Recognized

 I'm not excited it's Monday again, LOL. I think I need a 4 day work week ;) 

Yesterday was a good day. I got to my mom's place about 10:20. Due to covid there was a sign posted at the sign in table with masks, asking visitors to wear a mask and try to only visit if necessary (they did not say either of that in their emails to family - just that they were taking precautions). I had a mask with me anyway, just in case it was required and went inside. There is a tv lounge area just as you get inside and she was sitting there with 2 others watching a church service. I did pull my mask down for a few seconds to greet her, to make sure she could recognize me.

As we were walking back to her room she told a couple people we passed "this is my daughter" and then she said to me my first and middle name! That was a sweet surprise. We just stayed in her room visiting (usually we sit out in a common area outside her room). She's doing good, but it was the same questions and conversation as usual. As I was signing in, to go inside, 2 staff members came up and they keyed in the code and then I followed in behind them. When I was leaving I put in the code (same code since she's moved in last February) and it wouldn't work. I tried again, just to make sure. Then I had to walk back through half the place (it's pretty large) to find a staff member to ask what the new code is and was able to get out, haha. The other cute thing that happened was as I was leaving (the place is L-shaped) and came around the corner, a resident was walking along w/her walker and as she saw me she said "hello" and my mom's name! haha! I even had a mask on. 

After leaving there I stopped at the one grocery store for the fish and frozen burger patties. They were all out of the ones I always get. Dang. I bought a box of another kind that has 20 in it, so I'm hoping these will be fine. They were a little more expensive, so they should be ok. I also got their butter on sale and decided to pick up a carton of egg nog. While I also really like my homemade egg nog, I priced it out and it's more expensive (and time consuming) to make, so I'm just going to buy it.

I got my groceries loaded up at Walmart and headed home. DH got them all brought inside and I put everything away and then made some lunch. At some point I realized I forgot to get the potatoes for that recipe I mentioned (the air fryer one) the other day. Dang it!! I know I had looked at what was available when making my order online. I guess I didn't get it in my cart. So now I have all the ingredients except the potatoes. 

I did find a very similar recipe baking them in the oven on a sheet pan (and as other commenters suggested). We do have to go into town this week to pick up dh's prescription at the pharmacy, so I will have to stop in the grocery store, too, for the potatoes. We will probably go in tomorrow, before the predicted snow for Wed and Thursday.

I ended up taking a 2 hour nap from 2pm to 4pm. I was pretty zonked out, for some reason. Dinner was easy. I heated up the taco soup I had taken out the day before, that we didn't end up eating. 

For probably 25 years now I have been making dh an "egg mcmuffin" for breakfast. I just add some small pieces from ham lunch meat into the egg, a slice of American cheese on top (slightly melted on top after the egg is cooked) between a toasted english muffin. They are pretty good. A few weeks ago, for our day trip to get dh's CWP renewed we stopped at McD's for egg mcmuffins. Dh said "no offense, yours are really good, but these are always so good". When I was getting my order put in Walmart I found they sell some round slices of Canadian Bacon ham, just the exact size of an english muffin, so I made him one with that this morning. It's wrapped in the foil, waiting for him to get up and try. (he likes them to sit in the foil awhile before he eats). Sure looked good - makes me want one myself, haha! It will be interesting to see if he likes it better this way. Ok, he just got up......hold on for an update.....

Ok, he said it's still not as good as a real one, but he does like the Canadian bacon ham and likes it better than how I used to make it. Guess I'll need more of that ham, haha.

What copycat recipes do you make?