AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 04/05

Good evening all
It has been another beautiful day here - sunny and warm; we hit 18C which is amazing for early April.
As usual, we were out fairly early to do our grocery shopping. Not a big shop this week as we will be out for both lunch and dinner tomorrow, then DH flies to Barcelona Monday morning until Wednesday. After lunch I took advantage of the e lovely weather and went to walk in the woods. Since then, I’ve been knitting on the vest I started yesterday. I’m about 25 rows in now and I’m really liking how it’s looking. The designer and her construction are new to me, so the next section will be a bit of a challenge.

Dinner tonight is steak, which DH will grill. He will add vegetables - so far all I know is that eggplant will be there, as we discovered two on the fridge when we did the stocktake before heading out to shop.

I hope everyone has a great day.

My mom and I along with my brother and sister-in-law are headed to my other brother’s home today. His son is headed out on a deployment with the army National Guard. He is a captain or major, I cannot remember which and is in charge of a whole unit. I don’t really want to say where he is headed, but he’s going to  be gone for nine months. He has two children under the age of three and this is going to be really hard on his wife and kids. it’s one of the reason why they built a home here in Western New York, instead of where they were living in Alexandria, Virginia


So there’s a surprise birthday/deployment party for him today. he will not be on the front line of where he’s going, because he is in cyber security, but it’s still scary.

christine58 are you close enough to them geographically to help her and the kids while he's gone? I hope so. It seems like from your posts your family is close knit and jumps in when there's a need. It's going to be so hard on his wife with the two little ones.

christine58, my prayers are w/your nephew and his company. You have a very courageous and good nephew. Thank him for me.

jeremysgirl, go take your shower and then start quiliting. Act "as-if" and maybe you'll be mid-quilt before you know it. Sometimes we have to push ourselves just a bit. Just a nudge. You can do this.

leannec, thank you for asking about me. I'm much better. I just practiced my latest piece and didn't break any windows. That's a win. As for 80's I was into showtunes, opera and classical music, but when I was w/dh I did like alternative rock. My hair was usually in a bob and one time my stylist went to a hair show and cut one side short and the other was bob length. It was trendy and stupid. I was not into the Madonna look. My outfits were business suits which I thought was boring. I like bright colors and fun accessories and didn't wear them in the 80's.

Dh and I are trying to plan a cruise for a big annivesary. We have the opportunity to go on a very high end cruise. It's so tempting. The only thing I know is that this time I will participate in the talent show. Warn the passengers.

leannec, how are you feeling? How's your foot?

cadoodlebug, how are you today? I'm thinking of you.

Tearisci, did your dad pass the stone, yet?

leannec, it's hard to picture you as a cougar, but I laughed when I read it.

quiltz, my heart is w/you. ((((HUGS)))).

Now I have to get my tuchus up and go to the store. Dinner is chicken picatta, rice pilaf and green beans.

Enjoy a restorative, fun Saturday, my lovelies.

naby64, I hope that you feel much better. Do something that makes you feel good. Whatever you do today make it just for you.

cadoodlebug, I just wanna wrap you in a warm blankie and put on your favorite show. ((((HUGS))).

ntsf, safe journeys today.

naby64 somehow your day seems restful. ❤️

We are thinking about what to do for our big anniversary next year. We might go back to St Lucia, but are open to other suggestions. Our requirements are: tropical, smaller all-inclusive resort, and a full sized plane.

Dh and ds are going to an indoor golf range and then I will meet them for dinner. I will probably have chicken tenders and mashed potatoes. Other than a possible snack later, I wont eat again for over 36 hours, due to colonoscopy prep tomorrow and colonoscopy Monday. I have high hopes for this new prep I was prescribed. I'll update if I like it (nothing people on a dinner thread want to hear about more than colonoscopy talk! 😂)

Happy Saturday!

I sprung my mom from rehab today and took her to breakfast and got her started on her new hearing aids at Costco. First time she's been out in a month and she was so happy! I think this trip solidified for me that she is in the right place. Going out was a lot for her and I don't think she could run a household and take care of herself. She was very tired and was going to take a long nap when we got back.

Dad went back into the ER this morning and still hasn't passed his stone. He's feeling pretty good though so we're happy about that.

Not sure what dinner will be tonight. Might be going out.

Hope you all have a great day!

cadoodlebug: My apologies to you. I guess I assumed that I was late to the Heartland party and everyone had seen it but me.

It is a scary time for any deployment. It will provide him so much comfort to know extended family is there to support his wife and kids. 

Safe travels, ntsf.

I did have permed hair through the first half of the 80s but never teased it for more volume. For me the music was an eclectic mix of Springsteen, Phil Collins, Huey Lewis, Hall & Oates, Little River Band, Elton John, ACDC, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, BB King and others that were played heavily at the student pub and in aerobics classes of the day. 

One of the companies DH consults for is having an event that includes the Kings/Oilers game this afternoon, so DS took my spot and they've headed up to LA. The owner of the company has a pretty unique last name and is Canadian, but they never really talked about their common background until a year or so ago. Turns out my dad(96) worked with his dad in the late 50s. It was pretty cool for dad to make the connection, reminisce and pass on a few stories.

I'm puttering around, slowly putting the office back together and enjoying a quiet house. 

The guys will stop at our favorite Persian grocery store on their way home but I'm not sure I'll wait that late to eat because I don't think they'll be home before 7 and probably closed to 8. But I'm tempted as they have the best falafels and not much beats fresh sangak bread.

Oh, no worries, I didn't want it to look like a hand slap but if one of the major characters dies, I don't want to be spoiled. That happened with you-know-who and he didn't die for 5 more seasons but I kept waiting for it! So sad over that one!



I am so, so sorry. Not fun at all!

Well, I haven't finished my menus for next week and I've done nothing else I said I was going to do. My mother called for an hour long talk, my YDS did a video call and then ODS called. But I did get these made. Breakfast cookies and they're so good. jeremysgirl Delish!!