We went to dinner at Grandma and Papa Jack's. Had a beef stew with an organic stew base that we purchased yesterday while Joshua, Grandma and I were out and about. It was pretty good. The only problem was the potatoes never really cooked - no matter what we did. The meat we picked out at Harry's Farmer's Market was great, though.
Yesterday while Matthew and Layne and Jacob were doing their basketball "thing" - Grandma, Joshua and I went exploring a little bit.
Our first stop was to the vegetable co-op that I joined. This was our first time picking up our portion of the organic foods. The farm - Moss Hill Farm - was really beautiful. We picked up some red leaf lettuce, broccoli, swiss chard, bok choy, and spinach. And we also got some stuff we couldn't identify! Grandma is going to email the farmer, Fred Keisler, to see if we can identify some of the greens and get some suggestions for eating. It will definitely be a big week of eating greens for the Ganotes and Laynes in Atlanta.
After leaving the farm, we went through downtown Alpharetta just to check things out. Then we went to Harry's Farmer's Market. I can't remember the last time I was there. It was great going on a Saturday - so many things to taste and try. Joshua had a really good time. I think we need to go back and get some seafood from there again. Their seafood always looks so wonderful.
Then we went to downtown Roswell and had lunch together at Diesel. A restaurant in an old gas station building. I think their specialty is pizza, but we had pizza the night before, so we split a panini. It was just so-so. Joshua had fried macaroni and cheese - which he said he liked - which he didn't eat - and when I tasted it was HORRIBLE! The waitress even had my mom get up and go pick up our drinks from the bar at one point "cause she had other drinks to get ready". Good grief! Not sure we will be going back there any time soon.
Joshua enjoyed the restaurant, though. There were 2 guys at the bar that left right about when we got settled. They were leaving on their motorcycles. Joshua went outside to watch them leave. They even waved at him. And then leaving, Joshua got to meet a little dog name Biscuit, who was very cute. Joshua was certain the dog really liked him.
We then drove on down into Roswell just to "check out" the Krispy Kreme. We were so lucky - the doughnuts were "Hot Now". We got 2 dozen to bring home and share. Joshua even got a free doughnut with sprinkles. After I had paid for our 2 dozen he then told me he wanted sprinkles on his doughnut. I told the guy at the window I would just pay cash - but he said not to worry about it - and gave Joshua his doughnut free. How nice!
We are still not back to normal schedule. We slept in today. All of us slept until about 10:15 a.m. Got up and did a few things in the kitchen. Planned meals for the week and wrote out our grocery list. We haven't eaten at home since Christmas Day for a real meal. Layne went with me to do the grocery shopping. It took us about 1 1/2 hours and $300.00. Ouch!
Our new neighbors across the street were so nice today. The kids had brought them cookies on Christmas Eve. Today they brought the kids a thank you card and a gift certificate to McDonald's. How very nice.
I am praying we are all getting up okay and on schedule in the morning. Lunches are packed, breakfast laid out, clothes laid out, we know where shoes and backpacks are - what could go wrong, right? We shall see.....
Here is what our Christmas looked like on Christmas Day - very blessed indeed!
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