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So in what manner does this CBD work for you Sandy? So much info you have offered up here. Living in Lombard, there is a dispensary in Addison, if this stuff helps with pain and reduces breast cancer occurrence, I may consider this option.
So sorry about the cat bite.
Home brewed beer, interesting. Have you gone to local breweries? I don't frequent Chicago, or rather none at all these days, but there are several breweries out here I like. Pollyanna is now in Roselle, 1 st place in Lemont, then there is Luna, never gone there, but curious. And a few Ireland stout like bars in Downers Grove and places surrounding.
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Chi- I am glad you are getting better. Cat bites can be nasty!
Went to a jazz/holiday concert this afternoon and this gal is new to town and think we really have lucked out!
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Wow Jazzy - glorious.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!I just realized that I never pooped into the Lounge yesterday!Not sure how that happened, it's part of my morning routine. Not that anything exciting happened yesterday, except for it being a very cold day and Sadie and I were happily warm in the house. We spent time in the kitchen doing mouse eviction duty, cleaning out drawers and cupboards with mouse evidence, laying down peppermint oil, ordering steel wool to plug some holes that we found. At least we didn't find any stashes of dog food anywhere!
Goldie--it could be the side conversations were about the last day party. I saw the Fb post about other songs that should be banned, too, I'll see if I can find it. Aha, here it is:
Since all of the radio stations decided to pull "Baby it's Cold Outside" from its playlist because someone was offended, I feel that these other holiday songs must also be removed as they are offensive as well. Do so immediately.
1. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus: subjecting minors to soft core porn
2. The Christmas Song: Open fire? Pollution. Folks dressed up like Eskimos? Cultural appropriation
3. Holly Jolly Christmas: Kiss her once for me? Unwanted advances
4. White Christmas? Racist
5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Sees you when you're sleeping? Knows when you're awake? Peeping Tom stalker
6. Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Everyone telling you be of good cheer? Forced to hide depression
7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Bullying
8. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Forced gender-specific gifts: dolls for Janice and Jen and boots and pistols (GUNS!) for Barney and Ben
9. Santa Baby: Gold digger, blackmail
10. Frosty the Snowman: Sexist; not a snow woman
11. Do You Hear What I Hear: blatant disregard for the hearing impaired
12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Make the yuletide GAY? Wow, just wow
13. Jingle Bell Rock: Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet: animal abuse
14. Mistletoe and Holly: Overeating, folks stealing a kiss or two? How did this song ever see the light of day?
15. Winter Wonderland: Parson Brown demanding they get married…forced partnership
See how ridiculous everything can be twisted? Everyone gets so offended these days that it is impossible to even communicate anymore. We as a society can't have any music, interact with others, build anything, believe in anything because someone else will be offended. Just stop the madness. (Stolen from a friend)
Love the strawberries with mini-marshmallows!So cute!
Chi--glad to hear the kitty kisses are staying clean.Praying the c. diff stays away this time!
Jazzy--glad you aren't leaving entirely!
Cammy--I've noticed that things that used to be easy aren't so easy any more. Must be the effect of the world getting more complicated.Can't have anything to do with getting older, right? Nothing wrong with a little addition to whatever we are drinking, right?
Wigging--good to see you, glad things are funny for you! Praying the pain eases up quickly.In the meantime, enjoy the loopiness!
Lomlin--AMEN!
Jazzy--Baby labs, what fun!!
Chi--I am still amazed at the variety of products available, and that from your "small" dispensary! All the dosing options, sugar/no sugar options, how do you figure out what to use? Traveling with the stuff must be complicated at times.
Belchie the Slutty Wigger's DOTD:
Peppermint Bark Mimosas
Ingredients
1/4 c. semisweet chocolate chips, melted
3 candy canes, crushed
6 oz. peppermint schnapps, divided
1 bottle champagne or prosecco
6 candy canes, whole
Directions
- Pour melted chocolate onto a small plate. Pour crushed candy canes onto a separate plate. Dip rims of champagne flutes first in chocolate, then in crushed candy canes to coat.
