So...whats for dinner?
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Bedo - since we're "worn" we must be really lucky because we've been loved!!!
Joyce sorry to hear about your father's passing and your mother's mishaps. Wow you have really had a load. Glad you're going to take a break for sun & golf. Hope you have fun with Michelle's DH. Post whenever you can.
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Can't resist. Courtesy of Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit "'What is REAL' asked the Rabbit one day..'Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick out handle?' 'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real'. 'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit. 'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.' 'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?' 'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But those things don't matter at all, because once you are Real, you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.'"
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Oh My DD and I loved the "Belbeteen Wabbit". I think I still have it in the closet with some of her other books. I remembered the part about the hair being loved off.
Bedo be careful out there. Hope your travel distance is not far. Is the "real" job the 4 day/week one or is that still another one you were considering?
Joyce - lovely to hear from you but not so lovely all the sadness in your family. Enjoy your visit with Michelle's DH. Sun and golf sound nice.
Susan - I keep seeing hints of a pattern shift mid to late month on the weather board I lucked onto.
Lacey - hope your DH was able to successfully clear the worrisome roof. We had a turbine vent go wonky last year with ice coating one side. DH said "I'm going to have to climb on the roof". HaHa couldn't even walk outside on concrete without holding onto the fence. DH managed to get in the attic and block the updraft into it with cardboard stopping it from turning. Then we ordered vent covers. This year only a smidgen of ice on New Years. Cannot imagine how one clears a roof of snow.
Tonight is rerun of pork stir fry. Had talked myself into going shopping tomorrow, now half talked myself out of it. Need some new dress pants and hoping for a good sale at Macys or Dillards (comparable store). Well Macy's is having Presidents' Day Sale. Might have made up my mind to go. DH would probably like a quiet day without me.
Carole waiting to hear how your pitas turned out. KAF is persistent in sending me baking stuff. LOL if only they knew how little I baked.
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Baking the pitas was fun! You put this pancake flat piece of dough onto the baking stone and when you peek in a couple of minutes later there's a puffy pillow on the stone. We dipped the pitas in olive oil with cracked pepper. The dinner was very good. Minus, that is the name. Seeds of Change. I recommend the product.
Love the passage about the Velveteen Rabbit. Not familiar to me.
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Carole: I took a Children's Lit class in college just for fun & had both The Velveteen Rabbit and The Little Prince before I was even married. I think you'd enjoy both. I did read them to my son but it turned out he's not a big reader. Oh well. I still read them periodically to make sure I remember to keep some wonder in my life and haven't become too "stuffy" or hidebound or...dare I say OLD?
OK - sorry for hijacking the thread. I'll move back to 'book lovers' for reading matters.
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Velveteen Rabbit is not a distraction.... though my sister was so enamored with the book that she has a house full of rescue rabbits. [Don't ask.]
*susan*
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The Velveteen Rabbit was my favorite childhood book! Loved it and read it to my children too. I did a writing/speaking workshop with other cancer patients and we then gave an "inspirational" 20 minute (without any notes, um....what?) presentation to patients currently in treatment, and their families, who were gathered for dinner at the Hope Lodge next to the NCI cancer Center. The other people doing presentations were at least ten years out form treatment, but I was still bald and receiving Herceptin. It was an interesting experience. I included the Velveteen Rabbit in my remarks as part of the beginning narrative about how I would go out in the backyard with the book and lay on a blanket and read it by myself as a very little girl. My talk was about being an independent person all of my life and then realizing how many people I needed through cancer treatment, and how great it was that I had so many who wanted to help me.
Had a fun weekend with the SILs - their race was fun and the weather was excellent - sorry all of you freezing, snowed-in northern peeps! I am agog at the amount of snow! I spent four winters (yes, I counted them!) in upstate NY, I remember well bringing my newborn son home from the hospital in 3' of snow and 35 below with wind chill - I was sure he would freeze between the door of the hospital and the car, but he didn't. He was wrapped up like a super burrito. Stay warm and be careful all of you!
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Making chicken for dinner!
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The amount of snow that has fallen in the last month is now more than my height. Mr 02143 has been outside since 7am clearing the latest output. The boy went off to work however. The girl was supposed to head to class but her teachers can't make it so she gets another "found" day.
*susan*
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My town's snow removal budget is either blown or nearly blown with all this snow. Hubby is complaining that if we get much more, he's going to be having a hard time to find a place to put it! We have over two feet on the ground already!
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I wish you all could come down to FL and get warm! During the time we lived in NY the small town we lived in had a parade of the snow equipment in the fall before it started snowing so we could see what our property tax dollars paid for - I found that pretty amusing.
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lol
Normally I don't mind snow, but when it starts coming like it has been, that's when it gets a bit too much
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Special, where were you in New York?
