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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited October 2021

    Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Hump Day! Got some wind blowing and some rain coming down, getting the beginning fringes of the Nor'Easter coming up the coast. Power was out in half the area the school serves yesterday afternoon, so this morning we're waiting to hear what's happening with school today. The school itself has a generator, but most of the families don't, so no internet, so no remote learning, and if we have them in school they will get breakfast and a hot lunch. So I'm thinking school will be open today unless there's other considerations going on. We'll see.

    Sadie doesn't seem to mind the wind, but going out to potty in the rain was a challenge!

    Teka--That is a great idea!!!!

    Candy Corn Martini

    Candy Corn Martini

    How to Make a Candy Corn Martini

    Fill a martini shaker about 1/4 of the way up with crushed or cubed ice. Measure 4 oz of whipped cream vodka and add to the ice. Top with 1 cup of pineapple juice. Place lid on tight and shake!

    Pour through the strainer into martini glasses until each is filled about 3/4 of the way to the top. To each glass add 1 TB of grenadine. It is a thick syrup so it will be heavier than the vodka and juice; therefore, it will sink to the bottom of the glass. Then top with whipped cream.

    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

    From <https://theshortordercook.com/candy-corn-martini/>

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,595
    edited October 2021

    Piksie, 19 people for TG? Well, only 12 now! Do you do all this by yourself? And here I am complaining about doing it for 6 additional, plus us. Sorry about the issues with your teen. How did that turn out?

    NM, sorry about the not so nice parent. I suppose things can't always run smoothly. Sounds like you handled it poyfectly! It's pretty sad when it's good that the kids come to school so they can get breakfast and hot lunch. But I understand after working in a school for at risk kids, and my own students for that matter. We were cold and windy yesterday, but no rain.

    Teka, the Q-tips are too cute. NM, you should make some of those up for your kids that come in for a visit. Well, maybe you can't in case there are any peanut allergies?

    ED, our DH's issues are so different. Mine has all his faculties, so saying hurtful things is uncalled for. I know he didn't mean for it to be hurtful, but it was. He always talking about killing himself. I said to him, you can't do that, they will come after me. And if you shoot yourself, cuz that's always the means, you will also leave me with a huge mess to clean up. I said if you want to die, all you have to do is quit eating, quit drinking and quit all your meds, simple. And I'm not saying this to be mean, cuz it's just what I would do if I got bad and ended up in lots of pain. I'm good now, I can't let stuff eat me up.

    Well, I got my toofers cleaned yesterday, all is good. DH has yet another person coming to visit. This is our Tawain gal. He says she's coming to say good bye. Well, remember when DH had all of our friends come to Moab, so he could show them all where he wants his ashes? I said it felt like a funeral and I hated it and was terribly embarrased by it. Well, this is the second funeral! If I get Covid from all these visitors, I'm going to kill him myself! I'd like to tell him, you need to quit dieing tomorrow, and live for today.

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,595
    edited October 2021

    .....And a little bit of fun for the day.

    Kicked by Godzilla, while lying in bed, by Haunting Witch Decoy

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  • illimae
    illimae Member Posts: 5,710
    edited October 2021

    Morning,

    Strung up by killers bees in a graveyard and strange broomstick king wishing you all a happy Halloween.

    Well, my day is off to a start. Woke up by tornado warning alerts, then a snippy DH in a bit of a hurry because he’s rushing out to a doctors appointment the claims but 100% did NOT mention yesterday.

    I had a plan to be “radiation” for Halloween by the glow in the dark pj’s I bought, don’t glow, not at all, so that’s a bummer.

    Reading along and thinking of you all 🙂


  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited October 2021

    My workaversary celebration lunch yesterday. Yummy turkey plate 😋

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited November 2021

    Jazzy,

    Pleased you had a delicious workaversary celebration lunch.

    You know I love a hot turkey lunch when eating out.

  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited October 2021

    Illi, I seem to remember that a lot of glow-in-the-dark stuff needs to be "charged" by exposing it to bright direct light for a short period of time (IIRC, 10 min.).

    Lori, put your foot down and insist DH's visitor wear a mask when she enters your home. DH has no right to overrule you on that. Amen to the "stop dying tomorrow, live for today" comment.

