PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 31

Happy New Year!  Today was another day of relaxation.  I did call the dentist and find out that I am doing the right thing about my tooth.  Yesterday my crown fell off while I was eating.  I did not swallow the crown, thank goodness.  The dentist said that as long as I am not feeling pain, I can wait until Tuesday at 9 am to get it fixed.  I am good with that.

I have been binge watching The Man in the High Castle.  I started watching Season 3 but could not remember Season 2.  I think I watched it when I had meningitis.  I have very little recollection of a lot of important facts.  I finally got through Season 2 this morning and now I am into Season 3.

I decided to make roasted root vegetables.  I used celery root, rutabaga, potatoes, Parisian carrots, and beets.  So delicious.  I have some of the vegetables leftover so I can make some more in a day or so.

I am in for the evening with my tree lit up and my comfy new Sherpa socks on.  (Thanks nephew)

This is the last day of the Photo Challenge.  I actually had fun once I was not sick or dealing with a sick dog and could take interesting photos.   I hope you enjoyed the interesting photos.

Until tomorrow...

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 30

Today was a lazy day. I took the dogs for a walk. I took a bath. I watched Man in the High Castle. Not in that order.

I had dinner plans with my friends J, G, and E. We went to my favorite vegan Mexican restaurant. Yum! I got soft tacos with cauliflower, kale, and peanut sauce, rice and beans. Delicious! I have leftovers for tomorrow.

I hung my painting in the hallway to my office.

I think it looks nice and brightens up the hallway.

Until tomorrow...

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 29

I went to the movies by myself today for the first time in ages! I went to see Welcome to Marwen. It was so good. I think it will be nominated for awards.

I also walked around this mall for the first time. It is the mall in the city but I have never walked around inside. #1 I hate shopping in malls. #2 I hate shopping. #3 I don't like this mall. I usually only come to this mall to go to the movies or go to the food court.  To get to the movies there is an elevator that goes directly there so I don't have to go into the mall. I go to the food court in the basement sometimes because I have a client across the street and there is a good vegan vendor in the mall.

Today I had time to kill because I got there an hour early because I read the time wrong on the ticket. Luckily, the mall was not super crowded.

Until tomorrow...

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 28

This evening my friend S and I went to a place where you get to paint. There is an instructor who teaches everyone to paint the same painting. The room was full since it was Christmas time. Everyone was jovial. S and I had a great time. The painting above is my masterpiece. Not sure where I will hang it yet.

If you have been reading for awhile, you might remember I did this before and have another painting from my last visit.

I think I am getting better!

Anyway it was so much fun and now my friends G, E and J want to do it. I have to see if they have under 21 nights.

Until tomorrow...

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 27

Last night I stayed up to wait for my fruit and veggie box. It never came. I checked the schedule the company sent out and it didn't say it was going to be delayed because of Christmas. I didn't think it was stolen.

Tonight it showed up .I didn't have time to take a photo of the fruits and veggies.

I am excited to do some roasted veggies. Roasted celery root is really good.

Today I was walking to my clients office when I saw an Amazon delivery person throw a package from street level up a flight of stairs so it landed at someone's door. Only it didn't and they had to throw it again. So this is the new delivery process?? First, they bring it to your door and ring your doorbell and hand it to you. Then it changes and they bring it to your door and just leave it at your door and take a photo. Now it has deteriorated to throwing it at your door.  Civilization is crumbling.

I got all my thank you notes done this evening. Yay!

Until tomorrow...

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 26

Tonight I went to a flower conservatory where the flowers were lit up.  I took a number of photos of plants and flowers. It was a good time. My lense got fogged up when we went from standing out in the cold in line to the tropical orchid room. I had to put my camera in my coat to warm it up.

Until tomorrow...

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 25

Merry Christmas! This is my new Christmas gnome.

After opening packages, I gave the dogs a Christmas walk. Happi seemed disinterested.

The dogs got 4 dog toys and Lucky took all of them to her bed and decided they were all hers.

I then fixed the Lemon Pudding Pie. Seems I missed a step when making the pie. I went back and redid the pudding part and it looked better.

I took this pie to my friends open house. I hung out with friends new and old for a few hours. My family called while I was there and I got to talk to almost everyone. They are having fun on their trip.

I came home and watched The Man Who Invented Christmas. It was surprisingly very good. It wasn't at all what I thought it was.  It was interesting to watch after seeing A Christmas Carol last night.

Merry Christmas!

Until tomorrow..

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 24

Late last night I went online and saw a great deal. They were selling iPads at a discount. My iPad is so old, I can't open or download any apps. I can only use it to listen to music and look at photos and download my own movies and watch them. That's it. It is about to be a doorstop. So when I saw the sale, I jumped and bought one. This morning I went and picked it up. Then on my way home, I went to pick up my final packages before Christmas from the post office. I also mailed my Christmas cards.

This afternoon I went to see A Christmas Carol at a local theatre. It was such a good production. The photo above is the dome at the top of the theatre.

Then I came home to bake and bake. I made a pie for the first time in my life. So I decided to make two.  First, I made a pie crust (vegan of course) fully cooked.

After it cooled, I put a lemon pudding filling made with lemons from my lemon tree. 

The second pie crust was cooked but then filled and cooked more. This pie was a pecan pie. 

I haven't tasted either of them but I hope they are good.

For lunch today I had the stew I made yesterday and it was delicious!!

Lucky was barking like crazy while I was cooking. I went to look and my neighbor had dropped of scones for me. Every year since I moved in, my next door neighbor has made me pastry every Christmas morning. I wake up and there is a container of pastries on my doorstep.  Isn't that the most amazing and wonderful thing!?

Happy Christmas Eve!!

Until tomorrow...

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 23

Today I made two soups.  I am trying a new cooking schedule.  If I cook two recipes on Sunday, then I have food for the week.  I am home for lunch many days and I don't have much to eat and I end up grazing or not eating.  If I have two recipes made, I have plenty of food to eat for lunch and dinner.  This week I made two soups.  This one is Lemony Kale, Leek and White Bean Soup.  It is really tasty.  I had it for dinner.

The second soup is Lentil, Kale and Quinoa Stew.  I have not tried it yet but I feel like I have made it before and it was good.  I will let you know.  It looks very hearty.

Today I went out to go food shop and I stopped by the gas station to make an appointment for a smog check.  On the west coast that is what we get yearly or semi yearly.  My car is old so I have to get a special smog check yearly.  The place I have been going for a few years seems to have closed down so I stopped by this place to see if I could get an appointment since I didn't have the paperwork with me.  The guy said if I have a few minutes, he could do it without the paperwork since he could see my VIN number.  Well, this was an unexpected pleasure.  He had it done in about 12 minutes.  All the while he was apologizing.  I was thrilled I got another thing off my to do list.

I also got all my Christmas cards completed.  I was not going to send them this year since I could not get a good photo with the dogs by myself but I found a cute card at the post office and bought them.

Until tomorrow...

PHOTO CHALLENGE PARTIE DEUX- DAY 22

I went to a party tonight and there was a drag queen performing.  She was great!  She sang Christmas songs (some traditional and some were altered)  and we sang along.  It was so much fun.

I took my friends son to see Aquaman.  We had been planning this for months.  He was not very impressed with the movie but I really liked it.  The underwater scenes were so colorful.  I finished watching Ironfist this weekend so I had met my quota of watching superheros fighting.  Aquaman put me a little over the top but I still liked it.  I liked the storyline.

Until tomorrow...