Charlotte’s Kitchen

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I came across a few interesting uses for olive oil the other day and thought I’d share them.

1.  Stainless Steel Polish. You can polish your stainless steel with a little olive oil rubbed in a circular fashion using a  clean cotton cloth.

2.  Skin  Soother.  Having trouble with rough skin?  Just rub a little olive oil on it and it will go away.

3.  Earache Relief. Warm some olive oil and place 2 or 3 drops in your childs ear to help  relieve an earache.  Use a syringe and only do this for your children who are over 2 years old.  For adults use 6 to 8 drops.

4.  Dry Hair Conditioner. This one might sound a little odd but it does work.  Cover your hair with olive oil and wrap it in a warm towel for 20 minutes.  Wash and rinse after 20 minutes.  You’ll be amazed at the results.

It has been a couple of busy months here in Indiana and wanted to catch you up on what has been going on. August 30th was mom and dad’s 60th wedding anniversary party and it was a great success. All my brothers and sisters were able to make it here – we are spread out in four states and grandchildren in a few more. There were cousins that I hadn’t seen in 30 years that came to celebrate with us.

Hurricane Ike blew through here and did some damage. Usually this area gets lots of rain from hurricanes but this time we got 74 mph winds which I am told is a category 1 hurricane. There were trees down and wires down everywhere with over 700,000 people without electricity. It took a week before everyone had their electric back. We were fortunate to have ours back within four hours, but found out that we are on the same line with the state police post so it never is out long.

Our grandson Joseph turned one on September 24th and we were involved once again in the Pumpkin Show here in Versailles.

Dave, Sarah, Michael and Joseph visited at Mom and Dad’s on Saturday and came home with us to spend the night. After attending church together on Sunday we settled down for an afternoon of watching the Daytona 500 race. John and I had prepared food for the day earlier in the week so all we had to do was heat it up. We had Sloppy Joes, Chips, Cheese Dips, Cheese Ball and Sausage Balls. Key Lime Pie was for dessert and very good. I had also made a batch of Soda Cracker Candy which was liked.

I was able to spend some time with Joseph while Sarah and Michael napped.  After Michael awoke from his nap he and I built a tent in my computer room which he didn’t play in that much but we had fun making it.  It was fun having them for the day and another chance for the boys to get better acquainted with grandma and grandpa.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We’ll be spending the day with my mom and dad, my sister and her family, my daughter and son and their families.

Since we lived so far away for so many years, I don’t remember the last time we were all together for Thanksgiving.  I thank God that we will be together this year.

Have a great day, I know I will.

John and I enjoyed a wonderful weekend. On Saturday we spent the day at the Osgood Community Center introducing people to the great products Watkins has. Most of the people were familiar with the Watkins name but hadn’t seen the product for years.

I know it’s hard to believe but we’ve been selling Watkins for over 12 years and yet we’ve never done any shows or fairs. Since we moved to this area a few months ago and know almost no one, we thought this would be a great way to get our name out. It was very productive day.

The only bad thing about the day was that we were going to miss my sons family who were coming up to visit my parents. They had to leave for home about the time the show was over. A few hours before they were due to leave he called and said they were going to stay a couple hours longer.

As soon as the show was over we drove the hour over to mom and dads and got to visit with them and the grandchildren, including my 6 week old grandson Joseph. What a great way to end a day.

Hope you had a great weekend too.