aKathy's What's for Dinner 10/30

Sending warm thoughts to jeremysgirl on this day. Our thoughts are with you.

scrapmaven I'm glad the migraine is on its way out!

Today is a very quiet day for me. DS left yesterday and while it overall was a good visit, we did have some issues. He has a condition called Misophonia which amplifies certain sounds for him and makes it difficult for him. Think nails on a chalkboard over and over or something that just sets your teeth on edge and you can't get away from it. I don't understand it fully but can empathize with his pain.

Unfortunately, the way I breathe sets him off and I've had a cough since my cold last week so that didn't make things better. He got mad at me a few times and even thought about leaving early because he was so triggered. He ended up talking to his husband and I'm not sure what was said, but he seemed to be a bit better after that. I know it's hard for him but I feel so helpless because I know I trigger him and i certainly don't mean to. I'm going there at Thanksgiving and I'm really not looking forward to it now. He did text me from the airport yesterday thanking me for putting up with him. I just told him that I love him always.

Dinner tonight will probably be the spaghetti I didn't make last night because I was just beat.

Hope you all have a great day!

Thinking of you today jeremysgirl .

scrapmaven , I'm glad the migraine is on it's way out the door.

Tearisci I'm sorry your DS has a condition that leads to turmoil for y'all. Very sad.

It's 45° and I'll be heading out the door to AquaFit soon. I promise I won't give you the outside temperature the entire winter.

Dinner will be salmon burgers.

I tried to get a good picture of our street last night and came up short. But these two will give you an idea. They are incredibly fun to walk by every night.

Good morning. I am so glad to hear the migraine is going scrapmaven. It's about damn time.

Tearisci I agree with scrapmaven that a hotel might be the best option.

I am ok today. Just ok. I went to the pharmacy but of course they didn't have my meds ready. "I don't know what happened but somehow they were taken off auto refill." Yeah whatever. Walgreens pharmacy sucks. I was a rite aid customer until the closed about 6 months ago. I was automatically transferred to Walgreens and they are totally incompetent.

I went shopping this morning. Got everything for dinner tonight. We will be having fish. Salmon. Esther loved fish (she ate it like 6 days a week) and so I always make fish on her birthday. I'll also be making a tomato relish, parmesan risotto (I'll stir it by hand AussieMeg 😂), and some asparagus. I also got the stuff I need to make blueberry muffins. Esther wasn't much of a cake eater but she loved blueberry muffins.

I am home now and I just feel uncomfortable. I don't really want to sit still. Yet part of me wants to sleep. Grief feels not emotional but heavy today. My body, my head feels heavy. I may go to the bookstore because I love it there. And Jeremy told me to buy whatever I want.

Oh jeremysgirl , sweet thought and warm hugs to you on this most difficult day. Your dinner sounds wonderful and comforting.

scrapmaven , I am glad to hear your migraine is better. I have ocular migraines and thank goodness no pain comes with them. But they can make life come full stop for about 15 minutes as the auras go straight across my line of vision. If I am driving, I have to be ready to find a spot to pull over if it gets too bad. At home or work, I just sit and let it pass then get back to business. I am sorry for all of you plagued with those horrible things!

Tearisci glad to hear your visit was good even if there were some hiccups. Enjoy the spaghetti.

cadoodlebug brrrr, I wouldn't even be able to think about exiting the pool in those temps. We have thought about a hottub for our patio. While sitting outside in the winter with a fire pit sounds nice, I then think we have to get up and out. Doesn't sound so nice then. I love salmon croquettes. I don't know why I can't wrap my head around a salmon burger. Love how fun your street looks.

leannec it very well could be a pinched nerve. I hope you get some relief with your massage.

So my week that I talked about yesterday just continues on. This morning I went to the garage to grab some more cans of water to take to the office. I really wanted a blackberry one. Well, I pulled the half empty case out. Didn't realize the back end was missing. So 6 cans fell to the ground. 4 of them exploded. On my bottom half. Why didn't the other 2 explode you ask? They were sealed and empty. I think the pack had been there since last summer. At that point, I said eff it, I am going to work wet. I have on black cargo joggers. No one will notice and it's only water. I almost got to work and realized I left my Red Bull refresher at home. Flipped a louie and headed home. DH asked what was wrong, I wanted to say I quit the world today and I am staying home. Nope, grabbed my drink and headed back in. I have now taken my Xanax and hoping for the best. This after a discussion last night with DH which he told me if the other guy wins and people in my church start talking about the right person winning I should just stay quiet. He sees what this whole election thing is doing to me. After I got to bed last night, I thought why should I be quiet? Women have had to be quiet way too long. But my head was heavy on the pillow and I had no energy left to give it.