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eric - Rome, NY, kind of between Syracuse and Utica
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Sharon grew up in the Syracuse area...
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Crazy lake effect snow in that area - blue sky and snowing! I loved living there in spite of the winter weather - some of the best times of my life, and both of my children were born there. My DD likes to answer the "where were you born" question by saying Rome, watching the reaction and then pausing, and adding New York after a few seconds. She is her father's daughter.
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Boy, I hope these snow events for you guys stop soon. Enough already!
The hand doc appt went pretty well. She said I'm about where I should be. Based on her exam of my thumb and the amount of feeling I have, she thinks I should have more noticeable improvement in the next six weeks. She's been right about everything else so far, so I'm going with it. The doc also gave me some exercises for the arthritis in the hands which have actually helped already. I can get back to my resistance training too. So all in all, its good.
Today is potato leek soup. I've also started some baguettes which I'll finish tomorrow.
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Joyce -- good to hear from you but I'm so sorry about all of your family issues. That's very tough.
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Do any of you creative cooks here have an idea about what to do with leftover popovers? They are seasoned only with salt and not much of that. It seems a shame to just throw them away. I thought about drying them and making breadcrumbs. Any other ideas?
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joyce - I wanted to echo the sentiments above - you have had a tough time recently and I am so sorry about your recent loss. Glad you can enjoy some sun and enjoyable times here in FL.
auntie - what about cubing the popovers and tossing them with olive oil and garlic, S&P and sautéing or baking them for croutons? Is the texture ok for that? Or cubing and drying and combining with sautéed onion, celery, sage and some cooked and crumbled sausage and chicken stock for a baked dressing?
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I tried to take a panoramic picture of the grill area with the 9 foot snow bank and the neatly shoveled area, but it turned into a movie. Let's see if this will post. Nope... get a javascript error which should tell me that .mov are not allowed. So I will post a pathetic picture, well maybe two. [and after the javascript error, I am logged out of breastcancer.org. I smell a bug!]
So, I need to learn how to use this camera on the iPhone!
*susan*
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Joyce, it's great to have you pop in. Sorry for the sad events in your life. Give Michelle's dh a hug from all of us and tell him we miss her wonderful spirit.
Nance, good news about the hand's progress. You certainly went back to using it very soon after the surgery. WHY are there leftover popovers? That's the question on my mind. LOL. I've had them once that I can remember, at a supper club in MN. They were delicious, actually the only really good thing about the meal.
I took out a container of chili from the freezer for dh's dinner. I had a heavy lunch following the golf event. It wasn't really good, just heavy. A catered buffet with three meats and multiple carb dishes. I avoided the latter and then proceeded to eat a small dish of bread pudding that was delicious. AND thee cookies, on the largish side. So much for will power. I fear I'm falling into the pattern of older people liking sweets.
Eric, how is your mom?
Bedo, what is the soup of the day?
The cortisone shot in the foot did not cure the burning and pain. I was limping toward the end of the round of golf. I guess I should start a search for an orthopedic foot dr., as someone (Minus?) suggested. I'll be seeing my PCP soon and I'll see what she thinks.
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They are piling snow in dump trucks and dumping it in the ocean, as there is no where else to put it.
Yes I loved the Velveteen Rabbit. My daughter has Baba who she picked out on her first birthday by pointing to him and saying Baba, of course. Baba has been to Europe, as a special exchange student and to South America. Baba has lived in Chicago, Auburn Ala, Ga, RI and now resides happily in MA. Baba goes everywhere with my daughter when she goes on trips or moves. He has no eyes. Our dog insisted on removing them no matter how many times they were superglued back in place. Baba is a stuffed bear, but one who stands on all fours.
Goats, this will be a 4 day a week job, but I am volunteering in Appalachia for 10 days in March to keep my sanity
Joyce, it is so good to hear from you but I am sorry to hear about your parents. You have been a good friend.
Oh Veruka, I hope that you and your family stay warm. I say Pizza Delivery and Mini-Maids! Yay! Who wants to rent a movie!?!
I am sorry for those I missed, I have to get up early for work.
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Hi Joyce.....so good to see your posts, although I am sorry for the sad news about your parents. You have been so devoted to their care. Am glad your family can help a bit now.
Please give R. our best tiday! And yes, we all miss Michelle so much! She was a great cook, wasn't she! I'm sure you will come up with a great meal for tonight. Enjoy the golfers!
You are lucky that the light snow has blown off your roof in NH. Ours is just a giant growing mound on all the roofs. DH tried to get some of it off our low pitched family room roof yesterday morning and promptly fell off the ladder landing on his hip.
