i'm sorry you're not feeling well 

but what a way to honor his memory ❤

It's smelling lovely -- as much as I can smell anything at all; esp. after adding in the small amount of cognac that's the finishing touch.  About an hour to go and I'll have lunch. It's making me hungry.  🍽️

ok -- I rushed it a bit but I'm hungry and tired

It turned out wonderful.  I know it's traditionally a thick stew but I like to take some of the liquid as part of the water to boil some egg noodles or dumplings, then thicken the rest and serve it over noodles.

1 minute ago, Fae Briona said:

ok -- I rushed it a bit but I'm hungry and tired

It turned out wonderful.  I know it's traditionally a thick stew but I like to take some of the liquid as part of the water to boil some egg noodles or dumplings, then thicken the rest and serve it over noodles.

Sounds great to me.  Enjoy, Fae.

Definitely have a sinus infection and not just allergies. Temp is a bit more than a degree above normal for where it should be this time of day.  Blood pressure is still be behaving itself, surprisingly.  All in all, it wasn't a horrible day.

Don't know if I mentioned this in the DiC, but my Aunt passed Saturday last at around 4am (brain has a been a bit foggy the last week w the sinus ick).  I'm glad I was able to go up the Friday before to see her. I know she knew mom and I were there, and could understand what we were saying.  When mom said she and I were there to see her breathing changed, got more struggled, and she got a twitch in her right shoulder. I told her she didn't need to try to respond to us, then sat down, held her hand, and told her I loved her. We stayed until her breathing settled down to a low even rate that I would normally describe as "sleeping." Was nice to be able to say goodbye, and glad I didn't wait.