Happily, the sun is out today and it will warm up this week. I knew spring was around the corner and here it is with a time change and everything to prove the point. Another way to tell that warm weather is coming, our happy wanderer is coming home tonight. He's spent 3 months in Hawaii and hit Arizona and Colorado for short visits. Mike has a ton of work ready for the gang to get to on Monday and we are off...
Carly, Brooks' bride to be, was here for a short visit. We love her. They are a great match. She's off to her parents' house for spring break and stopped by to spend the night.
Beth and I are running around this afternoon with stops at Trader Joe's and Fresh Thyme. Andy's favorite store is Kroger, so he is there nearly every day to keep me caught up with supplies.
In a few days, Beth's friend is coming to give lessons with the Instant Pot. I still have not used it since I am terrified of pressure cookers. I know they are not the same as when I was a child, but I have seen them blow before and it haunts me still. Once I get the hang of it it will probably become a favorite too.
The only thing I will miss with the warm weather afoot will be the soups and stews. I can get another couple of weeks out of them, but after that I will hang it up until fall.
So it is off to shop. I will let you know if I find some things of interest at Trader Joe's. Oh, I forgot to tell you. Beth shopped Jungle Jim's for me in Cincinnati and that IS the place to buy the Rose shoulder hams for soups, green beans, scalloped potatoes etc.(Thanks, Carol for telling me.) Their price on this item was unbelievable. She got so many with the money I gave her I had to freeze most of them. Remember I was buying them from Rose but to send four little hams it was $48.00??? Enough to buy 4 more hams. Silly. Then I started ordering them from Giant Eagle, but that store was across town, so that's out. Now I know where to get them and there are plenty of people who will get them for me on their way to Columbus.
Another 'got you' atrocity is the tax on travel packages in Florida. The tax on these packages is enough to send another person free on the same trip. I don't know if it is every place, but it is through AAA in Florida, so it might be wise to ask the price of tax on the package you order before committing. Nevertheless, we three ladies are ready for Italy. It is a two week and a wedding event. We are looking forward to it.
Street market in Paris
