So...whats for dinner?
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Brunch was french toast made with old San Francisco sourdough. REALLY good.
Sandy - first thing I thought of was "I'll see your 833 and raise you." Of course it's not funny, but.... We had 1370 new cases yesterday.
And so, I cancelled/moved my heart doc annual March appointment again. It's comprised of 4 tests and then seeing the doc. Some of the chemo did minor damage that the doc is watching. I just don't feel comfortable spending 4-5 hours down in the med center right now - two different elevators, 5 different rooms, 4 different techs, at least two nurses & two receptionists - and that's before we consider the fellow patients. But I will go see the 'vampires' and give blood the end of the month so I can have my Prolia shot in August. Actually the doc who draws my blood is head of the hospital's blood donor & transplant center. He is the only one is willing to draw blood from my ankle.
I'm having my house painted. I've been waiting a month & supposedly they were starting yesterday but the foreman called in sick. The owner did bring all the ladders & power washer & caulk, etc. so I know I'm really on the schedule - whenever it happens. Sure glad that isn't my job when the heat index is 108.
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Today the state had 707 new cases and 25 more deaths. (Chicago had nearly half of both the new cases and new deaths). State's positivity rate remains at 3, but Chicago's on the high side of 5. I believe Mayor Lightfoot should roll us back to Phase 3, even if it means the wine dinners are off again. Once again, the bulk of the new cases are Gen-Zers and younger millennials milling around in bars and in lines to get in, sans masks, cheek by jowl. Stupid, selfish, impatient brats. Watching videos of that lake "sand bar" party in Rapid City, MI made me want to hurl.
Bob is working late again. Will just have to make the shrimp anyway, and have him reheat his half when he gets home. I had another duck egg for brunch, but could barely get through 1/3 of Bob's leftover pork chop (which itself is half of Sunday's chop). I decided to freeze his spuds & toast.
Seeing the ocular oncologist tomorrow. Was going to drop off an Amazon return at Kohl's tonight, but I'd rather stay home as much as I can.
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Belated Happy Anniversary to Carole & Monty!
Cherry-sw - Looks like lots of good cooking (and then eating) going on in your kitchen.
SpecialK - Although I no longer eat beef, your crock pot dish sounds tasty. Kudos to your DD for saving the baby opossum. They are very beneficial creatures, but are much maligned. (And, in KY, people are known to eat them!)
Minus - Your french toast sounds delish! I think you made a wise choice by delaying your heart doc appointment.
Dinner was the remainder of a box of Trader Joe's Scallops Wrapped in Uncured Bacon w/Brown Sugar Glaze, Organic Haricots Verts & Baby Bellas sauteed in Herb Butter. Dessert will be a scoop of Raspberry Sorbet & a bit of Organic Chocolate Mousse Gelato. DOTD: Chambord White Wine Spritzer. Enjoyed tonight's dinner as not sure what dinner might be after root canal at 11:30 am.
Sandy - In your pocket for the ocular oncologist visit tomorrow.
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Celia, in your pocket for the root canal. Food-wise, I remember that after mine I was okay simply not chewing on that side (once the anesthesia had worn off).
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ChiSandy - Guess we are pocket pals for each other tomorrow. Hope all goes well.
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May the injection be short but its effects last just long enough. You shouldn't feel anything during the procedure itself, nor its followup. If you haven't had root canal in a while (several years), you'll be surprised by the advances in technology--instant imaging, for example.
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Hope both of you do well.
BTW Sandy, that number was for just our City/County and not the entire state. I see no reason to watch TV, so I only read the news in the paper every day. Or sometimes check on line if I'm waiting for something. So I won't update for today's numbers.
Eric - were you mobilized? We apparently have a bunch of military medical groups coming in to set up more Covid beds.
Dinner was an cold veggie appetizer plate. Sliced cucumbers, radishes & celery stuffed with pimento cheese. I meant to add black olives but I forgot. The entree was 4 Triscuits with a small hunk of Monterrey Jack cheese. Too hot to eat.
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Our friends from our previous town visited us for lunch and brought with them some fresh corn just picked this morning. In spite of that, dinner was spaghetti with meat sauce. Tomorrow night will be a corn feast with I don’t know what else.
Celia, good luck with your root canal - they seem to be a piece of cake these days. I watched a movie during mine. Sandy, don’t know why you’re seeing an ocularoncologist but I’m wishing you the very best.
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Florida now holds the record for cases in a single day - yesterday at 15,300, new cases in my county yesterday were at 800. My solution is to go nowhere, but sheesh it’s flippin’ scary. I fail to understand how people are not taking this seriously - it is indeed stupid and selfish.
