AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 05/10

Good Morning.

leannec, I've always had a rule for my single friends. No dating him unless he is employed, single and kind. Assume that he's never gonna change or get a job. That way, you won't be disappointed or stuck.

Your Mother's Day sounds very nice. WTG, Molly. Enjoy today w/your daughters. Your current school sounds like a fun one.

So, I have started unplanned Yoga. This was gonna be dh's thing, but I went w/him to a private lesson and the instructor is all about healing and breath. So, I am now doing chair yoga and lots of breathing exercises. Oddly enough, after the class I had a rush of energy. I spent the afternoon baking macarons and gang, they turned out really well. I am so excited. I thought I'd be exhausted today, but I still have energy. Very suspicious. I want to make another batch of macarons for practice, but maybe for Mother's Day I'll make a chocolate cream roll if it isn't too hot today.

My immediate project is polishing the wood surfaces of my house. I have voice practice and knitting to do. Somehow I signed up for a recital in late June.

I think dinner is enchiladas, but I'll see what dh wants to do.

For Mother's day we don't have anything planned. We'll have a low key celebrations. Ods is coming home and we'll have a Zoom type call w/yds. Ever since my fil died on Mother's day that sort of put a damper on the day. Plus, we both no longer have mothers. So, we make the best of it.

Enjoy a fun, restorative and good weekend.

we got italian takeout last night.. pizza for dh, parmesan chicken and pasta for the kid and plain roasted chicken for me, with salad for all. leftovers tonight. will be watching the warriors basketball game on tv and snl.

dh came home.. feeling better but having to do nothing for next 7 days.. so I will be doing a lot of dog walking. everything went well.. and they found a second troublesome site in his heart.. all taken care of.

the kid has a dentist appt.. so I will drop them off downtown.. they can take bus home.

another grey foggy day..
we don't really celebrate mother's day.. I don't expect phone calls. may happen though. when I grew up.. we never celebrated mother's day.. it was always the last day of ski season.

I am over celebrating any particular day. I like being in contact with my kids year round.

Wow, scrapmaven that chair yoga must be really good and energy-producing. I think I'd stay with that.

I get so bored doing yoga that it isn't relaxing at all for me. We did chair yoga at one of my company offsite and it was so awkward. I'm glad it's working for you!

Hi all!

Been busy with yard work, burning winter fall branches and clearing during the day and lots of playoff hockey at night. Today it’s raining and 4C (brrr!) so I curled up with a book.

We are out for cocktails and dinner with friends tonight. I’ve been in sweats and old sweaters all week so nice to get dressed tonight lol. I’m trying heatless curls and DSO finds my hair wrapping look quite amusing. I gave my hair a light spritz before wrapping but will likely have to sit under my floor dryer as my hair is very thick and slow to dry. Hope it looks like all the Instagram influencers hair when finished lol




My oldest DD will be coming for the day tomorrow but not sure what the plans are yet.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

We are taking my mom out to dinner in a couple hours instead of tomorrow. Today worked out a little bit better because my brother and his wife are headed to her parents but not till like 2 o’clock tomorrow so it kind of wasn’t gonna work so we’re going to dinner.

My grandma died 29 years ago tomorrow. I remember the day she passed thinking that the very next day my mom was gonna have her first Mother’s Day without her mom. So that was hard. But my mom spent the last two years of my grandma‘s life taking care of her along with help from two of her brothers. The other sister and two other brothers were assholes and didn’t help at all, even though they all lived here. But that was their loss because spending those last couple of years with my grandma helping my mom was something I will never forget. I saw her the day before she died, told her I loved her and would always love her, and thanked her for loving me. And she asked me if I’d go get her a glass of beer so I did lol I still miss her today.

