So...whats for dinner?
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Laurie- I was also going to ask about your son in my last post but forgot. Im so glad he is doing well and had a great appetite what a little trooper he is. Yay!! Hope you get your oven soon, yes they do come in handy i dont think i could of made a good caveman or girl.LOL! Glad your PVC's are getting back to normal. ((((((hugs))))))) on your friend.
Michelle- There ya go again making me hungry and drooling. YUMMM!!! When do you return?
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Laurie: Glad you DS got through his surgery with no mishaps. Kids are troopers!
Michelle: You're killing me...those desserts! I gained two pounds just looking at them! Now those would be worth wasting calories on.
Debbie: Good heavens...what a fall. I guess the good news is your bones must be really good since you didn't break any;) I'm glad you weren't hurt.
We just got back from Lowes and Sam's which always means $$$! Hot water heater, pressure cleaner, little things to kill the wasps, plus a new computer for me...mine died last year before we left...I'm using an old laptop now that just drags along. It is actually chilly here! I love this weather.
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Michelle- I agree yum!! Find me some salty food too
I have to laugh right now. DH is cooking dinner, he is going stir crazy being in the house. He took the last 2 days off because of the tonsils and to help me out where I had to go to the Dr today. He is making a dinner that he wants that he has never made before as it is my family recipe. So instead he asks me every minute...what do I do next? Even when it came to starting white rice, he couldn't read the box, easier to ask me. LOL. I butted in for a minute to get the sauce right and he watched me with disgust, he says "I can cook ya know." I just smiled.
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OMG Michelle!! Those pics are bordering on 'food porn'.....lol!!! Since there are only 3 desserts, I have to ask who had the willpower to resist or did you all share?
I am just so happy that you are having such a wonderful time!
(((((( Debbie ))))))
Had to laugh at Shaken not Stirred but, OUCH!!! That sounds like it hurt alot! I know that feeling of falling and laying there while you try to figure if you're OK enough to move! I slipped on ice a couple years ago going out to get the mail and went down like a ton of bricks flat on my back! I layed there right in the middle of my driveway simultaneuosly hoping no one saw me and praying that someone would find me if I was really hurt! No broken bones but, I was pretty sore for a few days!
Yep, we're getting closer to the big day (Lacey, too).... We may be getting older BUT we are not getting old....lol!!!
Kaara,
Glad you made it to NC safely!!
Laurie,
Glad your son's surgery went well! I know when they took him off to surgery it must have been so scary and nerve-wracking but, I am always amazed at how resilient the little ones are! I bet those pancakes tasted delicious!!! -
Michelle everything looks yummy! I remember going to Paris and trying to be polite and speak French. The kind pharmacist let me try to explain in French for 20 minutes that " my young girl" had a headache. We both knew that it would be easier in English. At the end I blurted out, " is it like Tylenol?" She said '"yes" I am so glad that you are having a good time and that everyone seems to be doing well. My job has taken over my life, so I have given up violin, exercising, and now, checking in. I am hoping that things get better, but hope to be back soon. Hugs and love to all until I can get back.
PS for dinner Kimchi -
oh Michelle..
my goodness.. those look great!
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Michelle, that food looks wonderful. I'm very glad you're having a good time there....
Deb, it sounds like you're getting better....At the risk of sounding like a "dirty old man", your daughter *is* beautiful.
And Debbie. Ouch. Don't do that. But I'm sure you already knew that! :-)
Kara. Look for hornets' nests that have fallen into the tall grass before mowing. I found out they can fly faster than I can run.....
And finally, Laurie. I'm glad your son is doing well. I have asked Sharon a million questions about a recipe I was cooking....often it was just an excuse to get her next to me. Trickery does work!
Our daughter had another softball night and again I didn't get home from work until it was too late to cook, so again it was one of those snack shack nights.....tonight it was Laffy Taffy (banana is the best) and a diet coke.
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Laurie - glad your DS is improving. It's so hard to watch our little ones be sick. I remember when my son was 7 and had to have his appendix removed, I'm not sure who was in more pain...LOL!
Yes, we are sharing desserts - it's a free-for-all, really!!! My DH, the older DD and I are doing so much walking that we're eating whatever we want. My younger DD, the one who is stuck in the wheelchair...well, we're killing her with all this food. She can't walk around and she says she's going to gain 10 pounds on this trip!
I'm actually surprised by portion sizes here. We have all had meals that were very big. I always thought that was an American thing, but maybe it's made its way here. I don't think any of us has cleaned our plate unless it was a salad or we shared a sandwich. Yesterday at a cafe in the Chateau at Versailles, we bought two sandwiches and two desserts, which was plenty of food.
