aKathy's What's for Dinner 9/10

Happy Tuesday!

I'm just plugging away writing my socials at work today and it's going well. I need to run out and pick up my wine order and some prescriptions at lunch today. I feel much better than yesterday so I'm glad about that. I don't think I slept much better but I don't have the stomach pain that I had yesterday so that's a plus.

I'll probably have my parents over for dinner or take dinner to them. We'll have kielbasa with potatoes and onions. I'm going to watch as much of the debate as I can stay awake for but I'm also recording it in case I crash early. I hate getting that wound up before bed but I'm sure I'll be yelling at the TV.

Hope you all have a great day!

Happy Tuesday!

I have not been sleeping well. Having strange dreams, night sweats, etc.

scrapmaven Happy Belated Birthday! I've been on here sporadically the past few days and it looks like I missed your special day.

Getting ready for three back to back to back conference calls. Who dreams up these schedules?

After a cool start to the day, 47 degrees when I left home, it is supposed to be in the low 80's. Think I will get a long walk in when I get home. Must get back to strength training. I don't know what is holding me back. I love it when I do it.

Dinner will be something with a rotisserie chicken. DH purchased one yesterday without telling me. I saw it last night at 9pm. I prefer to shred them when they are still hot so...

Have a fabulous day dinner friends!

I slept much better last night and felt very rested this morning.

I’m getting a pedicure this afternoon and so looking forward to it. I love the leg and foot massage!

Tomorrow I turn 59! One more year until I can get Canada Pension! DH is terrible at birthday presents so I told him to just give me cash so I can buy something on my trip. He was very happy about that - no need to do any shopping.

Supper will be rechauffe pulled pork fries for me.

the gym's pool is closed, so no aquafit. I was able to find the australian timtam cookies on amazon, so my daughter in law's friend will get two out of three things I was supposed to sent.

dh did not tell me we were out of some essential breakfast items.. so off to the store today for dinner and stuff. may have chicken black bean tacos for dinner. will be watching the debate.

more scrapbooking today.. trying to finish up sister in law's photo albums.

No debate in the Buzun house...I get SO BLODDY ANGRY listening to that man I cannot do that to myself, I won't sleep..

Dinner will be grilled chicken and corn along with a salad

scrapmaven: We fly to Boston and sail from Boston up the east coast. We stop in Saint John, New Brunswick, Charlottetown, PEI, Sydney, Nova Scotia and Corner Brook, Newfoundland, then back to Boston.

However, prior to the cruise on the 25th, we have rented a cottage and are there next week. Looking forward to that as well.

About 20 years ago I was having constant sinus infections and I just remembered what my ENT/allergist told me. He gave me great information about the pneumonia vaccine even though at that point I don’t think I was old enough. So I got the pneumonia vaccine and from that point forward instead of having a sinus infection once every six weeks I had one maybe once every six months. It was a smartest thing I ever did. I wish I had remembered that when you were having all these issues. I think you are on the right path

Happy Tuesday!!

I slept pretty good last night. I went for my pre-op appointment yesterday and she upped the meds for nerve pain. I slept from 10 pm to 5:30 this morning. I feel so much better today!!

Dinner tonight is just going to be grazing. I am so bad about cooking when dh is not home. I am going to attempt to watch the debate but as soon as I feel my blood pressure rising...I am turning it off. 

cadoodlebug the cameras on phones today are so good, aren't they!!! I have an older iphone but my kids have newer versions and the difference in quality of photos is very apparent! 

I had a lousy night with barely any sleep.  And now, at almost 3:00 in the afternoon, I am so groggy that I feel like I will fall asleep if I sit down for too long. I had another salad for lunch and dinner is either going to be chicken or the squash soup that was in my Costco delivery.  Most likely the soup because I won’t have to do more than heat it up and pop the bowl into the dishwasher.  Making chicken will require much more effort.  Effort that I don’t think I can muster up today.

I had plans to work in the yard today.  More trimming of the overgrown bushes on the far side of the house and then haul wagon after wagon of wood chips to put below them.  For some reason, the weeds have not grown in the soil on that side of the house.  The front planter at the far end of the yard was so deep in weeds that you could no longer see the soil.  Maybe the way the sun hits?  I spent hours on my knees pulling all the weeds and then churning the soil to prevent them from coming back.  Ha.  They returned with a vengeance, as if thanking me for giving them freshly churned soil to root in.  That is the first area that I spread the wood chips.

I will eventually learn how to handle the planters here.  And at least the soil is wonderful.  My California soil was mostly horrible sand and clay.  I spent years pouring various bags of stuff to break down the clay and then mulching it to enrich the soil.  I think all I need to do here is deep mulch to prevent the weeds.  Well, and relandscape the front yard.  

I shouldn’t bother with it because it was ok, but I love working outside and I am used to having exceptional yards and don’t mind putting in the work to achieve that.  And it was a lot of grass.  And not nice grass.  Years of not being properly cared for left it with giant patches of clover growing in the grass.  And the ground is strangely uneven.  Like something heavy was dragged around when the ground was wet, leaving divots and gouges in it.  You can’t tell by looking at it because the grass makes it appear even, but trying to walk across it the first time felt like walking on a rocky hiking trail.  I want to kill all the grass and start fresh.  Maybe with creeping rosemary like I put in the California yard.  It grows to about 2 ft tall with little purple flowers.  And one plant can spread 4 to 5 feet across, filling in a surface quickly. And of course, it smells amazing and it’s edible.  With the insane heat this summer, I haven’t been able to do much.  And the winter here brings a lot of rain.  This is going to be a long project.

Sorry to all the insomnia sufferers! Ugh, not getting quality sleep is so difficult! I'm so thankful for
sleeping very well most of the time.

ntsf.....I enjoy all your skiiing/ camping stories---your life is so adventurous! DH and I visited Seattle several years ago,
and just loved it. When I told him you were HIKING Mt. Ranier, you should have seen his face!
P.S...Also .love that your DH used to go to Burning Man---did you ever join him?




I'm intrigued and need to google.



Hmmmm...I hope he turns out to be a great guy!


I 'm not up to cooking tonight, so we're having frozen stuff (but FRESH veggies, at least! I HAAAATE frozen veggies!)

He's alright but too young for me ... story of my life!

I actually text with a number of guys ... they are all nice but no one is "the one"    

scrappintoee.. you will never see me at burning man!! hate the heat.

I only hiked several 3 mile hikes at mt rainier.. not that much. when I was 19, I worked for a BSA camp that led climbs up rainier every week. I went up three times.. summited twice.. once we camped on top for two nights.

now that I am 68.. my backpacking trips are 6-9 miles round trip. I am usually going by myself. this was special that I had my daughter and daughter in law with me. My parents were doing a lot more hiking at my age.. I have something to aim up too.

I was lucky to be brought up outdoors. and my hikes are really not that ambitious or off the beaten path.