AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 07/14

Happy Sunday!

I'm off to get my hair done. My sisters and mom make a day of it and we bring in mimosas and food. Our hairstylist opens just for us.

For dinner, I'll probably get a take and bake pizza from the shop next door to the salon. We don't have them near me so it's always a treat when I don't feel like cooking.

I'm sure there will be some pool time later as it will be 100 today.

Hope you all have a great day!

Dinner tonight is out with DH and KelleeM.....I am in the dark as to where😳

sueg it was very kind of your priest to say the mass in her honor. That was just a beautiful gesture on yours and his part.

I am back home now. We would have stayed longer today however there was rain. Friday and yesterday were beautiful. We were at the beach at 8:30 yesterday morning and then we stayed until 3:30. We needed showers and food at that point. And then we went back. It was cloudy last night so we didn't get to see the sunset. But we did get to walk out to the lighthouse.

I was not on any social media this weekend. I tried not to check my text messages. I thought most people who would text me knew I was leaving and just would leave me alone. Chloe tried to post something not so nice and tag my friends. She unfriended me several weeks ago. But she definitely wanted to make sure I saw it. I did not but both of my friends texted me to share. 🙄 So that was strike one. I just continued on with my weekend. When I got back from dinner last night I had 28 text messages from Chloe. Apparently she was quite angry her Facebook post flopped. Her text messages were just so vicious. They were nuts. But I just put my phone away and moved on with my weekend. And then this morning I woke to like 800 messages asking me if I tried to friend people under a new profile. I did not. And we all know I'm not up past 9 anyway. So if you got a friend request report it. I gotta say that after Chloe's tirade, I actually paused to wonder if it was her that started the new Facebook page. But alas, none of that is worth responding to.

We went and looked at a house while we were there. It was walking distance to downtown and a short bike ride away from the big beach. It's in our price range. It was a fixer upper but we've got the skills and energy to do so. There is a Coca Cola distributer there. So Jeremy could transfer. And if I moved there and work absolutely demanded I come into the office 2 days a week, I could drive down on a Monday morning, work, stay overnight with Jeremy's mom, work Tuesday and then drive back. Work from home the rest of the time. My coworker, the awful one, when COVID hit, she sold her local home and her and her husband moved into their cabin 2.5 hours away. She hasn't been in the office in a very long time.

Anyway, Jeremy and I love the beach. We think we could make it work financially. The only drawback is being 2.5 hours from his kids. Who are scared to death to drive anywhere. He texted his oldest daughter and she said not even the draw of a Lake Michigan beach would get her to travel that far. 🙄 So if we moved, we'd have to make a special trips to see them. And we'd have to make some new friends too as they would all live far away, although they could visit us and stay for the weekend.

I don't know. He seemed excited about the possibility and then on the way home notched down to lukewarm. But he did say that he thinks we ought to start doing the things to our house that would make it sell. He wants to bring in a real estate agent and see. There is a house around the corner that is nearly identical to mine. Mine has an extra dining room and an extra bathroom in the basement. It is the closest comp I have seen yet. And what they are asking is pretty promising. I think we could walk away from our current house with a very tidy profit to put down on a house by the lake.

Yesterday morning as I was sitting there before any of this conversation, I looked at Jeremy and I said, I need more of this. And I meant the peace and tranquility. I think it's time to make a new life.

Anyway, my birthday had its ups and its downs. But I'm home. And I have yet another ripe zucchini. I'll be making a pasta tonight with tomatoes, zucchini and red lentils.

jeremysgirl, I wouldn't stay just because Jeremy's kids are afraid to drive. It's not a long drive and the baby would be very happy to have grandparents who live at the beach.

At this point in life, I vote for doing what the two of you really want to do. You are still young and can do whatever you want to do. If I could tell my 49 year old self anything it would be to embrace the next decade and go have fun and do whatever it takes to make life good. You have a great husband and the two of you can have the life you want to have. Now is the time to start making those things happen.

You are a really intelligent and wise woman and you're a loving friend. You have done so much to raise mental health awareness and to educate the peas. Now it's time to give to yourself.

