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Afternoon ladies, I'm running <ok barely walking late>
Lori WTF is going on, ur poor DD keeps on piling on one thing after the other. Where that glass went looks like a horrible spot for any kind of accident. Poor baby u must be going cray cuz ur just not with her. And now u have a fever again, that shouldn't be happening at all by this time. Altho everything was good some kind of infection is going on someone has to figure it out cuz this up and down stuff is so not good for u, emotionally too. Please watch this carefully and do u still have ur meds for this??? I know I'm harping but u know that's what I do.
Kim ur guilty as all of us who have furbabies. We have always spoiled them, they take over out beds, couches, chairs and a lot of attention and we all love it. They are our family like crazy. And they bring us so much love it's worth it.
TEKA HAPPY HAPPY SUMMER It's so nice to see u. We miss u.
Happy ok do what u need to do for the time to go by, but member July is all rest month. I remember waiting for the date, then I had a couple of right away surgeries and all of a sudden it was over, I liked those the best, cu no thinking was involved.
Minus good to see u poop in.
JC u have July to rest up too. That bench looks great and really like the pillow for some pop for color, ur really good. And see July starts Monday so it's going to rush along.
I like the way I give advice I'm so late on getting some really scary tests myself, I keep putting it off hahaha so it's the old do what I say not what i do.
I decided Jazzy is working way to hard.
Sandy I'm so glad all is done with the moving and hope u didn't wear urself out either.
U all work like <I was going to say dogs, since it;s an expression> but our dogs don't do anything so I therefore work like a dog not u gals.
Have a great mid-week
LUBS U ALL
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Cami, you can harp all you want! I still love you. So far today I feel good, and felt really good Monday. And yes, I hate not being able to be with daughter, she has her dad, uncles and cousins, aunts, etc. I'm just glad I was able to be with her when she had surgery in the islands.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Thirsty Thursday! Sadie and I are dragging butts out of bed this ayem. Not sure why I'm so tired, other than the natural result of getting over a cold/dealing with pollen issues. Anyway, Sadie and I opted to get up to the second alarm this ayem rather than the first.So not behind, but got a little more snooze time. Sadie, of course, is curled up in the recliner snoring!
Goldie--yeah, Sadie gets a little shelfish on occasion, but I figure she deserves it. She works hard for those tummy tickles.Your poor daughter, indeed!Life is just not being fair to her!Be sure to take care of yourself and your DD.The guy that hit her must have really been moving to knock the mirror inside the car like that!
Misty--well said!
Cammy Cat--oh, yes, I am terribly guilty of spoiling my fur babies. Sadie has me very well trained and in return I get a warm bed in the cold winter, overnight cuddles when I wake up and can't sleep, someone to talk to who never tells me I'm wrong(even though she does disagree with me at times) and lots of entertainment. Small price to pay to get up and let her out at 2 ayem some nights and the occasional wet doggy smell in the bed!
Woof Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1/3 oz Parfait Amour Orange Liqueur
- 1/3 oz Curacao Liqueur
- 1/3 oz Amaretto Almond Liqueur
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Lori, your poor DD can't catch a break, can she? This too shall pass.
Today was our 48th anniversary. We went to RPM Steak--our go-to special occasion place when we have dietary restrictions. We were served complementary "Giuliana" (co-owner's wife) prosecco--so-so, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth. With our entrees we couldn't decide on a 2015 Chateau Mangot Grand Cru St. Emilion (right bank of Bordeaux, so Merlot-forward) and a steamroller of a 2015 Napa California Cabernet, Smith- Deveraeaux, so they poured us each half a glass. We both agreed that thought the Bordeaux seemed a tad acidic alone, it worked perfectly with steak whereas the Napa Cab's tannins failed to recede adequately when paired with steak.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy TGIF day! Waffle breakfast day at work, so going to get breakfast there.Waffles made to order,lots of toppings, eggs, bacon or sausage, great deal for $3!The food really is good at the nursing home. Sadie says Hi to everyone!
