So...whats for dinner?
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Everything went well at the comm center here too, we served almost 600 people but still had lots of food leftover, the church was suppose to come in a van and pick up the rest but a lady showed up in a prius and only took a small amout we were there till about 5 calling to see if anyone wanted all the leftover, turkey, ham, pot, greenbeans, gravy, rolls, stuffing, cranberry sauce and tons of desserts but we couldnt find anyone so had to throw a lot of food out, such a shame. By the time we got home i wasnt hungry but cooked anyway- Im with you JOYCE, i think i will stay in my pj's all day tomorrow too.
Deb- What is a squeek and bubble?
chabba- Hope you got some rest this eve after a long hard day
GMA- Thanks for the revised soup recipe.
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Good morning everyone! I am enjoying my post-Christmas peace and quiet! The kiddies were up at 4:53 am yesterday and everyone else got up at 6. I was hoping their parents would send them back to bed, but parents sleep through everything...lol! So I got up and went downstairs and kept them quiet...my little contribution to everyone else's sleep! Then at 6 it all got started! At one point there was so much paper strewn about that we were worried about losing things. So we had to slow things down and police the area before letting them get started again. My DH bought me at least 3 of everything on my list...not sure what that was all about...lol. I may have to do a little exchanging as I probably don't need 3 of the same skinny jeans! And I got enough fragrance to last for probably 3 years!!! I do use it every day, but still... Everyone seemed to be very generous this year, perhaps because of everything we've all been through. Anyways, it was festive and we had a fabulous day. I was in bed and asleep at about 10:10 last night!!! It could have been earlier but I didn't want to wake up too early this morning so I forced myself to watch half the football game.
I am going to make DH's favorite breakfast this morning - he's been lobbying for baked apple pancake and he'll get his wish. And Burger Smokehouse bacon.
We have no plans for today although we might go see a movie later. I could stay in my PJs all day and that would be just fine!
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i wish i had a wife like you LuvRving..
My dinner last nite was quite fun but tasted absolutely horrid.. omgosh.. i refused in the end to bring anything healthy.. my kids were kind of mad at me.. but the company was awesome.
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i didn't get even one wrapped gift (i guess I've taught my children well.. that gifts are not important).. we try to do neat things for the needy. altho we gave our kids pretty cool things like garbanzo beans, poptarts, shampoo and money.
Sooo, I actually did get a gift, which is that i get to treat my family to dinner at my old chef/bestfriend's restaurant. (i'm actually thrilled with this idea/gift. I've been dying to go., but for our budget, it is really expensive. We usually on patronize chinese buffets).
- here is page 2 of the dinner menu.
http://www.avaloncafeweston.com/menus/DinnerMenuPage2.pdf
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I am not a super big meat lover but might want to try ostrich or elk. There are unique and traditional appetizers on page 1 as well.
in this second link is a pic of Dave my friend (on the right, twice).http://www.avaloncafeweston.com
He was a few inches taller than me and started cooking at age 14 and full cheffing at 17. He never went to college but is a super smart guy. I used to amaze him with all I knew.. 'working with you is like going to college for free'. We were like twins, working in perfect harmony for 7 years 40 to 70 hours a week and ran several restaurants in tandem.... perfectly friendly with no emotional entanglements. i miss him. so very much... such a unique friendship. I think I'll invite him and his little family out for dinner. I visited with him (after 20 years or so) and we started talking like we had never stopped.
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LOL, Apple!!! Enjoy the Avalon Cafe, it's a lovely restaurant!
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Merry Christmas everyone
My daughter is the worst cook! Really. We had Christmas breakfast at her and her BF's and I brought tomatoes, cheese, and avacados to put in the scrambled eggs. I saw her in there stirring them for 1/2 hour then she said. "Why is there so much juice in here?!" Her BF went in and the eggs looked like grey couscous eggs. He told just to "drain some ot the water?!?" She put salsa in there too. We ate them all, ummmm these are GREAT Lizzy!
