Another trip to Noodles & Company...

 Pad Thai with Tofu (mine)

Bangkok Curry with Tofu (Cary's)

We love Noodles & Company and especially the asian food choices there. They also have mediterranean and american food with your choice of add on Tofu, Chicken, Beef, or shrimp. You can order the dishes in regular or small sizes or a combination of it at the counter and they will bring the prepared food to your table. Yummy!

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What is your favorite food?.....What is your favorite restaurant?

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Our cruise to the Bahamas is booked for early December (our Anniversary) with a few days in Fort Lauderdale to start off. The ship will leave the Port of Palm Beach to the Grand Bahama Island. I am so looking forward to it. I am sure I will have lots of pictures.

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Are you planning to take a vacation soon?

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See you later!

Goodies from Panera

I went to Panera and got some Asiago cheese bagels for Sunday brunch. They are my favorite, but they are not as good as the cheese bagels I used to get at Lisa's Bagel Factory in Alpena, Michigan.
Also love the Bear Claws, the rich nutty filling with the almond chips, sooooo yummy!...
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Do you like bagels? What is your favorite bagel and store?
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I am reading "Home Safe" by Elizabeth Berg right now and it is one of these books that you cannot put down. I have read all of her books, she is one of my fav authors.
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I am going to Indy tomorrow, hope to have some time to go to Trader Joe's and Stein Mart.
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The weather around here is still beautiful and I like that. I am a summer all-year-round kind of person. I guess that's why I would like to move to the desert out west, where it's warm with very low humidity.
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Got a new perfume yesterday at TJ's. It's Shi by Alfred Sung.
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Have a good week!

Food Glorious Food

Here are a few of my favorite dishes and yes, they are either vegetarian or vegan. I don 't care much for meat. All of them were prepared by me and most of the vegetables are from our container garden, organically grown. My absolute favorite is the Tabouleh. I make a big bowl of it so that there is enough to last for a few days.

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Do you have a garden and what is your favorite food?

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Soon we are going on a cruise to the Bahamas. Haven't had a vacation since last year, so it is way overdue. We are also planning a trip to the Asheville, North Carolina area in November.

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Do you have any vacation plans?

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My Outdoor Space

My reading corner

This is how my patio looks at the end of August. Everything is still growing, especially the Morning Glories and Gourds. And of course my vegetables and herbs.

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Still very hot here; lots of sunshine (I like that).

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But Labor Day is coming soon, officially the end of summer.

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Any plans for the long weekend?

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Tomorrow is the first day back for College students here...

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Blog I like haus maus

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Have a good week!...See you later!

My Flower Garden

I love summer flowers, they make me happy. All these pics are from my flower garden. I spend quite a bit of time there every day, dead heading, fertilizing, and watering, especially right now with it being so hot and humid, my flowers are asking for lots of water.

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Every year I say to myself, that I will plant less flowers in the spring, but I always end up with more.

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So now you know where I spend a lot of my free time.

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Do you have any summer hobbies?

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I just picked up Elizabeth Berg's new book and can't wait to start reading. I love all her books, she is such a wonderful author.

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Have a great week!...See ya!

A little Inspiration...

I love these little quotes, how true they are. I do not know the author, but they are wonderful.

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I found a great food blog Babaras Spielwiese. Easy recipes and it all looks very delicious, yummy!

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How was your weekend?...We did not do much, stayed home and relaxed. The humidity is still very high and the temps are in the 90's. We watched a great movie "My life in ruins", a romantic little comedy, just right for summer and I like Nia Vardalos.

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Have a beautiful week!

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See you next time!

Summer in Indiana

Indiana summers are full of sunshine, hot and very humid. Many times the humidity is higher than the temperature. Out in the country you will see huge never ending corn and soybean fields.

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What do you like to do in summer?

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I am reading the book: "Eat, Pray, Love" right now and I am enjoying it. Looking forward to seeing the movie.

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Today is my last Monday off, so that means the end of my 3-day weekends.

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Got to go, have to cut the basil and make some pesto.

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Have a good week!