So...whats for dinner?

The experience of grief is powerful. So, too, is your ability to help yourself heal. In doing the work of grieving, you are moving toward a renewed sense of meaning and purpose in your life." 
Lord knows, I'm trying.

Welcome Peggy and Liz!



Lovely quote, Deb. Sending caring thoughts to accompany you on this unwanted but important journey.



Carole, did you marinate the lamb? I have been dying to grill lamb chops, but never see them on sale...so pricey!



Came to NH today....

We had sandwiches at the Winnipesaukee Theater tonight before the show. DH had lobster roll, I had a grilled portobella with spinach and red peppers. It was exciting to see the beautiful new playhouse campus (on the former Annalee Dolls' site for anyone who comes to this area of NH) and larger theater. The play was a riot... Noises Off... and the acting superb.....and I'm not even a fan of farce.



Earlier today, I was very happy to find that our house looked exactly the same as we left it last October ....specifically no sign of any wildlife having made it indoors....am always amazed at this, and thankful! Carole, what is the purpose of wrapping your toilets when you leave home?



Luv, I thought of you when my trainer told me about a friend in Maine she was going to visit this weekend who has twelve goats....and several other animals, including pigs, on their property...I call that a farm.

Lacey, the white gazpacho sounds good.  The only "odd" ingredient (for me) is the green grapes.

We saran-wrap the toilets so that we don't have to ask someone to come in about once a month to flush the toilets.  Even with leaving the lids down, the water can evaporate and allow bad odors from the sewer pipes to get into the house.  This according to dh!  Of course, we leave the a/c running at about 82 during the summer. 

Your lake house sounds so nice.

Tonight's dinner will be leftovers.  We still have spaghetti and the rice/pork sausage dish.

Tomorrow we move on to Pine Hollow, just a drive of about an hour and a half. 

Interesting thing about the toilets wrapped in saran wrap...and I can see that there might be more than one "dying to go" person who forgets about the saran wrap upon return from vacation. So, I think it must be a climate thing since we have never done that in the Northeast, and always have remaining water after nine months of inactivity in a house that ranged from 70 to 50 degrees (where we set the bathroom thermostat). I, being very " sensory", would definitely not enjoy returning to sewer aromas gracing my house after a vacation.



We actually had a nice beach day here today...but it was really hot and muggy for my long walk before heading to the beach. Now we are sitting on the porch listening to thunderstorms dancing around us. Love it! Just ordered veggie pizza and greek salad for dinner. DH would have preferred that we get lobster from the local supermarket sale, but we'll do that another night. Fast and easy is the key tonight. My allergies are so intense that I am taking the path of least resistence for everything...including dinner. I do need to see the allergist when I get home as my eyes are like slits and sooo itchy! And no benedryl for me while on the tamoxifen. Zyrtec seems to be of no great help. Of course being on a porch surrounded by weeping trees is probably not the greatest allergy minimizer.



Amazing all that heat out west! Keep cool, western sisters and brother!

Lacey, have you tried zaditor (ketotifen) for your eyes? It really helps if you use it regularly.

Thanks Nance. My eye doc suggested that a couple of months ago when I had my yearly eye check and the eye allergies were starting. I used it for about a month daily with not much luck.

So why does Tamox impact me big time and these allergy meds act like sugar stuff!? I am currently hating pharm! I learned from one of my docs that the Tamox and its effect on my estrogen leaves me more prone to allergies....and I think many people in my area of the country have had a lot of allergies this year anyway....so....bad combo. My dermatologist offered me a steroid cream for my eyes, but I thought I could manage with the zaditor, so declined. Silly me! Shades of last year's radiation, I am swabbing my eyes with aqua phor since my eyelids and skin below my eyes are so red and sore.



Laurie, glad you had such a wonderful weekend. Loved that pic of the kids walking through the ferns.

Thanks too, Luv...sadly, I think I'm prescription bound for this eye allergy problem.



I used the recipe with the green grapes in it was because that was one of the ingredients in the white gazpacho we had at The Farmhouse restaurant last week. It lends a sweetness (and acidity?). Somehow, that appealed to me, and he other recipes seemed like a plain cuke soup.

I havn't had time to read everyone's post, mainly came here to make sure Eric was OK! I was worried you were there during the terrible loss of the fire fighters. I am so glad you are safe, but very sorry for there loss and for yours. You and there family's are in my prayers. (((((hugs))))

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Eric, so sorry for the loss of your friends!  Thought of you when I read this in the paper today -- page one, above the fold, even though we are in FL.

Oh Eric, I'm so sorry for your loss......((((((HUGS)))))). Such a terrible tragedy for so many families.

Lacey, I sent you a pm.

Chana, thanks so much! I'm really looking forward to doing this!



Peggy

Laurie, sounds like a "money in the 'relational' bank" kind of day.. So happy for you that it went so well. It's great that you have nice in-laws to support such lovely exeriences.



I think we will have more rain here tomorrow.....nothing like the wild weather that passed thru MA this afternoon. We seem to be a country in weather crisis.

What a terrible event on the loss of all those firemen. So sorry that you have to go through this Eric. Our "true" heroes.

If we get any more rain we will be able to drive the boat right up to our front door! Lots of flooding here in NY, people being evacuated from their homes.  I have have to let water out of the pool to keep it from overflowing.

No grand meals here, got home at 10pm last night and had a chicken sandwich. praying for good weather for the weekend so we can do some good bbqing.

Susan  Sorry you are feeling so "blue" The doctor gave me a low dose of effexor to help with my hotflashes and the bonus is, it gives me a more stable mood. Sometimes life events just set me off into a downward spiral, that never happened pre ca.

Susan! I missed your post. It's good to hear from you. I'm sorry you're so blue. I found it oddly comforting to go through my moms things. She was a pack rat and it made me laugh more than a few times at some of the stuff she kept, such as numerous odd earrings without mates and silly Christmas decorations. It definitely made me miss her though. I hope you feel better soon and I'm glad you checked in. Make those docs listen to you!