So...whats for dinner?

For all you cold sufferers out there, I've found that Chinese hot & sour soup really loosens up the "gunk". Chicken broth, vinegar, garlic and chili oil are a "can't-miss" combination. And there is often a restaurant that will deliver it if you don't feel up to (or don't feel like) making it yourself.

Curveball, that's a great idea...the hot and sour soup....or even better, I wonder, the Thai hot and sour soup which always cleans my sinuses pronto!

Nance, my DH's cough finally cleared up this week, so there is hope for you soon since you weren't far behind him as I recall. He's happy to be back in the marital bed, sleeping like a baby.....me, not so much....happy, that is, but still not getting the greatest sleep.



Gotta tell you that I was greatly disappointed this AM when DH came tearing up the staircase to announce that the irises really looked pretty sad, so I'd need to use the other flower arrangement (good thing I never tossed them!). So I checked, and yes the irises were either not blooming and looking unhappy, or bloomed with pathetic curled up petal edges. So I did a complete reassessment of what I had thought was a mish mosh arrangement, did a little redo, and up to church it went. I left it in the clear glass vase, which looked pretty as the sun glistened through the water. At the end of the service, several people came up to me to tell me how beautiful the flowers were...and I laughed to myself. I have to say, they did look okay from far away, which worked. Whew! Next time I will know not to select really fragile flowers when doing this.



Bedo, I hope your violin playing was successful....and not too anxiety provoking once you started. We are clearly our own worst critics!



So my guys are all off tailgating at the Pat's game with their many layers of clothing, etc. It's supposed to feel like 16 degrees by the later part of the game. So glad I am here instead...Am cooking up my mother's chicken pastina soup for a friend who is coming to lunch tomorrow. Also making chicken chili....for later this week, since the guys will roll in pretty late, and I am supposing will have been eating all day. They do elaborate tailgating (which I think is why DH loves to be included) with yummy marinated grilled meats, etc.



Laurie, your food fest for the game sounds like it is growing in the most tasty way. Enjoy your party!



Better get back to the stove...Enjoy Sunday afternoon everyone.

Curve, you're right about hot and sour soup. Unfortunately, our only Chinese restaurant makes a very tame version which is not the same thing at all. I could always add my own hot stuff though.



Lacey, thanks for the ray of hope. DH asked me this morning when I was moving back in (our bedroom). I told him I doubted that he would get any sleep with me breathing like Darth vader and frequent intervals of barking like a seal lol!

Eric, it sounds like it would make you blind! 

DH and I "discovered" Downton Abby last year, season 2.  We watched all of those episodes and are watching season 3 now.  There was a really interesting pbs documentary on the actual home and the couple that live in the home. 

Today's dinner was at noon at my mother's house, provided by me and my younger sister.  I cooked a pot roast with carrots and onions and made a tossed salad.  She made her signature mashed potatoes with cream cheese.  She and her dh also brought a king cake, our first of the Mardi Gras season.  I bit into the plastic baby!  So I'm supposed to buy the next king cake. 

Darn.  Looks like Atlanta is going to lose their game.  I was pulling for the dirty birds.

Give me that goat.  I'm not kidding.  All I've been doing is fantasizing about goats.  But how will I get it to Ecuador when I retire???

Mass went OK thanks to Xanax and Inderal.  I am not cut out to perform without other violinists.  It was at a Skilled Nursing Facility that had a chapel.  I hope they liked it.

I think I'm going to make that orzo salad.

Leaving for California Palm Springs next week, so I'm eating everything in the fridge.  I'll probably then go and buy expensive things for my friend who is staying here.

This was the first one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLcVC3CoOVA  The violin comes in at about :56 but I chose to play a much easier part, basically, the tune with some added things.  There is a Nun who plays flute, one on organ, a singer and me. My idea of a 'solo' is people being able to hear me!  lol I stink.

I am not Catholic so I don't always know what to do.  I like the elders who live there

Gimme some goat cheese.