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eric: Thanks for the tip on the hornets...funny you should mention because last year I was wondering where they were all coming from and low and behold, I looked up at my roofline one day and saw the biggest nest ever! I wasn't about to attempt to knock that down and risk being stung, so we called a professional exterminator who also was surprised at how large the nest was. He had to come out twice to get the job done! Believe me, I checked very carefully before I did any outside work yesterday. Today I feel like I was hit by a truck from all the yard work and I still have to bundle up all the trash in bags...not looking forward to that! I complain a lot, but I enjoy the work...if not....I would just hire someone! I'm itching to plant my flowers, but think I'll let things settle for a few days before attempting that task. We still have to pressure wash the decks and siding.
It's going to be sunny out today...I watched it rise over the mountains....a beautiful peaceful sight! A good day for a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway! I bought a book yesterday on backroad drives in the western mountains of NC. Should be fun to explore...thought I'd seen everything, but no...there is always more!
Have a great day everyone!
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Michelle Holy deserts! that could be my meal, just desert. Enjoy every bite and dont worry about the calories till you get home.
Debbie It might be easier next time to just throw an extra blanket over yourself...LOL Hope you heal fast.. that is one of my fears now that I am older, is falling. Our boat platform is soo slippery and I am so afraid of falling on it and breaking something.
Kaara So jealous of you being in NC that is my dream to retire there! Looking at the New Bern area so that we can keep our boat on the river. I also worked like a dog in the backyard yesteday because it has become so cool here this week, but it feels good to get the gardens all in good shape, I cant work in the heat anymore, makes me physically sick. Enjoy your travels.
Laurie glad your son did well. My son had his out when he was four and did amazing...ate chicken noodle soup when he got home.
On the day that I worked all day in the yard I came in the house at 7pm and still had to find something for dinner, so took our leftover grilled chicken with zucchini, onion and red peppers sauteed all and added tortellinis with a garlic white wine sauce and it was superb....my DH couldnt get enough, ate two plates and took the rest to lunch the next day.
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carberry: That dinner dish sounds great! We're in western NC...I've never been to the outer banks but have that on my bucket list to do. The heat makes me sick as well, so I feel so blessed that it was cool when we arrived...gives me energy to do what needs to be done.
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Laurie- Funny story on DH cooking, mine does the same he asks where everything is and how much of this and that it is so much easier to do it yourself. Now i just have him do take out if im not up to cooking.
Seaside- LOL on the food porn! I fell on ice last december and got hurt pretty bad still having pains and stuff from that. Today im pretty sore. everything hurts and have a headache weird how you hurt worse the next day.
Bedo- Sorry you are having to give up some of the things you love for working right now. Take that extra time off you have coming and enjoy!
Eric- Thanks lol!
Kaara- Hope you get rid of the hornet problem they are scarey.
Carrie- I agree on the extra blanket lol. Your dinner sounds really good.
Just made pancakes and fresh strawberries for breakfast, but think im going back to bed although nothing is broken im sure sore i had an instant headache when i fell and now it wont go away unless i take some tylenol and everything hurts on my body, guess im getting old or as seaside say, older hehe! my dh said he will figure out somthing to get those wires out of the way so i wont fall and kill myself lol!
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I just made a cheese cake "pie"....I've done this since college and I have no idea where it originated. So, if the recipe belongs to someone...thank you...
An 8 ounce (by weight) block of cream cheese
A 14 ounce (by weight) can of sweetened condensed milk.
I use the milk can as a measuring cup so I don't have to clean a real measuring cup.
1/3 of a can of sour cream (works out to about 1/2 cup)
1/4 of a can of lemon juice. (works out to about 1/3 cup)
I mix all of this together with an electric mixer...it helps if the cream cheese is at room temperature..and then pour it into a 9 inch pie shell and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours before serving.
*IF* I have time, I'll start with slightly less lemon juice and continue to add it as I'm mixing the filling until the filling looks like it would require some "encouragement" with a scraper to get into the pie shell...otherwise I just use the above amount...
Cherries or a cherry pie filling on top is a nice touch..My daughter prefers it plain.
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Debbie...I didn't see your post before I posted...
Look up
Velcro cable management
and also
3M cable ties
on your favorite search engine. That should give some ideas to get the tanglefoot cables under control.
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Eric- Wow your the best thanks! Maybe i will let hubby thank im smart and it came from me lol! Just kidding of course, I will read this to him so he can understand it better than i could explain it. you are such a renisance guy im impressed. Yumm on the cheese pie sounds something like i had in kentucky before and it was so good.
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Michelle, DH and I are watching the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris. I mean--we're watching it in our living room!
