AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 08/10

Happy Saturday dinner friends!

leannec you and your girls are all so pretty!! Your weekend sounds AMAZING!! I'm jelly! enjoy every minute!

sueg how is the headache today?

**GypsyGirl** how is DH doing?

Quiet Saturday morning here, DH left for the ranch yesterday, I have the house back in puppy free zone- slobber nose prints washed off both storm doors, balls in the yard picked up, house toys put in the toy basket, beds and blankets and stuffed chew toys in the wash, gate at bottom of the steps tucked away, floors vac'd and mopped. Now it's time to decide what I want to do. I'm meeting a friend for dinner this evening, I'm not sure where we will go, so dinner is whatever.

I have such a long list of should do's but feeling pretty lazy actually.

Wishing everyone a great weekend!

Hi everyone! I've been reading all morning. I'm still in PJs. I made Jeremy go get me a breakfast biscuit from McDonald's. Shh...don't tell anyone. I've broken my diet twice in 9 weeks. But today I just couldn't shake off my craving. Jeremy left for golf right after I finished wishing me a good stomachache from eating meat. I deserve it too, I feel so bad about it. I just really did not want to eat my oatmeal this morning.

I am supposed to go to my friend's house for a bonfire at 7. 7. And she lives 45 minutes away. I don't think I can go. I couldn't hold my eyeballs open past 9 last night. And then I was up early. I just have to accept that I am not a night person. I'll either be sleeping in her dogs bed or I'll be falling asleep on my long drive home. Sigh.

I'm not sure what is for dinner tonight. I have a couple of different things I could make.

leannec I meant to add that I'm envious of your spa day. I think that would be so fun.

leannec , your girls look so happy to be w/you on your getaway. Did you bring Scrabble? Have great fun this weekend. I love the photos. Your dd's are so pretty.

cadoodlebug , enjoy a lovely walk and really nice day.

austnscrapaddict , I'm so happy that you're back at the table. Enjoy Saturday.

bklyngal62 , enjoy your day w/your ds.

jeremysgirl , it's OK to sometimes. That was something I was taught during my brief stint in the weight loss industry. The foods that you're eating once in a while are meant to be eaten like that and it's OK to do so. Have a fun day today.

I'm still feeling under the weather, but better. I think the Paxlovid might be the reason why I'm not peppier, not to mention the constant metallic taste. It's my last day and I'm thrilled. Still, I will not complain, because it's such a minor thing.

Ods is staying overnight and it'll be takeout night. Dh and ods can decide what they want. I need to get to the store (I'm no longer contagious) and put together a gift bag for ods.

leannec , just let me know if you want me to start the thread tmw. I'm happy to do so while you have fun w/your girls.

sueg , if you're up to it, please let us know how you are doing? I'm thinking of you, my friend.


Everyone needs to have a happy, relaxing, healing day. Let's make a pact to do so.

Good evening all
I woke up this morning with my right eye looking like I’d been in a boxing match - all puffy and swollen and I could hardly see out of it. The doctor on rounds said it was a common thing and asked the nurses to give me cold packs. They are really cool (sorry) - little gel pads that I put on ice, then place over my eyes. As I have two, one cools while the other is on my eye.
Overall, I feel fine. Hardly any pain, just a lot of pressure. The doctor said the main bandage can come off tomorrow, along with the drip tube still in my neck coming out and I will be allowed to shower, which will be nice.
I spoke with my dad this morning which was good. We hadn’t told him beforehand as my stepmum was so ill from her fall when I was diagnosed, and my mum died from a brain tumour many years back and we knew he would freak out. He understands now why, but was a bit annoyed at DH at first.
I also did a FaceTime with the little girls. I was unsure about it at first, with their other grandma dying just a month ago, but DS said they needed to see a good outcome from a hospital visit. Sophia started asking me questions - was I feeling better, could I eat proper food etc. Lucia was the most talkative I’ve seen her online - she was all ‘Oma is in bed. Oma’s head hurts’, then she started to sing the song about ‘5 little monkeys jumping on a bed, one fell off and broke its head’ which I thought was very funny, coming from a 2YO!
If all keeps going to plan, I should be able to go home Wednesday or Thursday.

I don't know what is going on with your photos cadoodlebug but I haven't been able to see them on my computer (usual) or on my phone in Tapatalk (unusual)

Hmm, I'm not sure what to tell you. Maybe no one can see them. Today's wasn't that great. Kind of freaky.