In both pockets at root canal and ocular oncologist.
celia - the baby was super cute and teensy, fit in the palm of my hand. My house has been somewhat of a zoo over the years, we have rehabbed quite a few animals! I once caught my DH playing mockingbird songs on his iPad to a baby one DD was caring for. He was worried it wouldn’t know how to sing since it had no bird mom. DD taught it to forage and it was successfully released. She’s all about animals of all kinds.
Dinner was a big kale salad with apple, shredded turkey, Gorgonzola, and sliced almonds with creamy vinaigrette for DH, nothing for me, had a headache. I finished our taxes today - in an effort to simplify our finances we consolidated some accounts and sold a bunch of stock acquired over 15 years. Sadly, for me, these were purchased monthly in differing share amount depending on stock price and that meant each individual capital gain had to be reported. More than 400 transactions and each had to be reported as an individual entry. The 1099-B had microscopic writing and was NOT in date order. I deserve a trophy of some kind.
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Special - indeed you do!
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auntie - lol! We have some stock based Roth IRAs and I wanted to convert them to CD based, but knowing what I know now........maybe not.
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SpecialK - Yes, you deserve the Tax Preparer's Trophy for all those transactions! I completed ours on Sunday and DH sent off in the mail yesterday. This is the 1st year in a long time when we did not have to file an extension, since we had the extra 3 months. One silver lining to the COVID Cloud. Sharing your concerns about stock based Roth IRAs.
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auntie and celia - I am thinking the tax preparer trophy should be a new piece of jewelry, lol! I am like a magpie or a barracuda (I kind of like barracuda - sounds more badass) with the shiny stuff, although I really should be getting rid of jewelry rather than getting more at this point in my life.
celia - our thoughts about the stock based stuff is that it is too volatile when we are so close to retirement - we are thinking that CD based is safer even though less profitable right now, is that yours as well?
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Special - I am clapping out loud for you. I used have hundreds of detailed spread sheets when I was younger. I like the barracuda image. Instead of jewelry, can you get a small, carved wooden replica to use as a paperweight for all this stuff?
My issue with CDs is that even the best choices are now earning 1.0%. That's not tenable. You might as well get cash & put it under your mattress. I've left my IRAs in the market - just changed the mix to be less volatile as the years go on - more bonds, fewer stocks. That said, I'm still a bit paranoid about running out of money. Could you split the IRA and put some in CDs?
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minus - the tax process was a bear for sure, I don't want to repeat it, and also agree that the CD rates are a pittance right now. We sold our traditional IRAs in 2019, part of the tax reporting I just did concerned the sale of that stock, and they represented small amounts that were leftover from when we converted the majority of those IRA funds into Roth accounts years ago. We don't actively manage the stock mix in the Roth IRAs, they are mutual finds, but I am wondering if I should change that. I think if I do change how they are based I will still incur the reporting issues for my 2020 return. Argghhh. The good news for us is that my DH gets a military pension as long as he is alive, we both get SS (I am collecting mine now, DH is younger and still working), he will also get a regular pension when he retires from his current federal civil service job, and then we have investments on top of that. We are very fortunate to be in this position, and also that my prolonged breast cancer treatment didn't have very much financial impact - I know how lucky that is!
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Special - maybe you can change to index funds within the same group w/o incurring the reporting requirements? Nah, that would be too easy.
Eric - wondering if you were deployed. If so, thank you, even though we won't likely hear from you for awhile.
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minus - you're prob right, too easy - I would still have to report the gain/loss on the shares because converting them would still be a sale. I am resigned to next years taxes being not fun, but I may elect to have them professionally done because we have the additional house purchased in the 2020 tax year. Not sure how we report two houses when neither of them is a rental property. So, I should probably not console myself with a prize but rather save money to pay for taxes to be done by someone else, lol!
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Sad to say that the ocular oncologist is 99% sure it's ocular melanoma. Going to have a whirlwind of scans to determine whether it's spread (not likely, but never say never), then if it's confirmed to still be "encapsulated," have a needle biopsy to determine "class" and brachytherapy at the same time. The "plaque" goes in on a Mon. and is removed the following Fri. If all goes as planned, 5-yr chance of remaining tumor-free is 95% (knock wood). He says that a cancer patient has a 25% chance of developing a second (primary) cancer w/in 5 yrs. of first cancer dx. Most likely due to an undetermined genetic mutation for which there is as of yet no test.
Sigh. It is what it is. But that stupid "floater" in the other eye may well have saved my life.
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Oh Sandy, (((hugs))) to you and wishing you the best possible outcome
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Thanks, Nancy!
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Ordered out for comfort food tonight: linguine with mussels in white wine sauce. (Not gonna push it with cannolli or gelato afterward). Back to low-carb tomorrow. (Will devein & cook the shrimp tomorrow--not up to cooking tonight).
