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Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Interesting story of quitting smoking, Cindy. Nice photos from the boat ride.
We're back to some days of Louisiana winter. This morning it's 44 degrees outside and sunny. When it warms up, I have committed myself to going outside and doing some weeding and pruning instead of going to the gym.
This morning I'm back to my pre-Thanksgiving weight. Yay! Yesterday I had lunch with two women friends at Rip's on the Lakefront, a favorite restaurant. I made a WW wise and delicious choice of Shrimp Remoulade Salad and brought half of it home. Pat on the back.
Happy Friday to everyone.
Re: how about drinking?
Good afternoon friends:
Happy Winter Solstice and happy holidays to all of you for which ever holidays you love and celebrate the most. Today is my favorite holiday and will be doing my annual winter solstice yoga event this evening when we let go of our year and set our intentions for the new year as well as invite the light that begins to slowly return. I like all the seasons, but of course, love having the evening light and already ready for daylight savings in March 2025!
Coming into some holiday time with the job and looking forward to some extra days off this week and the following. Many people are out one to two weeks so it's a quiet time to slow down even if one is working (which I am) and not quiet so crazy. The fall has been a high demand time on my project and the past month a very high stress time with deadlines coming into early December and a lot of resignations. Not unusual end of the year or on long term projects to loose people, but had 2 pretty major ones within days and another person who is transitioning off soon too. One of them was the director that hired me, but was not all that surprised as I saw the signs that he was probably out the door. The other person was on a contracted engagement and decided not to continue. Both really good guys and ones I depended on a lot so not sure how all this will work in the new year, but thankful I really don't need to work that much longer. End of 2025 is still my target date to finish FT work and find something PT that fits better with the rest of my life.
The good news is my new car is in the state in southern New Mexico as of yesterday and should be up here this coming week. Whoo hoo! Getting my car cleaned out today to be ready to trade it in and go away with something shiney and new next week. You are probably wondering what kind of car I settled on. It's a Toyota Corolla Cross SUV Hybrid. I was interested in a RAV 4 but they are hard to get here and someone put this on my radar during my search and test drove one and really liked it the best out of anything so far. They had one with more bells and whistles coming in by end of the year that had no deposit on it, and in my fav color too, RED! So I put a deposit on it and been getting ready for it's delivery and the final transaction. My sales person called yesterday to tell me it likely will be here end of next week and ready to pick up end of the week. Fingers crossed all comes to fruition. This is one of the things I have on my checklist to do to be ready for retirement, have a new car. Will share photos when I have them.
Will be back soon and hoping everyone is enjoying their holidays however they want to.
Re: how about drinking?
I'm officially on winter break :) Definitely need the R and R. I've been exhausted. The last week before winter break is always a hard one - I had lots of IEP meetings, reports to write as well as see my kiddos. I'm off till January 6th. Then it's a long stretch till spring break the end of March with only MLK and President's day off.
My brother is in the hospital for 5 more days. Still on IV antibiotics. He said he is having lots of GI side effects. I'm sure such heavy doses of antibiotics are wrecking havoc with his gut. It's always a long road for him when he gets an infection - generally lung infection.
5 days till I see my favorite munchkin. Cold, damp, rainy/wet miserable weather will great us!! A big difference from the mild weather here. Today is 64f!! The 10 day forecast is low 60s to high 40s and now snow, though the mountains might get snow. When we get back from seeing the munchkin, we are heading to the mountains for a few days of hiking.
Monday I go for my last follow up on the cataract surgery and get a new Rx. I can't wait as my current glasses are not right. I don't wear them driving or walking at night and not even sure if they are the right strength for reading. I'll have to wait till I get home to get the new glasses. I order online so I should start looking at frames.
Have a great week-end.
Re: how about drinking?
Beautiful cocktail. I would guess from reading the ingredients that it is delicious. The problem would be drinking only one. Or two…
Laptop tells me it's 44 degrees this morning and the sun is shining. My plan is to FINALLY take myself outside and do some neglected yard work in the front flower bed. Pull some weeds and prune the Knockout roses that are looking like Jack's beanstalk.
Happy Friday.
Re: how about drinking?
