Friday Roll Call

Bring your pocket book when you come here. You need to pick and choose what you want to buy. It is a high end boutique town. There are some cute things here but there is also some junk like you can buy at a curio shop in say the Dells. JUNK.  I save some of my $$ for a place called Galena Canning Company. They have custom made sauces, butters, salsas, mustards, hot sauces, oils - the list goes on and on.

Hi everyone,

It seems like all of you are really busy. I still can't be that busy but I did cook dinner last night and got everything done except the chicken which Kay finished for me. I made an arugula pesto which I served over very thin noodles with a sauce made from mushrooms, leeks, garlic and chicken. I ate the leftovers tonight. It was really good. I love to make up recipes with whatever is in the fridge. Kay doesn't cook that way and she is always amazed with what I come up with. Since I am no longer working it will be my job to plan the meals and to cook them when I can. I was really worn out last night. Today I did a lot of knitting and watched TV. That's all the energy I had.

I wanted to go to the first Rockford downtown Farmer's Market tonight, but don't have the energy--hopefully next week. That Friday night market is awesome if you live close enough!

Connie

I am like Kay and need to follow a recipe. Sometimes I can wing it but not very often.

It will take time to get the strength and endurance back. In '91 I had pancreatitis due to letting my gall bladder go too long and was in the hospital for 117 (not a typo) days with 6 weeks in ICU and out of work for 6 months. It took me several years to get my strength back.