So...whats for dinner?
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Am hoping today goes smoothly for you Kaara.
Off to work after a week of being off....lots of kid (and parent) crises to be dealt with. Am leaving a copy of Laurie's Salsa Chicken on the counter for DH to try to start since I will undoubetdly be home after 6. I'll let you know how it goes.....:)
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Lacey, anyone who can't follow Laurie's Salsa Chicken recipe is truly a cooking dud!
Bedo, I want a poet in my pot! The recipe looks good. I'll jot it down and put it in my personal cooking notebook.
Kaara, your dishes you ate on your trip sound exotic and tasty. Let us know how they turn out. Good luck on your injection today. You have a great attitude.
DH wants pasta tonight. Very easy prep.
My bp reading was the same this morning. High. 150/100. I figure it has been like this for quite a while and I wasn't aware of it. This morning I plan to go for a walk. Yesterday after the reading had settled down to normal, I did a workout with weights and stairclimber. We have a little home "gym." DH is pressuring me to make an apptment with a cardiologist. Guess I will do that since I went to one a few years back and had a stress test that was normal. "It's always something!" Rosanna Dana''s words of wisdom.
Dentist apptment at 2:10 pm to see if the bone transplant was successful. Here's hoping. My teeth are always letting me down!
Happy Monday!
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Was on track to cook out a steak last night on the grill, but then the weather started......so changed plans and made a pot of spaghetti.
Woke up this morning to 3 inches of snow and still going....Only in upstate NY!! All my tulips have dropped their heads
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Kaara- Good luck with your eye appointment and hope you have NO pain today!
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Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement. The injection was tolerable but not pleasant...it burns like heck for a while after. I slept through it the last time because I took an anti anxiety med. Today I'm having to deal with it, but it's getting better as the day goes on. The good news is that there is significant improvement in my eye condition over last month. The fluid is down and I can read the eye charts better. So now it's behind me for another month..whew!
I'm making a turkey breast and veggies for dinner...something easy that I don't have to think about...maybe some cornbread dressing with cranberries to go with it. Comfort food!
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Laurie: I was reading through the posts after I got back from vacation and see that you have had a bout with possible PVC's. I have them and know they can be scary, but if all checks out they are not life threatening. I take a half a beta blocker each evening before bedtime and I don't feel them much at all. They can be triggered by stress.
When I had my health workup from my ND he discovered that I was low in magnesium and when I started taking that as part of my supplement program, the PVC's have lessened considerably, so maybe that was a contributing factor. Low potassium can be as well.
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Carrie - ick on the snow! It's way too late in April to have to deal with winter weather!!! It's been just rain here, lots of it. We desperately needed it, though, so it's OK. But the temps this week will barely be 60, a little chilly after all the spectacular weather we've had.
Kaara - glad the injection wasn't too bad. Makes me cringe to think about it!
I'm making spaghetti tonight, too. I haven't made it in a while and DH loves it, so he'll be happy. I have a whole turkey in my freezer that is taking up way too much space. I need to cook that bird in the next couple of weeks. Maybe I'll get some wood chips and smoke it.
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Carol- I hope your dentist appointment went well and that the transplant is a success. I am also glad your DH is encouraging you to go to a cardiologist. I always say it is better to be safe. Thinking of you. Hope you are feeling great to play golf.
Debbie- DId you find anything good at the yard sales?
Carrie- 3 inches of snow!!!!! OMG! Hope you got alot done today inside, I hope it melts fast and you are back outside soon.
Kaara- Hope your eye is doing ok and your turkey for dinner sounds wonderful, I am so in the mood for that. Thanks for the help with the PVC's. They checked my blood levels and everything was normal. I am now on day 4 of them this time and they happen every minute. How often do you have yours? The Dr's appointment that I have tomorrow with the Halter results should be interesting. I am hoping they are all PVC's and nothing else. They are weaker at times, those don't bother me as much.
So yesterday I made a beef stew in the crock pot. We were hoping to have friends over with their grandson but the grandson wasn't feeling well so I have a big batch left over. Tonight I am doing the camping recipe of burger and spaghetti sauce over rice with zucchini.
I am really looking forward to going to the Dr tomorrow and getting some answers. I have had a headache for three days, the PVC's for four days and my energy level is not what it should be. Feeling frustrated at the moment.
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AWWW Laurie didnt know you were having the headaches as well. Hope your appt goes well tomorrow and he has some answers. When my girlfriend has them she has been instructed to stay well hydrated and she says it helps but she forgets to drink lots during the day.