Chicago pizza was featured on an America's Test Kitchen segment. Uno's won't tell the recipe for its crust but there is butter in it. It's more like a pastry dough than the usual pizza dough. The unusual thing about the deep dish pizza is that the sauce does not go directly on the crust. It goes on last over the cheese and any other toppings. Uno's has an interesting history.
Laurie, glad your little guy is doing well.
Dinner tonight will be a meal at a restaurant after a movie. We're going with another couple to see the Exotic Marigold Hotel. DH heard that Judy Dench was one of the stars and he immediately wanted to see it. He's a real fan of As Time Goes By with Judy Dench on PBS.
13 miles isn't a long distance to bicycle. Our favorite way to bicycle is to choose a destination about half way. Park the bikes and have a delcious lunch at a little restaurant. Then bicycle back to where we started. Our longest trip was 25 miles roundtrip. That was in the UP of MI. We biked from the little town of Hancock to another little town, Calumet, on a Rails to Trails bike path. Fortunately for us, the first part of the trip was slightly uphill and the return trip was the same degree of downhill.
Kaara, it's amazing how much more energy I have when the humidity is low.
Hope everyone is enjoying the day.
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so i made some meatballs for dinner tonite..
i forgot i had a party to go to.. so they'll make a delish horsedoover. glad i remembered.
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Carol- your night that you have planned sounds wonderful. I can't remember the last time I did something like that. I think I heard that the movie you have chosen is really good too.
Eric- You are one well rounded guy, love it! Cheesecake and a handyman? Thanks for sharing the recipe.
It is a gloomy day here. It hs been pouring all day, not raining but pouring. I put both boys down for a nap around 1 and they still aren't up at the three hour mark. I should wake them...I know I should.... but...
Anyone have any ideas for what I can make for dinner that doesn't involve the grill or an oven? The only thing I can come up with at the moment is tacos. What I want is a roasted chicken, or meatloaf... but I guess I am going to have to be creative.
I am going to have to write in my kids journal that I keep for them. My son has eaten almost nothing but pancakes for three days. He has had a few popsicles, a couple of bowls of ice cream, frappes smoothies etc. I even got him to eat some clam chowder today. But the one thing he asks for over and over again is pancakes. I have made pancakes 4 times today already. No syrup he just holds them and eats them like a cookie. Kind of funny. I told him today if he didn't try different kinds of food he would turn into a pancake. He wasn't amused :P
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Laurie: I think when they're recovering from something like surgery let them eat whatever they want as long as it isn't going to hurt them. The soft taste of the pancake must be soothing to his throat. I hear you about waking them up from their naps...they must need the sleep is what I think;)
I'm making chicken vegetable soup for dinner. It's chilly here in NC and I feel like some comfort food. I would love some biscuits to go with it, but that's a no-no on our diet...definitely not gluten free. I found a gluten free bakery here in the town where we are..it's run as a program to help young people who are having difficulty and are trying to get back into mainstream society. What a great idea...I am definitely going there to shop for some gluten free bread. There is also a gluten free pizza restaurant. This makes me so happy!
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My fiancee and I learned a lot about cooking...and living. She was 21 when she died. I was 22. Ovarian cancer....it sucks too..."
....you mentioned tacos...how about chicken or fish tacos...
Or cook ground beef with tomato sauce and some taco seasoning or powdered onion soup mix (or?). ...cook macaroni...mix together and before serving keep warm for 20-30 minutes to let the flavors "mingle".
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Thank you Eric, and that recipe looks delish.
Michelle, I am drooling over that food/dessert.
My FSIL loves to cook, he was a sous chef and put himself through college cooking at different place he did all the cooking while we visited them in Bermuda over Christmas.
I have not made homemade meatballs in a long time.
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Eric that is such a sad story 21? really? cancer sucks!! they just had an article in the news about getting our own immune systems to attack the cancer. Doing something to get the outer layer of the cancer cell to let white cells come in and attack. Sorry for the simple explanation. Love the cheesecake recipe.
I planted an eggplant plant in my very simple little garden today.....very simple, tomatos, peppers, basil, and now an eggplant.
Going out tonight to hear an oldtime band from way back...no dinner for us, but tomorrow I am slow cooking a pork roast to make pulled pork sandwhiches and some for a meat sauce for spaghetti.
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Eric- I am so sorry you lost your fiancee. That is such a young age to have to endure what you both went through. Although any age is really too young. But still.... Thanks for the dinner tips tonight
Carrie- Yum on planting eggplant! My Dad does a big garden and plants eggplant for me. He plants white and the Italian purple. Have you ever tried the white eggplant? It's the best!
