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[Bianca and Bernard]

No Mother's day plans. I'll wish the girls HMD, and I'll probably get one from them in return. It's not a big thing for me, just like Valentine's Day. We celebrated because the kids wanted to, but I don't make a big thing out of it. DH is the same with Father's day.

Chips...I like chips; what kinds depends on what I'm in the mood for. Sometimes it's Doritos (Spicy Nacho are the best); Lays (sour cream & onion, cheddar & sour cream); not a big fan of Ruffles. Love Pringles (right now, the street corn ones are my favs); and the Hot crunchy Cheetohs with lime are #1.

I used to color my hair; just a shade or two redder than my natural brown/red undertones. The last time I did, DGS#2 was just born, so it's been about 6 years...wait...I did do it once with a temporary color the next year, but it was just temp to try a new color. I'm now with my brown/red undertones/ silver strands...and I really like it.

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Tonight, we're making turkey banh mi meatballs, pickled veggie salad, ginger rice, and chile lime mayo (Hello Fresh meal). Tomorrow is Sweet chili beef and green bean bowls w/cauliflower rice; and Sunday is Taqueria Pork bowls (all HF meals).

I have a couple loads of laundry to do tomorrow; and I need to stop in at Kohls to pick up two orders (one big fuzzy blanket; and two 'fake flowers' vases) and to exchange a candle (didn't like the scent). I also need to stop in at Publix for some milk, coffee, fresh veggies. and ice. The fridge has a leak, so we had to turn the water off to the water/ice dispenser, until the repair guy can get the pieces to repair it. DH has a couple of 'honey-do's (get weed killer for the mulch/rock beds; fix the hall bathroom sink if he can...the pipe is loose...if he can't, then I'll call the landlord; and move a few things around for me).

That's pretty much the busy life I lead, lol. Have a good day.

 

[tazdev3225]

Good afternoon.

It's been a bit brisk here so I had to turn the heat back on. My husband gets cold easily anymore and I need to think of him. LJ came over again today with his dad. We "walked" the dog together. I walked the dog and carried LJ who decided he didn't want to walk. A 15 month old can be exhausting. He also fed the dog a couple of cookies. He didn't want them after a couple bites and dropped them on the floor. The dog was more than happy to clean up after him.

My husband's hospital admission is set for monday. I just need to wait on a call from the doctor for a time to take him over. I am really apprehensive. I know in my head that this is a minor procedure but I keep thinking of 5 years ago and all the what ifs. I am giving myself a headache but not letting on to him I am worried. I know he is upset and blaming himself. I thought the one bright spot is that he will be pretty much healed by our cruise. The cruise however is giving me headaches too. The itinerary changed and the stop in Ketchikan was taken out of the itinerary. It was one I had a couple excursions I was debating, especially the Totem Pole Park. The cruise line added a new stop in Icy Straits but it is only a half day. Juneau is now a half day and all the excursions listed start before we even get to the port. Skagway is a whole day but all of the excursions I looked at, the ones that take in the glacier and wildlife, will not work with my husband as he is not mobile enough on a good day. The others require walking but I'm not sure how much. I'm really upset by it because the one thing I was looking forward to was the nature excursions and photography. He said to go alone and he'll stay on the ship, but I can't do that. We will figure something out but this is turning out not to be the dream cruise I had wanted.

QOTD - I don't celebrate Mother's Day. My kids haven't acknowledged it since they were in grade school and made little gifts there. It's just another day to me. I will try and find a unique or odd plant for my mom. One year I got her a goldfish plant. The flowers really looked like goldfish. If I can't find unique, I will look for interesting colors. My husband will try and get me some chocolate covered strawberries since he knows I love them. I go to the store and get them - he pays. I'm not sure if he will even be home by then so it will be really lowkey.

Hope everyone has a good rest of the day.

 

[Snowysmom]

@TazDev Prayers for Monday and a good recovery for DH. I envy your Alaska cruise. I loved Ketchikan. Totem Pole State Park was very nice. But I enjoyed Skagway maybe a bit more. Could your DH do the train trip? That was amazing. Juneau is nice. Do they have a bus tour that you could take? We did the whale watching and glacier. I wanted to do the ride up the mountain but we did not have time. I hope you have a wonderful time when you go. I would love to go again and I am trying to talk a friend into going to Denali in the next couple of years and maybe adding on a cruise. Or maybe splurging on an Adventures by Disney tour which would be a once in a lifetime tour. Chris and I wanted to see Denali. It is on my bucket list.