    Last night with a salmon burger & spinach salad, DOTD was a 2019 Txakolina (very dry white) from the Basque country in northern Spain. Not sure what I'm drinking with wings (my go-to the night before a mani) tonight--maybe a Bubly with extra lime. Bought a fresh bag (roast date 10/21) of Dark Matter "A Love Supreme" blend light-medium roast beans. Been alternating between Metropolis' Red Line light-medium roast Espresso blend (ok for drip, but too old to produce a decent shot of espresso) and Dark Matter "Calidad" single-estate light roast Guatemalan. Both roasted 9/28. And my latest shipment of Red Line (roasted yesterday) arrived today--needs till Friday for the CO2 in the beans to "outgas" before I grind & use it for espresso.

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited October 2021

    Morning girls! I just saw this on FB and thought it was so beautiful! I just had to share it here....

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited October 2021
    Good Monring, Loungettes! Happy Thirsty Thursday! Well, the Nor'Easter turned out to be a bit of a tempest in a teapot where I live. More of an issue along the coast. I did get to watch the wind blowing the trees around a bit after I got home from work yesterday, though.

    Goldie--have you asked DH what he's going to do if you catch COVID and have to isolate for 10 days? You would need to stay away from him entirely since he is at really high risk of getting severe COVID. Whose going to move in and take care of him? I can see where the funeral type visits are hard to deal with. And I LOVE the quit dieing tomorrow, live for today line!

    NEWS FLASH:

    The HTL lost a provider of unique libations when Peculiar Pumpkin Brewer passed away this Halloween. PP Brewer is well known for brewing beers,from Peculiar, or rare and unusual, varieties of pumpkins. Brewer had recently added flavoring vodka with peculiar pumpkin essences, both with and without pumpkin spice. PP Brewer died while tending a secret still while experimenting with making vodka from peculiar pumpkins when, due to having forgotten to bring a flashlight, Brewer was sat upon by a zombie. Donations in PP Brewer's memory may be made to the Hot Tata Lounge, the first (and only) bar to feature the Peculiar Pumpkin Products.

    Illi--strung up by killer bees?OUCH!!! Waking up to a tornado alert would terrify me beyond the ability to think straight! Don't you love it when someone swears they told you something when they didn't?

    Jazzy--that is one very yummy looking turkey dinner!Happy workaversary!

    Morning, Teka!

    Chi--good point about the mask wearing!



    spider cookie truffles and halloween cocktails

    Liquid Web Cocktails

    Ingredients

    3 oz. chocolate liqueur

    3 oz. coffee liqueur (such as Kahlúa)

    2 oz. milk

    Lightly sweetened whipped cream

    Ice

    Pumpkin pie spice or nutmeg

    Directions

    1. Combine chocolate liqueur and coffee liqueur, milk, whipped cream, and ice in a cocktail shaker; shake until chilled. Strain into cocktail glasses. Garnish with pumpkin pie spice or nutmeg. Top with small plastic spiders.

    From <https://www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/a33943308/liquid-web-cocktails/>

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,595
    edited October 2021

    BabyGirl, love how your Halloween ended, that was a good one. Sorry about the PJ's, might they need a black light? Are you and DH going to a party?

    Jazzy, I love turkey, DH does not. So by having the kids come this year, I will get to make one. I often hesitate to get it at restraunt cuz more times than not it's pressed turkey and the gravy is out of a jar and almost always salty. Your's looks like real turkey.

    Sandy, visitors are not coming to my house, we are going to Phoenix and DH is having as many people as he can come to see him, it's another funeral per se. I will be taking extra masks for anyone that does not have one. It will be in the 80's, so I'm hoping we could possibly sit outside.

    Very cute story ED.

    NM, I have made mention about me getting Covid. I'm Wonder Woman, I can do it all and will not get sick (what I think he thinks). I too thought my comment about dying today was pretty good, but I haven't used it yet on him. What is this NEWS FLASH? Real story, a joke that went over my head?

    I'll start laying clothes out today. We are leaving sometime on Sunday. I have infusion on Monday, scans on Tuesday. Seeing wheelchair people Wednesday, new nuerologist on Thusday, as we may be switching. Gal from the ALS foundation is not happy with how they are not on top of DH's needs. Right now his breathing is getting bad, and from the tests that the RT did 3 months ago, he should have already been on the breathing machine/ventelator. Then Friday we see his current neurologist. Saturday, I think a free day for visitors?

  • Beaverntx
    Beaverntx Member Posts: 3,183
    edited October 2021

    Goldie, sounds exhausting!! Also agree with the live today philosophy.

    NM, glad the storm was limited in your area. We had a thunderstorm with about an inch of rain in a very short time period in the middle of the night a couple of nights ago. The humidity has now dropped and it is much cooler with sunshine today.

