So...whats for dinner?
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susan - awesome! So happy for you and with you! Sorry the Floridians were clueless, ugh...
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Susan, bummer about the arthritis…but yay that it’s simply arthritis! Great news on the scan!
Those Floridians were clueless, but so are most people who do not have firsthand experience as cancer patients. And most people don’t realize how not to invade personal space.
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Susan, that's the best news I've heard today!!!!
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Hooray Susan! Great news!
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Nance - glad to hear that your Dad seems to keep bouncing back. It's so challenging being in the middle - old age parents & grown or almost grown children & grandchildren. When we talk about parents of course I think of Carole's mother. Also of Eric learning to live without his mother.
Hard to believe that my Dad (the last member of his generation among all the cousins) died 10 years ago at age 96. I'm considering a trip to visit the grave sites one more time, although I said I would never pay $800 to fly to a distant state to do this. I've had a wonderful lady who lived by the cemetery who contracted to put silk flowers out twice a year - baskets only on a shepherd's crook because those were the cemetery rules. Anyway, now it's 10 years so I have to make some decisions.'
Dinner was a sandwich on Pumpernickel bread with left over rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.
BTW Bedo - it was GREAT to hear from you. How's that grand baby?
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minus - my parents and only sibling are all in the same cemetery in California - I have your same dilemma. My dad passed in 2001, mom in 2005, and brother in 2008. The times I have been in town I always go and place flowers and visit a while, but I am fortunate to have a good lifelong friend whose parents are interred there as well, she also now lives on the east coast too, so we take turns.
bedo - good to hear from you!
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Today is my dad's birthday. If he were still alive, he would be 104 years old.
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My MIL passed away 10 years ago this May, a month shy of 96. She and my FIL are “stacked" in a Catholic cemetery in Flushing (insert macabre pun here) and my parents are side-by-side in a Jewish cemetery in Pinelawn. The Catholic cemetery allows flowers in vase-holders on the sides of gravestones, but the Jewish one doesn't (par for the course among my people—we only do flowers during life). The Catholic cemetery basically just mows the grass. The Jewish one allows green plantings (mostly yew bushes) atop the graves, and has a “annual care" and “perpetual care" plans for trimming & topiary. So we brought flowers for my in-laws' graves, and left stones, as is customary, atop my folks' double headstone (as well as those of other close relatives in the block of plots). We noticed a couple of stones atop my in-laws' headstone—probably from their longtime Jewish neighbors who'd visited on Memorial Day. So we put some on there too. I said Kaddish at both cemeteries, and Bob recited the Lord's Prayer at both. (We also visited two Protestant cemeteries—one Lutheran and the other Armenian Methodist--with Bob's childhood pals who had come in for the 50th HS reunion).
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Susan - Great news! Should be interesting having the Amish as guests and believe you will find them more respectful.
Went to an Aromatherapy Class and Tai Chi this evening, so home late. Threw together a salad of chopped tomatoes & cucumber (DH always makes sure some on hand), mushrooms, chicken breast and vinaigrette dressing w/Tuscan herbs.
Potato salad - Yum! Had some wonderful potato salad from gourmet food store Citarella in Greenwich, CT during vacation. Trying not to eat potatoes, but sometimes, just have to indulge.
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My dad would have been turning 100 this October - seems like many of us here had parents of that generation.
chisandy - my parents are "stacked" as well - my mom found it hilarious that she got to be on top, as we had to make those arrangements at the time of my dad's burial. I laugh every time I think about it!
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Yup - my Dad would have been 106 this fall.
Special - love the story about your Mom on top.
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Since mom and we're both were veterans, the VA reserved a spot in the cemetery so they could be next to one another.
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Carolhalston...did you end up having to go on meds for the cholesterol ? Mine was high last time I was tested (1 year ago ) and afraid it hadn't gone done at all since my weight does up and down. I am on letrozole. Nervous to get it tested again.