- Add an ounce of peppermint schnapps to each glass, then top with champagne or prosecco. Garnish with full candy canes before serving.
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Cami, I did do alot, but it's ok. I'm thankful that I can! Spinach dip is real easy and always a hit. Or celery with cream cheese and black olives. Is Les still hauling around Zac? And how is the nose? Those girls! I would hurt myself if I tried that. But watching them, I see they are all in sync!
Wigging, how are you feeling today? I hope good! Did you end up same size as before, bigger, smaller?
Jazzy, I thougt you might leave when you said "And of course you guys but I rarely talk about this place either because well, I am all done with cancer so why am I on a bc on line support group?" Guess we just read it wrong. I'll have to check FB for pics of Judy, it doesn't seem to work this morning, at least for me anyways. Oh, what cute puppies!
Lin, at least Zumba looks a little more fun.
Sandy, sounds like you got yourself a good stash there! You should ask them if they offer any discounts for cancer patients, I get one at my dispensary, but it might be cuz I'm stage IV. Glad the kitty bite is healing well without inncident.
NM, the Santa hats were a grape, strawberry, thin slice of banana and then mini marshmallow. Yes, that is the post I saw, I looked and looked, but just couldn't find it. Well, at least you got the cuboards cleaned out! These Christmas COCKtails are all so pretty.
Our other neighbor hood party was real nice. New people and they had a lot of their other friends there that were all VETS. I was amazed at all the food they had and did it all by themselves. My friend and I offered to help clean up after everyone had left and the host kept telling us no. We finally convinced her and she thanked us in the end, saying that she would probably be another 3 hours!Took this from a friend on FB.
This is a copy and paste so please ignore some of the language .. but this is how I feel about it.. and I will be playing that song on my show .. it's a great song and I Love it❤️ ........If you're offended by "Baby It's Cold Outside" you're going to have a tough go of it in life. And so are your kids.
First, you are completely ignoring the fact that the song is 74 years old--when women were ladies and men were gentlemen.
Her "protest" was typical of a way a lady would speak ...to a man instead of just downing some drinks and hopping into bed with him.
No one seems offended by that, but you hear that shit on the radio ALL YEAR LONG.
Men actually had to court women back in those days, a subtle dance that for both men and women no longer exists. Sad but true.Secondly, "what's in this drink?" does not imply that she was roofied, or at least it didn't in 1944. Get a grip.
She's obviously deflecting her indecision toward her drink, which again, came with the times. She was not being drugged.
(Should we stop watching The Wizard of Oz because when they fall asleep in the poppy fields that means Dorothy is on heroin?)Moreover, what are you worried is going to happen?? That people will hear this song, completely misinterpret the lyrics (as you obviously have) and then decide to go date rape someone?
Or maybe you're worried about your children and what they will think when they hear it? Gee, maybe it's the perfect teachable moment to actually sit down and have a conversation with your child about how men and women USED to be. Most notably, NOT offended by every fucking thing that crossed their path.
Yes, I agree, Rudolph gets bullied in the animated version of "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer." Aaaaand?? Wasn't that the point of the whole damn story??
It's the ultimate story of redemption and turning the other cheek and doing what you gotta do in the face of adversity.
He was called a bunch of names by his peers but shook it off and guided Santa's sleigh anyway--in the fog no less!
Is there a better or more stoic way to flip a red nosed middle finger at some jealous reindeer?What if Rudolph was just offended and cried and sulked off and went to his room and that was the end of the story? A really shitty story, that's what.
Last but not least, have you seen violent video games or watched modern TV or listened to modern radio?
And you're still worried about a 74 year old Christmas song? Have you lost your damn mind!?If you are still offended by these things, good. BE OFFENDED.
But please don't imply that the rest of us lack morals or good judgement, especially when it comes to parenting.If you want to raise your kids to be on the lookout and offended at every little thing that they might not understand or agree with, have at it.
