aKathy's What's for Dinner 5/21

off to another busy day.. salmon and salad for dinner again.

ferries, errands, and a rainy day.

I had a hairdresser appointment this morning so I was out of the house just before 9. It was just me there - only my stylist was working today - so nice and peaceful. Once I was done there, I wandered down to the main town square, doing a bit of shopping on the way. I had lunch as well - it was starting to rain so it was a chance to be inside and not get wet. Then more shopping before catching the train home. It still looks and feels like it is going to bucket down any minute!

Dinner tonight will be grilled vegetables. We try and do one meatless meal each week and we have a lot of bits and pieces of vegetables in the fridge, so everything will get sliced up and DH can cook them when he gets home.

scrapmaven - I hope your grumps are only temporary.

I’m off to the hairdressers for a cut, picking up some prescriptions at the pharmacy and then home to start my prep.

DH is in his own for supper and I’m having clear fluids.

Happy Tuesday!

Today has been fairly busy so far. Had a meeting with my boss that was productive although he sure can talk! A 30-minute meeting turned into an hour and a half but all in all, it was good.

Dinner tonight will be blue cheese burgers with carmelized onions and pasta salad. My parents will be coming over to eat with me.

Hope you all have a great day!

Hugs to you, scrappert. Loved your story about hauling dad to the bar.

I was planning to make risotto (first time doing it on my own) tonight but my neighbor brought over a bag full of Mexican food leftover from her DD’s college graduation party this weekend. I wasn’t invited but I think it was held in the college town, not very local. So Mexican food it is, and I’ll try to do the risotto tomorrow.

Also, I got my first box from www.farmfreshtoyou.com last night just before midnight. It was supposed to be delivered today. I happened to be awake, so I went downstairs and brought it in. Organic local produce, and you can add other things including eggs, dairy, meat, and fancy stuff to the order. I only got produce this time, but I’ll check out the rest.

I ended up subbing at the high school that my dd's went to ... I've subbed there before years ago ... one of my former principal's is now the principal there ... she's nice but was kind of lame.   

It was a super boring day of just supervising the grade 11's work on laptops ... snore!   


I guess I should think about dinner ... no idea at this point!


That sounds like a great COL scrappert!

For some of us, the process is every bit as valuable as the product.

I had rechauffe of my creamy garlicky white beans with a dredge of herby oil and a sprinkle of roasted pepitas/panko for crunch. Plus a side of broccoli/asparagus dressed with a vinagrette that I also made with the herby oil. And then a couple of slices of toasted sourdough to scoop up the beans.

I am sending you the biggest hug scrappert! I know it isn't easy but you have been a trooper and your parents are resting easy.

scrapmaven credit card fraud?! Oh no! Without giving away any details you don't want to, is there a lesson for any of us to learn? I try to keep up with all the latest scams and frauds so that I can (try to) avoid anything happening to me. I've seen too many bad things happen to people. 

Big hugs to you scrappert . I had to chuckle at you using the car pool lane with your dad strapped into the front seat!

We had ants in our bathroom yesterday too. Yuk! There were only about half a dozen thankfully, and I haven't seen any more since.

And then..... AND THEN! There was a mouse in DS's bedroom. DSO was about to feed the dog, when the dog took of chasing the mouse that had come out of DS's bedroom. My son is a slob, and when DSO cleaned out his room, there was a heap of food scraps and takeaway food boxes, which would have attracted the mouse. He told DS that the dog had caught the mouse on top of his bed, hoping that would freak him out enough to keep his room clean! 

lucyg I can't believe they made the delivery at midnight!! So if you weren't still up, it would have just sat there on your doorstep all night? That can't be good. 

I had to go back to the skin cancer clinic yesterday, to get yet another basal cell carcinoma cut out. I am so bloody sick of this! That makes about eight or nine that I've had cut out over the last three years. I've actually lost count. I look at my friends and SIL's who still sit out in the sun all day to get a tan, and I think they are crazy! I haven't deliberately gone into the sun to get a tan for decades, but the tanning I did in my teens and 20s is now coming back to bite me. 

I desperately want a shower and to wash my hair, but I have to wait for DSO to come home and take the dressing off, and put the waterproof dressing on. The stitches are on my back, so I can't do it myself.


ETA: Ha! DSO must have ESP. Just after I hit reply on my post, he came home to pick up a tool. He put the waterproof dressing over my stitches, but I have to start work now, so the shower will have to wait.

Really? That would be infuriating! Is she getting actual skin cancer (like a BCC) cut out, or is it 'just' a pre-cancerous solar keratosis or similar? I just can't imagine going out to tan after having skin cancer cut out. Even my most dedicated tanning friend has finally stopped sitting in the sun all day after having one cut out of her chest. I also have a few friends who have had melanomas removed. That's some scary shit! I'm glad that mine are 'only' BCCs. Nevertheless, I have to go for a check up every six months. 

Oh dear - they can be like naughty children, can't they?!   

I don't think my mum's body has seen the sun, nor been in a bathing suit, since 1974!! But that's more to do with body self-consciousness than sun safety. 

I loved your story about taking your dad for a ride scrappert .  How sweet the guy at the bar remembered him.


jeremysgirl Your dinner looks delicious!!! I missed you while you were gone. Let me know how you like your new iron, I have been thinking about getting one of those.