aKathy's What's for Dinner? 12/13

Good Friday morning!

scrapmaven I hope that you are not getting a cold. Sending healing prayers and hugs to you!

Today is going to be a crazy day for me. My ODS is having eye and ear issues. So I am talking to doctor after doctor and trying to make appointments. I am also planning on finishing my Christmas village and sending out family gifts. The cards will go later this weekend. 

Tonight, YDS would like to have homemade chicken soup. So that’s on my menu and I will probably make cornbread to go with it.

Today, the family center where I work and take German classes had some good news! For many years, we have been embroiled in a legal battle with a couple who live in an apartment above the center, firstly over noise, and then over whether our usage of the space was legally allowed.
We took the case to the Federal Court, and this morning they ruled in our favour.
They have knocked back both objections.
On noise, the declared that a Family Center had the same protection under the law as a creche, kindergarten or school regarding the noise children make, that is - children are allowed to make noise, and you can’t have them shut down for that reason. They even considered the objection that the noise at our center was also adults, not only children, by saying that this was ‘a petty application of the noise law’
As to the issue that our space was originally zoned as a store - though we did get a revision on that before we moved in - they said that people living over a store would expect a certain level of public foot traffic, and our center was no different in that regard.

So, after 10 years, it is all over. We can stay in our space and contiune to offer programs to cater for children up to school age, who come from many different national and cultural backgrounds. It also means we can now spend our money on upgrades to the facilities and programs, and our time and energy on meeting the needs of our local community.
We already had our end of year drinks organised for this afternoon, as it is the last Friday we are open before Christmas. It was quite a joyful occasion!

Dinner here tonight will be tuna/sweetcorn casserole - I wasn't sure when I'd get home from the party, so wanted something simple and quick to make.

Happy Friyay ladies!!

I've been out grocery shopping this morning. I'm waiting for 2 of the 3 kids to come home and 15 mins later, I have to go pick up Crutch-y, as we've been calling her (it makes her laugh). We brainstormed the best way to pick her up from school in bad weather. It's too long for her to get from the school to where ds parks in the student lot. And because there are so many carpoolers and people right in front of the school, we decided that she'd hang out in the chairs by the welcome center for 15 mins so I can drive right up to the building to get her.

Both girls have appts tonight for brows and haircuts. When dh gets home, he'll officially be on vacation until 2020. I'm so excited.

I feel like for the first time in a very long time, I'm having a hard time coming out of this weird funk I'm in. I really hope dh being on vacation is enough to do that.

Dinner tonight is YOYO. The are a few things leftover in the refrigerator or people can order out or make something on their own. But I'm not cooking.

Have a great day ladies!!

I drove an hour after work to pick up marinated steak tips for dinner. I also bought Mac and cheese and loaded mashed potatoes that I’ll pop into the oven. Dh and I used to go to this restaurant sometimes on Friday afternoons for lunch. The food is delicious (brandy327 can attest to the yumminess that is Tuckaway Tavern). I have to figure out if it’s worth unburying the grill or if they will be just as good cooked in a cast iron pan on the stove. 

Apparently I offered to babysit while dd works OT tomorrow as well as picking dgd up a few days next week to allow dd to work late. I am awfully agreeable for someone who really just wants to be left alone. 

Oooohhhhhh - SO worth it. Gosh, maybe I'll have to make a trip there next week. Enjoy, my friend!! <3

Wow destined2bmom I'm so sorry for your son.

I'm sorry you are getting a cold too scrapmaven

It's 2:00 in the afternoon. I have had a lazy day and I am hungry now. Jeremy is on his way home and I think pizza will do the trick.

Let the baking commence!

For our dining pleasure this evening we will be enjoying basil tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches...…….lazy me meal...….

Happy Dance Friday Everybody!

scrapmaven sorry. I’m here I’m here! My week has been all over the place and it’s been a lot of eating out and no cooking.

DS was having a mate over for the night, so I said I'd pick them up an HSP on the way home. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that an HSP is chips (fries) covered with cheese then lamb from the spit then bbq, chilli and garlic sauces over the top. I got home and saw DD's car in the driveway and thought "Oh shit, I forgot about my daughter!" In my defence..... she's been away for 7 weeks, and for the 4 years prior to that she worked every Friday night so was never home for dinner. But still. What kind of a mother forgets her child?   She ended up having leftovers from her birthday dinner.

As for me..... I made myself a dish of cheesy creamy scalloped potatoes and ate the whole lot. 


jeremysgirl I can't wait to see the end result of all that baking!