AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 06/16

Good evening
We had a busy morning as it was Confirmation day at our church. It was a bit unusual for us, as the Cardinal Archbishop of Munich came to celebrate the Mass with us after our usual Abbott had a clash of dates. There was more protocol we had to follow, but it went so smoothly and his sermon was great and well targeted to his audience. DH was asked by our priest to be available to help, so I got to take on photo duties for the day. For big sacrament Masses like this, we have two ‘official’ photographers and we take hundreds of photos between us, including individual and family photos for all the children involved.
Dinner tonight is lasagne, which DH is preparing right now.
Once again, we are watching the Euro football - big game tonight will be Serbia v England and the police in Gelsenkirchen where it is being played are expecting a busy night!

Hi all! Loved your pics yesterday, leannec. I do seasonal/holiday decorations too. Mostly my coffee bar/hutch, and then outside. But I also put slip covers on the furniture and change out the quilys for bright colors. Summer is mostly cupcake and baking themed in the hutch. I'll try to take a pic this week.

Today is Father's Day here. I took Nick to a brunch buffet and had THE best peppered bacon. It was pricey but surprisingly good. We are headed home and I will finish a cake while he puts together hid Fathers Day present, a standalone wood cooler with rustic design on it. The pups gave him new earbuds yesterday for their present as they are probably responsible for one of his going missing. I asked the kids to come over to see him but haven't heard back, so I just wanted to make his day special.

I saw a fun gadget on IG to help frost cakes perfectly smooth last night, found it in Amazon and it was here by this morning. I bakes a shallow jellyroll pan of chocolate cake, cut out 6 thin layers of cake, layered it with chocolate cream and it's chilling now. When I get home I will use the kit to pour chocolate ganache over it, chill it, and we'll see if it works. It's always a challenge to get cakes nice and smooth for me. If it works, I will post a picture. Here we are going to brunch though.

Otherwise it is supposed to be around 90° so I plan to sit in the hot tub and read, and then deadhead all my flowers. Maybe feed them too. They have been looking a bit leggy/straggly.. .amazing how quick they dry out and look tired.
I did finish my 2 7 day loans, early in fact! And I've started another. I wish I'd kept track how many books I've read this summer already.

Hope everyone is well!

Just got back from our walk. DS is at LaGuardia waiting for his flight home.

Dinner will be corned beef with cabbage and potatoes.

Flying from Helsinki to Iceland
We had beautiful weather throughout our time in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Estonia. We knew it was about to change as we got to Iceland.

Upon arrival, we collected our luggage and met our Tour Director for Iceland. The weather outside was horrible, sideways rain and wind gusts up to 40PMH. We had to walk quite a distance to get on our bus and were thoroughly soaked. Forget about umbrellas.



Our first stop was at a bakery for some reason. Maybe the TD’s sister owned it. The second stop was hilarious! Some people stayed on the bus but the rest of us braved the elements and walked up the hill to view the home of the President of Iceland. The weather was so ridiculous that we were hysterically laughing while we took some group pictures. In the last one, I almost blew away and was saved by grabbing the arm of one of my fellow travelers.

Happy Sunday Father's Day!

We celebrated yesterday with the family so it's just a quiet day at home for me. I made paella and sausage balls. Everyone seemed to like it but I was pretty tired by the end of the day.

Tonight, I'll either go to my sister's to swim and eat with them or I'll order in something. I don't feel like cooking tonight and I'm putting in a grocery order for the week.

Hope you all have a great day!

I'm taking DH out for dinner tonight...He is a father to My Gracie after all!!! 4 legged  children count!!!
Nothing much happening here besides laundry today.....I cannot stand the excitement🤣🤣🤣

It was the wind that killed us! Luckily the next two days were just chilly, not cold and windy.

ETA: I just noticed I was the only one with gloves on!

Heading out to dinner to celebrate father's day. It's been a busy day of brunch with my dad and paddleboarding. Take care all!

I went to church, sang in our small choir.. I sang alone the very high soprano part and got through it (I am really an alto)..
we had a short board meeting--I take minutes (clerk of session for pcusa people).

then after lunch, I went shopping and returned some things. not too busy out.

tonight we are having takeout.. it will be japanese. salmon on hot platter for me, katsu don for dd, and a big sushi platter for dh..

I did the afternoon dog walk.. very windy, no one at the usual field.

Ugh, I hate when that happens!