aKathy's What's for Dinner? 4/23

Wrong date. scrapmaven

Jeremysgirl....glad all went well....Hope your recovery is pain and complication free!!! Ice is your friend!!!!

Dinner will be grilled chicken thighs, corn and a salad!!!

scrapmaven, I will have Kellee post that recipe for you...it is a WW recipe, and a keeper!!!

Good evening from me!

Not much going on here. There have been workmen outside doing something on our pavement all along our side of the street. A bit noisy, but I also felt for the workers, as we’ve have drizzling rain all day and it’s been close to freezing, so it must have been miserable for them.

I did a recycling run this morning - partly to check out what was going on outside. After lunch I met my friend at a cafe near her DD’s school for coffee and to chat about her legal issues with her ex, the accounting checks we did for the family centre and my fun with the finance organiser and all the forms I didn’t really need to worry about. I popped into the Turkish supermarket at the shopping mall, to see if I could find something easy for dinner. I remembered why I love to go there - lots of cuts of lamb, and chicken thighs and drumsticks - though I don’t have freezer space for them right now.

Dinner tonight will be some beef mince borek that I found at the Turkish shop - just need to pop them in the oven for 10 minutes later when I want to eat. Depending on the health of the lettuce in the fridge, I may make a salad too.

jeremysgirl - I hope you continue to heal well and that the bleeding isn’t a problem. Take care of yourself and let Jeremy do all the things so you recover properly.

Day 2 of contractors working on projects so another day spent in solitary with the dog in my office/sewing room. He's been really good about it but the ample treats are helping with that I'm sure. He gets the run of the house/yard between noon and 1 pm while they take a lunch break.

Really bummed that there has been a kink in replacing the stained tile around the old toilet base. Because we have underfloor heating, and no definitive information on exactly where it stops in that area, they are not going to be able to replace the tiles.  They could take a chance, but if they nick a wire it will kill the system.  The ballpark estimate to replace the entire marble floor & heating system should that happen is $7,500!  Not something I want to deal with this summer, so will continue to rely on contour rugs to hide the ugly tile.  The upside is that maybe I'll get my new toilet in later today!  Painters got pushed until tomorrow, but hopefully they are able to finish everything up then.

I'm catching up on paperwork and doing a bit of sewing today.  All the talk of spaghetti yesterday has made me want some, so I have some hamburger thawing and will make that for dinner.  Bonus is that I can freeze the extra for future meals when it is too hot to cook.

jeremysgirl - Have they told you how long you have to keep the hand dry?  When I had hand surgery it was 3 weeks.  Best thing I did was go to the salon for a wash/blow dry a couple of times a week.  Once your stitches are out, I recommend using ScarAway Silicone Scar Gel and LaRoche Posay Cicaplast Gel B5 Skin Protectant on the scar a few times a day (Avène also makes an excellent cicaplast cream & gel).  You cannot even see the scar on my palm now.   It also did wonders for DH after his major kidney surgery.  

That is something I miss from living overseas.  We just don't have food markets in our malls here (at least not in my area).

Hey all - popping in to see how everyone's doing. Been crazy busy few days and I'm traveling AGAIN on Sunday for beginning of next week. Totally unexpected, and I'm frustrated as my husband is gone the beginning of the following week. We really aren't used to so much travel and it's driving us batty!

I have to keep it dry for only 3 days. **GypsyGirl** honestly I have to say I'm not terribly worried about about the scar either. I rebandaged and it looks like the incision was in the crease. So I don't think it'll look too bad. Truthfully it's swollen and bruised but 800 mg of ibuprofen is plenty of pain relief. I think it ended up being a big nothing burger. I probably could go back to work tomorrow. Jeremy won't let me but I could. I'm just reading.

Nothing big, just little items. And I need to start taking out cash from the ATM. We each pay our Travel Director $12 a day so that adds up. Plus the city guides and the bus drivers.

Dinner has been switched to salmon burgers.

Glad that it’s feeling a little bit better today as far as pain.

 Thank you!  

There’s no way she is. Hope you have a speedy recovery. Add spf to the scar when it’s healed. Sun darkens scars.

Had 2 freakin medical appointments today bi feel like that’s all I do lately. 1 was annual skin check. 3 pre-cancerous spots on my face. I knew there was one for sure. He took care of them today.
The patio people showed up today for the 1st time in 6 days. They made some progress.
Ran into the garden store to scope out hydrangea trees. They have a topiary look to them. More expensive than I thought. But isn’t everything anymore?
Picked up Luke for the afternoon.

**GypsyGirl**. The insta account Go Clean might have a tike cleaning video for your problem.

jeremysgirl I'm glad you are not in much pain. Take your time to heal and don't rush back to work.

We were having inventory at work today so it was a busy day. Finally home and relaxing with a glass of wine.

For dinner we had skirt steak with rice, beans and guacamole.

I may have mentioned this before, but you should have seen the change in my dermatologist here when I mentioned I grew up in Australia. She went from relaxed 'so why did your GP refer you?' to 'OK, let's check every inch of your body' instantly!