aKathy's What's for Dinner 11/08

Happy Friday!

Glad you're feeling better scrapmaven!

I'm starting my social postings for the month and trying to work ahead a bit so that I can take next Friday off for a 3 day weekend. In our work, we get taco emojis as thanks in our slack channels and if you get 120, you get a day off. Yesterday, I reached that so I redeemed them for a day off! I'm trying to use up my days off before the end of the year but some will carry over so that's fine too.

Tonight, we're going to a local theater to see a melodrama. You throw popcorn at the bad guys so it should be fun. I'll eat dinner there before the show.

Hope you all have a great day!

Happy Friday dinner friends!

scrapmaven I'm glad you're feeling better and hope you have very minimal side effects from your vaccine. Enjoy your dinner out.

sueg You're husband lives the life I lived for a LONG time, the traveler in me is a tiny bit envious, but the work traveler I was is so glad those days are behind me. When I was travelling, any trip to PHL always led to an adventure, once there was a shooting right outside my hotel, in a nice district! my contact with the client was insistent on meeting me in the lobby and walking me to the training sight, I knew why when I saw the caution tape and the body outline on the sidewalk.

@rhymeswithpurple here is the link to the Rueben Casserole: www.thisisnotdietfood.com/reuben-casserole/?fbclid=IwAR3NTXC9zAWZq1qVA403V5oWWCobNpDms5gEEXyWexcH1Lephui9GO12sZE_aem_AS4BTGq7Jkw5W6Z9UxBmRbtZeaQqRxVXqgATCfYgqZS7Fv3wDaF2rv7LrEi2feQdXP8 It was much better the first time around, but made 3 meals for DH and I. I prefer the casserole to sandwiches since there can be leftovers.

I'm excited about the weekend. There are several craft/vendor fairs at local model homes and churches in the area. A friend and I are going to a few tomorrow. There is a church a few blocks from my house that I might try to go this afternoon. Sunday is quiet day! I need a quiet day!

DH is leaving for the ranch in a bit, I'll clean puppy slobber off the windows, vac, mop and get the house tidied up. The house cleaner comes on Tuesday, so I won't need to be too particular today.

I'm having dinner with my favorite Great niece this evening, she's had some drama in her 24 yr old life lately and I'm looking forward to spending the evening with her. I'm not sure if we will go out or hang out here at the house and order food in. There is a good Thai place nearby that I might suggest, but we will have whatever her heart desires.

Have a great Friday and weekend ahead dinner friends!

Happy Friday! I was beginning to think this day would never get here. It was a rough work week. I am still trying to figure out how we got to November already!

If I wasn't teaching one night this week, I was at one of the DGS's basketball games. This weekend will be pretty quiet. I want to start my Christmas shopping if I can get ideas from everyone. We got our family pictures back that we had taken last weekend. They turned out pretty good. Thinking I will make a calendar for my parents and in-laws as a Christmas gift.

DH wants sausage biscuits and gravy for dinner.

austnscrapaddict - Dh has had some 'adventures' in Philly as well - it's really not one of his favourite destinations. I think the work travel is beginning to take its toll after all these years. It's been particularly bad since mid-September (he stayed home for most of August and the first week of September, due to my surgery), I think only home one week, apart from our week of vacation. Even that - he arrived home from work trip to Vienna on Wednesday, we headed to Venice Thursday, arrived home Sunday 10 days later and Monday he was off to Sweden for work again! Hopefully, he'll get a break over Christmas - it does involve travel, but home to family, so less sightseeing and more chilling with the grandkids.

scrapmaven - If I could travel with DH, I would. It's easier if I go where he's going, as then hotels are covered mostly by work. We just couldn't afford for me to go with him everywhere, even if I wanted to go to some of the places he travels to. And right now, I'm in another round of medical appointments - we still need to work out what the cyst in my cheek is, that got put on hold when they found the brain tumour.

At one point in my career, I taught an employment program that required some travel. I loved travelling by myself, staying in hotel rooms, eating alone in restaurants- all on the company card. I also had two young kids at home so it was like a mini vacation every few months!

DH is back working at the body shop today. I’m staying close to home waiting for Amazon to pick up a return. Then I’ll go for a walk in the brisk fall weather.

Tomorrow I’m meeting a former coworker for lunch. We live a couple hours away from each other so we meet in the middle.

Supper is meatballs. They are in the crockpot so it’s a low effort meal.

The date for today's thread is wrong, can that be changed to 11/08?

scrapmaven glad to hear you're feeling better. I love my chiropractor, hopefully you have luck! Mine takes the time to figure out the problem, it's not just a cracking. Luckily I only need him a few times a year usually, but sometimes I have to go a couple times a week to get it fixed. He doesn't like to do too much at once, which is good.

This weekend I have plans to help my son paint his livingroom. Both DS and DD bought houses and officially moved out this late summer/fall. Time flies...I miss them both, but am proud of them! DS is colorblind, so he likes the help from me. He can't see the spots that need touched up, so that's where I come in.

Dinner tonight will likely be leftover pizza from last night. I made sure to order enough to not have to cook again!

I’m at a crop in Vermont until Sunday. Dinner tonight was just announced…baked ziti, chicken and biscuits, mixed vegetables, salad, rolls, soup and dessert.

I’m happy to have a break from my day to day life.

karenlou called last night and said they had completed 90 surgeries in 5 days and they were headed for the fun and adventure part of the trip. She will be home late on Monday.

I just got my computer back and I'm in heaven! It is SO much faster and Rich gave me a plug-in to boost my WIFI. He also got rid of crap like McAfee who would remind me multiple times a day that my protection had ended. All that for $50! He said since he retired, he does computer work, not to make money but to stay busy.

Have fun at your crops lucyg and KelleeM !

scrapmaven , I'm glad you're feeling better. I visit my Chiropractor every 4 weeks for maintenance and have never had to call in between to get tweaked.

Dinner will be Split Pea Soup.

TGIF dear tribemates!

Wish I had taken a picture before they lost so many leaves:

No long weekend. I am going to be giving a supervisor more responsibilities this upcoming year. Hopefully, it will take a some off my load. I appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks for posting the recipe, austnscrapaddict . I'm not sure I've ever had sauerkraut but DH has it and kimchi in the fridge all the time, so I bet he would like this.

Another day of errands, yoga and paperwork for me. I picked up sushi for dinner.

Yay. Glad you’re ok with the results.  Enjoy the crop. I had one last week and another one a week from today. 

teddyw 
I’m sorry he doesn’t respect your art more. That’s a real honor, having a piece in a show.


And thank you everyone for the kind words. I’m back to making plans for next spring.

Hello everyone! Today was a cool and drizzly day. My favorite! I got a 7 week out haircut. It should be perfect by wedding time. All Halloween and Fall is down. If I can catch a window in the rain tomorrow, some Christmas will be making it's way in.

Dinner tonight is vegetable soup and cornbread. I'm so excited for it.

hi from vacation. we had japanese takeout last night.. we have been going to the same place for 30 yrs!! I took a picture of the sushi chef who has been there the whole time!!

tonight we are going out for dinner. then tomorrow morning we are getting up early and going to a flea market. I don't think I forgot anything major.

good news lucyg!! my good news today is my son and his wife think they will cut their time in Wash dc short and move back to CA next year. that would be nice to have them close again.