Good morning boys and girls. Looks like I started something with the mention of that dreaded oatmeal! My mother always got up around 5:30 to start a fire in the kitchen stove and to turn on our oil heater. As soon as the kitchen stove was going, she'd put the oatmeal on, and by the time we got up around 6:30 it was already done and congealed in the pan. If we had turned the pan upside down, it would have come out all in one big glob. Ew. I swore that I'd never make my kids eat oatmeal...and wouldn't you know it, they discovered oatmeal on their own when they had it at their friends' houses after sleepovers! And they loved the stuff. I've tried, but I still loathe it. I've even tried the instant stuff that comes in flavors, but can't eat that, either. I do like cream of wheat. When I was a kid, there was a cereal called Malt-o-Meal that was kind of chocolate-y, and I liked that. I don't even know if Malt-o-Meal exists anymore.
Could the Dutch stuff be called scrapple? I don't know what scrapple is, but I've heard of it as a breakfast food. JP, oatmeal served for dessert? Ew. Sounds like a punishment for finishing dinner
My favorite meal to eat out is breakfast. When I'm lucky enough to go out for breakfast, I order two scrambled Egg Beaters, whole wheat toast, link sausage, hash browns and orange juice. Yeah, yeah, I know that sausage is on my list of never-to-be-eaten foods, but it's not like I have sausage more than twice a year. Even my doctor said that if we're on a strict diet of any kind and never treat ourselves, we'll fail miserably. Anyway, that's my rationalization
Note that I order Egg Beaters instead of fresh eggs and order whole wheat toast.
And speaking of things that I'm not supposed to eat, Tuesday night we had ham for dinner, and I ate a piece. So shoot me!
I bowled this morning, and ladies, I have to tell you that I bowled better than I ever did before in my whole life. Can you believe it? My first game was a 143 (unheard of for me!), second was a 148! and third was only a 112, but it means that I finally had a 400 series. I hope I don't break my arm patting myself on the back! Trust me when I say that I'm not athletic or well-coordinated, so this was a real red-letter day for me.
Pat, harvest done. I bet you and your DH are both over the moon about that. And nice weather for a few days more has got to be a nice bonus. Have fun in your sewing room...maybe you could whip me up a proper Christmas stocking since it looks like Aleida doesn't have me on the priority list.
YF, back to work and it's not even like the time off was a vacation. Do your clients do nothing when you're gone and just save it up until you get back? That's gotta be a lot of work. My Wednesday clients are every other week, and yesterday was the first time back after cleaning for them the first time. I was glad to see that they are as tidy as I thought they were, so going two weeks between cleanings is fine for them. We'll see how the other Wednesday client is when I go there next week.
Another stellar fall day here. Temp should be around 22 again. Sun's out. I love fall in the South. It's supposed to sNOw in the UP today.