What. a. weekend. You remember we're housesitting for friends and that's going just great. Lovely home, two cats, very peaceful. We had our grandchildren visiting us this weekend, which made it a bit more tricky to continue 'eating down' anyone's pantry and freezer. We did manage to use up some items, though. Friday night's supper was Quickie Chickie, which the children adored! Salad, broccoli and nice sauteed yellow squash were the accompaniments. Very well received - whew.
Due to some unplanned excitement on Saturday morning, we all needed nice hot soup for lunch, with crackers on the side. After an uneventful afternoon, dinner was also very successful - grilled brats on rolls, sauteed onions and green peppers, and the remaining macaroni and cheese. Andy really enjoyed the sauteed onions! We were going to have an ice cream snack later with a movie, but the evening's activities were cancelled due to other unplanned excitement.
After church on Sunday, we headed straight for brunch at Golden Corral. My frazzle factor had increased a bit after Saturday's unplanned excitements, so the 'easy' route was our choice. After a rather more calm afternoon, a little more excitement built up - but not too high - and a plain easy dinner of bean and cheese quesadillas with lots of salsa hit the spot for everyone. A trip to the airport to meet Dad rounded out the evening. My sweet husband and I came back to our "home away from home", dished out some ice cream (helping someone else eat down her freezer), and collapsed.
Oh...the unplanned excitement? How's this: a walkie talkie slipped into the pond (can't be retrieved); the canoe tipped over dumping my husband and grandson and gear (all were retrieved); I bonked my sweet husband on the head with the tailgate door of my car (no outward damage done); one cat who shall remain nameless stayed out all night, to be retrieved from the roof Sunday morning; some much-too-energetic and potentially dangerous horseplay sent two little people to bed at 7:30 on Saturday; and a miscalculation while backing up sent my car into a stone driveway pillar (I say it was due to distraction by little people in the back seat, but they don't agree). I think one of two old standbys are on tap for dinner tonight: spaghetti with leftover sauce, or some lovely organic eggs from our CSA and toast. I'll let you know tomorrow.
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How could I forget locking ourselves out of stepson Doug's apartment? Yes, that happened Saturday too...we were being watched from above (after all that had happened up to that point) because eventually we did get in. We'll leave it at that.
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