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Goldie- sorry that got taken wrong. That is what other people say to me sometimes. Why are you still on a cancer board? You are done with that. Them saying it to me, not me saying it to you. Sorry if I miscommunication here. People who have no clue what we live with longer term. I am done explaining it but if someone tries to tell me the way it is in the cancer world, they get a talkin' to......
NM- I saw a bunch of people posting about this song or that being around having hidden messages. Poetry, writing, music etc can be interpreted many ways by many perspectives, right? If a song does not resonate with me, my choice to not listen. The world is a tender place right now.
Okay puppy pics next....
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Jazzy, puppy love is real. They are so adorable. I want a puppy now. Well not really, but the snuggles and wiggles.
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I want a puppy too--someone else's to pet and play with, and then let their human(s) walk, feed & train them. My nail salon's owner brings her brindle French Bullnese puppy "Mochi" to work with her--and Mochi loves everyone (the feeling is mutual).
Sad that we live in a day & age where what used to be a joke about the "pathologies" referred to in Christmas songs actually gets taken seriously by folks who feel they have a mandate to combat "political correctness." Whatever happened to humor--especially sarcasm & irony?
One of my BFFs had a BMX a couple of years ago for extensive DCIS in one breast and ADH in the other. Because it was hormone-negative, they don't do chemo any more for DCIS, and they didn't do radiation, her surgeon pronouced her "cured" (and she probably is). She doesn't consider herself a cancer survivor and feels no connection to the bc community.
Lori, my dispensary's clientele consists overwhelmingly of HIV and cancer patients--with maybe some elderly RA sufferers and veterans & crime victims with PTSD. The place would go broke if they gave discounts on the basis of qualifying ailments.
LomLin, you can't even enter an MMJ dispensary in IL unless you hold a valid and current MMJ ID card. The process takes 2-3 months, and requires certification from an MD or OD (not a chiropractor or non-MD/OD naturopath or homeopath) that you have one of the qualifying conditions under the statute. (No longer need a declaration that MMJ is recommended, nor fingerprints). It's $150 for one year and $250 for three. But you can get CBD anywhere that wants to sell it: some doctors' offices (the one who certified me sells the Receptra Naturals line of oils & topicals), health food stores (I go to JD Mills in Evanston, where I also get my vites & minerals and organic gourmet dark chocolate...and the Indian foods the owner's wife makes). And of course, online. I even found the Hemp Bombs brand of pure isolate CBD oil (no terpenes or THC whatsoever) drops & gummies when I was vacationing in the Berkshires, at the Jiminy Peak Resort General Store where I was buying some supplies & coffee for the condo we were renting, (The demographic is overwhelmingly baby-boomer, and the proprietor said the gummies are so popular for aches & pains that she can hardly. keep them in stock). FWIW, that brand of gummies seems to give me the best sleep quality. If you are worried about flunking a drug test, check the labels to make sure there is no THC. "Full-spectrum" CBD products can have up to 0.3% THC in order to be considered "hemp" & not "marijuana;" though that's not enough THC to get high (or feel anything psychoactive), it is enough to perhaps show up in blood or urine tests.
My friend is getting better & better at home-brewing. Yesterday, I tasted several of his latest: Marzen, Oktoberfest, APA, and my favorite--a Belgian-style cross between a saison and a Trappist ale, very floral & fruity with a subdued hops undertone. Bob brought home eggplant parm over fettucine arrabiata (very late, after 11pm), and I had about an ounce of Henry Fessy Beaujolais Nouveau 2018--we both decided it's the best of the bunch this year.
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@NativeMaine...rolling laughing about the song list...White Christmas is racist was my personal favorite!
Agree with all the holiday offensiveness nonsense...it’s just too much!
Goldie- I’m similar size as before but wayyyyyyy perkier! Yikes these things are seriously gravity defying!
I’m tired, so tired, but in a little less pain every day! Off the narcotics, a few more days of the other meds but I’ll be toasting some libation to getting these nasty drains out for sure!
