AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 10/26

Chocolate, books and dogs for sure!

We went to grandboy #2’s hockey game this morning. He’s 7, just learned to skate last year and is now proving to be a good little hockey player.

DH and I are going to a fish fry tonight with my brother and SIL. It’s an annual thing and very delicious.

So supper will be…fish!

I'm totally coffee, chocolate and cats.

I'm glad he took it well leannec hopefully you can still be friends.

Tonight is the Michigan vs. Michigan State game. So we will probably have some appetizers during the game. I might make some buffalo cauliflower to go with Jeremy's pizza rolls. Haha...

I'm having a rough time getting moving today. Jeremy has been sick and he is convinced that by tomorrow I will be fully blown out by his cold and that's why I feel run down today. I'm doing the laundry. I usually do it on Sunday but I figured if I felt worse tomorrow I wouldn't want to. I slept good last night but I still feel today like I want to sleep. I'm just knitting and listening to a podcast.

Oh that's a tough one leannec ummmmmm dog, cat, coffee. But it's a sad state of affairs when I'm considering that the cat is 18 years old so I'll probably get to add my tacos back soon. I think the ones that I'm sure are compelling to someone else, but you're like huh?!?! are just as funny. Leggings, netflix? I'm not even sure I'd miss them if they disappeared.

No clue what's for dinner - I'm off to some Halloween festivities as I KEEP WAITING for people to send me the info I need. Grrr!

I am just back from First Baptist, as it was my volunteer day....we fed almost 30 people, and gave out at least 10 bags for those folks that do not want to eat in. Lots of new faces this week. So many "food insecure"
Any way they are fed and the dishes done and the kitchen clean. I really have a great group I work with😊

Yesterday I only ended up roasting and processing one tray of tomatoes, and all that work for a little more than a pint of tomato sauce. I did not find it satisfying at all...I really thought I would have more. That said I still have tomatoes in the freezer and more ripening every day, so I'll do it again!!

Dinner is undecided as DH was supposed to make the reservation so we could use the Birthday GC.... Yeah,...that didn't happen....

Since my Grace died 😢, I'll have to go with coffee, wine and books

Hi I have a story that’s cute. My son won a Costco kind of wagon at work in Vancouver one day. I thought about how handy having our own wagon would be. I figured I would use it a lot myself.

The kids moved in with us a year ago and brought the wagon. They asked if we could keep it in our garage. Sure. I have never taken the wagon outside once. I like the idea of a wagon. What do you use a cute wagon for? I thought we could take it to the lake park near us in the summer and we didn’t go once.

We are going out for dinner tonight. It was DS’s birthday on Wednesday.

I love the bc2ca chick lit version of Leanne's life. So funny. Hallmark movie maybe...

Okay, that made me laugh a lot! I chose Coffee, Netflix, and Dogs. But only my dog. And Chocolate was a close 4th place.

leannec I also dislike having to wash my hair. Ugh, so tedious! I need to wash it every second day, but just after getting it coloured, I can stretch it out to three days. And working from home three out of five days means that I can stretch it out more often. 

I went to a concert last night, by my all time favourite band, Cold Chisel. It was 41 years ago, almost to the day, that I went to their farewell concert as a 16yo, back in October 1983. That was the greatest night of my life haha! The concert last night was great too. My ears are ringing today! And I have to back it up by going to see a Ska band this afternoon. 

Dinner was curry puffs from one of the many food vans at the concert venue. 

I gave a dog but not one if my choices. Jewelry , wine & Netflix for me.

Came to the lake to check things for winter. Hiked at the river. It’s so low we were able to go to parts that normally are inaccessible.
Planted 150 allium and daffodil bulbs Still have more to go.

leannec proud of you for telling him. I wish bc2ca’s version comes true for you. Enjoy the dinner meeting Molly’s bf.

Made salmon with mashed potatoes and veggies.

I'm posting late, today. I started a migraine yesterday and it got out of control overnight. So, dh drove me to the doctor in order to get a shot. I came home and after a couple hours I fell asleep all afternoon. I feel better now. What a wasted day. They couldn't do a full treatment, because there's a a saline shortage. That's an odd shortage, but I know it's a thing.

