how about drinking?
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NM, it's amazing the dog's senses. Surely it was just some wild life. But if it were a person, I would't be sticking around after one look at Colt. Sorry they gave you a scare. Shows they are good guard dogs tho. Booooo on no openings at the schools! Well, I'm sure something will come along, it always does.
I pretty much stayed inside yesterday, too damn windy to do anything outside. We have 2 fires going and the wind here caused them to grow pretty fast. The one up in Flagstaff had wind gusts of 50 mph. Winds continuing today. I also believe there is one in Jazzy's neck of the woods. Not sure what's up for today. I ran my rumba in the bedroom, so I might wash the floor in there, change sheets and dust.
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Lori, hope the abx are working, and the mets are nothing more than in the "tell me something I didn't already know" category. Snow in April sucks, unless it falls only where you want it to and it's useful for skiing. (Which I can't do any more--they don't make X-C boots that fit over my bunions & toe spurs).
COVID (BA.2 and its subvariants) is rising again, and cases are likely under-reported because home tests don't get reported to health authorities unless you notify your PCP via hospital-system patient portal. I think the mask-mandate-cancellation was premature even a month ago, and now it's nothing short of idiotic. (The FL Fed, judge who lifted it nationwide is 35, had never tried a case--not even as second-chair jr. associate in a "bench trial"--and was ABA-rated "not qualified." I was more qualified when I was 30, heck--more experienced at 25. She doesn't even know what the CDC does--her ruling stated that their function is limited to "cleaning." WTFingF?). Our Governor gave up and lifted it statewide, including on public transit. And now the CDC says masks, vaccination, testing and even length of isolation after a positive result are all "personal decisions." Translation: "we know you're a bunch of selfish babies who don't give a crap whom you infect or kill, but our hands are tied." Flashback to March 2020, when the millennials called COVID the "Boomer remover," and are incensed that not enough of us are retiring or selling our homes.
So many days offline (trivial but time-consuming post-wedding life matters+this infuriating platform), so many drinks (mostly wines). Last night with dinner was Joel Gott 2021 Sauv. Blanc. And today's DOTD thus far was a cappuccino from the Lavazza machine at the Subaru dealership while waiting for my freebie loaner to be processed. (Brake job will take at least overnight).
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Thirsty Thursday! Waking up to another bright sunny day, but with a skim of ice and frost over everything, brrrr. It's getting frustrating, the sun feel really warm on the skin, but any breeze at all is COLD. But at least it's not raining!
I wish I could have gotten a picture last night. Both the puppers managed to get stretched out with heads on my lap and back ends over my legs on the ottoman. I can't imagine how it was comfortable for them, but they both slept that way for some time, and I was actually surprisingly comfortable, and warm! I even fell asleep for a while. Nothing like warm, furry blankets!
Goldie--I'm thinking it was some wildlife the puppers sensed, too.There's plenty of it around. It was just a bit startling the way they both popped their heads up at the same time when both were sound asleep! I don't expect I'll have much trouble with unwanted visitors of the human variety with Cold around, even if he does just want to play with everyone! He plays one mean game of tug.I did hear from the school district where I live, the attachments to the application didn't come through legibly, and they asked me to resend them, which I did, and got a confirmation they went through ok this time. Hearing about all the wildfires so early in the season is getting a bit scary.
Chi--I agree that the shift toward personal responsibility and personal decisions is the CDC and government caving in to the noisy folks who think they know more than the experts and really don't care about anyone else. It doesn't bode well for the next novel virus that comes around, everyone will assume that what did and didn't work for COVID will or won't work for the next one, and lots and lots of people will end up dying.
Chilly Willy Cocktail
INGREDIENTS
- 30 ml Midori melon liqueur
- 30 ml malibu coconut rum
- 22 1⁄2 ml peach schnapps
- orange juice
- pineapple juice
DIRECTIONS
- Pour into shaker. Fill with orange and pineapple juice. Shake well.
