PSW, Phone Calls, Visitors, Asparagus, Celtic Thunder,

I ended up arising at 6 this morning, not really sure why, knew the PSW (Personal Service Worker) was coming at 9, plenty of time, however... So he arrived and I introduced him to Matt and asked Matt to go into the bathroom for a shower. He flatly refused. So the PSW suggested he could give Matt a sponge bath, that was a no as well. However, as requested I got a bowl, facecloth, soap, towel and he offered to wash Matt's face. That was another no, however I explained that the PSW was there to help him so he gave in and said he would have his face washed. I went into the computer room. The next suggestion was he should wash Matt's hands for him, I guess he accepted, then how about arm pits, that was OK and so on and so on. He ended up with a full sponge bath at least. Then we got him to the bedroom and the PSW helped him to dress, supervised his teeth and shave. I asked if he could take the recycling down and he said yes so did that whilst the shaving was going on. Oh, and he also helped me get down the pan from the storage closet that I want for canning. Turned out to be a successful visit after all. 

The phone has been ringing off the hook most of the day - why does it always happen at once. Of course one call was to tell me I had won a trip to Disney World, naturally I got all excited. We have one phone which doesn't show callers.  Mind you, some of the numbers from the assistance callers are not shown - often it says Private Caller. They should have a way to at least show who's calling, I wouldn't normally answer Private Caller or some of the cell phone numbers unless I knew who was calling which, at the moment, I mostly do. 

We had a quick visit from our bowling friend who brought us donuts, coffee for me, and a bag of Lindt truffles. Really much appreciated as I am not going to buy chocolate bars any more, I am fed up with cleaning chocolate off carpets and clothing. Also Kathy picked up some booze for me which was so very nice of her, I just hadn't had time other than yesterday when the line up was so very long. I was almost out of fizz. That will never do.

Managed to eat some asparagus today but haven't much left. Now I have my pan, I want to do some canning/pickling so need to go to the farm. I have my orders for other people so I might go on Sunday. I have Sarah coming tomorrow (Saturday) to do some cleaning for me.

Running late tonight as we watched Celtic Thunder on TV. It was an amalgam of  some of the shows over the years and they were offering concert tickets for Shea Stadium in Buffalo. I would love to have seen the original group, but there are only two of them left sadly, so even if I had been able to go etc. I wouldn't have gone. I'll continue to watch DVDs and TV.

Yesterday I got some chicken breasts out but was too damned tired to do much so I ended up doing frozen Potstickers for supper. So, tonight I decided to do the Air Fryer chicken recipe which came with the air fryer. I could not find the recipe anywhere, not even in my recipe programme. In the end I hunted for it in my blogs and found it so printed it and entered it in my recipe programme as well. I don't know what has happened to the air fryer book, I am usually very careful with them because of calling for service or something. Will have to do some more hunting. Anyway, this recipe is easy peasy and although I have posted it before, I thought you might like to see it again. This time I used butter. It is incredibly tasty for such a simple recipe.

Air Fryer Basic Chicken

2 - 4 chicken breasts

2 Tbs all purpose flour (I used that much for only 2 breasts)

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

melted butter or cooking oil (I used olive oil) butter might have tasted pretty good, but no time to melt it)

Preheat the air fryer to 400°F. Combine all dry ingredients in a small bowl (I used a plastic bag). Lightly brush the chicken with the melted butter or cooking oil and roll in the mixture of flour and spices. Cook for 8 - 10 minutes, turn them over and cook for an additional 8-10 minutes.

 Have a great day, stay well, stay safe.