Sunday

Woke up before dawn. Started a pot of coffee (not sure when the last time I made coffee was, but there were white floating things in the coffee left in the pot. YUCK! Washed pot and continued...).

Made breakfast (I promised myself yesterday I would). Simple, though. Three biscuits and three sausage patties. Cold outside and misty, but sat in the porch rocker to eat my little sandwiches and drink my coffee.

Can't wait until it warms up (have to go to Mom's today), so, in spite of a killer backache (overdid it a tad yesterday!), went and planted the remaining daffodil bulbs. That Fall project's done, at least. Saw on the Weather Channel earlier this morning they are predicting rain/snow mix for Thursday. YIKE!

Got back inside and baked some chocolate chip/walnut cookies for today's dinner dessert (I don't have a sweet tooth, but my Mom does!) Tried to load some of the gazzillion photos I took yesterday and today, but the Blogger's not cooperating. D*mn!

Did some prep work for today's dinner. Sliced the wild mushrooms (oyster, shittake and crimini) and minced two shallots. Chopped up about 1/2 teaspoon of fresh thyme. Why? My Mom doesn't have a decent sharp knife in her house and I don't feel like taking the Wustof and my cutting board over there.

While I was at it, loaded the crock pot with carrots, parsnips, potatoes, onions and a chuck roast, topped with onion rings and sliced mushrooms, fresh thyme and sprigs of rosemary. Put it on low (10 to 12 hours cook time). If I'm hungry later tonight, I got supper. If not, Monday's dinner will be already done.

Did I mention my back's killing me? Muscles in my arms, too. Nothing in the house mild enough to take and then drive though... Have to just tough it out.

Left at noon to go to Mom's. Light traffic, so I made it just under an hour. Hauling in all my stuff and then visited with Mom. She looks pretty good, BTW. It was nice to see both her and Lu.

Around 3:00 PM I started dinner. I made and asparagus and wild mushroom frittata, some biscuits, we had a side salad and for dessert, the cookies I baked earlier. Both Mom and Lu seemed to really like the food (or else they were just being polite, lol!) Cleaned up the mess, more visiting, then headed for home around 5:00 PM.

Little heavier traffic so got home about 6:10 PM, BEAT! Turned off the crock pot, got my clothes ready for Monday, etc. Watched Extreme Makeover at 8:00 and then fell asleep at the beginning of Iron Chef America. Not to worry though, as I woke up at 11:30. Put away the roast, watched the taped version of Iron Chef and then went to bed for real.