So....we ate good food that is bad for you for dinner tonight. We decided to have appetizer foods. I made some Swedish meatballs, DH made homemade potato skins which he did half on the stove top and finished on the grill. We also took the kids mozzarella sticks that they peel and eat and made mozzarella sticks. It was good! DH's skins were super yummy. The kids drank fruit smoothies and ate more clam chowder, they wouldn't touch any of the rest of the food which was ok with us. This tonsils thing is really throwing us off our game with balanced meals. I was thinking I would make spaghetti and home made meatballs for dinner tomorrow night, but no oven to bake the meatballs and like an idiot we ate the frozen ones as Swedish style tonight-oops!
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I haven't had potato skins in years. Used to have them occasionally at a restaurant called Friday's. They were decadent.
Eric, ovarian cancer is more evil than bc because it's so rarely detected before it has advanced. DH and I lost a dear friend to the disease and we still miss her. She grew up in the French Quarter and had some funny stories to tell about her background. My paternal grandmother had the disease. Since there is no approved screening, my gyn dr. and I agreed that I should alternate years with an ultrasound and the tumor marker blood test. I report symptoms to her.
The movie was entertaining, especially for an older crowd of viewers. Judy Dench and Maggie Smith were very good in their roles. The men actors were good, too, but I didn't catch their names. DH and I always watch the credits, but our friends hopped up along with much of the audience so we hopped up, too.
We went to a restaurant that had just opened up in a place where another restaurant had closed and the space had been empty for at least a year. The former restaurant was an "Italian Bistro." This new one is an "American Bistro." To our amazement this new restaurant has the SAME business plan as the old failed restaurant! Pricey menu a la carte. Numerous wait staff. Nothing familiar in the preparation of sides. For example, the potato cake that came with my entre was Purple Potato Cake. DH had a Polenta Cake under his barbecued shrimp. Long story short, the food was good, but not outstanding, and the bill was outstanding! We won't be going back there and the restaurant won't stay open any longer than its predecessor.
Laurie, I'll bet you give that new oven a workout when you finally get it!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day.
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eric: Losing a fiancee is very sad, but losing someone that young is doubly sad. I always said that I feel blessed to have lived to be 71 years of age before I had to deal with a disease like bc. It breaks my heart to read the stories of all the young women (men too) fighting this disease at such an early age.
I send you prayers and positive energy!
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I lost a cousin to ovarian cancer, she was 50 yo. When I was dx, I had the usual tests and on the CT scan they found a pancreatic cyst. So I had to have a MRI every 6 months to keep an I on it, thank goodness it was B9. It is gone now, sometimes cyst go away by themselves.
Love Eggplant any color same with Asparagus.
Breaks my heart also when young ones die of cancer or any other type of ailment. Heard on the news last night that a family visiting Florida for a grandsons grad. A 15 yo was driving alone with just a leaners permit hit their car which made it spin into another car and caught on fire. A grandmother from Billerica died in the crash, that is the next town over from me.
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deb: That's so sad. There have been so many incidents with teenagers driving improperly or intoxicated lately. My DGD is 19 and she still doesn't have her license...my DD would not let her get it before, and now that she has turned 18+ she realizes herself that she is not ready for the responsibility of driving. Right now she is in Hawaii surfing and contemplating life. I guess you don't need a car there..lol! She's my flower grandchild!
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Hi everyone! Just checking in - the girls are on a plane back to Boston and I've been on the couch all afternoon with some sort of flu and fever. I'm starting to feel a little better, which is good because we have pre-paid reservations on a dinner cruise down the Seine. Tomorrow we head home, and I am actually quite ready!
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Hope you feel better soon.
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Awe, Michelle sorry you are not feeling well hope you can feel good enough to enjoy your last day alone with dh. Im sure you not stopped for a second and your body is telling you its time to slow down and rest. But im so glad you are having a great time there, im sure there are so many great memories to bring back with you. love and hugs!
Eric- Sorry about your fiance that is so sad.
Yesterday i had a craving for pizza with all the talk here lately, we really havn't liked the ones we have tried here just not any good at all, but there was a little hole in the wall that i had not tried. walked in and it had graffiti all over the walls (on purpose) everyone signs there names and stuff. looked old i was hesitant to order anything but the kitchen looked clean. I ordered a pizza pie came with 8 slices for only 6.00 dollars with just cheese. This was by far the best pizza i have had since i left kentucky where my friends own pizza by the pound in paducah. The crust was excellent too. Sat in the car and ate 3 pieces and then over to the casino while hubby worked. spent 4 hours there on 50.00 walked out with nothing but had a good time. For breakfast today i ate the other couple of pieces. Yummm!
Tonight we are going to friends house for a bq she lives right on the beach so should be a fun day watching all the kites and people play. I see the sun poking through so hope it gets warmer.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
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