We do eat a lot of pasta but generally with sausage.....or shrimp if it's scampi..... or Chicken if it's Cajun. So decided this past week to pull out the recipe for meatballs. Of course, you know who..........couldn't wait for dinner!! Linguine and Meat balls were excellent! Same day made up a batch of fudge brownies......... topped with peanut butter icing, 1/2 put in the freezer for another day.
And then Rich found an old recipe in the Betty Crocker Cookbook, and put in his request for homemade Chicken Pot Pie. Now - I do not have any "pot pie" size dishes, so we adjusted the recipe and used regular 9 inch tins, and enough for two meals. Rich made the crusts, and we jointly prepared and cooked the filling. It was fun............... a lot of work..........and they were JUST OK. If I have my way, we'll go back to buying the already made ones from the freezer section in the grocery store!!
And then the week was over.........and except for a trip to the grocery store I don't think either of us took the car out of the garage.
Still have so much work to do in the yard, but Rich's back does not allow him to do too much for very long without it putting him out of commission for several days. He's much better at using the back brace, and the support pillow.......and that has really helped. My left foot ( heel spur) has really been a problem for the last couple of weeks so I decided to give Dr. Feldman a call. Because of our trip up north we had not scheduled another follow-up visit.........and actually until the last couple of weeks, it has not been a problem.....But I have been doing work in the yard!
So on Monday, Rich closed up shop early on the stock market and went with me to the foot doctor. Made a couple of stops along the way at Walgreen's, and Home Depot, and the Bank before we went for dinner.
Doctors visit lasted longer than expected, and he was running behind! He really spends a lot of time with his patient, asks a lot of questions, and records everything. Checked out the foot, and there seemed to be some "new" sore areas, especially on the actual "heel bone", and he noticed that I had some numbness on the upper ball of the foot.......AND he told me it was time to get a new pair of sneakers!!! Any way he gave me my shot of cortisone, took more x-rays, put me back on an anti- inflammatory, and scheduled me for blood work. (I didn't ask, but I think he's checking for Rheumatoid arthritis,and/or Diabetes! I am now on a schedule of using heat in the morning if the heel is sore, and the BOOT at night. Don't have to sleep with it, but should wear it while sitting ( no weight ) for a couple of hours. Blood work tomorrow, and back to see him in 5 weeks.
So then we went for dinner. We used another of the gift cards that we earned using Choice Hotels........and this time went to Chili's. We have not been there in years........ and neither of us were real impressed. Got there early, waited several minutes just for someone to notice we were there and seat us. Food is pretty pricey, but there were some pretty good choices. Did not like that the waitress pretty much insisted we use the machine on the table to pay.... and when I could not figure it out -she just took the whole machine with her......... Obviously, she did not get her 20%. The food was OK.... Well, Rich did like his burger. But when they claim that their Cajun pasta is their biggest seller.........my opinion of good food changed quickly. It was good........but not as good as I make at home.
I think we saw the baby blue heron, that fledged from his nest around the time we left for NY. We think it's the one that was in our yard on Sunday. Beautiful!!
And FINALLY the county sent the Disaster Relief Truck to our street to pick up the debris from down trees. They parked in front of our house, and began taking the limbs from the house across the street.... But you'll notice that there is a power line that stretches from one side of the street to the other........and that was creating a problem...... it was in the way of the bucket. .... so they could not get anymore from across the street or from our front yard without turning the truck in the opposite direction.......Well........ as they started to pull away, the young man in the orange hat told us what they were doing..........he said the would continue on down the street, and on their way back they would finish ..... That was two days ago!!!!!! So I think our house and the one across the street are the only two on the street with debris still in the front yard.................
Sure hope they decide to come back soon!!!
Update on the gator.......Jim and Patty called to have it taken away.......They came, and with the pole, caught him right away.......Unfortunately, he is not yet 4 ft long, so they had to let him go.... He is really going to be a problem, when anyone is fishing off their dock. UGH!
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