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Sandy - sorry for that 99% sure. Hope it's encapsulated and treatment can proceed as you outlined. I have a neighbor who had an ocular cancer and had radioactive seeds implanted. So far - knock wood - she's doing well 18 months down the road.
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chisandy - that is craptastic news, and scary for sure. Certainly hoping for the best case scenario with treatment. Hang in there
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Chi....hope it's contained and the treatment works as planned. I agree with Special...that's crappy news.
No on the deployment. It was put on hold at the last moment for further evaluation.
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Sandy I am sorry for this news and you are in my prayers. I'm so glad you had linguini tonight. Some days require it. 👐
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Why does this feel like a Saturday night? Grrr for keeping track of things since we're all staying at home.
Dunch was left-over boiled potatoes sauteed with onions and then 3 eggs scrambled & dumped on top. My friend who is from a small town in Texas said her mother made that regularly when she had leftover potatoes and called it "potato eggs", but she just broke the eggs into the pan of potatoes and stirred it like crazy.
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Brunch was a small tuna-salad sandwich on lo-carb bread with lettuce, tomato & red onion. For dinner, I marinated shrimp in olive oil and Penzey's seafood seasoning, then skewered and grilled them, finished with lemon juice. Sauteed sugar snap peas in garlic-ginger oil with sesame seeds.
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Tonight was Fix it and Forget it crockpot cookbook's "Aromatic chicken". I used thighs. It included coconut milk, water, garlic, low-sodium soy and brown sugar. Good flavor but the appearance of the coconut milk while cooking was unappealing almost curdled looking. I've had no success so far cooking with coconut milk. At least it was tasty, served with rice and a big green salad.
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Catching back up here....and I’m so sorry to learn your medical news, Sandy. Hoping for the best possible outcome as suggested by your ocular oncologist. Sending hugs to you.
Minus, I am so with you on the day of the week confusion. Lately, it seems worse, and we’ve even been sort of beyond “lockdown”...for now, at least. It just seems like our days are quite indistinguishable...even more than when we first retired. I might soon resort to having a DAY and DATE sign on my bathroom mirror to stay oriented like the nursing homes provide for their patients. Yikes!
We finally made it to the lake... and have been mired in house set up that we usually complete over Memorial Day weekend. DH worked like a dog yesterday, clearing layers of pollen from our porch and deck, lugging and setting up all the furniture. His new hip really functions well! Our final touch today will be setting out the hummingbird feeders filled with the nectar I boiled up last night. Often when we show up in June, the hummers are hovering about, awaiting their “buffet”. Yesterday we saw none. I think they gave up on us!
For dinners, after arriving Wed evening, we ordered take out from a new Chinese restaurant in our small town. Their hot and sour soup was really spicy, the shrimp fried rice was definitely lighter, and very tasty, and the moo shi pork came minus any condiments, which I happily discovered it didn't need!
Last night, we decided to get more take out (since I never made it to the store to buy a protein for dinner) and ordered lamb burgers from a little Irish style pub, which was our years ago inspiration for making them at home whenever we feel the need for our infrequent red meat fix. They were wonderful!If I make it to the store today, we’ll grill chicken for dinner. The only other thing on the docket is (Socially distanced) Friday cocktails on the beach, so we will finally reconnect with our neighbors here! Yay! Inexplicably, (but soooo New England!), it is really chilly and damp today. Hopefully the clouds will clear. Forecast was for 90s this weekend. ???
We’re heading home briefly tomorrow night to have a socially distanced back yard luncheon (and wading pool party:) on Sunday with DS2 and crew. With the virus heading up the coast from FL, I fear that MA could end up with a second quarantine, and we will sorely miss our little grandtyke again. Our state was so amazingly compliant with the Covid distancing regulations for over three months, it will be hard to face more isolation as things are finally startIng to open up a bit.
I really feel for what you folks in the surging states are going through right now. Please stay safe.....0 -
reader - I don’t cook a lot with the canned coconut milk, but did do a curried chicken over rice using it that turned out really well. I can post the recipe if that sounds good to you.
lacey - glad you made it to the lake! I too am struggling with what day and date it is - complicated by DH taking random days off during the week to supervise the new fence at DD’s house and then yesterday putting in the driveway pad behind the new gates for her new boat, which will be complete in a week or so - it’s a tad behind schedule. DH leaves for work super early, and I’m usually still asleep. I wake up and try to decide what day it is, lol! I have not left home now for 13 days but am considering a jaunt out to the outdoor produce market. Florida is scary right now, definitely very selective about where I am willing to go. Still have not been in the regular grocery store, DH has been handling that.
minus - I don’t know why but “potato eggs” made me laugh! Makes sense to call it what it is but it hit my funny bone.
Speaking of eggs, here are my first dozen eggs from DD’s chickens - she’s offsetting $3 of rent, lol!
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