Tuesday Things

I'm on a reading streak and I LOVE it!  I read The Woman in the Window (A.A. Finn) in one day.  Fun, suspenseful read.  I didn't guess where it was headed until close to the end.  Good brain-junk read.

I moved on to Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate).  Based on true happenings in the south back in the 1930's.  I like the voice it's written in and it reads really easily.  I have a good line up ready for our trip next month.  Between the long plane ride there, a long train ride and a flight home ... I should be able to get some stuff read.  I'm saving the latest by Lisa Genova ... my FAVORITE author.  I read her last one on a train in Spain.  It's kind of fitting to read this one on a train to France.  I pre-ordered months ago and it's finally available!

P.S. I'm glad I ditched the last book in the Brilliance Trilogy.  It was clogging the works.

Ellie has a vet appointment today (3 hour round-trip drive - UGH).  Fingers crossed.  She has some darkened pigment spots that might be bruising.  Please, please let her be okay.

I have some BIG cooking this week.  First up is GNI that I'm hosting at a pottery painting place.  I'm bringing the food.  It will be easy finger stuff.  I have to figure out a sandwich to bring.  I planned to do finger tea sandwiches, but I lost my inspiration.  Too much work.  I think I'll do one long french bread and cut it up.  Either chicken caesar salad, a muffuletta-like one or turkey club.  I might go for easy and do the turkey club.  I'll make a veggie platter, small cheese platter, trail mix (or popcorn) and cookies.  Wine and water to drink - already hit Costco for the extra cheap stuff.  Paining is the focus - I don't need to kill myself.

The big cook is for my son's birthday this weekend (24 years old).  I'm doing a beef filet (only $108 at Costco - oh boy).  Can't screw this up!  I'm cooking an episode of Pioneer Woman.  Filet, mashed potatoes, garlic bread, salad and a mega cake.  When I watched it, I thought - wow, this is all his favorite stuff.  When his back got bad and I decided to cook instead of going out to eat.  Seemed like a good idea at the time - now I wish we were going out LOL. I need to remember to take pictures.  Wish me luck.  I'll need it!!  So many steps to the dinner, lots of prep work, lots of unknown!

I have 3 other social things this week.  Fundraiser happy hour for Releash Atlanta and a couple's dinner on Saturday (restaurant TBD) and a 5k Race for Rescues (Duke and I are running).  

It should be a full, fun week.  Focus needs to be on my HEALTHY habits though.  Do the HEALTHY stuff and enjoy the rest.  Fun doesn't mean don't do the WORK.  I'll take some good juju on this too :)

Have a happy Tuesday ... later gators!