It’s been a good two days. Kenric’s aunt and uncle are here from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They are making good progress helping Grandma sort through her belongings. It is of course a difficult process on Grandma because everything has a history, but she’s being as objective as possible.

A few days ago, she cut out a recipe for Bourbon-Roasted Pork Loin. When I saw “Bourbon”, I wondered for whom she was saving the recipe. To our surprise, she was interested in trying it. It’s a surprise to us because this is a “semi-dry” household, and because the recipe calls for Sriracha hot sauce! Luckily, this Asian has a bottle of that in the kitchen.

While Kenric’s aunt and uncle were out running errands today, we baked Bran Muffins, cookies, and prepped the pork loin for dinner. You may recall how Kenric and I heedlessly made enough batter for 60 bran muffins just because we didn’t want to waste the leftover buttermilk. It actually yielded more than 80. Ironically, we ate the very last one the morning his aunt and uncle arrived. But that’s OK, because they still haven’t commented on how clean the kitchen counter tiles are, like Aunt Mary Lu said they would. Ahem!

It’s still our anniversary

When Grandma was checking in on us in the kitchen, I told her, “I don’t know if it’s the right thing to say, but Happy Anniversary.” She said she wondered about that too. “Even though there’s only one of us left, it’s still our anniversary.” Dinner turned out great. She must have liked the Bourbon flavor because she said that bottle of bourbon meant many more such recipes. Kenric said his Bourbon recipe requires only one cube of ice. Kenric’s parents made some delicious Bourbon sweet potatoes when we visited, so we’ll make that soon.

After dinner, she thanked Kenric and me for making it a special dinner. You’re very welcome, Grandma. And don’t worry, all the alcohol has been cooked out!

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It’s also been a good two days because our GoFundMe campaign is now at 88% of our goal (up from 75%). We give our sincere thanks to everyone who donated. Again, on behalf of Danijela and the Kotor cats, thank you very mačka! I update Danijela each night and she is very thankful for the help.

This Fundraiser For Danijela Has Ended

If you haven’t read my write-up about this wonderful person, please do so and donate if you can. https://www.gofundme.com/for-the-cats-of-kotor-and-their-angel-danijela-k&rcid=r01-154684562124-da3fe90ebc744e92&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w

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For the cats of Kotor and their angel, Danijela K. – GoFundMe

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