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DOTD: chocolate egg cream. Haven't had one in weeks.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Twofer Tuesday! I had a very nice day at work introducing the new full time case manager to the patients and facilities and catching her up on some details about the computer system. Going out with her again today and tomorrow, then she's on her own. She's a really outgoing, sweet woman and a skilled nurse, I'm glad to be turning over patient care to her. The patients love her on their first meeting! Not sure what I'll be doing next, but it will be interesting to find out. Sadie says "hi" to everyone.
Goldie--those Santa hats were so cute! I'll have to look closer at them, I didn't see the banana or grape, but that's ok. The neighborhood party sounds like it was a real hit, and I'm so glad you helped with the clean up despite the host's objections.Some very good points made in the FB post. Anything at all can be offensive to someone, and so many people now seem to be looking for things to be offended by.Must be a sad way to live.
Jazzy--I'm with you, if I don't care for a song, I don't pay any attention to it. I wonder how much longer it will be before the Declaration of Independence and Constitution are not allowed to be printed, posted or taught because of offensive content? And taking thing so out of context. The world was very different that many years ago.
Oh, look at the Baby Sadie!And the Chocolate dipped Sadie!So cute!
Chi--what's happened to Humor? Especially sarcasm and irony? Society has lost the ability to see another's point of view, has become so self-centric, that there is no room for interpretation of anything except as related to the self, added to the belief that "my opinion is the only one that matters, is the only one that is correct and everyone should conform to mine point of view." No more recognition that a statement may not be meant literally. It's really sad. I pray your BFF does not ever develop a distant met in her lifetime. That would be a very rude shock 20 years from now. But I can understand how she feels no connection to the bc community. I bet the homebrewed beers and ales are very good!
Wiggin--Isn't that Christmas song list a hoot? I loved it when I first saw in on FB. The whole thing is so ridiculous it's funny!
Belchie the Slutty Wigger's DOTD:
I'd be inclined to add a shot of Creme de Cacoa, or Creme de Menthe just for fun!
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Jazzy, no need to apologize. Sometimes that's just the way it is when talking in type. Things can get taken the wrong way. But glad you are not leaving!
NM, you had me rotfl with the chocolate dipped Sadie! Good one! Glad that things went well with the new nurse. You can't really see the grapes because of the cheese. My friend wanted to fill that space with the mini marshmallows, but I said I think the cheese would be more apt to be eaten than the marshmallows.
Muddling, I too love animals but don't want the responsability of one, we go away too much. Like Sandy, someone elses!
Sandy, I don't know what the clientele mostly consists of at our dispensaary, I see young and old. I wish I could get a card that cheap, mine was $350 or $400, for one year.
Wigging, glad you are doing well and perky is nice! Perky for life too! And it's ok to be tired, you've been through alot. Just rest girl, the worst thing you can do is to over do it. Just ask anyone that has!
DH has PT today, so I will go with and get some groceries. Leaving Friday, he has appt with RA doc, then to Laughlin after that, meeting some friends there and will have the all you can eat seafood buffet, then heading to CA on Saturday. Not sure what day we get home, as we will stop in Laughlin on the way home as well. Then the following week, we go to Tucson! See why I don't have a pet!
Here is a pic of the Santa hats, not mine tho. They appear to have something under the grape, which we did not. Ok, it's melted marshmallows on the bottom to hold them in place.
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Kim, I grew up in Brooklyn, NY--where chocolate egg creams were the official drink. The proportions in that blueprint are way off. First, the glass is too short. Second, following the way I saw countless egg creams made at candy stores & news stands (always in the larger size of the iconic Coca-Cola glass), I use twice as much milk (whole) as chocolate syrup. (Back in the day, it was Fox's U-Bet, which was chocolaty-er and less sweet than today's version; Hershey's comes closer taste-wise to the old U-Bet). The blueprint's milk allotment is too small for a good white cappucino-esque foam "head." The blueprint doesn't say how to build the drink, just what to put in it.
