AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 11/17

I think I have the same plan as you leannec! I'll catch some football and have my dad over to watch the Seahawks with me. Dinner will be at my sister's again for my Grand Nephew's birthday. No clue what we're having but I don't have to cook so it's a win!

Last night, we all got together and had a smorgasbord of leftovers. I cooked some marinated chicken from TJs with a salad and then we played cards. We used to play cards every weekend but then got busy so it was fun to get together even though I didn't win at all!

Hope you all have a great day!

Ooh a rivalry The way our season is going, I don't have high hopes but I'll still wear my jersey with pride!

We play Up and Down the River and have played for about 5 years but I think we all got tired of it but it was fun to play!

How was the movie? I've seen commercials for it but don't know much about it.

I went to see Conclave the other day and fell asleep in the recliner and missed about half of it so I'll stream it when it comes out. I was just too darned comfortable!

Good evening all,
Another beautifully sunny but freezing day here. We started the morning with a video call from the girls. It was interesting today as Lucia was first one on, and she was much chattier than when she has to fight Sophia for air time. She told DH she would like some ‘Minnie stuff’ for Christmas - he’ll be in Paris next week and hopefully can pop into the Disneyland store there. When Sophia told us about her busy weekend - first session of cricket, swimming then a Rollerama party, Lucia jumped in with ‘I want to skate too’
Church was good - we got to catch up with a young woman who grew up in our community and is now training to be a nun in Sicily.
This afternoon was women’s football - as the men are away playing for country this weekend - and knitting. DH has now moved on to darts as the football is over.

scrapmaven - learning to recognise and fix mistakes is one of the best skills to develop with knitting. It is how more experienced knitters appear to be so good! I still make mistakes, and in more complicated patterns, they are more complicated mistakes, but usually I can catch them quickly and fix them.
cadoodlebug - that meme is our Lucia! She twirls and dances all the time.

Oh, completely forgot about dinner. DH is making rinder rouladen - stuffed beef rolls - and we will have mashed potatoes with them.

I'm glad to hear your migraine is getting better scrapmaven and that they have a plan moving forward. I'm trying to place Joan Rivers in my head and I'm unsuccessful. I might have to google.

I had to google. I am always out of the loop on pop culture type things. Her face though, omgoodness! No you definitely don't want that.

Happy rainy Sunday! Still in the 80s but we are being promised a real cold front with high in the 60s later this week. Fingers crossed. Taking it easy this morning and then going to the hospital this afternoon. Will probably spend some time working on quilt blocks tonight.  No clue what dinner will be.  Hope everyone has a relaxing and restful Sunday!


No yet. Today is the last of the five infusions for his MG flare. Yesterday he was really tired from them, so not sure what today will bring. We are supposed to discuss the next step for him tomorrow. We all seem to running on fumes these days, not knowing how much longer this journey will be, him most of all.  They are keeping up with as much of his PT as they are able to so that he doesn't lose ground, so that is encouraging.  

This meme resonated with me.  

Howdy friends! It seems like a good minute since I've checked in on here.

Dinner tonight will probably be our go-to (salmon and rice). Can't believe that we were in Lake Placid a week ago today. I've been working on die cutting some things out for the scrapbook and need to upload the rest of our pictures if the Persnickety Prints' website behaves today.

DH and I went to the casino last night to watch some games and place some bets. He won all but one bet (but Purdue still lost, so that's still a win). We went to Michaels after and I got a shadow box to house some leaves and pinecones I picked up along our trip (technically, three shadow boxes since 2 were free, but I have no idea what I'll do with the others). DH also made me laugh on our trip because the first hotel had a small branded box with soap, so we used a little of the soap and pitched it, but kept the box. He saw it and immediately asked if I wanted it for the scrapbook. He knows me oh so well. Now if only I could find my bag of maps and guides...

We had never seen previews and only knew that it was 2 cousins on a trip to Poland to see their recently deceased Jewish grandmother's childhood home. It was billed as a comedy but I would have to say a drama with comedic moments. Good cast ~ we didn't realize Jennifer Grey was in it until the credits. It was quirky but enjoyable.


DS bought me some incredible gloves for Christmas last year in anticipation of our trip to Iceland. No hand warmers needed! But the best feature is I can use my phone with them on.



When I was a younger, single career girl, my two idols were Mary Tyler Moore (think Mary Richards in her TV show) and Joan Rivers. I wanted to be a female comic! I ended up being more Mary than Joan.

I’ve spent some time in my library this morning moving books around and loading up the new shelving unit. DH secured it to the wall so it doesn’t fall over with the load! I do have a serious addiction to books but I do read them and give them away. The problem is I continue to bring home new ones. I don’t buy brand new ones though, no way I could afford that.

Tonight is rechauffe pork. I’m making pulled pork fries with it but DH will have burgers.

I’m off for a walk, enjoy your Sunday.

I’m having a very lazy weekend although I did unpack from last weekend’s crop. I don’t have much energy these days.

I just started a pot roast for dinner. I will cook potatoes, carrots, green beans, sautéed mushrooms and gravy with the meat.  This is one of my favorite meals. I’m trying it in the oven for the first time. I usually cook it on the stove like my Mom did. 

The conversation about buying a house reminded me…the condo next door to mine, which is in very similar condition, went on the market last week for more than double what we paid for ours in 2016. Thank goodness Dick finally listened to me and decided we should buy a home!

That's a great price for that house! It would be in the 800-900k range down here!

scrapmaven that's about the same amount of counter space as I have now. Plus this has the bar area which is kind of nice. And with the dining table in the kitchen that's even more food prep space. The bedrooms aren't any smaller than what we have here in our 1960s ranch house. The basement is fully finished and there's a bedroom and bathroom down there plus outside access. My MIL said in a set up like this she would give us $100k if we'd put in a kitchenette and let her live in our basement until she's ready for nursing home care. I like my MIL but I'm not sure I'd want to live with her. It would still be more than I wanted to spend. But it's actually *on* the lake. We don't expect to be able to buy a lakeside house. Probably something in town.