aKathy's What's for Dinner 2/28

You enjoy visiting with your friends today scrapmaven. You deserve a little girl time.

Jeremy found a truck. He's going back today to complete the sale. They needed insurance stuff worked out and all that jazz. It's an older truck, but it was a a good price. I'm so glad because I was really afraid he was going to commit us to something that was way out of our financial league. It is a GMC Sierra 2500. So a nice, big truck to pull the camper. And it has running boards!!!! Yay! Shorties can get in easily.

I'm not sure what is for dinner. I've got enough chicken left over to make one of us a quesadilla. I might have to venture into the basement and take a look inside our freezer to see if there's anything edible down there. Yikes!

After our summer day yesterday, winter has returned. We will have a couple days of cold and then it is supposed to warm up again.
We had an awful thunderstorm last night. Walker was frazzled and didn’t know what to do. The storm passed after an hour and he settled down again.

I got my haircut this morning, vacuumed and did a load of laundry. DH is having coffee with a buddy so I’m chilling in the lazy boy.

Supper is lasagna and garlic bread.

Another slow day here.

I woke to a message from older DS to DH and I, asking one of us to call as soon as we were awake (sent around 2:45am our time). DH saw it before me - because he wakes up at the crack of dawn - called, then left me a message to say our DDiL is in hospital. I messaged DS once I was up to find out more - she has suspected viral hepatitis, and has been admitted to a ward (when DS messaged, they were still in ER). It seems at this stage like they are going to manage her symptoms until the virus goes away. DS didn't have much more info than that. Please send good thoughts and prayers into the ether for her.

So I've done laundry, walked to the grocery store, doing the recycling on the way there, and have dinner planned. DH is coming back from Sweden tonight, but won't be home until after 9, so I am still on my own. There were chicken thighs in the freezer, so they will become Thai red chicken curry. I'll add some vegetables and make some rice as well.

Happy Wednesday! I've been up since 6 am. Did you know that the sun isn't up then? I sure didn't because I never wake up that early! Made it downtown for jury duty and was fortunate to be in the group dismissed at 10:30. Was bummed to find out they changed the exemption age from 70 to 75 though. Was so looking forward to that in 3 years. Good news is that for the first time they offered parking validation for a specific garage. That saved me $20. They have also switched to pre-paid debit cards instead of mailing checks for jury duty pay. Now to decide what to spend my windfall of $6 on!

The weather dropped 10 degrees while I was in the courthouse.  I'm now in my sweats and don't plan to leave the house again.  There will be a nap or long rest this afternoon, followed by some sewing.  Dinner might be a pizza that is in the freezer.  This feels like pizza weather.  Hope everyone has a good day!

 We had a Russian Blue when I was in high school/college and he was amazing - acted more like a dog than a cat.  As a kitten he had enormous ears and later grew into them.  He was 20 lbs.  

What is New Mexican rice?  Curious how this differs from Louisiana rice & beans?

Will be keeping your DDIL and your family in my prayers.   Hope she is back home soon.

We had the thunderstorms too but ours lasted from 7 to past 11.  Our thunder was so loud.  One crack of thunder woke me up from a sleep and made me jump our of my skin.  One dog got scared too and whined a bit then settled down.
No affect from the thunder from any of the animals unless it is really loud thunder and that is more of barking at it then anything.

No plans for dinner tonight yet.  I did not sleep well so not feeling like cooking.  May just do take out tonight.


sueg - sending prayers

sueg: wishing your DDIL an easy and quick recovery.

**GypsyGirl**: my MIL was from New Mexico, from a family that had been there since long before the gringos arrived. So this is her Mexican/Southwestern-style rice, which I distinguish from restaurant-style Mexican rice by calling it New Mexican rice. Plus refried beans. All of it drowning in melted cheese. Every so often I need to wallow in it. Don't need no stinkin’ meat, just rice and beans.

I might be taking a nap in a little while because I'm feeling tired now after waking up at 2am. I did 2 loads of laundry and dusted. Everything else can wait for another day.

For dinner we are having a salad with grilled chicken thighs.

My cats don't even wake up. They don't care at all about a thunderstorm.



This made me LOL! I love to chat, but usually by the time I'm doing dinner like 6pmEST I'm done with the Internet. On the flip side, none of you guys are awake to talk to me at 5am! What's up with that?



I am sorry to hear this. Let us know when you know more.



No, by golly. I'm up at 5 am every single day, and damn if that sun isn't out at all when I wake up. It can be even worse in the winter. I'm so far north, sometimes it doesn't get light out until 8:30 am. But...I'm also so far north that in the summer, the sun is coming up around 5:30-5:45 so I don't have to wait too long for it.

Hi So I have a broken shoulder. I don’t need a sling if I don’t want one. Two more weeks of intense pain. Medicate it for now and in 2 weeks start physiotherapy. Today isn’t going so well but hopefully later it eases up. HBO on Crave and YouTube have been saving me!

Dinner tonight, as it has been all week, is wedding soup. I didn't defrost any rolls today, so we'll have bread or crackers with it.

Dropped DH off at work this morning (his first day back in person since he was sick last week), and we'll stop at the store for some non-dairy creamer for him for his coffee when I go pick him up. He is gung-ho this time about eating healthier, so we'll probably alternate weekly dinners with chicken and salads one week, something different the next, then back to salads, rinse and repeat.

I've also seen a baked oatmeal recipe that sounds good, and he really likes oatmeal. I'm more particular about mine.

I also scheduled a few appointments today (lab work on 4/1 for the nephrologist follow up the week after; 4/24 annual echo; and then 4/26 visit with the cardiologist's NP. Actual cardiologist didn't have an opening til 9/4, and I don't think there will be anything concerning on the echo.

I just want a nap right now, though. Hopefully I'll sleep well tonight.

Hey all - happy hump day. Probably going to grab some pad thai later, I'm super slammed right now. Take care all!

i just went to check on serving multiple days and was pleasantly surprised to find out they raised the rates this year.   Now you get $20 for the first day, and $58 a day for additional days on the same trial.   I’m gonna be rich!!!🤑 🤣