Here's what I do: in a taller glass, I first pour in the milk (three fingers). Then about half as much syrup. This order is important, because if you put the syrup in first and then add milk, there will be some premature mixing of the two, ruining the chances for a good, stable white foam. Put the syrup in either down the side of the glass or into the center--where it will sink to the bottom without mixing with the milk. Then slowly pour fresh, vigorously carbonated seltzer over the back of a spoon till the drink is w/in 1/2" of the rim. Only then do you begin to stir, with quick, tight, narrow strokes--keeping the bowl of the spoon at the bottom and scraping the syrup off the sides into the vortex. The result should look like a caffe latte or tall cappuccino, with two distinct layers: good thick white collar of foam (almost like whipped egg whites, with nearly invisible bubbles) atop what looks like chocolate milk, but fizzier.
I rarely order egg creams out any more--even Junior's (of cheesecake fame) in Times Sq. screwed it up this past July. Everything was mixed together, a pale brown, flat drink that had only faint chocolate flavor. It's because nobody in charge of making them is old enough to remember what a real one looks and tastes like, and most aren't native NY-ers (nor long-term residents). They haven't heard of the old trick of reversing the flow on the soda spigot (assuming there's even one) to assure a strong enough stream of carbonation. (Before that was discovered, egg creams were actually made with egg whites & cream--the trick was developed in the very early 20th century to build an authentic-looking egg cream much more cheaply).
Beware of millennials and hipsters behind the soda fountain--they're clueless. (No way you're getting a real egg cream in Williamsburg, Greenpoint or Cobble Hill/Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill, Park Slope or any trendy Brooklyn 'hood). And if you see a vanilla (or God forbid, cherry) egg cream on the menu, with a handlebar-moustached counterperson wearing an ironic brimmed hat, walk out. Not even the venerable Manhattan Greek-diner counter persons--they of the Greek-key-design blue cardboard coffee cups and egg-on-a-roll sandwiches--do it right any more: they're too young. (And outside NYC, at Jewish-style delis in SE FL, Chicago or Vegas? Close but no cigar. Said "cigar" being the White Owls, Phillies or Dutch Masters sold at the old corner candy-store/newsstand soda fountains of the 1950s-70s).
The worst egg cream I ever had? At a Lincoln Park (Chicago) Haagen-Dasz shop in the early '80s, where the ingredients were cream, hot fudge and Perrier. Ugh. The best (other than my own) outside the Brooklyn of my childhood? A branch of the old Swensen's ice cream chain in the Chicago suburb of Mt. Prospect...the proprietor was a Brooklyn baby-boomer.
I will try to shoot a YouTube video of how to do it right! Too bad there's no way for viewers to taste it.
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Hello all!! I was reading trying to catch up, but I stopped because I figured by the time I got to the end I would forget the beginning. lol I survived Thanksgiving, it helped all of us going to my sisters, if we had it here we would feel my husbands absence. Christmas will be fine. My youngest wants to do something for my husbands birthdate which is on the 22nd. He has to work in the evening, so I told him we could get the other kids and maybe go to the cemetery then out to breakfast or lunch. Very busy at work and at home. I have almost all of my Christmas shopping done, just need a couple more things. I think my older granddaughters will love what I got them, it is a gift voucher for "The escape room" . They have that here in town and a few different rooms to choose from. The kids already have too much stuff, so this will be fun. I kind of want to go too.
I never had a chocolate egg cream, actually I haven't had a lot of the drinks here, but I want to try them all. We are cold here in Florida, I hope it doesn't last too long, I don't have too many winter clothes, mostly its the same clothes with a sweater and coat.
Chi your show sounds like it is going great, I hope you stay healthy so you can enjoy your success.
Hope everyone is doing good and hoping for all great things in 2019.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Hump Day! Sadie and I are waking up to a dusting of snow this ayem. Very pretty, or will be when the sun comes up. It's the light fluffy kind of snow that will sparkle in the sunshine. Boy has it been cold, though. Barely breaking double digits, but staying above the donut. Sadie has been making her outdoor trips rather quickly!