Dh is making himself broccoli chicken and we'll watch 2 Sopranos. I can't believe I'm finally watching it and it's an older show, but very good.

leannec, you did the best thing by calling it off w/him now. He sounds like a good guy and he took it well.

sueg, you need a cleaning person who is reliable. She sounds flighty. Since she's not doing a good job you are justified in firing her and looking for someone much better. Thank you for the knitting advice, yesterday.

naby64, I feel for your poor dh. I hope that he is feeling much better tonight and that you don't catch this. Poor guy.

bc2ca, thank you for the knitting link.

I would have said chocolate years ago, because I used to have a wicked sweet tooth, but now I would say Cats, Coffee, Books. I like Netflix, but I could never give up books.

Mine too! Even though I love my shows, my thing is, when we lose power, the main thing I do is read a book
(or, I do crossword puzzles with a reading light. 
Also, I do NOT want a Kindle or anything electronic to read---only good ole' fashioned books.  I have about
4 reading lights that are battery-powered (again, in case we lose power, which regularly happens during storms,
and it can be hourrrssss ).  We have a generator, but don't wanna deal with it that often. 

Aww   .....how have you been doing?  
I still cry often over all the doggies we've lost.


Once your doggie gets older, a wagon can be VERY useful!  Whenever we take walks with our doggies,
we bring a wagon and/ or a stroller for if/when they get tired.  We's also carry plenty of water and a bowl.
We'd also keep our beverages, other stuff like phone, hoodie in case it got cool, etc. 


Love this!    I'd think of a few actors if I knew what type of man leannec is attracted to.
don ....you crack me UP !!!    I wish I had your sense of humor! 

Had to google...ohh, okayy..Jamaican, mon!  Do you enjoy Bob Marley?     Does your doggie cause lots of trouble? 



Ugh, sorry you had a migraine, and wish you could have gotten some fluids. Is the pain over yet?
karenlou recently mentioned that the elective surgeries at her hospital
had been cancelled due to the saline shortage.

I realize you probably already know this, but a couple weeks ago,  I googled and learned that one of the main (?) saline
facilities (Baxter) is near the South Carolina hurricane.  BUT--- I'm still curious why---because you'd think we had
many, many other places that make saline. 
Me tooooo! I get sooo lost in books, such a great distraction from pain.  A TV show
or movie doesn't usually do it for me like a good book does. 


We started out having a nice day.  Beautiful weather, a few of the trees in our yard
are a gorgeous gold. 
On our drive, we saw some BRILLIANT red/purple-ish leaves and lots of gold, but
no orange. I'm thrilled to see ANY Fall colors !!!!!


We were having fun running errands, then my pain levels were elevated, AND
I felt dizzy and feared I might faint.  Felt better after the half-hour drive home,
drank lots of water, then we get home and a headache started. Good times.

But I headed outside and got lost in a book again, enjoyed the beautiful, golden
trees, and feel great now!  It's 8:15 and I
don't know what I want for dinner.  Dh just finished 
the rest of my homeade arroz con pollo (which I thought came out all kinds
of wrong, but he loved it),  and I might have some frozen pizza and a big salad. 

Cheese, chocolate, and books. I’m using a very liberal interpretation of “books,” meaning anything I read. Books, magazines, newspapers, and, importantly, the internet.

If coffee also includes tea, then I suppose I’d have to give up cheese or chocolate, but I really couldn’t choose between them.

Dinner was a barbacoa taco. (I added more chipotle in adobo sauce, and I think the flavor is better now. Still only used half a can altogether.) I will freeze the rest, I guess. Putting away some for mom and the gentleman friend, too. Last night I just had a tuna sandwich.

AussieMeg....I just sampled all 3 songs---I don't think I've ever heard "Rudy", " Beyond Madness" made me nervous , but "Lollipop" was cute.


Marina.....Hoping you're okay! Please hug your pupper for me.

scrappintoee ❤️ I'm feeling better today. Thanks for asking.

leannec fun question. Mine would be Dog (how do you not choose your furry family), books and cheese.

Tonight I finally ate something that wasn't soup or chicken. We had salmon and baked potatoes.