Chi--HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! How nice that you got to try both the wines with dinner!
Lone Wolf
2 dashes cardamom tincture (recipe below)
2 oz bourbon
1 oz lemon juice
.25 oz Averna Amaro Liquor
.5 oz gum syrup
Cardamom Tincture
1. Let 1/2 cup cardamom pods sit in 1 cup of a high neutral grain spirit for five hours. Afterward, pods should be open and tincture should be a greenish hue. Don't let the infusion sit for too long to prevent from becoming too bitter.
Directions:
1. Measure and pour bourbon, lemon juice, and Averna Amaro into a cocktail shaker.
2. Splash in two dashes of cardamom tincture.
3. Add ice and shake the mixture together, then strain into a coup glass.
From <http://www.freutcake.com/in-the-kitchen/drinks-anyone/cocktail-friday-lone-wolf/>
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NM, so sorry you are feeling under the weather and hope it passes soon. Forgive me if you already told, but have you gotten anything in the garden yet? $3.00 breakfast, nope, can't beat that.
Sandy, 48 years, that's a long time. Congrats and Happy Anniversary to you and Bob.
Illimae, where for art thou?
Going to town today for groceries. Was a bit tired yesterday, trying very hard to stay hydrated, but my urine has a strong smell, which leads me to believe I am dehydrated, yet again. No fever for a few days. But I feel good this morning.
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Good morning! Happy Anniversary, ChiSandy. Sounds like a lovely dinner. $3.00 breakfast sounds great. Does Sadie get any? 🤪 Goldie, I fill a jug every morning with 64 oz of water. I have to drink that gone before I can have anything else. It has helped with the dehydration from the chemo.
I spent yesterday cooking things to freeze and have for when I have surgery and SBRT radiation. Instructions are included with each item so maybe DH can prepare a meal for me! Have to finish up a few things today after chemo (or tomorrow!) so we have plenty of choices. I made my Grandmother’s Applesauce Oatie cookies. I have to hide them so they are not eaten too quickly. Keeping busy does make the time fly by.
Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th
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Happy Anniversary ChiSandy🎉
Sorry ladies, I’m behind here, reading and posting. Got home yesterday and slept a lot. Here’s a few more pics from the trip.
Tuesday, we had fish n chips in Rhode Island, sooo good, I see why they’ve been in business so long. DOTD were Sam Adams and Del’s Frozen Lemonade.
Wednesday, we ferried out to Martha’s Vineyard for a walking tour of “Amity Island” (Jaws is my favorite movie, I’ve seen it at least 100 times)
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Goldie! You and your daughter are having a hard time. Keep us posted on you and on what they find with her tests.
ChiSandy, happy anniversary!
NM, I wish I could have a waffle breakfast! We could have pancakes, but we usually have them for supper since we get a "carb coma".😂
Thinking of everyone here including those with surgeries or tests coming up.
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I'm gonna try making lemon ricotta pancakes tomorrow morning, using almond & coconut flour and separating the eggs--yolks as a binder, stiffly beaten whites folded in. Pain in the keister, but worth it. No sugar (and s.f. syrup deflates them too soon), but maybe a sprinkle of monkfruit or xylitol granules...
I overdid the wine last night (likely my full weekly allowance), so tonight's DOTD was an almond-milk breve (a little heavy cream) latte. Alas, my fave almond milk--Pacific Original Barista Series, which froths easily in my Aeroccino or with a steam wand--is too carby. 9 gm/cup, vs. 6 for FairLife and 8-12 for regular dairy milk. And my beloved Oatly? Oy--16 gm per cup. Keeping it around for vegan friends who also shun almond products because almonds take an insane volume of water to grow. So hard to deal with my own near-keto craziness, vegans and moral-guilt-tripper* friends--if I boycott everything they insist I do, I would have to live like a starving naked off-the grid troglodyte.
