Another Satisfying Sunday

Woke up early Sunday morning and made pancakes and bacon for breakfast. The leftover pancakes went sailing out the back door like little brown Frisbees so the squirrels could have them for their breakfast, too.

Started thawing the meat I'd bought and frozen for meatloaf. It was a pound of ground hamburger, a pound of ground veal and a pound of ground pork. Went to work on the back door (by the patio). I wanted to take the frame of the windows off (it's one big sheet of glass with a frame that makes it look like a French door) but five of the screws were painted in so badly (it's an old door) that I could not get them out. So, I had to put all the screws back in until I can figure out another way.

Started the bedding in the wash machine. Then I drove to Murray's Auto. I noticed yesterday when I got back from my errands that my right side headlamp was burned out. So, I got a replacement bulb ($16.00 US!!!) came back home and put it in, with some difficulty (not a lot of room under the hood for your hands). But, it finally was in and working!

Did I mention the temperature? It was 68 degrees F., so I turned off the furnace and opened several windows to let the fresh air into the house. About that time, Jake called and we talked a while. Then Carla asked if they could come over and grill some chicken. I said sure, but I have thawed meat for meatloaf I needed to use up, today.

So, they came over around 3:00 PM and Carla got cooking! She made a marinade for the chicken and while that was getting happy in the fridge, she made homemade barbecue sauce (very tasty, I might add). Meanwhile, my meatloaf saut�ed items (chopped onion, minced garlic and a pound of mushrooms, chopped, then one cup of heavy cream added, brought to a boil and simmered for 5 minutes) had cooled enough. So, I added an egg to the meat, then the cooled other ingredients and mixed it all up. Then I lined a big loaf pan with strips of bacon, added the meat and inverted the loaf pan into a baking dish. I baked that and two acorn squash (with butter and brown sugar) for 1 � hours.

Meanwhile, Jake was grilling chicken and it all got done about the same time, so we had a feast. They left after cleaning everything up.

I watched the usual Sunday night shows and went to sleep at 10:30 PM.