So...whats for dinner?

No need for envy today Susan...never got near the lake....maybe tomorrow if the boat battery isn't dead. I won't be sitting at the beach, with the mention of duck poop bacteria, but a jump into the cool 200 foot middle would refresh. We'll see.

I figured it was brutal at home today with the high humidity. No wonder your feet are so pained....hot humid weather is not a friend to that condition! I'm glad you surrendered to your Indian shop for dinner food! And yes to tasty leftovers...or as we learned, "jump ups". Do pace yourself, if you can......we are not so hot weather hardy, as we are for winter freezes!

Susan - I am still in awe that you can work & run a B&B and take treatments. Hope you've raised the price for August.

Everyone sounds like summer is in full swing.

Minus, you make it sound so easy. comps for surgery , way to go!!!

Susan, would you ever consider retiring your "real" job and going B+B full time?:)

I announced that I could go back to work for a few hours tonight, but the health department came and said to stay in my hovel until Monday when I will be declared fit to walk among the campers. It's a bit boring, but quiet, in this little place in the camp, with my books, cat, TV and you guys. Still taking Tamiflu and beginning to feel better

Susan - what a wonderful article. Thanks for sharing. Growing up on the West coast, I didn't know anyone who went away to camp - except for maybe a week of church camp w/all the same people you already knew. Most of my friends from the East Coast did go to camps. Still, I love the woods & the water & yes, the campfires. I had one glorious summer 6-8 weeks at a music camp at University of the Pacific when I was 16, We lived in the college dorms & engaged in music all day every day.

For dinner I cooked 2 T-Bone steaks. I only ate 1/4 of the meat so have lots of leftovers, but I had a great time gnawing on the bones. My side was macaroni with butter - something my Mother occasionally served w/steak if my Dad was out of town (otherwise we had to have "meat & potatoes" of course).

I never went to sleep-away camp--we couldn’t afford it. But I went to day camp every summer (held for the younger kids at the JHS--which lacked a pool, so the little tykes ran around under outdoor showers and in inflatable wading pools, and across the street at the HS for the older ones). From age 8-13 I was a camper; at 14 & 15 a jr. counselor; and at 16-20 an asst. lifeguard at the HS’ pool. We offered Gordy the chance to go to sleep-away camp (which we could afford), but he loved the summer program at his school so much that he insisted on being with his classmates all summer, every summer through its Lower & Middle School divisions. Upper School didn’t offer a program, so as a teen he went to daytime theater camp and then was selected for the first-ever teen program at i.O. (formerly known as Improv Olympic--at the program’s end, he was the only teen invited to study with the adults). He also did a session at the Ombudsman learning clinic in order to finish his math requirement before his senior year.

This morning was the fifth day of tri-tip leftovers (with my eggs). Tonight I arrived late to a wine dinner (theme was northern France) because I played a show in Evanston that didn’t finish until nearly 8 pm. I arrived during the entree. So I missed the hors d’oeuvres (but they did give me a flute of Cremant d’Alsace) and the sea scallops (I didn’t get the Sancerre either). I did get to eat the smoked duck breast and spinach salad (with a Brouilly) and then the main course of Cornish hen coq au vin with lardons, carrot puree, spring onions and mushrooms (along with a Bourgogne Rouge blend). Dessert was berry creme bruleé with a delightful off-dry Vouvray. (No, I didn’t finish even half of any of the glasses). I got a lift home, and waited for Bob to arrive. He had to miss the entire dinner: his car broke down on Lake Shore Drive and he had to wait till after 9:30 for a tow to the closest Ford dealership (which is, mercifully, now here on the north side instead of way up in Niles where we had to buy the car originally). The tow-truck driver brought him home, so I didn’t have to come and get him. (Wish I’d known he was going to do that before I had that double espresso to help me stay alert--looks like another late Netflix night). We have to get to the dealership by 9 tomorrow morning if Bob is going to be able to make his rounds at his hospitals and get home before midnight. He’s working all this coming weekend (as he did last weekend) because he’ll need to take off the next two weekends in a row while we’re in Italy. I suspect the problem is a bad throttle linkage--my ’02 Taurus did precisely the same thing (abruptly stopped accelerating) in 2010, a year before it had the exact opposite problem, fierce and dangerous spontaneous acceleration that necessitated my riding the brakes the entire nerve-wracking mile home. (Some idiots online suggested I’d gotten the pedals mixed up--there’s still resistance to the idea that spontaneous unintended acceleration is a “thing.” But it turned out to be a stuck throttle linkage....only it would have cost me $2000 in labor to tear down the dash to confirm that, so we traded it in. We’d dropped >$3K in repairs only a few months prior).