The wonderful wacky WI folksinger-songwriter duo Lou & Peter Berryman wrote a song called "Uncle Dave's Grace," recounting what happened when they invited their ultra-progressive Uncle Dave to say grace at Thanksgiving dinner. After he has regaled and shamed them with tales of turkey cruelty, farmworker exploitation & pesticide exposure, sweatshop conditions, lead poisoning, & radioactive pollution involved in producing the lightbulbs & crystals in the chandelier, the narrator muses about what to do going forward:
"Go without food, in the nude, in a cave? Or next year, have someone say grace besides Dave." (I LOVE that song, whoever covers it)!
* I shall bite my hand while I scream silently, and then go to the blackboard and write 100 times: "I will NOT utter the terms 'P.C'. nor 'politically correct"..."
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JCS, good that you are preparing. Can you freeze the cookies and hide them in the freezer? Who will be the culprit to get into them? Be sure and put things at arms reach, so you don't have to stretch?
Illimae, lovely pics. But you are home already? Seems like you just left. Where are you off to next? Seen Jaws over 100 times! I can't watch something even twice! My DH is like you, but he likes City Slickers 2. We had fish n chips yesterday.
Mud, my DD has surgery Tuesday for the fibroids. I was surprise to hear they are keeping her overnight. Good grief, we can get both breasts lopped off, and go home the same day!
Sandy, good luck with those pancakes.
NM, how was that breakfast?
Wishing everyone a great weekend. I hope someone goes to the hospital with my DD, so she is not alone. I doubt it will be her dad, as he took off last Friday and this Monday, to take her camping, canoeing and fishing.
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Goldie, it does seem like a quick trip but it was 8 days, a week ago Wednesday through Thursday. Next is a short trip to the Frio river (3 hours west) to spend the 4th with friends. Then, Riot Fest in Chicago in September. Hopefully more travel to come 🙂
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Saturday! Boy-oh-boy did Sadie and I sleep in this ayem! Didn't get up until 8 ayem! Still struggling to keep my eyes open even now a couple hours and most of a cup of coffee later. I'm going to blame it on the gray and gloomy weather. Not sure how much will get done around the house today.Sadie says its ok anyway!
Goldie--the coughing is tapering off, things are turning around that way. Just feeling tired. I can't remember if I've said or not, but I've gotten some lettuce and spinach from the garden. The pepper plants are looking good, the tomatoes not quite a good-they need more attention than I've given them--the herbs are doing well.At the nursing home I pay $3 for a meal, breakfast, lunch or dinner.It's a sweet deal! Keep up the hydration, it can be hard work!
Librarian--Sadie didn't get any of my breakfast, but on BBQ Wednesdays, if there are any leftover hot dogs I'll bring her home one. Prepping meals is a great idea and will be a life saver.
Illi--You know the rules, don't worry about ketchuping, jump in where you are and move forward! Oh, my, those fish-n-chips looks so yummy!!! I'd love to see Amity Island!Jaws is a great movie, I still watch it once or twice a year. It's just a classic horror show!
Muddling--yeah, I had to fight off the carb coma effects of the waffle breakfast off and on all day! But it was so good, and so worth it. Good idea having them for supper, though!
Chi--those pancakes sound very tasty, but I can see where there is a lot of work involved!It can be a total minefield to get a bunch of people together for a meal these days. No matter where you think about going, SOMEONE has an objection!
Goldie--the breakfast was great!Waffle, home fries, bacon, coffee. I ate my breakfast with one of the residents and we had a wonderful time!
Scottish Breakfast
Ingredients
1 oz Ardbeg Ten Years Old scotch
1 1⁄2 oz Pür Likör spice blood orange liqueur
1⁄2 oz Fresh lime juice
1⁄2 oz Apple butter
3 dashes Fee Brothers Aztec chocolate bitters
How to make The Scottish Breakfast Cocktail
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice, and shake until appropriately diluted and chilled.
Fine-strain into a chilled coupe glass, and garnish with 1 or 2 dehydrated lime wheels floating on top.
