So...whats for dinner?

SpecialK

Just took a tour of the neighborhood!  OMG - less than 1/8 mi. up the street there are big trees down, entire pool cages ripped off, fences down, etc.  Fortunately no serious damage to the actual houses, and nobody hurt that I know of.  You can see the path, we live on the edge of the preserve and you can see the flattened trees  - we were lucky it stopped just short of our house. We had limbs down and roof shingles off, but that was it.  It is amazing where the decorative bark in the landscaped beds ends up!  A bunch plastered to the side of the house!  My DD took pics and is sending them to the news stations.  If they use them I will post the links. It is continuing to rain!

LuvRVing

Laurie - we have had some thunderstorms and it's still raining lightly.  But they were not that bad - I don't think they were right over us.  And I am being a lazy slug...lol.  I did toss the sheets in the washer and sometime after lunch I'll empty the dishwasher and fill it with the leftovers from last night's dinner.  I thought about pulling out the vacuum hose (we have central vac) but I'm not so sure that will happen. 

 As for the topless thing, there was a thread here on BCO last summer, I think.  In this specific case, the woman said that wearing a regular bathing suit caused her chest pain. 

http://www.wtvy.com/news/headlines/160183265.html

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/82/topic/789478?page=2#post_3082345

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/82/topic/771752?page=2#post_2616866

I'm not about to start explaining to my grandchildren and the neighbor kids why I have no breasts, but to each his own, I guess.

Kaara

At my age there's a limit to what I want to expose to the world...lol!  Years ago when I took a trip to Spain with some friends, we went to the nude beach at Costa Del Sol and I was willing to take off my top, but my friend said if I did, she would never speak to me again, so friendship won out.  Ah well...no opportunities presented themselves after that moment in time.

Lacey12

We're about to head home...hoping to avoid any major downpours on the highway....so much severe weather in so many places!
I just heard on the news that the black bear that has been traveling around the Boston suburbs is now in my town. After hearing that and seeing a rather large fox parading around our property (with a small critter in its mouth) up here, I am relieved that Lacey is safely in pup heaven. I would be a wreck worrying about her safety since she would probably try to assert her small self with any wildlife, with unfortunate consequences!



Thanks for the referral to the swim puffy info, Michelle. I may well try to make one...now that I will have time to get crafty.
SpecialK, hope,you are able to get to your appt. today.

Hope you are all having a relaxing Monday. If I didn't have a dentist appt later today, I'd stay here and watch a movie...or finish my book.
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carolehalston

After 3 days on the road, we've stopped for a couple of days in Clinton, Iowa, on the mighty Mississippi River.  We're set up in the town rv park, which is very nice, within easy walking distance of the levee, which has a walking/biking path.  This morning we went for a long walk and stopped along the way for breakfast at a cafe.  We also stopped at the historic courthouse and went inside to check it out. 

Best of all, it was so cool this morning that we SAT IN THE SUNSHINE!!!  The A/C is off in the rv and we have doors and windows open.  Tonight we plan to walk to the nearby ballpark for a minor league baseball game. 

On the food front, there isn't much of interest to share.  Apple, we had Hebrew National hot dogs on Saturday night.  DH loves that brand and they are really good. 

We bought some delicious IL peaches at a vegetable stand in Grafton, Il, which is another interesting river town. 

Speaking of natural disasters, a tree fell on my car, which I'd left parked at my mother's house in an old garage.  I left it there to be used to take her places. The tree broke off about 5 ft. from the ground.  No rain.  No wind.  No bad weather at all.  I guess it was just the tree's moment to fall!

Deb, I'm glad the shower was such a happy event.

SpecialK, glad the tornado steered clear of your house!  Sounds scary. 

Tazzy

My chemo brain is never going to allow me to catch up now

Happy to hear that all those near very adverse weather are safe and sound and back from camping trips.

Yikes.. topless and I havent even had my mx yet.  I agree Kaara... you get to an age where really less exposure is definitely best.

No idea about dinner tonight... whatever DH wishes to pull out the freezer and cook.

debbie6122

Michelle-  I agree, i could never go topless, im pretty modest always have been although i did have my younger days of skinny dipping but not where anywhere saw me. Just not me either, a womens body is beautiful with or without breast but i dont really wanna see them parade around. It seems like you have not slowed down much even after you got back from Paris, don't know how you do it, but now maybe your body is saying, time to slow down and rest a bit, hope you have a nice relaxing day. thanks for the links.