B&B Your Hello Fresh meals sound interesting. Are they easy to make?

I color my hair with mild hair color. It is the color I used to be before the white decided to show itself. I use dark blonde but it usually comes out a light brown which works for me.

I have no plans for Mother's day. I have to get cards for DDILs and a gift card for each. I really don't want anything or to celebrate so it will be a quiet day getting ready for my trip to North Conway on Monday and probably finishing up packing at the house. I am hoping I can be in a good state of mind for the trip. Chris and I would go in the Fall. I thought I would try Spring. I know Chris will be with me in the 5 and 10 and Zebs as well as Echo Lake. He always drew a heart in the sand with our initials inside. I will do that for us. I just don't want to cry too much. I do need some time away to just relax and chill and get away from reality for a few days.

It is still windy here so walking was a bit chilly. I did go to Target to look at bathroom rugs but nothing appealed to me. I did get older DGD a birthday gift for her birthday in June. I got her Family Charades. She likes active games and you can play with 2 people or more. I think I will also get her a craft set of some kind as she likes to paint and draw. It will be nice to have everyone together tomorrow for a late Easter. I bought some mini pastries for dessert. I also bought myself a treat that I will eat over a few days. I can't resist sometimes.

Have a nice evening.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

@TazDev

B&B Your Hello Fresh meals sound interesting. Are they easy to make?

For me, it's more about getting me out of my cooking funk; where I've been stuck making burgers/meatloaf/chicken rollups for awhile.

Dinnerly meals were much simpler, but I didn't like them as much. Sunbasket was really simple too, but they are more expensive.

The ones I've done are easy and fairly quick. I don't get the meals with the steak, chicken cutlets, pork tenderloins, fish or shellfish; just the vegetarian or ground meat ones. I'm finicky about my proteins, so I feel safer sticking with the ground/veggie. It takes about 30 minutes to cook each one.
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Take last night:
the meal was Citrus pork tacos.
The box came with:

1 yellow onion
1 lime
1 orange
1 long green pepper
1/4 oz cilantro
4TBLS sour cream
1 TBLS southwest spice blend
10 oz ground pork
1 pack tex mex paste
6 small flour tortillas

I needed to have sugar, salt, pepper, oil, water

instructions:
Wash and dry produce.
Halve, peel, thinly slice onion. Quarter lime. Halve orange. Halve, core and thinly slice long pepper. Chop cilantro.

mix 1/4 onion, juice from 1/2 the lime, 1/4 tsp sugar, and a pinch salt. cover with plastic wrap and microwave 30 seconds.

Mix sour cream and 1/4 tsp southwest spice blend. Add salt and pepper and stir in water 1 tsp at a time to make drizzling consistency.

Heat a drizzle of oil over med-high heat. add long pepper and remaining onion. Cook and stir to brown and tender, 5-7 minutes. Season w/ salt and pepper. remove from pan, wipe out pan.

In same pan, heat drizzel oil. Add pork and remainder southwest spice blend. Cook and break up meat until browned 3-4 minutes (For me, it took about 10 minutes). drain any grease. Add juice from orange, a squeeze of lime juice, and the tex mex paste. Bring to a simmer and cook 2-3 minutes more. season with salt and pepper.

Wrap tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave 30 seconds until warm and pliable.

fill tortillas with pork and veggies. top with crema, pickled onion (drain first) and cilantro, with lime on the side.

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I can replicate it at home, once I figure out the tex-mex paste, lol, or I can substitute my own, maybe with some chipotle in adobo blended with some cumin and lime. So I won't need to get this one again, but I'll keep the recipe in the file. We've only found a couple we didn't like; and some that would work for us with tweaking; one of those was 'mozzarella melts', which would be good, if I use less mozzarella than the recipe calls for (it was too much and hard to chew that much cheese with ciabatta).

 

[Judique]

First, best wishes to all suffering through health problems, either themselves or their loved ones.

I'm enjoying corn dip, guac and tortilla chips right now, with a beverage. As for potato chips I like lays and some of Trader Joe's, if I happen to be there buying their french onion dip.

