November 2022
November 30, 2022 - Wednesday - Today I didn’t purposefully take a photo for this collection again. I do know I spent some quality time on the couch with Zak. I love when he lays like this because he’s really warm. He was snoring pretty good when I took this.
November 29, 2022 - Tuesday - I think I forgot to take a photo for this collection today. This was the breakfast I made for me and the pups. I took this photo to send to my nutritionist. Fortunately I took this otherwise I missed another day. Zak and the girls really love these English muffins with butter and jelly. I have to give Biscuit really small pieces because her mouth is really small and she sometimes doesn’t chew her food well.
November 28, 2022 - Monday - Today was the day I pulled out the last of my tomato soup leftovers. One thing I’ve learned when roasting the vegetables is if you’re going to add celery put it in the baking dish first. I made the mistake of putting it in last and it didn’t soften like it should. Which means it didn’t blend like it should. There were crunchy bits of celery in this. It tasted great but those bits were just not right.
November 27, 2022 - Sunday - Since the Cowboys played on Thanksgiving there’s no football I care about today. I did care about having a good late breakfast. I order some breakfast tacos today. I wish making homemade tortillas was easy. I remember watching my mom make them from the time I was a little kid. A couple of my sisters know how too. I just don’t have it in me to learn.
November 26, 2022 - Saturday - My friend with the Cuban roots always makes these on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. He invited me over and thankfully I was well enough to go enjoy these. He has a special ingredient he puts in these and it makes a world of difference. It was good to get out of the house and spend some time with him and his family.
November 25, 2022 - Friday - Knowing I can order I Love Pho almost any time I want is not a good thing. Or is it??? I was feeling better but still not myself today. I picked up my phone and ordered two orders of Chicken Noodle Pho, my favorite. This is the P22 with extra limes. The only bowls I have that are big enough to hold it all are these mixing bowls. This has to be medicinal.
November 24, 2022 - Thursday - Being sick on Thanksgiving is the absolute worst. All year I think of all the Turkey and Dressing I’m going to eat. Yeah the sides and desserts are good, but I just want a plate of turkey and dressing. I felt better than yesterday but still pretty crappy. Riley was around during the day and we found out you can order Whataburger from Uber Eats on Thanksgiving. We got some for the pups too. It is Thanksgiving after all.
November 23, 2022 - Wednesday - I had a bit of a sore throat yesterday. This morning I woke up with what felt like the flu. So cold, achy and just miserable. Fortunately I had almost no work to do today and spent a big chunk of the day asleep on the couch under a blanket. When Riley got up I whined to her how I want pho from I Love Pho. Not anywhere else. She was being lazy but we found it on Uber Eats!!! This almost made me feel better.
November 22, 2022 - Tuesday - With the cooler weather it popped into my head to make this roasted tomato soup again. I love how easy this is especially with a blender that heats things up. I went a little heavy with the hot sauce but put a little extra honey in to compensate. This turned out so good. Even better was the half full blender for leftovers for another day.
November 21, 2022 - Monday - I took the later half of the day off to go see dad and take him to an appointment. It was the middle of the afternoon by the time we got to have lunch and I was starving. This big bowl of menudo was on my mind all day. One my sisters made an early Thanksgiving dinner for her daughter who was in town. Her cooking is always a bit of crapshoot, but I have to admit she did a really great job. I thought I was going to get two Thanksgiving dinners this year, but that didn’t happen.
November 20, 2022 - Sunday - Today I got out for dinner to celebrate a special occasion, one of my God Daughter’s birthday. She turned the Big 3-0! A friend and I talked about robbing a Tiff’s Treats car once and how that would have to be the most embarrassing crime to admit to if you were in jail. I’m so glad I know what really good cookies taste like now. No life of crime for me. It was great to see my God Daughter and her dad tonight.
November 19, 2022 - Saturday - Since I’m writing all these captions almost three weeks later the only thing I can remember about this day was that Riley got out to run some errands. One of which was getting some morning coffee and a bite for breakfast. She brought me back a blueberry bagel with cream cheese. I like cream cheese but even for me this was a bit much.
November 18, 2022 - Friday - About the time I needed to do the most recent week of photos I got sick and even though I only felt horrible for one day it took about 10 days to get to feeling myself. I was just blah, unfocused and completely unmotivated to do anything productive. Getting work done was about all I could do. I say all this to point out the captions on the next several photos from now until the first of December will be hazy memories.
November 17, 2022 - Thursday - I ordered groceries again yesterday. I was not feeling very well and was just craving warm comfort foods. I haven’t made this in forever. The last time I ordered oats they brought me the wrong kind and they cooked down like mush with no texture. It looked like that stuff they ate in The Matrix. This was so much better with apples, cinnamon, brown sugar and a bit of honey, mmmmmmmm. The dogs loved it too.
November 16, 2022 - Wednesday - Not a good photo but look how close Biscuit and Zak are! And they’re both sleeping! Pancake is right here too. Maybe it’s the colder weather and they just want to be warmer. I did have to convince Zak to stay when Biscuit came over to lay in my lap, but after he relaxed a bit they both were asleep and snoring a little. Pancake was totally oblivious of them. She was asleep long before they showed up.
