aKathy's What's for Dinner 6/7

Not sure what's for dinner - supposed to be a scorcher, so my meatloaf plan my get tossed as I don't want to run the oven that long. Looking forward to the weekend!

Happy Friday!  Pretty easy day for me.  The fence crew showed up at 9 am and finished the fence repairs.  Now I'm free until 4 pm when I need to do a pet taxi run to pick up DD's dog at doggie daycare.  She has an all day work event and couldn't guarantee she'd be there before they close.  The rest of the day I am going to spend doing needlepoint (nearly finished with a project!) and some sewing.  

Yesterday we met with the radiologist and really like him.  It is going to be pretty easy from his description.  It will be 5 treatments, each one taking about 10 minutes.  Due to the low dosage there should be no side effects.  He starts Monday and will finish up next Friday!  The interesting thing is that as he was explaining radiation therapy to us he mentioned other uses, including treating osteoarthritis!  I immediately held up my hands and he said I looked like a candidate.   Once DH gets done with his sessions, I am going to make an appointment and see if my insurance will cover it.  Have been having issues with OA in my hands for years and it is only getting worse.  For someone who sews/quilts/needlepoints, that is not good.  Anyone every heard of this treatment?

I hate to tell you this but I'm pretty sure that there is no finish line when it comes to dealing with homes/decluttering/remodels!  The only way out is to sell it!!!  That's the conclusion I've come to with our home of 33 years!  

Interesting building so I looked it up.  They are called the Gemini Residence and it's a great use of something that would have been torn down in the US.  I love to see old buildings reimagined.


Dinner tonight will be fresh salads and DH has some sausages to cook.  It's full on summer here so anything light and easy works for me!  Hope everyone has something fun planned for the weekend! 

Thanks for looking them up! I wish they had shown an entire apartment but at least you get the idea behind the design. We thought it was quite unique!

I think it's an endless process tbh



super cool - I'll have to ask DS32 if he saw that. He's been in Denmark for a couple of weeks but is off somewhere else now.



I'm glad you have those set and that you'll see the dr quickly after the MRI

**GypsyGirl** - glad you guys like the radiologist - let me know what you find out abt OA and radiation - that sounds interesting.


Dinner here is fish tacos with a black bean and corn salsa.

not sure the weekend plans - possibly just groceries and scrapbooking but it'll depend on DH

YOu are too funny!



This is pretty cool! What a great way to use something existing.



Agreed! I swear my house to do list is a mile long.



This sounds so promising. Fingers crossed everything goes perfect!

I just got back from seeing the hand surgeon for a follow up. Everything looks good. They were shocked that I have been smoke free for 50 days today!! Probably helped with my healing.

Work has been and continues to be slow this week. I might bake some cookies this afternoon for Jeremy to take on his golf trip tomorrow. Not that he didn't completely demolish the entire market's snack aisle last night. But he wanted cookies too. Tonight we are having dinner from a restaurant that I won't be eating at anymore. See if you can guess why...It's called MEAT. I'll be having the brisket nachos. Since he is leaving tomorrow, it's a good time to try something new. Like I said, it's all an experiment just to see what happens. That's what I'm telling myself.

**GypsyGirl** I hope your dh continues to do well with his treatment. For me radiation was almost worse than chemotherapy but I had 37 treatment over the course of 8 weeks and burned terribly. 

going to be either grilled burgers or chicken breast for us with salad. Ds and I have been enjoying fresh salads this week. 

Today was my off Friday but I went in for 5 hours. I get paid OT so that will help my next paycheck. We are so overloaded with work and short staffed. 

Happy Friday!!!

I have gotten to see my sweet little grandson every day since he was born!! I feel so blessed. The new little family is doing so well. My son has really impressed me with how well he is taking care of his wife and little newborn. He is very hands on. The atmosphere in their home is very calm and serene. Tonight, for their dinner I am going to get takeout of their choosing.

Just when I thought this week couldn't get any better....as I was leaving home yesterday my "dumpster neighbors" have a for sale sign out. They haven't even been there for an entire year yet. My son looked it up and they are selling for 1.7 million. At that price I think it will definitely take a while to sell. But it is a start!

Happy Friday!

Oh, it's been a day! We're still waiting for the biopsy results for my sister and she is having another blood transfusion today. Not sure exactly when she'll be getting out of the hospital. In addition to that, my brother also had surgery today and that went well. My mom is on an insulin pump and something happened when I went to change it last night so it wasn't working and she's been high all day. She's also having excruciating knee pain that the ortho thinks is coming from an impinged nerve in her hip. She wants to go to the ER, but she's already on pain pills so there's really nothing more they can do for her. She has an appointment with the ortho on Wednesday. It doesn't hurt when she's not on it so we've been trying to keep her down and sitting or laying around. I'll bring dinner into them tonight.

I've finished my reporting for the month so I've got a free afternoon. Just have to monitor emails and Slack. Dinner tonight will either be spaghetti or risotto. I haven't decided yet.

Hope you all have a great day!

Thank you!  I'm so sorry you had such a tough time with radiation. His dosage is much, much smaller than what is given for breast cancer so we are hopeful they are correct in that it won't be painful.  Last year they discovered he had kidney cancer and it was removed.   In March they discovered it had shown back up in his upper right humerus.  Scans show no other locations so they are hopeful they will be able to knock this out over a 3-4 month period.  Additionally he is doing Keytruda, Lenvima as well as another chemo drug that will start in the next week or two.  Fingers crossed this does the trick.  

I still have all the same rechauffe as yesterday. (And AussieMeg, I’m with you, I will eat rechauffe for days. Haven’t died yet.) Just had Mexican soup for lunch, so I suppose that egg benny will meet its demise tonight for sure. My reward for finally clearing out the fridge will be pizza tomorrow.

And then this weekend I’m going to make MORE Mexican chicken soup. I hadn’t made it in ages and had forgotten how good it is. Making a fresh batch for the gentleman friend’s house (and more for me). Thank goodness the heat wave broke.

I can't tell you how good it was to finally finish work at 6:30pm, knowing that I have a long weekend ahead of me! (King's Birthday.)

For dinner I made a dish that is very similar to that Korean Beef dish that everyone used to make. I haven't made it for a while, and when I saw a video on Facebook of my girl Marion making a Vietnamese version, I thought I'd give it a go. It's quick and easy, and tasted good.
Vietnamese Lemongrass Pork Bowl


Hahahaha that's hilarious!! Thank you for sharing that "out-take" and giving me a chuckle! 

I love these pictures. That’s so funny.

It’s been a busy week. With today being the busiest. I worked at the art festival and when I left at 1 it was packed. The weather is really good this weekend. I didn’t even get to look at any of the art booths. I’ll have to go down on Sunday.
Came to my hometown for my brother’s 50th birthday. It was nice.
My dh’s clients left tonight. When I go home I’ll have to clean the bathrooms and bedrooms. Maybe dh will surprise me and do it. 😂

**GypsyGirl** hopefully your dh’s treatment is as easy as it sounds.
KelleeM I’m sorry you were burned like that. My sister was too. It still looks bad.

The Birdhouse Lady your dgs is so cute. Love his name