For dinner we pigged out on pasta with clams, some don't eat even seafood so veggie pasta for them!
Unitarian service was beautiful
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A little better today.........did not realize how much this cancer crap would tire me out from doing the same thing for 54 years a xmas................even the 2007 heart attack did nothing to me, and 2 months after having it, I did a huge xmas eve thing, like I always have..............this year, it beat the shit out of me.............oh well it was fun, but glad its over till *(I hope) next year.............
Went to my daughters for a fantastic Italian dinner, yesterday, and will return today since her MIL is coming, and her and I have things in common............BC..........she however is a 23 year survivor........first bout in 1988........mastectomy, 13 years later, it came back on the other side............removed that puppy too...........and has been great since...........actually better then me................her Arimidex is not kicking her ass, as hard as my Femara is.me............. although she attributes any aches and pains to "old age", but I know ;its the Arimidex, but as long as she thinks its her age (75)...............I won't tell her different..................its comical she says.....I have trouble walking in the morning or, my fingers really hurt at times..........or, "yea I get all the aches and pains too", guess its old age...............well I think she's wrong. She says she never reads the "insert" for SE's in the packages or the one the Pharmacist gives you with your script.................so I doubt she would know a SE, if it walked up and introduced itself...........................
Sounds like everyone is tired, but had a great holiday................another New Year coming ladies.............here's to all of us, and the good health we pray for each night...........hugs.
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Looks like everyone had a nice christmas!
Today i made DH a big breakfast, pancakes, sausage and a denver omlet- for lunch i will make bq ham sandwiches from my leftover ham.
Got DH a freezer and he is going to take it back said he dosnt really need it since he didnt have any luck getting a deer or elk this year, oh well its the thought that counts.
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It sounds like everyone had a pretty good Christmas! Joyce your day today sounds like heaven! Everything here went well. Lot's of cooking but everyone enjoyed themselves. We had Christmas morning with my brother and his new girlfriend here, I texted him when the boys woke up and they headed right over. (he only loves about 3 miles from me) We did presents and breakfast, pan cakes, Gorton, banana bread, scrambled eggs, bacon, home fried potatoes, English muffins.... yum! They were off my 10 to go to her families house and we received my DH's family for 12 and had lots of appetizers and just chatted and played with the boys all day. I was a cooking machine, putting things together and pooping them in the oven. Everyone left by 6, the boys were in bed asleep by 7 and DH and I crashed for 9. Today we put the house back together and just hung around playing with new toys and watching cartoons.
I believe I am ready for winter to set in and the quiet it will bring. Tonight Dh made us fried egg sandwiches with left over bacon and cheese for dinner after we got the boys down, they were great.
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lol- I didn't poop them in the oven I popped them- I SWEAR!!
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Laurie- LOL! when i read that i thought, she must really be tired haha. Glad you had a great day and i love all the pics you posted on fb your kids are just to darn cute! So are you
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Apple, you are very funny. I enjoy your humorous posts.
Michelle, I'm glad you had a wonderful Christmas. You've been through a lot and have a great attititude.
I used to love Christmas but for a number of years I'm glad when it's over. When I walk or drive through the neighborhood after Christmas, I notice the enormous amount of garbage, all that packaging from China. I do enjoy the Christmas parties. The women's golf group. The bridge club. The next-door neighbor's open house on Christmas eve. It's good, too, to get together with my siblings and mother and extended family for dinner on Christmas day. As for presents, I would rather buy for myself whatever I want or need that I can afford.
Tonight's dinner was a WW version of Shepherd's Pie made with ground turkey breast. It was very tasty DH and I had wine instead of a cocktail. We're both trying to drop some lbs.
I'm waiting for Laurie to check in and report on her Christmas with her dh and little boys.
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why won't anything post?
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it won't let me post a picture?
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Debbie Thank you!!! 0
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Sounds like everyone had a wonderful Christmas.
Can't wait to hear how your dinner out was Apple.