From <https://www.liquor.com/recipes/ardbeg-scottish-breakfast/#gs.lpl7db>
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The ricotta pancakes were less labor-intensive or stressful than preparing a classic French omelette or mult-veg one. Delicious, airy-fluffy too. (Much like matzo meal latkes, except no starch).Didn't miss the syrup at all. Can't give a recipe, because except for the 2 separated eggs, I eyeballed everything else
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I can't keep up with you lively ladies, but I do try to read when I can. Thought this recipe from our local newspaper sounded like a delicious lo-cal summer drink (LOL)
PEACH DREAMSICLE COCKTAIL
2 oz vodka
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
1 cup sliced peaches (fresh or frozen)
2 oz fresh orange juice
Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour into a large glass or mug. Top with whipped cream & orange zest. Garnish with a slice of peach
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Finished my surgery prep cooking today. Individual servings of Chicken & White Bean soup, three individual chicken pot pies and filling for one regular, two broccoli & cheese casseroles, and chocolate & white chip cookies. Thursday I made hamburger veggie soup, 3 small meatloafs, garlic bread, and bacon & cheese twice baked potatoes. My DH is not much of a cook AT ALL! These are all frozen and have directions attached so that he can maybe figure it out. If not I can talk him thru it from the couch. Should be enough to last a couple of weeks or longer.
While I was cooking today, I heard a strange beeping noise. All the appliances were fine and the TV was off. The beeping stopped so I continued prepping. I glanced down and noticed the Neulasta patch on my arm was blinking fast. That was the strange beep as it started administering the med. Amazing I can forget I have it on and can not recognize the beep after this long.
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JCS- I was laughing when I read about the Neulasta patch beeping. I was at work and it was beeping and I told the girl I work with I keep hearing this beeping sound and I don't know where it's coming from, she helped me look for a while then told me it was coming from me. lol
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Way early morning ladies,
These last few days super busy with a/c work and sleeping all screwed up.
Sandy I've never heard of ricotta pancakes, but they sound good. Those words to the song funny. How are Gordy and Leslie doing??? U've been eating yummy foods and great wine.
JCU've really been using ur time for cooking. And it all sounds really good.LOL u and Misty beeping, sorry but that was funny.
Minus that drink got to me as soon as I read ice cream.
Kim 3.00 a cup of plain coffee u'd get with that here.The breakfast really sounded good. I hope u give urself some good care cuz u can get things rough, so rest on Sunday and u and Sadie can cuddle.
Muddling I don't even have a waffle maker but for some reason I really like pancakes but waffles not so much, and isn't it the same batter, so I don't know why I prefer pancakes more.
Ili like those pics and the fries look like the old fashioned ones, which are great. Do u ever get to rest, ur always on the go.
Have a happy Sunday everyone.
LUBS U ALL
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Sandy and Bob
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I'm worried about my DD that she will be going to the hospital alone, as her dad took off last Friday and this coming Monday to take her camping, fishing and canoeing. Can't wait to talk to her to find out. Sorry if this is TMI, they will make 2 small incisions in her tummy, cut up the fibroids, then pull them out through the hoo ha!
Gosh Illimae, I'm jealous! But happy for you with all your travels.
NM, so happy you and Sadie had a nice sleep in. Evidently your body needed it. And glad the cough is letting up. The garden sounds nice. Do any of your herbs over winter and come back? I think I too would opt to eat with one of the residents.
Minus, I have everything to try that drink, just don't feel like drinking ☹
JCS and Misty, cracking up your beeps. You should have started walking backwards and tell them it's your "back up beep". You know, like you hear on trucks when they back up?
jCS, good for doing all that cooking. Remember to put things you use the most with in arms reach.
Cami, how is everyone doing? Les, Marty, SIL. Of course we know you. And what is Joey up to on his summer vacation. Girlfriend??? My gosh, before you know it, he will be driving.