Kaara turkey and stuffing.....yum. I should sneak in all the comfort foods now while the weather is cold....ha ha then maybe in a couple of days we can get back to summer. I had just put all my winter coats away...that'l teach me!
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Laurie- No I didnt find anything good this time around at the garage sales but had fun saleing. I hope the news tomorrow will be good. I did some reading up on PVC's if nothing else is going on it says its normal but annoying. Geez, I would hate to have that going on all the time. Do you drink a lot of caffene? Whatever the cause i just hope its nothing to worry about. Hope your headache goes away. (((hugs))))
Everyones dinner sounds good. Leftover pork orast for dinner and maybe some zucchini and yellow squash.
I had a nice chat with Chabba on the phone yesterday, she is such a sweetie.
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AAAWWWWE shucks debbie. I enjoyed our talk too. You are a lovely lady.
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Good news. The dental bone transplant was successful. But today I learn the dentist wants to do 3 implants instead of 2. More $$$$$. I have confidence in him so I agreed.
Not so good. My bp stayed high all day today instead of going lower in the afternoon. I'm scheduled to play golf tomorrow and Wed. in a Member-Member tournament. Tonight I'll try taking an extra bp med.
Dinner tonight was so good. Linguine with tomato sauce w/Italian sausage and side dish of roasted cauliflower. The cauliflower was good but dh and I agree that roasting is not the best cooking choice for this veggie. I tossed it with s & p, EVOO and minced garlic. It doesn't get tender with roasting.
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Debbie and Carole, you are too funny! I had to read my recipe 3 times to figure out what you were talking about! Oh well, goes with grabbing a black textbook off my shelf and taking it into work instead of my tiny laptop!
Carole, I'm glad it took! So exciting
Laurie, I hope everything turns out OK with your heart monitor.
Chabba, I would love some of those Pacific clams. I have a friend who lives on an island in Wash State and keep meaning to go out to see her.
Debbie, I found a gold guilded mirror (sp)? for $2.50 and 2 spider plants for free! I put them all in my office!
Luvmygoats. I love goats too, but am not in an area where I can have them. I love their crazy rectangular pupils!
Trying to de-dust the cabin and put in an air conditioner that will get rid of humidity, as there are trees all around and it's been raining. If it doesn't get warmer I may make a fire to burn it all off.
Daughter all better. Sending texts that actually say "gimme money, $300 now and $300 in a month if you can't give $600 all at once for Cobra. K." Oh, well glad she's feeling better and planning a trip to India.
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Debbie and Carole, you are too funny! I had to read my recipe 3 times before I realized I had a poet in the pot. Carole, I'm glad your dental treatment is going well
Laurie, I hope everything turns out OK
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Laurie, I hope you get some answers tomorrow at your appt. So, my kitchen challenged DH did make your salsa chicken tonight...it was happily cooking when I came through the door at 6:30. I made a quick cuke salad and a quinoa pilaf and we enjoyed it all by 7PM. So happy to have DH add that great easy recipe to his small (but growing
cooking repetoire.
Kaara, glad things went well today. You are brave!
Carole....any reason you don't want to see the cardiologist? Seems like a sensible idea to me given that the bp is persistent.
I'm really wiped after spending a long day dealing with several families around a bullying incident. It took about two seconds to feel like vacation week never happened. With this fatigue, I'm really counting the days til summer. I'm lucky to have hardly any other symptoms, but fatigue does really do you in!
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Chabba- LOL! now your making me blush.
Carol- The bone transplants sounds like it could be painful. Glad it was successful today though. I sure hope they get your BP back to normal. I think my BP would go through the roof just thinking about a bone transplant. I love cauliflower roasted, its the only way i eat it unless im making mashed cauliflower. Mine always comes out really tender ( I dont like my veggies underdone) I put it on a sheet pan with evoo, garlic in a 400 degree oven and toss it every once in awhile, and cook it maybe 20 minutes or until done and tender. I put parmesan cheese on it the last 5 minutes. Maybe your not cooking it long enough? Hmmm.
Bedo- I think we should all get together and write a book on all the funny things we have said here.(Starting with Laurie) LOL! Great find at your sales! and free plants? Wow!! LOL@ your DD comment.
Lacey- Sorry your time off was a fiasco with family. Hope you get a good nights sleep.
Trying to get rid of some things in the fridge so besides my pork roast made broccoli and squash, left over potatoes from roast and some yummy sauted mushrooms in a butter wine, parlsey, garlic sauce.
