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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited March 2012

    Deb, wish you could get here too....



    Kaara, sounds like your weekend is going beautifully...what a wonderful dinner.....and your friend sounds amazing....is there no treatment for her condition or is she choosing to decline it?

    Enjoy your visit with DGD!

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    Lacey12:  There is treatment..chemo..but once she starts it, she is stuck with only that treatment, so she is waiting for some of the new treatments to be approved that are currently in trials.  She is holding her own so far.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

    Hey Deb- I thought i had remembered KAY saying she wanted to join you ladies too so i went back and checked and she did, she said to please add her to the list!

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

    Kaara-Sounds like a yummy dinner, who can resist crab cakes mmmm! I hope your friend continues to stay well and there is a better treatment out there for her. Have fun with your GD!

    I think Apple must of started her vacation already havnt heard from her, hope she is having the time of her life!

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited March 2012

    Hi everyone!  Just checking in real quick...we are still having fun in Florida and will head off to Key Largo tomorrow to John Pennecamp State Park.  Hope everyone is doing well!

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited March 2012

    If you wanted to post a pic from the internet, on the google home page click on images and type in the search engine/area like picture of a tiger or what ever you want when you find the picture you want, right click on it and select "copy URL" then come here, select the little tree the says Insert/edit image, a box comes up, click in the image URL which will show a blinking cursor, then right click to paste the URL you copied in the image URL in the blinking cursor box, then click in the first dimension box then click insert. 

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited March 2012
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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

    Michelle- Hope you are having a fabulous time!

    the tree thingy does not work for me i dont know if its b/c i have firefox or not

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited March 2012

    Hi everyone! Hope you're all enjoying Sunday.



    Debbie, thanks for looking out for me, but I'm guessing it would probably be about an eight hour drive for me to get to pickety place. I wish I could join the group. I think Michelle mentioned being in new jersey sometime and I said I'd live to get together if that happened,



    Debbie, very sorry to hear about the insurance ups and downs with your DH's sx. Is everything resolved yet? I am continuing to think of and pray for you both.



    Lacey, I am sorry about the "real" Lacey. I am glad she had a last hurrah with your grandson though.



    Happy birthday Carole! Hope you enjoyed it. Hope you're enjoying your vacation Apple.



    Bedo, sorry work is not going so well for you. Hope things get better. But I agree with the others, you are more important than th job. Don't miss that onc appointment.



    Laurie, summer food sounds good. I was out all day at a mindfulness retreat and roasted some asparagus and had a Mediterranean wrap with it for dinner. It was so light and refreshing! I spread hummus on a wrap, then put on marinated cucumber, grape tomatoes, calmata olives and a little feta cheese. It was Delish! Had some strawberries, grapes, blueberries and kiwi for dessert. There may also be some ice cream in my near future. LOL



    Will check in later. Take care everyone. Hugs to all.

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited March 2012

    I know this is off topic but---

    For some time I've been trying to think of some way to check on cyber sisters who just disappear from these forums.  Sometimes it is just that they have been busy elsewhere, but no one knew how to reach them.  I'm active on over a dozen topics and I've noticed that several of my sisters frequent some of the same topics.  I figure that it would take only 3 or 4 of those women willing to keep my phone number and call to see if I'm OK should I disappear for an extended time and I would be happy to do the same for them.  If we start a movement to do that we would have few if any instances like the current one in The Fuzzy Room, where we are left wondering and worrying about someone we care for with no way of finding out.  This way personal information would not need to be published but someone could always check.

    Just send a private message to someone to talk to frequently, maybe feel a connection with and talk to them about the idea, see if they want to exchange information.   Chabba

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited March 2012

    Kay, so good to have you check in. .....your dinner sounded wonderfully tasty and healthy!


    Joyce, you are too funny with your weather attributions. a good friend of mine just flew from your area to NY for the week. Maybe she took the wind with her and Michelle can be off the hook!



    Have been thinking of your DH and the painful time he is enduring. He'll be so happy to see you on Tuesday....and you'll no doubt be happy to have a good home cooked meal!



    Our house feels really empty today...and it was hard to make our salad tonight with no one to throw the lettuce spines to. It takes Lacey not being here to totally realize how extensively she was woven into our life fabric.

    I started writing an article about her and this experience (because no one has ever written about losing a beloved pet, right?! :) But it is giving me some compulsive pleasure, and a chance to think about my parental losses too. All in all, fairly therapeutic....hope I can actually get it done. Would love to be so self-indulgent as to take a sick day tomorrow just to work on that, but life goes on especially in my heavy caseload. Am writing phrases of images as they come with the hope that they will mean something to me when I have time to organize it into a whole. :)



    Have a good evening, all....not into this early daylight saving time!





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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited March 2012

    I agree, this daylight savings time is for the birds!



    Chabba, that is a great idea.



