Birthday Freebies - 2021

Looks like I really raked the treats in.

2021 - Birthday freebies

4/12	Portillo’s	Free slice of chocolate cake	$3.19
4/14	Texas Roadhouse	Free appetizer: ribs	~ $7.99
4/20	McAlister’s	Free cookie	$1.69
4/20	Denny’s	Free “breakfast slam” (4-choice build-your-own Grand Slam)	$8.69
4/21	Red Robin	Free burger	$13.89
4/21	Panera	Free pastry - bear claw	$3.99
4/25	Culver’s	Free turtle sundae	$4.09
4/27	Ye Olde Donut Shoppe	Free 2 donuts @1.75	$3.50
4/29	Moe’s	Free burrito	$8.79
4/30	Subway	Free cookie	$0.79
5/06	Arby’s	Free shake 2.99 + fries 2.29	$5.29
5/07	Perkins	Free Magnificent Seven	$7.99
5/16	Jimmy John’s	Free 8” sub	$5.95

Grammie's No-Bake Cookies

my grandmother's writing

Back when I was in junior high or high school, I used this actual recipe from my Grandmother B. to make these cookies. I followed it exactly.

I put   2 cups sugar

          1 cup cocoa

          2 cups milk

          1 stick of butter

in a saucepan and heated it on the stove.

Then I looked at the other scribbles and finally figured out what the measurements really said.

What I was heating was a total screw-up. How do you correct 4 times the amount of milk that I'd put in the 3-quart saucepan? I would have needed to use 4 sticks of butter. No way.

So, how to dispose of the catastrophe and start over?

The garbage disposal did not seem wise with the melted butter. Nor the toilet.

So I walked the hot saucepan out to the garbage barrel in the alley and dumped the contents there.

I don't think I ever told Mom.

I started over. Since I had broken the code, I knew to use 1/2 cup peanut butter and 3 cups oatmeal. And I ended up with perfectly delightful No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies.

Here's the easy-to-read recipe:

February 2022

Big snowfall event on Groundhog Day 2022.

J usually waits until the snow stops before shoveling. But I think one or the other of us had an appointment so he was shoveling while it was still snowing. He topped it off the next day.

February 3, 2022

February 4, 2022