48 Hours

For the most part I did what I said I would today. 
 I slept in until almost 11am and then I finally rolled into the shower sometime around one.
I did my best to ignore all the chores begging to be done and watched a good dose of Keeping Up With The Kardashians,oh how I secretly love those Kardashian women...
BUT as the day rolled on and Vern got home I felt inspired to do some cooking.
I made a huge 9X13 meatloaf for dinner and topped it with cheese and frozen hash browns (Schwans has the BEST hash browns).
Here it is starting to bake in the oven,mmmmmm...

My secret to meatloaf is adding a box of Stove Top stuffing instead of bread or crackers. It's delish with beef or  turkey meat loaf.I made a huge meatloaf in hopes it will keep Del fed for a few days and I like to keep these types of left overs in the fridge :)
I also made a pumpkin cake with apple cider glaze.(It's the easiest recipe I know) I would share the recipe but due to a computer virus they were deleted from my system.
If you want any of my recipes,please let me know I am happy to share,I just need to type it out.
THEN I made a double batch of "Melody's Amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies". I baked half and froze the rest. I love having cookie dough in the freezer for a last minute sweet tooth!
Whew,so much for taking it easy! Everything turned out great and I am making "Cara Packages" to share with our  coworkers.
I also took a little time to share the progress in my yard this summer...
Here's the view from the chairs in our side yard. Those sunflowers are 7 feet tall!

And blooming like crazy!

See my Zinnias and Dahlia's growing there in front of the fence? Yay for perennials!lol

We also picked our first harvest of broccoli!

Nothing is better than home grown produce! I think it just tastes better when you grow it yourself..haha
One more pic because I had mentioned Chipper's new haircut and I don't think I have shared a picture yet. Here he is in his handsome sweater,I tell him it makes him look smart ;p

We are off to the beach this weekend for a quick over nighter. I am very excited to get away!
Living with Del has a lot of positives but it's hard  not having much privacy and tolerating the continuous barrage of friends and family that stop by and never call first. Oh and did I mention his mother has a key to our house? Yes, she stops by a few times a week unannounced. If the door is shut and locked she just let's herself in...isn't that nice.
In 48 hours..I will get 48 hours away. Fair enough :)