My gosh, I am still not well, over 3 weeks and 2 more weeks to go before I see my onc. Occasionally I will run a low grade fever. Drinking so much water, as much as I can, I feel like I'm going to float away. I get tired easy, and worn out after doing something. Sorry if this is TMI, my urine in not really dark, by oh my, what an odor. So I think my liver enzymes must still be high. I have some Milk Thistle at the post office, think I will run up there and grab it. I also see that beets help, and I have some organic ones, I put in my smoothies.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Sunday Funday! Sadie and I slept in again and are getting up to some rain and a little bit of very distant thunder. Going to have to do laundry and hang it inside with the fan to have clothes for work this coming week! Had a nice bean suppah with Mom and Dick and Bob and Gloria and one of Dick's sons and his wife, and a couple that comes up for the summers.Brought Sadie home a couple of red snappers for a treat.That dog does love hot dogs!
Chi-- some of the best recipes are the ones that live in someone's head!
Minus--Wow, how yummy the Peach Dreamsicle sounds!Got to try this one soon.
Librarian--Sounds like a great variety of meals you have ready!Good for you! It is amazing how quickly we can get used to something, isn't it.
Misty--how funny!You must have felt very odd when you figured it out!
Cammy Cat--Sadie and I did some serious resting yesterday, I didn't even get out of the pjs until time to get ready to go to the bean suppah! Can't really beat $3 for a meal of meat, veg, potato or pasta, dessert and a drink. Very convenient, too!
Goldie--my herbs generally do not overwinter because I have them in pots on the deck. Not enough protection for the most part, but the chives have overwintered for 2 years now! There is one resident that I often sit withand feed her while I'm eating my lunch. She doesn't get much company and the other staff in the dining room have to keep popping up and refilling coffee and drinks, serving dessert, or generally helping all the other residents. So I've kind of adopted her and try to feed her at least one meal a day. She can't talk much but she can say a few words so our meal time "conversations" are a little one sided, but I do manage to get some smiles and laughs out of her from time to time! I'm sorry you still aren't feeling totally over the whatever.Keep up the fluids and all the other helpful things you find!
The Liver Transplant
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz vodka
1 1/2 oz rum
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort® peach liqueur
1 1/2 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1 1/2 oz creme de almond
1 1/2 oz raspberry liqueur
3 oz orange juice
3 oz pineapple juice
1 oz sweet and sour mix
Method
Pour over ice. Stir, don't shake.
Serve
From <https://drinkedin.net/cocktail-reviews/150456-The-Liver-Transplant-recipe.html>
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Hi ladies- I am back! All is well this way and been lurking when I can to keep up with you. Hard to believe June is already gone and July is tomorrow. Next thing you know it will be Xmas. I know, stop that jazzy, no one is ready for the holidays.
Been a busy month with work, some family passing through town, lots of music stuff going on. Jazzy is very social person in the summer and been doing music somewhere every weekend. Saw two really great concerts in June with our local jazz association that has been bringing in some wonderful talent to our city. More to come and the NM jazz festival starts in a couple weeks and will be seeing Stanley Clark in Santa Fe later next month, and Eddie Daniels in August. Still trying to figure out if I can get to see Bobby McFerrin at the Santa Fe opera in Sept. Really wonderful summer of music going on this year!
Cyrille Aimee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pwQkNNzNF4
Denise Donatelli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay6nze5X-Vc
My new contract I started in April has been going well. Took me a good 6 weeks to get some things organized and dealing with an organization is the midst of a lot of change. The director who offered me the work left this past month and one of the leaders in my project left too, a bigger hit to what I am doing. But marching forward and am used to their chaos and just trying to get some things done for them.
My sister was here passing through town a couple weeks ago on the way back from TX. They have been over there dealing with eldercare issues with the MIL. They are moving the mom to CA soon to assisted living, and although they are hoping to be back for balloon fiesta and time with our nephew. all up in the air right now. The nephew is scheduled to come now and working on finding an affordable balloon ride for us, should there be such a thing. Someone told me to check Groupon for the best deals. My first balloon ride after living here 23 years! The balloons continue to fly over my patio quite often.
Now on to you folks:
Chi- I enjoy reading your posts about the places you go, delicious food and wine, etc. How are Leslie and Gordy doing, BTW? And is your health good right now? Happy Anniversary to you and Bob!
