how about drinking?

Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Twofer Tuesday! First day back at 'normal' work went well. Got a boatload of work done and a pretty good idea of what has to be done going forward. Still need to come up with an attack plan based on a shorter work week, but that'll happen. Best part of the day was after I got home and the plumbers got done replacing the water pump and electrical wiring in the well!Running water again!YEAH!Being able to flush the toilet after every visit is a luxury I have seriously taken for granted for a very long time.Now the ketchuping of laundry and dishes begins.Sadie is definitely losing her hearing, she didn't react to the plumbers being here for over an hour, they said. Then she came out and supervised, noisily, for the rest of the time they were here. She was a tired puppy by bedtime!

Goldie--first day back was drama-free!I'm going to be working Mon, Tues, Wed, with changes as needs come up. Sadie will be happy to have me home, she gets more treats when I'm home. Actually, I think she really does like me at least a little, she keeps nudging me for pets and belly rubs and keeps track of where I am most of the time. The weather has been crazy everywhere this spring. Hard to believe the first day of summer is almost here.

Morning, Karen!

Chi--three outdoor beer gardens? That must be a fun place to visit. Sorry the steak was tough. That does diminish the enjoyment.

Old Fashioned Cocktail Ingredients:

• Whiskey: Bourbon or rye are typically for this cocktail. We usually use either Bulleit or Buffalo Trace bourbon.
• Bitters: We usually use Angostura Aromatic Bitters.
• Maple syrup: To lightly sweeten the cocktail.
• Fresh orange: Plus a vegetable peeler or knife, to slice off some of the peel.
• (Optional) Maraschino cherries: We occasionally like to add Luxardo cherries to our old fashioned cocktails too, which are definitely a bit of a splurge. But trust me, they are a million times better than the cheap, red-dyed, artificially-flavored maraschino cherries in the fruit aisle at the grocery store. They come in a pretty thick syrup, which we tend to tap off so as not to overly sweeten the cocktail.
• Ice: Any ice will do! We love making ours in these cubed trays.

How To Make An Old Fashioned Cocktail:

To make this maple-sweetened old fashioned cocktail, simply:

1. Prep your orange peel. Use a vegetable peeler or knife to carefully cut a 2- to 3-inch-long piece of orange peel. Run the pulp-side of the peel around the rim of the cocktail glass. Then set aside.
2. Add bourbon, bitters, and maple syrup. And use a spoon to briefly stir to combine.
3. Add in the ice. And stir with the spoon again to mix and chill the drink.
4. Garnish and serve. Give the orange peel a good twist to release its oils, then tuck it into the drink. Add a maraschino cherry (if using) and serve immediately.

From <https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/maple-old-fashioned/>

Hello..Happy Tewzzdey

Glad to hear your surgery went well Dorty..been thinking about you and your recovery..I would hide the JD from Stella...she be sneaky.

Burrrrr Lowie Lou....More thunderstorms on tap for later today..I love the rain if I dont have to drive in it. DD only stayed a few days and I love her BF....very sweet guy and they are smitten..cute to watch. They made me Mojito's every night and cooked me dinner...love love love.

Finally had success with Un employment...FL is so jacked up but I got a small check in the mail yesterday and was able to claim my weeks. I also called them and spoke to an actual person who verified my claims look good and I should start to see the money by the beginning of next week.

Have to start cleaning as Donese arrives on Sunday.

Enjoy your day ladies

xoxo

Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Hump Day, and welcome to my Friday! I finally figured out why I wasn't hearing my alarm going off in the ayems--I had the alarms turned off! DUH! Thank goodness for early sunrise waking me up these last few ayems. Of course, now I have to reset the alarms so they don't go off EVERY morning. Ah, the difficulties of changing work hours. Sadie says Hi to everyone.

Goldie--I've suspected that Sadie's hearing has been going for a while. She is 11 years old, so she's entitled to a little decline, I suppose. She still seems pretty happy, so that's a good thing. Electrician is next, now that I know my work schedule. Hope your tomatoes are surviving.

CynCyn--oh my, company that comes and cooks and mixes drinks, what a luxury! And getting through to unemployment, that's a major victory these days! Youmust be looking forward to Donese's arrival. Say Hi to her for us.

Chi--It must feel good to be able to get out and do things like a mani-pedi again.

Raspberry Limoncello Prosecco

Ingredients:

• 3 cups prosecco, chilled
• 1 cup limoncello liqueur, chilled
• 1 cup frozen raspberries
• 6 sprigs fresh mint

Directions:

1. In a large pitcher, whisk together prosecco and limoncello.
2. Serve over raspberries, garnished with mint, if desired.

