aKathy's What's for Dinner 7/3

scrapmaven. Enjoy your visit with your friends today. I’m like you when it’s this hot unless I’m next to a pool I’m in the house. No garden here. My dad used to grow his own tomatoes, peppers, and mainly garlic and fresh garlic is awesome. We are lucky that there are some farmers markets nearby. 

scrapmaven Anything's possible, right? I don't think I've ever had it, but that's not to say I don't have it now. I always appreciate your insight and advice!

We have off Thursday and Friday, which is a great thing.

I did not mention this last week, but a childhood friend (who's mom was my mom's best friend and stayed with my mom until the end) died suddenly on the 25th.  He is my age,52.  All of us (my sister, his sister, me and him) all played together when they lived across the alley. We were FB friends and had messaged each other from time to time.  I am in shock.  There are too many unexpected deaths going on here and I am just floating along, feeling lost.  Since my dad has died, there have been 3 other deaths close to me (my Aunt (Dad's sister), my bff's mom, and now Mike). 

Last Sunday I watched a movie that was a happy-ish ending and I cried ugly cried for the next half hour and then all during the day I would just start to tear up.  Grief is a real pain in the ss .

Anyway, looking forward to some time away from work and people.
Sorry to be a downer today but thanks for letting me type this out.  

scrappert sorry for your loss. {{{HUGS}}}

I'm off today but have no plans for anything today. It's just too hot to be doing anything outdoors. The painters are still working on the house. So far I'm loving the way it looks, can't wait when they are all done.

No idea what's for dinner. We might have sandwiches.

Enjoy your time with friends! We are going to visit some friends tonight too.



We have a garden for the first time. We are growing two different varieties of tomatoes, two different variety of bell peppers, zucchini, snap beans and cucumbers. My herbs are wild. I'm growing basil, rosemary, oregano, cilantro, thyme, dill, and parsley. I also have a blueberry bush but it's not doing so hot. Everything else is growing like crazy.



The squirrels here seem to be leaving everything alone. But I have a groundhog. He likes to eat cucumber plants. We are trying to deter him but we may have to trap him and release him somewhere else.



I hope this is the path to diagnosis and treatment. Fingers crossed.



I haven't seen Fiddler on the Roof for like 25 years! It's one I don't have on DVD. I should download it one afternoon and watch.



I'm sorry. I know. It's awful. Big hugs.

We are supposed to see some friends tonight. They are up from Tennessee and did an Airbnb on a lake near our hometown. We were supposed to go out to eat. Well, not many restaurants in that area have anything vegan. I picked a restaurant and the two of them + Jeremy were like, yeah, no. Apparently I could eat, but it was too artsy for their palates. So they want to have a BBQ. Which means, meat. I will take another lentil burger out of the freezer. I'm quite sick of lentil burgers though as I've already had them twice this week.

I have just returned from the store and I'm going to make a big salad to take. I'm also going to give a go to a vegan chocolate cream pie.

I am lucky as my afternoon is going to be slow, slow, slow. So I'm going in there to hit it right now.

The heatwave has returned. DH and I went for a short bike ride this morning before it got too hot.

Today is my mom’s 82nd birthday. She is coming over for a barbeque with us and my brother and SIL. Nothing fancy just burgers or dogs, macaroni salad, taco salad, beans and chips. I also bought a Dairy Queen ice cream pizza for dessert.

Thinking of those dealing with loss, sickness, grief and all the peas who are so supportive to others.

Ugh, I hope it's Oakland and not SFO! Is Bart an option?

scrappert. I know how you feel. When my dad died at the beginning of 2020 before Covid hit, there were many tragedies there after that were not even related to Covid. my great nephew died shortly after birth, a good friend of my brothers died. My neighbor across the street, fell down her stairs and died, and then my cousin‘s wife died in the fall. Sometimes I think all of that contributed to some anxiety, etc., that I had a year or so later. We have to remind ourselves that grief is not linear. I’m so sorry for your loss  

jeremysgirl. I loved fiddler on the roof. When I was a senior in high school that was our musical. I’ll have to look for it.