FISH FRY

My daughter's boyfriend (soon to be fiance) is a volunteer fireman. During the Lenten season his firehouse has a fish fry dinner, open to the public, every Friday night. My daughter and him were going to volunteer at the firehouse for tonight's Fish Fry dinner but both of them had to work. My husband and I were going to go to the dinner and have them wait on us. I have met the new boyfriend's mother only once and when I spotted her on Facebook today I told her how much I enjoyed our visit and mentioned that we should do it again. She said that her and her boyfriend (she lost her husband 7 years ago to cancer) Jim were going to go to Fish Fry night even though my daughter and the boyfriend were not going to be there. Would we like to join them. I said yes.

Fish Fry I discovered is something that is mostly prepared and served in the Great Northeast. I don't even know how far outside of New York you can get them. I know that when my cousins come up from Florida that's one of the first things they look forward to. It's usually made with cod or any white fish I believe and the restaurants that have them here (and that's be kind to call them restaurants) have to cut the fish fry into shape from a larger piece of fish. Usually they are sold at little roadside stands and they may have hamburgers too. Breaded and deep fried shaped in a long piece that fits into a hot dog bun, hanging out from either side. Served with tartar sauce, chili sauce or cocktail sauce. Usually served with French fries and/onion rings and coleslaw.

We had a really nice visit. The boyfriend's mother talked mostly about how she loves my daughter and it just makes me so proud to hear her talk about her like that. My daughter called while we were still sitting after having our dinner and I told her that the wedding was all planned and we were working on the honeymoon. She laughed and said she trusted us with whatever plans we came up with. We were only kidding of course.

My husband and I are in the market for a shed. We have one car garage that is falling down and we have never used it for a car. I don't even think a car would fit in it even if there was nothing in it but the car. We were hoping that the snow would have taken it down this winter but it looks like we are going to have to take it down ourselves. So anyway back to the shed. We thought since we don't use the garage for a car we would just buy a shed for all of the outdoor stuff we need to store; snow blower, lawn mower, weed wacker etc.. There is a company locally called THE SHED MAN. They make custom made sheds. Lately we have been noticing other sheds in peoples back yards. I will tell you that sheds have a way of taking on their own personalities. There are some really nice sheds out there. I think picking out a design and building it to our liking is going to be a fun and creative thing to do. They don't have to conform to the neighborhood homes and "fit in" because they are in the back yard where usually no one sees them unless of course you are like us and are on a shed hunt. I wish I could take pictures of some of the sheds we have seen they are so unique. I can say that sheds have come a long way from those metal things that people use to erect to extra storage. Most of those blew away with the first strong wind probably landing on the Wicked Witch of the North. Window boxes adorn some some have front doors that look as nice as a front door on a house. The colors sometimes match the houses and sometimes that look like mini barns. I really can't wait to put our ideas into our shed. Sort of like a blank canvas. Isn't this one cute.

We were out early this morning. I went to get my hair cut and then we went to breakfast at one of our local diners. We also shopped around a little for patio furniture.

We had a round wood patio table and chairs in the back yard with an umbrella. We never used it to eat on because all of the neighborhood cats use to like to lay on the table in the sun so every time we decided to eat out on the patio where the gas grill was I had to clean the table and find a tablecloth to fit the table So we got rid of the table and chairs and now I am in the market for just four comfortable chairs and a fire pit. We have a screened in porch on the front of our house were we spend a major of the summer. It is difficult to be outside in the evening because of the bugs and mosquitos. So we would not have the tendancy to use the back yard very much for just sitting and if we had a fire pit it would keep the bugs away in the evening if we did want to sit back there. Our house is bordered in the back by a very old cemetary we gets overgrown in the summer and attracks a lot of bugs.