So...whats for dinner?

debbie6122

LOL Apple that is too funny and he is such a cutie!! Inspector little apple hehe!

Moonflwr912

Apple, too cute.

bedo

Ha! Apple!  So cute, I would be afraid to lie to him. 

PS, I had nightmares about that Swai fish.  I'm throwing them away.

eric95us

Looks like one tough hombre!

apple

i tell you he is one funny little genius.. he has the energy of a slug..  refuses to study, is quite the genius and works at 'just passing'..   his jokes are hilarious.  that picture is at least 5 years old.  he weighs about 240 now.

When he was five, we had a priest for dinner.  the priest sneezed and Gene (5 or even 4) says "knock knock" 

who's there?

God!

God who?

God bless you..!!

 we all were stunned... it was such a random moment. 

We both can come up with jokes on the fly.. i feel a special affinity for that guy... i guess i am training him.

"i don't want a C mom.. i just need a D."

  You'd think I'd be able to figure out how to motivate him.  His freshman year yielded D's .. next year will be C's by golly, then B's then A's for his senior year.... that's my plan.

he is just so very darn smart and so so sweet.  His teachers are blown away.. they say that he knows more than anyone in the class.. he just won't write it down or turn in his schoolwork.  he like to read prehistoric poetry... i mean he reads original works that i would never consider reading.

Tazzy

Too cute apple.  The boy must be a genius that he doesn't need to write it down.   There have been so many genius's who dropped out of school/college.  Bet his IQ is off the charts

bedo

OK, here is my Lizzy-Belle

bedo

I'll try again, here is my Lizzy

bedo

 Ok, I give up! 

bedo

Rotate Lizzy   My Lizzy Yesterday a year ago I was diagnosed, so thought I would share.  

Tazzy

Hey Bedo... what you trying to tell us...

Tazzy

Bedo we posted at the same time.... Oh Oh... didn't work.  That happens to me sometimes and I just dont know why?

bedo

 Smelly Nellie riding in the basket of my daughter's bike

bedo

Me with my soon to be 3d husband curtesy of Michelle! PS will probably take down soon because I'm a ch-ch-ch- ch- chicken

Tazzy

Oh Bedo... I only see a box with a x in the corner?????

bedo

Does it show now?  I'm a dummy

Tazzy

Erm... nope

I dont think you are dummy at all bedo - think it maight be something to do with what format its in.  Frustrating though eh?

LuvRVing

Bedo - if you email me the pictures, I can try to post them for you.  PM me and I'll send you my address.

Thanks, ladies, for the compliments on my travelblog.  I do write a lot - here, on WebMD, TripAdvisor and a diabetic blog that I joined about five years ago.  And back in the late '70s, I was editor of a small weekly newspaper in upstate NY.  I don't have any formal training but I've always had a flair for the "reporting" style.  I'm not so good at creative writing, it was never my thing.

Apple - your son is adorable, and your love for your children is so obvious.  I hope Halaven, as Debbie says, kicks cancer's arse!  By the way, I have a son who would always try to do just enough to get by.  He was smart and never saw the "point" in homework - he considered it busy work not worthy of his attention.  There was one class, though, where he did all the work and got an A.  It was a Mythology class and a subject that he absolutely loved. 

debbie6122

Apple- I cant wait for someone around me to sneeze so i can use that, it cracked me up. You sound like such a proud mamma. I love my daughter with all my heart but she is kind of a butt head right now, soooo stubborn and she did not get it from me!  I swear!

debbie6122

Michelle- Ahhaa, You were an editor for a newspaper how exciting is that! Im not sure i know what creative writing is exactly but i bet you come pretty darn close. As you can see i did not get A's in school don't even know what creative writing is. Back when i was going to school and i smoked i was always in the bathroom smoking so must of missed that part. LOL!

Bedo- Ohhh, feel so bad about your fish, it probably would of been good.

carberry

Apple  soooo cute...he is the creative type and should probably become an actor or comedian. My son never studied either and was very accepting of a C....he just graduated as an engineer with honors and his girlfriend tells us he never studied in college either....must have gotten that from his father.

Today we are hitting the wineries with my SIL, sister and mom, just us ladies.  My SIL has not lived in the area for many years (since the winery boom) and wants to visit a few while here seeing my parents....I am the tour guide, and I need to stock up my wine fridge.

Debbie  I did not know that your daughter also experienced the big C, glad she is doing well....so scary.  My onc told me that insur would not allow testing on my 25 yo daughter just because of my history.  I think we should try, having conversations with her about this.

