It feels more like Winter!

Gosh, it was almost bitter this morning, and the frost lay on the ground like glitter on a Christmas card. Last week, so hot and I was begging for Fall, and seems I had maybe a day or 2 and then this! LOL. No! This is not what I want. I want Autumn for a couple of months.

My dogs do not approve either! At 5.30 this morning, when I called them to go out for their first potty run of the day, I got barely wriggled ears and a raised eyebrow. All 4 looked at me with something akin to scorn, as if to say "Mama, are you THAT stupid? It's cold out there!" They waited until the sun was up and the frost in the front yard was gone, before wanting to go out.

They are happily awaiting their food and I must admit, it did smell good. It's cooling now. Macaroni, beef, cheese, carrots, peas and stock. Now that they are all older, I find myself having to cook for them more often, as they have all got picky in their dotage. They all love macaroni, and a pound or so in the pan, cooks up plenty for the 4 of them. Some days I add a pound of sausage meat and 1/4 slab of the meltable cheese sauce with a couple of stock cubes, others the cheese along with canned cream of chicken soup and some canned dog food in gravy (so that they think it's human food) LOL. Having to get sneaky now as they don't want it straight from the can any more, nor do they like any of the dry that they used to pig out on. They do like the New Balance chubs, so I get a few of those each week, to ring the changes.

Have just prepped a double chicken breast with stuffing, coated with bacon, wrapped in foil,and put in the oven on a low 250 to slow cook for when hubby comes in later, when I'll just unwrap the foil and turn the oven to 425 to crisp up the bacon. I've been fancying it for a couple of days but it was in the fridge and took 3 days to defrost, and even then I had to leave it out about an hour, to make sure it was all the way through.

After dinner tonight, I'll be slicing the leftover chicken to use in sandwiches, and in soups and salads. Since there's only me and hubby, these double breasts (they weigh about 2lbs each) give us meat for quite a few dishes, not just one meal.