Cami- your kitty posts are the best. How is the family doing? I know Joey has had some tough times with everything going on and hope he has a good summer. He will be a sophomore or junior this fall?
Goldie- been worried about you and following your health issues here and also via your FB posts. I know you are still trying to push something out of your systems that has made you so sick. I am sorry your DD is still struggling through. Did I read they saw a spot on the kidney? I pray that is just a cyst sister. Too much for your family this past year. Been there in the past too and know you can barely get through one thing before another hits. I am praying for all of you friend.
Ill- enjoyed hearing about your trip to NE, my roots are there. The fish and chips from RI made me drool, our family spent a lot of time in RI through the years and miss summers there. Looks like a great time. When do you move over to West Texas to your home there?
NM- has the kayak come out yet this summer? We have super high melt waters from all the snow this year (and CO is still getting snow believe it or not). The rivers continue to be high and lots of kayakers out this year. Has Miss Sadie been swimming yet or still too cold? Job is still going well I think?
JCS- it sounds like your surgery is coming up soon. I think you said you are having lumpectomy (same here). Pillows on each side of you or a recliner will be helpful for sleep. I made sure my bedroom was super comfortable and space for drinks, pills and the like.
MistyEyes, Muddling, the Karens, Celia C, Peridot, and everyone else, hoping you are doing okay? Welcome to any other newbees I may have missed!
What is everyone doing for the 4th?
I have three days of work this week, plus two days off for a nice long weekend. Plan to do some outdoor things, music, catch up with friends, and more.
Wishing everyone a good funday Sunday!
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Jazzy, welcome back 😀 DH and I plan to move this summer, hopefully putting our house on the market in the next couple months.
We’ll be spending the fourth with a friend and his family at their river cabin a few hours away. It’s on the Frio river and is a big draw, many “float the frio” on summer holidays.
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Me again.
Lori I would think that most of us can never get TMI on anything any more and u know me word for word Camille so tell it like it is. And whatever u have had I pray it gets the hell out of there. Oh I can imagine how u feel about ur DD, and it means nothin about age, they're still ur babies, special prayers for her.
Kim everyone who lives in a special place should have someone like u near them. U have always treated people with so much compassion, it always shows ur true heart. I know it's ur job but u've always gone way beyond to make someone feel better. U r their blessing and Sadie's urs.
Jazzy's back YAY I enjoy how u manage to work and then plan weekends to ur full advantage for fun and help. U know until I started talking to u a few yrs. back I really didn't know they still had balloons up in the air that much. And if there's a place to go to u find it.
Illi ur another one on the go, my way is to be able to sit on our deck and I don't even do that unless someone is over and we sit there.
Oh and Lori next yr Joey will have a license and I cant wait. Oh I know I won't be his main concern but I do know once in a while when I can he'll take me to the store, which I don't like doing <never did> but sometimes I feel like it.
Again have a good Sunday everyone.
LUBS U ALL
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Cami, waffle batter has a little oil in it for crispness & body. You can leave out the oil but they'll be limp.
Doing okay--Gordy & Leslie still settling in. By now, I hope his ex-gf has come by his old apt and taken the queen-size bed so his landlord won't charge it against his security deposit. (They didn't always charge you here for leaving usable furniture behind. When we moved into our very first Chicago apt., we were surprised to see one of those 1950s chrome/mother-of-toilet-seat dinette tables and a pair of mother-of-bar-stool chairs. When we asked the janitor, he replied "Is for 'dibs'." When we asked what he meant by that, he smiled & replied, "Wait till winter").
No housekeeper till July 9--she has her family reunion down in Gulf Shores. So it's just the kitties & me (Bob is taking all the work he can get). No plans for the 4th. DirecTV guy came over to set the DVR up for internet and install a new dish to replace the storm-battered one. He finished just as a storm was hitting. Now to figure out what's wrong with the TiVO (cable TV is bundled with phone and internet, and is my backup for when the satellite signal cuts out during storms).
