AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 08/31

Good evening all.

Our morning was normal - grocery shopping - then this afternoon I volunteered to sort books for the local English book sale. There were two of us there who are/were junior school teachers, so we set about sorting all the kids books that had come in. D and I did the sorting into age ranges, then left it up to the others to decide on prices. I signed up for 12:30 - 3pm, and about 2:45 DH messaged and said he'd pick me up at 3:15, which was great as I wasn't looking forward to a 20 minute walk in today's temperatures. I've been watching football since, which hasn't required a lot of concentration.

I decided to treat myself this afternoon as well. One of my favourite knit designers does a 'Mystery Shawl' knit-a-long every year, starting in early October. The kits and pattern (intro - the 'clues' start Oct 3) went on sale today, so I ordered one in two gorgeous shades of purple, as well as a matching mohair. It should arrive just before we leave on vacation, and the first part of the pattern drops the day we leave, so I'll wind the yarn to take with me - lots of knitting time as we're driving.

Dinner tonight is marinated lamb steaks with a couscous salad. Dh has prepared it all and will start cooking son.

So I guess tonight will be the find-something-in-the-freezer-to-cook night. Probably ground beef as I’m feeling lazy. So unusual. ha ha

Hello friends. I had a busy morning looking around Ludington. We found two areas so far where the real estate is affordable and we are willing to live. We also went for breakfast at an eat in bakery. And then we walked a few blocks to the yarn shop!!!! The yarn shop is awesome! For a LYS it has a huge selection. I was so very pleased. And then we walked a few blocks more to the health food store. It is not big but it has the things I would need to supplement the stock that a Meijer or Walmart carry for plant based eaters. Yes, even though I'm on sabbatical from plant based eating this weekend, I still plan to continue for a while.

I have been sitting on the beach for the past couple of hours. I need to go find a bathroom soon. But the weather here today is just lovely.

Tonight we will wander the town until we find someplace that looks good for dinner.

cadoodlebug the meme! That's Michigan!

well.. I have been on a 2.5 week road trip with my daughter and daughter in law and we are still speaking!!! got in at 1 am last night and unloaded the car. dh and other child helped unload. they have one more week of vacation here before they fly back to new zealand.

we spent a few days at Mt Rainier in Washington state, hiking and camping. cold and cloudy. spent a few days with dh's great aunt, spent a long weekend at a waterfront GS camp on hood canal (rainy and cold with a little sun), then a few days with my brother and his wife. his wife only has a few months of life left (cancer). then camped at hot springs in Olympics, then backpacked on the wilderness coast for a few days. warm and sunny.. trail was a mud fest. squish squish. then drove south, one night in portland, and drove home. I have huge pile of stuff to clean, organize and put away.

happy to be home. have no idea what is for dinner. maybe takeout. making a peach cobbler with peaches off my friend's farm in eugene oregon.

paget - (((Hugs))) and yes I would trust a positive result on an expired test - I wouldn't trust a negative one. Hope you feel better soon

jeremysgirl - I'm glad you're finding some areas that might work for you.

Dinner here is the German Potato Salad I didn't make on Thursday

Oh nuts paget I'm sorry you guys got sick this week. That's did put a kink in your long weekend.

Went out for breakfast today, then a trip to Walmart to get things we needed and HEB to get groceries. It's been a long day.

For dinner hubby is having pizza and I am having chicken wings.

jeremysgirl, Luddington seriously sounds like it has everything you need!

paget, I'm so sorry Covid finally found you. Hoping both you and your DH are fine by the end of the weekend.

Great to see you back, ntsf, and sorry the weather didn't cooperate more for your adventures. 

taylortroop, I 100% agree with your meal plan for the get-away. 

I was off to a great start and have stalled a bit. DD's car is in for service so I let her borrow mine if she dropped me off at yoga. I walked home, which was fine, but then realized I needed a few groceries to go with DH's lamb and there are no cars at the house. Pivoting my dinner plans to what we do have, after finding puff pastry in the freezer, I decided to make my spinach pie filling and roll it with the pastry to make pinwheels. I'm very excited to eat these. 

DH put lamb on the outdoor rotisserie and I'll wrap potatoes in foil to cook along with them.

Meanwhile, I'm avoiding looking upstairs at the office mess I exploded into the hallway. Things always look worst in the middle of a project, right?