AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 10/12

Good morning, leannec. Woohoo! 2nd at Scrabble. That would be a dream for me. My mother was an avid chess and Scrabble player. No one could beat her at either game. Can you get a nap in today? Not sleeping must be so hard on your little body. Yikes. Will you see your new friend this weekend?

The ironic thing about the Golden Girls is that the actress who played Sophia was the youngest of all the women. A little trivia that no one cared about. hehe.

We're gonna take our cameras down the block to a little park and practice shooting photos. I have a game to play and I've been practice knitting.

So, we're really wondering if our stray is pg? She's still big, but it doesn't look her tummy is hanging to the ground anymore. It's really hard to tell now. She won't let us get close enough to really check her. We've been feeding her, in case she is pg, but I don't want a 3rd cat. I'm going to work on getting her trapped and fixed. If she's not pg and it's a male then I still want to have the cat trapped, fixed and released. Why do I love cats so much?

I think I'm making fajitas tonight. We are almost done w/our peppers and I want to make a pepper dish before dh has to pull the plants.

Enjoy the day, my lovely tribe.

leannec I hope you get some rest! My grandmother was a Scrabble and crossword puzzle whiz!
scrapmaven I just watched a video this morning about a couple in their mid to late 70s who transformed their huge back yard into an oasis for older cats who would otherwise be euthanized. Amazing people!
sueg your day sounds absolutely perfect, except for the walking uphill part! Glad you’ve had such a lovely vacation!

Thank you all for your kindness yesterday. I’m doing pretty well today. I told my dear friend I was giving myself a few days to wallow and would snap out of it and I think I have. I did something yesterday for the staff in the ICU where dh spent his final three days and it made me feel really good!

Dinner here is beef again…not my choice. Ds wants stroganoff. I’ll cook the meat in the Instant Pot and he’ll handle the rest. 

Happy Saturday, ladies!

We are running errands this morning and will have brunch/lunch. It's been a rough week. I've been keeping up mostly and sending good thoughts for all of our friends here. My family stuff is better. I think I'm just over people. But in the middle of the night my sweet former student who is like a daughter to me reached out. Her parents were in a terrible car accident and her mother has died. Her father is injured. The relationships are complicated and now this. Of course she is devastated and trying too hard to be the only adult in the family instead of trying to process everything and take care of everyone. We are set to go camping this week but we are up in the air now as I will drop everything when she needs me, when arrangements are made, etc. So, while I am fine, please send love into the universe for a young woman who has lost her mom. She texted the news at 2am saying she wanted to tell her mom something bad had happened and realized she couldn't, so she texted me. 😭😭😭

We just returned from our walk. The air has a chill and the sky is blue. A great fall day.

I'll work on my layouts for the crop and at 4PM will be glued to the TV for the LSU vs Ole Miss game. **GypsyGirl** , I hope it is a great game with no injuries to either team.

Dinner will be Chicken Noodle Soup.

KelleeM , I'm glad you're doing better today. Big hugs.

leannec , I'm the queen of RBF. I hate it.

DH and I went to the last of the small town fairs this morning. We hadn’t been for a few years and it will probably be another few years before we go back. We bought some cheese, honey garlic pepperoni sticks and sweet potato dental sticks for Walker.

I think I’m ready for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. The whole family is coming so 10 of us in total. The food is bought, turkey is thawing and DH will clean up the garage so we can eat out there. Supper at 5 tomorrow if anyone wants to come!

Supper tonight will be cleaning out the fridge because we will need the room for leftovers tomorrow. I have some steak leftover that I will probably have with a salad.

I have chicken in the fridge, so chicken something.. maybe a stirfry. I have to go to the store for milk, so will come up with something.

I am going to concentrate on some cleaning today.. so exciting!!

thinking of you all!! nice fog, some sun..

leannec Woke up around 4:30 with some dull sternum pain, and a touch of congestion and sore throat. I've just grown accustomed to having ear pain at least once a day. Not sure what was going on there. (I also had some bizarro world dreams, but that is not the least bit concerning to me, because I always have the strangest dreams.)

tmarschall I think that speaks volumes that she reached out to you. And I'm not surprised one bit. You're so caring!

We went apple picking this morning (though there was not a whole lot left), then to breakfast, a farmer's market, and the bookstore. Now I'm just relaxing and cross-stitching and enjoying a cup of coffee.

Dinner tonight will be butternut squash soup.

