aKathy's What's for Dinner 5/7

You will never be perfect! Call this a practice sock, but the next ones, do two and wear them, mistakes and all.



I am exhausted. I woke up at 4 this morning. I've been working since 5:30. I have one meeting at 11:30 (15 minutes from now) and then I think I'm going to bow out of work for the rest of the day and try to take a nap. I'm *that* tired.

I'm making marinated chicken and tofu for dinner. Jeremy will grill. Spinach salad on the side.

No and my shingles are like a million times better so I don't think it's that either. I just woke up to use the restroom and couldn't fall back asleep.

Good morning!! It is rainy, drizzly and blah around here. Good to be inside. Bad to have to clean 20 toe beans after they "need" to go out and chase squirrels and momma raccoon.

WooHoo!!! I say that with my chest! Choir is being canceled tonight due to several scheduling conflicts. Also, no choir in the loft on Sunday. This makes Mother's Day travel easier. The kids will be meeting me and then I will hit up Costco, Aldi and Trader Joe's. OR I'll do that before I meet them.

This is just my catch up, filing and do all the things week in the office. Some things I need to check on personally as far as some utilities are concerned. I noticed my house/car insurance payment went down $40. It didn't hit me until earlier this week, could that be to removing DH from the car ins. part? I still have the car so it is still there, not just the driver.

So last night I made soyrizo tacos and forgot to tell about it in the thread early in the day. I am making sure I take care of dinner now. I am making some Greek "meat"balls. Trying to decide on which creamy sauce I want to pour over the top of them. I'll most likely serve them over noodles with a slice of sourdough bread. I am also thinking of freezing a few to make gyros later.

I get you on the unscented stuff scrapmaven. I don't have issue with scents but I don't want them competing with my candles. However, I need to find something that keeps the dog/musty smells out.

jeremysgirl I found a really good protein bagel recipe. I made it last night and used Everything but the Bagel seasoning. I had it this morning and it was so good. The recipe only makes one which is good for me. I am fickle on breakfast. Bagel recipe.

Fulltime. My commute takes me 5 minutes. Heck, I was still in the office during Covid. There are 3 of us that work full time in the office. Plus the custodian, do it all know it all man. I have not frozen his CCs. They are in his name only and I haven't dug deep into the Excel file to find sign-in info. They were auto paid out of his checking acct. and I do need to stop that. I didn't have his name on my cards. So one less thing to have to do.

She's in a regular nursing home that has a rehab wing, but not a traditional assisted living. She is so brittle with her diabetes going up and down that they really need to stay on top of it and we haven't been super happy with that part. She was off the meter for a couple of days before this last hospital stay and I'm sure that was part of what was going on. 

I would love to have them manage it better so we didn't have to worry as much. Some things I like there and some need work. We have an email out to the social worker to set up a meeting to talk about it This may be one of the deciding factors for hospice care which comes with additional nursing staff. 

Good evening all,
I’ve had a quiet day. Early morning trip to the supermarket and recycling bins, then home to knit. I’ve been keeping an eye on all the goings on in Rome since Easter and today was the day the cardinals entered Conclave for the election of a new pope. I find the history and pageantry fascinating. The doors weee locked about 90 minutes ago and the first smoke should appear on about an hour. I expect black - it is really rare for a first vote to give a majority.

Dinner tonight is a fish curry made from scratch, even the curry paste. It is really yummy, not too spicy. Maybe a bit sweet so I’ll adjust the sugar/salt next time I make it. DH is on his way back from Barcelona ATM. I’ll be out tomorrow night, so he can eat the rest of the curry - I made plenty.

karenlou - it was really good. DH and I both love curries of all sorts, Indian, Thai, Japanese and others. This one was from Goa - a coastal region of India.

Australia is an amazing country when it comes to embracing the cultures that have come and called it home. We ar e also great travelers. Asia is close to us and many people from there now call Australia home, as well as many Australians taking vacations in Asia.

I’ve been to China and Japan and love the good from both - the real stuff, not the westernised versions. I workedin an area with many families from India and Sri Lanka - the food at our school fair was incredible. Added to that, I have Italian, Maltese and Irish heritage and we’ve travelled widely in Europe in our 15 years in Germany. We love eating local when we travel - can’t wait for Portugal at the end of this month and Sardinia in July. And now we’re at a church here with many African parishioners.

It all adds up to eating a quite varied diet, so long as we can source ingredients. 

I took my mom to a local trade fair/show today that was specifically for seniors. There were over a hundred booths and every booth had a door prize to win. I spent lots of time filling out ballots, fingers crossed that I win. My mom seemed a bit overwhelmed with all the people but she followed along with me and collected some freebies. Our favourite giveaway was a miniature succulent in a tiny pot. Hopefully I can keep it alive.

After the trade fair, I took mom out for fish and chips and then to the grocery store. It was an eventful day for her so she will probably sleep well tonight.

The event last night with my bestie was fun but very religion focused which I certainly don’t oppose but isn’t really my thing. My bestie is very religious but never forces it on me. We both respect each others values. We enjoyed supper out before going to the event.

Supper will be something small, probably a bagel, since I had a big lunch.

You will appreciate it when we're hitting 90 on Friday!



At some point you'll probably want to go up in size pot wise. That giant jade plant on my porch pictures started a few years ago as several 5 or 6 inch cuttings from a friend. Succulents are VERY forgiving. I water mine about once a week when it's warmer ~ maybe every 3/4 weeks in the winter.

cadoodlebug: Thanks for the advice. Your giant jade plant looks like the one that my mom got today. Mine has different shaped leaves and is green.

I also have those. They are for cutting through chicken bones, opening packages of bacon and the like. Nope, these people are using the red and white scissors in the kitchen section at Dollar Tree. They are NOT heavy duty and just regular scissors.