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Debbie, my time off was just lovely. Unfortunately not so for several of the families with whom I work (my clients) .....thus the re-entry to work was busy helping them sort out serious problems with their kids. Life is complex!
Meanwhile heard from DS1 and DIL that Our little grandson is sporting his first four stitches on his face (ouch!) after falling into a coffee table...poor little guy. It's amazing this is his first trip to the hospital since he's a real motor machine.
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Tonight we're having dinner with some "friends" (it's hard for me to use this term with this guy since he is the one who abused his ex wife, tossed her to the curb, and now has a new trophy girlfriend) I have avoided it for as long as I can so now, after numerous invitations, we are going up to their new place, and I'll have to compliment them on the $100,000 they've spent on new furniture when I know that the ex wife is living with her children and struggling to survive:( He is really a friend and golfing buddy of my BF...I much prefer his ex wife over him, and we have remained friends. I certainly can't blame the new girlfriend, but do wonder what is in store for her down the road. I just plain don't want to get involved in this ongoing drama, but will bite the bullet and play nice for the evening, knowing that it won't happen too often. Ahhh...the things we do to keep peace.
Lacey: So sorry your DGS got hurt. I expect any day to hear that DGD has met with the same fate...she is a climber and jumper and gets up on everything. Her favorite is to jump on the bed and she has already fallen off several times. I was thinking of getting her a little trampoline for her birthday (with sides attached).
Carol: Glad your bone transplant took...I've had several of those over the years. It literally saved one tooth that I was able to keep for about 20 years before finally having it pulled. I need two implants on my bottom jaw right now, but I've put it off so long, I don't think I'll even do it. You can't see the missing teeth when I smile and I don't miss them. Hope you bp issue gets resolved soon.
Laurie: Please let us know what the doc says about your heart issues. Hope that it is nothing serious and can be handled with some medication.
Time to get back into my routine...green drink and then off to a workout!
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maybe ruebens and gaspcho or tomato soup
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Apple- reubens and gazpacho, double yum.
Carol- I am so happy your implant took! Good luck with the BP today and getting into the cardiologist.
Lacey- So sorry about your grandson
They are troopers though aren't they? I can't believe I haven't had to get either of my boys stitches as of yet. (knock on wood)Kaara- I hope you find a way to enjoy yourself this evening despite spending it with someone you don't care for- with good reason. You are a bigger person than I am, I don't know if I could go and I am pretty sure my DH would never let me. I do not know how to keep my mouth shut sometimes.
So- I just got back from the Dr. The good news is that they are all PVC's and PAC's that I am having. Bad news is that it is over 5,000 a day. So she referred me to a cardiologist. She really had no idea what could be causing it all of a sudden. I don't drink caffeine at all and have had no other real changes etc. So now I have to wait for a cardiologist to call me and schedule an appointment. I don't really know how I feel about all of this. Frustrated and freaked out. I am 36 years old- why the heck is this happening?
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Hi apple - hope you're feeling a little better! I made reubens for lunch yesterday!
Kaara - I think I'd be telling BF to have fun with his golfing buddy but to leave me out of it! I don't think I could make nice with a wife abuser who is not providing for his own children.
Lacey - ouch for your DGS! I think stitches are almost a rite of passage for active little boys. I remember both of my brothers going through that when they were little.
Laurie - thinking of you and hoping your doctor figures out what's going on. That's just too scary, even if it's supposedly benign.
I have a 3-month checkup with my MO tomorrow. It should be routine, at least that is my expectation! I'm also getting a little haircut tomorrow. Time to even things out again and shorten the back. It's way longer than the top, and the mullet is threatening me
I need to figure out what to have for dinner. I think we're going to our fave Mexican restaurant on Saturday with the family to celebrate my birthday so no taco Tuesday tonight. Last year at this time I wasn't so sure I'd see this birthday because the BC beast had returned with such a vengeance. So while this place isn't my overall favorite, it's a place the grandkids love and I'm so happy that they'll be able to share the celebration with me. We often flew back from MO for their birthdays, but it's been just DH and me for my birthday for 15 or so years. The margaritas are good and they make a terrific tableside guacamole, so it will be a great evening.
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Michelle...hope you app't goes well for you and you can look forward to a nice birthday celebration with the grands!
Laurie: I'm sure the cardiologist will quickly get to the bottom of those PVC's. They will run every test known to man! I'll bet if you can clear up those stomach issues, the PVC's will lessen considerably....mine certainly did. In the meantime, I know how stressful it can be, but try and relax as much as possible.
