My Weekly W's

 

                                                                    This is so very true.  

What's top of my mind:  It's only 10am here and I've managed to accomplish quite a bit.  And that was even with Binx following me around every. single. step.  (He's napping now) I have beef tips cooking in the crock pot for dinner tonight.  I have a pumpkin pie in the oven.  I put in probably my last batch of cotton candy onions into the dehydrator.  I like to have a large jar around for soups, stews, roasts and different varieties of chili.  They are so delicious.  I straightened out the freezer and took a quick inventory.  I have green beans, blueberries, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, various berries and so much more ready for the fall/winter and I'm almost out of room.  I think the rest of the bell peppers are going to get dehydrated.

Where I've been:  Mon-Wed I was at work and home.  Thursday TBG and I went to a rare weekday lunch at El Rancherito Salem and Mount Vernon The food was delicious, and we were surprised when the waiter came and picked up our ticket saying it was paid for.  A couple we know were eating there also and left before we did. They were sweet and picked up our check too.  It was a reminder there are still good people in the world. Friday, I went to the farmer's market. I had on a t-shirt that says, 'weekend mode' and a Mennonite farmer friend asked what that means.  I told him it was a time to relax with no commitments to your employer. His wife laughed but he looked a bit confused because they have an entirely different life than most of us Englishers here in the US.

Were I'm going:  I'll be working M-F and we don't have any commitments or appointments so it will be time at home which I love. Next weekend is our Fall Festival downtown near the Commons.  I hope we have decent weather because I always enjoy walking around seeing friends, different vendors (supposedly 100 this year) and listening to the music.  TBG will have his students doing a demonstration which is always fun to watch.  I don't know if we'll stay for the parade because it is always SO long, but we may see some of it.

What I'm watching:  I was sorting through a number of books, paperwork, and various items to purge a few afternoons this week, so I watched a few movies while doing it.  On Netflix I watched The Wrong Paris (a sweet, feel-good movie), Unknown Number (this is unbelievable) Wedding Season (very funny) and on Syfy I watched Winchester a 2018 movie and I found it very interesting.  According to wiki -"Winchester (also known as Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built) is a 2018 supernatural horror film directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, and written by the Spierigs and Tom Vaughan. The film stars Helen Mirren as heiress Sarah Winchester, with Jason Clarke and Sarah Snook, and follows Winchester as she is haunted by spirits inside her San Jose mansion in 1906."  I now want to read more about Sarah Winchester. She seems to have been a very interesting woman.

Didn't read this week.😔

We did eat though:

BIG salad x2.  This one I added chicken.

Taco, rice bowls with a roll up.

Pasta and meatballs with a salad and garlic cheese biscuit.  ( I put one good size serving in the freezer for lunch one day next week. The leftover meatballs and sauce are going to be made into calzones for Sunday's dinner with a salad.)

Tonight, we're having beef tips, baked potato with all the toppings and garlic green beans. 

What is making me smile:  The plants my friend gave me in May have been planted in a brick flower bed at one corner of our yard.  It is probably an eight by five space.  According to her, they will take over the entire space in a year or two.  That is exactly what I'm hoping.  I'm taking steps and making plans to plant more and more native plants that attract bees and butterflies throughout the entire back yard.  This plant is a really good addition.  

                                            I hope everyone enjoys the weekend!!