aKathy's What's for Dinner? 12/8

we are maybe having the same boring thing again.. spaghetti chicken and salad.

leftovers from the night out for lunch..

quick doc appt, then the gym, then errands. maybe do a little cleaning in the basement.

That stinks. Hopefully some rest will be restorative.



I'm working on a scarf. We have a staff retreat next week Wednesday. We are supposed to have a white elephant gift exchange. I thought a scarf made from my stash would be a good one. I'm sure others will give silly gifts. We are also going to a Krampus parade tomorrow evening. I've never been and they have it every year. I thought it might be fun to go get some pictures. All sorts of people will be in costume, there's a contest. So, I'm hoping somebody will let me pose with them for my December Daily album. LOL! Jeremy's going to die of embarassment. Santa last weekend and Krampus this weekend. But I don't care. I'm riding out every bit of holiday spirit I can muster. Sunday will just be sitting at home working on the scarf just enjoying my tree.

I'm unsure what is for dinner tonight. But, I brought home a new soup cookbook yesterday so I've got some new recipes to try. However, it will require a grocery run and Jeremy says his day is going to be long today. So he may just get take out.

You make me laugh scrapmaven. This is a brand new book too. I looked through it yesterday and tabbed all the recipes that looked good to me and then handed it over to Jeremy.

Off to run errands.

We're going to a Christmas party tomorrow night. My friend always has amazing food and a desert table that is laden with wonderful fare. I take pralines to add to the table.

Dinner tonight will be Lombardy Chicken.

TGIF!!

Good evening.
I had nothing much planned for today so I just jumped on a bus and train and took myself into the city. I did a bit of shopping, wandered the markets, bought a few more things, then had lunch and some glühwein before coming back home. I still need to get a Christmas gift or two for DH - maybe that will happen Monday or Tuesday. I need to talk to him before then to agree on what we are going to do. If not, he will get me something super expensive and I will feel bad because I didn’t get him something super, or vice versa.

Weekend plans - hopefully we’ll get our Christmas tree and start decorating. We were going to do that last weekend, but super snow day got in the way.

Dinner is homemade pizza.

Happy Friday!  Gloomy day here with high temps, scattered rain and humidity out the wazoo.  Tomorrow will be a repeat with lots of rain, which will bring in our next cold front on Sunday.  I actually don't mind the type of winter we have here.  Mild temps most of the time, a day or two of cold weather, then back to the nice temps.  Never stays too cold to really annoy me.

scrapmaven - please rest up as much as possible so that you can get better quickly! 
jeremysgirl - your weekend plans sound like so much fun.  Can't wait to see what good soups you discover in your new book.

Survived the annual company holiday party last night.  It was fun to get dressed up and drag out some of the nice jewelry that I rarely wear these days.  Our natural science museum is amazing so it was fun to mingle amongst the dinosaurs and fossils, even though I felt a bit like a dinosaur myself because there were SO MANY young people!  Fun story, back in the 90s DH worked for someone who was on the board and was a big donor to the museum.  He was having a video made to show people what they offered and DH was in charge of working with the film crew.  The work was done after hours in the museum and the entire crew was locked in overnight!  He had fun telling people last night that he had spent the night in that museum - years before the movie Night at the Museum came out!    

Today's plans are to try to finish up some Christmas gift bags and get some quilting done on a few zipper bags.  Was planning to stay home all day, but the shirts I had made a few weeks ago are in so I need to run by the tailor's and pick them up.  The last two I had made were more formal but these are fun tartans, stripes and a fine wale corduroy and will work as well with jeans as they will my dress pants.  Not sure what we will do for dinner.  There are several options in the freezer, just need to make a decision and thaw it.  

We have a birthday party for a niece after work and there will be subs served there.
After that we are going to a midnight madness Christmas shopping and listening to music in one of the little downtown areas around us. Never been, so I am looking forward to it.

And as I am typing this, it feels I typed all this out yesterday.     So don't get board reading a repeat!

I still need to make a dessert for our Cousin's Christmas.  I am thinking a pound cake that I will cut up and bring mixed berries and whipped cream to go with it.
Or my standard raspberry lemonade cake.

The weather is 55F here now, which is very odd for December!  So tonight will be nice since everything is outside and we won't freeze to death.

Yes but not till Jan 11. Then I’ll make two other trips. If I didn’t have a dog I’d go for the winter

Today is cleaning ladies day and I am expecting them soon. We have the dishwasher repair guy coming and I have a Caesar salad to make for tonight as I have a party to go to. I am wearing a black dress, pink shawl and pumps.

I am going to a new bakery today for mince tarts and that’s about it. Things are great! Also the kids will be home for the weekend and I cannot wait to have them at home.

We’re having the meatloaf, mashed potatoes and vegetables we didn’t eat last night. The meat wasn’t thawed. 

I woke up with a cold and after physical therapy (where I hit a milestone and did 10 minutes of full round cycling on the bike…up to this point I did what they call “bopping”) I came home and slept for two solid hours. I still feel lousy but need to work on fully recovering before I return to work on Monday. 

So someone here (age 81.9) is under the weather and thinks he is going to two parties tonight. He doesn’t have COVID but has a cold and is coughing a lot. I want him to just go to bed. Old parents are stubborn.

Hi Everyone,


scrapmaven I hope resting today will help you heal.

ntsf You sound like you have a busy day.

jeremysgirl I am sure someone will love your beautiful scarf. Have a great time getting pictures at the parade.

Darcy Collins Good for you getting your Christmas shopping done. It’s hard to buy for 22 year old guys. Believe me. 

cadoodlebug Cute meme. I hope that you have fun tomorrow at the Christmas party.

**GypsyGirl** Fingers crossed you get everything you want to do today.

karenlou Have a great time at the Christmas party.

christine58 Hugs to you. I hope the doctor gives you good medication that will heal your bronchitis. 

sueg Your day sounds lovely.

scrappert Have a great time at the birthday party. Your dessert sounds delicious.

teddyw Hip Hip Hooray! I am so glad that the tumors were benign! I love lemon meringue squares.

leannec I hope that your Mum was able to make it for dinner.

KelleeM I hope your cold is short lived. Take it easy. 

Delta Dawn Your outfit for the party sounds beautiful. I hope that your Dad understands he needs to stay home and rest.

taylortroop The ring that your DH bought sounds wonderful.

Today, my ODS surprised us by coming home early. I am so happy to have both of my boys home for a while. I did some cleaning today. And I figured out how I want to decorate the top of my kitchen cabinets. 

Dinner tonight is steak, potatoes, salad and vegetables.

I hope all of you have a peaceful rest of the day.