aKathy's What's for Dinner 7/16

Yay! So much fun! I hope you have a great time!



Another yay! Get that work done. You and Mr. Scrapmaven will be glad to have your peaceful house back.



Geez. This is awful. So glad it missed your house.

I ended up making fajita burritos last night. They were so delicious. I made homemade Mexican rice. Then a pinto bean/mushroom/veggie mix to stick inside. I had enough for leftovers for lunch. I actually have enough for dinner too, but I don't know that I'm going to want to eat them twice in one day. Although I did like them.

I bought myself a mini coffeepot in yellow from the prime day sale. It was $20. I can't wait to get my big Capresso machine off the counter. Just taking that big Cuisinart airfryer/toaster oven off my counter and replacing it with a small two slot toaster freed up so much space. This will too.

Good Morning! Not much going on today other than the routine trip to the hospital. Tonight DD gets home from Rome, though she doesn't land until 10 pm. I'll see her tomorrow at some point and we'll go see DH together. The only other 'excitement' is stopping at Costco for gas and some computer paper.

Was late leaving the hospital last night and didn't make it to the restaurant down the street. Maybe tonight!

scrapmaven - Enjoy your little getaway! Sometimes all you need is a night or two away to refresh the soul and mind.
jeremysgirl & karenlou - My belated birthday wishes to both of you.   Hope you both had awesome days!



Yesterday was a big day.  The speech pathologist stopped by and tried him on applesauce and he did well.   She'll be back today to run a scope and make sure there is no damage to his throat before they try other foods.  He has requested peanut butter.   They made the decision to do a PLEX (plasma exchange) where they remove his plasma, scrub it of the MG antibodies and then transfer back to his body.   He was aware and talking to me through the later part.  Fingers crossed this helps.   Last night just before bed he called me a bit confused.  Said he was at Schlumberger and needed me to pick him up and take him back to ICU.  Told him I would do that and he should just take a nap until I got there.  Then I talked to the nurse.   Nurse said that he'd become confused and he was keeping a close eye on him.  Hopefully just a temp. setback.   As for myself, I'm getting to bed at 10:30 most nights and managing to get a decent night's sleep.  The doctor has me on prozac for the time being and it seems to be helping.  The thing I'm having to work hard at is getting enough food to eat.  But as my nerves have gotten better I have more of an appetite.  

**GypsyGirl** it does my heart good to hear you are getting some sleep and some relief from this stress. All my thoughts go out to you both.

It's a quiet day for me. Still sitting here in my pajamas and having my coffee. I might work on my planner today and maybe go and pull out some weeds in my yard if it's not too hot late this afternoon.

For dinner we are having baked chicken with a vegetable.

I am going to try and make some homemade pasta tonight - wish me luck! Just popping in quickly as I'm slammed, but hope you all have a good day!

Of course we remember you! Welcome back!

Massive amounts of rain last night and into this morning = flooded basement. We have torn up the carpet in one side where it doesn’t really matter and trying to dry the carpet on the rec room side. What a mess!

I woke up at 3:30 due to the storm and Walker was scared,whining and shaking. I tried to sleep on the couch with him but he got much more sleep than I did!

Had an eye dr appt this morning (all is good) and a haircut this afternoon. Tonight is my monthly alphabet supper with former coworkers. It’s the letter S so we are going to a local bar/grill named Skeeters.

My mom has to try her drivers license on Thursday. Here in Ontario, seniors have to do a test once they turn 80. They are behind with appts due to Covid so she finally got a letter and she just turned 82. One of the tests is to draw a clock with a given time on it. Although I thought she was fine cognitively, she is struggling with this and I’m not sure she will pass. She mixes up the hour and minute hands every time.

Boy am I glad to "see" you back here!

I like the way you think!!!!   That's a great idea!!!

Awww, thanks everyone! You know how to make a girl feel loved.

@**gypsyGirl** big hugs and prayers for your DH and to you as well! I'm so sorry you're going thru all this! I thought of you when Beryl was barreling thru Houston. We had hoped it would go south and share the rain with the ranch.

I've been good, plugging along, nothing too newsworthy here. work, sewing, ranch and life is just busy busy. We do have a puppy, a 4 month old Border Collie named Riley. We brought her home at 6 weeks old from friends in the panhandle that we bought cattle from, Her Mom and Dad are their "ranch hands" apparently they were running and unadvertised special, by 10 calves get a puppy for free. :-)

I look forward to catching up with all of my friends here, I'll try to be consistent but we all know how life can be.

Good to "see" you!! Glad your back!

Yes!  Welcome back and puppy photo ASAP!   

We did not go on either of our Italy trips in 2019 or 2022. We did go in 2003 when DS played with the The California Ambassadors of Music. It was only a long day trip from Austria and it was during that awful European heat wave in July 2003. We saw a glass blower which, while nice, was so hot in his studio that I thought I would pass out. We explored the narrows streets around St Marks Square, ate pizza for lunch which wasn't very good and headed back to the square to people watch. If we were ever to go again, which isn't likely, I wouldn't go in July and we would stay in a hotel so we could explore properly.

People who are more familiar with Northern Italy might be of more help to you. Perhaps Lake Como? That was our first stop in 2019. In 2022 we were in Tuscany for a week.