Positive thoughts for your mammo!

Bedo, Dan Schutte music is always good. I bet you are very talented.

Have to tell you guys a funny bit. We were going out to dinner at a chinese restaurant with friends. We all liked that one. We got there and it was closed , and it would have happened very recently, as some of us had been there the week before. Well,we were set on Chinese, so we decided to travel to one quite well known about 45 min away. So we all got in one car and drove down. It was good, we had a lot.of good food, including my fave hot and sour soup, and of course we got the pi pi platter! LOL. Anyway,then we headed back to where we left the car, we took the longer way home cause we were just talking and laughing. but, we really broke.up and busted out when we saw the restaurant we were going to at first, was just two blocks away from where we left the car. We wouldn't even have had to travel all that way! LOL. So we continued on to where we left the other car, Sat and talked in the car for a bit. While we were sitting there, another car pulled up. The guy rolled down the window and asked us what happened to the restaurant. We were able to tell him it just moved down the road. I wish we could have seen his face when he saw it wasn't there! He must have placed a takeout order and then Twilight zone time, it wasn't there. Much laughter! so that was an interesting night even if we had to change plans quickly! LOL

Michelle  what a nice picture...love how your all putting your leg forward or your foot in like your doing the hokey pokey...ha ha

Florida must have been the place to be this past week.  I ended up taking some of my rigatoni casserole over to my friends house because they were just coming in from Florida late and I didnt want her to have to cook when she got home, also added a tossed salad and some bread for them.

Luvmygoats  I was just about to tell bedo the same thing...I am sure they have goats in Ecuador. Was at our feed store yesterday with my hubby and he was making feed for a farmer for his goats.  He had some really pretty corn grown from a local farmer...I love running my hands through it.  Then he adds all kinds of nutrient stuff, mixes it and bags it.

Bedo  love the video...and you play lovely..no need to worry

Great picture Michelle and I must say, your new "hair" looks fantastic.



After yet another sleepless night my doc has prescribed an arsenal of drugs for me to rid me of this cough. I certainly hope so because my throat feels like someone hit it with a hammer and the thought of suicide has appealed to me more than once.



But since there is light at the end of the tunnel, I think we'll have chili for dinner.

You all crack me up!! Glad I found this tread! I have a teriffic cold orzo salad recipe, with feta cheese, veggies, and basil...have to find it, and I will share!! YUMMY!

Annemarie 

Well everyone, STAY WARM! It's 1- here now. Wind chill is somewhere around -25. Yikes!

Made a bean and Bacon casserole. Yep, maybe not the best for me, but, warm filling, fairly cheap AND high in magnesium! LOL I could be really bad and eat a brat I have in the freezer....... Hmmm..........yep, its gone! LOL

It's 33 here and I am freezing. Tomorrow it's only getting to a high of 22. Brrrrrrr! My DS in Minneapolis only got to a high of -2 today. Yikes!



Made beef and veggie tacos yesterday. Used mt magic something or other that I ordered off the infomercial to mace the tortillas into a bowl. I don't know what I was thinking when I ordered that. Bedo you crack me up! I definitely am in the running for worst cook here. One of my DD's favorite things I make is Mickey Mouse chicken nuggets which I buy at Costco and just reheat. Tonight I made her boxed Mac and cheese and made a salad and roasted eggplant and peppers. I took her out to her favorite Indian restaurant fr their lunch buffet since she was off for MLK day.



Laurie, stupid ear is right! I hope you get relief soon.



Debbie, hope you are safe and sound in your own home and had a good flight. Might as well get comfortable there since you will apparently be stuck in the house for a while. (Bedo is a meanie. LOL)



Everyone, have a great night and stay warm! Bundle up when you go out Michelle. BTW, I loved the pictures too.

Dinner was leftover Duck Ragu with pasta, served with a huge salad. Expecting some snow tonight [already started] but I don't have to leave the house until Wednesday around noon. We will just hunker down. And play with a shovel.

*susan*