From <https://www.food.com/recipe/chilly-willy-cocktail-279965>
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Last night at Regalia the DsOTD were La Gioisa brut rose prosecco (drier & better bubbles than their previous Ruggieri) with our apps and a 2019 Montepulciano with the entree. This morning, an espresso before leaving for my MO appt. (which jacked up my glucose and the systolic part of my BP). My labs showed I'm dehydrated so I picked up a couple more bottles of water at the Subaru dealership and drank them en route home (plus a cappuccino from the machine). Tonight with fish some Mumm Napa Brut Reserve; with leftover lamb shank & palak paneer 2009 Marques de Murrieta Rioja. (It had been Coravined, but once too often left too many holes in the capsule & cork, so I opened what remained--which was still delicious). Meanwhile, water, water & more water.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy TGIF Day! I have a second interview with hospice in just a little bit, this one by phone. Should be an interesting experience. I'll let you all know what happens.
Mr. Colt is turning into a rather talkative doggo. He doesn't bark often, but he has started with the little soft woofs and ahr-ahr and the occasional whine when he wants something, usually attention. He does love to pay tug, too. Zoe is more direct, she comes right up to me and nose nudges when she wants attention. Zoe is catching on to "Come" but having a harder time with sit. Colt sits pretty well, but he tends to stay pretty close to me so it's hard to evaluate the "Come" command so far. He is catching on to "Down", though.
Chi--be careful with the dehydration, it can be insidious and make you feel miserable. Remember to drink twice as much by volume of non-caffeinated, non-alcoholic fluids as caffeinated and alcoholic to offset the diuretic effect. That prosecco sounds lovely!
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Welcome back Sandy. Yes, the ABX are working.
NM, come summer time, that's going to be a toasty blanket! Keeping my fingers crossed that you can stay within the school dist.
I went to town yesterday. Reason being, the winds! Todays winds are at 40 mph, gusting to 60-65 mph. NOT GOOD for the fire in Flagstaff. So I didn't want to be out in those high winds and weather this weekend is supposed to be really nice, so didn't want to spend it in town. My doctor said I can do a follow up with him when I go in for my Faslodex injections at the end of the month. I'm still upset with step DD's over the lack of excitement and no gratitude from the husbands over the monetary gift I gave them. I'm going to start withdrawing money from our savings and keeping it at home. My brother can decide how to split it up, and you can bet they won't be getting any of that. They'll still get plenty, just not as much. I'm just at a loss as to how to bring it up and what to say. So for me, the easiest thing is to just not say anything.
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Good afternoon friends- greetings from windy and fire striken New Mexico. We have had another week of high winds out here, today is supposed to be the worst with gusts up to 80 mph. I was in to work early this ayem as my network team is starting some build today and needed to be there. Things were being prepared rigt up to the 11th hour (which is not the way it is supposed to go), but here we are. Anyways, I am glad to be to today and came home after to finish my day here.
These winds are making the six current wildfires (and think there are new ones) rage and seeing mandatory evacuations for a lot of the rural areas where things are the worst on our Governors web page today. When I was up north last week, there was a fire about 12 miles north of the town I was staying that was 3k acres and calming down. This week it exploded and is over 20K acres now. There is nothing around me, but these fires are early and bad and it's a worrisome time for the west again. Goldie has some too.
I have another weekend junket coming up to Santa Fe to see jazz artists Dave Grusin and Lee Rittenour. Doing another overnighter and will do a few things up there tomorrow afternoon, eat dinner before the show at a nearby place I always enjoy and then head home Sunday morning. I have a lot of yard stuff to finish and going to try to get some of that done tomorrow before I head north. May swing by Lowes on the way in for a few things for the front rock garden. We should be past frost risk now.
Goldie- sounds like you are dealing with the same over there. Hope you are doing okay at the end of the week and taking good care of yourself.
NM- how much longer do you plan to work friend? I know Hospice is not a first choice for you, but hope the interview goes okay and if you need it to bridge you to Medicare or the like, it may serve a purpose for a time. I think every day about early retirement and if they dropped the Medicare age, I would leave this job and go back to contracting. The politics and drama of the FT job world are a spirit killer.
Chi- welcome back and hope you brought many happy memories of the wedding weekend with you. Sounds like everything went well.
