aKathy's what's for dinner? 7/12

You said it better than me scrapmaven and I agree with you 100%. It's amazing what happens in your life when you focus on gratitude for little pleasures. Being playful in life is uplifting. Laughing each day (I'm lucky to have a partner as goofy as me) us important.

Tonight I think I'm going to focus my efforts on making a banana cake. So I think I will have Jeremy grill some sausages and throw together a bagged Caesar salad.

I have been reading so much about that 100 day dress challenge. In the Facebook group mostly. I'm starting to feel like maybe I don't need quite as much stuff as I've got. Maybe my world is a bunch too cluttered. Maybe a cluttered life/home makes for a cluttered mind. In that spirit I've decided to start with my craft room decluttering. **GypsyGirl** I might join your thread finally.

I'm conscious of the way we may be a bit wasteful with our fashions. And the environmental and economic costs of doing so. I ordered one of those dresses and I may just try the challenge. For the sake of simplicity.

I was up early again today, despite having no real plans. I went out for my walk, and just after I got home, I received a phone call from the clinic where I was trying to get an endoscopy appointment. We have it all sorted now - it’s a bit later than it could have been, as we are on vacation when the first available appointment was. I’ll get info in the mail later this week, have a video appointment on the Tuesday after we get back and then the procedure on the Wednesday. I’m just glad to finally have it scheduled.

Dinner here tonight I’d chicken marinated in bbq sauce, with coleslaw.

Your grandmother was a wise woman! The fashion industry and fast fashion have convinced our generation of consumers that 'more is better', but it isn't really. Compare the closets in homes mid-century to today's closets. When my dad saw the master closet in our first house his comment was "I found your 4th bedroom". Look at the closets of Europeans. Much smaller in general than the average American closet. Sorry, I could go on for days on this subject!

Whew, just got back from running errands. I'm meeting up with 3 friends to play some Crazy Rummy before our official games start up again with my Newcomer's group.

I used to collect elephants. My sister would buy me beautiful things: signed and numbered art, crystal elephants, beautiful jewelry but then people started giving me cheapy figurines. I know that sounds terrible but it ruined my collection. I still have the pieces my sister gave me though.

Dinner will be air fried pork chops with the usual sides.

Some of my Peanuts collection. These ones came with items for Halloween - costumes and props. I set them out with items in the fall.



And my Funko Pops. I hope they make Schroeder one day:



I also forgot about my Disney Dept 56 items. Only 2 so far but would like to grow my collection - Pluto's Bone and Mickey, Minnie, and Santa decorating a tree.

Those are so cute @sunnycamom My Mom loves Peanuts, I always try to get her something Peanuts for one of her Christmas gifts.

This is them at Halloween:

I am fixing smoked sausage, green beans, carrots and herb noodles.

Not sure for dinner yet.  My sister and dad are coming out, I will see my sister tomorrow night and will have dinner with her.  Then on Wednesday we will be with dad.
They are all here until the next week, so lots of fun just hanging out.  No real big plans other than daughter's 16th birthday on the 15th and her party with family on Saturday.

I used to collect anything with grapes.  I had everything.  Since the divorce, I really don't collect anything...I love lots of stuff, but I don't specifically collect anything anymore.
Anything purple!  
Love the boots leannec!!

leannec and @sunnycamom, love the picture shares today (and loved  the pet pictures over the weekend!). It's fun reading about everyone's collections and I'm feeling like the most boring person ever when I say I don't collect anything. I'm a minimalist through and through; less is more for me! It's probably best that I'm that way because DH has great difficulty in parting with anything. Here in our home office there is a wooden castle DH made in 11th grade shop and a ceramic owl he painted at summer camp! It pains him to throw things out.

I'm an avid reader, but I don't collect books. However I am compulsive about keeping a list of every book I read in a year. My lists go back for YEARS! That's an easy collection to maintain.

I took a nice long walk this morning and then took the cat to the vet. She is ok, but as an older cat (12 years) she needed some blood work and other tests. Not even thinking about how much I've spent at the vet this summer.

Dinner will be vegetable fried rice and a side TBD. I have lots of veggies that need to used up today and they'll all go in the rice.

Posting before I finish reading (gasp!) , will catch up later.

I grabbed a (perfectly good) foosball table from the neighbors before the large stuff garbage came at got it.
I am driving it up to Madison. It's new home will be the Youth Services my eldest works for. Hopefully kids will have some fun with it.

So I'll probably grab something on road or with DNB depending if they can break for lunch. So, surprise, surprise, dinner is TBD.

Have a great day, peaps, and I will read and catch up later.