I woke up at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, New Year's Day. I grabbed a cup of
coffee and finished the Blog. Then I ran through my routine. I ate
oatmeal for breakfast.
Sidebar: My father always claimed that it was a German tradition to eat
some kind of fish as your first meal of the New Year. It was supposed to
bring good luck. But, I am not sure a tuna fish sandwich would go well
with my pills...
I watched some morning TV (there was no rush today). Finally, I shaved, showered and got dressed for town.
Then I headed out. My goal was Leda's Coney Island.
If you are not familiar with the area, Leda's is in a strip mall at Five
Mile and Middle Belt. It's just west of the old Outback which is now
another Los Tres Amigo's Mexican restaurant.
Sidebar: Outback moved in front of Home Depot. As far as I'm concerned
Outback could have and should have moved back to Australia. I really
dislike that place: Over-priced, mediocre food, poor service, etc.
Unfortunately, Amanda's parents love the place, so I end up eating there
at times...
Back to Leda's, I have been jonesing for their corned beef hash with two
over-easy eggs on top. They actually make the corned beef hash on site.
And, I don't mean they buy the corned beef and then turn it into hash.
They corn the beef in the restaurant! It is, literally, to die for.
But, when I got there, it was closed!!!
Time to regroup. The focus of the trip was Home Depot and Petsmart. So, I
went to Leo's Coney Island (in the Home Depot complex) instead.
The place was packed. My poor (but really cute) waitress was
overworked. Against my better judgement, I ordered a coffee (I never do
that, but the wind chill was ferocious and I was freezing).
Sidebar: I decided years ago not to order coffee in a restaurant. I don't care how many refills you get, it's over-priced.
Then I ordered two eggs over easy, hash browns, link sausage and rye
toast. It took forever to get to me and I had to hunt the waitress down
for my bill. She apologized repeatedly, but I told her not to worry, I
could see she was was pretty busy. The food was excellent, BTW. I
over-tipped her. The service sucked but she deserved it.
Then I went to Home Depot. I had three items to get there. A new Swiffer
WetJet (my old one finally quit on me and, no, not the batteries), more
Swiffer juice and a flag. The first two were easy. But, they don't sell
just a flag. So, I bought the cheapest 3' x 5' one with a lame metal
flag pole.
Sidebar: My current flag is faded and ripped where its been caught on the roof.
Last, I went to Pet Smart and got this month's supply of the kitty litter pellets.
I was back in time to watch Michigan's loss to the South Carolina
Gamecocks. If Jake and Carla followed football, they would have been
jumping up and down!
I took advantage of the cold outside to clean out my freezer. I threw
away half filled bags of french fries, calamari, tater tots and assorted
vegetables. I put them all outside in the trash container, knowing they
won't thaw and stink this time of year.
Then I put the rest of the beef stew in containers, labeled them and stuck them in the half empty freezer.
I had to cut about an inch of wood off the flag poll (it was chewed up) then I replaced the flag.
I am missing the Brother's Night dinner (always excellent), so decided
to make Shrimp scampi with linguine I dug out my recipe and found it has
been adjusted by Carla, lol! So, I am using Carla's recipe.
But, I had no lemons!!! So, I went back out in the cold for a quick trip
to the little store on Beech Daly and Joy. Back home, I had a cup of
coffee to warm up and settled in for more college football games.
Unfortunately, it was warm and cozy and I fell asleep! I woke up at 7:30
p.m. I decided I'd be eating way too late (and messing up my blood
sugar) so I decided the shrimp scampi could wait for tomorrow and I ate a
hot bologna sandwich with cheese and mayo, instead. Sigh...
My brother Carl was kind enough (or maybe mean enough) to send me a picture and the menu of the dinner I missed.
Sidebar: Mark and Anna took my spot and I couldn't have asked for better replacements!
Here's what I didn't get to eat:
Roast pork with chutney, served with sliced and baked potatoes and fresh
green beans with almonds, after a delicious salad. Dessert was either
cream de menthe, cream de almond or chocolate sundays with whipped cream
and a cherry on top.
I read until bedtime.
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