We're going to about 85* today but this morning is nice and cool. After a long day in the yard yesterday I only have another hour or two of light work left and the yard work will be as finished as it gets around here. Yay! So I'll be going outside as soon as I finish this post. Bill is gone for the day, to rescue our friend, Tex, who broke down in Yakima while towing his 39 ft fifth-wheel. The pick-up will be towed home but Bill will bring the trailer home. Last night was a flurry of texts and eventually a long conference call with Bill, Tex, our DBIL, Al (in Colorado), and his best friend and diesel mechanic, Kenny. They decided it's probably the turbo (??) and could possibly ruin the engine, too, if Tex tried to drive it home - 160 miles over the mountains. Not worth the risk, so the truck will come home on the hook. 160 miles will be a long tow and a big bill. Insurance will only cover part of the trip.
So I'm on my own today, without supervision. After I finish in the yard, I will move into the house - maybe sew, maybe cross-stich, maybe dust downstairs. I'm waiting to surprise myself. I also need to get serious about meal planning for when the fam all arrives, and make some lists. We have a Boondocker arriving around noon, so it will be my job to get them settled and hooked up to power/water. Bill usually does this.
TINA - you are eating high off the garden! Home grown is always so much better. My parents always raised a big garden and also several acres of corn. We feasted every summer night. Maybe I would like cantaloupe better if it were from your garden. I love all melons but that one. I eat it, but I don't really like it too much.
LYN - welcome to Supper Club! We are thrilled to have you at the table! My sisters know that cafe you mentioned yesterday. It's not far from my younger sister's house. (they live 3 miles apart, one north of the RR tracks and one south of the RR tracks. They agree - good food. I've been thinking of making stroganoff when the weather cools down again. I usually make chicken stroganoff though. Neither one of us are big beef eaters. I've never had it any way but over noodles. Your crepes sound like a tasty alternative.
LORI - Your quilts will be nice thank you gifts for those who have helped out your parents over the years. I'm sure they will be most aprpeciative. I would love to go to our Farmers Market, too, but it's held down in a small park on the water where there is NO parking! Maybe room for about 12 cars on the narrow street, but there's no lot. I could walk - about a mile down to the Harbor, but it's also a mile back home, up the long steep hill carrying whatever I buy. That just doesn't appeal . . .
VELDA - the weather is really screwy this year. Of course, in later years we could say that about every year, I guess. I read you are working on your church rummage sale. I think that would be fun. I love church rummage sales. I think our church has given them up. Our church, St. NIcholas Catholic Church, is on the hill, on the way down to the Farmers Market. I love living in a small town for my whole life.
We need all new food for supper tonite. Not sure what that will be. Maybe something in the crockpot. Bill will be hot, tired, and hungry when he gets home. It's supposed to be 91* in Yakima today, though hopefully he will be on the way home long before it gets that hot. I think something in the crockpot - pork chops, maybe - will suit him well when he gets home.
What sounds tasty to you tonite?
Vel