Without a Date

Bet you thought that was a statement about my situation tonight. Well, you would be right but that isn't the reason for my statement.

Greg is at the Country House building his shop work benches as I type. I am in the city after a day of trying to find fabric & other assorted items for my Mama's new house.

While out & about today I found that I was less than a couple miles away from a local 'green market' that is held at a beach park but didn't open until 2:00p. I decided to treat myself to lunch at one of our old hang outs nearby, while waiting for the market to open. I had a salad & broccoli soup ... plus a glass of wine. That made me very relaxed & sleepy but I went to the market for raw milk, yogurt & a flat of eggs anyway. One of the booths was selling sour dough bread which I love (a bucket list item of learning how to make) & bought a round loaf. Then I went home with the intention of a nap after that wine.

Got home, unloaded & decide to do another project instead of a nap since it was close to 3:00p by this time.

I have a cheap (very cheaply made & only paid $3 or so) slim ladderback chair that I decided would go well in my Mom's very small bedroom. I thought she could use it to help her dress in the mornings. I decided I would go ahead & stain it. I found a very small can of 'oak' stain that I used & it turned out great. I'll poly it tomorrow.

Back to my dateless situation ... A couple of weeks ago I somewhat reorganized the outside freezer & had found some meat product frozen in a rubbermaid container w/o a date on it. While in the garage staining said chair I remembered the frozen container & took it out. Upon opening it I found that it was Pizza meatballs that I made & froze .... last year sometime. I think it was around March or April. I opened the container & they looked fine. A few ice crystals on the top ones but otherwise fine.

I had opened a jar of homemade spaghetti sauce last week for some leftover cabbage rolls & had about 1/2 a jar leftover. I decided to heat that up & put in the meatballs. It's simmering on the stove now & I plan on cutting a couple slices of that bread & having an open faced meatball sub with freshly shaved parmesan on top.

I really have no idea how long those meatballs have been in the freezer but am going to eat them anyway. Will be looking at pics of  Greg's shop benches & eating a meatball open faced sub by myself tonight. Long (temporary) distance relationships are like this.

I am making a crock pot beef roast with smashed potatoes & fresh brussel sprouts tomorrow night, to have with my Bunch when he gets home tomorrow.

Hope everyone is enjoying this Hallmark Holliday & enjoying spending it with whomever you so choose ... even if it's with questionable meat from the freezer, without a date.