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Charcuterie boards are one of my favorite things. I think they are ideal for us sleeved people because you can eat a variety of tastes with sufficiently small servings. Yours looks lovely.
It was an unusual Thanksgiving. First going to my parents, instead of my Uncle's. It went pretty well. My parents were happy to see DD and maybe in a way it was better than the big party, because they had her all to themselves. Later in the afternoon, we did stop at my Uncle's house. Lots of reminiscing as this is our last gathering at their house. There was sledding, but I stopped bombing down the hill years ago, so I jus****ched. Our final stop was at our friend's house (Dh's BFF). Just as we pulled up his daughter texted our DD that our friend slipped on the ice when he walked his son and family to the car, and maybe broke his nose. Turns out he did! An unexpected end to the day. As we were driving home, DD said it's been weird, time to go home.
Today, against my better judgement DH and I did a little Black Friday shopping. It wasn't too terrible, and we did get the item we wanted for DS. Other than that, I made some soup, some tuna salad, and banana bread. Rather eclectic items, but all requested.
My parents are finally meeting with a geriatric social worker, so I will be driving out to their house again on Monday to attend the meeting.
Greetings all
Finally an overcast day but still nice. DH went to lunch with the romeos and brought home pizza. There was also a minor emergency at the gallery - not enough small bills - so I made a quick trip and changed out what I could. Snarl in the petty cash due to a gob of $100 bills. all is good.
We had a lovely Thanksgiving at a friend's house. Everyone brought stuff and every single item was great. There were homemade dinner rolls that were to die for. It was a great time - all older people who are not relatives and who all agree on politics etc. Professional people who have all led interesting lives. Our host insisted on walking us to our car with the light of his iPhone. Mind you we both have our own iPhones. He just likes to show he can work it. And when we arrived we were greeted by a sentry deer. Amazingly we made it home with no leftovers. There were extra mashed potatoes but our host was happy to keep them. And I did learn that one friend is indeed on zepbound and doing fine.
Our team lost today miserably. Oh well.
Love seeing all your pictures of clans and food. Great time all - especially for Peps the puppy midwife.
Robot window washer CC! That sounds like a winning invention to me. Better to waive at the balloon people. You scored on the desserts from neighbors.
So pizza tonight for us. The turkey soup-ish stuff I made the other day was not so hot.
Gotta get back to the gym tomorrow. It will likely be packed.
Diane S
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120.8 I think. I didn?t over indulge yesterday so I?m guessing this is probably just my normal pattern of going up a few pounds before going down a few pounds.
More stuff put away, a Target run for storage containers and garbage cans, and a small shop at Publix to get sour cream and taco sauce for tonight?s tacos. We threw out all of our condiments that were open when we moved so there is still quite a bit we have to buy!
I think tonight?s project will be to put together a storage cabinet for my office. We already tackled the desk and lateral file cabinet!
New lounge chairs ordered for the patio! And my countertop ice maker was delivered today!
Nice to see your clan too Peps! The Thanksgiving pups are adorable. Sorry number one didn't make it!
That window cleaning robot looks interesting. A great investment for you with Kirby and all of your windows!
I'm glad you had a nice Thanksgiving! Desserts are meant for Holidays!
That charcuterie board looks delicious Liz. Nice to see the crew! Your kids didn't attend this year?
Big group! Love the picture!
I think sometimes when calories are being restricted day after day that the body holds onto excess weight for dear life but then when a higher calorie day comes it breathes a sigh of relief and lets that weight go. This may sound crazy but I swear I have had that happen a few times.
I hate Black Friday store shopping but I did order a bunch of stuff from Amazon to cover most of my miscellaneous Christmas shopping list.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Funny you should mention the robot window cleaner. Our windows and mirrors looked great after they were cleaned but the granddaughter has been sticking the suction cups on the bottom of her phone on all the mirrors and they are all marked up! Arghhh! I just noticed it on the dining room mirror and her mother casually mentioned that pretty much every mirror has those marks now - they do!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I do have an instapot but since I usually only cook 4 eggs per time it seems silly to haul it out.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Good morning and happy Black Friday for those of you are into such shopping events. I have a feeling, none of us really are, though.I am certainly not.
I had toyed with the idea of putting up the tree today, but instead I am opting for a day of recuperation. I can do the tree tomorrow. I slept a good 10 hours. I finally collapsed into bed about 10:30 - leaving the dogs out with Ron. Lord only knows when he went to bed and put the dogs away for the night. I didn't awaken until after 7. I was getting ready to get up and let the dogs out, but Ron beat me to it. So I closed my eyes and slept for another hour!!!!
202.0 Who loses weight on Thanksgiving? Apparently I do. LOL! I'll take it! Though, I'm not gonna lie, I did overdo on the desserts. I had a sliver of 4 desserts after dinner and then later had ice cream and a small slice of a vanilla bundt cake. Oh, well... It was Thanksgiving.
When did cheese/meat plates become charcuterie boards? Maybe because my mom was European and these plates and boards were common place at all family gatherings since I was a little boy I am jaded, but I'm fascinated by the obsession Americans have with charcuterie boards. They are becoming almost an art form!
Our gathering....
