nailed it!

 Dry oven baked chicken breast? Well.   I always marinate it, usually in lime juice, salt and pepper.  Sometimes I stand at the stove and fry/sautee it up in olive oil, dredged in different flour/corn starch,ect....it takes a while, and makes a mess.  I like it grilled, but nope, too cold out.  So yesterday, after marinating for three or four hours, I mixed up a bowl of flour, around a half cup, corn starch, around 1/4 cup, and about a tablespoon of baking soda, with salt and coarse ground pepper.  I drained the lime juice from the chicken, rolled each breast piece around in the mixture, then put them on a cookie sheet with parchment, and lots of olive oil.  I flipped them so both sides were covered in the oil, then into a 400 degree oven, until brown and crispy.  

I let them set under a tent of foil for a bit after, then when sliced up, so tender and juicy!  We had a nice salad bar (oranges, blueberries, dried cranberries, some different lettuces, chopped cabbage (adds so much crunch!), grape tomatoes, baby cucumbers, cheeses, tortilla strips, croutons...I used a splash ofAsian Sesame dressing on mine, just a teeny bit, it's a good flavor) (from Aldi).  

Camille is healing, ever so slowly, her leg really hurts and she can't get comfortable.  The pain meds make her queasy even with zofran.  She can hobble along on her crutches quite well, but she can't really carry a bowl of cereal, or a plate of Nutella toast, or prepare food.  Sonja is making her some tortellini with fresh garlic cream sauce, right now.  She doesn't really eat much, but she needs to take the meds with food, so we're spoiling her:)

And, now it's Wednesday.  Life interfered, and interrupted my post.  I try to put this laptop away when the girls are talking and chatting.  I had to make dinner...steak, and broccoli.  I had a few leftover chicken wings for late lunch, so I wasn't very hungry, so a late dinner.  

I finally dragged my sewing machine out and set it up on the kitchen/dining room table.  I loved this checked fabric....

And a new cover for a wintery looking pillow...

...as well as new cushion covers.

My three day fashion accessory, it's all the rage for old people.  It sure is more stylish than the one I wore years ago!  Just stick it on, I can even shower with it on.  But, no pool, it cannot be submerged.   dang.

During the echocardiogram, my heart did one of it's booming palpitations, I saw the line on the screen jump around...the tech/nurse asked me if I could feel that one, and yes, I could.  

So now I am supposed to write down the time I feel each one, as it records my heart.  I decided I am not going to worry about the results.  Meds? I hate meds.  Surgery?  Okay, not even going there.  I will deal with what I have to deal with today, which is actually enough, without worrying about what might or might not be.  

Life interfering with blogging again...it is now evening...Kathryn came over with Achilles, Rhys, and newborn Jamison.

He's a super calm baby when he's here, when Kathryn is home with all of them, he cries whenever she puts him down...she had two other children to care for, so it gets challenging.

Aunt Sonja with Jamie, big brother Achilles, and cousin Grant.

Ruth loves the dogs.

Sam and Grace came over with Grant and Ruth.  We had pulled pork nachos, on this snowy windy night.  Spring, ha.  Not quite yet.  Kathryn and Samuel both had shorts on, as it was rather pleasant earlier today.  

It's quiet in here now, Sonja and Charlotte Claire left to go play volleyball, so it's just Paul and I, and Miss Camille.  The house looks like grandchildren were here, but at least I got the dishes done.  The crockpot is soaking, but all else is done.   

Ah well...I'm just sitting here chatting with Cam....maybe tomorrow I'll have more to say...:)