Oh, my, just caught a news item about one of the local ski areas, one that has been making snow since the temps dropped enough.They get their water from a pond, and the pond beavers block the intake pipes when the water gets below a certain level.The poor resort owner has to scuba dive in the freezing water, after cutting a hole in the ice, and clear out the pipes every few days! He called them "Pond Critters."The look on his face when he was talking about them was too funny!
Goldie--I see the cheese in the Santa hats better in this pic!Sounds like you and DH have a busy week planned, hope you have some fun in there! Having a pet would be problematic with all the traveling you do.
Chi--I did not realize that egg creams were such an iconic item! Actually, I never heard of them until someone mentioned them here in the HTL. It would be hard to find a good one in places that hire folks who have never had one.Aha, I wondered if eggs were ever involved, giving the name. Couldn't make them with egg whites now-a-days, too much concern about salmonella and lawsuits.
Misty--Ketchuping is not required here, too many of us would be in your shoes, forgetting the earlier stuff by the time we get to the later stuff! Glad Thanksgiving was good for you. Good idea to do something on your husband's birthday to mark the occasion.
Belchie the Slutty Wigger's DOTD:
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Misty, so glad you were able to enjoy your TG at your sisters. My brother and his girls have been to a few of those escape rooms and loved it. They would get enough people to go so that everyone in the room knew each other, as opposed to being in a room with strangers...just a thought. And why wouldn't you go? A birthday visit at the cemetary and then breakfast or lunch sounds like a wonderful thing to do for your DH's b-day. As for Ketchin up, I open up word or note pad, read a post and comment in one of those apps. Read another post, reply....and repeat. But if I am gone a long time, I don't do that. But I do read.
NM, I'm cracking up! There is no cheese in the Santa hats! Our platter had cheese squares in the middle of the platter. It was the grapes I think that were covered up by the cheese. On the toothpick goes a grape, then the strawberry, then thin slice of banana and top with mini marshmallow! How funny the "pond critters" plugged up the water hole. I too have never heard of Egg Creams.
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I think if anyone tried to make an egg cream today using the 19th century recipe with cream and (even pasteurized) egg whites, few people would find it palatable.
I have some maple liqueur, and raspberry, blueberry & maple-flavored vodkas from Metcalfe Distillery in VT (souvenirs from our Oct. Berkshires trip). Gotta figure out how to concoct something maple-y from the liqueur.
DOTD was seltzer with lime, to cut the heat from Buffalo wings.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Thirsty Thursday! I had a really nice week at work with the nurse taking over the area, she's a real peach and patients and families love her already. I feel really good about turning the patients over to her. Not sure what's going to be next for me at work, time will tell. Still nurses in orientation, so I hope I'll get to work with them. Sadie was happy to have me home early all three days.
Goldie--I do the split screen, make notes in OneNote as I read, too!However those Santa Hats are made they are just as cute as can be! The "pond critters" are quite the story here, just now.
Chi--it is amazing how many flavors Vodka come in now.
Belchie the Slutty Wigger's DOTD:
Snowball Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 part Advocaat Liqueur
- 2 parts Lemonade
- Lemon
- Sugar
How to make Take the glass and rub the edge on a lemon. then dip the rim in sugar.
- Drop the ice cubes into the glass, pour a 1 part advocaat liqueur and fill it up with Lemonade and stir..
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Heading out tomorrow. First stop RA doc, then on to Laughlin. Then Saturday, to CA.
Here ya go Sandy....DOTD
Maple Vodka and Espresso Dessert Cocktail
Ingredients
2 oz. Vermont Gold Maple Vodka
1 oz. espresso
1 oz. Kahlua
1 oz. heavy cream
Instructions
Combine all ingredients over ice, shake and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with grated nutmeg.
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Goldie and Chi, I read about medical marijuana with envy. Our state doesn't have it. AT ALL. I think it would help me with pain, if in gummy form, or drops. No smoke. It sounds very expensive but if it helps, it would be worth it.
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I love anything maple. Will have to get some maple vodka.....
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Muddling Thru - that is so unfair, it should always be available to patients for pain control. Upsets me this isn't the case for you and others.
