What's on your Monday menu?

Good Monday morning!!! Finally finished the other Yule log. I've actually gotten a few requested from people who want to purchase one. I don't really have extra time this year to make more, but I may just take some orders for next year.

We had a fun time looking through the antique stores last Thursday. Then we went to Confreda Farm's and we picked up two amazing rib eyes. After that we hit the seafood market and grabbed some more goodies. Went home and cooked us an amazing anniversary dinner.

We woke up Friday morning to no internet. Breezeline couldn't get out to us until Saturday morning and come to find out Frontier fiber had been going around "adding" line so they can supply service to our area and apparently they were messing around with lines as it wasn't just us that had no internet. They are desperate for new customers so I think they thought if the current customers of Breezeline were having issues that we would switch. Nope not going to happen.

QOTD: Do you consider the movie Die Hard a Christmas movie? Some say yes and some say no, but I would say yes it is, but more like an action Christmas movie just because it takes place during Christmas. Yes I do watch it every year.

B: coffee and 2 scrambled eggs with ham

L: soup and ham/swiss wrap

D: meatloaf and sweet potatoes

Have a great day everyone!!!

Your anniversary was great. It is too bad that companies play dirty like that and I am glad that it is not working for them.

There has been a meatloaf hack on the internet lately. You make the meatloaf the same as usual, but you grate an apple and put it in the mix. Supposed to be a moister and better tasting meatloaf. I am going to try it this week and see how it comes out. I always use the old Ann Lander's meatloaf recipe and add a green pepper if I have one.

When I was growing up we had meatloaf the first day my mom found a green pepper in the garden that was ready to pick. When the peppers all came in we had stuffed peppers a lot until they were gone. I was amazed when I found out my friend's mother made stuffed peppers during the winter and bought peppers at the grocery store.

I grew up eating whatever was fresh in the garden during the summer. My mother did not can so we ate canned vegetables from the grocery store. Green beans were 10 cents a can and every other vegetable was cheap. We did not get fresh vegetable until the were in the garden.

I love stuffed peppers.

I make stuff peppers and throw in a Ziplock freezer bag uncooked. Then in the winter I put in crockpot with Tomato soup and dry French onion soup mixed. One of my favorite meals but I do miss eating the mashed potatoes. I'll still sneak a bite or 2.

We never had a garden. Neither of my parents did and sort of horticulture. They were very keen on me cutting the grass though.

My father's folks always had a garden though. All I can really remember are tomatoes and blueberry bushes, but there was other stuff.

That is probably why you do not like vegetables. Vegetables are so much different when you go out and pick them yourself. No tomato from the store can compete with one fresh off the vine. I remember going out to the garden with a salt shaker to get a fresh tomato and eat it there.

Ewww

Good morning, everybody!

Those Yule logs are beautiful.

Wait, where did that weekend go! Evan thought I got to the car dealership on Friday (and there were no repairs needed, just oil change and tire rotation!) the weekend still seemed to fly by. Christmas shopping Friday night, gym and football on Saturday, Christmas shopping and gym on Sunday and BAM! its Monday and I have to get ready for work.

Oh well, we did get a nice surprise, because DD is flying home next weekend for an early Christmas celebration. She will get in Saturday morning and Monday I will bring her into work and then drop her at the airport on Monday night. I was planning to work half a day on Monday, mainly to take my assistant to lunch, but I don't mind working a full day to get DD to the airport.

We are on shutdown the 24th through the 2nd of January, so pretty much everything that needs to get done this year will need to be taken care of this week. It will probably be fairly busy, which should help the week go by quickly. I am ready for the break.

I have a dentist appointment this morning at 10:00 then i will head into the office. No Crossfit tonight.

QOTD: I don't, but it has been a long time since I have seen it, I may need to re-watch.

Breakfast: bagel

Lunch: catered

Dinner: Steak

Have a great day, all!

Good mornin y'all!

Not a lot happening this week and boy am I grateful for that. We do need to run to Walmart today for some animal stuff. I also need to pick up a prescription. After the running around I hope to get some things done at home. I need to wash some of my mom's presents sometime this week so she can wear the, from the get go. She really wanted a lighter weight robe and soft pajamas. I also got her a ton of decaffeinated coffees. I still don't feel like I've done enough but I guess I always do/feel that way. It is what it is.

We've decided to go easy for Christmas dinner. A pot roast, French fries, maybe Mac & cheese and jalapeño poppers. Maybe a cookie platter from Sam's. Thanksgiving burned us. We about killed ourselves cleaning and cooking. Not again.

QOTD: I do! I don'****ch it often but I do consider it Christmas.

B: eggs, turkey sausage and coffee

L: not sure

D: shrimp spring rolls.

This was Opal the first Christmas we had her. She couldn't do it now. She was also our curtain climber and walker.

Good Morning Jen and Meneurs,

It has been a minute since I posted. Last Thursday I had to follow up on a Mammogram and fortunately it was just a blood vessel so no worries. I wasn't worried though, because it was a different tech then I usually get, and she was not as matriculas as the other girl is. So that is all over. So is decoration and I started baking. I have most gifts purchased I just need to pick up the shrimp for Christmas dinner. I can't believe it is only a week away. Oh, I also was able to secure Dinner reservations for NYE. There are 10 of us going so it should be fun. I would be a lot further along but the last two weekends I was subjected to processing deer. Ron got 3 this year and we will use it for Rudy's meals. Hims is a lucky boy.

QOTD: I guess I do not thing I ever saw it all the way through.

Accountability: I did great and even got up and cycled yesterday morning. But then I over did it at a neighbor party last evening.

TSS: 7 years 0-months 6-days 168.4 Lowest (129.4)

B: Coffee with SF Coffee-Mate Chocolate Caramel creamer

MS: snack select, Friendly Farms super zero Mixed berry Geek yogurt,

CB: Coffee with SF Coffee-Mate Chocolate Caramel creamer

L: eggwich and greens, sausage with peppers and cheese.

D: Cheesy onion chicken bake.

Exercise: Dog walking

Water and Vitamins: On track. I take a Bariatric Advantage Ultra multi w/iron I use bariatric advantage Calcium chews and 500mg of Magnesium. I also use MiraLAX and fiber in my first coffee of the day.

Have a great week my friends.

Brightest blessings

Chrissy1

Ron and I at the dinner theater last week

The sky on the way to bingo the other night.

Me donating to Santa for the Local Humane Society.