So...whats for dinner?

Laurie, what a nice snow day! Your sandwich sounded so yummy!



It also snowed here, and DH had an early meeting, so I went out and shoveled the heavy dense stuff to make a pathway for the builder. Turns out he needs to get special molding sizes (to accommodate my wish not to have our whole complicated shaped kitchen re-wallpapered, since it is pretty new) which involves his trekking to a distributor in the city, (poor guy, the traffic has been a nightmare here today)so he will return on Friday to finish up. It will be nice to get this done....tho despite the mess, our guy is pretty considerate of our living space while he works, which I appreciate....it's just finding that insidious plaster dust everywhere! Next is lining up the painter, which could have been avoided if DH or I had any talent for doing a good job with that.



I have a lot of produce in the fridge, so will probably wipe away the plaster dust and do something with my eggplants and butternut squash....not all in the same dish!



Debbie, I think I need an interpreter for your last message! LOL

Omg I woke up and remembered I posted here after drinking way to much, after reading the first line I couldn't read no more and had to delete them lol! I hate when I do that!

Don't know if I said this in one of those posts but I bought 2 leis and put them in the ocean one for Apple and one for my aunt (dads sister) who passed away from bc on Sunday .

Sorry about the crazy posts lol

I am ready for spring.  Just yucky, cold rain here in MD.  

The grill cheese sandwich talk has really made me want one.  May have to tomorrow.

Tonight:  Italian sausage, pasta and sauce.  Oh, garlic bread too.

For me Nitrate free chicken italian sausage, eggplant, mushrooms, red pepper and sauce.  I do miss the pasta.  May have to sneak a piece of garlic bread.  LOL

LoL you all made me feel better, good idea seaside but I doubt I could of found the copy/paste button last night lol! And Laurie your post was beautiful the other night hehe!

Dh just got out of bed he never ever sleeps until 11 he said I Kept him awake all night being noisey "who me" lol

luvmygoats - I don't see why you couldn't do a pork stir-fry.  I make a sweet and sour sauce that I sometimes use for just this kind of situation - I do it if I have a can of sliced or chunk pineapple.  I like to do green pepper, onion, and the leftover meat or chicken.  Drain the pineapple, saving the juice.  Mix the juice with a couple teaspoons of cornstarch, a little salt, worchestershire, 1/4 c. vinegar, 1.4 c. brown sugar, and 1.3 c. ketchup.  When the vegetables are cooked put the sauce in and the pineapple.  Stir together until the sauce is thickened (just a couple of minutes) and serve over rice.  Maybe do the snowpeas, the chinese veggies, a little soy and the sweet and sour with the pork over rice - sounds good to me!

Not long after my mom passed away we took a trip to Bermuda - the day before we left I was down at the private beach that was part of our hotel.  It was late in the afternoon, perfect temperature, and I was sitting in a low beach chair right at the edge of the water - the waves were coming up to my ankles.  It had been a long few months and I felt such a sense of peace come over me that I didn't want it to end - I recalled that moment many times during my BC treatment when I needed an instant de-stress! 

Seaside, that was the best part of our last cruise too. I watched the sunrise every morning with a pot of coffee and my "first breakfast" bagel. Then around 9:30 we would go to the dining room for "second breakfast". Loved it.



Debbie, I must say it was a bit of a challenge reading your posts before finishing my first cup of coffee, but very entertaining lol!



Even though I feel worse today then ever (what's up with that?), I ventured out with a friend on a Costco run. I picked up a rotisserie chicken which I will use the carcass for some chicken and homemade noodles. But tonight is comfort food, meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy and baby peas. I'm glad I made it ahead of time because by the time I got home, I was wiped out.



Luv, I've also used leftover thin pieces of roasts of various kinds in a sort of "faux" pho. The meat just warms up in the hot broth and doesn't have to cook at all.