Ill- hope things are coming along with the new place and all the lovely scenery and relaxation you will enjoy out in West Texas.
Back to worky work. Hope everyone has a beautiful sunny weekend (and no wind either).
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I was already worrying about Goldie and theTunnel Fire. Now I'll worry about you too Jazzy. We've had wind on top of wind on top of wind. But nothing like the winds I remember in New Mexico - with tumbleweeds racing across the road trying to hit your car. Be careful driving.
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No fires here, but very windy today (but in Chicago springtime, warmth comes with a price). Went out on the deck to enjoy a seltzer and nearly got blown away. Took a photo of my magnolia in full bloom just in case tomorrow's storms blow the blossoms away (as they always do this time of year). Blossomed quite early, though. Colder than normal spring but very few subzero winter days. My thyme, parsley, mint and chives have come roaring back (and my windowsill basil is doing okay) but the rosemary didn't make it through the winter. Oddly, it's usually the one winter-hardy herb.
Here's the magnolia:
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No drinks last night. Tonight, at Avli in Winnetka, a Greek sparkling rosé. Bitterly disappointed with the service--took 20 minutes for the wine to arrive. Waiter took our order for salad, app, and entrees...and 30 min. later, all dishes arrived AT ONCE! He was either grossly inexperienced (left lots of bones as he fileted the fish tableside, gave Bob the wrong side dish) or the kitchen was understaffed and had no idea about pacing. The place was packed, because tonight was the first true patio-friendly weather of the season--but restaurants have no business booking more tables than they have staff (front of house or kitchen). He also took Bob's order for a red wine (a Greek meritage blend) to go with the beef...and promptly forgot. (We had to remind him 15 minutes later, and at least he comped us the glass). I had high hopes after reading Judy's (keywestfan's) rave review of it (and looked forward to the pleasant drive up there), but if we go back to an Avli it'll be either the one in River North or at Millennium Park. Ever since emerging from the pandemic, the North Shore seems to have lost much if not most of its fine dining options, so Avli doesn't have much competition for butts-in-seats.
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Beautiful magnolia Chi 😍
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Jazzy, I thought you only had one fire out your way. Heard on the news there are 6. I think we are at 3 now.
Minus, we have those tumbleweeds out here too. I wouldn't want to get hit with one, those suckers are sharp. I seen a bunch not too long ago whirling up in a dust devil.
Sandy, the tree is pretty, I'll bet it smells nice too! Hopefully the winds will stay away for a bit so you can enjoy the blooms. I guess there's a reason they call it "The Windy City". I guess you won't be going back to that Avli any time soon.
Yesterday was NOT a good day for me emotionally. Cried on and off all day. I have no idea what brought that on. Better today, thank goodness!
DOTD: Pink Magnolia
Ingredients
- 16 ounces fresh watermelon juice
- 24 ounces sparkling wine or champagne
Preparation
- 1 Pour 4 ounces watermelon juice into glass.
- 2 Top off with sparkling wine to fill remainder of glass.
- 3 Garnish with mint springs if desired. Serve immediately.
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Chi,
Lovely magnolia blooms!
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Hi folks- just a quick note to say things are okay here, although there are 20 fires around the state now. We had super high winds on Friday (65 mph here in the urban area, higher in other areas) and it has created some much worse fire conditions. Two of the large fires up north now merged into one and are 45k acres and lots of evacuations. New Mexico is mostly wilderness/forest and that is where the fires are at mostly, although there have been a couple in the more urban areas along the valley. Nothing here in ABQ though. Air smells smokey today.
My concert got cancelled on Friday for last night in Santa Fe, sounds like someone in the band was not well so we will see if that gets rescheduled soon or goes out further. But since I was away last weekend, I am using the opportunity to get caught up around the house and with the yard. We are past frost risk now so I am getting more done to plant and finishing up my pruning.
Goldie- I know the fire near Flagstaff is really bad. Are you okay? A lot of smoke there?
Going to swim and then later to do yoga, a two fer work out today. Have a good week all.
