I would also like this free pattern please. Do you know of where i can get a written pattern of this also? What size hook and thread are used? Thank you! My email is itsme_jnb@yahoo.com

Wednesday was the day for "lunch with the old folks", a once monthly lunch out with 7 friends all a little older than my DH and I. The restaurant we usually go to changed the menu since last month. They took deep fried brussels sprouts off so I was disappointed big time. I ordered a fruit cup ,very good, and a pot roast/toasted cheese sandwich which was very, very good. Then I did the unthinkable and had cocoanut cream pie for dessert. It was so so. Didn't eat anything for supper or even a snack for the rest of the day. This morning I am HUNGRY and ready to rip into breakfast soon as DH gets home from his cardiac rehab class.

56steps, the original recipe, I believe, came from our Glenda years ago. Salsa Chicken and Black Beans 1 jar of your favorite salsa 1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed 1 can or 1 1/2 cups fire roasted corn (this I added to the original recipe) 1 to 2 cups shredded cheddar or Mexi-blend cheese 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves. (I use 6 and it works fine) Place beans and corn in baking dish. Top with chicken, then pour salsa evenly over top. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Sprinkle cheese over top and bake another 5 minutes uncovered. Serve with sour cream and your favorite corn chips. I used to have a source for frozen fire roasted corn with onions and peppers. When using it, (frozen) I added 5 minutes to the baking time. Can't get it anymore, have been looking for something similar. No luck, so have used just plain canned corn lately. It is ok, but not as 'colorful'.

Supper? I'm hardly thinking past breakfast as, having slept too late, and having to provide cookies for the old guys` cookies, coffee and conversation group this morning, breakfast was a sandwich and banana in the car ... and some cookies! Nuthin' since. So I'm looking forward to potato and onion stew, with some added soup, and chicken, with mixed veg. as a side, then some yogurt, and finishing with cookies, coffee and perhaps some pie to fill my empty void. Enjoy your evening, all. ole joyfuelled ... who sometimes enjoys being fuelled by stew - but would rather not be in one!