LuvRVing

Bedo - when you email me the pictures, be sure to send them as "attachments".  The one picture I got of Smellie Nellie (very cute) is embedded in the email rather than a .jpg attachment.   I tried downloading it and saving it, but that didn't work.  So I tried copying and pasting the picture, which did work but it was ginormous.  So I'll have more control over the size if you send the actual .jpg picture files.

Speaking of pictures, here's a link to the photo album that my daughter put together from the 1000+ pictures that we took:

http://www.flickr.com//photos/russelldad/sets/72157630159516728/show/

Then click on the Show Options tab at the top right of the screen. Her sense of humor comes through in many of her descriptions!

Pour yourself a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, this could take a while 

Carrie - have fun conducting the wine tour!  I hope the weather is perfect for you all!

 Debbie - creative writing is fiction, poetry, which is definitely not my thing. 

Momine

Tazzy, why so long till surgery? I had neo-chemo too, which shrank my tumor a lot. But my surgery was exactly 3 weeks past the last chemo. They had to wait those 3 weeks to let my blood counts recover, but 6-7 weeks seems like a long time. Are they starting you on tamox meanwhile?

eric95us

I'm also an engineer. I studied some. In my case it was enough to get B grades...to get the good student discount of about $300 per year on my auto insurance....



It turned out that it was also good enough to get me into grad school....





Michelle, what town in upstate New York? (For the newspaper)

Eric

Tazzy

carberry - enjoy the wine tour.   When we have visitors here wine tours are always on the agenda - which is fine by me.

Luv - I will enjoy looking at the photos.   I just love looking at vacation pics - dont even have to be mine.

Momine - my last chemo is this Friday June 22 - the BS said he wanted to wait about six weeks to give by body a good chance to recuperate and my blood counts get back to a pretty normal level.  Hmm.... I will ask my MO when I see her this Thursday why the longer wait.   As a TN I'm not going to have any hormone therapy.   He did say that he wants to do another MRI/CT scan before the op.   Still worth asking the question though.  Thanks for bringing to my attn.

To you all if you are in treatment hope today is as SE free as possible.  

Finally we should have a 'dry' day so I am going to try and get in to the garden later on.

peace and hugs xxxxxx

Momine

Tazzy, that makes sense. They do want your blood counts up before surgery, but you could ask anyway. Sorry for missing the TN status, my bad.

I had an MRI before surgery also, of the torso, lungs and liver basically.

Are they going to poison you some more after surgery or how? 

Tazzy

Momine - you not bad   Approx six weeks after surgery I will have 6 weeks worth of rads.    

And I have just realised.... 6 months of chemo, 6 weeks after surgery, 6 weeks of rads..... put them together and you get 666 - how bloody appropriate.

As this is a 'dinner' thread.... last night we had fresh salmon fillets (not farmed), corn on the cob and steamed veggies.

eric95us

666 that's amusing...but I guess cancer is a beast and it does leave a mark.. sigh....



Last night I did a crab stir fry. A quick one with what was in the house....



Fake crab meat and whatever frozen veggies I had cooked in a bit of olive oil, a tsp of powdered ginger and a bit of lemon pepper.. Right before taking it out of the skillet, I splashed some balsomic (spelling) vinegar on it.

gardengumby

Back to dinner???  OK.  Last night we had salmon salad with fresh mangos and raspberries for dessert. 

debbie6122

Carrie- My daughter was dx before me at barely 30 yrs old. When i had the brca1&2 tested it came back as a variant of unknown significance they paid for my DD to have the same testing for free. I believe they said that if at least 3 people in your family including cousins had BC they were tested. Thats strange the ins, wont pay for it. There is a form you can ask about at your surgeons office to fill out and see if the genetic labs will pay for this. Have a great day, sounds like you will be having fun.

Michelle- Thanks for clarifying. Will look at the pics after this.

Last nights dinner was pork loin roast with golden potaotes and carrots i smeared the roast with dijon. s&p garlic powder. garlic salt, paprika and seared it with some evoo till brown on all sides then put in oven at 425 for 2 hrs last hr i put in lots of garlic cloves. I normally after taking out the roast and potatoes deglaze the pan with some white wine and heavy cream but had no cream, but was good on its own. For dessert i made strawberry, raspberry shortcakes with smuckers magic fudge on top so good and yuummo!

Laurie- Havn't seen you in awhile are you ok?

Deb-Still thinking about you and sending gentle(((((((hugs))))))