Specialk- Thats cutting it a bit close, wow glad you didnt get too much damage especially how close it was to your home. Hope you are able to keep your appointment today.

Carol-What a great trip you are having, I miss being able to travel either by rv or with a camper trailer my dh prefers a car and hotel type traveling. 

Lacey- Be safe driving home. Pretty scarey having a bear walk around your neighborhood. we had one a (beer) walking around ours a few months ago never saw it though. (beer) was for you Laurie lol!

Got up early today and cooked dh a big breakfast before he headed out to play golf on his day off, even though its pouring out. Made oj from some fresh squeezed oranges. french toast, sausages and scrambled eggs with onions and cheese topped with salsa and avacado slices. pretty yummy.

Lacey12

Lucky me....only a few spots of driving rain during our trip home, so it was fine.



Debbie, I clearly recall that "beer" in your neighborhood some months ago.

I think he was the one looking for Laurie's hiney mustard !

gardengumby

We've gone to nude beaches in the Caribbean, but both DH and I have been too chicken to join in - even when we were younger and undoubtedly better looking than now....  old age sucks....  mastectomy sucks....  cancer sucks.... 

Back to the dinner shelf - we're having salmon again, except tonight it will be weber'd with a little smoke added.  Spinach and rice for side dishes. 

SpecialK

Here is the link to the storm damage in our neighborhood.  The first picture is #19 - all the way through the end of the slideshow is our neighborhood - these are DD's pics, that is an iron fence that was bent!

http://www.wtsp.com/news/photo-gallery.aspx?storyid=260863

carolehalston

Debbie, that breakfast you cooked your dh sounds like a feast!  He went to play golf and it was raining???

debbie6122

Lacey-LOL!

SpecialK- Oh my, that thing was scary looking and big too.!

Gardengumby- Your dinner sounds good, nothing better than fresh caught salmon yumm! 

debbie6122

Carole- He has golfed in high winds, and hail too lol! Nothing stops these guys from golfing, he told me they told him they have only canceled there golf twice in all the years they have been playing so the weather had to of been really really bad for them to not play. The sun is peeking out now though.

deborye

I hope this weather doesn't ruin Rebekah's plans for us all to meet up with her FIL's.  They are in Portsmouth NH right now,  Tomorrow we were going on the MS Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee but that may change until Wednesday.  Tomorrow might be Kittery or something like that, I do need shoes and a pocket book for he wedding, maybe I will find something tomorrow.

Kaara

I just got chewed up by mosquitoes while trying to water the plants....it hasn't even rained here so don't know where they came from.  I should have put on my long pants and jacket but thought I would just run out quickly..now I'll be nursing bites all evening..ugh!

Tonight I made a quonia pasta with artichokes, mushrooms, red pepper, carrots, garlic, lemon and capers in a artichoke pesto sauce that I bought at the organic grocery.  It was great...nice to have pasta for a change.  I just realized that this was a completely meatless day for us and I'm not bothered by it at all.  We had a huge salad at lunch from the salad bar at our grocery store.  It was so fresh...I couldn't do better at home.

Off to do the dishes and then see what Emily on The Bachelorette is up to this evening.  She's very pretty, but has a good head on her shoulders.  I expect she is going to make a good choice, unlike some of the others who always pick the bad boys. 

Laurie08

Special K- Those pictures were scary!  I am glad you are ok!

Debbie- I love how often you eat avocado, I love it and don't eat it often enough.

Deb- I think the weather turned in time for the evening to go well?  The sun poked out here at the end of the day.  Hope everyone had a great time.

Carol- Glad your trip is off to a good start!  It sounds relaxing with the walks and the cafe.  Have fun!

Michelle-Glad you didn't get hit hard, on the radar it looked like some of them were pretty strong and near you.  I hope you never dragged that hose out to vacuum and just relaxed.

Dinner was good tonight.  The boys were happy to have spaghetti and chose banana bread as their dessert for eating their meal,kind of funny.  I fell asleep for a half hour while getting DS#2 down for the night....now I am wide awake.  Going to try to read and see if that helps.

