What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?

Beautiful pictures! The tub is neat but the perspective makes it look smaller than I know it is.

Enjoy your tech-free time in the mountains!

I would go bonkers in that pod! I'm not good with isolation!

Enjoy your solo time, sounds heavenly.

Mornin' All!

the leader of the film group that meets today is having it at her house this time - she's making lunch for us. Jambalaya and two desserts. Ugh. I mean yum - but this will be a challenge. We usually meet at restaurants so I always have the option of getting an appetizer - or a bowl of chili or something. But the last couple of years she's hosted us at her house in December - I think to show off her Christmas decorations more than anything (and her house is always beautifully decorated for the holidays). Besides that, I have to make scones today for a book group/luncheon thing I'm going to tomorrow. Boy - it's really hard to stay on track during this season. So many dinners, luncheons, and parties. I'm going to weed out my options and drop those that I don't have as much interest in - or those where I'm going more for the food than anything else (like, this woman's annual cookie party on Dec 17. We've gone for years. She's a fantastic baker and starts baking cookies for it in November - tons and tons of different kinds of cookies. To be perfectly honest, I just go for the cookies. And I eat way too many of them, every frickin year. So that one should be #1 on my weeding list...(I'm already thinking about how much I'm going to miss eating those cookies - but I just can't...)

QOTD: I find writing really stressful, so I wouldn't want to write a book. But if I were famous, I'd rather be famous for being an author than a movie star or something. Then at least I could live a semi-normal life since i wouldn't be recognized everywhere I went. That would be horrible!

B: skyr with cranberry/cherry compote, coffee with half & half

MS: protein shake

L: jambayla. I'm going to try to really control myself with her two desserts (pear pie and hummingbird cake). A half piece of each at most (should be able to work that into my plan for today)

AS: hopefully nothing (lunch will be on the late side, so hopefully this'll work...)

D: chicken strips with BBQ sauce

ex: I'm going to water aerobics in a few minutes

have a great day, all!

I just picture a house bursting at the seams to store all of the cookies needed for any party where you start baking them a month early. Wow! Best of luck prioritizing those.

their house is a two-flat. This sounds nuts, but she lives in the downstairs flat and her husband lives in the upstairs flat. Hey -- whatever works! I guess they both need their space, but they're only a staircase away, so... Anyway, there's a kitchen in each flat, so that's two freezers - and I'm guessing they probably have a chest freezer in the basement. But yes - there are tons and tons of cookies - and she also leaves containers out so that, for a suggested donation, you can pack a container and take some home!

Wow! Sounds like a land mine of temptation. Best of luck weeding and choosing wisely for the season.

Good morning ~ I resemble that meme! Sitting in the living room with just the Christmas lights on and sleeping fur babies all around me. Such a sweet way to start the day! Today we are heading north for Rob's Christmas party. Looking forward to the mini get away. Looking forward to a semi calm 3 weeks before Christmas to get back to a good schedule of exercise. School starts on the 12th and it's a short session so, 2-3x the work load.

QOTD - I would love to write a cookbook with all the extended family recipes and their stories. Great Aunt Helen's Chicken ala king (never liked the stuff, but what a HUGE deal and story), Aunt Loraine's Colcannon potatoes, Aunt Fran's Polish MIL's Golumpki, Auntie Joyce's stuffing, Cousin Maryann's baklava... Quite a cast of characters. The only ones really interested would be my family, but it would be a great book.

Yesterday:

b- coffee, TJ's egg-wich

l - latte and innards of a turkey pesto panini at a coffee shop - it was hard not eating that gorgeous toasted bread!

d- eggs and cheese, 1/4 bagel w/cream cheese

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Today

b- coffee, eggs w/salsa

l- road food - I want In n Out - hubs wants Fosters Freeze - I only ever want a root beer freeze and fries there - DANGER! me!

d- ALL the food and wine

Have a fabulous day and weekend!

Amy, do you go to Gotts?

I've never been - looks FAB! Gourmet road side food! We are staying in Marin Co, Tiburon and there is one near there - maybe on the way home!