aKathy's What's for Dinner 4/22

We will have rechauffe lasagna that I made yesterday.

We did not start on the bathroom because the shower did not ship in all one piece...why?? It is sold as a set. So we can't start until we have the shower base. Grrrrr  The store is working with the vendor and will give us money off when it does arrive.  Should have been in the store for pick up April 9-11.

Oh well.

This week's weather is supposed to be all over the place. Warm, rain, cold, thunderstorms, wind. The weather on my computer says temps to plummet.  

Enjoying seeing the sun for now.

Good evening.
This week is pretty easy here. DH is away until tomorrow night, so my time is my own. The weather is still going to be col, but a lot less r, so hopefully I’ll get some more walking in.
I spoke to DS and Sophia this morning. His FiL is doing better - Sophia told me very cheerfully that ‘ Nonno could get out of bed in the hospital today. On the weekend, he had to stay in bed all the time’. I am taking this as a good sign. They were waiting on mum to do bedtime, as she was still visiting, so I guess she would have more detail. Lucia joined in the call for a bit too. She is still not very talkative, but was showing me her new shoes (they are shiny and red) and tried to kiss the phone when we said goodbye.

I also had some fun with work forms. We are changing the agency who will pay salaries, so new paperwork is required. I spent hours yesterday translating the forms and finding the information I needed - tax number, retirement insurance number and the like and sent them off. I got a reply later, saying that the person I charge of organising the finances had been told the wrong thing about my status, and thought I was on contract, rather than working on a casual basis. Seems I don’t need to fill out all the forms in that case!

Dinner tonight is chicken. It will be pan fried and I’ll make a sauce - just not sure yet if I’ll do mushrooms and white wine or tomato and olives. Pasta and a green vegetable on the side.

jeremysgirl - I hope all goes well with your hand surgery today.
scrapmaven - you asked yesterday about DH’s job and us returning to Australia. His job has to be based in Europe, as that’s where the head office is. The company doesn’t have any jobs at DH’s level or above, so we can’t transfer back with them. It would have to be either a different company or him deciding to go freelance/consulting, which isn’t really an option right now. So we’ll likely be here until he retires, which should be in the next 3-5 years.

Hi friends!

Dinner this week is veggie beef stew. I should put some rolls out to defrost.

I fell back asleep for a few hours after DH went to work. I'm a little sniffly right now, but hopefully the post-lunch Allegra will help with that. We'll see how the next few days go if I need to follow up (again) with the allergist.

scrapmaven I hope you're on the mend soon!

Tearisci Hopefully it will go by quickly for you! I have a busy week of meetings and appointments, and also no days off between now and Memorial Day.

cadoodlebug All of that sounds very tasty!

scrappert It was warm here for the better part of the weekend, but I wound up closing the window last night because it was getting a little too chilly for my liking. But it should bounce back the rest of the week. Which probably means more pollen. Yay.

hutchfan That sounds soo good!

sueg I'm glad to hear that your son's FIL is getting better.

jeremysgirl Sending best wishes!

Thanks for the well wishes. I'm sitting here waiting for them to call me back.

I'm bored. I'm just laying here in bed waiting to have surgery and my surgeon is running behind. I hungry too and I forget who's having the spaghetti and meatballs but that's what I want. So if you guys couldn't just send Jeremy the talents to make some spaghetti and meatballs, I'd appreciate it. 😂

jeremysgirl - the waiting is the worst part of having surgery. I hope they take you in soon.

I'm leaving in a few minutes for Crazy Rummy. I like it when it's just a few long blocks from my house!

waiting in your hospital gown ready to go is the worse!!

took my car in for oil change.. long list of repairs to be made including brakes. I have 1 1/2 weeks before my drive so time to get it done.

I may just get take out tonight. kebabs..and salad.

Sister is better today, alert, but still in pain. She was going to call the doctor to discuss pain relief when I left her house earlier this afternoon.

Nothing too exciting going on here otherwise. I’m going to try to make some scrapbook pages when I get off the internet shortly. Rather than working on organizing my craft things, which is what I should actually be doing.

Back East sister and DD went out to lunch with my mom and brother today to celebrate her 95th birthday. That was enough people. She doesn't do well with too big a crowd. I’ll see her tomorrow.

Dinner … chicken from the freezer, zucchini, and some sweet potatoes I want to use up. 

Feel better wishes to jeremysgirl.

Hey I'm having spaghetti and meatballs too! Sorry I'm not close enough to share jeremysgirl - hope all went smoothly!