Ohhh, how I miss gumbo! (the roux is the diet-breaker for me, and I refuse to even try to make a gumbo or etouffé without one). My tomato plants are bearing like crazy, but only one of a cluster of small ones has ripened (it was yummy and I saved the seeds). We had fierce winds late yesterday afternoon, and one large branch was blown off my basil plants. I’ll try to get it to root indoors; if not, well, I have a couple of store-bought heirlooms on the sill and a container of mozzarella di bufala in the fridge and I’m not afraid to use them (though I am getting sorta tired of insalata Caprese). And Lacey’s post reminded me I have some garlic scapes in the crisper and need to figure out how & where to use them. They do keep far better than scallions or ramps. Maybe I will make pasta (shiratake) primavera.

Shows I'm 2 days behind but not that many posts. I guess everyone is busy summering or sweating lol.

Minus - Yay for a lovely deporting experience and some lovely food also. Sometimes we make a "tidbit tray" here I think that was what my MIL called it. My DM called it a "pu pu platter" Hawaiian term for appetizer plate.

I tracked down thru the search who shared the "jump ups" story. It was Seaside Memories.

Copy/paste from 4/16/13. "I went back to college to earn a 2nd degree a few years ago and had young kids at home as did some of my fellow students. One day we were sitting around toward the end of our very long class day and talking about what the heck we were going to make for dinner that night and one of my classmates said, 'We're going to be having jump-ups'.... So I'm thinking it's maybe like a Sloppy Joe or something like that and I ask what is a jump-up? She responded with 'It's when I'm too tired to cook and I say jump up and fix your own dang meal'. Aka... A left over night.... Still makes me smile to think of her today... She was such a riot!"

***** that is for 5 star Susan. I just don't know how you do it but do absolutely understand the wanting to be with Olivia - BTW lovely name. I told DD about your Pokemon problem. She sent me a link to get it fixed if it is a bother. She explained much better why this happened - the "base - my word nor hers" Pokemon Go is built on is historical sites. She gave me the name starts with an "L" but misplaced it both on paper and in my memory. Here's the link. I think you said it was in the park so might not really be "personal property". Read today about another person finding a body while playing.

From DD - This is the page where people can put in requests to have Pokemon Go locations removed from their property:

https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=319928

Under reason select "Report a Pokestop on my personal property." She'll have to get someone to tell her what the stop is called in the game, or download the app just to quickly find out (if she wants it removed, that is).

Howdy Happy Hammer. Glad to see you. Hot here in North Texas too though a freakish storm from OK way blew thru this am, black skies, wind but alas no rain. If I ever get any more peaches those sound good. Peaches here this year good but small. My tree is old, not well cared for. I think a present to myself is going to be new fruit trees this fall. The drought years did them in. But the fig tree is going great, hoping for a nice crop. Then I will be looking for fig recipes. The $1.99/lb apricots here in the local grocery are darned good. Need to get more b4 they change suppliers.

Yesterday I baked a pie from the graham cracker crust label. Apple cranberry crunch (canned apple pie filling, whole berry cranberry sauce) with a crunch topping for church meeting. Brought home one piece which is good. Made Shake 'N Bake, roasted potatoes and a jello salad for my friend who had nerve block done yesterday. She only can eat chicken, no beef, no rice. We had some of the jello salad and DH had leftover pasta salad. Tonight we get chicken and potatoes, the oven was full with their meal and I'd had enough of it being on. I wanted plenty for them for leftovers tonight and possibly tomorrow.

Bedo - so glad to hear you're improving and will soon be "clean" lol. Did you scream bloody murder when the camper poked you? I know I would have or soiled my pants.

I went to Bluebird daycamp (Camp Fire girls juniors) in Hawaii and week long church camp several times. Had the good fortune to go to camp in Cloudcroft NM but the bad fortune to get the stomach bug the 2nd day there. I was probably 7-8th grade so not a youngster but surely wanted my mama. I have a friend who went for years as camp nurse to Camp Kanakuk outside Branson MO where she went to camp and her kids followed.

