T Stands for Tuesday & Eating Out & Lake House Photos

  Happy Tuesday everyone,
      Tuesdays are also T Day where we share a drink related post with friends. You are most welcome to join us-find link to our hostess Bleubeard and Elizabeth in my right hand column

   Last week Tuesday my neighbor friend and I drove to Springfield, Mo to meet up with our accountant and get our taxes done.
  For something different this year I suggested the Tea Garden restaurant inside the Relics antique mall which I shared links to last week.
     I was in agreement with Elizabeth and was really looking forward to the shrimp avocado salad, however when I read the menu just about all of the items were different than what was listed online. I asked the waitress about that and she said oh yeah we just changed most of the menu last week and haven't upgraded the menu online sigh I was a bit disappointed as the only gluten free foods were the salads.
   I did end up having a chef salad which was really good, and my friend had a reuben sandwich (corn beef, sauerkraut, cheese, thousand island dressing on rye) I went for a pot of herbal tea which was really nice-hibiscus and apple, I was happy it was not too tart which sometimes happens with hibiscus.
  We also splurged and had dessert which we never do haha   My dessert was a no flour chocolate cake---soooo delicious and something I would probably not make since it is so rich!  and my friend had lemon meringue pie.
  I don't know what happened to the photo I took of my friend's reuben I must have deleted by accident but here are photos of my chef salad and our desserts and my tea.

We browsed around the antique mall only for about an hour-neither of us needed anything and the prices seemed very high.

Usually on these yearly trips we check out lots of craft stores and also quilting fabric shops-I don't need anything that's for sure lol  but my friend is still making quilts-mostly for her grandchildren-so we checked out a quilt fabric store we have been to before that has really good prices and loads of fabrics.  I used to always help her put the colors of fabrics together for her and I felt good that I still had the touch for that-I gained that from my Mom for sure she was excellent with colors.  My friend is an artist-painter so that always surprised me that she is not good at that with fabrics

Thursdays is when the two guys we hire to help us at the lake house can both go and since they are usually working outdoors in the cold and wind Hubs always buys everyone a hot meal (along with their pay) on the way home.
    Going out to eat is a major treat for Hubs and I as we just don't don't do that much-do to our different health concerns.
  Near the new lake house we have found a restaurant though that we love-the food is always consistent, generous servings and always so good. Here is a link I found with photos  Chances R

  Hubs always gets a reuben sandwich with fries (his favorite), the guys change up but those two always get the tater tots instead of fries, and I usually get a big chef salad or a cheese burger and fries with no bread.

The hamburgers are hand formed and are huge-I always get a white cheese too. The french fries are excellent-they must be tossed with a rice flour as thankfully I don't get sick from them-(many are tossed with wheat)-when I asked she didn't know-so I just tried them. I always use mayo with my fries too instead of ketchup.

  Sunday we went up and worked and our friends that make the fried catfish dinners drove up and surprised us to see the house-so we all ate out-again -lol this could be a new habit. I love reubens too so I asked if she could make me a gluten free version with no bread-and she did-very good with all that melted cheese on top.

  Sunday I got the second coat of paint on all of the walls, and also painted in the closet too, I have just a bit more to paint in the closet. If you missed it and care to see-my previous post shows the room I painted, and also my August fabric journal pages.

  We usually get at the lake house before 9 am The sun was just under the clouds so grabbed the camera to capture this pretty scene.

We see these two fishing almost every day on the days we come up to the lake house-you can see it was very overcast

Saw this one canada goose on the lake

I also saw a single mallard duck but by the time I grabbed the camera he was no where to be seen

When we took a walk down to the lake front with our friends-we found fresh deer tracks-happy dancing!

and I have one more beverage reference to share-I had taken up a ceramic mug and several tea bags-so I could heat up the water in the microwave and enjoy a cup of tea while working. I grabbed two-a green tea and a tazo

Happy T everyone!!