Who else is watching the Great American Food Truck Race? I’m just curious on who you think will win? Personally I’m voting for Wally’s Waffles or Bao Bai. Argentina’s Empanadas has just had too much drama for my liking.
Tag: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY ~ BLOG 366.213
HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENUS & RECIPES week 31 of 2024 ~ BLOG 366.211
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WEEKEND RECAP
We were supposed to go to a going away party on Saturday, but skipped it because it was moved to a smaller venue and with me still having stitched incisions (stitches come out on August 7th) and a recent COVID outbreak in our area I just thought it would be a prudent move.
Hubby did take me out to lunch though at a favorite haunt where I tried a new menu item. I LOVED half of it (the salad), but have ruled out the other half (the burger) from ever ordering it again 😂 There was a several hour power outage at home while we gone when a turkey vulture somehow blew a transformer and put 3,500 people out of service.
Yesterday we did go visit a few friends for a bit, but other than those 2 outings, it’s been super boring being at home, but unable to do much.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
Today is going to be beautiful (81°) and then we jump back up toward triple digits (mid-high 90’s) and higher humidity for the next 9 days! At least the nights are getting down in temperature (high 50’s) making the days more tolerable. Glad I’m spending so much time indoors. The smoke has been pretty bad from a fire or two in the area.
Monday 🌞 81/56
Tuesday 🌞 86/58
Wednesday 🌞 95/63
Thursday 🌞 98/62
Friday 🌞 94/61
Saturday & Sunday 🌞 94/60
ON MY MIND
Can you believe August begins this week? It literally feels like this year is flying by!
I’m dealing with a level of inactivity I haven’t had to deal with in several years and it’s driving me stir crazy! I have only been out of commission for less than a week, but during that time the things that have happened at the Eagles has confirmed my decision to back off and find other avenues of volunteering. The first thing that happened was that out of desperation they actually contacted me 2 days after surgery to ask me to work the kitchen as a “short order cook” Saturday night even knowing I’m out of commission until the end of August! Not sure what they thought no lifting or bending means.
The stitches come out on August 7th and I will be readily working my way into a new daily routines sans Eagle’s duties though! See THOUGHT FOR THE DAY above!!
TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS
THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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I just finished Fannie Flagg’s I STILL DREAM ABOUT YOU and began Heather Webber’s A CERTAIN KIND OF STARLIGHT. She’s one of my favorite authors. I did start listening to Philippa Nefri Clark’s THE COTTAGE AT WHISPER LAKE the first few days after surgery, but it keeps putting me to sleep when I close my eyes, so that’s not working.
FUNNIES
MENU PLANS
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀
I get to start cooking again today and resuming MOST normal activity so I wanted a fun menu. The first 3 recipes of the week are adapted from Mary Berg and have become favorites. The BBQ Chicken Legs are made with my ALOHA BBQ sauce, the DIANA Burgers are based on the cheeseburgers my friend makes us at her Bar & Grill and the Spicy Chicken Skewers are also adapted from the internet for summer recipes.
7/29 MONDAY
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7/30 TUESDAY
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7/31 WEDNESDAY
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8/1 THURSDAY
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8/2 FRIDAY
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8/3 SATURDAY
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8/4 SUNDAY
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DINNER
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STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS and SALAD
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BRAISED LEMON CHICKEN THIGHS with ONIONS and POTATOES, CARROTS & LEEKS
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CHICKEN and SNAP PEA PASTA with CREAMY GARLIC BASIL SAUCE
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BBQ CHICKEN LEGS and MACARONI SALAD
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CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator night or you’re on your own
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DIANA BURGERS and MASHED POTATO SALAD
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SPICY CHICKEN SKEWERS and CUCUMBER SALAD |
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COCONUT CRANBERRY MACAROONS
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I didn’t get out to take many pictures this past week, but did get out into the backyard yesterday and am amazed at how well my tomatoes, cucumbers and butternut squash are doing. I’ll be making some tomato sauce today for my dinner of stuffed banana peppers.
