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On The Road Again – Part 1

May 23, 2025

Cadiz

June 18, 2024

Rota

June 17, 2024

Madrid

June 16, 2024

Riding on Day 5

June 14, 2024

Riding on Day 4

June 13, 2024

Riding on Day 3

June 12, 2024

The Bike Tour Starts

June 10, 2024

25th Anniversary Vacation Starts

June 8, 2024

Lake Chelan Weekend 2022

May 2, 2022

Celebrating Easter

April 4, 2021

Memories Made (and Mushrooms Consumed) at Meany’s Mushroom Weekend

October 7, 2018

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My adventures are as diverse as my friends. I'm an advid long-distance bike rider, cook, author, artist, volunteer, mother, grandmother, and wife.

Today’s lunch at the senior center started with a

Today’s lunch at the senior center started with a little kitchen challenge… 😂 How do you cook a **20-pound beef roast in just two hours**?

I cut it into thirds, hoping that would speed things up. It helped, but after two hours, the centers were still barely around 100°F! 😳 Time for some quick thinking! I sliced the beef into pieces for the sandwiches and popped it back into the oven for another 10 minutes. That got the temperature up enough to keep things moving!

Then it was time to assemble the roast beef melts. I toasted the French rolls, mixed up a little mayo and Dijon mustard for the inside, and added slices of provolone cheese. We actually had to slice the cheese ourselves while the beef was cooking! Once the hot roast beef went onto the rolls, it helped melt that cheesy goodness. 🧀

Yesterday, while prepping other things, I shredded green and purple cabbage and carrots for homemade coleslaw. Today I tossed it all together with mayo, vinegar, sugar, celery seed, and just a pinch of salt. I was eyeballing the measurements, and it turned out PERFECTLY! 🙌

We also had roasted petite gold potatoes tossed in olive oil, salt, and pepper. And dessert? A HUGE thank-you to Marilyn, one of our exercise instructors, who donated **two key lime pies and three marionberry pies!** What a wonderful contribution that made the day so much easier. ❤️🥧

We served 24 people today, including staff, so we had a few more hungry mouths than usual. But here's the best part: I actually got to sit down and eat with *my people* while everyone enjoyed their lunch!

I'm finally getting into a routine, figuring out the timing, and learning how to make these lunches come together without quite so much chaos. Of course, a little improvisation is apparently part of the job! 😂

One lunch at a time, we're getting there!

#SeniorCenter #CommunityCooking #VolunteerLife #HomemadeLunch #SeattleEats

🍝❤️ Tuesday lunch at the senior center! ❤️🍎 Today

🍝❤️ Tuesday lunch at the senior center! ❤️🍎

Today’s menu featured chicken Alfredo with penne, steamed asparagus, tomato and basil salad, garlic bread, and a delicious apple crisp baked and donated by a neighbor. Everything came together nicely, and the apple crisp was a sweet way to finish the meal!

Today was also a much easier day for me because there wasn’t nearly as much prep work to do. 🙌 Sometimes it’s the little things that make a BIG difference!

A neighbor has stepped up to create a sign-up sheet for people to contribute desserts and/or lend a hand with meal prep. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this! Having a few extra hands and some help with desserts is going to make my life so much easier over the coming month. ❤️

Community is all about pitching in, sharing what we can, and making life a little easier for one another. I’m grateful to be part of a community that does just that!

#SeniorCenter #CommunityMatters #VolunteerLife #CookingForCommunity #GiveBack

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