MAY

Hello, friends!  I'm back with the catch-up from May.  May was a busy month but full of good food.

We got these wonderful strawberries from Lidl.  I ate mine with some Cool Whip and they were so good!

Another day we got hoagies from Wawa.  I love ham hoagies.  Joe likes Italian.

Joe outgrew his tie-dyed shirt so I took it.  It's so nice even though it's very old.

We decorated our front porch for Memorial Day.  Well, Joe did.  I think he did a good job.

I got a tomato plant and since we don't have a yard anymore, I put it in the big pot on the front porch.  It did really well for awhile, but then something ate it.  *sigh*

One of our neighbors had his porch decorated so beautifully.  I just had to take a picture of it.

The end of the month was Joe's birthday.  We went back and forth on what to do to celebrate.  Finally we decided to go to our favorite Japanese restaurant, Yamato.

We both got a bento box -- Joe a beef and me a chicken.  They were so good.  And Joe got mango mochi (like ice cream) for dessert.

I made Joe a chocolate cake for his birthday.  It turned out good.

Finally, at the end of the month we had another luncheon at church.  This time the theme was salads.  I made potato salad.  There were other potato salads, a green salad, two chicken salads, a tuna salad and a seven layer salad.  Everything was so good.

And that's another month in the books.  I'll be back soon to tell you about June.

 

APRIL

 

Hello, friends!  I'm back with the month of April.  I'm catching up!

April was a month full of activity.  The main thing was that Joe had to go to physical therapy.  I took him and one time I went inside with him.  But the place for people to sit is small and crowded.  It wasn't very comfortable.  So the rest of the time I sat in the car in the parking lot.  The rehab center was in a shopping center so there was always lots of people around.  I felt totally safe and ended up reading lots of books.  An hour twice a week gives you time for reading!

Easter was in April too.  We invited our friends Rosemary and Carol to come over for dinner.  We had ham (free one from spending enough money at Shoprite to get their reward), mashed potatoes, rolls, salad, veggies and apple pie.  Lots of good food.   And it was fun seeing them too.  We try to invite people who would be alone on a holiday to come over.

I had some appetizers on the coffee table when they came in and took a picture of it.

I also decorated some.  I have tons of bunnies but couldn't find them.  Probably still in a box somewhere.  But I did find a few and put them around the house.  This is what I put on the bookcase I have on the front porch.  Our Dollar General was going out of business and everything was 90% off.  Of course everything was well picked over by the time I got there.  The little blue, white and yellow flowers were the only ones left in the store.  Just three little beat up stems.  I put them in the vase with the red rose Joe gave me for Valentine's Day and fluffed them out.  They looked great.  Not bad for 5 cents each.

Joe was on a baking kick this month.  He just kept baking cake after cake.  Some we ate and some he gave away.  Here's two of them.

Since Joe was a baker in a former life, they were really good.  Yellow with chocolate icing and devil's food with white icing.

That's about it for this month.  I'll be back soon with the month of May and Joe's birthday.

MARCH

 

Hello, everyone!  How did it get to be the end of July already?  I really meant to keep up with this, but time gets away from me.  I will work hard, though, so that I can post more up to date information.

But let me tell you about March.

Many of you might have heard about the airplane crash in Northeast Philadelphia.  It was a medical plane.  A little girl had been very sick and was in Children's Hospital in Philadelphia for months.  Her mother was with her.  They were from Mexico.  Finally, she was well enough to go home.  They were in a commuter plane which was taking them and four other people (doctor, pilot, etc.) to the Midwest where they would refuel and then fly to Mexico.  But just minutes after taking off, the plane crashed and everyone on board was killed.  So tragic!  The place where they crashed was across the street from the library I used to work at.  Just 5 miles from my home.  Several families lost their homes and some people on the ground were killed or severely injured.  Of course, the streets were closed for awhile following this.  When the streets finally reopened, Joe and I were able to get to our eye doctor appointment.  The doctor's office is just two blocks from where the plane crashed.  I was driving, so Joe took some pictures of the site as we passed.

As you can see from this last picture, the site was still behind a temporary fence.

On a happier note, we began a new thing at church.  Once a month we have a lunch at church.  Each time it is a different theme.  In March it was casseroles.  People brought all kinds of cassseroles.  I made chicken and stuffing.  There wasn't a lot to bring home.  I'm glad it turned out so good.  There was also mac and cheese, corn souffle, beef and noodles, a salad, homemade bread, and all kinds of desserts.

I just had to take this picture of George winking.  He is so cute.

Finally, on the 30th we went to Cape May Courthouse, NJ and went to church with our friends at Cape Community Church.  It was an easy drive.  We've been trying to get down the shore again ever since, but it hasn't worked out.

That's it for March.  I will do my best to get April up soon.  Thanks for reading and I will see you soon.

Kathy