Well, now I am excited!

We are going into the city to get groceries today and will leave around noon. Again, it's snowed a dusting but will likely be gone by the time we leave. Either way, not really a big deal - dh is more than adept at driving in it. I just don't want any next Thursday! Pretty please! 

I'm still trying to find a smoothie recipe (bananas and strawberries) that's the sweet spot. First try tasted too much like orange juice. Second too strawberry-y. Then dh said how about just bananas? So, I tried that last night. It was ok, but even after I added more bananas it still didn't seem like enough flavor. I even added a bit of honey. I might try adding some of my vanilla protein powder next try. The ninja blender does seem to work well and fast, though. 

I also want to stop at Costco to pick up a couple bags of the frozen hamburger patties, so while we are there I will see what they have in the way of bags of frozen fruit to buy. If I start making smoothies for dh most days, we're going to go through a lot. We're also going to go through more milk, which may end up having us need to run into our town grocery store more often, in between trips to the city for groceries. I drink quite a bit of milk (dh never has) and I always buy what my fridge will hold, so I can't really buy more. I can freeze, but I find that annoying, as it seems to take so long to thaw out. I'll also see if I can find the organic peanut butter. Our bank is across the street from Costco, so we'll stop in there so I can get some more cash out. We like to keep some cash on hand and we used what we had when we took it with us on the cruise and most of our trips into the city have been on the weekend, when the bank isn't open.

DD just messaged me that it's been 10 years since she and her dh started dating. I remember it so well, haha. He's 5 1/2 years older than her and I remember her (away at college) messaging me about him. I asked her if they were going to go out on a date when she was home on winter break and she said "mom - he's like 6 years older than me!) She had just turned 19. I said so?! you are like 19 going on 30, so what's the problem? haha. I always knew she'd end up with someone older than her. Now they are 29 and 34 :)  She picked a good one.

DH has gotten so bad the past few weeks of going to bed later and later and sleeping later and later. Next Thursday we have to be at the hospital at 6:30 am, so have to leave around 5:20, just to make sure we give ourselves enough time and also get parked, which is across the street from where the day surgery is. We'll have to get up like 4:30 (UGH!). I told dh at this point, you might as well not even go to bed next Wed night! Geez! He's even going to have a hard time getting himself up this "morning" to leave by noon. He typically needs at least 90 minutes of being up before he really gets moving much, due to his muscles getting stiff while sleeping. It always takes him awhile to get going.

I finished my first book yesterday and got started on the next one. I probably won't get it finished this weekend, because I know I'll be binge watching a couple of shows on AppleTV+ free weekend LOL.  I want to watch the second season's of Shrinking and Silo, or watch as much of them as I can. Then I just read that the free streaming starts today, but I just tried and nothing is streaming free yet. I'll check back in this afternoon- maybe I'll be able to get a head start with the 2 shows today.

Oh oh oh! I was just reading that the free streaming actually starts today, you just need to log in with your apple ID. I did that, but not able to watch anything yet. Then I was googling to see if I could find out what time today it started and came across a Reddit post that Target Circle members can claim an offer for THREE free months of Appletv+. I claimed it. WOOOO!!! Now I won't have to pay the subscription when Severance season 2 (finally after 3 years!) comes on. I cannot wait to watch that show again. It was soooo good!