Happy Friday to you too Susie! Sounds like a great start to the weekend - friends, happy hour and shopping - that is a trifecta if I've ever heard of one. Good luck chari shopping there is a lot of carp out there in the stores.

We have a comparatively quiet weekend. We are getting together with a couple of friends for a pot luck happy hour - everyone brings an app and a bottle of wine and we all share. The kids all get along really well so they will probably be shooting baskets, playing football or generally running amuck. Add in the 2 Labs that belong to one of the guys and it becomes quite the crowd.

Tomorrow I am going to do a little garden cleanup. Not a lot to do, but I want to bring in a few sedum and hydrangea flower heads for fall/winter arrangements. I think the menfolk will be splitting and stacking some firewood. We only got 1 cord this year since we had a bit leftover from last year.

Sunday I may try mixing up some cookie dough for the freezer and finally make a fruit cake. I can't believe I haven't gotten to that yet. We have settled on a cherry pecan bourbon deal that is just fantastic.

Have a happy and safe weekend... clinking with a cup of coffee for now and something much more interesting later!

Alexa

Busy, busy weekend for you, Susie!

Today is a vacation day for me! Woo hoooo! This morning I'm working on a new whole wheat bread recipe - need to get more loaves out of one mixing.

Just got an email asking me to work at a bazaar tomorrow morning for our Company Shops Market Co-op that is forming here - giving out free coffee, answering questions about the co-op....ooops, better study up!

I plan to do some quilting this weekend, but first have to clear off my cutting table so I can have room to cut.

Sunday we have a bake sale and potluck for the Co-op that I hope to go to, so will be doing more baking.

Have a good weekend everyone! Raising my glass of cranberry ginger ale to you.....clink!

Teresa

Quick update....Just found out Dom and Danielles mom has passed away. Kinda takes the wind outta your sails.

They are my kids ages and just super kids. My heart is breaking for them right now....they could use all the prayers they can get!

Mom had breast cancer several years, survived the ordeal then about mid summer she was having headaches and the found a brain tumor which they removed, last week she could not get out of bed. Monday they found cancer in her spinal fluid and told the family not much tme.

By the grace of God it was quick....now the healing must start.

Rest in peace Melissa!

SQ

Susie, all I can do is offer my condolences. That's so sad.

Alexa, I'm one who really does enjoy fruitcake. I'll check to see if I have your recipe and if not, I'll start a new thread.

Teresa, I hope the new bread recipe is a success!

No big weekend plans here. We are still limited to cooking with a slow cooker, elect fry pan, microwave or hotplate. All of which have to be scattered around the house so that we don't trip the breakers.
We are making progress on the kitchen, the new refrigerator was brought in from the garage this morning. It's running fine so I guess it's safe to start transferring things from the old one. We are keeping the old one out in the garage for soda's and over flow.

TGIF to all!

Nancy

Susie, so sorry to hear that those youngsters lost their dear mother. Condolences to the family.

Wow, bread baking, kitchen remodeling, gardening and shopping. All make my weekend sound rather humdrum. Tim's family Thanksgiving get-together is Saturday....(Yawn).

Sunday I am hoping to make some headway on cleaning and maybe even some baking.

Going out with a girlfriend tonight after work for a quick dinner. I'll raise my glass-o-red to you all then!

Linda

Last night I was really saying TGIF!!!!!

After 19 months of being unemployed (to the day) I went back to work for my former employer. The location is one of the skyscrapers in downtown Minneapolis. There are thousands of cubes in this building and I ended up in the exact cube I vacated 19 months ago! How wierd is that?

I started on Wednesday and only worked the three days. This having a job thing is killing me! LOL

Woke up to snow this morning.......looks like 4" with more on the way. No running today - lots of shoveling will have to be my exercise for the day.

Karma, kismet, luck...lol!

Congratulations Teresa.

Di