What have I been up to in the Kitchen? I made roast pork, baked beans and roasted carrots and parsnips for New Year's day. For First Friday I made mini quiches, Saturday Sweet Bear was feeling off so I didn't cook, Sunday was meatloaf. Pork Schnitzel on Tuesday.
What have I been read? Two books, My Queer, Unsettled Life a bio-history by Mitchell's hubby, and How Dry We Weren't a book about prohibition in Washington DC. Not bad, two books in the first week of the year. I have about four more books on the stack, and I should make a library run sometime soon.
When am I planning to leave the house? I am having lunch with a former colleague on Friday, I haven't talked with her in two years.
What artsy things am I up to? There is a portrait on the easel, Friday is change out for the Showcase, the Gallery show is being changed by another committee this month, the Show Opening I Saturday afternoon.
What am I blogging about? The creative Saturday Morning Posts are being created ahead of time, and I have started creating posts for the month we will on a great adventure in late spring. I will have a month of posts planned before we leave - work on that has already started.
What about the annoying advertising? Ads have been minimized, the payment threshold has been reached, as soon as the next payment transfer takes place, I will eliminate the last of the ads on this site. It was a noble experiment.
What sadness hit the blogging family this week? Judy, the wife of Bruce at Oddball Observations died this week. Judy was 89, they had been together for decades and decades. The same day, Diane at House Dust and Wanderlust shared the sad news of two death's in her life, the daughter of a friend and the older brother of another friend.
I got a Pork Schnitzel too, but it wasn't on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteDid you pound it yourself?
DeleteHigh achievements now you are retired.
ReplyDeleteI stay busy.
DeleteLooking forward to seeing the self-portrait.
ReplyDeleteOne is in the calendar for a Saturday post, the other one I am still working on.
DeleteI have SG's book on the way and cannot wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteAnd now that your friend has had a kitchen remodel that lasted two months I don't feel THAT bad about our still in progress!
A friend over in building 1, is on her fourth set of doors for her new kitchen cabinets, the doors keep arriving damaged, she is about six months into the process.
DeleteNice that your blog ads will soon be disappearing!
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteYour kitchen is a busy place. Lots of excellent meals have passed through there.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy cooking, for the schnitzel I started with pork loin roast, sliced it, pounded it, breaded it and fried it to crispy without burning it around the edges.
DeleteWhat a fun and busy first week of 2026 you've had! All your cooking sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteAlways fun.
DeleteMy sister and her husband are to leave for Ecuador and The Galápagos Islands on Friday but are both feeling the sore throat and cough for the flu going around. Should they still go? What would you do?
ReplyDeleteI have traveled when I was not feeling well, sometimes it works, sometimes it is miserable. I would see if it could be rescheduled and what the cost would be.
DeleteOh, I should get some parsnips.
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