It was a fun and productive two days off. I wasn’t quite ready to get back to work and
yet, here I am!
Saturday I had double birthday parties. The first was my Grandpa’s 88th
Birthday, which my aunt hosted dinner at her house. She served a Chicken Curry Stew with couscous
and flatbread with hummus. It was all
really delicious. It was a small group
with just my parents, aunts, uncle, and my brother. We had a great time.
From there, I picked up Danielle and we drove
45-minutes to the small town of Homeadale so we could party at Tangos
Saloon. I was hoping we could get my
parents to come but they declined. It
was Christine’s birthday, somebody I’ve known from work for several years. We enjoyed ourselves and it was wonderful to
chat with her as I don’t see her often.
I also got to catch up with Rhonda, who used to dispatch at ISP but
moved to a different office within the department. Sadly, there was no music/dancing and I had
hoped we could mingle more with guests but everybody sort of grouped up with
people they knew. Oh well. We had fun!
Sunday I had a few friends over to watch the Golden
Globes with me. Danielle, Julie, and
Kelsey came over for dinner ahead of time.
We are all working on better eating so we based our dinner around a soup
from the website Daily Dose Of Pepper.
It was her Chicken Pot Pie Soup, which was 3 SPV per cup. It is a bit time consuming as it is made on
the stove. I would think you could do it
in the crockpot/instant pot but with the almond milk, I’m not sure. Plus, it needs time to thicken. Either way, it was really good (I left out
the turmeric as I didn’t have any. I
hear it changes the color yellow).
Danielle brought
bread to go along with it and Kelsey brought fruit for dessert. Julie brought an appetizer of salmon dip and
sourdough crackers. We had a really
great time visiting during commercials.
None of us have seen any of the movies up for awards so that is our goal
before the Academy Awards air in March.
Once I bit farewell
to my guests, Kenyon and I got busy with some organizing. We rearranged our bonus room last weekend and
I’ve not had time to go through boxes.
We organized our DVDs and got rid of many we didn’t want any more or already
bought a digital copy of. I was able to
rearrange the drawer space under our bed so I could empty out boxes I’d been
holding onto of stuff I want to keep but doesn’t have a place (i.e. my diplomas,
year books, word certificates, etc.). It
always feels good to organize. I’ve got
one more box to go through, which is the items from my collectable shelves. I’m still debating what to do with all of
that. My plan is to pick out items I
really want to keep and add wall shelves to the spare room. From there, I can either offer to give it
away to people I know or just donate it.
The hard part with collectable is they have meaning for you, but not
others. So, I’m not sure.
I’ve got four days
off this coming week (two of those days I’ve got plans) so I’m hoping to
continue to organize and de-cutter. I
need to tackle the linen closet and the pantry.
Happy Monday. WI will be tomorrow.
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