When we were in High Springs with C&C we bought a bunch of meat, added some marinates, sealed the stuff up in portions and put it in the freezer. This weekend we did it again on a smaller scale for ourselves. Winn Dixie has skinless boneless chicken breasts on sale BOGO so we bought 2 packages. That turned out to be 9 large breasts. We also got some jerk marinate and some Cuban/lime marinate. Yesterday I put everything in marinate. Today I cooked them on the grill.
We also treated ourselves to T-bone steak also on sale. We don’t do steak often so we were due. Penny has developed the technique to make perfect baked potatoes as one side dish and she made garlic spinach for the second side. We sat out in the sunroom and had a leisurely lunch. We even had a glass of wine with the meal—an unusual drink for our lunchtime meal.
Speaking of leisurely, that’s the way we started our Sunday. Brie has been waking me up all week between 5:30 and 6:00 AM. In fact, she hit the 6 o’clock mark exactly twice and made 5:58 another morning. I don’t know how she does it. This morning she tried again. We went to church last night so we could sleep in if we wanted to. Brie tried to get us up around 5:30. She woke us but instead of getting up we curled up together and drifted back off—until 7 o’clock.
We had breakfast in bed—cereal—and read the newspaper and watched Sunday Morning.
I finally got busy around 9 starting out in the shed. The leg I made out of poplar for C&C’s living room chair was not strong enough for the job. We found the chair upside down with the leg split when we arrived last week. Today in between a run to Jo-Ann’s and cooking I cut out another leg. This time I’m using oak. I’ve got the basic shape cut out. I had to glue 2 pieces together to make the piece thick enough. That’s as far as I could go today. Tomorrow after the glue finishes curing I will make the piece the proper thickness. When it’s done we will mail it to C&C.
Brother Lou called today from Nebraska. He says he’s hotter and more uncomfortable there than when he was here. They are having a heat wave. Considering how weary he got here he must be exhausted. After Nebraska he is going back to Missouri again until he comes back down to our neighborhood, Niceville, FL, in September. I told him to keep an eye on the weather because Sep is when our hurricane season peaks.
The day ended on a sad note. I’ve been calling my Aunt Margaret periodically. When I called this weekend I found that her number was not in service any more. I called her son John to see what was up. I figured (correctly) that they finally put her in a home, but got their answering machine. He called back tonight and explained that his wife Ginny had just died of cancer. They discovered it in May and she died about a week ago. We met Ginny on our last trip up to CT 2 years ago. She made us very comfortable. She was a warm welcoming person and John was obviously crushed by her loss. I asked him how he was and he said not well. They put Margaret in the home when Ginny got sick—John just couldn’t handle both of them. Keep him in your prayers.
We also treated ourselves to T-bone steak also on sale. We don’t do steak often so we were due. Penny has developed the technique to make perfect baked potatoes as one side dish and she made garlic spinach for the second side. We sat out in the sunroom and had a leisurely lunch. We even had a glass of wine with the meal—an unusual drink for our lunchtime meal.
Speaking of leisurely, that’s the way we started our Sunday. Brie has been waking me up all week between 5:30 and 6:00 AM. In fact, she hit the 6 o’clock mark exactly twice and made 5:58 another morning. I don’t know how she does it. This morning she tried again. We went to church last night so we could sleep in if we wanted to. Brie tried to get us up around 5:30. She woke us but instead of getting up we curled up together and drifted back off—until 7 o’clock.
We had breakfast in bed—cereal—and read the newspaper and watched Sunday Morning.
I finally got busy around 9 starting out in the shed. The leg I made out of poplar for C&C’s living room chair was not strong enough for the job. We found the chair upside down with the leg split when we arrived last week. Today in between a run to Jo-Ann’s and cooking I cut out another leg. This time I’m using oak. I’ve got the basic shape cut out. I had to glue 2 pieces together to make the piece thick enough. That’s as far as I could go today. Tomorrow after the glue finishes curing I will make the piece the proper thickness. When it’s done we will mail it to C&C.
Brother Lou called today from Nebraska. He says he’s hotter and more uncomfortable there than when he was here. They are having a heat wave. Considering how weary he got here he must be exhausted. After Nebraska he is going back to Missouri again until he comes back down to our neighborhood, Niceville, FL, in September. I told him to keep an eye on the weather because Sep is when our hurricane season peaks.
The day ended on a sad note. I’ve been calling my Aunt Margaret periodically. When I called this weekend I found that her number was not in service any more. I called her son John to see what was up. I figured (correctly) that they finally put her in a home, but got their answering machine. He called back tonight and explained that his wife Ginny had just died of cancer. They discovered it in May and she died about a week ago. We met Ginny on our last trip up to CT 2 years ago. She made us very comfortable. She was a warm welcoming person and John was obviously crushed by her loss. I asked him how he was and he said not well. They put Margaret in the home when Ginny got sick—John just couldn’t handle both of them. Keep him in your prayers.
..............John, Ginny and Aunt Margaret ..............Ginny
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