3-day weekend!
What are your plans?
We're doing a small picnic. Rick's parents, my brother and SIL and my sister and BIL and some friends are coming over on Monday. Nothing exotic on the menu:
I'll put together a tray of crackers and fresh veggies for dipping with Pan-Fried Onion Dip, some guac, and some kind of salsa.
Hamburgers and hotdogs
Louisville Wings
Crock Pot Beans
Potato Salad
Broccoli Salad
My sister is bringing a big pan of her mac and cheese
Rick asked me about making a pineapple upside-down cake, so that will likely be our dessert
And cookies; we always have cookies
I'll make some mint iced tea and probably some orange-lemonade
And margaritas!
Dinner is at 4:00. C'mon over!
We have two new sets of neighbors and have gone over to meet them. They seem like nice people, although they're kids. (I know, at my age, everybody is a kid, but the one couple is in their early 20s and the other couple is in their late 20s. Much younger than us.) Anyway, the one couple is having a bit of a picnic on Sunday and we're invited. I am to bring potato salad to that. And some cookies. (We took some cookies over to the couple when we went over to introduce ourselves and they loved the cookies.) It's just hamburgers on the grill, which is fine with us. We'll get to meet their parents and other relatives....I'll be nervous, but it should be a nice time.
I think we're going to close the pool this weekend. With Rick being gone so much in September, it's better to close it now and not have to deal with it. Otherwise, we may end up closing the thing sometime in October and man, that water can be cold in October.
I'll probably work on cleaning up the garden a bit. We can pull the corn stalks for drying and then later on, we can shred them for compost. Everything else is still growing and producing....at least for right now.
It will be a busy weekend.
What about you?
We're doing a small picnic. Rick's parents, my brother and SIL and my sister and BIL and some friends are coming over on Monday. Nothing exotic on the menu:
I'll put together a tray of crackers and fresh veggies for dipping with Pan-Fried Onion Dip, some guac, and some kind of salsa.
Hamburgers and hotdogs
Louisville Wings
Crock Pot Beans
Potato Salad
Broccoli Salad
My sister is bringing a big pan of her mac and cheese
Rick asked me about making a pineapple upside-down cake, so that will likely be our dessert
And cookies; we always have cookies
I'll make some mint iced tea and probably some orange-lemonade
And margaritas!
Dinner is at 4:00. C'mon over!
We have two new sets of neighbors and have gone over to meet them. They seem like nice people, although they're kids. (I know, at my age, everybody is a kid, but the one couple is in their early 20s and the other couple is in their late 20s. Much younger than us.) Anyway, the one couple is having a bit of a picnic on Sunday and we're invited. I am to bring potato salad to that. And some cookies. (We took some cookies over to the couple when we went over to introduce ourselves and they loved the cookies.) It's just hamburgers on the grill, which is fine with us. We'll get to meet their parents and other relatives....I'll be nervous, but it should be a nice time.
I think we're going to close the pool this weekend. With Rick being gone so much in September, it's better to close it now and not have to deal with it. Otherwise, we may end up closing the thing sometime in October and man, that water can be cold in October.
I'll probably work on cleaning up the garden a bit. We can pull the corn stalks for drying and then later on, we can shred them for compost. Everything else is still growing and producing....at least for right now.
It will be a busy weekend.
What about you?