Friday, June 6, 2025

5 thing Friday - XR earrings, cooking, memories, window plants, World Market

One of our PRN techs at work has an Etsy shop and gives us her fun things for free.  She has given me a sparkly XRAY marker holder for my badge lanyard and these cute R and L marker earrings:
If you know, you know.  Thanks, Marlene!
I have made very tiny steps forward cooking for myself.  One night this week I made a smashburger with sauteed onions on the last two pieces of butter bread, sweet potato fries on the side.
I also cooked what felt like a vat of taco meat, to freeze in 5 ounce portions.
There was a little bit left, so I plopped it onto my French bread pizza and drizzled with Mike's Hot Honey for lunch.  So good.
While I was rooting around finding my gum parker, I also found these two lovely ladies from 1975ish.  I bought them in Chinatown in San Francisco on a road trip one summer.  My mother, brave woman, took my sister and brother and I cross country from Galveston.  Along the way we saw the Grand Canyon, Calico ghost town, Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam, and Alcatraz.  It was like a field trip on steroids.  Mind you, this was before cell phones and internet.  Just a single woman and three kids under the age of 15.  I remember it as being an adventure...
The plant I had in my mother's planter bit the dust, so I am trying my hand at succulents.  Anyone got any tips?  So far, these two love the hands off approach of little water and sunny window.  I will never be accused of having a green thumb.  There are a couple of pretty rocks in there for color.  One of them was from my youngest who thought of me on a field trip to a rock show may years ago.
The World Market near me is moving, and so everything in the store is at least 30% off.  Since they will be there thru June, I will visit again close to the end of the month for some last minute deals.  Meanwhile, I scored some sugar-free Torani syrup for cheap as I have kicked my creamer habit.  Might be a good time to get stocking stuffers!


Gina

8 comments:

Joanne said...

I am not the greatest with plants either; I do well with them until they start not doing well and then I have no clue how to save them. Your food looks delicious!

My Tireless Retirement said...

Cute earrings. Your smashburger looks delicious and I'm sure it was. Kudos on kicking the creamer! Have a great weekend.

Pattie @ Olla-Podrida said...

The best thing you can do with succulents is to just ignore them. I ignore most of mine, and I was surprised to see one of the trailing ones in full bloom. They do like the sun, and just give them a little bit of water once a week. They pretty much let you know if they’re drying out by, well, looking dried out. You can’t kill them.

Kim said...

I've always wanted to pop into a World Market. They have the neatest things online, but shipping is crazy expensive. Unfortunately, the nearest one is hours away. Enjoy your shopping!

nicole orriens said...

I love your earrings! They're fun!

Granny Marigold said...

Your mother surely was brave taking 3 under 15 on such a trip. Or maybe all 3 of you were more cooperative than the average
pre-teen/teen.

Ur-spo said...

Stocking stuffers already? You are on top of things.

Hena Tayeb said...

Love that you saved the rocks your child brought you and included it in your planter. Love the L R earrings.. I can not tell the two apart and alway have to make an L with my hand to remind myself which is which. The bread with all the ground beef on it looks soo good.