my 2 day post...

Here it is Saturday again... the weekends seem to come around so fast these days... not like when we were working... then they couldn't come around fast enough. But that's OK, I still enjoy the weekends (not sure why since after retirement, they aren't really any different from the weekdays ). 

But I try to do things a little different on the weekends, do you? Maybe bake or cook something special or plan a special outing or get-together with family, etc. My daughter always asks when she calls if we have any plans for the weekend. Usually we don't... we're not even half as social as she is. They are always working on some project on their acreage as well as going out with friends or having people over. But to be honest, we are pretty content being home-bodies. Not that we don't enjoy occasional lunches or outings with friends and/or family, but it's just not our norm.

This weekend I'm hoping to get more of the clutter out of my computer room. I went through boxes of old recipes (ones cut from magazines and newspapers or handwritten by family or friends) recently and now have condensed these down to about 1/4. These I plan to put into a binder marked "someday??" And Debbie gave me an idea as to what I can do with all the cards that I want to keep. I plan on trying that. 

Also this week is my oldest son's birthday. He loves rum cakes and I planned to send him one before our Aga went out again. Now I'm down to cooking with the hot plate, toaster oven, and microwave. So until the part comes in, I plan to send him a tin of whiskey balls (another favorite) and Halloween ghost cookies. The whiskey balls don't need to be baked and the ghost cookies should do OK in the toaster oven (I hope).

Oh, we visited a new grocery store (HEB) that opened up in Frisco (about 25 mins away). It's a gorgeous store... so huge and stocked! Only problem is that it was extremely crowded! (We were probably the only ones in the store with masks on - but we didn't care) But I don't like crowds, so we didn't stay long.  I did find my lactose-free evaporated milk that I use in my tea! This has been hard to find anywhere else. Walmart says they have it, but it's never on the shelf.

Also I just saw this posted on Facebook... and thought 'how appropriate' with cold weather coming. We check even in the warmer weather and have found kittens in there many times.

Sunday: 

Two things to mention today... both trivial... but still. One is that I have had 2 jars of lemon curd in my refrigerator since this summer when I made my favorite lemon ice-box pie. I needed some recipes calling for lemon curd. I found one for lemon curd cookies... which are a bit similar to my tea cakes but more like shortbread cookies. Anyway, I made them and they were a big hit with the boys. Here is a pic!

couldn't see the sugar sprinkles on the first pic...

Another thing I did was purchase a new game for Switch. 

my Nintendo Switch

It's called "Dreamlight Village" and it's interesting in that it interacts your avatar with Disney figures in a village. What caught my attention was the graphics which are animated and 3-D... very easy to see and manipulate (in some ways like Animal Crossing). I'm not a game person (don't even play cards), but these are not competitive games, just sort of daily life in a different setting. And they can be creative as you create your life and your environment (to a point). Most digital games tend to be combative... these aren't. 

me in my house in Animal crossing

me in my house in Dreamlight Village

As you can see, the new game is more life-like and less cartoon setting. But I'm just learning it, so not much has been done yet. 

This is probably enough for today. Hope I didn't bore you too badly with my recent activities - nothing too exciting. I will say that the outside cats have been hanging around the back a lot lately... even Olivia with her 2 kittens (one black, one siamese markings - so cute).

I've gotten to be really fond of black cats. Some of ours are so handsome! 

Hugs (virtual),

Rian