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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited October 2012

    Deb, Nice that you had your 'group' together for this evening. I have made it very clear that there will not be a viewing for me. I am not all attractive while breathing. Dead isn't going to be any better. My family has never done viewing, ever, so this won't be a hard directive for my family to follow.

    Michelle, what you are doing right now is hard. I can't imagine you are anything less than exhausted. Jet lag, plus an ill mother... the football afternoon sounds like a good way to enjoy your time together.

    deb, lamb is a real New England thing. Each generation is eating less of it, but before modern fabrics, New England was the land of wool and textiles. Sheep do really well in our rolling hills. Eating the animals just made sense.

    *susan*

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited October 2012

    Susan, your lamb curry sounds delicious.  My dh loves curry but we seldom have it.  As far as I know there's no Indian restaurant in our area.  We've tried a few curry dishes but none has ever been good enough to try again. 

    It's the custom in the south to have a "wake" the night before a funeral with the open casket.  I've always hated the idea and find it really ghoulish for people to look at a dead person.  The next day, there's another briefer period of viewing and then the casket is closed and transported to the cemetery for the funeral.  After the funeral, everyone is usually invited somewhere, maybe the home of the bereaved family, for food.  Meanwhile all the neighbors and friends have delivered food.  Hams, casseroles, cakes.  Tons of food.  The visiting is very good for the family.  There are many memories revisited and funny stories.  I'm dreading my mother's passing when the time comes.  I've been a caregiver so long that there will be a giant gap in responsibility.  She's still well enough that I can enjoy being with her.  She has two dr.'s apptments this week and I will be driving her, loading up the wheelchair, etc.  My heart goes out to you, Michelle.  It's wonderful that your mom has no pain.

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

    My best GF tomatos are not giving up, so yesterday we canned another 12 jars of salsa, also did some brushetta.  We had to do some quality control testing so we put the brushetta on some baquettes with some parmesan cheese and baked  I must say...we did a good job.  May have a new retirement occupation. LOL

    Susan  I am with you.  I have told my family that I do not want them sitting around staring at me while I die.  I hoppe that they will be together at home having a nice meal with some wine, telling nice stories about me. (At least I hope they are nice stories) ha ha

    Michelle  It is so hard to see our parents go.  I think it is especially hard to think of losing our moms, when you think of everything our moms have done for us over the years and how much we relied on them for their strength and wisdom.  I still call my mom to this day if i need some advice or just want to vent, I am also very thankful for my sister that I am very close to. Get out the photo album and let all the good memories and stories roll!  

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  • gardengumby
    gardengumby Member Posts: 7,305
    edited October 2012

    Sunday is cooking day.  I try to make enough main dishes to last through the week, so all I have to do each evening is cook a vegie or make a salad (or both).  Things stay cleaner that way, and since the house is now on the market this will be the "new" me.  (Hubby always says I'm a great, but messy, cook....Laughing Anyway, hubby barbecued a salmon filet, sausages and a leg of lamb.  I made a salmon quiche (with part of the salmon he barbecued), a chicken, spinach and cheese pie, and a pot roast with LOTS of vegetables.  When the lamb is about 1/2 gone, I usually make curry out of the last portion, so we're pretty well set for the week.

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

    Joyce- I am so sorry about your friend.  Did you turn around and come back? When my parents first bought a place in South Carolina it seemed every time they headed to go there someone would either die or there would be a major medical issue for someone here in NH.  Once she had called me and said " we leave Tuesday for S.C.....I almost feel bad going.  You know it means someone is going to die : /" 

    Michelle- More hugs coming your way.  I know how rough this is for you.  I am glad you could laugh at your DH and mom having a snoring competition.  And you can tell that elephant to f*ck himself.  It is hard not to worry about those things, I worry about those things!  I am glad your mom is comfortable and has all of you with her.  Remember to take care of yourself too.  YOU are very important.

    Kay- I think it was you that was talking about how things have changed simce we were kids?  Crazy!!  Breathalyzers when you went to a high school dance?  I saw a car just like my first car the other day and the damn thing had antique plates?  WTF?  Lol!  I often wonder how much more is going to change before my boys hit their teen years.  It scares me to think about it!