Hair color. Wow. My original color was shiny black with an occasional reddish highlight. In my early 30ties, this started to change quickly. So quickly I felt the need to ask the hair person to put some dye on it. She matched my color and I went back to the office, where my great friend, the manager quickly and bluntly asked me 'who poured (black) shoe polish on you?' Turned on my heel after talking to a couple of the women who told me it did not look good. Back to the salon and the hair colorist attempted to 'lift' out some of the color. Don't ask me what all that is, I'm totally clueless about this. Then back to work and people said it looked better, but who knows? Maybe they were trying to be nice!

So once I got rid of that hair, I let it go gray naturally and by 40 I was gray/white/black. And I had a young child. After a number of times being referred to as 'Grandma' by strangers, I ventured into the dye pit again and became some kind of strawberry blond or ash or whatever it was for a number of years, until she(DD) graduated high school.

Then I decided to stop the madness and let the color go. That's when I became a 'silver fox'. At times I didn't feel that foxy but a nice cut usually fixed that. Now in my almost at 70yo stage, I'm okay with gray or actually white with black hairs running through it. I get a lot of compliments on the natural color.

Mother's Day - I've made no plans but if nothing else I usually get calls and sometimes cards and gifts. We will see. I'm sort of oblivious right now. House needs cleaning and I do not want to do it. Just glad it's not this weekend!

Picked up ingredients for lasagna. Will make tonight or tomorrow - I mean late tonight for tomorrow. It's been on the agenda all week.

Something in the fridge will be dinner tonight, maybe shrimp and rice.

 

[lynxstch]

As to just letting it go gray..no way!!
Not me! I am 67 and the gray hairs drive me completely crazy. Mr L says to 'let it go gray', I said when I die you can let it go gray, until then I am coloring it. I only do it at home, and I only use John Frieda color. The foam is so easy to apply, and much less mess than the liquid. My natural hair color is medium brown, but I use light golden brown to give it some highlights

As to Mothers Day..we don't do anything special. Both of our Mothers are gone,,the kids ( I say kids but they are all grown adults), usually don't remember until the day after. I think we will make crab cakes for dinner that day.

I got all of the 250 lbs of manure, compost, fertilizer and lime down in the garden,,then got out the tiller and ran it on the cultivate height to just work it in a little bit. it's sunny and 70. Dinner is going to be leftovers so I can clean the fridge out tomorrow..then it's a hot bath and relax for me. I did the laundry today too,,so tomorrow I want to dust and vacuum and wash the kitchen floor..if I am not too stiff!

Have a nice evening all

 

[Kirby]

So once I got rid of that hair, I let it go gray naturally and by 40 I was gray/white/black. And I had a young child. After a number of times being referred to as 'Grandma' by strangers, I ventured into the dye pit again and became some kind of strawberry blond or ash or whatever it was for a number of years, until she(DD) graduated high school.

I remember people thinking I was DD's grandma when we went to WDW when she was five and I did not have any gray hair yet.

 

[AuntieMe3]

Happy Friday all...its been a few days. Tuesday evening, I was in a mood, I was just annoyed with everything and super emotional....DH had a stressful day as well so we were not a good mix...LOL Wednesday, I just vegged out in the hotel room and felt much better, DH ended up having a great day workwise and we were able to come home a day early. Our Buddy boy was so happy to see us.

DH bought himself an electric bicycle and it came while we were out of town. Our friends son(the baby's dad) picked it up for him at the shop so we went over first thing this morning. He got his bike and I got baby cuddles. OMG... she's so cute. She's really getting chubby and more awake and aware. She was making the cutest little sounds and then took a little snooze in my arms before we left. She kept her momma up almost all night last night, so momma was happy to get a little break while we were there.

No plans this weekend, DH will probably go bike riding with the guys but I'll just stay home and get some stuff done around here. No big Mother's Day plans either. DH will probably make breakfast and dinner like he usually does for me.




@dazedx3 soo many thoughts and prayers for you and your family. As others have said, we are here for you to vent, cry or just need a distraction.

@tazdev3225 prayers for Monday.

@Pea-n-Me I hope you've heard some good news about the dog. What kind is it?

@Bianca and Bernard so glad you're back. I had been actually thinking about you and hoping all was well. Glad your DS is doing so well out here in CA. My husband corporate office is very close to Legoland. My sister and BIL just took my niece there a couple weeks ago.