LOL, Debbie, I hope you didn't end up in the bathroom visiting RALPH!!  Or hugging the porcelain bowl talking to RALPH!  

I did enjoy your post, LOL

Had Meat Raviolli last night, tonight Chicken Teriaki (sp) with Rice Pilaf.

debbie:  add me in to the group who were amused by your post.    Yep, we've all been there.   Gave me a chuckle this morning before I went to work - thank you.

Pork tenderloin and veggies with yam roasties... another crock pot special !  (except the yams)

Laughing at how my post were hard to read and everyone getting a chuckle out of them now I'm curious what I said almost wish I didn't delete them before reading the whole thing ha! And Deb did I say something about a Ralph? HaHaha I hope there wasn't a Ralph in my bathroom lol- btw love your new avatar so cute.



Love the stories on the cruise ships that's one thing I have never done. I can see how calming and nice it would be early in the morning out on the lani/balcony with some coffee.

Everyone's dinners sound good we had prime rib sandwiches with fruit and the best guava cake I have ever had in my life it was so very yummy. After dinner we went down stairs to the ice cream shop here at the Sheraton (31 flavors) then came back to our room and watched tv all night.

Lacey- hope tomorrow will be your last visit with your to.

Nancy- did you go to the dr yet? I hear there is a nasty flu going around.

Debbie, I won't go to the doc with this unless it turns into pneumonia or bronchitis or something. There is lots of flu here but I don't have those symptoms, such as fever. It's just a very nasty head cold. I broke down and took Nyquil (nasty stuff!) last night so did manage to get some sleep finally but I still had to sleep with a tissue stuck up my nose because of the constant drip. What a picture that must have been lol!

Well - I did a version of sweet and sour with the leftover pork. I had some Ponzu sauce (Kikkoman product) lime flavored never used, kinda vinegar/soy based. Added that and to balance added some fig salad dressing from Stonewall kitchen. Cleaned out produce/leftovers: celery, getting soft red pepper, 3/4 onion, handfulf of snow peas, few cooked brusssel sprouts sliced in half, some baby Portabella mushrooms.  It was edible over rice. Thickened it with a corntarch slurry. Turned out the can of chinese vegies was way out of date. I desperately need to clean out canned stuff. Slowly trying to use it up. The last 5 years when I was working I cooked not so much but continued buying stuff.  Don't even want to dig in the back of cabinet but fear I must soon.

Lacey - 2nd the yah for the last RO appt. Hope your window project is turning out as you wanted. My RO turned me loose 2 weeks after I finished unless I thought I had problems. Get to go on Monday for mammo. I've had one on leftie in July but this is both. Not anticipating any problems but mine was found on mammo. And yes it will be about $500 out of pocket. Nice way to start on deduc. in January. Not sure why they are billing diagnostic for both unless since I've had it on one side they will look closer at other side. I made sure to book on the day the radiologist is there this time. Love the place but my BS never got a copy of the July report but I sat with radiologist and looked at the films so had "it from the horse's mouth" that it was neg. Also have had at least 2 reminders from them for January appt.

Nancy and Susan - Hope you both are feeling better. Nyquil does the trick for me with colds.

Yes - anyone heard from Michelle?

No worries everyone.  We are having a good time - spent 3 days with JoyceK and her DH, then moved over to Marco Island and spent 3 glorious days on the beach, then drove to Lutz, Fl and are visiting our friends from Milton.  DH told me I was spending too much time online so I have cut back for now.  We actually spent 6 hours on the beach one day (a record for my DH).ha

We've had perfect weather until today, where it's been rainy and cool all day.  Ann and I met up with my blogger friend from my diabetes board and with SpecialK for lunch.  It was great and there is a picture that I need to get my hands on.  Weather will be better tomorrow but still too cool for swimming so we may head to the casino in Tampa.  We'll drive back to Fort Myers on the 19th and stay in a hotel.  Our flight leaves Sunday morning.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Michelle