Thursday the 15th: Food of the Week

 *Tomorrow the Husband and I are going on a date! I don't know where yet, but the other members of the household are going to enjoy frozen pizza while we're gone.

*Tonight the Son has already started stew in the crockpot. He was able to get up early before work to get it begun which is great!

*Yesterday I made the second and third pictures below: the last one is Caramel-Nut Revel Bars for Christmas. They are very tasty but too soft to cut well and freeze, so I will not make them again.  The second picture was supper: oven baked crispy fish with Red Lobster biscuits from a mix, green beans, and homemade tartar sauce. I really enjoyed the meal; the fish was delicious. I didn't find the thick filets they called for so I just baked it for less time; I also used hamburger buns for the sandwich bread, and they broke up even better than the bread does. 

*Tuesday we had Domino's at a birthday party for my niece and my dad, along with chocolate cake and mint chocolate chip ice cream.

*Monday I made tacos; we had thought we would have guests, but they were not able to make it. I used ground seasoned beef with onion and garlic, crispy hash browns, peas, sauteed peppers, lettuce, sour cream, cilantro, and chips and tortillas. Everything was eaten.

*Sunday we made two Alabama Grilled Chickens, crispy potato cubes,  corn and carrots, and then my mom brought pumpkin dump cake. We now have lots of leftover chicken--I might need to freeze some this weekend for the future.

*Saturday I want to include because we went to the St. George Orthodox Fundraiser dinner, and that's the top picture below. Kibbe, stuffed grape leaves, salad with fattousch dressing, baklava, and the ruz and yaknee (green beans with beef) were all delicious and fed us for almost 3 meals. 

 

 

Wednesday the 14th: Chores of the Week

 *I gave myself a long list this week, and so far I'm not completely successful.

--Write to a music director about playing at his parish: done

--Work on desk: not yet

--Work on new phone: some research done, now need to visit a star

--rods for downstairs windows: I think I need shower rods because they are recessed windows, but I need thinner ones so I can use cafe curtains.

--Trip due date check: done, now to get an electronic check to pay for it. I have some guide books picked out to purchase next week.

--Write to caretaker for friend: not yet

--Pay dentist bill and cancel appts and move to new dentist: tomorrow

--Buy ticket to empty bowls: not yet

--Contact friend about supper: not yet! 

Tuesday the 13th: Parks and Restaurants

We walked to this park on The Hill almost every night to enjoy the fountain in the heat.

I got to meet our student teacher from the semester before for lunch along with friends of my brother. She's rocking in her first year as a full time music teacher.

 

 

Monday the 12th: St. Callistus, saint of the week

 

Saint Callistus I  (OM), Pope, Martyr

                Dates:  October 14                              d.222    

                Place:  Rome

                Importance:  Roman slave, condemned to the Sardinia mines when trying to collect money to pay back his master; in charge of the public Christian burial ground in Rome; very compassionate pope who succeeded Zephyrinus; provided for burial of martyrs in catacombs; instituted Ember Day Feasts; possibly martyred under Alexander Severus; insisted that Church must be home to saints and sinners

                Patron:  cemetery workers

                Prayer:  “God of mercy, hear the prayers of your people that we may be helped by St. Callistus, whose martyrdom we celebrate with joy.  We ask this…Amen.”

 (Found from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_I?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=organic)

 

Friday the 9th: Exploring The Hill

 *Picture 1: one of 4 (?) grocery stores that we visited on the Hill. Voborils love to explore local grocery stores and see what's the same and what's different. We bought produce and pasta and canned tomatoes here to make pasta amatriciana.

*Picture 2: After many years we finally made it to Ted Drewe's in person, and I got to visit their gift shop. It was delicious, fast, and worth the wait.

*Picture 3: Our backyard where I would go talk to my sister and do my pokemon go nonsense each morning. 

 

 

Thursday the 8th: Food of the Week

*Tomorrow I'll make ricotta calzones for the first time. I thought about using frozen pizza dough, but the description of the recipe says that calzones need a slightly different dough--I'll trust that this time.  

*Today I'm making slow cooker swiss steak (already in the crock pot) and egg noodles. This recipe doesn't have any tomatoes in it and I used a homemade cream of mushroom soup. Hopefully later today I'll make marbled banana bread in small loaves for this week's Christmas treat.  

*Yesterday we had sour cream cardamom waffles. I doubled the recipe. I had mine with plain yogurt and brown sugar; we had lots of other toppings available.  They were wonderful.

*Tuesday the Son made a really nice butternut squash soup. It had cream cheese in it! He also had it with chicken mole from Trader Joe's, which was fine but not our favorite.

*Monday I made lemon orzo meatball soup.  I love this soup; I usually halve the recipe. We finished it that night.

*Sunday we grilled burgers, hot dogs, and wahoo weiners and had it with caesar salad, pasta salad, etc. The cookies below are peanut butter dried cherry and I made them last week. 

 

 

Wednesday the 7th: Chores!

 *Bought my first pumpkin for the outside today and put a fun hat on the lion.

*Mom is hemming curtains for the kitchen window.

*Actually chores for today include lots of emails and postcards and then research on obedience and St. Benedict. Laundry and groceries are done!