Tazzy

SpecialK... those pics were really scary - the force of mother nature eh?   Happy you are safe. 

debbie6122....my DH is the same where golf is concerned - would need the kind of weather that specialk is experiencing before even contemplating not playing.

Mmm. avocado - Laurie I dont eat enough of it either.

Tonight DH cooked salmon fillets and steamed some veggies - it was really flavourful and to be honest 3 days PFC he could've done whatever he wanted.

SpecialK

Had the one skin cancer taken off this afternoon, and another location biopsied.  Still windy and rainy, but seems to be settling down.  DH works at MacDill AFB, they had a delayed start this morning as they had flooding at the entrances to the base!  Didn't eat dinner tonight - feeling kind of bleh, I think it is because my chest hurts from the procedure this afternoon - this spot was right near my port.  My threshold of pain is high but I am kind of nauseous tonight.

tazzy - made me laugh to think of golfing with the trees blowing sideways, lol!  In all seriousness, we were all lucky in the neighborhood not to have any injuries, just property damage.

kaara - I am rooting for Emily and Sean!

Tazzy

Really hope you are feeling better tomorrow or later on SpecialK.  

Take care all you wonderful ladies.

Moonflwr912

Specialk, glad you are done, hope you feel better soon.

SpecialK

Thanks guys!  I am sure tomorrow will be a better day!  If not, I'll fake it 'til I make it!

debbie6122

Deb- Saw your beautiful dress on FB is that the one you are wearing to the wedding? Just gorgous! And my favorite color too! Hope the weather stays nice for your plans tomorrow.

Laurie- I could eat a avacado everyday. They cant be mushy though, have to be very firm once they get to the too soft stage i toss them where other people might eat them. I eat them with everything, lately my new favorite is some cottage cheese with some avacados with some balsamic dressing. Hope your having a nice glass of wine with your book and relaxing.

Michelle- Hope you relaxed all day and got some rest.

Specialk-Hope the results come back ok on the biopsys. glad you were able to get it done today.

Tazzy- Your salmon dinner sounds good.

Oh and Eric i forgot to say glad your Sharon was feeling better.

Had sloppy Joes for dinner ( i really wanted to say sloppy hoes but didnt) lol! Story behind that rather than the typo errors. haha! macaroni salad and sweet potatoe frys, good and easy. will tell you the story behind sloppy joes tomorrow.

I agree Emily is beautiful, just hope she sends chris home dont trust that guy seems like a maniac to me.

apple

speaking of topless.. i remember streaking in college, with 3 other girls across the football field.  a couple of officers awaited us.  We noted that they weren't real police officers, just campus security.  We ignored them (ran away)  and went on our way to meet our clothes.

kind of embarrassing.

LuvRVing

Apple - lol...what crazy thing have you NOT done?  You are amazing!

SpecialK - I am impressed you were able to get out yesterday.  Tropical Storm Debbie has made national news and the scenes are horrific.  I like your saying "fake it 'til you make it" - I may have to borrow that one.

Ah, avocadoes - love them.  The best ones I ever had were hand picked from a tree in the back yard of one of my co-worker's inlaws in Florida.  He brought a couple back for me.  If you've never seen a Florida avocado, it's a behemoth in comparison to the usual Mexican Haas variety that you usually find in the grocery store.  In this picture, the middle one is a Haas and the one on the right is what I'm talking about!  Now that's an avocado!

I talked to JoyceK last night and she was prepping for a colonoscopy and endoscopy.  She's been having some bleeding problems of unknown origin, and had to be transfused last week.  She felt a lot better after the transfusion but now her docs are on the hunt for a cause.  Her dad (who is 91  1/2) has had a type of anemia and she may have inherited the same issue.  But they want to rule out the "big gun" reasons to be sure.  She promised to call me this evening to let me know she's ok.

I had my last Xeloda treatment of this first cycle, so now I'm off for the next seven days.  So far, so good except I think I'll be passing on any spicy food or overly carbonated beverages.  I had this same issue during chemo last year.  My soft tissue in my mouth and upper esophagus are a little inflamed so I need to avoid foods that cause irritation.  More watermelon and iced tea, less diet coke and tacos!  If this is the worst of it, it's not a big deal.