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Muddling, hemp-derived CBD oil (and topicals & edibles infused with it) is legal in all 50 states. Technically a Fed. Sched I drug, but the Farm Act of 2014 granted an exemption to farmers who grow "industrial" hemp--for making rope, textiles, hemp milk, hemp seed crackers, etc.--but is silent about growing industrial hemp for other uses. The DOJ has had an unofficial policy that it will not prosecute the use of medical marijuana or CBD in states that have legalized it for that purpose (although recreational use can be Federally prosecuted even in states that have legalized recreational marijuana). But Mitch McConnel just announced he will advance a 2018 Farm Bill explicitly removing non-marijuana hemp from Federal schedules, and this is considered a boon not just to hemp farmers and CBD producers but also a giant step towards legalizing medical marijuana use at the Federal level. (Why McConnell? Because many former KY tobacco farmers are now growing hemp).
Went to an afternoon Jeff Tweedy concert upstairs at Subterranean (the mother of all oxymorons). Had about 1/3 can of Revolution Blood Orange IPA. Meh--tasted like any other IPA. Then went to a monthly wine-tasting/buffet at Cellars. I was most impressed by a Pinot Noir-Syrah blend from the Dundee Hills AVA (between Portland and the Wilammette Valley).
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy TGIF day!Happy Beginning of the 12 Days of Christmas!
My family is celebrating on Sunday. Silly Sadie pulled one of the presents out of the box and unwrapped it yesterday, fortunately, I found it before she could eat the candied ginger in it!Not sure why should went after that one, but she did.
Goldie--That dessert cocktail looks wonderful! Have a safe and fun trip!
Muddling--too bad your state hasn't jumped on the Medical Marijuana bandwagon yet. It helps an awful lot of people.
Chi--interesting info, and good news.
Belchie the Slutty Wigger's DOTD:
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Well, we had a snuffu. Couldn't leave this morning as planned, our pellet stove quit working on us, and it was 9 degrees this morning. DH spent all morning trying to fix, didn't happen then trying to get a part over nighted, which was also a PITA. Got the part ordered, and all of sudden the pellet stove comes on around noon, wtf! Will shoot for leaving the 21st.
Muddling, where do live? There is a great site on FB, if you are on FB, they are very knowledgable in MMJ and BC. I don't use for pain and mostly now I just do the CBD because they are learning that THC is not good for ER+ PR+ BC, except in very low doses. But agree that the THC would be what might help more with pain as opposed to the CBD.
NM, Sadie is starting her 12 days of Xmas too! Maybe she found out that candied ginger wasn't a part of her pallet! Partridge in a Pear Tree looks pretty yummy!
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I "microdose" the THC (never more than 5mg/day), but take mostly CBD. The marijuana-derived CBD at the dispensary has a token amt. of terpenes, THC & CBN for an "entourage effect" (synergistic therapeutic effect when all components of the plant are included)--about 10X the amount of THC permitted in hemp-derived CBD but still not enough to be psychoactive. Plus, it generally has more CBD than the health-food-store stuff. Hadn't heard that THC is contraindicated in Luminal A (ER&PR+/HER2-) bc--but have read that THC can help tumor cells die off rather than keep dividing. Moderation in all things...
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Thanks for the info on THC and CBD! Something to ask my doctor about, for sure!
Ready or not, (I'm not) Christmas is nearly here. Had blood work and Xgeva today so I took a few boxes of candy to the nurses who've looked after me all this year. I think they will enjoy that. Back home now, and very tired, but we did get to eat out at a favorite Mexican restaurant. Yay!
Goldie, I hope that stove works perfectly from now on and you can get away on that trip.
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From what I've read about any connection between TCH and ER+ bc, all I've found is that ER+ patients tend to be more sensitive to the psychoactive and pain-relieving effects of THC; and that THC tends to clog estrogen receptors. If there is any supposed estrogenic effect, it's counteracted by that as well as by endocrine therapy such as AIs & Tamoxifen. Therefore, we ER+ patients tend to get stoned more easily--which is why I microdose.
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