Today has been a good day. I'm grateful. I got myself out of the house, which was a good thing -- the continuing rain and resulting off and on drip drip over my little family room window have been the source of worry even though there's no good worrying. I've been home a little bit more than usual and have missed meeting up with friends a couple of times a week due to weather, holidays, and having to miss church last Sunday.
So, having breakfast out scheduled at a favorite little bitty local place was a good thing. At the last minute my friend had to call off; a sudden stomach bug hit her upon awakening. I thought about it and decided to just run along and breakfast out on my own. I was already dressed and ready, had decided what to have, and fortunately I've become very comfortable through the years eating on my own. So, I did. When I arrived shortly after eight, I was the only customer. Breakfast ordered, I enjoyed my fully-leaded coffee (half-caff at home). The music was country, which is fine as I like it along with most music. But I had to laugh, it was a straight set of sad cowboy songs all the way through my time there (and I enjoyed my breakfast leisurely). A few more folks came in after I took the below picture, but none were sitting very near me, so I hummed along to the sad songs, the waitress and I chit-chatted from time to time and I entertained myself with pictures and eating the breakfast which was delicious because: it included bacon, eggs over easy were just right, and I did not have to cook it. And my coffee cup was covered with cartoon drawings of dogs and the declaration: "I am a dog person."
I do not know why my face looks so skinny in this picture. I can assure you it is not in real life. I think it's the hairstyle and the angle.
After breakfast a few errands; the tire place, as the weather has changed enough that air needed to be added. The little meat market where I picked up four pounds of pork leg meat ... chili verde is in my future; I usually make it with a pork shoulder, but this was already cut up for stew so I don't have a huge cut of meat that needs to be trimmed of the really tough skin and shredded; I'll be interested to see if it tastes as good as the larger cut on the bone. On to Aldi for some egg whites and a couple of other items. Then the post office box which was full as I've not been there since December 23rd. Home again, home home again feeling quite cheerful after being out and about with other people.
Above is the Persian Lamb Stew I talked about and actually made today. It's meant to be served over rice, so that's how I ate it. It looked quite pretty in the bowl ... the picture doesn't capture the color just right here. It has such a lot of fresh green produce in it (two bunches of parsley, two bunches of cilantro, two bunches of green onions, lime juice) that it's fairly green. I'll take some to my friend tomorrow after church; she enjoys lamb and experimenting with new foods so is looking forward to it. My adult children are not fans of lamb, and in any event we cook for ourselves which works out best for us. We generally offer to share a serving if we make something the others like, though.
It is still raining off and on and predicted to do so through tomorrow. Because it's not quite as cold as it generally is (not yet down into the 30's regularly) I now have a bumper crop of beautifully healthy green weeds in the yard. I get out there about ten minutes at a whack when it's not raining or too muddy just now and pull or hula hoe a few.
No big events in life just now, but I enjoy my family, my faith family, my girlfriends, and retirement. I'm fortunate and blessed.
Happy Saturday! 💋💜
The Persian lamb stew looks scrumptious! I baked a cauliflower with cheese today, myself, and carefully avoided spices so I could share some with the pup. It's funny how I do that.
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