    Chevy, loved the teacher story and can identify as I listen better when my hands are occupied with crocheting or knitting. A simple pattern of course!

    Jazzy, yummy looking lunch. Happy you could celebrate with a friend and good food.

    Illimae, know there was tornado activity in the Houston area. Did you have any effects other than being awakened by the tornado alert?

    Hello to everyone else and wishing all an excellent day.

  • illimae
    illimae Member Posts: 5,710
    edited October 2021

    NM and Beaverintx, no issues with the tornado warning, just some tree debris in the neighborhood and a few lose items blown around in the yard by big wind gusts.

    Goldie, no party, I just wanted to make fun use of my brain radiation mask.

  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited October 2021

    Tonight with seared mahi-mahi & veg., I opened a 2018 Graville-Lacasse Graves (Sauv. Blanc-dominant white Bordeaux). It was all I could do to limit myself to 3 oz. Sipping a decaf breve cappuccino (as dessert) as I type this.

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited October 2021

    Chevy - I saw that on fb too and I love it!!!!

  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited October 2021

    Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy TGIF day!Guess who just figured out that Halloween is on Sunday, not Monday? Yup. Thought I had this weekend to pull together a costume. Oh well, hope I'll do better next year. I'll throw on my Thing 1 shirt and go with a partial costume. I do have to admit that I'm looking forward to a sleep in tomorrow ayem. Will have to have a discussion with Sadie and negotiate a getting up time that works for the both of us.

    The overall number of COVID cases is decreasing, according to the Maine CDC, but we're seeing more and more in the schools. I finally realized what is happening, more and more families are using home tests, which we accept positive results from, but which are not reported to the CDC, and so are never counted as official or confirmed cases. So entire neighborhoods have at least one positive tested in each house, but not one is going to be counted. What I struggle to understand is why people will go out and spend $20-$30 dollars for a home test when they are struggling to pay rent and other bills, when the official tests are free.

    Chevy--Wow, that is wonderful, what that teacher did with the student who was knitting!

    Goldie--the News Flash was supposed to be a funny story inspired by my Halloween name and end from your post. Wow, you are in for a busy week! I hope the new neurologist is more helpful that the current one seems to be.

    Beaver--thunderstorms can really bring down some rain at times! It feels nice when the humidity gets cleared out, though.

    Illi--glad to hear that the tornado warning didn't progress!

    Chi--yum!

    Morning, Karen!

    Vampire Bite Spike Black Cherry Lemonade Halloween Cocktail

    Vampire Bite

    Ingredients

    • 4 oz. lemonade
    • 2 oz. Cherry Vodka
    • 4 oz. Black Cherry Soda

    Instructions

    1. Combine lemonade and vodka in shaker. Shake vigorously.
    2. Pour into serving glass.
    3. Top with Dark Cherry Soda.
    4. Garnish with frozen cherries.

    From <https://karacreates.com/vampire-bite-halloween-cocktail/>

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,595
    edited October 2021

    Beaver, we had a big storm like that, I think it was 6" in one hour, and where I live, that just caused lots of damage and flooding, some road impassable.

    BabyGirl, good deal on your tornado warning. Glow in the dark PJ's and your radiation mask, I bet most people (unless they know you) would have a clue. Did you get the pj's to glow?

    NM, well now, aren't you the clever one! I went back to my post and yours to see it in the story. So indeed, supposed to be funny but went right over my head! Bummer you got Halloween mixed up. You'll have to let us know some of the great costumes that the kiddos wear. Would be nice if you could do pictures, but a big no no I'm sure.

    Karen, are you dressing up? Anyone else? Not me.

  • Beaverntx
    Beaverntx Member Posts: 3,183
    edited October 2021

    I may wear my usual for Halloween--a black Tee shirt that says " This shirt IS my Halloween costume!"

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited October 2021

    Lori - I don't dress up - and this year keeping the lights off - the past few years we've had maybe a dozen kids - some kids have moved into the neighborhood, but still not worth the hassle and have left over candy to eat when I don't want the calories.

    Kim, our cases are at all time high since last December!!!! - and hospital ICUs are running out of bed....of course its the unvaccinated that account for 75% of the cases - not sure how the kids are fairing. I haven't heard on any at either of my schools.

    My microwave is on the way out - door not shutting properly after 14 years. Don't want one quite as big but nothing tiny!

    Gorgeous fall day today, but the weather is changing!

