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

    Well WE got the boatload of snow last night, probably 8-12 inches as predicted.  Stayed in with the hubby and kids and did up the prime rib( finally) with baked potato and green beans and pearl onions in sherry. I got the prime rib just right...big deal seeing as I really need a better meat thermometer.

    Sorry to those that are sick....Susan, you really need a doctor, you are scaring me. Sending big hugs your way.

    Debbie  When he starts to vacuum you then you know you have been sitting there too long.  God bless him for vacuuming!

    We will need to start cleaning up the leftovers also. But fortunately my son is still here so there wont be any problem.

    Moon  loved the family pics and congrats to your daughter.

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

    Debbie, incredible post responding to so many people!  Glad you're back home, safe.  Portland gets a lot of print space in the foodie press as a great place to eat. 

    My mother always took our Christmas tree down the day after Christmas.  I remember a year or two when we took it down Christmas night!  We were a large family in a small house.  And Christmas was over after the gifts were opened and the big noon dinner was eaten.  I feel exactly the same way.  Christmas decorations appear so early now, even before Thanksgiving.  By the day after Christmas I'm ready to resume regular life, which I find very satisfying. 

    Eric, I went through a "canning phase" some years back.  Actually a good many years back.  I made delicious pickled squash and pickled green beans.  During my childhood, my mother had a huge canner.  I guess it was a big round pressure cooker.  She canned quarts of tomatoes, pickles, green beans.  She abandoned the canner when there was a place where she and my father could take their garden produce and come away with big cartons of canned veggies actually in metal cans.  I still think canned tomatoes in glass jars are very pretty. 

    Dishwashers make canning in jars easier because you can sterilize the jars without going to a lot of trouble.

    I cooked brussel sprouts last night, too.  I split them in half and--following Martha Stewart's advice on her new PBS cooking school--I parboiled them for 3 min. before dousing them in some EVOO and seasoning with s & p, onion and garlic powder (too lazy to mince the garlic) and roasting them in a hot oven.  DH, who recently divulged that he doesn't like the little cabbages, thought they were very good.  I thought they were too tender.  We sprinkled a really good balsamic vinegar on our servings before eating.  I just remembered that I usually sprinkle with asiago or parmesan and I completely forgot last night.  I really like brussel sprouts, much better than the big cabbage.

    The last bag of CSA veggies was bountiful.  Round cabbage, big bundle of small carrots with tops on, cauliflower, broccoli, salad greens, swiss chard or kale, sprigs of mint. 

    DH gave me the Complete America's Test Cooking TV Show Cookbook, 2001-2013.  We're talking a HEAVY book! 

    Kaara, good luck with your new relationship. 

    Michelle, fingers crossed that the treatment works miracles with no SEs.

    Susan, how are you? 

    Same question to Apple.  I went looking for Apple on other threads and found an incredible autobiographical post.  What an interesting life she has led. 

    Lacey, my cataract surgery brought a wonderful improvement in my eyesight.  Suddenly I didn't have to wear contacts or glasses other than reading glasses.  I chose distance vision over mono vision because I wanted to see where the golf ball went.  I saw that it didn't go far enough!

    Hope everyone is enjoying after-Christmas. 

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

    We just got slushy wet heavy snow, not even an inch.  Raining now.

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

    Deb - overnight we got a little snow followed by rain.  Then this morning it changed to freezing rain and now it's snowing, except for when some pelting sleet or freezing rain shows up in the mix.  Very fickle weather system!  Snow on top of ice is not a good thing, though.

    If the power doesn't go out, I'm making the high temperature eye of the round roast:

    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/high-temperature-eye-of-round-roast/detail.aspx

    I've posted this link before and I think a few of you have tried it, successfully.  The one downside is that the smoke alarms will blare for a minute or two.  That 500 degree thing is just more than my little kitchen can handle, but we'll just open the door and turn on the vent for a couple of minutes.

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

    Debbie, you are so impressive with your responses to everyone. I would be going back and forth reviewing the posts and lose my own in the process...so I rely on my pathetic memory if all the posts are not conveniently on the same page! Glad you enjoyed your trip and hope you and DH are both feeling well...yes, it is nice to be back in one's own bed!