November 15, 2022 - Tuesday - I’m out of cookies and I’m trying to be better about sweets. The scale at the doctor’s office yesterday didn’t have any good news for me. But tonight like almost every night I was craving something sweet after dinner. I have some bananas and some chocolate chips and I remembered this treat a friend showed me. I don’t have any coconut oil so I used a little bit of olive oil. You can’t even taste it. This was so good and hit the spot.
November 14, 2022 - Monday - Today I had an appointment with my rheumatologist and nutritionist. They have a valet at their office. I almost never have cash on me so I went to the bank there to use their ATM. Then I went to the little cafe there and picked up a late breakfast to break a $20. I bought a chocolate muffin and a juice took my change and went on my way without paying too much attention. This was in there.
November 13, 2022 - Sunday - Today I was going through my photos. It does a great job of recognizing and tagging most of the people I take photos of except myself and pets. Yes, I tag my pets and some of my friend’s pets. This photo was my photo of the day a while back. When I got to it I noticed the little paw showing that there was more info on the breed in the photo. Zak’s the biggest Chiweenie ever!!!! hahahahahaha
November 12, 2022 - Saturday - Today I met a friend for her birthday brunch. I mentioned that I thought about going to the animal shelter while I was out her way. I thought to invite her but she had an appointment after our brunch. She said let’s finish our meal and go see the pups. It was so sad to see how full their shelter is right now. There’s always a bunch of pit mixes there, but I was surprised by how many beautiful German Shepards they had. Please adopt don't shop!
November 11, 2022 - Friday - It was really cold and rainy today. The other day I stopped by the grocery store and picked up a few things. Blackberries were on sale so I picked up a few containers. They weren’t especially sweet but still pretty good. I’ve mentioned how good the light is that comes in my dining room except when it’s cloudy. When it’s cloudy it’s really dark in the house even in the middle of the day.
November 10, 2022 - Thursday - So when we were on one of our walks in Villa de Layva this summer I lost one of my lens caps. It’s the second one I’ve lost on vacation. Actually they’re not lost I know exactly where they are. One’s at the base of the landing of the chair lift on Capri in Italy. The other is on the side of the mountain somewhere down the street from my friend’s parent’s house. I finally ordered a replacement. Maybe I should use the sting that came with it.
November 9, 2022 - Wednesday - I’ve been working with a great friend I’ve worked with in the past. I’ve been freelancing with her company since early Summer. Today we met for lunch to discuss our working together more. She likes margaritas. I like margaritas. Win, win. I don’t remember the name of this Mexican food place in Addison, but they had great chips and salsa and they make really good swirls.
November 8, 2022 - Tuesday - I ordered some cookies a while back and the other day we did a shoot and my friend sent me home with some more cookies. I’m trying to cut back on the sweets and not eat a cookie everyday but boy is it difficult. Especially with cookies from Sparkle. This one has been my photo of the day before. It’s her Butterscotch Toffee Oatmeal cookie. Who doesn’t love a good oatmeal cookie!
November 7, 2022 - Monday - Today I didn’t take a photo of anything purposely today for the photo of the day. I had a photo of my lunch and this photo of Biscuit making a face next to me on the couch. Sometimes she’s so ugly she’s cute, but most of the time she just looks like this. She’s been bullying Zak a lot lately and pushing him off the couch. She knows he’s afraid of her and she just walks up to his face and looks at him until he leaves.
November 6, 2022 - Sunday - Earlier in the week I was texting with a friend and her daughter about meeting for lunch. We were trying to meet at Roti Grill. It’s been a long while since we’ve all seen each other and trying to schedule a lunch with them and Riley is pretty difficult. Just talking about Roti Grill makes me want the one thing I always order when we go there. It’s delicious and quite spicy, but the best part is the naan.
November 5, 2022 - Saturday - When I was eating my stew yesterday I was thinking I should have made some cornbread to go with it. So today I made cornbread. I don’t know why but it didn’t rise like it usually does. It tasted good but was much more dense than I like. I had a bit with some leftover stew but honestly I shared this with the pups tonight and gave them more for breakfast. They seemed to like it.
November 4, 2022 - Friday - This morning when I woke up it was cold and I didn’t want to get out bed. After doing a little work I got online and ordered some groceries. Specifically stuff to make stew. I’ve not made this in a while and today I decided to do a little experiment and use some of the ingredients and spices I use to make Carne Guisada. They’re both pretty much stews and I gotta say this was almost as good as I hoped.
November 3, 2022 - Thursday - My friend and cookie maker extraordinaire invited me to see Phil Rosenthal tonight with her and her family. If you haven’t seen his show Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix it’s definitely worth watching. In a very rare occasion I was downtown this evening. I took this as I was walking back to my car. I haven’t done a B/W in a long time and this one looked pretty cool in color but I think it’s better like this.
November 2, 2022 - Wednesday - The other day while I was at Kroger I walked past a stand full of lots of candies that you’d buy at the movies. I picked up a box of Whoppers. This is what happens to Whoppers when you forget them in the car and it gets a little warm. I pulled out this little clump of goodness and got the idea for my photo of the day. I grabbed my camera, closed my laptop and turned on the lamp. Ta dum!
November 1, 2022 - Tuesday - I haven’t made one of these in a very long time, and unfortunately it showed. While this tasted really good, it was a bit dry and a bit tough. I couldn’t remember how long to cook this or at what temperature and of course I didn’t want it to be undercooked. I think I cooked it too hot and too long. Next time 400° for 15 minutes and then 350° for 45 minutes. The roasted potatoes were just right.