He is having surgery on it today, so I need to get into town to see what's happening. He is being pre-empted by lots of trauma cases so far. Not surprising given our wild weather conditions! He probably could have had his surgery done by now here in our local hospital branch, but DS1 got involved (long distance) and had DH transferred to the main hospital campus last evening. So we'll see....meanwhile I am very thankful that we are only getting a wee bit of snow today....
Will update later... Dinner late last night was half a smoothie, cheese/crackers and chocolate chip cookies. Oh dear!
Susan, I will probably be at BIDMC tomorrow....unless they cut him loose immediately, so let me know where you will be, and maybe we can connect. He is over at Pilgrim Rd building.
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It.Is.Snowing.Today..... They.promised.Sunshine.... They.lied... Had.Enough.
Apartment in Seville has fallen through so I am scrambling to find another one. Barcelona is all booked. Tired of looking at apartment photos that try to mislead. Just be honest and we will all be happy, for goodness sake.
Dinner last night was the baked pasta dish I froze recently, plus some garlic bread and a salad. Mr. 02143 spent at least 4.5 hrs cleaning snow yesterday, I knew that his body would need some carbs. I am a bit worried by how much his body is rebelling from this constant tossing of snow over 8' snowbanks. But he refuses help from the kids, and is a bit stubborn.
Lacey, will send you my BIDMC details by PM. Maybe I can bring you a purchased sandwich?
Joyce, I join the chorus of condolences. What a hard time of it you have had. So happy to hear that Rick will be visiting you. I am sure that whatever food you serve after 18 holes of golf will be appreciated. Can't imagine he doesn't just love being with the two of you.
Leftover popovers... all I can come up with is a savory bread pudding, or a sweet one [but that is never what I would do], or opening them up and stuffing them before throwing them back in the oven to re-bake. Served with a sauce? Sometimes leftover bread is just good cut into strips and lightly sautéed in butter with some cinnamon sugar. Oh..... how about croutons for a salad, tossed in some oil and herbs/garlic and then toasted in a fry pan?
Back to apartment reviews.
*susan*
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Oh no Lacey, so sorry about your dh! Aggghhhhh! Hate winter!! We are back to the deep freeze of single digits the next few days. Ugh!
Thanks for all the great ideas. I did think about throwing the popovers in the freezer and using them for a dressing but I think I'll make the bread pudding. That will make dh very happy. Carole, I don't know why there were leftovers. I did my part lol!
My fresh pork shanks will be ready this morning. Not sure if they'll be ready in enough time to fix them for dinner.
Dh is fixing me a waffle for a late breakfast then I'm off to start the baguettes.
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joyce - I will be in your neck of the woods this weekend - we are going to the Miami Boat Show to see DD (she is working a trolling motor booth) and then checking on the condo of our friend for whom my DH is the executor - in Boynton Beach. I will blow you a kiss from there! Have fun with the golfers and I am sure they will think anything you make is delicious!
lacey - eeeks for your DH! I am so sorry that he had an accident, but surely hoping that the fix goes well. Hope you and susan can meet up, just sorry for the circumstances and both of you be careful!!!
carole - so sorry about the foot, it is miserable when feet or backs hurt - you need them to do everything. Hoping you can get some relief as I know you like to be active.
auntie - yay for hand improvement, progress has to be encouraging. The bread pudding idea for the popovers is a great one - susan is a genious.
veruka - you are so busy! Wish I could help!
bedo - loved the Baba story - my son had a stuffed pig named Otto - went everywhere. I was so worried about him losing it I had a back up Otto in storage - wouldn't have been the same but man, he loved that little pig. Still have both, lol! When my cousin and his fiancée got married in Austria in the summer of '13 they had each had their small stuffed animal at the wedding.
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Yup Special. We have 2 stuffed bears nearly identical purchased about 6 months apart. "Griz" named because we had "Jeremiah Johnson" on during DD's 1st birthday party and he was christened that.
Lacey - I'm so, so sorry to hear about your DH's accident. Hope surgery is a success and his recovery is without incident. What do we need to do to get the snow to let up? I think the plains and TX included is getting a very cold spell middle of next week. That might take some of the "snow heat" off of NE.
Had brats and french fries last night with repeat tonight. I have to face digging deep into the freezer to see what's in there. Also need to make blueberry muffins with the blueberries I bought umm last week.
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will be awol for awhile fell this am on path around lake on bklack ice and broke one bone in right wrist and chipped other bone in wrist as well seeing ortho surgeon tomorrow at noon nurse said 99 % chance I will require surgery. pain meds not working..... -
Oh Red! Now your father will be TRULY irritated with you. Do what you can to let us know how you are doing. Lot of this falling going around. Take care of yourself.
Found a container of Thanksgiving Turkey stock!!!! Pasta e Fagioli tonight for supper. Yum. I even have a bag of soup pasta in the freezer so I don't have to make any pasta tonight.
*susan*
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