Again....I should've used the quotes...lol Just know I've been reading, just can't remember what I want to respond too.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Wow so many new posts since this morning, which feels like eons ago lol. Extra hug to everyone and from all my heart an early thank you all of you dear Quackers who are mothers or grandmothers and/or who have also provided the unconditional love and kind care of a mom or grandma to someone, outside of our Quacker family that is, since each of you do that daily

Much extra prayer and love to you, dear Taz and your prayers continuing for you and your DH.

Dad just finalized our Ikea order and set up of delivery (next Monday, we will find out a delivery window on Sunday) and assembly (next Wednesday morning). I am truly thankful that he has finally gotten himself a real nice new bookcase. Grateful, of course, to also have gotten the new nightstand for me and the second of that same item to use for extra storage in here (living room). I'll take a picture once the nightstand is built

No extra Mother's Day plans here. I will watch worship as always and give God extra thanks for my beloved grandma who will always be who I consider my mom. I also have been so blessed during my life to have been gifted from the Lord, numerous kind motherly ladies as friends in His name. Dad and I will be sending a Mother's Day card to a close friend of both of ours.

I am so ready for summer Too cold for me, AuntieMe3, I hope you are warm. Always, I pray all of you are cozy and have a good evening with love.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Hi everyone!

I would enjoy a good cheddar potato chip, haven’t found a favorite yet.
I haven’t colored my hair in my 75 years, not going to start now.

Our older son and his wife will be in Cape May next weekend and we will celebrate his 48th birthday and Mother’s Day! This will be a very special weekend!

Next Saturday will also be the first Coast Guard Community Open House since the pandemic.

 

[Snowysmom]

Good Saturday Morning. It is 37 now with temps going into the 50s. I am tired today. The grandkids decided to get up during the night and yell for mom and then got up before 6 to yell for mom.

I am heading to the house to feed the birds and check things out. Then a hair appt and back to DS's house. The grandkids and kids will all be here this afternoon.

Have a good day.

 

[Judique]

It is 40 going to 67 here.

I like to sit on my patio with coffee in the mornings but 40 is still too chilly. 50ties are okay, but by that time I'm all coffee'd out.

I'm continuing to have a tick bite problem and I've already treated all my cats including outdoor cat and my Yorkie. Since I haven't been in the back in a few days I'm guessing they are coming inside on my Yorkie and dropping onto me somehow. DD does not have the problem but I tend to attract this kind of trouble. So far no targets though.

My yard will be treated this upcoming week. Yorkie will go for his grooming and hair cut and I'll have to walk him instead of letting him run in the yard. Pain!

Can't believe it's already May! My new DIL and by eldest brother share the same birthday so I have that marked on my calendar.

Later this morning I will try to be the first into Costco to pick up a few things. Weekends are so busy I usually avoid them but I need some stuff for tomorrow.

May ride the John Deere today, not sure as the grass isn't really high, but if I leave it then it will rain and look bad, since that will make it grow faster, with nicer weather coming.

Everybody enjoy your Saturdays!

 

[lynxstch]

Good morning. Like Judique, our temp here is only 38 and will be going to 70, rain moving in tomorrow. I don't care. Everything outside is done and looks nice and the garden can use the rain.

Already stripped and remade the bed, fed the cats and birds, and changed the calendars to May for tomorrow. Mr L is still sound asleep and hasn't moved an inch since I got up. I do want to dust and vacuum today, was going to wash the kitchen floor, but since they are calling for rain..that may wait till Monday unless I can't stand it anymore, lol

Have a great Saturday ~~

 

[PollyannaMom]

@tazdev3225 - RE: "I'm really upset by it because the one thing I was looking forward to was the nature excursions and photography. He said to go alone and he'll stay on the ship, but I can't do that." (I can't seem to partial quote on my phone) - Unless it's a safety issue for him to stay on the ship without you, I think you should go on the photography walk. Caregiver respite is extremely important!

 

[footballmouse]

Happy Saturday to everyone!

Have a little break while at work so I thought I'd scroll through the Disboards. Got all my to-do things done yesterday minus a walk. I forgot that I had to run down to Meijer to grab some dog food so I did that instead of going for a walk.

I finished the series Pysch yesterday and I'm happy to report that the main couple did get back together in the end. I would have been very upset if they wouldn't have.

For Mother's Day, my boys already told me that we're all going to a Reds game (baseball) so that will be fun. I haven't been to a game in quite a few years. My work offers a day that each employee gets 4 free tickets but I was too late and they were gone last year. This year I'm ordering them as soon as they're offered.

