Sunday morning, coming down...

Okay, I know you've all been dying to find out how the rest of my Saturday went, so here goes:

I had taken out a roast on Thursday to thaw. I was going to put it in the crock pot Friday morning on Low, so I could have a hot meal ready if Jake and Carla stopped in after work (they did and we ended up eating takeout, but that's another whole story). But Friday morning, took out the carrots and they were all mush! Put the roast back in the fridge.

Now, I've got to cook this roast, right? So, after the eye doctor, I stopped at Farmer Jacks to get some carrots. While I was there, looked for some parsnips, too. Couldn't find any. Did find a nice steak marked "Manager's special." Now, my butcher back in St. Clair told me long ago about this. Meat, being perishable, has to be sold by a certain date or they have to throw it out. He said as long as you use it the same day, or freeze it immediately, there's no difference, other than the price. So, even though I have all that meat in the freezer, I grab it because would can resist a beautiful $3.00 rib eye steak?

Decide to go to Meijer's for the parsnips and pick up some suet for the birds while I'm there. No parsnips!!! Pick up some turnips, instead, (hey, root vegetable are, well, root vegetables, right?) and then I see some sweet corn, in the husk with a sign that says 4 for $2.00. Grab the suet and go home. Put the sweet corn in a bucket of water and start the laundry.

Check the phone and saw that my Mom had called, so I called her back. It was funny! Not sure if I mentioned this, but my brother Carl told her about this blog a while back. She told me how technology had passed her by, because she'd really like to read it, but didn't want a computer. So, every Monday, I copy the last weeks Blog into Word, make it 16 point font and copy any pictures, them mail them in a big envelope to her. So, this time she had written down some questions to ask me. For example, what does BTW and LOL mean. So, I explained. What are oven-roasted potatoes? So, I explained and said I'd mail her the recipe. How come there are 0 comments on some posts, but 1 or 2 comments on others and why doesn't she see the comments? I explained and told her I'd start copying the comments, too. We chatted a bit more and then hung up.

It's sunny, but cool, so I get my coat and a big bag and rake up the rest of the lawn trash out of the ditch. Then I take the leaf blower and blow off my entire driveway. Now the front yard looks a lot better. I fire up the grille and let the coals settle down a bit.

Decide to prepare the steak like you do for Steak Au Poivre, but without the cognac and heavy sauce. So I brushed each side with Dijon mustard, then coated it with cracked peppercorns. Let it come up to room temperature while I roasted the sweet corn. Then I grilled it 3 minutes per side and was ready to eat. Delicious! And, total cost of food was $5.00!!!

Cleaned up the kitchen, did a load in the dishwasher, finished all the laundry and was waiting for the grille to cool off so I could take it inside. Watched a few shows I'd taped, rolled the grille back in and went to sleep around 10:00 PM.

Woke up at 5:30 AM, and here I am, up to date!