Quick and Easy Chili

Cold weather is approaching quickly. We get hungry for heartier fare than just sandwiches and salads. But it is not quite time to have a crockpot or soup pot going all day long. So I make a quick stove-top chili.

What you see here are all the ingredients (but one!) needed to make it.

(Ah! Here is the other ingredient!)

Melt some butter in a large pan. Chop onion and bell pepper and saute until it begins to brown. Add about a pound of ground burger and cook until it is browned as well. Sprinkle with about 1/3 of a package of Chili Seasoning.

Then add 2 cans of your favorite prepared chili, a can of kidney beans, and a can of chopped tomatoes. Stir well and add about a cup of water and salt to taste. Bring chili to a boil and turn the heat down. Simmer for about 20-30 minutes, adding more water if you like it soupier.

Make a batch of cornbread, and you have a lovely dinner!

It's September

It's September

By Edgar Guest

It’s September, and the orchards are afire with red and gold, And the nights with dew are heavy, and the morning’s sharp with cold; Now the garden’s at its gayest with the salvia blazing red And the good old-fashioned asters laughing at us from their bed; Once again in shoes and stockings are the children’s little feet, And the dog now does his snoozing on the bright side of the street. It’s September, and the cornstalks are as high as they will go, And the red cheeks of the apples everywhere begin to show; Now the supper’s scarcely over ere the darkness settles down And the moon looms big and yellow at the edges of the town; Oh, it’s good to see the children, when their little prayers are said, Duck beneath the patchwork covers when they tumble into bed. It’s September, and a calmness and a sweetness seem to fall Over everything that’s living, just as though it hears the call Of Old Winter, trudging slowly, with his pack of ice and snow, In the distance over yonder, and it somehow seems as though Every tiny little blossom wants to look its very best When the frost shall bite its petals and it droops away to rest. It’s September! It’s the fullness and the ripeness of the year; All the work of earth is finished, or the final tasks are near, But there is no doleful wailing; every living thing that grows, For the end that is approaching wears the finest garb it knows. And I pray that I may proudly hold my head up high and smile When I come to my September in the golden afterwhile.

Do You Know What that is For?

I learned something new this summer....See that little "camera" on the very left side of the Google Search Bar? Have you ever used it? I had not!

I cannot take credit for learning of this without some help. I love watching U-Tube videos by a lady who goes by "Crazy Lamp Lady", and she is the person who has taught me so very much about buying for resale and what it is I am actually looking at...I picked this up on one of her videos.

Try this at home: find something old that you know is not unique and may have some value. Set it on an uncluttered space. Take your phone and tap that little camera on the search bar. You will get "Google Lens". Tap "Search with your Camera". Then tap the "Open Camera" bar. It will ask you how you want to open it. I have been too lazy to download the app, so I always tap "Only this time". Then take a photo of the item. Google will search for results of your item on Ebay, Etsy, Poshmark, and other places where items are for sale on the internet.

I just searched for my coffee mug, which happens to be a Starbucks Pike Place Market mug. I am being told that it is being sold for anywhere from $30 - $115 on Ebay!

Of course, this just gives you an idea of the worth of the item you are looking at...and possibly tells you what you are looking at if you are not certain. But I find myself using this nifty little tool more and more as the summer and garage sale season is passing by.

Enjoy! Your're Welcome!