AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 06/02

We have a girls-only afternoon tea today. Mom, sister, me, two nieces (one visiting from the East Coast), and nephew’s girlfriend. Of course that will eat up most of the day, and I will still come home hungry.

Dinner will be remaining rechauffe. Super easy. Maybe I’ll cook tomorrow.

Good morning.

leannec , Enjoy your yummy dinner. Prime Rib and Yorkshire pudding is delicious. Isn't this usually your Dennys breakfast day? Glad that Molly's birthday dinner was so nice. Hard to believe that we have adult kids isn't it? Sometimes I still miss having little ones running around.


I'm going to pick up paint in a bit for the baseboards. Whoopdeedoo. Then I'll run to the store for red potatoes. I was going to make crash hot potatoes last night and when I opened the bag the potatoes had gone bad. I just bought them 2 days ago. I was not amused.

1 and 10 stand out to me. I do care what people think, to a point, but at my age I am learning that I don't have to be self-conscious about it. There are people who do not like me and vice versa. It's just a fact of life. We can co-exist and that's OK.

I don't drive at night when I don't have to do so. Though I've been reassured that the world will get a bit lighter when I have cataract surgery, which is likely this fall.

I'm in my 60's and it's been hard work to get here, so it's my time now. As for dress, I'm enjoying fixing myself up now. I have befriended Stitch Fix and I finally have a hairdo that isn't a hair don't.

Now that dh has retired I think that I'm finally adjusting to it, as well. It symbolizes that we're in our last season of life and I want to make every minute of it a good minute. I didn't have the best start to aging, as you all know, so I am working hard to make the most of the time where I am not dealing w/a medical crisis.

The bulk of my day might be spend being a nerd. DH installed a much faster video thingie in my computer and my game will now run much faster. (How's that for engineer speak?) Dinner is rechauffe pork tenderloin, veggie and crash hot red pototoes.

FYI, last night we watched The Boys in the Boat. It was quite a good movie. Check it out if you're into streaming movies.

Enjoy your wonderful today, my lovelies.

I had my last sleepover last night and will be here for the day until the parents arrive back home. I heard from them at 9:30 and they were in Kentucky so it would be at least another 7 hr drive home. It’s a rainy day here so we are trying to stay busy inside. I’ve done all the laundry, vacuumed the house and done the dishes. The boys cleaned their rooms and the toy room (under duress!). Now I’ve given them some screen time since they worked hard in their rooms. I can finally sit and do some reading while they are focused on their tablets.

Apparently Walker is out of sorts when I’m not there. He doesn’t eat his supper and continually wanders around the house looking for me. I love that he misses me so much but worry that when I go on my cruise for a week, it will be difficult for him.

Not sure about supper yet since I could be here or I could be home.

sueg, I'm sorry to hear about the long drive home and the burst dam. We had an underground garage many years ago in our old condo. It was in the middle of a very large city. Something burst and all of the water trickled down to our block. Everyone on the street lost their cars. It was a big pain for everyone and for some us quite expensive.

taylortroop, my boys will never tell you that they're bored. Nor will my nephews. My sister and I learned from the mistress of pain. If you say you're bored then I have something for you to do. Go clean your room.

I could go for some corn chowder, that sounds delicious!
We had leftovers from last night as planned. We are all exhausted. Just talked to the bride and she said the same, but their digestive issues seem to be close to resolving.

DSO suggested that we go out for dumplings, seeing that I got home too late to go there on Saturday night. DS came with us, and DD and her partner met us there. We had two different kind of dumplings, honey chicken, salt & pepper prawns, beef in black bean sauce, Sichuan noodles, fried rice.

leannec that list screams to me "I have locked myself in my house and let myself go!"    I'm not fashionable, I don't go to the gym, and I rarely eat kale. But I still do all the rest. 

Busy day and it started out raining. So no playground, zoo or walks with Luke. We read a lot of books.

I had tilapia with salad and roasted veggies.

Dh flew out early after getting back last night.
Now I’m prepping for his clients who are staying at our house for the golf tournament this week.
I was going to go to the lake but it’s also the arts festival and I’m a volunteer. Then Friday I have my brother’s birthday party.

I’m still following some of that list but not all.

cadoodlebug - I realized that you were back home after I posted, but I was somehow thrown off on the timing. Glad you had a good trip!