    Kaara, best to you in your new relationship!



    Michelle, keeping my fingers crossed for a mild Saturday for you...and I'm not referring to the weather, which apparently is NOT going to be mild at all. We are having driving rain today, which, while annoying, is preferable to a foot of snow, especially because DH should not be shoveling today and we had to be at his surgical follow up at 8AM.



    Afterwards, it was still really early, so we drove over to Captain Marden's for omelets and I had the most delicious Maine sweet lump crabmeat/zucchini and cheese omelet. WOW! Worth going back for, and I almost never have breakfast, let alone out. It was worth skipping my smoothie for this. Gotta get back to my regular healthy food regimen and find another setting for all of the baked goods I still have in this house!



    Have a good day everyone....and good luck with all the shoveling, Carrie. We're not far behind you. ;)

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

    Oh, I posted some pix on Facebook from our grand-babies' visit. If any of my BC sisters on this thread want to see them just PM me and I'll share my Facebook acct. I think I missed the last Facebook acct. sharing......

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

    Carole and Lacey- LOL on remembering so many post, actually after writing all I can remember I copy on to this area and go back to re read others and copy again then paste after Im done, problem is after doing that I forget who I posted to and have to re read it to make sure I don't have any repeats lol! Thankfully I don't get behind to often!

    Carole-You are right, the portland area is full of wonderful restuarants and the night life is alive at night. The parking there sucks though, when we met our friends for dinner they had us meet them at an area they call the Hollywood district that is almost impossible to find parking, we drove around for 40 minutes in heavy rain and even drove 5 miles out, I got honked at twice and flipped off 3 times I was ready to cry LOL!

    Michelle and everyone on the east coast be safe out driving in the bad weather I see you are having ice storms. Be safe! Dh is hanging in there unfortunatly the PT is not helping with his unbalance problems and he is feeling frustrated and will probably have his surgery to remove the tumor in late january or Feburary he was hoping to avoid that but don't think that will happen.

    Kaara- Good for you! You know what they say "Out with the old and in with the new" Hope you are Happy.

    Eric- I forgot to say, congrats on getting all the cast iron. I love my cast iron and use it for almost everything I cook. It's the one thing I would want if I was stranded on an island. ha!

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

    What a great looking bunch a gals♥

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

    Thank you all for your voices of concern. Not sure if I can explain what happened starting on Saturday, but I will make a stab at it. They, the infamous "they", started to mess with my thyroid. The primary drug made me feel awful, so I was taking half dose twice a day. Slowly but surely, my body responded negatively. Chances are my thyroid flared and caused the high fevers, but since I was compromised I also picked a flu-like thing. On Xmas Eve day and Christmas Day, my body was shutting down. When I collapsed on the floor yesterday [well, I let myself down onto the floor so I wouldn't bump my head], it was clear something needed to be done. I made a call today to my primary's office and got this WONDERFUL Chinese doctor. Finally! Someone who could help me get clarity.

    My blood pressure was, I kid you not, 80/60. Just two weeks ago they were discussing increasing my lisinopril dose. My liver enzymes are out the roof. Of course, I am dehydrated. She says I just have to start eating again. Will take a few days to get over this, I fear but I plan to have another follow up visit with this primary.

    Nothing tastes good right now, but I must eat. 

    *susan*

    p.s. Kaara, what happened to The Golf Low Carb Man? This sounds like a story worth hearing, unless we have a new grandbaby or granddog on the horizon.

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

    Ok- I have just a minute to post- but I agree-

    Kaara- New guy?  Whats the dish :P

    Susan- That sounds very scary.  I hope you are feeling better and are able to heat and hydrate.  Please take care of yourself.

    Michelle- Hope you enjoy your roast.  I did the same thing last night and I cook it the same way you do.  Just like my Memere taught me.

    We got a bunch of snow but not as much as they said we would.  Maybe 6-8 inches?  Went sledding, built a fort, made banana bread and now I am making homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner while DH snow blows the driveway.  My SIL called DH today and asked if she could babysit next weekend instead...I am super bummed.  I was looking forward to leaving tomorrow afternoon....ahh well.  What can you do?  I just hope she doesn't say the same thing next week.

