So...whats for dinner?

Carrie, you should go out on the lake tonight or tomorrow for the super moon.

Oh bobo, I'm so sorry, that is awful. You deserve more than a beer. (((bobo)))

Oh, Bobo, feeling your pain! You certainly don't deserve or need that, ever! I thought physicians were supposed to be caring and compassionate! Geeze!



So hot around here lately, hate to make dinner or cook (A/C causes lymph pain so I turn it on only under dire circumstances). Made tacos Wednesday night with seasoned chicken and leftover steak from precious night one night, used the leftover chicken for taco salads another night, DD came home Thursday night so made her the char Sui pork she likes with ramen and steamed veggies. Went walking around a lake today with some friends, when I got home, my "D"H "cleaned" out the fridge - every bit of leftovers in their containers sitting on the counter (even the leftover pork I made last night AND the homemade tiramisu my daughter brought home for me yesterday that her friend's mom made yesterday. WTH? So looking forward to eating it today after i got home, just because he doesn't like coffee or cheese doesn't mean it's ready for the trash!). He didn't throw anything out, didn't wash anything, just left a huge mess. Good thing he had done it just before I got home, things were still cold. Not wasting the dessert! Think I'm leaving the mess for him to do tomorrow.....

Bobo.  It can't fix what's already happened to you, but I would certainly tell the doctor how unhappy you are...It won't help you this time, but it might help next time and help others as well.

30 years ago, my complaint to a doctor about Mickey's care, in loudly delivered blunt and earthy terms gave the hospital security staff something to do...but it did get the problem resolved.    I can still remember the doctor's face turning white and the nurse...smiling...

2nd, had the stuff been left on the counter here...the yellow lab would have left the counters completely spotless.....  For what it's worth, her (yellow lab) food preferences, in order of preference are people food, cat food, pre-digested cat food and dog food.

Eric... Thanks for my laugh today! Your dog would love my hubby. I have a similar story. We had 3 cats not too long ago. My fav one (passed away in Feb), would sit by my kitchen window, furthest from food prep so she could be near me and watch the other two. NEVER begged, walked to another counter or swiped food, only ate what was in her dish or from my hand. Great cat! After steak dinner last week, a bit left on a plate, hubby said he'd do dishes but didn't happen. Couple hours later there was something funny by back slider, looked like dead something. Turns out our thief cat must have gotten up on the counter (we didn't see her), stole the small piece of steak and somehow it ended up by the back door! I love doing dishes right after eating......

Yummmmmm. Standing in line Eric! What do you do about sour dough starter? I love sour dough, no one else here does.... Hope the dogs stay away

My next door neighbors, when I was going to college, gave me some of their starter from St. Louis.  When I got married and moved, I used chlorinated tap water by mistake and killed it.

I managed to get another one going....put flour & water in a bowl, cover it with cheese cloth, put it outside and hope....It took something like 8 tries to get something going,  The starter is 24 years old.

A sourdough group had a posting about using grapes to make a starter and as luck would have it, I have a grape vine shading the back porch.  I pulled some grapes off, smashed them, added a tiny bit of water, a pinch of sugar and covered it up to sit in a warm place.  It's starting to get a bit of froth (wine?), so tonight I'm going to strain out the solid stuff, add a bit of flour & water to the liquid and watch what happens.

Between mom, my brother & sister-in-law (they're living in China for the moment, but are here for a couple of days), Sharon and DD, both loaves were eaten up....and the dogs were very disappointed...

I believe that starter can be dried, shipped and "re-sprouted". If anyone would like to try this, PM me with your address.  The next time I feed the starter, instead of discarding the excess, I'll dry some and mail it out. I can't guarantee it will work, but...I'm willing to give it a try.

Sauted spinach with garlic and cream--yum!

We're back on the road after spending Thurs. thru Sun. at the home of SIL and BIL in Decatur, IL.  Had a great hamburger for lunch at a little family restaurant along Hwy 39 North.  Tonight's simple home-cooked meal will be pasta with tomato sauce and Italian sausage and a tossed salad with some crumbled blue cheese and vinaigrette.  A few slices of Eric's home-made bread would be nice!

It's nice to be back in our little rv home after days of socializing.

Off subject, we went to bed before the hockey game was over but learned this morning that Chicago won.  All the IL relatives were ecstatic.  They stayed up until the game was over.  From the periods we watched, dh and I agreed that Boston looked like the better team, controlling the play, but apparently they didn't score. 

Being from the deep south, I've never been an ice hockey fan and find the action too fast to follow on tv.  It's probably easier at the rink. 

Bobogirl I am SO sorry you have been through this. Yay for the results though but geez.



You are strong to put on a brave face for the kids. We all break down sometimes, especially after playing the "nothing wrong here" game all day, You deserve your alone time to reboot.



Since we often talk about using our cancer card on the retail therapy thread, can you use yours to talk your partner into the Rv or container house??? No time like the present.....I also dream about little houses in the back yard. I hear 'ya.



Hang in there and I hope you are back to yummy dinners soon. I had a green smoothie for dinner if it makes you feel any better. Healthy, but lassagna would have been better.



((((((hugs))))))

Bobo my girl, you deserve a break today. Take it where you can find it. And kiss that doc goodbye.



DH has requested spaghetti and meatballs tonight. Fortunately I have sauce frozen so that's half the work done. I worked in the flower bed this morning and got overheated (high humidity mostly) so now I'm feeling kind of wiped out. A gallon of ice water and a cool shower will revive me hopefully. I had intended to wash the car but I think that's off of today's agenda now.

Nancy -- drive through car wash!

Bobo, I asked my DDIL (a gyn surgeon who we were visiting this weekend)about ways one can experience that procedure in a more "humane" way. She said that while many women have it in the office with tolerable pain, some need to have anesthesia and she performs those procedures in the OR. You might want to push for that next time.



Tonight we (actually, DH ;)grilled rosemary-balsamic marinated lamb kebabs with red and yellow peppers and onion...along with "go to" cuke salad with scallions and oregano. Boy was that lamb delish! Totally satisfying no carb meal.....we had way too many carbs while visiting in NJ....and very little exercise! Need to get back on track!



Yes, sad for the Bruins, but Chicago clearly had the strongest show this season. I am new to following hockey, thanks to the Celtics bagging out of the playoffs so early...I needed another fast spectator sport before succumbing to the slow pace of baseball.....and hockey is so unbelievably fast! Wow! You don't even have time to sneeze! I did get used to it, but not sure I could follow the puck in the Garden. I marvel at the strength of the players. DS2 warned me that I am better off watching from home, anyway, given some of the over exuberant fans at the Bruins' games (like my father used to be....which turned me off to hockey for all these years!). So I will happily watch at home next season, too.



Mothering ladies, it has been many years since I felt the need to hide, but re-experienced that this past weekend at DS1's home...with the babies' constant needs and adults' (the live-in grandparents) constant chatter....guess I am getting really old and oriented to a quiet home life! I think it would have been a bit easier with just us and the babies, but who knows.....I think the operative word is the "constancy" of it all. Everyone needs a bit of quiet, private space for their sensory systems to "re-boot". Bathrooms can provide a lovely multi- purpose spot.