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I was 4 pages behind - I will have to read them another time. I saw I haven't been on since the 12th - day DD#2 arrived. DD#1 left this morning. We had fun girl time. DD#2 and I went to Garden of the Gods on Monday, DD#1 arrived Tuesday and we went shopping, Wednesday to a wildlife preserve near us and Thursday to the Botantical. Gardens. I had comp time so took 3.5 days off work - still have 2 more days comp time to use before the end of the year. DD#2 leaves tomorrow afternoon. The school I'm covering has a comp day tomorrow, so I'll get lots of much needed paperwork done at home and I get to take her to the airport
. Got lots of hugs and so enjoyed my time with the girls. More shopping with DD#2 today as she wanted to go to Costco and Trader Joes. Now she is finishing homework that is due later tonight. Actually, she's had a lot of homework to do while she has been here. She works sooo hard!!! At least it will pay off when she graduates. Going to check out a few other threads that I haven't visit the past 12 days, then finish putting my Passover stuff away in the crawl space.
Have a great rest of the day.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Monday Monkey Day! Back to school, and the start of the countdown to the end of the year, and the end of the school nursing contract. I was offered and accepted the Hospice position after the second interview Friday morning. My start date will be set once I know the exact end date of the school year, that's still a little bit up in the air. The superintendent is trying to get the day school was closed for the fire waived so we can still end the second week of June.
Today is the last day of the class I'm currently taking and I've got a boatload to finish up, just couldn't stay focused over the weekend, it was so nice. I kept going out and sitting on the deck and watching the doggos play, or tossing things for them to chase. I'll have to pay for that today by working diligently on the last deliverables after work today. I decided to take a bit of break from my own classes, when I registered for the next class I chose a start date of August 1st. That will give me time to get settled in the new job and routine, shift my mindset from school nursing to hospice care, and, hopefully, come up with a project.
Goldie--those winds are NOT GOOD at all for the fires! I hope things have calmed down are under control. Seems reasonable to me for the PCP follow-up to happen later in the month. It's not that far away, after all. I don't blame you for withdrawing money and keeping it somewhere else. Maybe the best thing would be to quietly do that and just not say anything about the money unless the steps bring it up, then you can say you didn't get any acknowledgment of the money you did pass out, so you figured they weren't interested in it.
Jazzy--the fires you describe sound very scary. I hope none of them end up affecting you directly.
Oh my goodness, the news is just now showing pics of the Az Tunnel fire, and the pics of the winds expected are amazing. Looks like it's going to be a busy fire season this year.
Morning, Minus! I can't imagine seeing tumbleweeds blowing around like that!
Chi--your magnolia is beautiful! I'm sorry your dining experience wasn't what you expected.
Goldie--hugs for the hard day. There doesn't have to be anything in particular that brings it on. The Pink Magnolia is wonderful looking!
Morning, Teka!
Karen--don't blame you for not being on while the girls were visiting! Sounds like it was a great visit, and not quite completely over yet. Good for you!
Wildfire Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1ounceMidori(or Any Melon Liqueur)
- 1/2ounceWatermelon Vodka
- 1ounceVodka
- 1/4 ounceSimple Syrup
- 1teaspoonBacardi 151(optional)
- Ice
Instructions
- In a shaker add your Midori, watermelon vodka, plain vodka, and simple syrup. Fill the shaker with ice to the liquid line. Give it a 30 second hard shake and strain into a heatproof coupe or martini glass (or any small heat proof glass) to serve.
Optional Fire Floater
- After you've poured your cocktail into your heatproof coupe flip over the back of a bar spoon and slowly layer your Bacardi 151 on top of the cocktail. Putting away your 151 and clean up any drips/spill, taking a stick lighter, carefully light your cocktail by hover the flame just above the liquid surface. Once it lights, let the cocktail burn out or CAREFULLY AND GENTLY blow it out when ready to consume. Let glassware cool before consuming!
BE CAREFUL the glassware and the top layer of the cocktail will be very hot. Let it cool down before consuming the drink. Elsewise you can burn yourself. Use a paper straw to sip the cocktail from the bottom up if you don't want to wait for it to cool all the way down.