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Thinking - Carole is up in the North Country for the summer but will check in soon. We don't discuss every-day meds much on this thread, so I have no clue. Since it's a dinner thread, I will say we are all fond of cooking. And of eating, and eating very well. And of sharing our gustatory delights. Join us at the kitchen table sometimes.
Full speed ahead with more BUTTER - AA Milne - the King's Breakfast. Delightful poem if you haven't read it. https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-king-s-breakfa...
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
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The clueless Floridians also trashed the towels. I have spent that last 30 hour trying to get horrible stains out of 1 bath mat, 2 bath sheets, 4 hand towels,and 4 wash clothes. OxyClean and I are getting to know each other well. Of course I didn't have a vessel big enough to soak that many towels, so I used two compartments of the old soapstone sink. As if this wasn't enough, they also stained a top sheet and a duvet cover. They will NOT be getting a stellar review, as you can imagine. Since they have no reviews now, they won't be able to find a host willing to host them in the future.
Last night's dinner was a grilled lamb loin chop, sweet potato gratin, and a salad. We made enough to have it again for lunch today with Olivia. Mighty good. Tonight we had planned to do swordfish on the grill but it is pouring, so we will do a chicken picatta or parmesan.
*susan*
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Ha ha Minus - that line is definitely made for you (me too!)
Will be quite interested in the Amish guests. We have a large Amish population here (Walmart even has a special "horse and buggy -port" on their parking lot.) Several businesses in town have hitching posts.
Dad is back at the nursing home and doing ok. Except he and the new roomie didn't get along (the guy insisted on having the heat on in the room) so dad is now in a room with two other gentlemen. It's a huge room though and he has a window and lots of space so I think it will be ok. We shall see.
My dad is a world war II vet but my parents both donated their bodies to St. Louis University Hospital, so in a sense they will be together eventually.
Smoked pork chops, grilled corn on the cob and a sauteed medley of squash, peppers, onions and tomatoes is on the menu for tonight. All of the veggies are either from my garden or locally grown. I got another half peck of peaches and was made to promise a peach cobbler for DH. Maybe I can talk him into a clafoutis instead. I really don't care for cooked peaches but I like that.
Bedo! Good to hear from you! The same to you Val! Hope you are managing ok.
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Btw, I ordered the Paderno tri-blade spiralizer. I'm drowning in zucchini.
Well Boo Hiss on the Floridians! Do I want to know what they did to stain so much linen?
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I'm with auntie - what caused the stains - my inquiring mind wants to know, but at the same time it is a tiny bit afraid... poor susan - what a PITA, and I apologize on behalf of the nicer, non-staining, people of Florida.
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I think make up and possibly something like a body foundation? The bath sheets, which generally are used AFTER showering, had huge stains, and sadly, the shape indicates that it was in their genital regions. Wash clothes and hand towels are definitely makeup. [PLEASE NOTE: I provide makeup refer pads and white towels for makeup removal.] Now, this group consisted of two 59 and one 65 year old. Ugh.
Current guests are NOT Amish. They live in an Amish community, and he was raised Hutterite. However, they didn't arrive from Pennsylvania in a horse and buggy. She is quick to note that she was raised Irish Catholic. I think I could have asked more questions, but chose not to. Too many people come and go to get too involved.
Now off to check that washer full of towels. SO IRRITATED!
*susan*
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susan - ugh is right
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Body Foundation?? Body foundation at age 59-65? Sounds like a threesome and TMI. This inquiring mind will back off. Sorry you have to deal with this.
Nance - no kidding - a WalMart with a 'horse & buggy' port? Well sorry to say, I live in a state with very little tolerance for intelligence - and definitely a car culture. Hope your Dad finds the roommates in the 'large' room more to his liking. Remember freshman selection at college? Boy did they screw up with me. But to be fair, I was ready to expand my wings & grow and my assigned roommate was firmly in a cocoon.
