aKathy's What's for Dinner? 6/10

I'll be getting my annual blood draw at my physical on Friday so I feel your pain scrapmaven. Hope they can figure out the fatigue issue.

Today is a pretty boring one for me all around. I need to pick up my grocery order and then I'll take Dad to see my Mom.

My niece was there yesterday and said that mom was confused but happy. She should have an aide coming in every day this week for care. I guess the nurse was there yesterday but I didn't go down as I needed a day off.

It's kind of nice to have things quiet for awhile. I still feel like we did the right thing of putting her under hospice care and I think the additional visits will be good for her.

Hope you all have a great day! Dinner tonight will be the steak I didn't have last night.

Good Morning!

scrapmaven that doesn't sound like an exciting date but a necessary one.

naby64 do tell us what kind of course you will be taking.

It's going to be a pretty uneventful day and I'm not complaining. I am going to the gym later then I think I will go to a local park to walk since it is so beautiful out! We are going to have a couple of nice days before the rain returns...

YDGS has a baseball game tonight. My parents want to attend so I will go and get them. Thinking I will see if they want to come over before the game for BLT's.

Good evening all,
DH was out early this morning, as he had a 7:45 flight to Hamburg. I heard him leave the bedroom and the next thing I knew it was after 7 am! I didn’t have anything major planned, so it wasn’t a problem.
It was a lovely day today, warm and sunny, so I decided after breakfast that I would go into the city to look for a few things. It was really busy in there - tourist season is in full swing and it is a school break here as well. I didn’t find everything I needed, but had a lovely time wandering and looking anyway.
In 4 weeks time, I will be on a plane somewhere between Munich and Dubai, on my way to Australia. I think I have everything I need to take with me - just need to finish some knitting for the girls. I also have a batch of medical tests before I leave - I got my mammogram appointment letter on Saturday, for when we are in Sardinia, so I’ve changed that to a few days before. Then just before I head to Australia I have my quarterly bloodwork and discussion with my GP.

Dinner tonight is going to be the leftover bean burger from yesterday, served with salad. I’m not going to bother with a bun, as I don’t need it.

Have a great day everyone. Big hugs to all going through tough times.

I know what you mean. Everything tastes better when it is in season and fresh. Tomatoes are not ripe here yet but I will have to make it work with one from the grocery store. My sides typically are what I can get fresh from the farmers market when I can.

rymeswithpurple that is exciting! Will be sending good vibes his way!!!

stormsts Thanks! It would be a change, but in a really good way for him, both professionally and personally.

Donner here will be meatloaf, mashed potato and corn on the cobb. It is cold and rainy....I know we need the rain , however we have had so much, how much more do we need??? The long term forcercast is calling for more rain on the weekend, if it happens it will be the 13th weekend in a row😨😨

Good Vibes for your DH, rhymeswithpurple!!!!

quiltz...I guess the difference between Canada and the US is the hospital supplies those items to the patient...we are charged of course, however insurance covers them.
The walker I think I used for maybe one day at home, ended up donating it. Enjoy your shopping and dinner out!!!

Our schools aren't done until the 26th but I don't expect to be working much during that week ...

I actually like the early morning schools ... they get out at about 2:30 pm!  The high schools start late and end late ... but the work is easy!   

I'm working for my daughter on Thursday ... it is her boyfriend's University Graduation day!   

I have opted out of being called for jobs ... no thanks!

I only pick them up online ... I know in advance all the time.  

My daughter's school is about 20 minutes away thanks to a freeway!   

was off to aquafit this morning. enjoying a super foggy day.

daughter in law is having her thyroid surgery this morning.. so son is hanging with his in laws (always a tricky situation).. it is taking longer than they said.. so he is sitting and waiting.