INSPIRATIONS
LIFE TIP
HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP
RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS
HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENUS & RECIPES week 30 of 2024 ~ BLOG 366.204
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WEEKEND RECAP
I spent the entire weekend volunteering for a Community event, the BBQ ThrowDown. We had a wonderful turn out and a GREAT time also. Besides that we helped a friend who got locked out of her house and another that needed some electronic wiring work straightened out.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
After the storm on Saturday night yesterday cooled off by almost 20 degrees and it’s supposed to remain that way throughout the entire week 😀 which makes me REALLY happy! I’m wearing a favorite pair of Levis, plaid blouse and birkenstock thongs.
TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS
THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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I downloaded a few books (TRULY MADLY by HEATHER WEBBER, THE COTTAGE AT WHISPER LAKE by PHILLIPA NEFRI CLARK and WICKED APPETITE by JANET EVANOVICH) to audible for this week. I’m not allowed to do anything after the surgery so will wear my headphones and listen to books Wednesday through Friday at least.
FUNNIES
MENU PLANS
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀
MONDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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SUNDAY
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DINNER
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MANDARIN PORK and ARTICHOKE CAKES
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surgery day so hubby’s choice the rest of the week 😀
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The BBQ Throwdown (BAGS, BBQ & BREWS) was another HUGE success in our little town. Last year was the first year and there were 29 BBQ teams from around the country and one of the judges even flew in from Ireland!
This year we expanded to 40 BBQ teams and more Breweries and Wineries joined in too! We also have a HUGE Corn Hole tournament. I love the old trucks and trailers that were retrofitted into taps! There were several local vendors also including a young man who makes GORGEOUS hand made bowls of all types and his mother helping him get a start in business.
Thanks to Terry and his wife Lisa, local business owners who along with Dan and Nicole spearheaded this endeavor for ALL of their hard work doing everything and anything it took to make this event happen successfully. It supports scholarships for trade and tech schools. Not sure yet how much their doing this year, but last year they gave out $20,000 in scholarships. Not bad for the first year! I’ll update this after I find out what this year’s total is. There were also really unique and innovative awards handed out.
The food was plentiful and oh so yummy! Saturday was super hot (mid nineties and humid) and I came home that night with a little heat stroke and collapsed, but yesterday was absolutely gorgeous (mid seventies) after a thunderstorm roared in with a lightning storm and lots of rain. Tough on the BBQers that were manning smokers, but made for a gorgeous day Sunday. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend. And I couldn’t have done this again if I tried, but a guy set his beer on the table while he bought more chips from me. I dropped one of the chips and it bounced perfectly into his beer.
INSPIRATIONS
LIFE TIP
HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP
RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS
- BALSAMIC MOZZARELLA WATERMELON SALAD
- PINEAPPLE TERIYAKI CHICKEN MEATBALLS
- PEACH PINEAPPLE JALAPENO SALSA CHICKEN
HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENUS & RECIPES week 29 of 2024 ~ BLOG 366.197
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WEEKEND RECAP
We started the weekend Friday by traveling to our “BIG” go to town an hour+ away in order to pick up my Hallmark Premiere order for the Keepsake ornament club, do some antiquing and eat at a favorite restaurant (though they were not as good as normal) and I even started my Christmas shopping 😀
It was a fairly quiet weekend though for us despite all that was going on around us (Music Off Central, Bull Riding Stampede, Graffiti Week with classic cars, the Lavender Festival and Lots of LIVE bands everywhere! We did go see TIMBERWOLF on Saturday night with friends and while the guys drank Annette and I worked the door and raffle. Sunday was much quieter and I was able to get the laundry done as well as see a dear friend for a few hours.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
We’re NOT in triple digits, but are oh so close 😂 At least the humidity is fairly low around 20% so I WILL NOT complain about summer though I am already looking forward to fall! I have on Levis rolled to capri length, my favorite birkenstock thongs and a pretty pink paisley blouse.