Happy Birthday, my friend. I hope that you'll do something fun for yourself this week.

jeremysgirl, there's nothing that you can do while she's in this state. When she doesn't get a rise out of you will she start to attack your mom? Something has to wake up your mom; though,I agree that it doesn't need to be you. Your mom has to deal w/this behavior, because you are not allowing Chloe to abuse you. You know that she's delusional and telling lies about you. So, hold your head up high and continue planning your life w/Jeremy. She will get help at some point. Your mom needs that wake up call and she'll have it. As this escalates and you step aside your mom will have to handle it. I'm really sad that this interfered w/your special weekend. That part sucks. I vote for a re-do.

We have had a beach fantasy for a very long time. The idea of living on a lake. Jeremy and I have virtually nothing in common except a love of the water. Ludington is a very cute little town. The house we looked at is within walking distance of shops, a coffee place, restaurants, the post office, the health food store.

It was about 8 blocks from the beach. I could literally strap on my beach chair (it's like a backpack) and put my towel in my bike basket and go. Every single day if I wanted. I just think my 50s should be spent while I have the energy, doing what I want to do before my health declines.

And we never thought we could afford it. And we could here.

jeremysgirl , I'm sorry your weekend had some bumps. I think moving closer to the lake should be a priority if it makes both of you happy.

We had breakfast at Town Center then walked around the lake. It was a delightful 72° and cloudy so we were loving it!

Dinner might be grilled steak and corn-on-the-cob.

Guess this bridge is closed!

jeremysgirl, Im so sorry that Chloe is being so awful to you. Definitely dont let her get a rise out of you.

We are having taco salads for dinner tonight, with tomatoes from our tomato plant.

stormsts, as moms we do the best we can. Hopefully, your dd will grow out of this phase and become your friend. This brings me back to what I say when people talk about how tough it is in the toddler years. They really have no idea. The day they don't need a babysitter is the when the real worry begins.

I'm still sick..now sitting with shivers and a running nose. so didn't go anywhere. a friend of a friend flew in at 7:15 am.. and by 9 he was driving away with his new car.

grey day. will probably do a covid test again around noon.. third time checking.

maybe have scrambled eggs for dinner. sitting here feeling miserable.

but I'm sure I will feel better in a few days.

Good morning. We went to church this morning and then stopped at a local nursery on the way home to look at plants and flowers. Dh loves roses especially as we had a number of them at our old house and so we were daydreaming/planning landscape for when we are ready for that. Now we are home and Dh is working on some house projects. I am meeting dd1 this afternoon for a later lunch and shopping at a cute town sort of between our towns. 

jeremysgirl we often go to the Oregon coast and I spend a lot of time while I am there figuring out how I could make a move work. I love the water so much. I grew up on the ocean and it is just home to me. OR coast doesn’t make sense as I am a WA state employee and need to be here. We did move to an island though (a drive on island) and although we don’t live on the water or have a view from our home, I see it easily and go for a walk along on on the beach anytime I want which I love. I vote for making it work if that is your dream and your peace. 

I just got home from my nephews wedding. It was a lot of fun filled with family and laughter. The only hiccup was getting my mom there. I told her what time to be ready and she finally got her act together a half hour late. I drove like a bat out of hell the whole way there and we were only a few minutes late. They actually held the ceremony until we got there so great grandma wouldn’t miss it. Today she told my sister we were late because it took 2 hours to get there because I had bad directions.

Today I am collapsed on the couch doing as little as possible. I’m dragging. Fruit salad and cheese for dinner if I can gumption my ass of the couch.

Hi everyone.  I'm sorry I've not been much on the board lately. And I see lots has happened.

sueg I am so very sorry for your family's loss.  

jeremysgirl belated happy birthday! I miss living two blocks from the beach.  I can still drive to it but I miss the fog horns, the scent in the air, the sound of the water, and taking long bike rides by the beach.   Can Jeremy's kids take a bus if they can't drive?  That's a shame to be so young and bound by that fear.  I am so sorry to hear about Chloe as well as your mom. ((HUGS)) to you.

leannec I hope things go smoothly with your friend. Well one can't complain if you live near Banff!

I recently started using a roomba (named Rosie after the Jetson's maid) and my dog is terrified of it.  I put him in the master bedroom while it did the family room and other bedrooms and when i went to check on him he was standing on the head of the bed.  Poor guy.  I stayed with him until it finished.  Trying to figure out a way to get him more acclimated to it.

I'm glad the heat wave has improved though my tomatoes appreciated the heat. Last night we went out for Korean food.  I didn't really want to leave my AC before!  Tonight we will have rechauffe Korean food along with a vegetable pancake I will make.