I was so enraptured by participating in Frank’s “Alternate Ending Challenge” and reading the other submissions that I completely forgot to write my Sunday Gratitude Post! OK, OK, I lie. Truth be told, I don’t like to post more than once per day so I made the decision to play with Frank and his readers rather than write my little weekly post.
So, after a week that felt like I never left the kitchen other than to shop for more food or deliver the goods, I can officially say I’m glad to sit on my duff and just breathe. Plus, it’s been +30ºC with a humidex making it feel more like 36ºC (that’s 100ºF for you Americans…) and my pool is dead ~ for now ~ that about all I have the energy to do is exactly that. Sit on my duff. 😀
I was supposed to participate in Joy’s photo class and haven’t been out to take a single shot so far! I have to check, but I think they are already finished… 😦 No matter, I was participating as an alumni, but still. I did manage to go in and see what was going on a bit… sigh…
Gratitude List
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I’m getting quite good at organising my time with the catering thing. Tuesday and Wednesday, I had both breakfast and lunch to deliver so that meant a lot of going back and forth and needing to be most prepared. I delivered everything on time. Woot!
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Got great feedback on all the food, even the carrot cake I, um, had “issues” with!
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Iain started his new job as busboy in a restaurant, which meant getting him dressed for the job. We found all we needed at one store. So happy!
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So nice to get away for a coffee with Tonia on Wednesday after my last delivery. Hell no! I did NOT want to have coffee at MY house; I did NOT want to look at that kitchen for a couple of hours! She gracefully agreed that coffee would be much better at Starbucks!
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Had a lovely dinner at Dominique and Mario’s, sitting on their balcony, enjoying their fabulous company, delicious food and wine, enhanced by the most perfect breeze, helping to, not only keep us cool, but keep the bugs at bay as well! (Apparently Chicago is not the only “Windy City”; Lachenaie is pretty darn breezy too!)
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Though Robert was not successful in fixing my pool, I am so very grateful he came over and tried, despite his being tired.
Your Starbucks coffee must be better than our Starbucks coffee 🙂
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As far as coffee places go, it is not my favourite ~ but between that and Tim Horton’s, I will always choose Starbucks (which is a “crime” in Canada! 😉)
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Dale, delighted you had a good week. Those photos are magnifico and making me reach into the screen in hope!
Do you think foodiness and catering in going to be passed down the generations?
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Ha ha! Thanks, Jean. My eldest is quite the foodie, the youngest, not so much! Both of them can cook, though neither one does more than make breakfast. Thee will be no “Mother and Son” biz!
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Oh don’t rule it out just yet!
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Will do! (or is it, won’t do?) 😛
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Mmm, sumptuous looking food as usual, glad you got to have someone else make you coffee and cook you dinner 🙂
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Yes every now and again, someone else feeds me! Always makes me happy and doesn’t matter what it is!
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On the run…trying to keep up with you…failing…but grinning ear to ear!
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Silly woman! Enjoy your garden, take the time to smell the roses. Happy to hear you’re grinning ear to ear, though!
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Hey RRR … you would love the alternative endings to the story that Dale mentions. Otherwise, hope all is well.
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I’ve been waiting for your comment to this, Frank!!
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Really?
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Of course. I forced myself not to write anything…waiting as you did!
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Ohhhh, what yummies in those pix! Sounds like a most successful week and definitely much to be grateful for!
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It was indeed! Tiring but good!
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I was playing catch up with Joy’s class yesterday too, after doing nothing with it all of last week. My SLR is gathering dust, which isn’t good!
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Oh! The only reason mine isn’t is because I took a few pictures of my food. ..
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Gorgeous food! If only I lived closer, I’d throw a party just for the beauty of it all:).
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Thanks ma’am! I would love to supply you!
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Love the visuals of the food treats! … and glad you survived the rush. Special thanks to you for engaging with everyone everywhere on the challenge!
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Thanks…just a little teaser of the 6 meals I’ve prepares in the last week and a half!
It’s what I’m best at, Frank. Call Ms. Engaged!
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Damn girl, that food looks amazing. Can you give me a little rundown of what everything is? I can figure out the cheese/fruit tray..:)
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Apologies, dear George! I was going to write what each one was and then forgot… my bad! So… you figured out the cheese and fruit (good on you!), middle left is a carrot and coriander salad, to the right of that is baby bok choy with fig and port goat cheese and a candied pecan, bottom left is mini Pavlovas (meringue with whipped cream and fruit) and bottom right is strawberry-rhubarb muffins!
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Thank you. Everything looks amazing.
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And that was just five of the 16 or so things I served! 😉
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It’s obvious you work very hard and are creative and talented.
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Very kind of you to say. I do work hard when I get these contracts. Well mostly long hours. Have to decide if it’s worth it in the long run…
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