I was able to color my hair yesterday morning too . I go with a blond dye so that my hair comes out a light brown. I get it colored with highlights twice a year so I already made an appointment for that to be done in June, before I go on vacation.

I remembered to set my geranium hanging basket outside and the tray of petunias . It's supposed to rain sometime today so they can get watered. I keep them in the garage until the chance of frost is completely gone so I'll keep them outside next weekend. The rule around here is not to plant anything before Mother's Day so I follow that.

Have a great day!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I was working at the end of the week so only had time to skim posts while scarfing down a sandwich. Went back to re-read this morning and to add mojies. Still forgot half of what I wanted to respond to, lol. (Quote feature doesn’t always work well on my iPad, things get ‘jumpy’; forget trying to respond on my phone, I think I need a new one.)

As always, hugs to anyone having a tough time and prayers for all who want and need them.

Taz I can see why you would have reservations about leaving your husband alone on the ship. I probably wouldn’t, either. It also feels like maybe you have a little PTSD from what happened with your husband five years ago in the hospital, which would be understandable, for sure, and contribute to your feeling anxious about this upcoming surgery, too. I hope things go ok this time around. Ask them to use the bed alarm if he tends to want to get up by himself.

I am so glad that @dazedx3 made an appearance. She’s been missed! Thank you all for the nice responses to her.

We grilled haddock filets with seafood stuffing in tented aluminum foil on the grill last night. I just realized this morning we seasoned (w lemon, lemon pepper and sea salt) but forgot to dot with butter. Oh well, end of the week DH and I were tired and in a sea of groceries. It was still good. We also had haddock chowder which was delish (store bought), rice pilaf and peas. I’m glad I found a good haddock chowder. These days just a tiny cup of chowder costs $8 in local restaurants! This way I got a quart for $10 which fed all of us. (Well, three of us - DD hates seafood. We grilled her chicken instead.)

Chips? I love chips, they’re my weakness. I try to buy the big pkg of small bags for lunches so I don’t have a big bag laying around. I like classic Lay’s. Funny because I hated Lay’s growing up, it was Wise all the way - onion and garlic were my favorite, my friends and I used to get a pretty big bag for $.50 at the corner store. But somehow the flavor changed, to me anyway, so I like Lay’s now. We put out Lay’s with sour cream and onion dip that I made on Easter and they were inhaled. (By contrast, I had lots of deviled eggs left over!) I don’t care for Cape Cod chips as I feel like I’m going to break a tooth or loosen a filling eating them! (Have been to the factory, though, for a tour when the kids were little.) I did not recognize the names of some of the ones you all posted here, but glad you have brands you love! It’s funny because yesterday the Utz guy was stocking his chips when I grabbed a bag of Lay’s and he turned and gave me a look! They had no little bags so I guess I’ll have to suffer through it this weekend, lol.

Hair color? Don’t hate me for it but I have never had to dye my hair! (No worries, though, I have plenty of other little annoyances I have to deal with on a regular basis!) I have a few grays at the crown but I use a color enhancing shampoo that helps minimize them, or I cut them if they’re sticking out (why do they do that??). The shoe polish comment made me chuckle @Judique! I’m glad you were able to take their comment so well. My mother dyed her hair as long as she could, going to the salon weekly, etc. Only the last few years did she let it go practically white, but I thought it looked flattering on her. She didn’t like it too much, though. We used to laugh when she and her sister would be driving, we called them the QTips! They both had the poufy, blonde thing going on. @lynxstch yours made me laugh, too. It sounds like you have it down to a science. (Not surprised! ) @easyas123 It’s good to experiment, will be interesting to hear what you choose to do!

Right now no specific Mother’s Day plans. It will be nice to just stay home and have a quiet day. We spent every Mother’s Day for many years running around and doing things for our own mothers. Now I can just do what I want to do. Bittersweet, I guess. I know what DD is getting me because she had to ask my opinion. She’s making me a new no-sew blanket. I still have the one she made me when she was in HS but it’s getting ratty (and Toto will inherit it as he adores it). I get a little fussy about colors and patterns. But she showed me one I love and I will share it with you all. I wanted to tell you all something else but as it is this is getting too long, so I will put it in a different post.

