the reviews weren't as good for it, so I 
chose this. I think it will do just fine for what 
I need and want to make. 

I also picked more banana peppers and got them into the brine, and picked the first of my Tabasco peppers. I did order a small food dehydrator from Amazon which will arrive next week, and I'll work on the Tabasco peppers when that arrives. I was quite determined to not bring anything into this house that I don't have the room for, but I determined with a little bit of re-organization, that I could accommodate the food dehydrator in a bottom kitchen cupboard. I'm pretty much out of space now, though, so I guess that's the end of my kitchen tools - LOL. It's approximately 11 x 11 inches, so nice and tiny, but it will do what I need a dehydrator to do. I almost bought a different brand, but there were too many bad reviews, so I continued to hunt and ended up with this one. 

I've been buying my eyeglasses from the Spectacle 
Shoppe for decades. They have unique frames I've 
never seen anywhere else, and their level of customer 
service is excellent. After having had several sets 
from Zenni and EyeGlassesDirect, I returned to my 
standby because I know I'll get a quality set of glasses 
that I'll be able to wear for decades. 

I also got a phone call in the middle of the afternoon from my Optical company. While at the State Fair, I had purchased three different pairs of eyeglass frames to have done for me. The frames were inexpensive - it's their annual sale of All Frames for $59, and there are some awesome frames that they offer - hundreds of sets. I narrowed my choices to three, but simply couldn't choose between them, so ended up purchasing all three of them. They have now been properly lensed (and no - the lenses were extra $, of course). I've got an appointment at 10:00 am on Wednesday at one of their shops to pick up the glasses and make sure they are properly fitted to my face. I can hardly wait. I'm really looking forward to the new eyeglasses, and this is very fast turnaround, so I'm very appreciative. 

We always start the football season full of hope for 
a successful season. *sigh* That hope is rarely 
held at the end of the season - LOL. Still, it's 
football, and I love the sport. Since I can't usually 
see Denver Broncos games in my area of the 
country, I have my Minnesota games to keep me 
entertained. 

We're possibly going to have a rainy weekend, and it's the season opener for our football team (that's American football, not soccer as it would be anywhere else in the world - LOL). DH was making sounds about skipping Ren Fest and watching the game instead, and I'm totally on board with that, if it's his decision. I don't really enjoy Ren in the rain, and I'd love to watch the game, so that's what we may end up doing. But whatever we decide, I'll be back on Monday so I wish all of you a wonderful and fantastic weekend and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.