    Joyce, I'm sorry, I forgot to give my condolences on the loss of your friend. I am sorry you couldn't be with your DH for the services. Hugs to you.



    Have a wonderful week everyone.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

    Joyce- Hugs to you and DH this has to be so hard for you all right now, if you cant sleep and want to talk i will check in and see if you are still awake, im a night owl as you all know.

    Chabba- Sounds like a great idea, i notice some ladies too that i havnt seen for awhile and havnt logged in and worry about them- I do have some of the ladies on here on my FB so know that if something happened they would see it on my fb but think its a good idea to have someone have our numbers, i would give my cell phone to some one just let me know.

    Lacey- Thinking about you today also. I had a dog named bear that i lost about 6 years ago and i still mourn him. All my dogs actually, they are family and with there won personalities just like our kids do too, 

    Kay- I was wondering if you were going to drive that far LOL! Maybe some day we can all meet up in vegas or someplace fun like that!  Hopefully we will find out tomorrow something from the insurance they know he has his appointment set for the 15th and are anxious to get it approved, the insurance guy at the casino that is like the go between guy did a lot of leg work yesterday i was surprised since it was a saturday but he really is trying to help him.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

    Laurie- Hope you are having a good weekend and the weather is holding up for you to enjoy your outdoor grilling!

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

     If your in the mood for a chocotini this is the best chocolate martini ever

    ngredients

    • 1 marshmallow
    • 1 small piece of chocolate from a chocolate bar
    • 1/4 cup crushed graham crackers
    • 1 orange segment
    • 1 teaspoon chocolate sauce
    • 3 ounces chocolate-infused vodka
    • 2 ounces chocolate liqueur
    • Ice

    Directions

    Using a toothpick, skewer the marshmallow and chocolate piece together. Set aside.

    Place the crushed graham crackers onto a saucer or small plate. Rim a martini glass with the orange segment, and then dip the rim of the glass into the graham crackers to coat. Drizzle the chocolate sauce onto the sides of the glass. Set aside.

    Combine the vodka and chocolate liqueur in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake. Light the marshmallow on fire and place into the martini glass. Pour the cocktail over top to extinguish the marshmallow and serve.

    Warning: Use extreme caution when working with alcohol and fire.

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    debbie6122:  I could use one of those chocotinis right now as I prepare for my eye injection this morning:(  Actually, I prayed with DS and family yesterday, and now I have a sense of peace about this and no longer feel nervous.  This too shall pass.  I will check in later and tell you all how it goes.  

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited March 2012

    Best of luck with that procedure, Kaara. Am sending positive energy your way....

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

    (((((((hugs)))))))) Kaara- Hope everything went well and had no pain please let us know how today went.

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    debbie6122:  Thanks for asking...it was uncomfortable but certainly not that painful.  The betadine they put in the eye to sterilize it prior to the injection burned for about two hours after, but that is now getting better.  It just feels like I have something in my eye like a grain of sand.  Will probably have to have about 7 of these a month apart.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012
    Kaara- Oh my gosh, what a trying day you had, im sorry there was any pain at all or burning. At least you know what to expect each time and know that its not as bad as expected i really feel for you Embarassed
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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited March 2012

    Kaara- Glad it went ok today though it doedn't sound pleasant, let alone 7 more!!  I hope you get some rest and treat yourself a bit.

    Debbie- How is Chuck doing?

    I have to just pop in quickly, with all the warm weather we have been having we have been outside so much I don't get on as often.  But I'll take it!  Saturday we spent too long outside and had makeshift dinner, grilled cheese and soup.  Yesterday we had a steak  on the grill, red potatoes and salad.  Tonight is grilled chicken seasoned with chili powder and topped with cucumber, avocado salsa with rice and asparagus.  I haven't had it in so long!  It's just wrong that I am already wishing for garden tomatoes.  In NH we won't get them till August:(

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  • bedo
    bedo Member Posts: 1,866
    edited March 2012

    Deb, I'm a big weirdo and never had facebook!  I will pm you so we can all get together in NH at pickity place and I can go with you.

    Computer not doing it's thing again all day.  Enough said.  Somehow I manage to make my clients happy.  Although the paperwork is rough without functioning equipment and I am always days behind in documentation.  It's ridiculous.  I do paper notes and then have to drive back to the office, sometimes an hour to put them in the computer and sometimes it doesn't even work in the office.  Still functioning on and off RI to MA.

    For dinner?  Oranges, Cottage cheese, carrots, grapes ,maybe a peanut butter sandwhich.  Slim pickings, Just tired.

    Night ladies.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited March 2012

    It was 80 degrees in Houston today.  Hated to turn on the oven, but had a pork roast waiting.  Marinated it in Bronco Bob's Apricot Chipotle Sauce - YUM.  I have leftever roasted brocoli & cauliflower.  Also left over Canatonese Style Rice from Italy w/no MSG that I found at Big Lots.  Dessert is Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Brownies - chocolate chips in the mix.  Not sure if I'm celebrating daylight savings or what.  Working tomorrow for the first time in a month so maybe I'm just fueling up.