Had a nice Christmas too. I am glad it's over though. Looking forward to getting the tree down and the house back in order. Also to getting back to more normal eating. I baked and ate way too much. I am bringing all the cookies that have managed to evade me into work tomorrow. Way too much temptation around. We had whole wheat spaghetti, meatballs, garlic bread and a salad for dinner tonight. Everyone enjoyed it.0 -
Carol- Where you are not on facebook- the boys favorite presents were a drum set and a guitar and microphone. They acted like they were rock stars and put on a show for us off and on all day. Super cute. If I could get bco to let me post pics I could show you!! The boys had a blast and loved that we had lots of desserts. My brother made a chhocolate cake with buttercream frosting drizzled with chocolate ganash. It is heaven. I am not a big dessert person but I had a piece last night before I went to bed and may do it again tonight
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I'm chuckling at everyone saying they're glad it's over! It is tiring but fun, I do look forward to the holidays and I have to say I am not really glad it's over! I guess I like the hustle and bustle!
Speaking of which, I ended up driving to my daughter's in Acton, then we went to Twin Rivers Casino near Providence, RI. We had a great time, I won about $200 and we stopped at Outback on the way home for dinner because the good restaurants in the casinos are closed on Monday and Tuesday. Who knew??? Actually, many of the restaurants around here are closed on Mondays, Outback was the only thing we found open other than Chinese or pizza joints. But it worked, we were both in the mood for a steak and both of our steaks were cooked perfectly.
My DH went to see Sherlock Holmes by himself, which is good because I didn't enjoy the first one but had told him I'd go with him. Now I'm off the hook for that one!
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Michelle- I laughed at your DH buying you three of everything you asked for. Men are funny! They try so hard at times you have to love them for it. I told my DH I wanted a pair of clogs, deep maroon, almost brown but not- showed him a picture online. He got me black ones. I said, they didn't have maroon? He says "they did but they weer ugly." LOL!
They listen and care, they just don't always get it right for various reasons. Can't believe you headed to a casino after Christmas!! Glad you had fun!
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Michelle-Woohoo on your winnings, been awhile since i had a big win. Do you start your rads up again tomorrow? If so i hope the day and traffic is better than the last.
Laurie-Too funny on the shoes, are you going to exchange them?
Carol- I agree the christmas parties are fun! But i do still love to get gifts, i guess its the kid in me still, My sister sent me a lei from hawaii that had fans made out of money on it, it is so beautiful.
Laurie- How come bco wont let you post a picture?
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Laurie cant wait to see pics of those cute little boys of yours. the little kids is what makes Christmas fun....or the "big" little kids like my 22 year old son!
On Christmas eve my son and daughter and myself (DH would not go) went to see The girl with the Dragon tatoo....I read the book. Movie was very dark and had a lot of graphic sexual stuff, but a good movie.
I bought the family a xbox360 with kinect and on Christmas day we all played the games, and my daughter and I got the dance2 and we danced all night....laughed our butts off! Even my DH got in on the action. I wanted it mostly for myself so that I could dance and do the zumba to get some excercise in during the long winter without having to go to the gym.
We had prime rib for dinner on Christmas, it was ok, I cooked it a little too long as we like it med rare....the meat thermometer read that but then it continued to cook while resting and I was getting all the other stuff ready...next time I will take it out a lot sooner. Last night i used the leftovers and made cheese steak sandwhiches with carmalized onions.
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ha ha Laurie... too funny. ha ha
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Carrie- The dance off sounds fun! I want to get it for our Wii- DH got the kids a drawing game instead. I think the dance one would have been more fun. Yumm to the cheese steaks, sorry your prime rib ended up over cooked. It's always such a disappointment when that happens.
Kay I am with you about being ready to get the tree out of here and things back to normal. We put ours up early this year and I am sick of telling the kids to leave it alone. I don't know if I would give the cookies away though....
I don't know why it won't let me post pictures? When I try to it says the content of my message is empty and there is nothing to post- even when I type a description of the picture? Ohwell.
Tonight I am finally doing the Belgian chicken again. Dh will be psyched when he gets home and sees it on the stove.
