AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 05/03

Well that kid isn't even my type leannec! I'm into gray hair, facial hair and the dad bod. No but seriously I'm at the point where it feels wrong to even look at a kid that young and think about being attracted to him. I just can't.

I'm all dressed up today. Because I tried on all my pants and a pair of tan dress pants irritates my shingles rash the least. So I put on a nice blouse, a cashmere sweater and ballet flats. 🤣 I look great. DSD and I are going to the pottery guild sale. So getting out of the house.

I will make chicken meatballs for them and baked tofu for me. Roasted carrots, rice with a green spinach, lime, cilantro sauce.

A family member had it in their mouth, one eye, and along their face. 😬

Dh had it years ago on his back/side. At first I thought a spider but him. He went to UC and they said nope that is shingles. He was on the antiviral and because ds can't have the chicken pox vaccine (his first dose sent him to the ER with a severe reaction and cluster seizures with 104-105 fever), we had to be super careful. The open blisters can easily spread the virus to others. He wore dressings on them as they oozed and once dried up was cleared.

Just check in to say hi. Too much going on behind the scenes that I pretty much just give my Alpha guess score and read 1 or 2 threads and that's it.

Calendar is booking up with a lot of new specialty teams for ds. Adding back ones we graduated from and adding in new ones. Just adult versions now. We can always be added back to peds though. Sometimes they do that. 😐😔

Thankfully he was well enough to enjoy senior prom yesterday and was crowned Prom King.

Today he has a special choir event for the National PTA Convention.

Dd received a special award with her museum last month for their annual volunteer employee dinner. She has definitely found her niche. So important for those with Autism.

Giving hugs to all who need them.

Thank you for asking about me, leannec. I caught a cold. I'm just laying in my recliner and feeling irritated w/myself for not resting more the past 2 weeks. I brought it on myself. I'm going to attempt knitting in a bit and I'll just rest today. I do see a long nap in my future.

Enjoy today everyone. Tearisci, It's good to know that your mom is going back to her apartment.

scrapmaven So sorry to hear about your cold. I hope you can kick it quickly!

They did offer me steroids. They said it would help with the nerve pain and most likely the rash. But I declined because I finally feel like I've got my mood back on track. I am taking the antivirals.

Hi all, checking in late today because I was out with a new friend.

This morning DH and DS2 spent a lot of time on a FaceTime call to organise DS’s flights to come visit us. He will be flying Melbourne - Munich with me when I come back from my important Oma visit in August. We were lucky and are able to sit near each other. Because it’s Emirates Business class, the seats are staggered, so I’m in 14K and he’s in 15J - there is no 14J or 15K. There is also a lounge area at the back of BC, where we can sit and have a drink or snack together.

After that, we watched the coverage of the Australian election count. Both the boys were also watching back home - DS2 had arranged a viewing party with a few work friends! The banter on our family chat was mad, especially as the results became clear. Overall, we think it was a good result. Similar to Canada - the right wing party, who looked to be ahead just months ago, fell over their own feet and the center left government won, though unlike Canada will have an increased majority. The conservative leader - who was never very well liked - also lost his own seat.

This afternoon I met a new friend to visit one of the traditional market fairs here. We had a treat for afternoon tea, wandered a few rows of stalls, then finished with a beer and burger at one of the food stalls. I found a lovely teddy bear, dressed in a Bavarian sweater for new grandbaby and a gift for my step mum, whose birthday will be while I am over there.

Have a great rest of the day!

When I had chicken pox at 15-1/2, they were on the palms of my hands, the soles of my feet, down my throat (to where my throat was nearly closed up) and in my vagina. Sooo, if you have kids, you can spare them that with the vaccine.

I can’t even fathom vaginal shingles. Ugh that sounds awful.

It hasn’t stopped raining since last night. Of course I’m regretting planting my garden. It’s 50degress today!

Dh decided to start the tile project by our outside basement door. We went and picked up all the supplies.

Went to the farmer’s market in the rain. Tried a new bread vendor. Our favorite opened a bakery across town. It’s not the best. Unsure if we’ll give him another try.
Made a sheet pan of veggies with kielbasa for dinner.

bright and sunny today with strong wind.. did tons of errands (post office, grocery, drug stores, dry cleaner, then furniture store, then hardware store)... and when I arrived at post office.. they were on break for 12 min.. so I just had to wait. mailing packages.
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I think I have everything ready for my class.. I have to drag out all the camping gear..all waiting in basement to load in car in morning. the camp will have goats onsite eating vegetation.. so that will be fun. we have a 1 acre camp in the city of San Francisco. so I do my class there. It has a big lake across the street. about 1 mile from the zoo.

last night was japanese takeout.. so we are having leftovers for dinner. dh is going to a didgeridoo concert tomorrow.. then out to dinner with a group including the artist so it will be whatever is in the fridge tomorrow for dinner for me. dh actually plays them.. and has about 5 of them. he can't sing but also does tuvan throat singing. it used to be a great threat "kids.. if you don't get up, I'm going to start throat singing"... it worked fast.

hugs to all --being sick, having shingles, having challenging parents, having your own health challenges..

my dil will consult with a surgeon end of next week, so we just have to wait.

And... big cheer, I went out and bought a storage unit (fine piece of wood furniture) from my fav furniture store at 45% off... it will replace a cabinet I got off craigs list years ago... it stores my grandmother's china.. and this one will store much much more.. tall and thin .  goes in my study.  dh didn't mind at all.  

DH wanted hot dogs, so hot dogs, macaroni salad, and crispy potato circles (basically mini, circle shaped hashbrowns) were dinner tonight.

Mostly lazy day here. I spent a few hours over a weekend last month die cutting letters and numbers for date ranges for my 2025 Project Life album, and then put them all through the Xyron earlier. Realized I missed about 12 letters and numbers, but that sounds like a project from another day.

Can't wait for your review!

Today is our 29th anniversary. We got takeout Thai food because we just didnt feel like going out anywhere (we went to 2 Menards earlier lol). Our Thai restaurant is struggling because the city it is in decided to completely rebuild the public parking lot that serves that restaurant and several other restaurants and businesses, as well as one of the 2 main roads where you could access those places.