Have a nice Saturday, everyone! It is cool but sunny here, was gray earlier. DH has already been to the nursery and planted the window boxes on his shed/workshop while I sipped my coffee. DD and her bf are going to be making the blankets today - he is going to make one for his mother, as well. (Weird but DD wound up running into her at the fabric store and she commented on one she liked so it dawned on her that that would be a nice gift and bf loved the idea!)

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good Morning everyone and Happy last day of April, too!

Hugs, Taz and ITA with dear PollyannaMom and Pea. It is so important as a caregiver, extra when it is for a family member, to please remember to take time for you! Recharge and just be! Prayers all-around continuing.

I am truly so glad you have some happier weekend plans, Snowysmom and Bobbiwoz to come.

Lynn, I pray you have some YOU time this weekend, too!

Extra to Dazed.

Enjoy the baseball game, Footballmouse!

Thanks everyone for the potato chip shares. Frito Lay sent us a few free product coupons in the mail that expire at the end of July. Dad used one to get a free bag of regular Lay's yesterday at Ralph's. They had a much better potato flavor until I also realized the aftertaste was of oil. Still felt to me like a coating of oil. Maybe I've just become chip picky lol! I'm glad some of you do enjoy them and maybe one day Smart and Final will restock.

to all. I'll come back later.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Judique, I have lasagna on my radar of meals for this coming week. I need DSis to come down, as I don’t have a pan that would fit the whole box!

Enjoy yours!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I started to quote some of your posts but again experiencing the jumpy problem. Thank you to those who asked about the rescue. I think I am too upset to talk about it right now. We were approved. Process went pretty smoothly. Until yesterday. They told me when the dog was coming up. I had given them dates I was available. The date they gave me was one I had to work three in a row (and can’t change it or call in sick) and they got mad when I said I couldn’t do it then, even going as far as to say something sort of mean to me about having to change it. With that snarky comment I had to politely end the conversation. Family was present for call on speakerphone and they heard it, too.

Needless to say I didn’t sleep too well, and I’m not sure where we stand with it now. Put it this way, Toto got a lot of hugs and even laid on my chest for a while last night. (I am so grateful I have him, my little buddy.) Once again reminding myself that if it’s meant to be, it will be. I‘ll just feel bad if this dog loses out. One thing I do not have control of is my work schedule once it’s done, months ahead of time. It’s written in stone and I have to be there when I have to be there. And I do want to be home to go get the dog and for its first hours/days in our house, and meeting Toto, etc. I don’t think that’s unreasonable. My work days are 15-16 hours when all is said and done. I’d be lucky if I got to even sit with the dog for a few minutes in between working and sleeping, so that’s not how we want it to go. Ugh.

This is the material DD is making my blanket out of. It will have a plain grey underside.
You can see that Toto is on it!

 

[Judique]

We also had haddock chowder which was delish (store bought), rice pilaf and peas. I’m glad I found a good haddock chowder.

What store has the haddock chowder? If I go up north this summer on a long over due road trip (nothing planned yet) I'll be looking for it. I have friends in Mass and RI and CT.

The shoe polish comment made me chuckle @Judique! I’m glad you were able to take their comment so well.

Oh he and I were good buddies! He even offered to call the salon as he knew the people there better than me. I was doing part time real estate at the time and he's the reason I was able to zero in on this house, first day on the market and helped me with several other RE ventures in those early days after divorce. I'm so grateful to him plus no strings were attached. He'd just recently found the new love of his life after a bitter divorce and later I went through the death of my DD's father during my time working with him.(Over a 10 year period.) He was enormously supportive just with his knowledge. And at the time I needed someone with a clear thinking head.

Judique, I have lasagna on my radar of meals for this coming week. I need DSis to come down, as I don’t have a pan that would fit the whole box!

Enjoy yours!

Stopped by Panera to get a drink (I have their drink club for free until June ends) and I got some maple walnut cream cheese for my Costco bagels. Spotted a loaf of tomato basil bread and brought it home to serve with our lasagna.

The one thing I have is a million pans, pots, roasters, everything needed in the world. I'm over zealous about kitchenware.

But, my lasagna recipe (from a lasagna box - nothing fancy) is being altered to make enough for 1 decent meal plus maybe 1 day of leftovers. When I make it all, we get tired of eating it.

And, I started to buy whipped cream cheese at the grocery yesterday to just mix in some maple and nuts and realized it was more expensive than just getting a little tub at Panera.