What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?

Morning Everyone. Things are finally starting to slow down both at home and at work. Which is good because I was starting to get burnt out with everything going on.

Last weekend we celebrated my mom's 80th birthday. Had some sibling drama the two weeks leading up to it, but the party ended up being great.

JB I highly recommend getting a silk bonnet to put your hair in at night. I know it sounds crazy, but I stumbled upon this lady on FB who explained that curly/wavy hair needs special care at night. She said they are not specifically for black women, but for all races. Since she is also a small business owner who makes the bonnets, I purchased a blue one with unicorns and for the past 3 weeks have been wearing it to bed. Every morning my hair is soft, and the curls still look great. I wish I had known this years ago. CC Mink Hair is her FB page. Love this woman.

Tomorrow my mom and I go to the Mystic Garlic Festival. I have to get more garlic for planting and I hope the organic garlic vendor from last year is there again as I have pre-orders for more black garlic. I'm going to have to get at least 30 more bulbs to fill the orders. Crazy how many people really like the stuff.

Has anyone heard of a vibration plate fitness platform? I ordered one and it's supposed to be in today. This is what they say they do. "Power Plate vibrates up to 50 times a second sending tiny vibrations through your body. These tiny micro vibrations activate more muscles, burn more calories, improve circulation, and assist muscle recovery"

QOTD: My Little Pony was my favorite, but I also had a Strawberry Shortcake one.

B Eggs and spinach

L Ham and swiss wrap

D Fried eggplant (I've been using almond flour instead of breadcrumbs or pork rinds and it's pretty darn good)

Me and my granddaughter Annabelle at my mom's party.

My mom. She looks dam good for 80. Still works full-time.

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Wow, your mom def doesn't look 80! HBD!

Right? I can only hope I look as good as she does at 80. And she had 5 kids.

I think Hilary had one (I think that's the correct name, the lady from Georgia that commuted to Tennessee) and she used it quite a bit and seemed happy with it! (edited to clarify the response is about the vibration plate for exercise)

It got delivered to my work address 30 minutes ago. The thing is so wild. I just did it for 10 minutes. My calves actually don't feel crampy. Now to see if it helps firm things a little bit.

Your mom loves incredible for 80! Still works full-time? Wow!

Yup she's been at CVS corporate in the mail room for over 20 years. She says it keeps her going.

Those photos are great. You look young to be a grandma.

Hey all. We've been out to Loews already, looking at dishwashers. Ours finally cramped out. I'm not sure how old it is, but it's old. I'm just not happy about getting down on the ground to disconnect the old and connect the new. I haven't kneeled since I got the new knees.

And the gas company called! There's a chance they can put the meter on today, so we might have ho****er again! Yay!

It's finally getting to be fall-like here, which makes sense, because Sunday is officially fall. For the next week the highest daily temperature we'll have is 68, with lows in the 50s every night.

I hope you all have a great weekend. I plan on being lazy.

Here a picture of my class at chair camp last week. I still haven't put finish on, because the seat is made of hickory bark, and was put on dripping wet. I'll post a picture when it's got finish applied.

Your head i****ting the garage door!
Nice chairs!