I have to go to store later. and get busy around the house.

i think I am doing chicken stirfry this evening.

the news on the thread does sound better.. the news in LA sounds worse. we had an editorial from a reporter in LA, who, as the "riots" were happening, stumbled onto a family outside birthday party--maybe 300 ft from the action. there of course was nothing happening in LA that the locals couldn't have dealt with..

oh well.

Where in Maryland? We lived there for a few years; but we liked living in Virginia better. Are you going to tour all the historical sites in DC?
I was gonna make a dumb joke about "who" lives in D.C, but I'll refrain.



Good for you! I should do that, too.



THANK YOU for *not* using an apostrophe with "its"....(one of my pet peeves, along with incorrect use of you're and your)

Ugh----the PAPERWORK after our loved ones are gone is just......ugh!


So happy you found that particular photo you've been looking for!
I didn't understand your storage story re: Barbies and horses, but I guess you're donating them? I
collect Barbies, and would LOVE to know which ones you have!



Fingers crossed!


Tearisci....So glad your Mom is getting hospice care. Hoping you can get your Dad to the senior center as you
mentioned yesterday----my Dad was 91 and healthy, and thought he was 40. He used to say he didn't want to go to the senior
center and be around "old people." He said it with a bit of irony/ humor---he was well aware he was 91. I think he worried that everyone
would just talk about their health problems, when he had none.

Ugh, he just missed his lifelong friends in D.C. and sometimes I
wissssh that nstead of encouraging him to move closer to all of us, we should have
gotten him the safely alarm / nightly text calls to check on him like we did later.

In those horribly dark days and nights of the pandemic, it was so nice
hearing him laugh and have great conversations when he Zoomed with his pals in DC....ESP. during
quarantine/ Covid when he also couldn't see his grandchildren. Ugh, such sad memories.



Sorry you've been feeling so icky lately, and hope you get better soon!

I hope The Birdhouse Lady is okay---she sent me a very kind private message about my spinal isssues a month or two ago, and she was going on
a trip. I've PM'd her just to say hi, but not heard back.

Thinking of bc2ca. She recently said she's not online much, but if she ever sees this, I just wanted to say I'm thinking of ya.

I'm not doing well lately---especially with all the RAIN---my poor joints and headaches !!! I am tryyying to be a patient patient
while waiting to see the doc for the second nerve block. The first nerve block worked PERFECTLY! If the second one works,
then insurance says you can have nerve ablations.

I NEED some spinal nerves ablated----please!!!! So. many. things.
going on in my spine, and my doc said he rarely sees a thoracic area as complicated as mine---oh goodie! It is
now affecting not only both scapulae, but the pain is going into my ribs.

I joked with doc that instead of waiting soooo long (he's in high demand!), that since DH has a garage full of tools,
and since he's so talented with fixing / building things, and has
and a soldering (sawdering ? ) tool, HE can go ahead and burn those nerves for me! No waiting !!!!! No hundred$
and hundred$ in co-pay$, etc.

Salisbury. It is where Navy recruiter son and wife live. We, as a family, went to DC many years ago for a few days and toured the Capital, saw all the sights, museums, etc. You could not catch me there this weekend for all the money in the world. Instead we will be in Ocean City at the Air Show. The Blue Angels will be there and DS has to work the show. I am already dreading the thought of the crowds that will be there. I have bad to pretty bad crowd anxiety so I am not sure what I was thinking when I agreed to go that weekend instead of the next weekend.

Dinner tonight for me will be tuna melts on real bread that is all sorts of delicious. It has black sesame seeds on the crust and the freshness is rather impressive. I buy it frozen but the taste and texture are an easy 10/10. It is smaller than our usual bread, but I can solve the size issue by having another piece. For 2 carbs a slice I can have a sandwich.

The Whoodle is getting groomed today and he was excited to be going there. I like having a day of daycare. He is so sweet.

It feels warmer than 20°C today but it’s very nice June weather.

hope you're feeling better soon

naby64 - enjoy the air show - hopefully the crowds won't be too bad. My DS is stationed at VB