So anyway, today is the final sprint to get my newsletter finished. I have an invisible DO NOT DISTURB sign at my door. After lunch, the door will be closed. The pastor wasn't here yesterday so he knows nothing of the whirlwind that yesterday was.

Y'all, straighten your crowns! Go out and conquer your day.

oh naby64 ! The water cans exploding is just like adding insult to injury after the tough time you've had. I hope your day (week) goes better for you.

jeremysgirl I can imagine that this day brings up all sorts of feelings. I think honoring her with a favorite meal sounds healing and I hope brings peace.

Funny those of you mentioning a hotel for my visit back to him. He wanted to get a hotel the first night he was here. Apparently even though I spent hours cleaning, my house wasn't clean enough for him. I had forgotten to change the hand towel in the bathroom and the dog had rolled around in his sheets which I didn't know about. I just made the bed back up from where the dog has messed it up. I would have just laughed it off but he was seriously upset. He had just spent the hour before saying that he was going to pay for a cleaner for me. Seriously, my house wasn't dirty. I know dirty houses and mine just isn't.

A hotel might be an option for us- something at least to look into!

cadoodlebug Great pictures! We have a few houses around that are pretty decked out and it's fun.

hugs jeremysgirl... we are all thinking of you

making chicken spaghetti again tonight.. dh will be home for dinner. he is going out to lunch after taking our friend to the airport. she stores one of our cars when we go out of town.. as she has a long driveway that can hold two cars. and it is flat.

I am going off to exercise class.. going to store to get everything I forgot, and going to art recycling place and goodwill to get rid of a bunch of stuff.

hugs jeremysgirl - be kind to yourself today. I like the idea of a bookstore visit, preferably one with a nice cafe
scrapmaven - I'm glad to hear your migraine is finally subsiding
leannec - may your massage bring you relief from the pain.
Tearisci - it must be difficult for both you and your DS, having to deal with that condition. I agree that I'd be looking for a hotel for Thanksgiving, if it's at all possible

I've had a quiet day again. I walked up to the grocery store to get as much as possible to get us through to the weekend. Friday is a public holiday here with the shops not open, so tomorrow will be chaos as people remember around lunchtime! Unfortunately, I may still have to go out tomorrow - I was going to pick up a couple more bags of candy for Trick or Treat, but totally forgot, due to avoiding the candy lane these days. I've also been continuing to knit on my shawl. I only have about 20 rows left to go, and each row gets one stich shorter, so it's going quickly now.

Dinner tonight is ricotta cheese and spinach pie.

DH and I rode 31 km on the bike trail this morning and we stopped for lunch in our way home. It was a gorgeous day for a long ride.

Hoping to enjoy the rest of the day out on the deck with my book unless I need to get the boys off the school bus. Then a walk with my bestie after supper.

Supper will be rechauffe grilled steak and a salad.

jeremysgirl: Thinking of you today!

Happy Quilt Festival Preview Night!  Headed out to drop the dog off for boarding and then will head downtown later.   Preview Night opens at 5 pm and goes until 9 pm.  Looking forward to seeing all the quilts and goodies!  Dinner will be something at the hotel.

Well, he was denied by his first choice.      We have had his files sent to two skilled nursing facilities that are in our area and hope to find out something today or tomorrow.   Not how we are hoping it would work out but things always happen for a reason.  I'll be sure to pop back in and update once I have an answer to where/when he is being moved.  

 I just made it last week!  So it'll probably be a couple of weeks.  But that means you have time to plan your trip.  And thank you, I've missed you ladies!  

I am high on my endorphin rush and we had such fun there. There are lots of jobs besides stuffing backpacks. We did fruit packaging and hopefully all those families have food for the weekend.

Dexter is going to the vet today and I think his ear is perfect. That’s a big relief.

jeremysgirl 

I still make fruitcake (grandma's recipe)..no one else eats it but me and my sister. so I make a batch and take two slices for me and send the rest to my sister. she is underweight so she can have all she wants. it is mostly candied fruit, dried fruit and nuts.. with a little cake holding it together.. it is dark, and has coffee and fruit juice in it.
I used to make it for my dad.. and he would eat one thin slice a day til it was gone in march...that will be made the week before christmas.