ON MY MIND
I can’t help wondering when exactly we declined as a polite society? I know this is mostly a rhetorical question, but seriously I pray we wake up (AND SOON), starting talking to each other and finding middle ground instead of senseless violence. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS
THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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FUNNIES
MENU PLANS
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀
7/15 MONDAY
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7/16 TUESDAY
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7/17 WEDNESDAY
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7/18 THURSDAY
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7/19 FRIDAY
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7/20 SATURDAY
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7/21 SUNDAY
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DINNER
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PEACH JALAPENO CHICKEN
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NUMERO UNO PIZZA
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PORK CHOPS with APPLE PIE STUFFING and BAKED STUFFED CARROTS
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APRICOT SALSA CHICKEN and ARTICHOKE CAKES
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CHICKEN PARMESAN MEATBALLS, PASTA and SWEET & SOUR GREEN BEANS
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CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator night or you’re on your own
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CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator night or you’re on your own |
DESSERT
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BUTTER BISCUIT CHERRY PINEAPPLE COBBLER
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FAVORITE PHOTOS FROM THE CAMERA
I really didn’t take many photos this week, but love the ones of my tomatoes looking so awesome and I did find this one from a restaurant we ate at amusing. Evidently they are FINALLY keeping people out of the landscaping with a sense of humor 😀
INSPIRATIONS
LIFE TIP
HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP
RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS
- BUFFALO MEATBALL SLIDERS
- JALAPENO HONEY STICKY WINGS
- HONEY SOY PORK with PEANUT NOODLES
HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENUS & RECIPE LINKS week 28 of 2024 ~ BLOG 366.190
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
WEEKEND RECAP
Friday, Saturday and Sunday were the last American Cribbage Congress events for 2024 in our little town. My girlfriend, Annette and I have been doing these for over a year now and really enjoy the challenge of feeding these wonderful people for 3 days! BUT, 4:30 AM came earlier and earlier each day leaving me REALLY, REALLY exhausted by last night! And it was not easy to get to sleep on the 4th with my neighbor shooting off illegal fireworks under my bedroom window so I began that first early morning at a deficit for the weekend. But, it’s a new week!
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
We hit triple digits on the 4th and they are supposed to last a couple more days and then drop down into the 90’s for the rest of the week. Even as warm as it has been I have NO complaints as it is still cooling down quite a bit at night and is relatively low humidity.
ON MY MIND
I’m going to be having a bit of surgery in a couple weeks that will limit what I can do, lift and such for a few weeks so am making lists trying to get ahead for whoever will be doing my work at the Eagles. Between you and me I’m hoping someone wants to take it over permanently.
TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS
THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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FUNNIES
MENU PLANS
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀
7/8 MONDAY
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7/9 TUESDAY
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7/10 WEDNESDAY
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7/11 THURSDAY
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7/12 FRIDAY
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7/13 SATURDAY
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7/14 SUNDAY
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DINNER
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MANDARIN PORK & BAKED CARROTS
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TACO ROLLS & SALAD
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PORK CHOPS, APPLE STUFFING & SALAD
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LEMON CHICKEN with SWEET & SOUR GREEN BEANS
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OOT for an appointment so will find a FUN place to eat 😀
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CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator night or you’re on your own
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APRICOT SALSA CHICKEN & ARTICHOKE CAKES |
DESSERT
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BLUEBERRY LIME CHEESECAKE
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FAVORITE PHOTOS FROM THE CAMERA
I didn’t get many pictures edited this week yet, but did get a couple from the 4th done. We went and watched the parade in a small neighboring town that we see every year. Our neighbor and their youngest grandson Griffin squirming before the festivities began. They shot off the fire department water truck at the end for the kids to run in.
Our friends and neighbors across the street had their grand kids visiting and we did an early family friendly fireworks show.
