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LAST WEEK RECAPPED
WHEW! The last 2 weeks have been a constant blur!!! I finished the last “PLANNED” event on Friday night only to have a monkey wrench thrown into the rest of the month. Saturday was spent doing laundry and house chores as well as a lot of recipe sorting. I’m hoping to finish sorting through the tote I’ve been working on so I can make a “quarterly” menu plan and eliminate a bunch of scrap paper. Sunday was supposed to be a “slow” day at home watching racing and being lazy, but ended up being gone to lunch with friends and then several hours of Eagle’s chores. I’m looking forward to staying home today and getting caught up on what I didn’t get done yesterday.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
It’s going to be a super wet week and still quite cool with highs in the low 40’s. I’ll be doing layers upon layers with turtlenecks and flannels with Levis & UGGs.
ON MY MIND
So many people are anxious to “join” organizations, but I have noticed that so many are NOT willing to put the effort into sustaining them. We have had a HUGE influx of members because of our Tuesday line dancing night, but that’s the extent of their involvement. There was a “VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION” night with Italian bakes and dessert last Friday, but when all was said and done I observed that the people that participated in the bakes and desserts, set-up, break down and clean-up were the same volunteers being “celebrated”. Volunteers ate for free, all others it was a $10 all you can eat night and we did raise almost $500 for charity, but it seemed quite a bit of work and so so lopsided. 🙁
I had been asked to take over Friday night dinner coordination in June when the current lady was not going to renew her membership because of commitments elsewhere, but was a bit surprised when she announced it at the last meeting and that it would begin March 1st. And then to top it off the woman doing February 28th and canceled on Saturday so I’m hitting the ground running scrambling from the git go. 🙂 I do have some hopefully fresh ideas to generate more participation and support, so we’ll see.
TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS
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THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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DVR/TV TIME
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WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
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READING TIME
I should finish PICTURES OF YOU tonight. Book Club picked a new book because most people found it “BORING” and called it a DNF (do not finish and I have never NOT finished a book) book which only tells me I’m not well fitted with this group that prefer psychological thrillers.
Most of those that found it boring gave up by page 20, which I find alarming as the book has 350 pages so they really didn’t give it a chance.
Two other friends are liking as much as I do and we have all vowed to finish it. One has finished it and declared it is definitely a book to finish.
FUNNIES
MENU PLANS
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀
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2/17 MONDAY
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2/18 TUESDAY
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2/19 WEDNESDAY
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2/20 THURSDAY
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2/21 FRIDAY
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2/22 SATURDAY
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2/23 SUNDAY
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DINNER
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SALSA VERDE CHICKEN CASSEROLE
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FIREHOUSE SPECIAL
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CORNED BEEF HASH ~ DINNER STYLE
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PORK CHOPS, MASHED POTATOES and MILK GRAVY with COUNTRY DRESSING
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CREOLE HALIBUT
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CORNED BEEF SAUERKRAUT BAKE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HONEY ORANGE COTTAGE CHEESE PANCAKES (breakfast)
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LIME GLAZED PORK CHOPS with COUNTRY DRESSING ~~~~~~~~ OVERNIGHT HAM& EGG CASSEROLE (BREAKFAST) |
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DESSERT
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WACKY CAKE
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FAVORITE PHOTOS FROM THE CAMERA
I borrowed some chafing dishes from a friend (she had owned our favorite deli – Nellie’s Deli but retired last July) and she brought me these sweet treats along with the chafing dishes! How sweet is that? And this was the sky over the pond after the event Friday night.
INSPIRATIONS
LIFE TIP
HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP
RECIPES COMING UP THIS WEEK
- SODA SAUCE PORK LOIN & MASHED CARROTS
- PORK CHOPS in CREAMY GARLIC SPINACH SAUCE
RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS
Wow, you got to take the job waaay earlier than what you prepped for. Sending positive vibes all turns out for the best. Have a great week
So many great looking recipes here. I plan to start menu planning again. My husband does not like for me to do that, but it sure makes dinner much easier. He likes to decide at the last minute as to what he will eat and that makes having meat ready to cook so hard.
Oh I couldn’t do that! I started meal planning when we were a military family on a serious budget! It became a way of life!
Whew, that’s a big difference taking on something in February as opposed to June! Sounds like you are ready though. Hope your ideas turn out wonderful and help with the participation. Those sweet treats look delicious. Didn’t know Tournament of Champions was back, I enjoy that one as does my husband. I’m waiting on the Spring Baking Championship which apparently doesn’t return until March. I guess that makes sense. Hope you have a wonderful week!
I don’t know about ready, but won’t back down. I was a good girl scout and taught to leave things better than I found them so will just see this as a challenge 😀 Tournament of Champions starts for real on 3/2, but right now are the qualifier events for the chefs on the periphery. Have a wonderful week!