Tomorrow the grill guy is coming to clean and replace the guts (burner, venturis, flavor screen & ceramic briquets) of our Broilmaster natural gas grill. We may eventually buy a Weber kettle for variety, but I've never used propane (and I've seen my neighbors on both sides wrestle with tanks & even leaks, and have to wheel their grills around). First encountered nat. gas in our second apt., when our landlords gave us free rein to use theirs in the backyard, and never went back. The Broilmaster is plain-jane black cast aluminum instead of shiny stainless steel, has only 2 burners and no side burner. But it's built like a tank (the body is warranted for life!), can cook two dozen burgers and five ears of corn at a time, and is modular. Every one of its working parts is separately replaceable, but not necessarily those on one of the new latest-and-greatest--whose bodies are relatively flimsy and have warranties no longer than 5 yrs.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Monday Monkey Day! Going to be a beautiful day today.Still dragging my butt out of bed this ayem despite lots of rest over the weekend and going to bed at a decent time last night. Not sure what that's all about except that I probably need to be moving more. Time to increase the steps per day target, I guess. Sadie says Woof to everyone!
Jazzy--Glad to hear the new contract is going well.Having key people leave is not a good thing but it sounds like you are rolling with the flow. Sounds like things are moving ahead with the MIL.Assisted living will probably be a very good thing for her and the family. I'm not crazy about heights but I would like to go up in a hot air balloon someday. The kayak hasn't come out yet, the water is still too cold for my liking. I usually go by myself so I want the water temps to be over 50 degrees, that gives me an hour in the water before hypothermia sets in if something happens. Maybe later this month if it stays warm like it has been. The job is going well.Sadie hasn't been swimming yet, but I'm thinking of taking her to the town landing on the pond soon. Got to check out the upgrades my tax money has been spent on and to check out the water temp for myself, too.No particular plans for the 4th, don't want to mess with the traffic and at least two of my neighbors will have fireworks to watch. Sadie won't be terribly thrilled.Work is still going very well.
Illi--"float the frio" sounds like a lot of fun!
Cammy Cat--LOL at the cat going somewhere!Thank you for the kind words. I do love to see people smile and I do smile a lot at Silly Sadie! Joey sure has grown up, hasn't he?
Chi--Love the way you describe things, especially "mother of toilet seat" tables! Hard to have the housekeeper away, I imagine, but good for her to be with family. Sounds like you have quite the fancy grill! Nothing like cast aluminum or cast iron for longevity.
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NM, my chives spread like crazy. I have to make sure I get the flowers before they seed. Very deep rooted plant. But so good on a backed potato! I don't know why, but so love when you get to have bean suppah with mom and dad. BTW, how are the doing? Again, so sweet of you to sit with that resident, I'm certain she really appreciats it.
Jazzy, sounds like you are making the most of your summer, not only with work, but extra curricular activities. Yes, they found a spot on her kidney, they believe it's malignant, renal cell carcinoma. Sorry hear about your sister's MIL, but it will be good for her to be closer to her DD. No plans for the 4th.
Illimae, moving to the cabin? They have the same thing here in AZ as your float the Frio, on the Colorado River in Laughlin. Don't want to be there that weekend, it would be a madhouse.
Cami, I do worry about my DD and I know she is worried and scared too. She very sensitive, and tries to be strong, but being her mom, I know better. I can't even imagine you and Joey going somewhere together, what a hoot. I can see the 2 of you just cracking up, pretty much over nothing.
Sandy, good to hear Gordy and Les are getting settled in. Funny that the X would even want the bed, knowing that Gordy and Les have slept in it!
DD should be home today sometime. Surgery on Friday and I will ask her if anyone is going to be there with her, and if not, I will find some one! Not feeling the greatest, I forgot some of the things she has told me. I think she sees the kidney specialist tomorrow. Gosh, I can't wait for all of this to be over. Made some oatmeal cookies yesterday with chocolate chips, walnuts and craisins. Yummy!
Sandy and Bob
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