    Stay warm everyone!

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

    Susan I don't want you to heat yourself...just eat :)

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

    Oh. No snow here. Not a speck. Just lots of rain. *

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

    Oh, I can't possibly out-do Debbie!  lol I am glad you're back and that everyone had a good Christmas

    Susan, I'm glad you're feeling better.  That sounds sureal.  :(

    I cna't catch up! I have a fire going and think I'll cook the defrosted whiting and give it to the kitties because I don't feel like eating it tonight.

    I'm glad everyone had a great holiday!

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

    Deb- I agree, a great looking group!

    Susan- Wow that is low for blood pressure I sure hope you feel better!!

    Laurie- I thought that was a new thing, heat and hydrate ha! Sorry you can't make it this week end If I lived closer I would offer. :-((

    Bedo- Bet ya could run faster though hahaha! How are you doing? I remember a while back you talked about having health issues are you OK? (((hugs)))

    I have a butt ham cooking in the oven smells so good. We got it for 59cents a pound which is cheap and since I didn't cook anything special for Christmas dinner thought I would cook one up today, thinking twice baked potatoes and green beans to go with it.

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

    Debbie- Yum on your dinner, love twice baked.If you lived closer I would let you!!!  LOL! 

    It's funny- I have low blood pressure and run 60/90 almost all the time...

    Soup was good had it with grilled cheese. I am ready to put the kids to bed and relax. 

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

    I forgot to take my thyroid med this morning I better not forget tomorrow.  That must have been scary susan. All I did today is go to CVS and pick up some CVS brand of Mucinex and cough drops.

    Follow up with onco tomorrowYell

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

    Fish Cakes and Homemade Baked Beans for suppa

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

    The little gas log fireplace is blazing away and I'm enjoying the cheery sight and the warmth.  But...tomorrow I plan to play golf.  It's supposed to warm up into the 60's.  No snow and ice and sleet, thank goodness.  I love snow, for a day or two.  Dh and I spent our first winter together in Vermont.  By March I was ready to head south where the azaleas were starting to bloom. 

    No cooking in this house tonight.  We had a calorie-laden lunch with my mother today (her 90th birthday) so any meal tonight will be warming up leftovers from Christmas.  I also have half of my blackened fish sandwich left.

    Soon I will start posting pictures!  I can feel the break-through coming.  Today I figured out how to e-mail photos from the new Android phone.  I even posted a pic on Facebook, my first! 

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

    Hey, Debbie, I'm not too sure.  I may have to take time off from work for treatment or a trial  but am hoping for the best. Thanks for thinking of me

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited December 2012

    Oh Susan,



    I had no idea that this was something more severe than the usual colds, etc that are going around... What you experienced sounds like it could very well have been a thyroid condition called Thyroid Storm (an emergency situation)... This doctor sounds like she's on the ball! Hope you're able to get some nourishment and are feeling better soon!



    Deborye,



    I recognise that group of gorgeous ladies dining at Pickety Place!!!



    Debbie,



    Sorry for the rude drivers giving you such a problem!!! Just do like I do.... Pretend those beeping at you are telling you what a great job you're doing and look like you recognize those that are flipping you off and give them a big smile and a wave... It makes them think 'Oh crap, I think this person knows me'.... Removes the anonymity and people tend to feel bad.... Lol! Edited to add... This may only work in a small community such as where I live and there is a high liklihood that the person DOES know you

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

    Yikes, Susan, What a scary experience. I do hope your new doc can help get your body back on an even keel, so you can enjoy yourself a bit over the holiday week....not a very good Christmas, for sure.



    All those roasts cooking sound good!



    We just came home from seeing a hysterical movie, Parental Guidance, (highly recommend for a good laugh as well as family poignancy) and had no plans for dinner, so DH made himself a leftover pulled pork sandwich and I had leftover five dollar pizza slices and a small salad. I need to seriously start back on my healthy eating pattern. The holidays have shown me that sweet and other carbohydrate eating begets more of same....and the scale edges up! Tomorrow AM I will get the Vita Mix churning out those smoothies again.



