What's on your (PHOTO) Friday?

Good Friday morning QJB and menuers!

JB, you're almost there! And congratulations on your awesome grades. The party is going to be spectacular. I got married in a mountain cabin in Gatlinburg 20 years ago to avoid wedding planning with a family who thought they could just do what they wanted regardless of our wishes. Wedding planning sucks.

QOTD- I have lunch planned with someone I haven't seen in a while planned. Looking forward to seeing her in a couple weeks.

Turns out my sister is coming today as a surprise. Throws a bit of a wrench in things but I haven't seen her in a few years. We haven't done our caviar thing yet so now we need to split 4 ways instead of two. We'll work it out. Work, then more cooking. Family time and heading home tomorrow afternoon to take the brunt of the driving later.

Menu is a pear and blueberry muffin, Carne asada tacos, leftover lamb, charcuterie and hopefully caviar.

Pics are some of my food creations this week. Charcuterie board, pesto risotto with chicken and mushroom wine sauce, assorted kofta platter with naan and accompaniments, lamb roast, marinating flank steak for tonight, the oatmeal peach and blueberry muffins.

Have a wonderful Friday.

Everything looks delicious.

It has been. They say their scale is telling the tale. Then I offered to cook only healthy food, so they're okay with their scale for a week!

Wow, everything looks so tasty!

Happy Friday !

Its been a hellacious week between getting rejected by my favorite three apartments - one twice ! ( Im reapplying today from a different angle - must be a glutton for punishment lol)

here are the pics you asked for :

1) still in application process missed viewing 2 ) rejected 3) my favorite rejected twice 4) accepted but I hate the warm color choices and the boring neighborhood and no amenities 5) my favorite 6) my favorite 7) rejected 8) rejected 9) seeing today hopefully 10) best amenities but tiny apartment and wont work with me on increasing the terrace space . Also very expensive.

Food wise things got better after the grazing holiday For the last few days constantly driving around to various appointments Ive largely eaten soup and shrimp ceviche, salads of different kinds from buffets, a bit of toast and jam at night or drinkable yogurt ( Siggis - its zero fat probiotic and Good!

Body feels a bit slimmer - wearing my higher heeled clogs and slightly tighter dresses yay !

B - brown bread from a can baked beans tea

probably Dishes cellophane spring rolls with poached chicken breast slices and lettuce w peanut sauce

Jerked pork and collard greens if i can find them

drinkable yogurt , fresh bread , fresh squeezed orange juice and coffee w skim milkn stevia

That second one looks nice, too bad about the rejection.

This has definitely been a month long learning curve ! Ive been beaten into truly putting my best financial foot forward from the START. This apartment for instance had eight viewers who all applied in the first hour it was advertised! Yikes!

Why are you being rejected? Kids? Pets?

My normally excellent credit score took a bump from a derogatory post on June 12 by a collections agency looking for just $412.00 for an ambulance company who failed to bill my insurance properly.

It was immediately resolved but the credit bureaus ( which IMMEDIATELY drop your score precipitously take their sweet time ( up to a month ) restoring it .

By that time all these apartments will be gone and I may be sleeping in my car as my lease is up at the end of July !

I am reapplying with a friend whose scores are 795 and 793 as a co-applicant . Thank God for good friends!

Good morning ~ Finally Friday - yay! This chopped up week went by fast. Can't wait to see the pics from the party - I'm sure it's going to be beautiful! Congrat on the A's too! Work is busy-busy, what else is new. I don't see it slowing down anytime soon, there is just more to learn and do each day. I'm getting used to and even enjoying the flow and that is major progress. This weekend will be the usual walks, golf and kiddo time. Yoga and shopping too.

QOTD - I just saw one of my sisters yesterday, but I haven't seen the other one is a while and I miss her. We are having lunch next week and I'm looking forward to seeing her.

Food is same as yesterday pretty much:

So many deleted texts...

Have a great Friday and weekend!