INSPIRATIONS
LIFE TIP
HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP
I couldn’t decide if this was a tip or a funny! 🙂
RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY ~ BLOG 366.185
HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY & RECIPE LINKS week 27 of 2024 ~ BLOG 366.183
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WEEKEND RECAP
This was supposed to be super brief as we are still away having a fabulous time on the coast with beautiful weather, at least weather we like – cool, cloudy, 60’s, breezy… Thanks to a dear friend we had the opportunity to spend several carefree days in the coastal resort community of Ocean Shores. But, I couldn’t sleep and was ups so early I found quite a bit to say.
We left last Thursday after my eye doctor appointment to avoid the Friday traffic. Well, that didn’t work. Between construction and just way too many people, traffic was still a nightmare, just not as bad as it would have been on Friday. We ended up in a cute little and colorful town for the night.
Friday we trekked down to Cape Disappointment that has 2 light houses and seriously earned its name for more reasons than the internet will tell you. 😀 We then crossed one of our favorite bridges to Astoria, home of the Goonies where we visited a favorite antique store, but didn’t buy anything for a change and had a fabulous late lunch/dinner at Astoria Brewing Company before checking in at Ocean Shores. Such a beautiful place and what a view! We also had a momma deer and her fawn that spent the evenings in front of our balcony.
Saturday we spent at the Sand & Sawdust festival followed by a little antiquing in junk stores and then beach combing in the afternoon at low tide. We found odd things to buy this trip like a vintage pair of pinking shears that hubby is going to oil for me and 3 OLD knobs for a set of drawers I already have as well as an OLD rusty hand saw that hubby will clean up for me so I can paint it for a Christmas tree. I LOVE the new architectural salvage company we found.
Sunday found us having our coffee with having a bit of a storm and turbulent waves that sounded glorious by the fireplace while we had the sliding door open. The weather was such that we were certainly glad we had opted for indoor activities which included a coastal drive where we encountered an odd “new” (built in 2005) little town, Sea Brook, that is a planned community resembling Pleasantville or home of the Stepford Wives or maybe the Truman Show or even the fictional town of Stars Hollows from the Gilmore Girls in a location previously abandoned by the navy after WWII and left off maps for years as well as a visit to make a deposit at the local casino for a friend LOL. Here’s an article that really spells out that odd little town. We also had brunch/lunch at a fun little spot called, Brunch 101. Oh my was the food awesome. This was half of an amazing chicken and biscuits Benedict that hubby and I shared. But I LOVE their motto! “Brunch without mimosas is just a sad late breakfast”!
Unfortunately, today we will be saying goodbye to Ocean Shores and heading homeward, but will stop somewhere tonight near a few towns we like that have some great antiquing.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Can you believe it’s July already? It seems like the days are running on double time. I’m not ready for July!!!!! For heaven’s sake it’s only 177 days until Christmas!!!!
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
The weather is glorious here, but will get warmer and warmer as we trek towards home. I see at home we will finally and consistently reach the 80’s this week, so I’ll enjoy the 50’s-60’s here as long as I can.
TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS
THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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READING TIME
I’m about two thirds through Phillipa Nefri Clark’s House at Angel’s Beach. I decided to wait on the The Memory Thief until we get back – just seemed too heavy for a vacation read.
FUNNIES
MENU PLANS
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀
7/1 MONDAY
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7/2 TUESDAY
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7/3 WEDNESDAY
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7/4 THURSDAY
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7/5 FRIDAY
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7/6 SATURDAY
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7/7 SUNDAY
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DINNER
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OUT
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TACO TUESDAY
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MEATLOAF & SAUER POTATOES
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HOBO PACKS on the GRILL
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CRIBBAGE TOURNAMENT CORN/YOYO
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CRIBBAGE TOURNAMENT CORN/YOYO
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BUTTER BISCUIT CHERRY COBBLER
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FAVORITE PHOTOS FROM THE CAMERA
This is a wide open category this week and if you have been following me on Facebook or Instagram you know I’m really behind in posting pictures 😀 so I’ll just give a couple of the highlights from this weekend – A couple of sunsets from our balcony, a foggy rainy landscape, Irwin the friendly raccoon who was living in the boulders I was crawling on to get a lighthouse picture, the town hall from the cute little town of Sea Brook.