    Kaara, I hope you got to keep the Vita Mix! Today everyone in The Doctor's audience got a free one. It must be hard to get tickets to these TV shows when they are giving lots of expensive free gifts.



    Good for you Carole with your picture posting progress....my picture posting will probably not happen here since I hardly ever use my laptop anymore, And I am unable to do it from this IPAD which is sutured to my body! I can post on Facebook from my phone, and will continue to use that medium.



    Deb, you sound like you have what my DH is hopefully finishing up...terrible cough. Good luck with the meds helping. When DH went to have his cataract surgery yesterday, the techs and anesthesiologist told him he was definitely not the only one who arrived for surgery in that condition. They were able to give him some meds that kept him from coughing at all through the brief procedure. Guess they could have a LOT of cancellations if people had to be totally cough free during a New England winter!



    Debbie, so sorry that the PT has not been effective for your DH. Will keep you guys in my thoughts as he approaches the surgery. (((((HUGS)))))

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

    Debbie, welcome back! It sounds like you had a great time! You and your DH are in my thoughts and prayers.



    Susan, that was scary! I m glad you're feeling better. Hopefully everything will be back to normal once you start eating and drinking again.



    Carol, 60 degrees, I am jealous!



    Deb, great pic! We only had rain too, no snow. I was happy about that.



    Got a griddle/grilled for Christmas and grilled some chicken on it today. It was easy, healthy and good! I think I will like this contraption.



    Hi to everyone! Hope all is well.

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

    Deb- Hope you feel better and good luck at Onco tomorrow!

    Laurie- Wow that seems low for all the time. I run about 120/30 but maybe if your budy is always that low it gets used to it? I wonder if that is why you were having the heart issues?

    Seaside- About 25 years ago I had just started working at a restaurant and was late getting to work I had this older lady driving in front of me and she was driving sooo slow every time I tried to get around her she would speed up. when I finaly did get around her I flipped her off going by I got to work and about 10 minutes later my boss calls me over and says I want to intorduce you to my mom, he then said, she said she met you on the highway I was devastated and imbarrassed and apologises they all laughed but I could of crawled in a hole. LOL! I try not to do that anymore cause your right you may know them haha!  Sometimes I do wave and it seems to piss them off. lol!

    Lacey- I have heard good things about that movie will have to have DH take me to see it.

    Kay-I love the griddle that is interchangeable so you have a grill/griddle great for pancakes too!

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

    Hello everyone. Carol, great job on thebpics. I should probably post something so I don't forget, it took me so long to figure it out.

    Susan, glad you have a good doc who figured it out. Debbie, wow, that was not fun! LOL. To all, much love.

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

    Debbie, yes, it is the interchangable one so you can make pancakes as well.  My DD pointed that out to me.  I think she is expecting pancakes this weekend.  LOL  Do you have any good tips on what else I should make on it? 

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

    Kay, paninis!

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

    Kay, try big mushrooms. They are so good.

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

    Morning ladies!  Thanks so much for the well wishes on my new adventure.

      Sometimes I follow my head, other times my heart...this time I used both!  My former BF and I had a wonderful 14 year relationship, but decided it was time to move in different directions.  This happened last summer, and during that time I met someone else.  We instantly became best friends, and over a five month period we fell in love.

    Moral to the story....'It's never too late to find love again."

    Lacey:  I got custody of the Vita Mix..LOL!  He got custody of all the golf equipment...and...a few of our close friends.  Sad, but I'll make new ones.

    Happy New Year everyone!

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

    Off to see my dad, so dinner will be out tonight. Good thing because I'm fresh out of food ideas.

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

    Kay- Like nancy and Moon said, pannis and Portabello mushrooms. I also like to grill my pizza on it, it comes out so tender, Kaboobs, all veggies. Bruchetta. The great thing is you can put a lot on there like eggs, bacon, hashbrowns all at the same time. Yumm this is all making me hungry. LOL!

    Nancy- Have a great day with yoour dad!

    Hope everyone has a great Week-end!

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