So...whats for dinner?

TPos - it is a tumor marker very similar to the CA 27-29. Lots of docs don't do tms, but if you're worried I suppose you could request one. I know the 27-29 is known for lots of false readings. Someone like Special K could probably give you more info about that. My mo won't scan either unless there are symptoms. Yes, every test time, the worry starts again, although it does ease some in intensity. I start my 5th year in January. I don't know if after the end of 5 I'll be more anxious or less.

Leftover hot dish

Hi all...sorry for being a deliquent poster....we are now back in NH and enjoying summer temp days. It is so,peaceful here now thatnschool is back in session and the families have left. This late AM in our walk we arrived at the beach (our end of walk stop to set our chairs up) and it was empty...a rarity! Must be like what your camp ground is like during the week Carole.
Later today after we spent time on the lake (even the loons are gone!!) some of the retirees who now live here were at the beach and we visited with them for a while. It was interesting to get the proprietal perspective of these folks, who feel invaded when the families show up. Personally I enjoy the quiet, and also enjoy the youthful energy of the younger generations in our beach neighborhood.


So we are now sitting on our screened porch like it were a summer night (we never got to domthat in the summer....crazy weather!), and as we were both too lazy to do anything about dinner, we ate tortilla chips and sour cream/salsa dip. Take that, healthy eaters!

Seriously, as you know I am usually pretty careful about my diet and was deliriously happy to find a tasty kale salad at the garden party we returned home for last Sunday, but tonight cooking was just not going to be on the agenda after getting off the beach at 7PM. No doubt DH will sneak some of the leftover balsamic chicken we had last night. I had also made some farro with walnuts and raisins to go with it. That was yummy. Turned out the hostess was trying to accommodate her vegan friends with lots if good salads. Glad she did!

Some interesting restaurant foods I've had over the past week included a sweet potato crusted cod with a balsamic glaze over brown rice, and in VT at a cute place called Cafe Province, I had a nicely done duck with a layered square of sweet potato, white potato and beet slices. It was interesting looking and very tasty. This was a nice farm to table restaurant that had a French chef and also offered pizza! I think you need to off a wide variety in an upcountry VT town to stay in business.

Nance, so glad for you and your dad that his b-day was a happy one. And good luck for passing these upcoming appts successfully in the speed lane this week!

Susan, I will have to try your mayo recipe. I know that sound of the mini processor! Our dog used to go nuts with it, so I used it rarely....but it is handy!

Positive, I also went crazy denying myself every food that seemed worrisome shortly after my treatment, but over the past few years have calmed down. I do stick to a regular exercise plan, have lost weight, and eat a lot of healthy foods, but do not deprive myself of treats that I love. I probably do err too much on the sugar allowance end of things, but maybe my exercise makes up for that?? Who knows. However long I am on this earth, I do want to enjoy myself...and I too am a foodie at heart. 😍

Special, I hope the mac and cheese you just described making was wonderful. I admire how much and how creatively you cook with all of the diet limitations you deal with. You are the chef!! And your kale salad sounded delish!

Sunshine, so sorry that you are being caused more worry with those tests...hopefully it will all calm down soon so that you can just get back to your life routine. (((Hugs)))

Minus, love the "jump ups" reference!

Minus....ooooh those desserts! My sweet tooth is trembling....

I think I never got back to posting that we never made it to Middlebury at the end of visiting my sister. Instead we had breakfast at a local diner (I had outmeal with raisins, DH had a good looking omelet). The waitress was writing the specials on the whiteboard, and I though of this thread when she wrote Poutain, which sounds awful to me but I know people like it.

Then we went raspberry picking and we got lots....some I've frozen and others have made it into my smoothies. This weekend for our beach end of summer party, I plan to make a peach raspberry crisp or crumble...whichever is easiest. On the way back to NH we stopped in the town of Rochester, VT where we scored some home made treats and a goats milk fudge. Very interesting...an extra bit of tang to it.

Raspberry pickers

Cutting my favorite tuscan kale from one of DS's gardens

Oh Carole, I think we share a similar breakfast, if a few of the ingredients are different. I always have kale as a staple in my smoothies and the carrot and beet, also chia seeds, banana, orange, cherry juice, cranberries, an apple, berries.....and eat my walnuts separately for the crunch! Then there is the little dish of vitamins. Argggh!

I am not a poutine person..... why ruin perfectly good fries with gravy stuff?

*susan*

Oh my goodness Lacey - what a wonderful bounty of raspberries. My grandpa had vines behind his house that he brought from Europe. My grandma bottled berries all of her life. After they died & my Mom bought the house, the renters tore out the vines. Mother was heartbroken.

Susan - we're perfectly prepared to listen to any condo rant you feel like making. As long as you don't mind if we call the present owner an unprintable name. My son has been trying to buy a house in San Francisco for months now to move back to the City (from San Rafael in Marin County), but there are some ridiculous bidding wars there. He just signed a contract today, so maybe....

Susan - in addition to the drum roll, I'll blow a horn & throw confetti. Wonderful news that the markers are down. Do you have a set number of cycles on Ibrance?

Susan, banging that drum! Yes!

I know that TMs are very accurate for some. Like everything else with this beast, one size doesn't fit all.

Yay, Susan!

