AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 11/10

Good evening,

DH left for the airport early this morning and is now winging his way to your side of the Atlantic! He woke me before he left, which was good as it was later than I normally get up, even on a Sunday. I had planned to go to church, but this cough is hanging on stubbornly, it was cold and misty and I would have had to go by bus and train, so I stayed home.
My cleaner dilemma from a couple of weeks back has now resolved itself - I just need to talk to her and my prior cleaner who sent her to me when he left. She was supposed to come today while we were at church - our compromise of her not being able to work weekdays anymore and Saturday just not working for us. We’ll, not only did she not turn up, she hasn’t contacted me to let me know what happened. This just can’t go on, so I am going to contact old cleaner tomorrow and tell him it’s not working having her and why. Then I will also let her know that we no longer need her. I was going to keep her until we leave for Australia in December (it would have been two more cleaning days) but I can’t live with the uncertainty.

Dinner tonight is going to be more of the yummy Mexican beef casserole from k k ast night, because that means I don’t havv veg e to cook anything!

Enjoy your Sunday!

Good morning.

leannec , what does the doctor think is wrong w/your foot? Why would they not image it? Ods has a similar issue and not great insurance, but it's employer paid.  A doctor talked to him over the phone and sent him for an xray. He should get a call or message from the doctor by tmw? What on earth? His ankle and foot are completely red and swollen. You both deserve much better care.

Bahahaha.  I guess I'm banned.  2 sips and I'm tanked and it's an ugly thing.  It's wonderful that you have such a close family.  Have fun today. 

we are going out for breakfast again I think and watch football. lunch and dinner at home I believe. I am waking up super early.. like 4 am as I am still on west coast time. but going to bed early too.

I didn't want to bump yesterday's thread but wanted to comment on a couple things. First, I want to go stay at a winery in Australia with AussieMeg (and a weekend at her company beach house), next I love that your group supports the local CASA program cadoodlebug , and lastly, hugs to you naby64 as you navigate life & marriage going forward. 

Also, I hope your show went well, teddyw . Wish I lived closer and been able to go.

sueg , I always had the impression from what you shared that your cleaner was trying to do it all, not with intent to slack, but has reached an overload point on her commitments. 

DH is whining about the rain in Vancouver while all I see is blue sky. It is cold enough to run the furnace this morning but due to hit the mid70sF/mid20sC this afternoon. The San Diego version of fall weather. 

So what do I take to my retreat next weekend? I'm not a page preplanner and don't want to take everything but the kitchen sink. Even card making requires a lot of stuff to come along. For years we did an 8 person retreat at a farmhouse with the perfect attached studio and did pretty much transport out craft rooms, but this is a hotel with much smaller individual space. I have a kit that will take up most of one day, a class for another half day and then for the other couple days. I am taking my knitting, too, but don't think the seating will be comfortable enough for knitting.

At the rate DS is going through the Thai leftovers I don't think much will be left for dinner, even though it is just the 2 of us. I think I'll make a lasagne because it is relatively quick and easy and I have zucchini and spinach that need to be used. There should be plenty leftover for tomorrow, too.

DD is going to Sabrina Carpenter tonight. I think this is her 6th concert since September when we saw Pink together. I'd go to more shows if I didn't have to deal with traffic and parking. 

bc2ca I tend to take way too much. I even take my Cricut and only made one cut. But, since I have an 8' table all to myself, it works. Actually I take less than a lot of the women. One gal has her DH rent a small U-Haul trailer to bring everything! I'll have to take pictures next time. Whatever you end up taking, have a wonderful time!

christine58. The lake photo is beautiful. I'm sorry you had drama at the crop and didn't get to finish.

LOL - no way I can fit all my things on an 8 foot table. It worked to bring whatever we wanted to a place where we could drive up to the door and all hands worked to move things in and out and we could set up zones/tables for die cutting and sharing supplies. I'm not schlumping multiple trips from car through the lobby to my room and then down to the event space the next morning. I think I might take a couple of embroidery projects because they are so portable. And maybe work on some project planning/organizing for next year. 

christine58, your lakeside retreat is in a stunning spot.

I have no idea for dinner. I am prepping some condiments for the week's meals. I had leftover stir-fry for lunch. I tried to be a nice wife today and picked up a half rack of ribs for H. He didn't want them for lunch so they are his dinner. I did help him make the bed. With his health issues it just takes too long. I also left Sunday School before it even got started. I just feel like I'm a mess. I'm taking DD's advice. Take the weekend to heal and try to get back to my normal self.

I may roast up a couple of butternut squash for dinner.

we ended up not going out for breakfast but watched our 49'er football team win in the last 3 seconds. I spent a weekend cropping lately and fit everything into two large canvas bags. I'm the queen of minimal scrapbooking. dh walked to town for groceries and had a good time talking to merchants.

naby64..thinking of you!!

I had a busy weekend, and did nothing all at the same time, lol.

Yesterday, DS wanted help picking small rugs for his house. Bathrooms, doors, sink areas. It’s getting colder here finally, and he realized his feet get cold. So we went to lunch first, and I had leftovers for dinner

I did a ton of laundry, including rugs, and extra blankets. I also cleaned our basement. Some deep cleaning like shampooing carpet, and scrubbing the basement bathroom shower. I also hung new curtains, they’ve literally been in my closet for months and just needed to pull the old ones down and put these up. I want to start using the basement more, so I felt like it needed some attention!

Dinner tonight was luckily though of this morning, I put some pork chops in the crockpot. We also just had some stuffing and cottage cheese to go with. I’m glad I thought of it this morning, because I didn’t really plan on doing so much today, and I’m tired!