From <https://www.elletalk.com/wildfire-cocktail/#wprm-recipe-container-1795>
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Jazzy WOW, 20 fires???? I'm sure all of yours are human caused as well, since we havn't had any precipitation. No smoke here, surpisinly! Must be too far north.
Karen, being 4 pages behind really isn't much, since the new platform only allows about 10 posts per page! No worries about not posting, we know you are busy with your DD's visiting, which is over today. Sounds like you had lots of fun with them. What is your DD studying? I think I have asked before, but don't remember.
NM, congrats on the new job with hospice. I'm thinking the pay weighed in on your decision. Nice to take time out on the deck playing with the pups.
I downloaded an app over the weekend but learned something that I wasn't looking for. The app shows properties and who owns them. We have 2 - 40 acre parcels. The one, that we don't use, is listed under the trust, but the one I live on, shows belonging to Drips Plumbing and Sprinkler Supply. Well, that's the business, and we sold that. Does that mean they own my property now???? I will be calling on that today! The other thing that has me concerned and feeling a bit anxious, Covid related, is not just flying, but Nora's 1st birthday is going to be a big shebang! 70 people! Gosh, when my kids were little, you invited a few of their friends, played a few games, some gifts, cake and that was it. Or you rented a spot at Chucky Cheese. For the 1st birthday, I think was just a small gathering of family. Winds are continuing to blow, not as bad today, but picking up again tomorrow and the rest of the week. Not sure my Faslodex will arrive prior to Friday, which will be the last day I can go to get that and follow up with my PC for the kidney infection. If it doesn't come, I'm not going for the follow up. None of the kids know about the money I have stashed here at home. I'd almost like to give my kids a BIG chunk, so I can see what they do with it! If the steps showed a bit more gratitude, I would give them more too, but not now. I have also decided not to say anything. My step grand daughter (14) colors her hair constantly. You may remember me talking about that. Her hair was long and like cotton candy. Well she got it cut real short and mom says she will be fixing the color shortly. I said to mom that it concerns me how frequently she colors her hair and those chemicals leach into the body through the scalp and hair follicles. Mom says, she will pass that information on to DD. WTH, aren't you the mother here? For one, I would not allow a 14 yo to color her hair PERIOD. At least only allow her to do it a couple times a year. Times have sure changed!
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Goldie,
The more I read your posts the more I wonder if you've an estate attorney helping you to navigate through this trying time.
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Teka, we are all set with that, we have a revocable trust. So anything left in the bank and what sells after I'm gone is to be distributed between the 4 kids. Cremation/death certificates, etc. all paid for. The kids will just have to send in papers, no probate needed and long waits.
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Goldie- I would think you would have had to transfer a deed for that land to go to the new owners, but better to confirm as usually the assets of any business (which could include real property/land) could have gone with that sale. If you used a business attorney for the sale of your business, they should be able to help or a good one can help to answer any questions about what you would need to do next.
They don't know all the reasons for the fires but one in Ruidoso that burned down 200 plus homes were from downed power lines with the high winds. I think some of those caused more fires on Friday too. Usually when we get into extreme fire weather like we are having now, they close all the national forests to the public as well as to any camping. The only issues where I am is some smoke in the air. I have never seen winds here like we have had this spring. I did see it snowed up north overnight and hoping some of the worst of the areas up there got moisture which will help them to maybe get a handle on the worst of it. It's cool and dry here for the moment.
I bought some plants yesterday, let the gardening begin!
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Goldie,
Pleased ducks in a row!
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Lori, Jazzy--one more reason to keep wearing masks! Bill Maher the other night kept making fun of millennials & Gen-Zers wearing masks outdoors. Well, he lives in L.A.--has he never encountered smog, wildfire smoke, dust (which nearly stopped Coachella this weekend), or pollen? And L.A. has one of the few transit systems that still requires masks. Dunno about you, but it's easier to keep a mask on at the bus stop or the outdoor train platform than to keep putting it on & taking it off. In fact, if I have a few errands to run in a single large strip mall or a very short drive apart, I find it more convenient to keep my mask on in the car. (I still wear a mask when shopping, especially now that iOS 15 recognizes my face with a mask on, so I can use ApplePay without punching in my PIN code). And in almost every restaurant around here, the servers are still masked, despite the state and city mandates having been dropped everywhere except health care facilities.
