So I just kept hauling stuff out of the freezer, and making it into dinner.
Like I said, Friday we had pasta.
On Saturday we had pork roast and stuffing. The stuffing had cranberries and apple. I mixed up the usual stuffing stuff, dried bread and celery and onion and chestnuts and fresh sage, and it seemed to need something sweet, so I threw in the fruits. The pork had garlic and sage and crushed allspice rubbed over it. I put it all into the oven on timer and we walked to Sundance to see the Lady In the Van – which I liked a lot. I had a glass of wine at the movie – because I just wanted one, and also because I felt like I needed some kind of demarcation of the day, that I was finished working. After dinner, I watched an old Downton, Season 2 finale, and had a glass or two more – which I felt in the morning, as Matthew said, “there’ll be a few thick heads in the morning.”
On Sunday we had leek tart and fruit and sausages and bacon and salad for breakfast. I made date bars and tea sandwiches (sanwidges: curried chicken and banana bread with cream cheese) for the last-ever Downton Abbey – but the tea sanwidges weren’t very photogenic so no pics.
I’m all on my own tonight – Megan and Mark are both in Chicago. It’s thunder storming, which is especially unnerving after watching the last scenes of Downton in the snow and Auld Lang Syne.
Downton Abbey Season 6 poster