Still had some leftover rotassarie chicken, so tried one of the Amy's Bowls from my freezer - Mushroom Risotto. It's organic Arborio rice in a creamy sauce with Porcini mushrooms & fresh young green peas. Gluten free, non GMO, no trans fat, no added MSG, no added preservatives. no animal enzymes or rennet. I spooned the risotto on top of the leftover chicken chunks. Really not bad for an emergency freezer meal. I'll probably try some of the others - Baked Ziti Bowls, Brown Rice & Vegetables Bowls, Broccoli & Cheddar bowls, etc. Have no idea what I paid for it, but I only bought the one to try with a coupon. Nice to have for emergencies (like a hurricane).
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Forgot to mention dessert. Large, fresh strawberries - swirled in sour cream & rolled in brown sugar. YUM.
The dinner wine was Kirkland Meritage from Costco. Not as good as the Hahn Meritage.
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Waving at you Nance. Susan, stained anything especially towels is atrocious. Double uggggh
Tonight was spicy shrimp with bokchoy and bean sprouts. And of course sauteed zucchini. I am swimming in it too AuntiNance. I froze a few peaches last night. Just with sugar and fruit fresh. I didn't have enough to can.
Minus what grade would you give the Amys bowl? A being great, F is awful?
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Oh, Susan - what horrible guests! My DH and I have booked many vacations now on VRBO and Airbnb - we treat these rooms/apartments/homes better than our own!
My brother lives adjacent to Amish country in Pennsylvania. No one thinks anything of pulling up next to a horse and buggy at a red light.
Now that my rads are complete (as of today!), maybe I'll start creating some dinners worthy of mention here!
MJ
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Ugh—bet the Floridians were wearing all-over bronzer (gotta keep up appearances down in FL, even if you can’t safely tan).
Got my hair done today (roots, straightening, trim), and had an hour left on the parking meter. The salon is just n. of Argyle St., aka Chinatown North. So I walked a few blocks and picked up half a Cantonese roast duck, and Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce; at a Vietnamese-French bakery next door, a red bean and a yellow bean bun, and two gorgeous fruit tarts (half the price and twice the size of those at Whole Foods). Had my repeat CBC & ferritin drawn, and am debating about whether to have some Pinot Noir with the duck (or a little rose from the magnum Bob put in the fridge—not sure if any is left). Drinking a “faux-jito:” cherry-lime seltzer over ice with a wedge of lime plus mint from my garden.
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sorry minus. Didn't realize I should have private messaged. I deleted my post. And I do enjoy reading about everyone's food and recipes!!!
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After working on these towels for over 30 hours, they are clean with the exception of one hand and wash towel. They are back into the OxyClean spa. The sheets and pillowcases are also all clean. Bronzer? Really? who know... I have never worn makeup, moisturizer, bronzer or all the other products designed to separate women from their money.
Dinner was chicken parmesan. I cooked up the whole breast, and only used 1/2 tonight. The rest can become almost anything, tomorrow.
And just cause we can, a gratuitous Olivia picture in today's rain gear. [One of the rompers I have made is under that LLBean jacket.]
*susan*
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Say hi to Ms. O. :-) Sigh, on the towels. I don't have clue about "body foundation". I guess I'd have to ask DD or Sharon about that.
Tapper...Lake Arrowhead. That's not too far from my old hometown of 29 Palms. Welcome.
Well, back to "work". We are packing up to leave for Upstate New York for Sharon's high school class reunion/visit with the family. DD is taking a summer school class (to get ahead of the schedule) and can't go. The class is mostly on-line, but she has to show up in person to take the tests...so she's going to "babysit" the dogs and bounce back and forth between home, her apartment and school. We will miss not having her along. She has always loved to travel, even when she was a toddler and small child.
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Pretty girl!
All over bronzer sounds like a helluva lot of trouble, not to mention mess.
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Actually, moisturizer is a good idea at any age, especially on skin at risk for lymphedema to keep it hydrated and intact. And it doesn’t have to be expensive.
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