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited October 2021

    Hi ladies- happy Saturday and Halloween Eve. I am doing th candy thing this year, but decided to just put a table outside with some candy in little plastic bags and not answer the door. Sunday night is my time to get organized for the work week ahead and I have four clinics going live this coming week with the biggest change for them (plus another we are currently monitoring for two previous go lives). Do I sound busy, yes I am. Plus I am a fan of the HBO series Succession which runs on Sunday nights (anyone else watching?) My neighborhood gets really slammed with trick or treaters and although I don't usually do it, I am this year because the kiddos missed out last year. We were heading into the winter surge here around this time last year so the city and state really discouraged the trick or treating thing.

    Speaking of surges, despite the fact that all the covid numbers are coming down again and we are 72% vaccinated in the state, our numbers are NOT coming down. They looked like they were leveling off the beginning of October, but they are up again. I think it's probably from the recent balloon fiesta, large group gatherings with folks from all over the world probably didn't help. But if that is true, we should see the numbers come down soon as we are a couple weeks out from the end of the event. The strain on the healthcare system here is endless and I am in the middle of that stuff.

    I made it to my first year on the job this week and went out to celebrate with my co-worker who started with me, and the other woman who joined our team this spring. I think you saw my turkey plate, it was yummy and we also all got to go desserts (apple pie for me). I get the last of my benefits kicking in like matching on my retirement, long term disability and also eligible for FMLA should I need that in the future. I had my review yesterday with my director and found it to be an "interesting" conversation. All in all, I did okay but we don't get promotions or raises based on merit because its a state and county funded org vs. private. I got my raise earlier this month and a co-worker told me they tend to give them annually so I feel my goals are being acheived. I should be out of this project in a few more weeks, god willing and on to my next adventure.

    I am heading out to meet a friend for a late afternoon foliage walk and some early dinner. Hoping everyone here is having a nice (or maybe just do-able) weekend.

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited October 2021

    Funny story - I was meeting with a 5th grade student on Thursday and he was telling me about his vacation and that it was for his grandfather's birthday - he goes to say that his grandfather is officially a senior citizen as he turned 65!!!

    Gorgeous fall day today - sat outside this afternoon reading to catch some rays! The weather is changing starting tomorrow and will damp, cold and rainy. On Thursdays, I am at school where I have playground duty for 35 minutes in the morning and 60 minutes at lunch. I told the AP that when it gets cold out, I'll be wearing my snow pants and heavy coat. I'm covering this school for a maternity leave through January, so I won't have too much winter, but I freeze these days!

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited October 2021

    During my walk yesterday

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  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,595
    edited October 2021

    Beaver, perfect t shirt!

    Karen, I haven't passed out candy since I moved to my last house in MI, almost 40 years ago. But we lived in the boonies. I'm not a fan of the freezing cold.

    Jazzy, new job or just a new project with your current employer? Pretty trees.

    Off to Phoenix this moring, be back on Friday. I should be able to check in on occasion. In between all the visitors!

    DOTD: Oogie Boogie

    Oogie Boogie Halloween Cocktail Recipe

    • 1.25 ounces Green Apple Vodka
    • 1.25 ounces Sour Mix
    • Lemon-Lime Soda
    • Black Rimming Sugar
    • Candy Worms

    Begin by rimming your martini glasses with black sugar. (I picked my black sugar up at World Market and those fun cocktail napkins too! How great are they?!)

    First, flip your glass upside down and dip into a shallow bowl filled with water, or use a lemon or lime wedge to rim the edge of the glass.

    Pour your rimming sugar onto a plate.

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  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,595
    edited October 2021
  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited October 2021

    Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Sunday Funday! Well, it's a fun day now that I've submitted my paper for class for this week. Healthcare finances and financial statements are NOT my cup of tea, for all that I do need to understand them better. I did get pretty frustrated with this week's assignment of linking financial statements to quality of care. This is the one time I miss in person classes, this would have been a topic of discussion in the class or in the hallway or during breaks or after class over coffee. The online discussion thing just isn't as engaging and satisfying, primarily due to it taking days to have a conversation. But, I got it sorted out, and got some help from classmates, so all is good.

    This ayem started out very dark, rainy and windy. Now it's sunny and windy, with some sprinkles from time to time. The wind really is blowing, though. More branches will be down in the yard, no doubt, by the end of the day.

    Goldie--my little funny stories like that seem to slide past almost everyone! But I have fun writing them, so I keep doing it. There were some pretty cool kiddo costumes, princesses, various dinosaurs, superheroes, and a bunch I didn't recognize and never heard of. No pics, those have to be done so very carefully that I just don't. Particularly since I am often alone with a kiddo, I can't afford to have the slightest hint of impropriety.

