AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 07/20

leannec, I love the Scottish cow. He's adorable. Enjoy today.

ntsf, enjoy your day.

jeremysgirl, how was your party? I hope that you had great fun.

Dh and I have been packing, because we are sending our big suitcase ahead on Wed. I'm still tired, but much better than last month. I'm trying to set up my new tablet and it's rocket science. Either I'm getting old or technology is getting more complicated.

Ods is coming home and dinner will be takeout. We never had the dinner we were going to have w/him a few days ago.

Have a happy, restorative, fun day, my lovelies.

You can never have too much garlic, cadoodlebug. Though my mil hated garlic, which I never understood. Enjoy your day and your steak if you find good ones. Corn on the cob would be a great side dish, says she who eats vicariously through others.

Good morning!
We had a busy day yesterday moving my stuff from my old office into my new one. I will have a window into a courtyard that gets very pretty during the winter. Its nice and green now, but the winter is lovely. Although I'm not in my office as much during the winter since I teach from home in the spring semester. Still, it's a nice change and I'm having fun decorating. I need to get the computer situation set up, go thru some files and purge, and get stuff hung on the wall. I'm thrilled with it. I just want it to be warm and welcoming.

Today we planned to finish up at my mother's assisted living place but I am not moving furniture in the rain. It will wait til tomorrow. I may go over earlier in the day to finish the small stuff and vacuum, then when Nick gets off work we will load up the last of it and turn in her keys. I'm glad that part will be done.

We have had the most peaceful morning. Slept in a but, had a cup of coffee, did our puzzles together, and read a bit with the windows open. The only thing we hear us birds and rain, so good! We are getting ready to go have lunch. A gyros is on my mind. Then working on getting the house ready for a houseguest on Wednesday, my work bff who retired. We've planned it for weeks, long before my mother's death. She and my mother were the same age, though you'd never know it. We are more like sisters, but she has long since been a source of mothering when I've needed it. So this couldn't come at a better time, although houseguests and the prep work often stresses me out.

Wishing everyone a peaceful Sunday.

Hi everyone! I had a really nice party. Everyone showed up and were fabulous. My mother did get mad at me but who cares? My sister made me a banana cake (my favorite) and it was vegan and delicious. I plan to eat it all day today. Sugar rush!

We have had a bit of excitement this morning. My neighborhood has been overrun with groundhogs. The little buggers really like vegetables so as you can imagine they are unwelcome guests in our gardens. My neighbors dog got two in the past two weeks. We finally decided we needed to trap because we are worried about the dogs getting hurt. So we got this guy today and Jeremy is in the process of relocating him. He is not as cute as Neisey baby raccoon

I'll be making kind of a salad for dinner. I'm roasting beets, carrots, sweet potatoes and onions. I'm also roasting chickpeas. I'll put everything on a bed of romaine and quinoa. And then I found a recipe for a chipotle pecan pesto. I'm just going to throw that on top.

jeremysgirl, that's a great photo of you w/your cake. FYI, you look great. The groundhog is so cute, but man can they be destructive. I hope he is happy in his new home.

A note of advice about your mom. Dh gave me this advice about my dad. If you lower your expectations he'll always meet them. That was a game changer.

Today I have BFF coming over today. Dad has a date today. I hope they go somewhere fun.

My gooey foot is dry again. The colour is much better which is nice. I have one antibiotic to take which I am happy about.

I love garlic but it can’t be fresh garlic because my stomach cannot handle it. I use process Japanese garlic and it’s delicious. My stomach is delicate (as is DS, mum and Granny’s).

I have fun week coming up. Backpacks is having a bbq and I am making karaage (Japanese chicken). I am. Asking tons so there will be enough for the kids for dinner too.

I hope everyone has a happy Sunday!

Dh installed the bidet we ordered about 6 weeks ago (that is not a criticism, we are in the middle of a bunch of home improvement projects). I havent used it yet, but I made him test out the settings. 😂😂

Dinner tonight will be Spicy Gochujang Noodles (spice cut in half) with shrimp and jalapeno poppers- ds has a jalapeno plant and gave us 2 of the early ones and then i supplemented with a few from the store. I dont like the flavor of jalapenos, but I will still try one.
I was going to roast some vegetables or make squash from the garden, but the noodles have a lot of moving parts, so Im deferring the veggies until tomorrow.

jeremysgirl I agree with the advice to lower your expectations where your mom is concerned. It took us a long time to get to that point with MIL, but now we just assume she will do the things she does and we just roll our eyes.

I promise you that it was a life changing moment when dh said that.  My father went to his grave w/o ever changing and once I accepted that I was able to let a lot of things go.  As an adult I learned how to stop him from screaming.  I set strict boundaries and treated him like a teenager.  He responded well to that.  I forgave him on his deathbed and btw, I don't believe that you have to forgive anyone in order to have peace. 

Most of the hotel rooms we have in Europe have a bidet. We've never used them for the intended use but I use them to wash out a few clothes as needed during the trips.

I liked to show support but I wish there was a more appropriate button!

We have leftover ramen noodles from the restaurant last night and I will have a tuna melt to go with otherwise I will be hungry later. The durned pills take make me famished af 10 pm and I snack. I am not even hungry but I am compelled as heck to eat. If I could quit the behaviour I would be so happy. The drug is wonderful and keeps me in a state of happiness. It’s hard to give that up. Meanwhile I am fat.

I hope everyone is having a great day!

Oh sueg, I am so sorry to hear this. I will keep Enzo and all of you in my prayers.

sueg, prayers for little Enzo for sure. Hope they can get to the bottom of it and help him feel better soon.

cadoodlebug, your meme is me, LOL - can never have too much garlic!

jeremysgirl, what a fabulous picture of you with your cake! Happy belated birthday - glad it was a good celebration.


We celebrated DH's birthday this weekend by going out to dinner. Neither DH nor I had a great day/week at work so dinner mood was a little less than festive. We tried to put it aside and redirect conversation elsewhere.

I had to work this morning, so I'm extra tired...also now my stomach is not feeling well. I did a Costco run yesterday, laundry, and more errands today (short ones). So we'll probably have rechauffe for dinner, possibly restaurant leftovers.