1. I am happy every time I see a new picture of Savannah!
2. Strawberries and blueberries and corn on the cob are my favorite summertime fruits and vegetables.
3. To help me I would just love someone to do the dishes for me.
4. I talk about this all the time, but cleaning my office is the one thing I want to do this summer more than anything!
5. Just the other day I was saying how happy I have been this year!.
6. Open the door and close the door, dog in, dog out, over and over again.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to watching an old movie, tomorrow my plans include the usual laundry and Sunday, I want to breakfast at Wimbledon, the Men’s Final!!!
Monday night I didn’t feel like doing anything for dinner. I knew I had to do something, but frankly, cooking up a big meal just did not appeal to me. So, I looked in the fridge and tried to piece together a meal.
Hmmmm. Cheese, salads, meats…..Fondue!
So that got me wondering. Am I the only one who loves Fondue, or are there any other people out there who also enjoy this?
When Hubby and I were first married (and Hubby was still working for the Air Lines) we had a layover in London and he took me to The Swiss Pavilion for dinner. We enjoyed the classic cheese Fondue and I have been hooked, ever since.
I’ve had Fondue in London, in Zurich and now I make it myself. Anyplace you can melt cheese, and dip breads, meats and vegetable into it, is a great meal for me.
It’s that time of year that I really have a hard time with. It’s allergy season! Everything has leafed out, and the flowers are blooming, and even the mold and fungus is ripe with pollen. I find I am so very stuffed up, with itching eyes and a dripping nose.
Saturday morning I wanted to get out and weed the garden. I hated to do this because I knew it would cause me to start sneezing, especially since Hubby was mowing the lawn. I spent an hour there, and sure enough, the nose got stopped up, and now I cannot breathe.
I have taken antihistamines, and some Motrin for the headache, but so far nothing has worked! I’ll tell you quite honestly, I really hate allergies!
The garden is starting to come along. The weeding has helped, and in a bit I will need to go out and water it again. In this heat wave we are having, I find I am watering the garden 3 times a day, but the plants are looking better and I may just get some vegetables out of the garden this year.
The potted plants appear to be doing better. They’ve all grown marvelously and all but one of the plants have vegetables growing. My eggplants are especially prolific this year.
Sunday night is more of the USA Olympic Trials, with more gymnastics. I love that. It got me thinking about watching Olga Korbut. She was so perfect and full of life. Take a moment to watch this video of her at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Yes. Dear Olga Korbut, you inspired little girls everywhere, including me!
My car is finally home and running well. I love this car, as it is comfortable, easy to drive and has a great CD/Satellite Radio in it! Oh yes, I rock and roll in that car!
We are coming up on a long holiday weekend. Actually, next Wednesday will be July 4th, which is America’s Independence Day! Needless to say, we have a lot of people driving up into the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, so the traffic was horrendous!
I don’t mind much. Actually, I am in for the weekend. I don’t need to drive anywhere. My big plans for the weekend include, laundry and weeding the garden! Doesn’t that sound exciting!
Mandy posted some new pictures of Savannah. Isn’t she just a doll? I can hardly wait to get down and see her and Mandy again!
Yesterday my throat began to really hurt. Not just hurt, but I started having trouble talking and swallowing. My first thought was that I’d just seen Savannah and I’d hoped I didn’t get her sick.
I had Hubby look down my throat and he saw white bumps and swelling and redness. Not good. Fortunately, I had an appointment scheduled with my doctor. I went in and stuck my tongue out at him and he looked. Sprayed my throat, and looked deeply.
He swabbed the throat and then told me he’d be right back. He came back in a few minutes, and said it was not strep throat, but asked what I’d been eating or drinking. Lemonade. I’ve been making my own Lemonade, and due to the heat, I’ve been drinking a ton of it!
He asked if I was using real lemon juice? Of course! He then asked about my other food allergies. Well, pineapple.
Oh no, he said. I will bet ten to one that this is an allergy. No more lemons, and I probably should avoid other citrus until this clears up. He told me to use throat spray and to take some Benedryl to help the swelling.
Oh yes, and to rest my voice. Which now that I am home from a lengthy meeting I can do.
I am just so thankful that I am not sick and I didn’t have anything to pass along to Savannah.
Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!
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After enjoying time with Mandy, Matt, Savannah and my sister on Thursday and Friday, I came home and got back to real life.
I stopped on the way home and bought our groceries, and as I stood looking at the fish in the iced window, I noticed something that I seldom see in this part of New England..Blue Fish! I think it has to be my favorite fish. You see, growing up on Cape Cod, I ate Blue Fish rather frequently, but here in New Hampshire, it is not often found.
