Thanks.  That's good to know.  Usually I go out for burritos, but there's no real reason we can't make them at home.
Drinking tea and getting ready to put a scone in the oven.  I'm up too early, but I might as well roll with it.

One thing I liked about the Roni was that it used the powder packet, a lot of them use those oily cheese foil packs, and I'm not a fan. I know you can buy cheese powder standalone, but the Roni was nice. Only problem is my electric stove ruins it.

We did leftover burritos today, and mom asked me how to do the folding trick. It's not hard, but she still acts like it's a magic trick.

We haven't made burritos at home, but often make quesadillas, heating tortillas then with some warm black beans, grated cheese, hot sauce, and toppings like tomato chunks, sliced scallions and cilantro.  I routinely make a mighty mess with them, as I do a crap job of folding, probably exacerbated by overfilling.  It messes up the pan as we heat them before consuming.  My husband's are always neat and perfectly folded.  I don't mind making a mess so long as they taste good.

Those mac n cheese packages are very popular.  We have used Annie's and even Safeway's.  Both are pretty tasty.  We use half and half in place of milk and generally a side of cooked (frozen) peas with them.  It's been years since we had any.  I ended up giving ours away since the little packages of cheese in the box won't last forever.

I'm having tea and scones.  No end to the excitement here.
p.s. I've never seen the Gremlins movies.  But I'm happy that the microcrisp lady got some air time in one.  I suspect she got paid for it.  That ought to keep her "family of snackers" in nail polish for a while.

Lunch:  turkey sandwich on nice Walnut Levain bread with dijon mustard, mayo and heirloom tomatoes.  Time to go hit up the Grocery Outlet wine sale as it's going to be a long 4 years...

This afternoon I chopped up some leftover Halloween candy and made choc chunk cookies and took them over to the neighbors who were greatly amused and happy to see them.

Well that's America off the "places to visit" list for the foreseeable future.

If you have a big enough place, you might want to rent out a room to US refugees for the next 4 years.  I'm thinking of brushing up on my Portuguese.

As soon as I'm through this big contract, I think I'll bugger off the Paris for a week.

Not a summer vacation, but no less valid in my book.

Stunningly beautiful and a crap hole at the same time.
Worth a visit 
Off to Stratford upon Avon this weekend.
Premier inn as cheaper than all the big hotels by a mile (a plus I do get a good sleep).
Have planed out the oldest pub there and a tap house, other than that its a peruse around.
looking forward to it