From <https://damndelicious.net/2014/06/09/raspberry-limoncello-prosecco/print/>

Mornin' ladies,

I'm so screwed up with my days nd nites lately. These oofy phones are ll over the place and we're so so busy. I sleep mostly during the day an the phones re going during the nite One of my boyfriends fixed my GF's electric yesterday and he didn't charge her so she wants new toilets and told her to pcik them out , he'll pick them up and told her not to worry about it. He tol me he'd take care of her for me. That was so sweet, I was glad she was happy with him.

OK Kim not saying a word but mum is my word for you. Poor Sadie not hearing well, so see she needs u more. Give her a great big belly rub from me.

Lori ur weather is crazier than mine. I hope nothing gets frozen out, u work so hard or ur garden an then to have some cray nites to screw it up.

Cyn I'm sure ur waiting for this weekend an with good reason. I'm telling you Stella is going to make trouble for you. After all we know who introduced her in here, the troublemaker herself. speaking of

Dara I thought u were staying in the hospital longer but I'm glad ur not but please take it easy. Ur another one that doesn't listen to Drs. sometimes. But u have to listen.

Sandy u got to get out finally for dinner. There are quite a few outdoor places here, I'm sure they'll be crowded. Today is Joey's BD <16> so she's looking around for someplace to go that;s safe.So we'll see what happens.Jodi's coming Sat. morning to bring breakfast and coffee for Joe's BD and he had a BD parade Saturday so he's having this spread out for a week.Brat

My phone's been going so I'll go for now, have a nice day everyone.

LUBS U ALL

Good morning, all! What a busy day yesterday. I met friends (3) for lunch. We had fun catching up with each other. The wait staff all had masks and the menus were disposable. Then I went to vote in our statewide primary. Lines were long in other areas, but I waited only 30 minutes. Masks were required and they gave you a swab to use with the voting machine. It will be interesting in November! Then I went to get my hair cut. The salon was very clean and everyone had masks on. My hair had grown out with a “mullet” look that the stylist was able to cut off. LOL! But the more she cut, the more my hair curled. My desire for a short, straight pixie cut did not happen. Instead I look more like my mother with the short, permed hair of the 40’s. Oh well, it will grow.

I have marked the calendar in case I am sickly two weeks from now. I was around more people yesterday than I have been since March. I also went to the hospital on Monday for a bone scan. More strangers! I will go to my MO for a CT and chat this coming Monday. Hope there is no cancer and no Covid19. Yikes

Hi Dahlinks,
Just a note to say I'm doing pretty good.
Dealing with some mega-hot weather and the winds, oh my. But I'm ok with it for now.
Been trying to get some hair to grow. Been doing the 'comb over' LOL. Got some growth but still see the bald spots. Been using Keranique, is working better than the Rogaine I was using. I've been working on the re-growth for 5+ years. UGH!
I had a brain MRI last Thurs, haven't got results yet, but as they say 'no news can be good news'. Have been having incredible headaches for over a month now, so am glad I got the MRI.
Anyway, that's what's happening on my end …wishing you all happy days. Still praying for everyone, morning and night. Take care ya'all.
LUBSLUBSLUBSLUBS

Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Thirsty Thursday! And the first day of my 4 day weekend! When I turned on the alarms yesterday I forgot to edit them, so on this ayem when Sadie and I can sleep in, the alarms go off!Got that fixed now. Looks like we'll get some rain this ayem, which is badly needed by the gardens. At least if it doesn't rain enough I can now water the gardens. Sadie has been enjoying her pool during the warmer times of day, I can tells cuz she's wet when I get home from work. Nothing like the smell of wet doggo!But it makes her happy, so I don't mind so much. Until she's still wet at bed time and wants to get into bed with me, then we have a toweling off session, which is entertaining cuz she always keeps rolling over to get her belly rubbed, even when I want to get her back or sides.Did you know a 65# dog turns into 1,000# when she doesn't want to be rolled over?!

Cammy Cat--wow, your boyfriends take good care of you and yours!Do you have to cross of the days on a calendar like I do? That's the only way I can keep things straight any more. Sadie says "thank you" for the big belly rub that just got put into her bank for tonite. Say Happy Birthday to Joey for me! The big 16, he's really growing up.

Goldie--Good heavens, what a family drama! After youhelping him out he has the balls to say things like thatto you? I wish I knew something to say to make the situation better for you or how to explain it to the kids. At least your son is getting help. You've help accomplish that much. My plans for my first 4 day weekend are modest. 2 or 3 small housekeeping projects a day, treating myself to a shopping trip for gardening stuff and then playing in the dirt. I'm hoping the porch rocker I ordered comes this weekend so I can put it together and be able to enjoy the deck more. Maybe check out the local pond and see about water temp and maybe swimming, if it gets as warm as predicted. Glad your garden survived the cold snap!

