Friday the 24th: Six Flags

 I pretty much hate roller coasters but I love my students, so when they asked me to go on monsters with them I went. It was terrifying and I would definitely not choose it on my own.

 

 

Thursday the 23rd: Food of the Week

 On Friday the Son is making cacio e pepe from the Betty Crocker cookbook--again, no online reference on their site. We have some real Romano cheese from Fredonia, so we're excited to try it out.

Tonight we're having leftovers and frozen pizza.

Wednesday I made a French Potato Salad from July 2002 Martha Stewart Living. I needed to add a little salt and I included not just celery leaves but celery as well; it was delicious.

Tuesday was going to be Korean fried chicken but the restaurant was closed so we went with the Mall food court instead: Japanese for the other two and a loaded baked potato for me. I was happy with mine but the other two felt the teriyaki was a little lacking particularly in the side dishes.

Monday I made zucchini picadillo.  I had it with chips and tortillas, more like a tostada, and it was great. I think it could be better with some cumin, maybe some cilantro.

Sunday I made a big lasagna, garlic knot rolls from Aldi, and then key lime pie mousse cups for dessert. My mom brought cantaloupe, green beans amandine, and cucumber salad. I really liked the dessert and will make it again; I did keep the crumbs separate until the last minute so they stayed crunchy.

 

Wednesday the 22nd: Settling in

 This week in the moving in process:

1. I had my first dentist appointment with the new dentist. She was very thorough; once we see the first bill (she is out of network) we'll decide whether to stay with her or not.

2. I bought some CD holders and need to buy some more to hold all of our collection.

3. Today I will (hopefully) call a general practitioner to see if they have room to take on my son and me.

4. The Son is working on finding a new psychiatrist.

5. I'm going to sort our plastic bags and figure out where to take the one-use plastics that I can't reuse.

6. I bought stamps.

7. I called a window well egress cover place and they are coming to give us an estimate.

 

That might be enough--I might need to stop for the week! 

Tuesday the 21st: Choir trip cont.

 We ate at Spaghetti Warehouse at Laclede's Landing and had this beautiful view of the Arch from the alley near the restaurant. The children mostly behaved very nicely.

We also had a beautiful view from our hotel. It was so nice to sleep in a little and have a leisurely breakfast before heading to the amusement park. 

 

 

Monday the 20th: Saint of the Week

 Today's optional memorial is St. Apollinaris. Here's what I put about him in my saints document:

 

Saint Apollinaris (OM), Bishop, Martyr

                Dates:  July 20     d.c.79; added to calendar 2002

                Place:  born Antioch, Turkey; died Ravenna, Italy

                Importance:  mentioned in Acts of the Apostles; disciple of St. Peter; first bishop of Ravenna

                Food/Symbol:  sword

 Picture from https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/july-20-saint-apollinaris-bishop-and-martyr/

 

 

Friday the 17th: Students

 I had a small group of students to take care of at the zoo. We made sure we stopped for pictures, and I made sure I got them a ride on the carousel.

 

 

Thursday the 16th: Food of the Week

 *Looking ahead, on Friday we're having black bean and corn tacos. I got the recipe from the July 2020 edition of Southern Living; unfortunately, it looks like their online recipe archive is woefully incomplete.

*Last night we made Mexican Beef Burgers  which are easy but also fall apart. I served them with just cheddar cheese and warmed tortillas. We did a side of roasted green beans; the Son over salted them but they were fine.

*Monday the Son made his dish of the week, Curried Chicken and Pasta from Betty Crocker (again, inadequate online recipe archive). While the dish was tasty, we decided the sauce was more hot and bland than anything; adding some leftover peanut sauce from the weekend helped. (Bottom picture)

(Sunday we made the middle picture, Thai Pork Tenderloin with Cucumber Salad.  The salad had maybe a little too much onion for my taste; I might want to pickle or soak it in water next time to tame it a little.)

(Friday the boy made Fettuccine Alfredo from Betty Crocker and did a great job. We had it with bucatini. Top picture.)