Oy, Special! Rosanna Rosanna Dana is rolling her eyes for you....hope it works out better than it is sounding. Ugly dominoes

Took a nice walk earlier despite the heat and are lolligogging on our tree house porch watching the birds...not sure if we will head to the beach since thunderstorms are forecasted for the area. Maybe we'll drive over to Meredith to poke around some of the stores and, barring storms, enjoy watching the boat activity near that end of Lake Winnipesaukee.

Tonight we will continue our summer quest for a good BLT...probably stop at one of the Common Man Diners on the way to the Winni Playhouse to see Jekyll and Hyde. They do provide excellent performances at that theatre.

Earlier this week we intended to have our BLT dinner after stretching class, but the place we went to ended up not having them...I never imagined I'd miss Friendly's when they closed in our town...so DH had a fish sandwich and I had that sweet potato encrusted cod. At least we discovered a new casual inexpensive restaurant option....but obviously we still need to continue the BLT search.

When I was at a local farm stand last week, a woman buying a yellow/orange tomato told me it was the best kind to have on white bread with mayo. I bought one, yet have not used it given my current glut of tomatoes...some purchased, then a ton of cherries from my sister's garden..I bet Susan and/or Nance could make good use of that yellow/ orange one with one of their breads and home made mayo.

Speaking of egg safety...I was surprised to see a note on a carton of fresh eggs that DH bought from a chicken guy up here, that they did not need to be refrigerated. Really? For how long? Since DH just buys them off the empty porch, he did not get a consult about egg storage safety, but I am curious. What do others think/know about this? Thanks!

Oh and another silly visual....

When DGS was here, he wondered how raisins grew, so when we explained the sun drying grape process, he ran and placed a grape in a sunny spot on our porch. This week, DH thought it would be funny to take a photo of a raisin and send it to DGS....but in fact his little grape is sliwlycoming along just fine, and there may be no need for deception.

WooHoo Susan. Yay for down TMs.

Darn it Special on "your" condo news. Fun coming up in CA?

Nancy - sounds like your DF had a wonderful birthday.

OK Kitty news. I did take her the shelter on Monday. I searched thru all the rescues in the county and none were accepting more cats "full". I made sure the very nice worker who took her - yes female kitty - knew she was very tame. She was in a Hav-A-Heart trap but only because it has a grated bottom so she was not sitting in urine/poo. Worker agreed that she had been socialized some when they returned my trap. I checked the site yesterday. One rescue group came in and took about 9 cats. They have named her, they only do that for a few. I'm hoping that's a good sign. Says small adult not kitten though in truth very few say kitten on them. I plan on going back tomorrow with litter/kitten chow.

Only interesting thing we've eaten is a big macaroni ham salad. Tonight I'm doing what is prob. the last meal for church family. They're hoping for a placement soon for gentleman. They're having the Campbells chicken pot pie cass. and we're going to have the chicken teriyaki. I guess you could call them "hot dishes" lol. I've got jello salad 1/2 made and set out stuff to make cake mix cookies.

Lacey - looks like your having a wonderful late summer.

Oddly, I had a craving for brisket tonight, but the only brisket around here is in a very lively square on the other edge of town. And this very lively square on the other edge of town is a "no go" zone for me for the first 8 weeks after students return to the city. After 8 weeks, they all realize that they are running low on money, and stop eating out as much.

But, turns out there was a half rack of very spicy ribs in the freezer. So, while that defrosted and warmed, I made some potato salad from these lovely fingerling style potatoes I purchased at the market and we managed a really tasty meal.

Eggs don't need to be refrigerated until you wash them, and all egg processors in this country wash them for some reason. Eggs have a natural protection that is removed during the washing cycle. Sounds like you have found someone who knows how to treat eggs correctly. I do recommend washing them under running water before cracking them open. No reason to wash for boiled eggs. My grandmother used to dunk eggs into boiling water for 30 seconds before she cracked them.

*susan*

Bedo - I'll look forward to a leaf report. Isn't it still too early? Or are you going up to the back of the beyond? Hope you have a helmet. This from the lady who never wore a bicycle helmet - but then there was no such thing at the time.

Hubby took me out to dinner to celebrate over the results of my recent CT Scan

Yes, the trip to California is for fun! My BFF lives in Northern California and I try to go once a year. I went last September just prior to my 40th HS reunion in southern California, so it seemed a good time to go again. My DH and DS did a trip to Colorado and Utah last month, and DH and I will take a vacation together in Oct for our birthdays, so I decided to go next week! We always have fun, we have been great friends for more than 30 years. On the agenda is a food and wine fest in Lake Tahoe, a hot air balloon thing in Reno, shopping, dining, walking, and long chats. She has a tiny house and she is super busy, so she has also asked that we set aside some time for de-cluttering and organizing. That probably doesn't sound like fun to many, but I love doing that - and she really needs guidance with it - so we will tackle that with gusto!

OO Mommy that's my kind of meal.

Special - any news on "your" condo deal? Sounds like a fun Cali trip. Can you come declutter my house too?

The Campbells' teriyaki chicken was better than I expected. Dumped a can of water chestnuts in and the optional chunky pineapple. Used a whole bag of Birds Eye stir fry peppers/onions in place of chopping/chopping/chopping. Certainly enough for dinner tonight. I have a ham steak, probably will make that tomorrow with some kind of frozen vegies. By Monday I will have to make a grocery run but trying to avoid it for now. DH will be out of his dear lunch white sandwich bread after that if not a little bit sooner.

Bedo - I hope you have a well padded motorcycle seat to ride on lol.