Had to run by Costco for a gift card and gas after yoga and plan to spend the rest of the day puttering between my craft room and backyard. I'm trying to finish a book and think I've decided what to do about my craft supply inventory. With everything else going on, I've been limping along but getting frustrated and at the point I need/want to deal with it. I've used Evernote for everything (stamps, dies, embossing folders, stencils, etc.) for years and seriously love it but they have basically shut down the free access so I'm moving my craft supply inventory to AirTable. Anybody else use AirTable for anything?

Before moving everything into the new database, I WILL purge ruthlessly. 

Dinner will be homemade lasagne and a Caesar salad.

karenlou.....How scary about the shortage of IV fluids!

@tcmarschall.....How sad! It's sweet you're like a Mom to her.


KelleeM.....How nice that you did something special for the ICU staff that cared for Dick!
Yesterday, I was remembering when I made this beef/puff pastry dish around the time
he'd died.

I made a little sign that said "in honor of Kelly's DH's Chinese Pie" (I think
that's what it was called?) It always made me laugh how you said you didn't like it
and something about garlic...? Anyway, I don't know if you ever saw that pik or not.

christine58....Hmm...even if they weren't joking, I'll bet "picnic food" at a fancy
country club would be delicious.

scrapmaven....the way you said "why do I like cats so much !??!" made me laugh.
It's so sad that all the rescues/ trappers are so overwhelmed and can't help.


I can't read our bulldog or pug rescue facebook pages anymore. I
just cry and wish DH and I could take all of them. I have SO much respect
for the amaaaazing hoomans who help these precious animals. I do
miss going to all the fund-raising events, (and petting/ meeting
lotsss of bulldogs and pugs !!!) but will go back someday.

pantsonfire....I wanna do all the activities you listed!  



jeremysgirl recently said she might take a step back.....I hope she's okay. I look
forward to her posts.


Also, lucyg .....Loocceeey Geeee----hope you're okay, too.


leannec ....How nice that you got your special Vegas M&Ms from your sweetie.
I'm so happy for you to have met a great guy!

pantsonfire....I wondered if "Arrow Train" was one of those fun trains where they take you around to
see Halloween stuff, etc. When I googled, it said it's in San Bernardino----omg, if that's where you
live, I am SOOO jealous! My Dad and his second wife lived there for a while, and I LOVED it !! I
love every California city I've visited, and have always wanted to move there!

leannec
scrapmaven
Tearisci
And anyone else who watches "Love Is Blind". I've been enjoying this new D.C. season,
but last night, I discovered another version "Love Is Blind Habibi".


Many of the contestants speak multiple languages, which I love listening to (with sub-titles, of course).
The other thing I LOVE about this and the others (Mexico, Brazil) is that they don't say "LIKE"
every other word! And, no vocal fryyyyy like many of the Americans.


That one cute couple in DC---the physicist and I can't remember what she does for a living--
they say LIKE so. many. times. in every sentence, I've had to mute them. I find it
interesing that two highly educated professionals speak like that ?!!!

I haven't had a chance to read everything but I saw I was nudged here. I've been nursed by 2 crackhead Aussies (the 4 legged kind), and sweet adult kids. Started the day taking my car in for an oil change and then to breakfast. Headed to Barnes and Noble, where I want ALL the books. I settled for Wuthering Heights and on jeremysgirl's suggestion, Isa Does It by Isa Moskowitz. I'll be looking harder at it tonight. DD, her visiting friend and I even braved Sam's on a Saturday, midday. More chilling this evening with tv shows catch-up.

I am feeling better but miss my puppies. Trying to not think of real life again for a bit. Thanks for checking!!

Oh, and dinner is a charcuterie board we'll put together after a very short road trip to grab some essentials. And a French 75.

scrappintoee I don't live in San Bernardino but close. My grandparents lived there and I went to school in that district.

It is an extension of Metrolink so you can take it from Uni if Redlands to downtown San Bernardino and then connect to the larger Metrolink trains that have various lines like IE, OC, LA, etc.

We have done that a few times as well.

In Jan or Feb Arrow train will be the first hydrogen powered train. They are training right now. We got it over summer and they have to do training and certification. It will only Emmet water vapor.

We are hoping to do the Perris Metrolink line in Dec for the Santa train.

naby64.....when you said "2 crack head Aussies", my face went ....but then I kept reading. Hope
your weekend stays nice and chill !


AussieMeg....THANK YOU for spelling "adorable" CORRECTLY!