    Debbie- How is your dad you and Chuck?

    Deb- I am so sorry about your friend and that on top of that she was not presented well.  It just makes it worse.  We had no wake or calling hours for my mom for that reason and just for privacy I guess. 

    Here is a kind of funny story about wakes, death etc.  So way before my mom was diagnosed my grandmother passed away, my dads mom.  I was very close to her and we were all at the funeral home for the final viewing of the body before she was buried.  My dad started sobbing and actually went over and picked my grandmother up and hugged her in the coffin.  I was 22 and I about shit my pants.  I grabbed my moms hand and actually said "holy shit!"  She laughed and we kind of walked out of the room.  I told her " I don't care how much you love someone that was messed up."  She said "everyone has their own way....."  I said "when you die I am not touching you!!"  She said " Who the hell told you I would want to be touched?"  We both laughed so hard we had to go outside.  So fast forward to the night she died.  We were all sleeping in the living room where her room had been done up while she was in hospice in home care.  We knew she would pass that night and had fallen asleep very briefly around 2am.  My dad and I awoke at the same moment- weird- and he said I think she died?  I don't feel her pulse- here, touch her.  I wouldn't.  He really wanted me to confirm before I called hospice...I told him I confirmed with my EYES.  Somehow it had become a pact and that thought somehow brought be comfort.  I felt we were still in cahoots with each other ;)

    Ok----anywho.  Dh made an awesome chili yesterday and we ate off that all day, it was awesome.  Saturday night we had no kids and went out for sinner and drinks, too many drinks!  We met some friends and danced to a great band who had an amazing fiddle player in it.  We had a blast!  Tonight I think I am going to make Debbie's Belgian chicken.

    A big hi to those of you I missed!!

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

    Sinner and drinks, eh, Laurie! Wink LOL!  Glad you had a great night!  And a cute story about being in cahoots with your dad Smile

    Mom is still with us, although she is no longer  producing urine so I suspect it won't be much longer.  She looks peaceful, still, but I think it won't be much longer. 

    Someone makes really good chocolate chip cookies here at the hospice.

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited October 2012

    Michelle, so glad your mom is resting peacefully. It makes such a stressful time a little easier anyway.



    Tonight's dinner is tortilla crusted tilapia and creamy orzo with asparagus and parmesan. I know those two don't sound like they go together very well, but I have all the ingredients for the orzo and a new recipe, so that's what it is.

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited October 2012

    Michelle, good that your mother is not in pain, and sleeping. Hard stuff.

    I had my second hand shot with the cordisone today, and I am in terrific pain. So, I will be directing my husband as he does dinner. Tonight we are having a salad with a dill dressing, with tomatoes, carrots, and whatever I find in the produce drawer, with some smoked salmon, and perhaps a roll. Simple is good tonight.

    *susan*

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

    Dolan Funeral home made my father look 20years younger.

    Michelle, as long as she is not in any pain, that is what bothered me about my mom.

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

    She is the gal next to me.

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

    Hang in there Michelle. i know how tough it is. and do take care of yourself.



    What a great picture Deborey! I am very sorry about your friend. You all look like a great bunch, having a wonderful time together.



    Carole, I am Irish, and our wakes and funerals sound very similar to the ones you describe in the south. I have always been uneasy going to them and seeing the body, especially when I am going for one of those left behind, and don't really know the decedent. I don't know where or how this tradition started, but I think it is time to stop.



    The mahi mahi turned out good last night, but it was sweet. Next time I cook it,I want to make it spicy instead. Today we had chicken tortilla soup (not homemade) and some roasted veggies. It was good, but I am looking for some dessert now. Time torpid the Halloween candy. LOL

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited October 2012

    Michelle - thoughts with you and your family.

    Dinner was going to be roast chicken legs, brussels and roasted potatoes - but I have no potatoes... back to the drawing board.

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited October 2012

    Dinner was red beans (kidney) and brown rice and tossed salad.  DH cooked the beans with andouille sausage.  Haven't had beans and rice in a long time and it tasted really good.

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

    Laurie  Sinner? and drinks   fruedian slip? ha ha

    Deb  Love the pic.

    Susan sorry you are in so much pain. but it does mean your husband has to do the cooking..and the dishes?

