A busy day yesterday! I worked on my Christmas blocks, cleaned/organized my pantry, did kitchen floor, sat and read for an hour to finish a book, made some raised buns from a recipe I found at the end of my book, and it's a keeper! I was emptying the dishwasher and saw half the dishes were as dirty as they were when they went in, so Bill took the dishwasher apart after supper and as he was cleaning filters, etc, we got a call that since Albert was declining so quickly the hospital was allowing "visiting without restrictions". So at 6:30pm we took off for the hospital. We had a good visit with him and his wife and 3 kids ("kids" are 55 to 60 yrs old). My nephew was allowed to spend the night with him in the hospital. All treatment has been suspended and Al is now in palliative care only.
So, besides going back to the hospital today, I'll be working on Christmas blocks, and hopefully cleaning up the kitchen mess that we have going - IF Mr Fix-it gets the dishwasher back together and running again.
IRISH - Sending heartfelt doggy hugs to Scout and his parents (and his gramma!). Such a hard time. Those fur babies love us unconditionally and it's hard to watch them suffer and to let them go.
Watching those new homes get set up must be quite a show! My poor SIL & BIL have had a fair mount of trouble with theirs - first it took almost 2 months longer to build than they were promised. Nothing but problems while they lived for 5 months in a tiny travel trailer for which they were paying $700/mo! They finally got it delivered 3 days before Christmas and the set up took another whole month! In the middle of the rainiest month on record here. Nothing but mud at the site. After living in it for month or so, mold started appearing. They'd forgotten to add flashing to the siding!! What a mess! And some of the painting hadn't been finished. It took at least 6 weeks to make all those repairs. In the middle of all that Covid happend, my SIL had to have major surgery, and her hubby had a serious back injury and had to go to the hospital by ambulance. They are still trying to fix up their yard. I think they are pretty well settled by now - (they live 80 miles from us) - but what a saga it's been for them!!
JANA - which skinnies are you working on now? They would be so fun to do, but I have no wall space to hang them! The few walls I have are already filled with needlepoints, cross-stitches, little quilts, etc that I change out with seasons. More Aaron stories! He is the closest thing we have now to Live PD so keep them coming - as long as he stays safe!!
BECCA - I know you are getting to do one of your favorite things - spoiling your son! Lucky son and lucky mom! Hope you aren't too hot. Poor Tina is broiling!
TINA - your gordita's look like something from a top-notch Mexican restaurant! Thanks for 'sharing'. I could almost taste them. I know Bill would love them. So let's not show him those pictures, OK? No, no one was hurt when the shelf crashed in the trailer, but the cat took off like a shot and the carpet took a hit with all the wet dirt. Didn't do the plants any good either though the new African violet landed right side up and only lost a few petals. Like the one item that is left undisturbed while everything around it is blown away in a tornado. Sorry you are losing plants to the extreme heat. Hope it ends soon!
Last night's supper ended up as sweet and sour chicken over jasmine rice. And there are leftovers so I think that's what we'll be having. And more "Vulcan's Buns". They turned out soo good! If you want the recipe you can Google Vulcan's Buns Recipe. Pops right up!
Wishing us all good eats tonite.
and I love country style steaks!
