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WEEKEND RECAP

The weekend weather was ABSOLUTELY beautiful. A girlfriend and I went to a local Vintage Street fair that is held annually. Fortunately the weekend rain fell Friday night before the event and while it was cool enough for flannel shirts in the morning, it was perfect the rest of the day. We had yummy local made sourdough lemon poppy seed treats and lavender ice tea and found some wonderful vintage finds for upcoming Christmas projects and gifts. Sunday was just a lazy day and that was okay by me!! I had so much to catch up on!!

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE

We are supposed to heat back up a little bit this week, but fortunately the nighttime lows are going to be perfect so once again, that is just fine by me! Highs in the low 80’s for the most part and lows in the low 50’s 😀

ON MY MIND

My surgery follow up is on Wednesday and I should be released to “normal” activity though my choices for normal will be different by MY choosing. I do have a meeting tonight and expect a bit of blow back from some of my decisions to NOT be involved in some things moving forward. I will continue to do fundraiser dinners on Fridays once a month or so, but am dialing it back A LOT on other levels.

TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS

LAUNDRY & CLEANING I have a couple loads of laundry to do and a bit of vacuuming, but all good otherwise. GROCERIES & ERRANDS I need quite a few things for the fundraiser dinner on Friday and will shop later today so I can get the macaroons done soon. I guess it will be a several trips to town kind of week since my post op is on Wednesday but I need things today and tomorrow 😀 RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING Hubby bought me a NINJA FOODI POSSIBLE COOKER for my upcoming birthday and I have been busy working on some fun recipes for the upcoming weeks 😀

DVR/TV TIME

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV

STREAMING We finished STARGATE ATLANTIS and have returned to finish SUPERNATURAL, but aren’t thrilled with that choice so are rethinking for another show. We watched a cute movie on NETFLIX called THE UNION. CABLE We finished the FOOD TRUCK RACE and got caught up on BBQ BRAWL.

READING TIME

FUNNIES

MENU PLANS

BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀

	8/26 MONDAY	8/27 TUESDAY	8/28 WEDNESDAY	8/29 THURSDAY	8/30 FRIDAY	8/31 SATURDAY	9/1 SUNDAY
DINNER	BEEF TIPS & BROCCOLI	PORK CHOPS & SCALLOPED POTATOES	CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator night or you’re on your own	CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator night or you’re on your own	MEATLOAF, SAUER MASHED POTATOES, TOMALITOS	PORK MEDALLIONS with ONION GRAVY and ROAST POTATOES	LEMON CHICKEN AND GLAZED CARROTS
DESSERT					WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY MACAROONS

FAVORITE PHOTOS FROM THE CAMERA

I didn’t take many pictures last week, but here are a few from the street fair we went to. I adore the repurposed horse trailers. The lavender ice tea is the daughter (hence the Farmer’s Daughter name) of one of my favorite local community minded farms, LEHNE farms, that has a wonderful fruit and veggie stand and bakery at a local nursery!

INSPIRATIONS

LIFE TIP

HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP

RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK

• HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD
  
• LEMON BLUEBERRY SCONES
• CREAMY SNAP PEA & CHICKEN PASTA with CREAMY GARLIC BASIL SAUCE

WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS

• CHERRY BALSAMIC PORK CHOPS & PINEAPPLE COMPOTE
• STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS
• LEMON BRAISED CHICKEN with POTATOES & ONIONS