So...whats for dinner?

Lacey, I have always liked the non-tomato pizzas at Sweet Tomatoes. Yesterday's pizza was a bit too crusty on the bottom, there was a bit too much olive oil in the pesto, and the tomatoes were no longer fresh sliced. Instead they had substituted canned. So not as good as the last time I was there about 6 years ago. I have gotten over the price since the ingredients are high quality and the pizza never makes me sick. This is a very salty pizza, but that is what Mr. 02143 needed after draining his system. I considered this pizza a treat, and there is 3/4 of a 'za in the fridge so we have lunch for the next few days. The net cost will be $2.50 per serving, so I can live with that.

The real estate gods are looking kindly upon us. I hope, hope, hope to have a signed offer by the end of the day. At least this property negotiation isn't like going into battle. No bruising yet!

*susan*

Thanks Special K! Going to make some scrambled eggs with cheese this afternoon.

Made my pot of chili Monday evening, so I will be eating that till it is gone. I don't know what is going on but I am just exhausted. SLeeping till after 8 or 9 every a.m. A lot of pain in my surgical breast. At last check up MO said it could t ake two years for it to heal inside from rads. But now when it hurts it's more persistant and I can't seem to get comfortable even lying down. I finally put ice on it and it helped some. I"ve tried different bra's, restricing activity, etc. I see him again on the 14th.

Laurie-so glad you are posting---I love your Salsa Chicken and can't wait to try the enchiladas.

Susan--good luck on the real estate---you deserve to be treated royally after the last mess.

Lacey, shame on your doctor, it isn't age, it's environment. The earth is just riddled with too many irritants for out bodies to handle. URI are the worst. It takes me forever to shake one. and it usually settles in my chest.

Meezers- rest, pamper yourself, but do eat something. Lentil soup is lovely.

Carole, I am envious of your market that you described.

Bought a "fish poacher" at a yard sale that had never been used, but no directions. It's a long rectangular thing except the edges on the ends are oval so it isn't really a rectangle. Does anyone have one? Do you use it in the oven? Can you do something besides whole fish? there is a rack inside it.

Susan -- good luck with the real estate. Glad it's so much less stressful this time around.

Lacey - feel better soon. For what it's worth -- the symbicort inhaler worked wonders. No more cough!

lacey - feel better soon!

auntie - I am excited about the outdoor kitchen, but have to rein in the contractors who want to charge out the wazoo and sell you the fanciest grill and accoutrements. Outdoor kitchens are a big business here in FL because you can grill comfortably all year. I am a bare bones grill girl - I don't want or need bells and whistles and of course, they want to upsell. I priced the hybrid grill in the catalog and it is 10 times as expensive as the one I am considering - I will probably buy one myself and have them build around it. This area is visible from the kitchen and family room inside the house and he will match my granite countertops for the counters and elevated bar - so that is nice because it will tie in. The guy from yesterday had some really good ideas and was 2/3 the price of the first estimate, so I am feeling optimistic. I will take pix for sure - we are also going to deck the lanai where the outside living room area is, and recoat the pool deck.

good luck on the house Susan I hope - is having fun haha - you have been reduced to a symbol on my speech mode phone! congratulations on finishing radiation meeers and I hope you feel better soon lacey.meezers I just drank ensure and got it over with but I hope your taste buds come back soon

laurie - I did the same thing with the UTI/URI for our poor lacey - lol! I went through a number of variation of what a URI was, none of them good, until I did the forehead slap - upper resp, doh!

susan - fingers crossed for the sale to go through.

Thought someone else might be interested in this. So cute. Can't wait to try it. Sorry I don't know how to create a link. Just copy and paste into Google: tiphero.com/baked-apple-roses

Yay Susan!

..most excellent, Susan

Lacey, Soup! Buy boxes of stock and make yourself some soup in NH. I doubt it makes you healthy faster, but it sure is comforting.

I am off to retrieve my glasses while Mr. 02143 and Kid_02143 are off to the inspection. SOOOOOOO exciting!

*susan*

Lacey--Neti Pot---Gypsy Cold Care tea from health food stores (they have a whole line of teas for whatever ails you, but I like this one when I am congested). REST.....and, if you do't want to make soup....Get someone to pick you up some Chinese won ton soup or sizzling rice. The broth in those are potent with colds for me.

Lacey - when I was in California and we were working on the garage we had Trader Joe's butternut squash risotto and some meatballs - I think they were Italian style - yummy combo and easy to heat up. Might be good while you're feeling less than.

susan - you're not going to believe this - we got an offer on the condo this afternoon! So apparently we are linked in regards to real estate. It is lower than we would like (most likely because the agent knows our bottom line, which is unfortunate) but it is an "as is" offer - no inspection needed, end of the month close. Hope all went smoothly for you today

Special, Good real estate karma all around! I have written up our response to the inspection report. I believe that the Sellers have already agreed to take care of the areas of concern, and then we will deal with the rest of the items over time. I just focused on the health and safety issues [i.e. un-permitted work not done to code.] I fully expect the fact that we have asked for all the electrical work to be done with a permit will slow down our closing date. Well worth the delay.

Nance, cubanos. Oh yum! I have stopped ordering these delicious sandwiches since I always seem to get such inferior pork. I just dream about them now. :-)

Dinner last night was a leftover leg of lamb shepards pie I had stashed in the freezer. It was totally and completely mediocre. I knew it would be, but I just hated to throw out cooked leg of lamb and so I thought that I could repurpose. Yes, I can repurpose, but not this way! The great thing about food is, today is a new day, and we can start all over again. Every single day we have to eat.

*susan*

Arrived in NH around 1PM along with the expected rain. I had not anticipated the temp to be 43 degrees (brrrr) since it was in the 60's at home. So while DH dealt with the wood delivery guy, I did my girl scout thing and got the stove going. Sometimes when it's not real cold it takes forever to get a good burn going, but at this point it looks (and feels!) great. I was surprised to see that any of the flowers I left in large pots are absolutely beautiful....especially the impatiens which I didn't plant until August.

I brought two large tomatoes from home which are just begging to be attached to a BLT, so that is what we will have tonight.....mainly b/c DH was immediately willing to drive to the nearest open store to buy the "B". We'll probably have soup and salad, too.

Another bad night of sleep....so annoying to be constantly congested. Maybe I should try Musinex at night, but am loathe to injest any more meds!

Random question....has anyone ever made that "two ingredient" recipe for pumpkin brownies? I'd love to try it since it is probably the easiest thing ever, but wonder if it is really edible! I would not want to bring a "gross" dessert to the lobster fest.

Here's what's keeping us warm here....