What about the day? My mother's birthday was June 3rd, or was it the 4th, over 60 years of marriage my father never remembered it exactly. She would be 99 this week, if she were still alive.
What about this year? My grandparents on my father's side, were married in August of 1926, I have five of the six chairs from a dining room set that they bought before they were married, those chairs are 100 years old this summer.
What have I been up to in the kitchen? Oh my, I poached a chicken yielding chicken stock, and chicken for a pie (think shepherds pie but made with chopped chicken,) I baked bread, made pastry and a lemon tart with homemade lemon curd. A simple dinner of smoked sausage, baked beans, and coleslaw. Swiss steak and roast potatoes. Chicken stuffed with ham and cheese, rice and salad with homemade vinaigrette.
Who have a talked with? Paul, Amy, Susan, Giuseppe, my Sweet Bear, Ana, Veronica, Jon, Joan, Warren, Marcel, Erica, Izzy, Scott.
What have I been reading? Roman Ivory, a historical novel. Diddly Squat The Farmers Dog,
What adventure am I planning? Travel for a conference at Syracuse in early October. We are going to do it as a road trip.
Where have I been this week? The library, the grocery store, the gas station, the farmers market, the treadmill at the gym, the pool deck for the outside pool, the indoor pool, into DC to my old office, and a long walk across town.
What to avoid when on the grand adventure? Anyplace being hyped by the "influencers." The business are easy to spot, people are standing in line, waiting to get in for "the best I have ever had anyplace" that someone decided to post about. Before we left friends emailed me the must go to restaurants and gelato shops. When they ask if I went there, the answer is simply we stopped at places that looked good, and had no wait to get in. Social Media influencers ruin great businesses by overwhelming them with crowds of people in search of the "best in a lifetime." Avoid those businesses like the plague.
I am the kind of person that when "people" tell me I have to go somewhere, buy this shirt, get that bottle for my water, eat at this place. I purposely avoid all suggestions and go about life MY way.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why I have never seen Titanic or any Tom Cruise movie after Risky Business or drink at Starbucks or carry around a water bottle as big as a backpack!
I did enjoy the movie Titanic. But it is not for everyone. On the 2025 cruise, the ship passed over the wreck on the anniversary of the sinking.
DeleteI have a post coming up you'll enjoy and I wondered when I was there if you'd ever been....just you wait.
ReplyDeleteI check your page everyday.
DeleteHow wonderful that you have chairs from your grandparents. A link to the past, a remembrance for the present.
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DeleteI'm with you on the influencers. I avoid those places when possible. A road trip in New York in October should result in some very beautiful fall images. The trees should be full of color.
ReplyDeleteIt should be fun.
DeleteMy accomplishment yesterday was I made a list and got everything done on it! :)
ReplyDeleteAlways good when we finish our lists.
DeleteThe drive up to Syracuse should be good. I hope you take your time over it and share the driving. I expect that The Wicked Hamster drives like a bat out of hell, cackling like Dick Dastardly. Just yell, "SLOW DOWN!" every thirty seconds. Was Adolf Hitler an "influencer"?
ReplyDeletePlans are to not drive more than 3-4 hours in a day, my emotional outbursts disturb his driving. I learned to drive like my mother, shouting from the passenger seat.
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