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Good Lord, I'm trying to place catch-up. I'm glad everyone had an awesome Christmas, I sure did. Didn't want to come home.
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Laurie. click on the tree, you have to paste the hosted address of the pic.. (as on flicker or photobucket.. it has to be uploaded elsewhere first.. click on the size button.. the size will magically appear (it is larger than about 400 X 600, you might want to resize it smaller.
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Deb-Glad you are back safe and sound, sucks when you have to leave when you are not ready to go back yet! Loved your pictures you posted.
Laurie- The picture with your son still wearing the gloves you got him cracked me up, so cute.
Carrie- I love those games, our friends have one and we had such a great time playing it. the steak sandwich sounds really good from your leftovers. I had made broccoli cheese casserole for christmas and today i made a broccoli cheese soup out of the left overs it was really yummy.
Joyce-Im doing the same, trying to empty out the fridge before we leave for hawaii, i still have lots of ham leftover so hopfully wont have to buy much between now and then.
Really rainy and windy here, gusts are up to 50 and tonight suppose to be over 70 (yikes)
Michelle- Hope you are ok?
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debbie, we have the same prediction here for tonight. Had lots of rain most of the day too.
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Hi everyone! Thanks for checking on me, we just got home. First, there was an hour and 45 minute delay for treatment...yikes! But the traffic was light, we were planning to go to the movies and see Tin Tin and were trying to figure out how we would pass the time until we were ready for dinner and the 7:00 movie. The "delay" fixed that problem for sure, we ended up grabbing a quick dinner at Not Your Average Joe's which is right next to the theater. And it was too late to see Tin Tin so we opted for The Descendents. Debbie - go see that movie to remind you of the breathtaking scenery in Kauai and Oahu! Oh, the movie was good, too...George Clooney....mmmmmmm!!!
I'm not crazy about this 3:40 timeslot for treatment. I'll be glad when we go back to 5:40 next week. I saw the RO today, he said my skin looks "right on schedule" but tonight I'd call it darn right angry!
Deb - welcome back from Bermuda! It must have been hard to get on the plane to come home!
Joyce - I will be so ready for another junket to Florida when this is all done. Get ready, sister, because we are gonna celebrate, dance to the music...if I can keep you awake long enough
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Glad you got home Michelle. Sorry about the 45 minute delay and missing Tin Tin. We saw The Decendants a couple of weeks ago and liked it too. It would pretty much be impossible for me not to like a George Clooney movie though. Almost went to the movies tonight, but didn't. We were thinking of the girl with the dragon tattoo or war horse. Maybe tomorrow.
Welcome home Deborye, even though you'd rather have stayed in paradise. Good luck getting up for work tomorrow. Now I am jealous of Florida and Hawaii. It was a miserable rainy day all day here too. But DH and I are going overnight to NY to see Wicked on Friday. It was our Christmas present. I will content myself with that.
Carrie and Laurie, my DD has the just dance 2 for wii as well. It is a lot of fun, although everyone seems to get the most fun out of watching me try to dance and laughing at me! Now that just dance 3 is out, you might be able to get it for a good price. The boys would probably really enjoy it.
Had veggie chilli and a salad and a 9 grain bread we got from great harvest for dinner. The bread was really good. I need to make something different. I am getting tired of the same old, same old. I have to try that salsa chicken soon or maybe the enchiladas. Not sure which to try first.0 -
Kay- try the Belgian cjicken Debbie posted, we had it for the second time tonight. It's very good, like a chicken stew,although I serve it with rice. I mayt just go out and get myself the dance game. The boys love to dance and love music, I think we would have fun with it.
Michelle- So glad you checked in with us. It sounds like your new time slot is giving you a bit of a hang up. After everything going so smoothly it must be so frustrating having it take so long. Hope the rest of your night goes well and your benadryl, cortizone/cream cocktail gives you relief so you can sleep.
I am planning next weeks dinners- which I HATE. But I have at least one meal planned, Michelles sauce with meatballs for tomorrow night
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