Today was an escapism day. Hubby didn't have to be in work until 1130am, so he slept until 1030am. I was awake at 730am. He told me I could turn on the tv and so I got my cola and a yogurt and jumped back into bed to do so. I also have an overdue library book I'm trying finish so I can turn it back in. When I got up I saw a bedbug in the dogs water bowl, two in the ceiling and one crawling down my wall. So I squished the one crawling down the wall, vacuumed the two on the ceiling and put the one in the dogs bowl into a ziplock baggie to show to an expert to make sure that's what they are. At least that is what they said to do on the site I looked up on the internet.
Hubby told me to take the day off from laundry, bagging clothes and vacuuming. He gave me some money and told me to get out of the house. I took a shower, got dressed, put on a head scarf, and took some stuff back to Walmart. I was returning a pink steering wheel cover and picking up a black one, two ice scrapers and a lunchable to eat for lunch. I sat in the parking lot and ate it, reading my library book.
After awhile, I put the book down and drove downtown to The Book Warehouse. It wasn't where I thought it was so I called hubby. He gave me directions and even said he would meet me over there! I was happy.
I got quite a few books, $43 dollars worth. Some cookbooks, some murder mysteries and some craft. I am looking forward to reading the one about cooking with a clay pot. I have a clay pot with a clay lid but had no idea how to use it, so this will open up a new way to cook chicken! I found a cookbook that has recipes with 6 ingredients, a slow cooker book, and Desperate Dinners cookbook.
I drove over to my parents and showed mom all the books I had gotten. There are a few that she is interested in borrowing in the future. Dad was putting up Christmas lights as tomorrow, being Thanksgiving, is only supposed to be 28 degrees with a storm coming in by the evening. He had to run out to get more lights as he was short on the new kind of icicle. He plugged in a string to test them and they are really neat. He will have to finish putting them up in the morning before we all meet at my sister, Laura's, house for Thanksgiving dinner at 130ish.
I came home and Frank wasn't hungry. He had a big pot luck at work and eaten a lot there. So I chopped up celery, apples, and walnuts into small, small pieces for a jello salad. I made two packages of cranberry jello with a container of coolwhip and some cold water. I put that in a 9x13 pan and put it in the fridge. I put the leftover jello in a bowl in the fridge. It has to set for a little. Then in a big bowl I made two more packages of cranberry jello and put the big bowl in the fridge to set. When it is semi-set, I will mix in the celery, apples, walnuts and pineapple, then put that on top of the coolwhip layer in the 9x13 pan. Then it will sit in the fridge and get solid. Tomorrow when it's time, I will take the pan and a big platter I have and, hopefully, unmold the pan onto the platter. I am hoping that the jello will set up firm and it will taste good. I have been wanting to experiment with jello since I started reading a 1950s cookbook on the jellos they used to make with meat and veggies. And mayo. Yuck! But I want to try some of these out.
Hubby got home about 930pm. I had made Kari Dogs for dinner. They are beef hot dogs that are sliced almost in half. Then a strip of cheddar cheese in inserted, 4 dill pickle halves and half a piece of raw bacon is wrapped around the dog, held in place by two toothpicks. I put them on a sprayed broiler pan and baked them in the oven at 350 degrees. I think they baked for 20-25 minutes. I wasn't paying real close attention to the time, I was checking to make sure the bacon was done. Then you take out the toothpicks, put them on a bun with a little bit of mustard and ta da! Dinner! I ate one and hubby had two. There were more for leftovers.
I have to stay up and not forget to mix the stuff into the jello later on. We are bringing a roast, chips and dip and this jello salad for dinner. The jello salad is my interpretation of a Waldorf Salad, without the mayo.
Hubby has the next 4 days off, yeah! We will be doing some more cleaning, including a deep cleaning on Frank's room, since he hasn't done any. We will be watching all the Resident Evil movies and more.
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