And Laurie - that vacuum hose never made it out of the closet yesterday.  It will happen today, for sure.  And I need to get something for supper tonight so a visit to the grocery store is in order.  I could make spaghetti...it's cool enough today.  DH would be happy with that and I'd drive him crazy this afternoon with the smell wafting up to his office.  Hmmm...torture...I think I like it

carberry

Debbie  You sure are wreaking havoc in the south!

SpecialK  Very scary  glad your damage was minimal.  I have a brother in Florida, but they were up here in NY for all of the worst of it it.  Have not heard how their home fared through all of this. Hope you get back to feeling better.

Tazzy  Hope those SE's fade fast and you are on the road to feeling like eating again, now you can start counting the days PF*%* Chemo

Michelle  I love the pic of you in the pool on the hair thread, with your darling grandaughter.  Your new chemo wont make you lose your hair again will it? Your just so damn cute!!

Not much to report meal wise, I think we just picked our way through the weekend, being out and about. Snacks on the boat, although I did make a sausage spinach quiche and cut into squares as an appetizer on the boat.

Tomorrow we are going to the casino to se Eddie Money  will do the buffet there prior to concert.

Funny thing is...we have a sign at the end of our dock at the marina that says "dock one, party naked" It is not unusual for some of the boaters to go out at night and skinny dip....I have never joined in, even before the big C.

carberry

Big {{{{hugs}}}} to JoyceK

LuvRVing

Carrie - no hair loss on Xeloda...woohoo!  And have fun at the casino and seeing Eddie Money.  My son bought us tickets to see the Charlie Daniels Band in mid-September, that should be a great show!

apple

I have an embarrassing moment, speaking of embarrassing....  - i might have mentioned it earlier.  I was driving along, and there is this darling farm right around the corner from us that raises unusual animals..... miniature horses, goats, llamas. 

http://www.minibreeders.com/bearfarms/

anyway i thought i saw a dead baby donkey with it's mother standing over it.  So i went up to the front door and told mr. farmer.. "I think you have a dead baby donkey in the front over yonder (over yonder- where did that come from?)

he said DONKEY!  that's not a donkey - it's a horse and it's taking a nap.  So then I said - 'Do you have any llama hair for sale? (cause my friend wants to buy some) and he said with great irritation - "didn't you read the sign?" 

i never saw no sign.

so i apologized and left. 

Anyway i saw him the other day mowing at the top of his property and I waved to him.. he gave me the biggest happiest wave.  I felt so much better.  He is really handsome and i think now we are friends.  I'd really like to visit and take some pictures.

glad you are oK SpecialK

SpecialK

Thanks all you lovely ladies - feeling better this morning!  Things seem to be calming down around the Tampa area.  DD volunteers at the Clearwater Aquarium, where Winter the little dolphin with no tail is from the movie - she had to check to see if the bridges were open so she could get over there this morning!  Roads are re-opening but sadly they found a mother manatee and her two calves on Bayshore Blvd, picture below - the mother was dead but they rescued the babies.  They have a manatee hospital at the zoo here so hopefully they will be OK.  Bayshore has some of the most exclusive homes in Tampa, but it is right on the water, so this happens from time to time.  DH usually drives down that road to get to work in the morning!

Love avocados - I am a California girl where many of them are grown, but they are the smaller ones from Michelle's pic above.  I put them in salads all the time, but also love them on a piece of toast with a little cream cheese - ate that a lot during chemo!

Sorry to hear about JoyceK - I hope she is doing better very soon - I have had many an endoscopy, they are not fun.  Hopefully she will be asleep and none the wiser.  One of mine was with "conscious sedation" because I needed to cooperatively swallow at certain points, not doing that again!  I am glad she feels better after a transfusion, most people do.

apple - your streaking story made me laugh!  We had streakers at my HS graduation ('74) and my son's friend did it at a HS football game ('06) - the next generation of streakers!

michelle - so glad to hear you are handling the Xeloda, and glad you get a break coming up.

Momine

People! please stop with the avocados I LOVE them in any and all forms, and having had to mostly give them up because of stupid breast cancer is a serious bummer.



In fact, speaking of dinner, I am having a hard time lately getting enough calories. I have either cut back on or cut completely: cheese, red meat, butter, cream, sweets, eggs, avocados, wine and most carbs. I live on veggies, olive oil, sardines and a bit of chicken and I amgetting HUNGRY!



OK, vent over