So...whats for dinner?

Nancy, the Italian grocery sounds like a delightful place to visit.  Kind of like Central Grocery in the French Quarter in NO which claims to have made the original muffaleta sandwich.

Susan, the meyer lemon marmalade turned out really good.  DH did much of the preparation.  I'm not a big marmalade fan and I liked this marmalade because it is tart and not cloyingly sweet. 

Our last night at home for a while.  We went out to dinner with the couple who will be travelling companions.  By this time tomorrow night we should be on a plane headed to Los Angeles.

Laurie, hope everything goes well with your dh's surgery. 

Carole, have a wonderful trip!

Laurie, just keep lots of ice packs nearby for DH and  he'll be fine. Ingenious idea to get childcare for the boys since you will both benefit!

DH was out tonight so I had not much of a dinner....peach greek yogurt with walnuts and chia seeds, and a vegetable, fruit smoothie to which I added hemp seed, my newest mail order grain ingredient.  If I were a singleton, I would frequently eat like that! Felt filling enough, but I may be craving meat tomorrow! 

Good luck with your DH, Laurie! I hope you can enjoy the no kid time at least a bit. 

Carole, you must be getting excited! Fill us in when you can. 

Lacy every now and the I just have a bowl of cereal for supper. It works! LOL

Nance on top of everything else you made bagels???? LOL

Luvmygoats, you will have to find the weirdest recipe and post it for us. 

Today I went to noodles. Had Bangkok curry dish. it's not very hot. Sauce is thin bur it was good enough with a chicken breast. it was good just to get out of the house. I went to jewelry class and had to get cat food so even though it was only 5 degrees I went out.  I read that you guys in NOLA and South Carolina had single digits too. That hirrible. We at least have lots of winter clothing and expect that but wow. What a pain for you ! The kids finally went back to school Today So THAT Was GOOD FOR THE Mom's Around here. LOL

Much love. 

Laurie:  men do not handle these things well...that's why women have babies and do all the caregiving...lol!   I'm sure he will be fine...these are routine surgeries now, and you will get a much needed break, not to mention a worry free future..lol!

Last night we had the leftover steak and potatoes from the five star restaurant meal the night before...at least my BF did.  I had leftover turkey taco meat on a salad.  I don't like eating red meat too often whereas he will eat it every day if allowed.

Another rainy day in S. Florida but at least it's not snow!  Stay warm everyone!

Can't go wrong there Deb!

Tonight is Vietnamese pork chops with stir fried bok choy and sugar snap peas.

Looks yummy, Deb! Oh, to have a sister here cooking for me!  

Speaking of sisters, mine seems to be doing fine in her primitive VT barn/house...except for the rainy day earlier this week when she ended up with lots of water in the huge basement. She is prepping for the next anticipated warm up  with hay bales and sand bags (which her township provides...very nice!) to keep the cellar dry. Hope it works to get her through the winter and spring. She says that her entire property is a huge skating rink right now. I suspect Monica and Carrie have the same in their northern reaches!   What a crazy winter we are having!

In DH's effort to clear out our freezer, (his motivation is to get a new fridge/freezer since ours is over twenty years old with intermittent struggling... and we have soooo much in the freezer)he unearthed some lamb burgers for dinner. I took a long errand walk during which I picked up some enhancements for the burgers, (I really do love being able to do most of my errands on foot these days....even in the cold, if bundled,....like stopping at Walgreens for some skin cream, the travel agency  to pick up some ideas for our Italy trip, and the food store for a few dinner items...and when you are on foot, you don't overbuy!). When I returned home, my neighbor called to say that she just made a boatload of soup she hoped to share with us. Well, why not depart from my kale soup first course staple! So for dinner DH grilled the lamburgers while I put together the add ons, and a salad and dressing, and we first enjoyed my neighbor's sausage corn wild rice soup.....it was really yummy!

Warm thoughts going out to all......