Yesterday, we went to Fogo de Chao for dinner. Bob ordered the Grey Goose "classic Martini," but left most of it over. (How "classic" is vodka in a martini, anyway? My purist Nova Scotian BFF would be aghast). He didn't mind the blue cheese-stuffed olives, but the "vermouth rinse" turned out to be sweet, not dry, vermouth--and there was probably some olive juice mixed in. He is a "neoclassical Martini" guy: vodka, a little dry vermouth, and lemon twist. He doesn't mind olives on the side as a snack--so long as they don't get into the drink.
I had ordered the usual split of a French brut rose from the by-the-glass list. After half an hour, it still hadn't arrived--the server kept saying cryptically "we're working on it." Finally, he came over with an opened full bottle of an Argentinian sparkling rose for me to taste--and it was horrible: oxidized, too sweet, and with an odd bitter finish (like Andre or Cook's). He apologized and asked what else I wanted. Given that the place specialized in all things red meat, I should have chosen a red, but I pointed at the split of Domaine Chandon brut on the wine list. He brought back a full large glass (not a flute) of it and a second opened split--both on the house. So Bob & I broke all the rules and drank white bubbly with red meat. (No way was I getting behind the wheel with the equivalent of half a bottle of champagne in me).
DOTD: Coffee & water for me today.
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Chi- I watch Bill too and heard that. Prior to the pandemic, I was using dust masks because of the dust and other things one may deal with doing yard work around here. I don't think anyone should be shamed about wearing or not wearing them. I still wear them in the stores a lot, also outside some too.
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I went to the grocery store this afternoon and only a few people were wearing masks. I wore mine.
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Jazzy, we did use an atty for the sale of the business. The screenshot I took was not current. I called the county office, and both properties are listed under the trust. I hope they close the forests up here BEFORE we have another big fire. Happy gardening!
Teka...
Sandy, I plan on being masked. Keeping my mask on is not easy, one of the SE's of my meds is a drippy nose, and wearing a mask makes it worse.
Wren, I don't go out much, but I'd have to say, I think only about 5% are masking. Most Native Americans around here do.
Nothing going on around here. Another thing I was trying to get done is find out if my DD's long lost husband can get to her inheritance. I thought so, but I was wrong. As long as they don't have a joint account, he can't touch it. I'm not telling her that! I want her to proceed with the divorce, they've been separated for well over 5 years, he has a GF and a baby with her. I'm surprised the GF doesn't make him get a divorce.
Well, how about 2 for Twosday?
DOTD: Fluffy Duck
- 30mlTriple Sec
- 30mlOrange Juice
- Top upxSoda Water
- 45mlAdvocaat
- 45mlDry Gin
Add all the ingredients, except the soda water, to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Once frosted, strain into an ice-filled highball glass and top up with soda water. Garnish with an orange slice and serve.#2 Duck Fart- 1/2 oz. Kahlua
- 1/2 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream
- 1/2 oz. Whiskey
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I am torn.
My late father used to drink (alcoholic till he was about 65) and smoked lived to be month shy of 94th Birthday despite two consecutive strokes within 30 day period. And he had full blown Pneumonia at 90th. In the end, it just that his maker simply told him to come and he had to oblige. Yes his last hr came so quick and clean.
And my mother who went thru ovarian given six month to a yr followed by breast cancer still alive and kicking at almost 90. And my medical history is quite similar to mom's.
Just had a simple mastectomy. Surgeon said he did not see anything bad. Waiting for pathology. It has been a week. So I don't think it will be bad.
No need to say or reply anything re my dilemma. I am just torn because I had to cut down to one drink per week from 2.5 drinks. Arrrrrgh🤬 I will wait for the official pathology before I go back to usual wkly quota.
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Goldie,
Cute!
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No alcohol yesterday. At dinner out tonight, Varichon et Clerc brut rose with apps, and a Pinot Noir from the Languedoc region.
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