The staycation/spa weekend is such a great way to treat and bond with your girls, leannec . 

jeremysgirl , I really like the Forks Over Knives approach to plant based eating, where meat/dairy/eggs are on the Avoid or Minimize list. DH is much more of a carnivore than me and was super happy knowing he could have an occasional steak and planned for it once or twice a month.

DS turned on the gold medal women's soccer game so sucked me into watching. It was a good game but has really thrown my day off and I haven't gotten back on track. I did turn off the TV so I didn't get sucked into another event.

Before the game started, I took advantage of the cool early morning to roast cauliflower and onions for a favorite Ottolenghi cauliflower, pomegranate and pistachio salad. After a quick discussion with DS, we will grill chicken sausages to go with it. Buns optional.

We are home from our short two night get away. We went with my brother and his wife and took the ATVs. The boys found some great trails to ride and had a blast. My SIL and I walked, talked and read on the dock. We didn’t do any cooking but ate all our meals from the takeout cafe at the cottage site. I ate too much and need to get back in my intermittent fasting routine. My mom stayed with Walker and he was so excited to see us this afternoon.

leannec: How fun for you and your girls! Love the pics.

Supper tonight will be grilled pork chops. Yes, back to cooking!

We are trying one more time to have dinner with mom. (I know I said the same thing the last two nights, but it hasn’t happened yet.) Third time’s the charm, I hope. We’ll go out to one of the cute restaurants in her city (Walnut Creek, for locals).

Feel-good wishes to sueg and Mr. **GypsyGirl**.

Have a wonderful weekend, leannec.

bc2ca I'm trying this as an experiment for 3 months to see if I can move some health markers. I don't know if you knew that. I just want to stick as closely to the plan as I possibly can because I want to see if it makes any difference. I really did suffer after eating ice cream on my birthday. I think my body adapted somewhat so it was a bit shocked.

I ordered some teeny tiny cast iron pans. One 3.5 inch and one 5 inch. They came this week and I couldn't resist making an itty bitty blueberry pie in the 5 inch. I'm so excited to present it to Jeremy when he gets home.

Jeremysgirl...I would LOVE that pie!!! Blueberry is my favorite!!

leannec That place looks wonderful.

**GypsyGirl** how long do they anticipate him having the trach? Praying he gets to rehab really soon so he can work his butt off to get home.Lol

sueg sorry you have a blackeye, but glad you’re feeling OK

Judy26 . OUCH.

So today I spent the day scrapping at the home of the girl who does our weekends. She’s redone her house and now has a lot of space. I didn’t bring a lot with me just some things of Luella’s to get organized and some things from the whole kit and caboodle to put together. It was a really nice day because she lives 10 minutes from me. I didn’t have to worry about boarding Harper or finding somebody to come let her out. Not sure if I said anything but the doggy hotel she used to go to had been put up for sale. He was gonna keep it open until it sold. he and his wife wanted to be able to go and travel to see their daughter whatever they wanted and their grandchildren. Unfortunately , he had a massive heart attack in the airport in Minneapolis, eight weeks ago, so the kennel was closed. I have talked to him and he’s doing very well after bypass surgery. I did find a place for her in November for the scrapbooking weekend and now I am going to look at a place that was recommended. She won’t go back to where she was last January because she came home very stressed.

A couple of the women that were also scrapbooking today talked about a long scrap weekend where they go to Chautauqua Lake, which is way down near Jamestown New York south of Buffalo and it is absolutely gorgeous. They needed a couple more people so my friend, Betsy, another friend Andrea and I are going to go. It’s not until June. it’s also near the birthplace of Lucille Ball  

Just had a quick dinner and now I’m off to our towns Walk of Hope which is a huge fundraiser for our counties cancer assistance foundation. I’m going to work the concession stand for a couple hours. I will also get luminary and put my dad‘s name on it.

leannec that looks like such a fun weekend!

**GypsyGirl** I hope you husband is out of the ICU soon. Have they given you any indication of how long rehab is likely to take?

I channelled my inner Becki yesterday, and made some chocolate macadamia cookies, then a loaf of potato and onion bread. We had the bread for dinner, with lashings of butter, and Cup-A-Soup. 

jeremysgirl I admire your commitment to your healthy eating way of life. I also hope that you don't really feel any guilt or shame about having one little breakfast biscuit. It's easy to become obsessive about things like food and exercise, and it can kind of mess with people's heads if they're not careful. And in my case, being super strict is a sure fire way for me to fall off the wagon and go back to bad habits.

sueg I would have been worried about the girls being scared or upset seeing you like that, but it certainly sounds like they weren't at all upset by it. I laughed about Lucia singing the 5 Little Monkeys song!