We were not planning on making anything for yesterday except some cranberry sauce (Everybody loves Mrs. Liberty’s cranberries!). We were going over to my folks’ house where Mom was planning on doing the majority of the cooking. Then, my mom got sick over the last weekend, wasn’t in the mood for visitors, and had to cancel. Well, we weren’t going to let them go without, so we rustled up the stuff to make *two* dinners (One for them, the other for us). We went from no work to double work, but we were happy to do it for our parents.
It wasn’t perfect: We discovered their rolls were still in the oven when we got back from the Meals on Wheels delivery. But we had done another Meals on Wheels Tuesday, and we did not forget anything for the chicken & dumplings dinner that night. Mom was having appetite troubles, so we jump-started her with her favorite dish.
Mrs. Liberty cleaned the kitchen up last night so I just have some minor clean-up details to do around the house in preparation for the housekeepers’ regular Saturday visit tomorrow. All the extra work yesterday did not kill either of us, even though we’ve both been in a lot of pain in recent weeks (I still hurt from the surgery last month).
We never leave the house on “Black Friday” (we stopped exchanging Christmas gifts years ago) so life is very good this morning, especially now that we’ve had our morning dose of Tax-Chick’s kittehs. We are both feeling pretty good today. Well, I will as soon as I pop a pain pill. We may venture out this weekend to deliver a batch of Goulash we whipped up the other day.
That sounds like a very good day!
I didn’t do anything last night except fall asleep at 6:15, and I woke up this morning at 5:00, so I’m good. I took my time at making things, so I didn’t feel rushed. My kitchen is so small though, that it was hard to find work space.
Still the turkey leftovers are in the freezer, the bones are in the fridge awaiting the soup pot, and the dishes are all stacked. Monday is still three days away, but I really don’t want to call until then for the maintenance man to come.
Excellent diligence, Cyber Liberty. I’ve been to Walmart for general groceries and household needs, and to Petsmart for the urgently-required crickets. Poor Baby had only four yesterday, and the other reptiles got none! Now they are all full and happy.
No exciting shopping that I saw. Petsmart had dog beds half-off, but that was still too much. Walmart still has cheap sweet potatoes - I bought a lot and will cook and freeze them over the next few days. No discount turkeys.
” We never leave the house on “Black Friday” (we stopped exchanging Christmas gifts years ago) so life is very good this morning, especially now that we’ve had our morning dose of Tax-Chick’s kittehs.”
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