The Weekend

My Bloomscape plants came yesterday -- 9 of them (I thought I ordered 6 ... ooops).  I have to "place" them and I'll take some pictures.  Stay tuned ...

Broken Girls is getting better.  I read a lot last night and scared myself a little.  Ghost stories at night will do that to a gal.  I think my prediction of a ghost story AND a real villain is spot on.  I won't ruin the ending so that's the last I'll speak details of it ... it's a guess on my part, but I'll finish it this weekend.

Dead to Me dropped the second season.  Added to my list!  I might wait until hubby leaves for VA to give myself SOMETHING to do.  Looks like contract is going to work out (still not finalized, but moving back in the right direction).

I'm doing HORRIBLE on my healthy eating this week.  HORRIBLE (!!)  I've been baking and eating and not caring and stressed and sad and defeated and angry.  The Green Dress is now a pipe dream.  Ugh.  Double ugh.  I'm not going to even bother to talk about standing back up ... I'm breaking every promise to myself so I need to stop making promises until I'm ready to do the work.

We are seeing a friend's newly landscaped backyard tonight.  Taking a drink and our chairs and hanging out for a little while.  12 feet apart, outside and no contact at all.  This feels in my comfort zone.

Tomorrow the kids are coming over for a distancing Mother's Day.  This feels a little bold.  We'll be outside, wearing masks when not eating, they'll use another bathroom, dinner will be plated and no touching serving utensils, etc.  But, the dogs.  The dogs will go from person to person, as dogs do.  We'll be VERY diligent with hand washing, wipes, etc.  No one is sick and no one has known exposure.  This is where hubby says I'm being OVERLY crazy about quarantine.  (My family calls me by my childhood nickname, Tina ... no one else does, unless they're joking around.  He nicknamed me Quaran-Tina because I'm being crazy.)  That said, I can't wait to have everyone over.

Menu is steak, mac+cheese and green beans.  I'm baking a GF coffee cake for dessert (odd choice, but it won the vote and I'm happy).  Nothing else because it wasn't shopping week -- running low on fresh things.  The dessert choices were also limited to what I have on hand to bake.  I have the basics, but not a lot of flavor add-ins available (no chocolate chips, no lemons, no fruit, no PB, etc.)  You bet I'm serving on my new vintage dessert plates though.

Have a great Saturday.  Stay well.  Later gators.