Monica, this particular version calls for thick chops marinated in a mixture of fish sauce, brown sugar, shallot,

Laurie, hopefully hubby's discomfort is calming down.    I remember a conversation between my cousin (a doctor) and Mickey (studying to be a doctor).    The first time the two of them met was right after he had just finished doing a vasectomy.  His comment was that the anatomy books were all wrong about the vas deferens..that, despite it's location, it was most certainly attached to a man's chin.  He said that during the procedure, he would carefully "tug" on the vas deferens to make sure he had it..and every time he tugged, the man's chin would move downward.  

Moon, I can't say anything like that was in our freezer when we cleaned it out (pulled in the trash can and threw it all away) due to freezer failure.  

Lacey, I love walking to the grocery store. The way the city zoning regulations are set up, it's almost impossible for commercial establishments to be within what most people consider would be walking distance of their home...and the place isn't that walking friendly...so everyone drives.

And Deb, that spaghetti sauce looks good. 

I'm off work today....more house cleaning and about 5 hours from now, I'm taking DD to the driver license place to take her driving test so she can (!) get her driving license.....  The insurance companies say this is one of the worst places in the country for staged wrecks.......sigh.....so the insurance rates are *high*...and, in my case, going *way* up......

Laurie - Hope your DH is recovering without incident. Yay for 2 days no kids. Minestrone sounds good.

Eric - the insurance may go up but you will pay less with a DD. I still think there is some incentive for good grades too but has been awhile for us (DD is 26.5 now) so could certainly be wrong. Why is AZ so bad for staged wrecks? Monica - I forgot about the graduated license. Yes, we have that too. DD tried to change a tire once, but it had been put on with automatic wrench and she couldn't budge it. She does check her tire pressures and fills them up if needed.

MinusTwo - I've looked at Central Market, not found anything but then I'm a wimp on hotness. There is an HEB but in Burleson, south of FW. Just googled 50 miles. But I do need to go visit the cemetery where my DM's buried which is down past that. Looks like we're getting a stretch of good weather. Maybe next week.

The enchiladas did not get made. DH came home earlier than I anticipated. Ate last of turkey, made good brown rice, froz. broccoli and biscuits. We're going to clean out storage closet in a bit. Oh joy. Major rearranging. Good day to do it - rainy but nicely warmer.

Eric - best of luck to DD and to you to on your new adventures. Sure know about the driving miles.

Laurie, sounds like you are taking good care of DH during his recovery. I actally broke out laughing after reading your response to his  pre-op declaration. I could just picture you saying that with a quizzical look and it struck me as so funny! I'm sure the Pat's game will motivate him to push through any residual pain!

Apropro of our recent posts about connections with grown kids, DS2 texted DH this week to ask if he wanted to go to the Pat's game with him and his crew of friends. Then, when he heard it would be raining (but fortunately, not freezing!) for the whole game (and tailgating time) he gave DH the chance to opt out, but my DH would rarely wimp out of anything due to weather....so off they will go....and I get to happily watch the drenched fans from the warm/dry family room. Actually that makes me think....I can make them some tasty cookies for their tailgating and it gives me a chance to use my new kitchen aid mixer blade, while not having to have any high caloric "product" in the house!

Hope the driving test went well, Eric. My two sons had such different approaches to that process...DS1 was dying to drive, and called every single day to be sure he could get the earliest possible test date. He finally succeeded and it snowed on that day...he actually took his test in the snow storm! DS2 was way more relaxed about the whole thing, maybe because DS1 was usually willing and able to drive him whereever. Definitely a family milestone, Eric. Congratulations!

OH bananas Eric....so frustrating!

Laurie  Now is the time (while he is under the influence) to take the credit card and run!  LOL Was totally laughing at his comment to you...probably felt like he was going in front of the firing squad.  My BIL just had this done and he had an allergic reaction to the metal clips and his "stuff" swelled to the size of huge grapefruits....no kidding...I saw them!  In spite of all the ice...he could not walk for a week. When he finally made an appearance in public, they still barely fit in his shorts....boy did we have fun at his expense!  never seen anything like it in all my nursing career.

Anyways....staying home tonight, leftover something for dinner. Maybe popcorn.

My brother was circumcised as an adult. Turned out he was allergic to the iodine they used to swab the incision.   Looked like he had a third thigh.  Could only wear sweats for a couple of weeks.  His wife was not happy.