My dad‘s mom died when I was 18 or maybe 19. Since my dad was the youngest child in the family, she was in her late 60s when my brothers and I were born so we didn’t really know her that well. I mean, we spent time with her, but I would’ve loved to have picked her brain about some of her Italian recipes. My mom‘s mom is the one that passed away on Mother’s Day in 1986. She and my grandpa are buried right across the street from where I live on the farm. She was a tough Irish lady as was my Italian grandma very tough too so I think that’s where a lot of of the females on both sides get their strength. I’m sorry you didn’t know your grandma’s . Grandma’s are the best

This makes me so happy for you.   I'm such a yoga fan and only regret I didn't stick to it when I first tried in my late 20s (it wasn't enough of a workout for my days of aerobic classes/stairmaster, etc.  ).

I watched the coverage of our local memorial and thought about you.  Three officers were added to the memorial wall - one who died in 1949 and was only recently recognized as having died in the line of duty.

LOL, our pup is not a fan of rain at all so we can barely get her out to take care of business on a rainy day.

So envious of your lovely, thick hair. Hope the curls set!

teddyw, I saw your question about rain gear. Vessi are the shoes I plan to get before another trip north. DD has them and can't recommend they more. She could walk to work in Vancouver and wear them all day - no wet feet at all and breathable so no sweaty feet problems like with other boots/shoes and no need to carry a second pair to wear at work. All my rain jackets are REI. Because I layer fleece/sweaters under them I have a one in large (older Gore-Tex REI branded) and this newer Outdoor Research one in medium. Marmot is another really good waterproof, breathable shell from them that I wore when living in Seattle.

I'm not spending a lot of time online these days. My energy is spent trying to catch up on a lot of craft projects now that the office is better arranged, working my way through a large stack of books and as much yoga and walking as my body allows. 

Today I am online too much and am obsessively checking my medical chart for scan results. The chest scan report came through yesterday showing the large tumor shrunk, but there was also a messy inflamed area that they aren't sure how to read. The best case is I have a viral lung infection/pneumonia. We are wait and see on it because I don't have a fever/cough and went ahead with chemo yesterday. The abdominal scan results are not showing for me yet, even though I was notified a new result was added, and I suspect my onc flagged them so he gets them first (he knows I've always read the reports before he calls me  ).

I'm a little sad today as I'm missing a niece's wedding at my sister's island property. Ugh. 

My favorite Mother's Day activity is a lagoon/beach walk/hike followed by dim sum. Given the possible lung infection, no dim sum this year. DH has dinner planned (smoked tri tip with grilled corn, zucchini, peppers and asparagus) and I've asked the Mother's Day fairy for a new swivel chair for the office. I was going to go and ahead and buy it before remembering it was Mother's Day this weekend and so sent my peeps the link.

Not sure what is on the menu for tonight. I could go for a Greek salad but need someone to do a grocery run.

My mom has a stuffed pug that my sister got her and she carries it around. One of her friends fell in love with it and wanted it. My other sister found a stuffed pug in her garage so we gave it to the friend. She was so happy and kept cuddling with it

the grandma who made the wedding quilt I repaired today.. she was a short tough lady.. dropped out of high school to work as a cook in her uncle's logging camp ( -ww 1).. and when she was. 90, the local little paper had an article "family will throw a surprise party for Rena Lane on Sunday". she passed right before her 100th birthday. about 2 months before she died, my in laws were visiting her.. and she whispered to her son "are you still seeing that woman?" --referring to my mother in law.. her son had been married maybe 50 yrs at that point. it was pretty funny.

one grandma of mine died 3 yrs before I was born.. the other one I saw maybe 12 times in my life.. she lived 2000 miles away and died when I was 10. I miss my mom too.. 25 yrs ago she died.

ahhh bc2ca, I love hearing about your city’s memorial. Thank you. We added a fallen officer from 1930 to our wall a couple of years ago, and his grandson (or great-grandson?) and wife have started attending our memorial, too. The grandson (old, around my age) is also a retired cop from another local jurisdiction.

I used to live in Ottawa so the Sens used to be my team but DSO is a diehard Leafs fan so I’ve jumped on his bandwagon lol. Hoping for a Leafs win but if they don’t make it all the way we will cheer for the Jets and Oilers to get the win for Canada. I don’t watch regularly through the season, but I love fast playoff hockey.