INSPIRATIONS
LIFE TIP
HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP
RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS
HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY & RECIPE LINKS week 26 of 2024 ~ BLOG 366.176
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WEEKEND RECAP
After working so much and doing the auxiliary dinner at the Eagles last Friday we went for a lazy weekend. We visited a few garage sales. I cleaned and did some laundry, read a little, worked on menus and recipes, but nothing strenuous or that used a lot of brain power.
OH MY, it really just hit me that we are almost literally 1/2 way through the year!!! Can you believe there are only 191 days left in this entire year of 366 days!! Or in realer terms, Christmas Eve is 6 months from today. 😀
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
Lows in the 50’s here and highs in the 70’s here at home. We’re going north to the coast though for the end of the week and it’s supposed to be in the low 60’s during the day and low 50’s at night so no complaints here!
TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS
THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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READING TIME
I finished Marie Force’s State of Suspense last night and will start Emily Conlin’s The Memory Thief tonight.
FUNNIES
MENU PLANS
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀 With leaving on Thursday for a short trip it’s a pretty basic menu this week.
6/24 MONDAY
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6/25 TUESDAY
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6/26 WEDNESDAY
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6/27 THURSDAY
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6/28 FRIDAY
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6/29 SATURDAY
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6/30 SUNDAY
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DINNER
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GREEN CHILE BEEF CALDILLO and REFRIED BEANS
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CAJUN CABBAGE and SALAD
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CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator or your on your own 😀
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I’ve been cat/house sitting since Thursday for a neighbor. KitKat and I had a great time together. My English Lavender and Calla Lillies are looking absolutely gorgeous this week. The bees LOVE them! I have rarely seen a spotted cucumber beetle, let alone get a picture of one. They are considered BIG pests, but are so unique looking. And my Clematis are looking really nice also with HUGE purple blossoms.
INSPIRATIONS
LIFE TIP
HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP
RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS
HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY & RECIPE LINKS week 25 of 2024 ~ BLOG 366.169

WEEKEND RECAP
Friday night we were supposed to go to a local winery, Joseph Jane (who has one of my all time favorites, Pink Panik) to meet friends for wine slushies and brick fired pizzas, but they bailed so we did too and will try again in a few weeks after we get back from our trip. Then on Saturday the temperature dropped A LOT! (high was 55°) and it rained off and on so I got the baking done for the Eagles event, researched some recipes and planned our upcoming trip. I actually pulled out a hoodie and then yesterday was Father’s Day and hubby got to choose everything 😀 which did NOT include the father’s day event at the Eagles this year, but I did make a pan of pecan pie bars for them to have. Hubby decided he wanted to exploring so we went down to the river as we hadn’t been there much since the Archie fire a few years ago and ordered our favorite sub sandwiches (the FLY FISHERMAN and the SWIFT WATER SUB) from a favorite little hole in the wall trading post on the way home.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
Whenever I read the title for this section a Christmas song pops into my head! “The weather outside is frightful”…, but in reality it is the BEST time of the year weather wise, at least in my neck of the woods. I absolutely LOVE this time of year when the weather is just about as perfect as possible.
Temperatures are mostly in the 70’s during the day, but still getting down into the low 50’s at night… ABSOLUTELY my PERFECT weather. BTW since I brought it up, it’s time to start those summer Christmas projects so they’re done in time!
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ON MY MIND
I’m making a list of all the things I have been putting on the back burner and trying really hard to get back to my organized self! My biggest need is blocking out section of time to make this happen. July seems to be the time this will happen after my obligations are done at the Eagles and we have gotten back from our trip.