ChiSandy, how fortunate that you have scapes awaiting! If you aren't sure what you'd like to do with them, how about making some scape pesto....and you could even freeze it in small servings to be used to add interest to grilled chicken, or other proteins.

Susan, how wonderful that you and Olivia will have that time together!

On the camp topic, I went to two week Girl Scout camp for two years as a ten and eleven year old. I was initially very homesick, but enjoyed myself nonetheless, and can still recall girls I met there, and interesting/fun camper experiences. DH and I were talking about sleepover camp with DDIL recently and we were shocked to learn that she would NEVER consider send our grands to one. Apparently, it is culturally discrepant to be that separated from one's parent (mother!). Interesting......we'll keep a watch on how that develops, remembering, of course, that it's too bad if we don't agree!

Yesterday afternoon we spent on the lake.....maiden voyage, 2016, finally!! It was a perfect day for it. Then connected with neighbors on the beach until past dinner hour. We had all watched a neighbors' daughter's wedding party be water shuttled across the lake to the Inn where their rehearsal dinner was being held. Fun!

So, we returned home after 8PM needing showers and food....showers no problem, food choices limited. I sautéed a couple of portobello mushrooms, minced garlic, some chopped kale, leftover diced flank steak, and added our last two eggs and tuscan seasoning in an attempt to make a fritata of sorts. Not pretty, but it tasted good. Too tired to make a salad (and few ingredients available), so I sliced our last two nectarines to have on the side. An hour later (very late!) we finished up the chocolate and cherry vanilla ice cream that was in freezer.

Today is beautiful here, but we head home again to attend an open house across the street to meet our new neighbors who have had dirt blowing at their house all week from all the excavation going on in the lot next door. Yuck! I don't envy them.

Tuesday we head to the Vineyard for the rest of the week, where we will eat good food, hopefully enjoy beach weather, and see some shows with my widow (awful term) friend, our hostess. I'm expecting she'll have a much better week than last year when her dog was dying during oyr visit.DH is very excited that we have tickets to see a Preservation Hall concert there.

I better get back to packing.....my least favorite task in case I've never mentioned it!

mommyof2 - our dinner will be similar - burgers on the grill on Hawaiian rolls, grilled corn on the cob and potato salad made with tiny Yukon golds. Will raise a toast to great minds thinking alike!

Dinner tonight is crab legs. I do a boil with hot seasoning, and garlic butter and lemon. YUMMMM

I don't know yet about dinner. An early lunch, however, will likely be hotdogs from a food truck outside a bank.

Welcome Valstim, though maybe you have posted before and my chemo brain is forgetting? Back when I lived in NC, we would often skirt your town on our way south of Charlotte. To be honest, I have no distinct recollection. All interstates look the same!

Dinner last night was interesting. While rummaging around in the lamb chop drawer, Mr. 02143 found a pork chop from that wonderful pig we bought last year. He pulled out 4 tiny lamb chops and this BONUS pork chop. I sous vide some potatoes [first time ever] trying desperately not to heat up the kitchen. They were not bad! Cooked consistently through and through, and the garlic and rosemary flavors permeated the taters. I then made a large salad with some carrots and cucumbers finishing up last week's farm produce. Tonight we will have the three leftover chops, the potatoes sautéed just enough to brown, and some vegetables as yet to be determined. Wonderful selection at the Farmer's Market this morning, so I have lots to choose from.

Bloody hot here in Boston. We are all melting. In fact, we even succumbed to air-conditioning our bedroom so we could sleep last night.

*susan*

Great minds do think alike Special.

Susan, hubby and I were absolutely melting last night at a wrestling event we had tickets for. They didn't use the a/c in the building as much as they should have. Lots of people were complaining during the event.

Luv - I think the bourbon will be better anyway. Susan - hooray for the found pork chop. Lacey - oh my, the tree roach story sounds awful. Eric - now you've got me hungry for hot dogs. I'll bet I haven't had one in two years but I do have a package in the freezer.

Dunch was leftover cold T-bone steak and re-heated boiled potatoes. I've just sliced a cantaloupe. They were only $0.77 at the super market this week. Hope it's a sweet one. And I sliced up some cucumbers & minced sweet onions that are marinating in tarragon vinegar, dill and sour cream.

Pre-birthday lasagna: