...oot and abooot....

 ...as my Canadian friends would say.   Sonja K. is back from California, and didn't have to work today, so off we went.  We dropped off donations at the thrift store, and went to Target.  Target, where the total is always 43% more than you'd imagine it would be, especially because nothing goes into the cart without careful consideration.  Some coffee, some seltzer, trail mix, a pair of sweatpants for Miss Char, one shirt for Sonja, one pool float, a decorative metal basket ($5) that I needed like a hole in the head but was cute, a bag of cat food, some dishwashing liquid, a package of chicken breast with a $3 off coupon, a gallon of bleach, and boom, eighty six dollars.  

Library, to return books and get a new stack, I love the library.

Then, a quick stop at Aldi, for cilantro, peppers, lemon and lime juice, taco seasoning, bananas, sour cream, and...a new hanging plant ($6.99) that I needed!

Home...ah, home.  Paul has steak defrosting, Porterhouse.  This is the kind of steak I see in the store, and walk right on by.  But we actually HAVE some, because we bought that part of a cow.  It's rather exciting! So the chicken I got today went into some lime juice marinade, we'll grill it tomorrow and have fajitas.

Last night, we had grilled pork chops.  I got them for $1.29 a pound, put them in lemon juice, olive oil, and seasonings, and froze them.  Well, all defrosted and put on the grill with some bbq sauce, oh dear they were good.  We had them with Brussel sprouts cooked in the air fryer.

Do I talk about food enough?  

I'm going to junior activity club tonight...we're making birds again.  This is my prototype, I cut out all the bodies, and folded up the wings, cut out the beaks...they just have to glue!

There are some gummy worms for the birds, too.  

Ah well, off I go, to the deck, to grill!