So...whats for dinner?

Welcome jenjen...or at least I think we haven't heard from you before but, this thread moves so fast sometimes that I could totally be wrong...lol!



Spaghetti and meatballs was my daughter's favorite '1st night home from college' meal!!! She didn't care too much for red sauce at all when she was little but, came around later!

Oh Deb, I wish that there were words to make this better. I am so sorry

Waaaaaaaaaa! I want a vitamix!

Ok, would appreciate some advice: have been juicing the last couple of months. The motor burned out yesterday on the Jack LaLane juicer my husband got a couple years ago. Looks like a peice of celery got caught and that ended that. Any suggestions for a new one? Thanks!

auntienance... couldn't agree more!! (about Susan dancing with NED for a long time)

About dinner: change of plans: originally planned on a pot roast with mashed potatoes and roasted veggies, but DD informed me this morning (as I was on the way to a dr appt) that she will be coming home tonite (no classes/work tomorrow) and she doesn't eat red meat. So, a little early for Cinco de Mayo, making chicken and beef (separately) tacos and fajitas. Would love a margarita with that....

Oh how I love pho. I'm growing Thai basil this year just for that purpose.



Haven't cooked much this week other than to throw stuff on the grill. My ds and ddil are coming for the weekend. Ddil requested homemade pasta so I'm making meatballs with a veal, pork and beef mixture and arriabiatta sauce. I already made fettuccini and angel hair, which I have frozen. Going to try lemon meringue pie again. I'm determined to get it right!



Going to see my 87 year old dad tomorrow. He fell twice this week. He swears he's ok, but I need too see for myself. I'm 100 miles away so I can't check on him as often as I'd like.



(((Hugs))) to every one who needs one.

nibbana,



Yum on the guac!! And sometimes a spoon is all you need... For lunch I had a mix of romaine and spinach... Added some shredded carrot, sliced cucumber, garbanzos and a half of an avacado that I found in the refrig that I thought might be past prime but was good! Yayyyy!! A little dressing and a whole lot of black pepper and I was a happy camper!

Laurie - Mine used to respond to the can opener. LOL

DD is here, I feel so much better.  We have to make a decision on what to do with DH, doctor said we can keep treating him the way we are but the liver and kidneys are fighting with each other, something to do with the Albumin and the ammonia is a little high and causing in and out of confusion.  He may end up coming home with hospice but I have to make that decision. Right now he has tube at both ends. DD had a good cry, she is trying to wrap her head around this, angry, sad, all sorts of emotions.  I was approved for a small equity loan but have to go to my lawyer to get power of attorney cuz DH will not be of sound mind or even able to be present at the passing of papers.  I will need that money just to pay for burial.  I am thinking of creamation and sticking him on top of the TV and think about what I want to do at a later date.  Maybe spread his ashes at Lake Winnipesaukee in NH, we spent a lot of summers at the Lake.

Deb (((hugs))) to you and your DD.  What a difficult position to find yourself.  I hope your DH's doctors are keeping him comfortable and pain-free.

We had breakfast for dinner last night.  I wasn't feeling great yesterday so we ate waffles with a little sausage.  I feel better today, we're thinking it may have been a chemo reaction. 

Susan - enjoy your affair with NED!

Moonflwr - while it's nice to have those great-grandbabies to hug and love, I worry about the parents.  None of them is even 21, a couple didn't graduate from high school, and I see a rough financial road for both families.  The parents of Lilyana are living with the mom's mother because they can't afford their own apartment.  Not an ideal situation for sure.

The weather is bizarre - sunny and warm here, freezing in Texas, snowing in the midwest and scorching hot in the southwest.  Mother Nature is confused!

Some really good news...tumor markers were 500 on 4/11, now they are at 275!  Is it the Gemzar or the ice cream, or both???  Woohoo!!!  Meeting my sister in a little while for a celebratory Mudslide!

Michelle - What great news!! Gemzar/Ice Cream combo sounds great. Mudslides for everyone. Keep kicking those little buggers.

Michelle, that is my kind of chemo!

Nibanna Oh, yum, I have avacodos and tomatoes and onions.  How did you make it? I have no problem eating it with my fingers or a spoon!

Deb, I can only hope that friends and family are there.  How hard to go through this. No words can say how sad I am that you have to go through this. I hope that things get better with time.

Goats my cats respond to "who want's cannnnnnnnneddd fooooooodddd?"

I will start treatment tomorrow night and stay with BFF overnight.  I will be fine.

Luv, if you're ever in Galveston, there is an excellent pho restaurant called Pho 20 at Broadway and 20th.



Carole, I feel your pain about the taxes. We had the heat on yesterday and today after 3 days of 80+ temps and a/c. My allergies are going nuts. Enough already!



Dinner was spiral sliced ham with a mango chutney glaze, scalloped potatoes and corn off the cob.