Librarian--Good idea to mark your calendar with your outside activities. If you do get sick you will be in a much better place to determine where you came in contact with it.Most medical places are pretty safe with all the precautions they are taking. If people in the hospital/scan center aren't wearing masks remember that you have the right to ask them to put one on while around you. That's turning out to be the best protection going, having both parties faces covered.

Chi--Sounds like the salon is being run really well with mitigation practices. Good for them! Glad the fridge is updated. It should work without trouble for quite some time now, I would think.I bet you are more than ready for the electrical work to be finished.

Mema--praying for good MRI results, sorry to hear about the headaches. Glad to hear the hair is growing, too! I hope the mega-hot temps are being too much of a bother for you.

Cammy Cat--good advice for Goldie.Ouch, poor Marty!I hear that broken ribs really hurt. I hope he recovers without complications.

High Drama Cocktail

Ingredients

1 oz aquafaba

.5 oz rose water

1 oz Charcoal Simple Syrup

2.5 oz gin

rose petals, for garnish

Method

• Add all ingredients except the garnish to a shaker.
• Add ice and shake.
• Strain into a rocks glass with one large ice cube, and garnish with a rose petal.

From <https://www.supercall.com/recipe/rose-cocktail-high-drama>

Hello my dears

Working on that stamina to clean before the big day when Donese gets here. Give me strength.

Drummed last night in a un disclosed location. There were prolly 15 of us. Was nice to see some that have been MIA for months. Cammy Cat...most of us are old timers but a new faces show up all the time and become part of the "Tribe". No beach for drumming until further notice since we attract so many spectators. Luckily Stella is caring for our Dear Dara right now.

Nice to see you Mema......miss your face. Praying for good news once you get it. You are one very strong woman. xox. Stay cool.

Lowie lou..how is DH?

NM....are you working normal hours now?

Enjoy your Thirsty Thursday gals.

xox

Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy TGIF day! Sadie and I had a lovely sleep in this ayem. Got some stuff done on the list yesterday, only carried over 1 item, hopefully will get to that one today. With the gloomy weather and rain yesterday I just got lazy. So, less lazy today, I hope. Sadie doesn't care if I'm lazy or busy, as long as she gets her pets and belly rubs, and those make for great breaks when I'm not lazy!

Goldie--I didn't know what aquafaba was until I saw that in the recipe, either. Amazing what you can use for foods and drinks. I do have a swing on the deck, but it's not as comfortable as the type I had before and I prefer rockers anyway. I decided now is as good a time as any to upgrade to a good porch rocker. Temps here still seesawing a bit, should be quite warm and humid through the weekend, I think I heard. I would be upset at a 2 week medication delay, too.

CynCyn--Does FL have a max number of people who can gather? Is that why the drubbing was in an undisclosed location? In Maine we still have a limit of 10 people, it's making scheduling some mandatory educationwe have to do this month. I am now working normal hours again, 8 ayem to 4 peeyem.The body is still adjusting. I slept well last night, but didn't go to bed until 11 peeyem, usual bedtime is 9! I need to pay more attention to that over the rest of the weekend until I get readjusted.

Chi--sorry to hear the electrician flaked out. Not very professional, IMO. I take it Happy got a good vet report? No amount of alcohol is safe? OK. Fine. I'm an adult and I'll decide what is important to my quality of life, and to heck with them. Show me where people who never drink never get cancer and maybe, just maybe, I'll listen. Show me the absolute cause of EVERY cancer, and then I'll start listening to the "advice" that transfers the responsibility for getting cancer to the victims.

Kitty Highball

Ingredients

• 2 ounces red wine
• 3/4 ounce ginger syrup (see note)
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• Soda water
• Glass: COLLINS
• Garnish: CANDIED GINGER

Preparation

1. Combine the wine, ginger syrup, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add a small piece of cracked ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a collins glass filled with ice, top with soda water, and garnish with the candied ginger.

To make the ginger syrup:

Combine 2 cups sugar and 1 cup fresh ginger juice in a small pot over very low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Transfer to a plastic or glass container and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

From <https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/kitty-highball-red-wine-ginger-spritzer-cocktail>

Lucy, glad you got out to go drumming, I know how much my hippie friend loves that. DH is doing ok.

NM, why is it that gray gloomy days make us lazy??? Hopefully you will be all adjusted come Monday. Did your rocker come? This is the swing I had. I absolutely loved it!

