A Day In The Life

Our lives are fascinating and filled with days that we can only describe as incredible.  This is in part because we can watch Janet and Phil stumble from one mishap to another!

Janet had planned to make Prime Rib for Thanksgiving dinner, but Meg announced she really wanted turkey.  Now the hunt is on for a nice free range turkey that has lived the good life and doesn't weigh 35 pounds!  Best they good do was 19 pounds, but in the end it turned out to be OK.  We invited Karen and Ken, Lolo and Steve and Brad and Kim over in an effort to help.

The dinner went well.  Every year, Janet fancies herself a soup maker and sets up using the carcass to make stock.  She consulted many recipes and started out with this:

Looks good, right!  Wrong!  Yet another stock failure.  The end product was a really delightful dark grey colour, similar to mud.  One of the cooks at Our Place suggested that perhaps she had cooked it for too long.

All was not lost, however.  She managed to make some Turkey Pot Pies and use up all the turkey meat.  In addition, one night they had Hot Turkey Sandwiches.

Janet, Janet, Janet....why don't you tuck the pastry edges under so they look pretty?

Janet doesn't like brussel sprouts, but thought this was pretty amazing.  They were selling them on the stalk at The Root Cellar.  In fact, Janet hates brussel sprouts.  She has never made them and has no clue if Phil even likes them.

This is how we roll in Victoria, for at least the last week.  Heavy fog.  Some days, it doesn't burn off at all.

Thursday was a pretty busy day at Our Place.  They had a fire drill at 9AM.  Then there was a funeral service for Priscilla, a woman that Janet very much liked at 10AM.  They had just started to serve lunch at 11:30AM when the fire alarms went off again.  First they were told it was a false alarm, but a few minutes later everyone was told to evacuate the building.

The firetrucks came while everyone waited outside.  The culprit - the Volunteer Coordinator, Rodrigo, was lighting sparklers on top of a birthday cake he was giving to a volunteer and it set off the alarm!

 Speaking of birthdays - remember all the parties and festivities chat about how Phil had done squat for Janet's 60th birthday?  Absolutely.  Nothing.  The other day, he starts telling Janet about the plans he is making for his 65th birthday in December.  She didn't say too much, but her eyes glazed over and she gave him her WTF face.  We doggies left the kitchen before it turned ugly.

Check out this huge pumpkin and squash (Janet thinks) that they had in the kitchen at Our Place.  The black bin on wheels comes up to Janet's knees.

I'm such an important doggie, I take up two dog beds.

Good night, everyone.

Last but not least, a cooking success!  Chili with Ground Beef and Italian Sausage, topped with sour cream, cheddar cheese and green onions.