Anyway, I grabbed it up, brought it home, made baked stuffed Blue Fish with half of it for meals on Friday and froze two more rolled fillets for another meal!
Saturday found me doing the usual Saturday stuff. Cleaning, changing sheets and trying a new recipe. This one was for Weight Watchers Sweet and Sour Chicken, and it came out really well. I found the recipe on Pinterest.
Sunday I started to weed the garden, and worked at disinfecting counter tops and cooking yet another great meal. Steak, baked potatoes and asparagus.
I’m still working on the camera, and I think I am starting to understand a few things. Yay!
Anneliese has been following me all around, like a puppy dog (lol). I think she missed me while I was gone.
Thursday night we went out to a great restaurant with Mandy, Matt & Savannah, called “The Homestead”. Great food, and rustic, New Hampshire decor. A great place to cool off, and unwind after a long hot day.
Savannah slept the entire time and didn’t make a peep! What a good baby. Mel and I shared a lobster roll and an order of asparagus. I wanted to order a “bad” meal (meaning non-Weight Watchers”), but I kept talking to myself telling my somewhat chubbier self, to knock it off and eat the way I should! Best of all, I did!
After dinner, Mel and I went back to our hotel, and climbed into our freshly made, delishly soft beds, with creamy white sheets! We watched a cooking show I think it was called “Chopped” where three cooks are given various things and must create a meal. It was quite interesting.
At 10 we shut down the TV and Mel fell asleep almost instantly. I, however, was bouncing off of walls! What could be wrong with me? Then it hit me. Hot day, two large iced latte’s and two regular iced teas. I was like a kid high on candy, only my problem was the caffeine!
In the morning Mel admonished me for my snoring. I did not know that I snored. Oh well,
We dressed and went down to have the hotel supplied breakfast. What a nice, wide variety of foods! We ate what we wanted and then about that time, Mandy called to let me know that they were up and to come on over.
This is what greeted us when we got there.
While Mandy took a quick shower, Mel and I took a gazillion pictures.
I was amazed that Savannah was so patient with us.
Here she is with her Mommy and me. So very proud of my daughter.
All too soon on Friday afternoon, it was time to go home for both Mel and me! So sad to say good bye to Mandy and Savannah. Hopefully, I’ll get back again very soon!
Usually I do Friday Fill-Ins, but my cousin in away and well, so am I. I’m visiting Mandy and Savannah and Matt and I was lucky enough to steal away my sister to have up here too. What a great time we have been having!
This is my sister Melodie, holding Savannah. She has not had the opportunity to spend time with her, so this was a real treat!
Here is Savannah with her Mommy! What a much loved child she is! Mandy really is a great Mom, and I am so proud of her!
She is doing great, is happy and healthy and we all feel so blessed. I promise there will be pictures of me with Savannah, but right now they are in Melodie’s camera! So for now I will say, more to come…
1. Summer officially rolls in with the Hodgepodge this week, for those of us in the Northern hemisphere anyway. What song says summer 2012 to you?
I love this song from back in the day! I have it on CD so I can get in my car and turn up the volume and sing!
2. What’s your favorite quintessential summer food?
Corn on the cob! Strawberries. Eggplant from my garden.
3. I’ve spent a lot of time traipsing up and down the NJ Turnpike in recent weeks. Did you know the rest areas on the turnpike are named after people who lived or worked in NJ? Clara Barton, Walt Whitman, James Fenimore Cooper, Molly Pitcher, Joyce Kilmer, Thomas Edison, and Gover Clevland just to name a few. Of those I listed, who would you most like to have known and why?
Walt Whitman. I love his poetry and would love to hear how he got his inspiration
I Hear America Singing
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics–each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands;
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown;
The delicious singing of the mother–or of the young wife at work–or of the girl sewing or washing, each singing what belongs to her, and to none else;
The day what belongs to the day–at night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.. .
4. At what age did you move out of your parent’s house and what prompted the move?
Seventeen. I got married and we moved into a small studio apartment.
5. What’s more satisfying to you-saving time or saving money?
Both.
6. Name something you think brings out the good in people.
Babies!
7. This last question comes to you courtesy of Kathy over at Reflections…will you be taking a vacation or a staycation this summer? If so where will you go? If a staycation is on the calendar have you made any special plans to fill the time?
Staycation. And we will be making day trips down to see Mandy and Savannah.
8. Insert your own random thought here.
I am learning to use my new camera. I love the camera. It is light weight, holds nicely in my hand and with 16 MP gives me the ability to really pull an image closer. I love Canon. Since I bought my first Canon camera some years back, I have never regretted it.
