How is it the middle Monday in July!?! (Plus a blog announcement...)

Wow! Summer is just flying by! 

Well, I have been working out an idea I have been pondering 

for a while, and that is, in part, to have a space to put my

cooking and baking adventures in a more ordered space,

and to write my thoughts, meditations and adventures in what

I have been doing all along:

 baking, cooking and having dinner parties,

teas, luncheons and the like.

So I have created a new blog for this and I do hope you will take a look.

It is called All The Ribbons (go here to see the reason behind the name)

and I have had a lot of fun setting it up and

have 2 posts on it so far.

The first post is actually a bit more about my Husband and I's early days

and how our first date was a dinner party at my apartment in Ottawa,

 with dear friends on the first day we met in person.

The second post is the beef satay that I posted in my last blog post here.

I wrote about how I discovered this recipe, the cooks and cookbook

and how I adapted recipe for this delicious skewered beef satay with peanut sauce!

The blog post is called:

DISCOVERING CORINNE TRANG: 

2 WEEKS LATER WE HAD BEEF SATAY WITH PEANUT SAUCE

I hope you enjoy it!

I will still be right here on this blog - I don't plan on going anywhere!

But I hope to update my new All the Ribbons blog over time and will

let you know here when I do.  But you can also bookmark the blog or

add it to a feed reader, if you would like. 

I would love to have you there, and here on this blog, 

the 'usual station' that you know well! 

***

Well, we stayed local on Sunday for church....

After the liturgy (which is a service that has Holy Communion),

we all went downstairs to share a meal together.

Mr Husband had the brilliant idea of bringing cards for everyone to sign

for our dear Candle Desk Man who is now in Rehab, at 87 years old. 

We went to visit him at Rehab and were happy to see that he was 

sitting up, as before he was not strong enough to do so.

We hope to visit him again soon...

We enjoyed the last of the cake with ice cream in the later afternoon!

Mr Husband had a brilliant idea of using half of the peanut sauce in noodles that 

I had cooked Saturday night ... 

Such soft noodles, they just glistened! 

I removed the meat from the last 4 (of 8) Skewers and cut each piece of meat in half.

You can read more about this on my All the Ribbons blog!

We really enjoyed this meal!

The peanut sauce was a bit more spicy than just on skewers, as you were eating more of the

sauce with the noodles. We found it a bit spicy with a heat that added depth to the 

enjoyment of such a wonderful easy to eat comfort food! 

I will be making this again! 

If you want to know more about the recipe and ingredients, do go here 

and check it out! :) 

We enjoyed this new meal while having a Walton's date! 

We found it really well acted, very moving...

Today I saw the mural had some more done on it... 

he is nearing the end of it, he said... 

I enjoyed diner leftovers (we went Saturday night!)

I have a fajita and my Husband a burger and fries.

He let me finish his burger and fries for lunch today :) 

I am enjoying this book, published in 1998.

Some sad parts in it ... so many lost youth, then and now.  But it's well written

and quite absorbing. 

I got a small order of food via amazon now / whole foods.

I am using the strawberry yogurt for my strawberry lemon yogurt cake that  

 first made this cake for a lovely baby shower and it was that night

 that I first learned of my now Husband's existence! 

God willing, I am making the cake for St Elizabeth's day (this Thursday) 

which is when I learned that my now 

Husband was willing to send me an email, beginning everything.... ❤

***

I alluded to this time in my life here, and Becki, you asked to know more.

I am touched that you want to know about my life, thank you dear friend!

I love my blog community so much!

Well...I was told over a year ago, 

when we were visiting St Anthony's Monastery,

that I should write this story up.

It will take a bit of time to do, as I want to write it well. 

But I will try to do so. 

I feel it is time to write more... but give me some time, 

this week (and the next few) are quite busy! 

I stocked up on some decaf black tea...

after 2 PM, I only drink decaf so I can sleep at night! :) 

Today was a cleaning day and then a friend came over later on,

needing to talk and have some peace.

So it's been a full day here.

My washing machine is still whirling and

 I have a mountain of laundry to fold!

Tomorrow I hope to go to NYC to get a NYPL library card

and do some research on my possible eye issues and 

do a few shopping errands. 

I am going to the Philly Eye Institute Friday, August 2nd.

I feel a bit nervous about it but try to keep my eyes on Christ

and not on my fears of possible vision loss/additional eye problems later on. 

 ***

I thank God for the medical care and ask for prayers

for guidance in my research. 

May God help us all in our times of fear trouble as well

as protect us in our times of joy.