Thursday the 3rd: Food of the Week

Tomorrow is chicken apple and rice. It's an old recipe off a rice-a-roni box; it's good? Maybe nostalgic for me as it's one of the first recipes I found and made after getting married.

Today I made open-faced tuna sandwiches from a Martha Stewart recipe. I already made the tuna salad because I'm leaving for an enrichment session in Wamego soon.

Yesterday we made a cumin-cocoa-allspice rub for steaks, grilled them, and had them with a pasta salad and some frozen french bread pizzas. This was the meal to celebrate the Husband's kidney transplant anniversary.

Tuesday we had chicken and broth made by the Son; he decided he might like oven cooking more than stovetop cooking, especially since the gas stove heat can sometimes be hard to manage. 

Monday I made the picture below, an apple chicken sausage flatbread with a cream cheese sauce. It was delightful and I probably could have eaten most of it myself.

 

 

 

Wednesday the 2nd: Chores of the week

 *Even though I haven't played the organ much this summer I'm still working on a few preludes and postludes for whenever I do make it back.

*Today we are buying socks for the Son and new curtain rods for the kitchen and hearth room. Yesterday I got a lamp for the guest bathroom and a wreath and curtains for the office.

*I still need to buy paint, but I haven't made it to Ace hardware yet to get a sample. 

*The Husband is getting new tires today for his car.

*Hopefully today I'll finish signing up for my sub account. 

Tuesday the 1st: Moving Day

 I'm now up to the moving day in posting pictures.

First, see our checklist for making sure we were ready to move.

Second, see our son leaving the Caenen house for the last time. 

 

 

Monday the 31st: Saint of the Week

 This week is actually very slim for saints. We have St. Gregory the Great on Thursday and St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) on Saturday.

Saint Gregory the Great (M), Pope, one of the four great Doctors of the Latin Church; “Father of the Fathers”

                Dates:  September 3        540-604; consecrated pope 9/3/590    

                Place:  born in Rome

                Importance:  took papal title of “Servant of the Servants of God”; clergy reform, sent monks to England, Benedictine, cared for poor during Lombardy invasions; founded Papal States

                Food/Symbol: musical notes, dove, triple cross

                Patron:  teachers, Church music, musicians

                Prayer:  “O Lord, You look upon Your people with compassion and rule them with love.  Through the intercession of Pope St. Gregory, give wisdom to the leaders of Your church that the growth of Your people in holiness may be the everlasting joy of our pastors.”

                Quotes:  “Whatever is vicious must be utterly eradicated, wrenched away not merely from being put into act, but even from being so much as thought of….No matter what obstacles we encounter, we must not allow them to turn us aside from the joy of the heavenly feast…Nor must we allow the charm of success to seduce us….We make use of temporal things, but our hearts are set on what is eternal.”

 Picture from https://anastpaul.com/tag/st-pope-gregory-the-great/page/3/

 

Friday the 28th: Moving on

 My students threw a party for me, and the main decoration with the phrase that I would tell them at the end of each class. I feel like it sounds harsh, but it was meant to get them moving to their next class.

I had the ribbon below it on my key chain, on the main key to our house, for 11 years. I took it off the day I put the key in the pile to transfer to the new owners.  

 

 

Thursday the 27th: Food of the Week

 *Friday I'm making french toast sandwiches with peanut butter and banana in the middle.

*Thursday, today, we're having cheeseburgers from somewhere because we have several evening commitments. Maybe Spangles because I want to try their chicken and waffles as well.

*Wednesday, yesterday, I made turkey burgers with shallots and parsley and mint in them. They were quite good even though we ate late due to phone calls and work.

*Tuesday the Son made pancakes and bacon, alone, because of another meeting. What a week! He learned how hard it is to regulate temperature when cooking pancakes on a gas stove. It was really nice.

*Monday I made chicken salad with tarragon, toasted almonds, and grapes. I love it. I also made Syrian Bread that is a little bland alone but really good with chicken salad. 

Wednesday the 26th: Work of the Week

 Yesterday I did a haircut and met with a videographer for a short interview and made connections with a formation leader in the area.

Today I did groceries and laundry and worked on chores. I'll be available for a back to school night if a sibling needs backup. We also got some food delivered that we had ordered so we have some fun things on hand.

Tomorrow I want to keep looking for a desk and arrange for a TB test.