They had something on the news here about alcohol and cancer, like 4% and 6%. I call BS!! You talk about those that don't drink but still get cancer, what about alcoholics who drink constantly but DON'T get it! Still no medicine, I told the PA that I will be calling him every day. He sent another message to the whole dept that handles this type of thing with "high Priority". I told him I was really getting angry, as they are messing with MY LIFE. Oh, I did look at my labs, big jump again. Not going to let it get to me, it is what is. DH finally got a date for his back surgery, July 14. So we are gonna head north and go camping prior.

In total agreement re "no alcohol"!!! There must be a balance that includes quality of life. My preference is generally wine and even that not daily. We brought about 30 cases of California wine with us when we moved to Texas in fall 2011(we volunteered at a winery and were "paid" in wine). Some of the reds are just now aging out nicely. We just finished a Ken Volk '09 pino noir, for example. We also still belong to a couple of wine clubs, so product must be enjoyed!🍇🍇🍇🍸🍺🍷🍹

About alcohol and cancer - They will have to pry my wine glass or my spiked coffee out of my cold dead hands.

Judy, you look fantastic! You are the second thin, teetotling, nonsmoking athletic vegetarian I know who still got breast cancer (wife of an online guitar buddy--she's a vegan triathlete). We have amassed quite a bit of wine (not "collectors," just "accumulators") that it's unlikely we'll finish in our lifetimes. Tonight's DOTD, however, was seltzer. We were going to have some French (VDP d'Oc) rosé brut with dinner, but Bob wanted to eat while I attended online temple. (Service was conducted by our cantor, who gave an AMAZING sermon based on an extremely pertinent Torah portion--she may put the text online).

Bob's ex-partner fell and hit his head in his assisted living apt. and was taken to the ER for observation. (So much for the "assisted" part). Fingers crossed he'll be okay. I put him on the "Mi Sheberach" healing prayer list.

My PCP's (Dr. M's) daughter Dr. H, who was his PA/NP, did not get the virus after all. She wrote me today that she plans to return to the office soon (as will the nurses) under the (nominal) supervision of the doctor who covers for them. I'm sort of torn at this point--she is great; but our friend from Bob's residency days (Dr. P, my PCP's ex-partner) has agreed to take me on (virtually, for now); and the PCP (Dr. F) I had before Dr. M for almost a decade.--whom I had to drop when she stopped taking my insurance--is still taking patients. I don't really trust the safety of Dr. H's professional bldg. Dr. F's office is in the same building as my podiatrist, which though attached to St. Francis Hosp. is safe.

Out of curiosity, I Googled the name of the first PCP I had in Chicago (Dr. L), back in 1978 when we had a closed-panel HMO (Anchor) wholly-owned by the Rush health system. She was utterly amazing. I had to switch to Dr. F (who at the time was still with Anchor) when Dr. L retired with her husband to rural NC in 1988. Her obit stated she died in the NC hospital she founded (coming out of retirement the moment she got to NC) in 1998. Until I read it I had no idea just how amazing she was: she founded the Mile Square clinic in an African-American neighborhood on the W. Side; and was twice arrested at Greenpeace protests. She was the first doctor I had who told me to "eat like a cavewoman" and "avoid white stuff except for whole dairy, fish & cauliflower." Only took me 41 years to start following that advice.

Mornin' ladies.. nice to see u again Beaver and Celia you too.

Key I dont think I met u before so welcome, personally I don't drink at all, just lubs the ladies. U' be surprised how much more we do than drink. Of course that's on the top of the list.

Lori how is ur son doing??? My prayers have been with him.

OK Kim back on the regular times now, so u get home like a normal person. And sadie must like this better, right.

Boy Cyn that's a lot of people u can have at a gathering <if I'm membering right> but u can have loads of fun with that many, but yea keep it on the quiet side if u can.Ur pics remind me of a time were yea people protested but a lot nicer and just preached happiness and looked so free and happy. And now all the people look even happier and calm and filled with enjoyment and thats you. So I enjoy them so much. Am I saying it right, sometimes I get things so mixed up lately. It doesn't make sense.

Jee I miss Jazzy. See how I jumped right in there, some type of Fraudein slip.

I'll give it another week then I'll start making my app't for my tests. good thing they're written down cuz all I remember is blood tests. Only cuz that's the simplest to remember, they never turn out very good but not so bad that I have to worry. BTW u gals know I want a glass od wine every so often and still haven't had one but the other nite it was warm an I had such a taste of a beer, yea a beer again I didn't have one. I think it's the morphine that stops me yet I believe it really wouldn't hurt anything. I've known people who've done that in excess and nothing happens so why does it bother me so. Stupid.

JC how's it going, u've made so many plans u have to share, pics and all. Won't take anything less. Miss traveling pants.

I think today is Saturday so have a good day, I have to work hope it's not busy I get so lazy.

LUBS U ALL