What surprisingly made me smile this week? We went grocery shopping last Thursday, and unintentionally ended up on Senior Discount Day, an extra 10% off. It was the first time I had been in the grocery store on Senior Discount Day. I don't know why it made me smile, once a stingy b@st@rd, always one?
What have I been up to in the kitchen? Roast Salmon with noodles, slow cooked pulled pork, chicken and tortellini soup with corn bread. Lamb stew.
Where have I been this week? Close to home. We did a grocery store run last Thursday. Beyond that the gym, the pool, a reception at the Grill.
Who have I talked with this week? Giuseppe, Ruth, Mary, Marcel, Warren, Paul, my sweet bear, and Zack.
What was on the easel? I finished a 24 by 24 inch color block, and have primed in a deep red an 18 by 24. I have an idea for this, if I can make it work.
What have I been reading? The extreme cold weather has made this complicated, I ran out of library books, took a couple of days off, then went to the bookcase in the building library. I locked up a history of Emma Lazarus, the wrote the poem that is featured at the Statute of Liberty. The book had a hidden history, the bookplate shows it was a gift to a young woman, in 1967. It was a history book, that is a history of itself.
What brought a sense of relief this week? It took over a week, but my Mac rebuilt my photo archive - messed up by a recent operating system upgrade. There are over 101,000 images in the file.
Where am I headed? San Antonio Texas for an American Bar Association Senior Lawyers Division meeting.
Wow! San Antonio - you lucky beast! What drinks will they be serving at the "Bar"? Don't overdo it David.
ReplyDeleteThe bar will have Editorial Policy, Books, and Strategy.
DeleteIs that a San Antonio microbrewery?
DeleteWhat a week of feasting in your kitchen. I’ve never been for a senior discount day. That would be fun.
ReplyDeleteThe lamb was wonderful (thanks Peggy.)
DeleteI bet the store was packed on Senior Discount Day!
ReplyDeleteWith Slow Moving Carts,
DeleteI don't know if our grocer has a senior discount day ...
ReplyDeleteAs for your cornbread? Homemade? Do you put sugar in it? I make my mother's Texas cornbread and have never put sugar in it.
Cornbread is homemade with Martha Washington's recipe, yes it has sugar in it.
DeleteI can't add sugar to mine because then it's cake! At least that's what my mama said, so I make a more savory version.
DeleteI am not a fan of cornbread. How cool that you make yours with Martha Washington's recipe!
ReplyDeleteThe Corn Meal is from the gristmill and distillery at Mt Vernon.
DeleteMy cousin lives in San Antonio. If you meet Thomas Mengler, tell him cousin Ellen says Hello!
ReplyDeleteWill do,
DeleteMy tenants think I am odd because I spent $700 on an unneeded robot vacuum cleaner yet I am always looking save 50c in the supermarket. Mind, they are quite thrifty shoppers too, but generally I think it is a generational thing.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by the 10% discount, on a large shop. I shop the sales, then book nice travel.
DeleteSan Antonio, that should be a nice break.
ReplyDeleteIt was 80 here today,
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