    Kaara - glad to hear all went well.  Debbie - Maybe I can wait & maybe have the chocolate martini together.  I'm up for Las Vegas. But Oregon is on my bucket list for 2013.

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited March 2012
    Irish Guinness Stew serves 6 

    2 tbsp. corn oil

    2 large onions, thinly sliced

    8 carrots, sliced

    3 potatoes, cubed

    4 tbsp. flour

    2 lb. braising beef, cut into cubes

    generous 1 3/4 cups Guinness

    2 tsp. brown sugar

    2 bay leaves

    1 tbsp. chopped fresh thyme

    salt and pepper

    Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

    Heat oil in flameproof casserole (or pot). Add onions, potatoes and carrots and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, or until onions are softened.

    Meanwhile, place flour in plastic bag and season well with salt and pepper. Add beef to the bag (in batches, if necessary), seal the top and shake well to coat.

    Remove vegetables from casserole with slotted spoon and set aside. Add beef to casserole, in batches, and brown, stirring frequently. Return vegetables to casserole and sprinkle in any remaining seasoned flour. Pour in Guinness and add sugar, bay leaves, and thyme. Bring to a boil, cover, and cook in preheated oven for 1 3/4 hours. Adjust seasoning to taste.

    Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    deborye:  That recipe sounds good...I make beef stew but never thought of adding beer to it.  Can't wait to give it a try.

    After sleeping all day from my 1/2 anxiety pill that I took before going to the eye doctor, I'm sure I will be up all night.  I feel much better though and the eye is no longer burning.  Hope I'll be back to normal by tomorrow.

    Thanks for all the well wishes...they are much appreciated! 

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

    Laurie- Lucky you being able to be outside this time of year and grill, i would love some fresh tomatoes right now too the ones in the store look kind of yuckky and fake to me. Chuck is doing ok still fighting the ins today the insurance and Dr. office were playing phone tag they better get on the ball by tomorrow because we are suppose to leave here wednesday so he can have the gamma knife on thursday, chuck said he may just go anyway even if its not all strightened out, hes tired of waiting and wants to get it over with.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited March 2012

    Been having a crazy weather day so im trying to type fast before the electricity goes out again, heavy winds and rain today about 75-80mph winds the waves are about 30 ft high, chuck and i went to safeway to go shopping when we came out it was snowing like crazy still snowing 4 hrs later, weird weather!

    Minustwo- Wow 80 degrees right now, sounds so great to me right about now lol! When you make it this way i would love to getogether with you and yes def a martini or tow LOL!

    Kaara- Glad the burning is gone finally. Hope you are able to sleep!

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited March 2012

    Kaara -glad you are feeling better!

    Debbie- sounds scary out there, stay safe!

    Bedo- I hope your computer worked for you today and it was a better day.

    It's another decent weather day here today, we are on a roll!  The sun has come out as of lunchtime and it's in the high 50's low 60's.  So we will spend the afternoon outside again.  I made the crock pot raviolis so tonight all I will have to do is make a quick salad to go with it.  I am getting my "chores" done while my youngest naps and the four year old is in his sandbox playing happily.   

    Hope everyone had a great day.  Michelle, I hope you had safe travels back to NH.

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  • carberry
    carberry Member Posts: 1,153
    edited March 2012

    Bedo  I feel your pain...could not get on the net today, called verizon and they said their 4G was down.  How can that be?  Waited till just an hour ago and my DS finally got us connected, all my schooling is online and I dread to think what would happen if I lost it completely.

    Kaara  Betadine in the eye?  i dont think betadine is made for that...gotta burn like crazy! Sorry you have to go through that.

    Sun is out here also, 65 deg today. Walked the dog the other day and actually was sweating profusely from heat....ha ha wore way too many clothes.  I just noticed that my tulips are up!

    Doing something on the grill tonight....trying to feed my son well while he is home.

    Debbie  thinking of you and your husband and hope his procedure is a success.

    Laurie   Dont ou just love the smell of your children after they have been outside in the fresh air? mmmmm those sweet kissable cheeks!

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited March 2012

    Carrie- During mud season they are put straight in the tub!  Lol, no sniffing for me:)  But in the summer YES!  But my favorite is still right after their bath.  After dinner we give them their bath, except during muddy days, then it comes first.  But we give them their bath and then we pile into our bed and let them have one cartoon while the four of us snuggle.  With their damp hair and soft jammies and snuggles I melt every night, can't get enough of them.  Enjoy your big boy while he is home!

    DS #2 is still sleeping!  We are at 2 hours 45 minutes....time to start being loud and put dishes away or something!

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