    We too had salad for dinner...not real hungry tonight.  Tomorrow though I may do chicken cordon blue, not sure what made me think of it, but have not made it in a long time.

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

    (((EVERYONE)))

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited October 2012

    carberry, My husband does all the dishes, all the time. Well, lately, I have been helping more on that front, but it turns out he thinks he should do them all. Marriage is a moving target!

    My husband is actually a very good cook, but he cooks simple items. He is a meat-whisperer on the grill. Oh his smoked ribs are to die for. When I ran a large non-profit, he made dinner for the whole family night after night. I admit, after 6 years, I was very tired of sauteed chicken. He is one of the good guys.

    But tonight, I gave instructions and he followed. He had to unzip my pants zipper because my hand couldn't do it. I fear he will need to brush my hair tomorrow. This is the price for seven years of aromasin. My new motto is, no drug is free.

    *susan*

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

    Michelle- I too am thinking about you! I have been gone all day but the first thing I wanted to do is check on any news about your mom!

    Deb- Aww, she is beautiful and way to young! So very sorry!

    Susan- Sorry your SE are so bad. Sounds like your DH is a keeper. Can you share his rib recipe please?

    Laurie- LOL! At your sinner and drinks must of been quite a night!

    Tazzy- Noodles or rice? or if you have cauliflower you could cook and prepare them just like mashed potaoes I like to add parmesan cheese to mine. yummm!

    Made blackened AHi tuna with a sauce I love just love. Its called hot mustard sauce- 1/4 cup of room temp beer (I use coors light)-1/4 cup of dry mustard (colemans)- 1 1/2 tablespoons of dijon mustard and 1/4 cup of soy sauce. blend until smooth. Had soba noodles and peas with it.      

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

    Homade meatloaf to make sandwiches tonight.

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited October 2012

    debbie... thanks for the suggestions.  I ended up doing a yam roasted... but yes I agree with the cauliflower.  I really like it done that way.  Had I not found the yam I would've gone with rice.   Mind you I much prefer your dinner and that sauce I will have to try.

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

    Tazzy- I could eat yams any day instead of potatoes Dh is not crazy as crazy about them like me, but he does like my candied sweet potatoes. The soba noodles was left over from lunch out today that had an excellent peanut sauce on it. Off to eat some ice cream with hot fudge! Been cheating all week ha!

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited October 2012

    ice cream.... I need to put ice cream on my shopping list for tomorrow.   Been cheating all week ?? its only Monday Laughing

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  • Moonflwr912
    Moonflwr912 Member Posts: 6,856
    edited October 2012

    MICHELLE, glad your mom is feeling comfortable. Deborey, so sad about your friend. Susan, sorry you are in pain. Laurie, I noticed your fruedian slip too, sinner and drinks! LOL. Made pork chops today. Used dandylion jelly to glaze them and fried potatos. Not real good for me, but had to use them up. Sat in fridge since last week, so had to cook them. Same thing with potatos. Had to throw away the rest of the strawberries and pineapple though. I thought I was doing well keeping up with the fresh stuff, but haven't been able toveat so much due to the D from the antibiotics. Oh, well.

    To everyone, much love.



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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited October 2012

    Cortisone shots......I hope I never have to do that.....



    Michelle, like the other's, the first thing I did was scan for news....((hugs))



    Chrissy had some stuff going on at school tonight, so it was one of those nuked chicken nights....boring but edible.....

     

    Eric

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

    My mom passed away last night at 10:07.  We were all there and it was a very peaceful ending.  Thank you all for your love and support - you made a tough time just a little easier.

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited October 2012

    Michelle,

    Peaceful is good. You and your entire family have my heartfelt and best thoughts.

    *susan*

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

    Michelle,

    I offer my deepest Sympathy to you and your family.

    Debbie

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

    I'm sorry for your loss.  (((((hugs)))))

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited October 2012

    Michelle, I'm sorry for your loss of your mom, so glad you were there for her. (((hugs))) to you and your family.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited October 2012

    'm very sorry Michelle.. it's so hard to lose a mom

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited October 2012

    Thoughts with you Michelle.   Nice you were all there and she went peacefully.  (((hugs)))

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