TO DO LIST, APPOINTMENTS & PROJECTS
THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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We watched a wide and varied range of things this past week, EVERYTHING FROM DISNEY+ Marvel movies (MOBIUS and LOGAN) to old classics like CHARADE with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart in ROPE by Alfred Hitchcock. I also watched quite a few cooking shows – GUY’S ROAD TRIP, MASTER CHEF, MARY MAKES IT EASY |
READING TIME
I finished Jana DeLeon’s Baskets and Beignets so am down to 2 books which is more manageable as I seem to binge read anyway – Marie Force’s State of Suspense and Philippa Nefri Clark’s The House at Angel’s Beach.
FUNNIES
MENU PLANS
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀
6/17 MONDAY
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6/18 TUESDAY
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6/19 WEDNESDAY
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6/20 THURSDAY
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6/21 FRIDAY
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6/22 SATURDAY
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6/23 SUNDAY
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DINNER
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TERIYAKI CHICKEN MEATBALLS with RICE NOODLES
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BEEF TIPS IN BALSAMIC SAUCE over GREEN BEANS
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CARIBBEAN CHICKEN with PINEAPPLE SALSA
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SALISBURY STEAK, SAUER MASHED POTATOES & GLAZED CARROTS
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YAY!!! LAST CHEF NIGHT AT THE EAGLES!!
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FIRECRACKER CHICKEN with CRISPY PARMESAN POTATOES
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DESSERT
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Friday afternoon was absolutely beautiful! We had an absolutely gorgeous and unusual double halo rainbow around the sun. From what I read this usually indicates that it is caused by ice crystals when the sun or moon refracts off them in a thin veil of cirrus clouds. It also said snow or ice is coming. We didn’t get either, but did get a severe drop in temperature and rain 🤣
Trees and the landscape are FINALLY trying to grow back after the devastating Archie Fire a few years back.
INSPIRATIONS
LIFE TIP
HOMEMAKING / COOKING TIP
RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
WEEKLY FEATURED PARTY LINKS
SILENT SUNDAY ~ BLOG 366.168
HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY & RECIPE LINKS week 24 of 2024 ~ BLOG 366.162

GOOD MORNING dear friends. Summer is quickly approaching and I still have so much I want to do for spring! The weather has FINALLY turned nice here on a consistent basis and I have FINALLY packed away the flannels and jackets. Though I do have a sweatshirt in the car for those places that are now cranking the air conditioning so high it’s like a meat locker.
Highs in the mid 70’s with lows in the mid 40’s – my FAVORITE combination of temperatures! So today will be my most comfy levis, a plaid blouse and flip flops.
I’m adapting a new attitude and trying extremely hard to NOT to let the idiots, blowhards and the like affect me. The “changing of the guard” is going to be hard for me to adapt to at the Eagles. Those few “in charge” as of June are either repeats from the past with serious egos and attitudes that aren’t good leaders or they tend to drink too much and spout off orders and rude comments to people or they have zero idea what it’s all about. Worse yet are the ones who were talked into filling a vacancy so we can keep the doors open, yet they aren’t either qualified to fill the slot, too easy to be pushed around by the blowhards or they don’t know how much work it will be and here we sit waiting for it to all fall apart, because it has before with these same people in charge. I am prepared to turn in my duties and find new avenues to donate my time. A couple friends and I had “bets” on when the first would fall. I wish we’d actually bet money. My bet was for 1 week and the first of the five resigned last night. 🙁 Sad, but true.
THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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I went from not reading at all to having 3 books at once going. I’m reading Marie Force’s State of Suspense, Jana DeLeon’s Baskets and Beignets as well as Philippa Nefri Clark’s The House at Angel’s Beach.
BREAKFAST is always a work in progress for me – it will generally be hot water and a fruit yogurt 😀
MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
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SUNDAY
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DINNER
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CHICKEN CAESAR PASTA SALAD
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PERUVIAN CHICKEN with SALT & VINEGAR POTATO SALAD
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GRILLED CHICKEN PEACH SALAD
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CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
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OUT
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STRAWBERRY JALAPENO CHICKEN with SALAD
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BRUSCHETTA GRILLED CHICKEN and SALAD |
DESSERT
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PECAN BARS
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