    Beaver-- I wore my Thing 1 t-shirt as a sort of costume, it worked pretty well. Like your idea, too!

    Karen--here in Maine we have an 80% vaccination rate of eligible people, and about half of the people in ICU are fully vaccinated but with underlying medical conditions. So we've got a situation where hospitalization is going up while confirmed positive tests are going down. And yet more and more people are sick and testing positive that I know of. Fortunately, out of all the kiddos testing positive, only half have any symptoms (mostly cough, sore throat, runny nose) and only one is really sick (fever, cough, congestion, malaise, body aches). Entire families are testing positive the community. It's getting crazy.

    Jazzy--You do sound busy, I don't blame you for not wanting to do the trick-or-treat thing. Congrats on finishing the first year at the job! I did see the turkey plate, looked very yummy! Sometimes I wonder why we bother with performance appraisals. They really don't seem to mean much unless someone is getting fired. Just another box to check off on the things-we-have-to-do-to-get-paid-by-Medicare list.

    Karen--LOL!I will officially be a senior citizen in2 more years! I hope you can keep warm during recess duty! I see the teachers with that duty starting to bundle up already. Not quite the snow pants and parkas, yet, but they are coming!

    Beautiful pics, Jazzy!

    Goldie--ooh, that Oogie Boogie sounds SOUR!

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited October 2021

    Goldie - same job, different project

  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited November 2021

    Good Morning, Loungettes!

    Happy November!


    Autumn Fizz drink, classic cocktail, alcoholic beverage, whiskey sour, cocktail, mai tai, distilled beverage, rickey, cocktail garnish, highball,

    Photography by Jessica Orlowicz

    Ingredients

    2 oz Alibi Gin
    .25 oz lemon juice
    Agave nectar, to taste
    Sparkling apple cider
    Garnished with thyme and apple

    Instructions

    Pour gin in shaker, add lemon juice and agave nectar, shake, and then pour into a high ball glass and top with sparkling cider. Garnish with fresh thyme and an apple slice.

  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited December 2021
  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited November 2021

    Teka - that is WONDERFUL. Thanks for posting.

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited November 2021

    Jazz - beautiful colors

    Kim - CO vaccinaton is good, but its the unvax that have close to 80% of hospitalizations - and hospitals are almost at capacity - one is already on divert. We are at the highest rate of hospitalizations since the pandemic. I had a special education teacher try to argue with me today - doesn't matter the topic, but she was WRONG!!! On an IEP, she filled in all my part without any consultation!!! Tomorrow is my last day at this train wreck of a school - mostly due to new admin - I do really like the SW and other MH staff, one sped teacher and a few of the gen ed teachers that I have worked with. Next week I take on a new vacancy till it is filled. The new school is 10 minutes from my house. It's a more affluent neighborhood and I've mostly worked in lower income schools for most of my 30+ year career, so this will be different.

    Cold and damp today and some rain. At 5pm it was 37 - supposed to be in low 40s tomorrow. DH and I both had work to do tonight so he decided to skip the nightly walk as its so damp and cold!!!

    Sweet dreams.

  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited November 2021

    Case & test positivity have risen slightly in IL since Friday--case 2%, test 2.3%; but here in Chicago it's fallen to 1.6%. We're not hesitating to dine indoors in restaurants (we and the staff still mask) and even went to the movies ("Dune") yesterday (everyone lowered their masks only to drink & eat). It's chilly enough now that dining outdoors, even in a tent near a heater, would make my nose run; and amazingly, we still have allergenic levels of ragweed pollen! We are 2 months triple-vaccinated (and my shot was a full, not half, dose of Moderna), so we feel a bit more confident--but not gonna throw all caution to the wind. Still driving, self-parking when we can find a spot. Bob works so hard and late that I'm mostly cooking/nuking leftovers during the week because I'm too tired to go out (and places open late enough are few & far between); besides, the kitties are getting needier & needier (typing this with Happy between my chest & lap, head blocking the screen, one paw on my left forearm and the other trying to work the touchpad).

    So to catch up: Sat. night I had a French blanc de blancs brut (from Limoux) and a Pinot Noir from Pays d'Oc. Yesterday at brunch, a Virgin Mary. And at dinner last night, a brut rose from the Lambrusco region of Italy (the same area that used to make that sweet fizzy red plonk back during our college days). Back to coffee, water & seltzer till my (gulp!) weigh-in on Wed. I will point out that at least 2 lb. of the weight gain will be due to having to wear heavier clothes than I did in Aug.

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