Good Morning, Loungettes! I don't know what happened with the pic for yesterday's DOTD, Sorry for all the empty space. Let's see if I can do better today:
Nine Ladies Dancing
Ingredients
- 2 oz - Cranberry Vodka
- 1 oz - Triple Sec
- 1 oz - Lime Juice
- Splash - White Cranberry Juice
- Garnish: Cranberries, Rosemary, Lime Wheel
- Glassware: Martini
Preparation
- Add all of the ingredients to a shaker tin without ice.
- Add ice and shake for 8 seconds.
- Double strain cocktail into glass over no ice.
- Garnish and enjoy.
Re: So...whats for dinner?
Happy winter solstice! The days start getting longer tomorrow.
Fig Sauce (savory)
1Tbs butter, 2Tbs diced shallots, 2 ripe figs any type peeled and mashed with a fork, 2Tbs balsamic vinegar, 2Tbs liquid (chicken/veggie stock or white wine), 3 tsp lemon juice.
- Melt butter in skillet. Cook shallots 2 min.
- Stir in figs, vinegar, stock, lemon juice and simmer 3 min.
- Pour sauce over cooked fish or chicken.
- I add 3 tsp fresh thyme if using for chicken.
Fig Sauce (sweet) - Super easy and good in oatmeal, yogurt, on cornbread or vanilla ice cream.
Stonewall Kitchen's Vidalia Onion Fig sauce is a good storebought option. My local grocery store is headquartered in Maine so they carry it. It's also sold mailorder.
Flurries turned into 3 inches of snow so I got my exercise today shovelling rather than walking. We'll be almost at 0* tonight. I had to use the water trickle trick when I lived down south; they claimed it didn’t get that cold but every once in a while it did. Now our pipes are insulated by the basement.
Nance, My parents never wrapped presents, just put tags on them. They weren't under the tree until Christmas morning. My sister had an after school job as a gift wrapper in a department store. She still sends beautifully wrapped packages with gorgeous bows which I hate to ruin. The See's candy wins out, however.
Wally, I hope things are going OK for you and your DH.
Dinner tonight was ribeye steak, acorn squash and tater tots for DH.
maggie15
Re: So...whats for dinner?
ooh @maggie15 fig sauce? Sounds wonderful. Can you share a recipe or brand if it was store bought. Sounds lovely.
Snowy morning today and very cold. Ordering in Chinese for the family dinner with my stepson, visiting from CA and my son and is wife coming down from Rockland county.
Re: So...whats for dinner?
Carole, Well done on fitting into your skinny jeans and opting for a healthier but still delicious lunch. DH has always balked at shopping for clothes (and just about everything else) so I order online. At this point I stick to the few brands that fit and he will wear.
We’re headed into a deep freeze. Dinner tonight was salmon with fig sauce and acorn squash.
maggie15
Re: So...whats for dinner?
I gave dh a couple of options for dinner last night and he went with our reliable standby, linguine with Raos enhanced with Italian sausage removed from the casing. I grated some pecorino Romano to sprinkle on top. The new dh who eats with moderation did not have a second helping. He has lost enough weight that he's down to one pair of pants that fit. I keep urging him to go shopping for a pair of jeans.
Yesterday I was able to wear a pair of jeans that had been retired in favor of a larger size. It felt so good that I passed over a couple of super high calorie items on the menu at lunch with two women friends. We ate at Rip's on the Lakefront and had a table overlooking Lake Pontchartrain. I love the brie and crab soup at Rip's and also their version of a wedge salad using buttercup lettuce and a blue cheese dressing to die for. Instead I had the shrimp remoulade salad and was happy with the choice. There's nothing better than a good remoulade sauce. And the company was great.
Our temperatures have dipped and it's currently 45 degrees outside and sunny. Back to chili and soup weather. So tonight's menu has not been decided yet.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Hello all. Think of you dear ones every day and send up hope and wishes for good news and stable scans. I try to look at the posts and keep up, but have not had the mental energy to post.
Want to send love and Christmas greetings to Carol/Sunshine and a big thank you to @kbl for staying in contact with her and also for sharing her own decisions on hospice. Hope you have a long, pain-free and peaceful time ahead of you.
Happy Holidays to all.
eleanora