I just saw one of these....

Just off the sidewalk behind the building. He was sitting in a tree about 12 -15 feet away from me and talking to me. I stopped to say hi and tell him how pretty he was and he flew away before I could get a picture. I'm pretty sure this is one of the youths that has been in the trees out on the walking trail all summer. Beautiful birds!

I wonder what he was trying to tell me?

Pear/Apple

I tried something new at the produce market in St. Charles this week, a pear apple. It was very interesting. It was crunchy like an apple but tasted somewhat like a pear. It wasn't that grainy chunchy that pears are when they aren't ripe yet though - it was applelike in texture. It was very odd.

Reminded me of when I tried brocaflower - it was just a bit weird!

What's Cookin?

Since we are going to Bill’s family reunion Friday through Sunday I don’t know what is on the menu. Everyone brings something for one meal – we are bringing Strawberry shortcake(is a family favorite), cranberry salad (another family favorite) and Chicken Salad and Pitas for one lunch. I don’t know what days are what (very hard to plan this way) so I’m guessing I’ll wing it!

Tuesday: Tilapia w/Green beans and mashed potatoes
Wednesday: Easy Crock Pot Venison Steak (cooks.com)
Thursday: Chicken and vegetables with Rice
Friday: Bills family reunion
Saturday: Bills family reunion
Sunday: leftovers
Monday: Blackened Salmon w/wild rice and veggies.

Homecoming Weekend

This past weekend was Homecoming at Francis Howell Central High School. Aubri went with her friends since she and her boyfriend ‘broke up’ a few weeks ago. Erik came home from college to take his girlfriend, who is a senior, to Homecoming. Here are some pics:



That's Aubri on the left.


All the girls that went together to Homecoming.


At the dance - she's on the right.


Erik and Meghan


Corsage time

They all looked so nice.

And here are some pictures of Erik and Meghan from a couple of weeks ago at a Cardinal game:



Go Cards!

Erik has Edmonds on the back of his shirt and Meghan has Molina on the back of hers – now I see why he likes her. ;)

In other news, my brakes went out over the weekend. Bill came up and checked them out.

The bad news – it’s the ABS sensor on the axle and you can’t replace just the sensor it is part of the entire axle assembly.

The good news, he used some JB weld and so far, so good, it’s holding. I’m hoping it can hold out at least till the end of the month when he would have time to replace it if it goes out again.

Upcoming weekend news: Bill’s family reunion is this weekend in Arkansas. I look forward to this every year so I’m excited that it’s this weekend. We will be leaving on Friday and back on Sunday then next weekend is Samhain at Brittony Woods! October is going by so fast!

Dance with Dragons (Fire and Ice series or Game of Thrones on Tv)

I'm really disapointed. I liked the first few books but this last one has me dragging my feet. I don't know, maybe its the fact that it took 4 YEARS for him to get this book out because he was busy writting comic books and getting HBO movie deals or maybe it's just not that good.

I started reading it in July and have only gotten about 1/3 of the way through and put it aside to read more interesting things like Jim Butcher, Larell K Hamilton, Terry Goodkind - yes, I read three books and still have not finished "Dance with Dragons". I'll get to it - maybe next week if something better doesn't show up first. I'm just that non-interested.

AGHHHH!

This is so frustrating.  I sometimes can reply to comments on my posts and sometimes (like today) I can't.  I'm trying to reply to the comment on my last post about where in St. Charles the produce market is.

Vaccaro & Sons Produce
(636) 940-8505
739 S Duchesne Dr, St Charles, MO 63301
It's across from the McDonalds on Duchesne and Droste.

Sorry Alyson but I had to put it here instead of there.

What's Cookin?

I haven’t been doing a menu for a few weeks, I was trying to eat up leftovers since they were starting to take over the freezer and I had no more freezer containers to put more leftovers in. But we are starting to hit the bottom of the barrel so here’s what’s cookin the rest of the week.

Wednesday: Three bean Venison Chili
Thursday: Chicken Tikka Masala (new recipe – gonna try to see if I can make this yummy dish at home since it’s so expensive to eat it out at my favorite Indian Restaurant.
Friday: Roast Venison with mashed potatoes and Carrots
Saturday: Blackened Salmon with Broccoli and Wild Rice
Sunday: Hamburger Helper (it was on sale this week at Dierbergs) with mushrooms, onion and green pepper added.
Monday: Tilapia with wild rice and fall veggies

I made a trip to the produce market over in St. Charles Monday. It’s not a farmer’s market but it’s the closest thing to it that is open every day. The produce is fresh and is sold in an open air market (under a large 30x40 tarp thingy. This place has been there for at least 16 years. I used to go there all the time when we lived closer but it’s a 30 minute drive now and I just haven’t been since we moved to this house. I think I’ll start making a trip over there on Monday’s on my lunch hour since they seem to have really good stuff and very reasonably priced.