Fun and Food

Sunday was the continuation of fun planning.  We have the hall and band booked for our big 20th Anniversary party.  We are working on food now.  Our honeymoon has already been planned and we are very excited.  It will be simple - loud music, food, friends and family, and of course drinks.

We are making other vacation plans and fun happenings too.  Garden plans and more.  The year is starting out pretty good.

Although we had a tough garden year last year, the garden still provides, along with the chickens and my ability to prepare freezer foods.  I still have a small amount of garden sweet potatoes, jalapenos in the freezer as well as dandelion greens, and some pickled garlic.  Oh, and I found one more container of frozen green onions from the garden, and tossed in herbs I dried from the garden.  It was delicious.

Plum jam.  There is always a good supply of jams and jellies to enjoy too.

Meals have been planned for the next few days too, including a crock pot veggie glazed medley that includes turnips and parsnips.

I pulled a pint of frozen pumpkin puree from the freezer for pumpkin-sage macaroni, which was our dinner last night for our guests.  I also made a crock pot of homemade sloppy joes.

But....guests didn't come over.  Sigh.  Via a group family text, a cook out was being planned at someone else's house last minute.  The weather warmed up to 54 by 2pm and 56°F by 4pm.  Was I mad or glad?  Both.

Guess what we did?  We got the Harley out and got our ride in to their place, minus the crock pot and other dishes I baked.  No worries on the dinner tonight - lots of leftovers.

March is still "flu" season, and with the temps going up and down, I am on germ patrol daily.  Anti-ill sprayed everywhere, homemade "lysol" wipes etc. and of course daily dose of probiotics, greens, nuts/seeds and healthy food.  One restaurant closed Sunday due to flu, and many schools have been closing.  Keep washing those hands!

Exhausted Husband

Our weekend started out with a very exhausted husband.  Thursday he worked 1st shift, leaving at 6:20am and returning 4:20pm-ish.  We had to drive the 33 minute drive to the school for the talent show, and then home, where he barely got a nap.  He returned to work (forced overtime) for the night shift, followed back to back with the day shift on Friday.  Yeah, I didn't expect much to get done over the weekend.

We returned to cold weather on Friday.  It rained and snowed - windy, cloudy and a low of 22°F.  Brrr.  I think we've learned that in our state, you won't know the weather until you wake and and check it.  It changes that often anymore.

Saturday we had a high of 48° and sunny.  Hubby announced he was also working Sunday.

Today it will be a high of 54° but Hubby also announced we were hosting a dinner when he got home.  Hmpf.