aKathy's What's for Dinner 1/6

I'm going to AquaFit this morning. It will be cold but I need to do it!

Other than that, I'm going to work on Christmas ~ I promise!

Dinner will be some of the leftover Honeybaked Ham (from the freezer) and the usual sides.

I am one tough cookie, slept on these for years:

Thinking of you today, hutchfan, and wishing you happy memories of your mom.

I said last night I wouldn’t be here today, but here I am. Avoiding getting moving, I guess. 😊

Dinner will be with friends at a Cuban restaurant. So good and it’s half-price mojito night.

ETA hope your vertigo gets under control **GypsyGirl** and DH comes home soon. You deserve a break!

hutchfan big hugs to you.

cadoodlebug, I didn't have to sleep on them too much but a few times. I hated them!

Tearisci my DD made a bean kielbasa soup when she was here and it was so good. I am trying to remember if it had potatoes in it. They would have been a nice addition if it didn't. Stay warm!

scrapmaven good to hear you are knitting again. I have a huge crochet project that I have started over and over and finally just put it away. One day when I am less stressed.

It is so cold today. We are at 28 degress with a feels like of 16. But I am a happy camper. I love cold. I finally get to wear all the warm things I love. Tonight I am making crispy potatoes with a lentil gravy. I had been thinking that would be it as DH would most likely eat that. Then with it being so cold, I thought chili for him. I have some ground beef that needs to be cooked. I bought it with the purpose of splitting it and freezing it. Since we have hamburger buns, I may just tell DH I'll make him a burger and he can eat some of the crispy potatoes so it's not like a full blown 2 meal thing being cooked.

As far as the cold is my catahoula husky should be loving it but he is too adjusted to the comfort of a soft bed and a heater to really venture out in it. My other pup is just energized by the cold weather. She doesn't have a coat that allows it though so I don't let her stay out too long. She would be happy left out longer. AND she won't wear a coat happily. So there's that.

lucyg Cuban food, I am so jealous. DH grew up in Tampa and when we lived there after getting married, I discovered the loveliness of cuban food. I can do most of it but an authentic Cuban sandwich is out of my reach. Unless I grab cuban bread and stick it in the freezer. I was finally able to find a good roast pork recipe that gets us that flavor.

I am so sorry…thinking of you. 

We aren't going anywhere anytime soon. We got somewhere between 10 and 12 inches of snow on top of a sheet of ice/sleet, and it's pretty nasty out still. After work, I get to help dig out the driveway. I am just so thankful we didn't lose power.

Back to work for me today, and DH isn't happy because he was hoping for a snow day, but his office approved work from home for all due to the inclement weather. Now he's working in his recliner, pouting about it the whole time. Poor baby. It's days like today that I'm very happy to be a remote worker.

As for food, I think we are having ham and either roasted or fried potatoes. Keeping it simple since we did bigger meals over the cold, snowy weekend, like beef roast.

I am on my way for a few groceries ... had a very restless night and a slow start today!   

Dinner will be something I pick up ... 


I will make comments on posts when I get back!    

(((Hugs))) May your memories bring your comfort



prayers for all to go smoothly


DH went back to work this morning. DD18 goes back to school tomorrow. DS33 and DD24 sent snow photos last night and this morning - we missed it by just a few days (we left on the 2nd) - a bit disappointing but I'm glad it didn't snow while we were travelling. Mid 60s here after an overnight freeze and a freeze warning for tonight as well. It was grey, dreary, and windy when I went for my morning walk and we had some rain mid day but the skies look clear and blue now.

DD18 is cooking tonight - porkchops with a dijon mustard sauce, scalloped potatoes, and broccoli.

Hugs to you hutchfan💝
Gypsygirl...Hope things work together for your DH to come home...This has been a long haul for you (((HUGS)))

My night shift last night was uneventful, just a couple of added cases for today to pick for, the OR staff pick extras like golves, sutures, saw blades...little things. Busy work for me, as I like to have things to do. .
I took my nap and have been up for a couple of hours.
It continues to be cold here with no sign of reprieve.

I made my crock pot chicken veggie soup yesterday so just need to warm it in the crock pot and add the spinach, easy for me!
I cannot face the cold to walk today so I will get on the spin bike for a bit....

Happy Monday! Hoping this week gets a bit back to normal after the craziness of the holidays! Tacos for dinner! Take care all!

We had a lovely day at the museum yesterday with Sophia. I love seeing how much she is growing and learning. Yesterday, after we saw the special exhibition we went for, she said we should go to the Aboriginal history section, which she had previously not wanted to visit. She was taken there by her aunt recently and enjoyed it, so in we went. Once there, she explained the story of Bunjil, the eagle/creator of the local First Nations group, as well as telling us about a lot of the ceremonial make up and dress and how they were made. We also saw the dinosaurs, insects and Melbourne history sections, as we do every visit.
After returning her to her parents, we stayed for dinner - Charcoal chicken with chips, salad, hummus and flat bread from a local store. We had a little sadness when we left - Lucia was very much ‘goodbye, now go!’ because neither of them like saying goodbye.

We are now all packed up and having our breakfast coffee. Our check out time is in two hours, then we’ll drive to a local shopping mall for lunch then visit my dad for afternoon tea before picking up DS2 and heading to the airport. His flight is at 8pm and ours at 10pm, so it works out well.
We did just get a message from our landlord back home that there’s a problem with the heating and hot water in the apartment building. Someone is coming in Tuesday morning to fix it - we’ll be home at lunchtime Wednesday, so hopefully all will be well by then. No hot shower after 30 hours in transit would be awful, as would no heating with the temperature hovering just above 0C.

Awww....many (( hugs )) to you!   


Hoping it all goes well, too!  It will be so nice to have DH home again!  I hope
the physical therapists will come to your home to make it easier on both of you.



jeremysgirl---Hoping you love your new job! 


We *might* get snow Thursday...yippee!  I love the beauty of
everything covered in snow, and it seems like it gets very quiet and peaceful
outside when it snows (or maybe it's just my imagination ? )


 I used to bundle
up and sit outside to enjoy the snow; maybe I'll do that this time. We
haven't had a good snow in a few years. 


Dinner tonight...hmm....maybe shepherd's pie and broccoli ?