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Michelle- good luck with your appointment tomorrow! I'll send all sorts of wonderful feeling syour way. I know you'll do great! If you are ever int he Concord area you will have to try Hermano's for Mexican food. Everything is made from scratch and is SO good. Homemade chips, non soupy salsa with cilantro, homemade Margarita mix. Mmmmm- I am making myself hungry! I know you will have the best time celebrating your birthday Saturday
Thanks everyone for the positive words on the heart thing. I am trying to stay positive and not let it get the best of me. Tonight will be leftovers- I hate leftovers. I wish I was at Apples house having Reubens and gazpacho.
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Kaara- Aww, sorry about your GS, poor thing!
Laurie- ((((hugs))))
Apple- Yum on the ruebens.
Michelle- Good luck with your appt. tomorrow! See, not to long ago you were just growing in hair and now you are having to cut it!
Hope you have a great birthday dinner on saturday!Still cant get rid of this nasty cough and congestion it has been going on for a couple of weeks now and feeling like its starting to turn into pnemonia, hard to breathe just walking. Been taking antibiotics and steroids and its not really helping. Arggh!
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Oh how scary Laurie. I am sure the cardiologist will get to the bottom of it. Sending you virtual hugs.
Lacey, I am very sorry about your grandson. Ouch indeed! I never had to get stitches for any of my three kids, but there was one broken arm the first day he tried his new snowboard.
Carole, I agree you are brave. I have had lots of dental work, but no implants as of yet. You too Kaara, I flinch every time I think of anyone touching my eyes.
We had takeout Chinese at the request of my DD and DS tonight. DH is in Atlanta for the rest of the week. I get so mad because DD only eats about 10% of her dish and then never wants to eat the leftovers. And I don't like orange chicken. Maybe DS will eat it some time. I just hate to see food wasted.0 -
debbie: Better get that congestion checked out by the doctor..it does sound like a bad case of bronchitis or pneumonia...not worth taking a chance, particularly if the meds aren't working.
Kay: My DD is the same way...she will order the most expensive thing on the menu (when I'm paying) then eat one or two bites and announce that she will take the rest home for the dogs. We're talking surf and turf here! The last time she did that I said to heck with the dogs...give it to me....I'll eat it for lunch tomorrow myself! Dogs aren't supposed to have table food anyway...isn't good for them. I don't think she was very happy but she handed it over.
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Debbie - time to call the doc and get that checked out. Pneumonia or bronchitis is nothing to mess around with!
You know your kids are grown up when they offer to split the restaurant dinner bill with you!!!
I marinated chicken thighs with balsamic dressing, rosemary, lots of garlic and a splash of lemon. DH is grilling them now. I also made brown rice pilaf (from a box) and glazed baby carrots. We should be eating in about 5 minutes. DH thought the chicken might be done, but I wasn't so sure. He cut into one and well, it was still pink. So back on the grill they go!
Now, as for that haircut tomorrow, it will be quite minimal. I have so many different lengths going on that I thought it would look better with a little evening out and shaping. I never wore my hair very long, it's just that my layers were longer. Won't be long now before it's "normal" for me. The top is still an inch shorter than the back, so time to get that fixed.
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I can't wait to grill again. I am jealous. But I am actually going to get my hair cut tomorrow too. Same reason, it's not long by any stretch of the imagination, but it is all different. Hopefully, she'll be able to shape it and make it look like something. I lost my hair in march, finished chemo the end of July. It's been a long time coming.
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Kay & Kaara- I know what you mean, when DH and I went to Hawaii my Grand-daughter would order the most expensive on the menu, Lobster, crab ect.. and believe me Lobster in Hawaii is NOT cheap, then she would just pick at it. Kids! They have no clue LOL!
Michelle- Your chicken recipe sounds really good cant wait to bq here this summer! Your hair looks so thick and cute right now. I was really finally likeing my hair, it looked and felt great i even had compliments from strangers wanting to know where i got my hair done at- I wanted to say "compliments from chemo" but i didnt LOL! Now it is growing to long and not likeing it as much, even though i always had long hair i have liked it better shorter since chemo.
Doing a pork fried rice from leftover pork, and leftover veggies.
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Michelle, enjoy the haircut....and especially your birthday celebration with the family crew. How very sweet for all of you!! Really positive thoughts for you as you head to your MO appt.
Debbie, I hope you can get that bronchitis checked out, soon. Feel better!
Apple, your dinner sounds so delish! I love gazpacho...and put my easy recipe for it on the Healthy Soups forum some months back.
Laurie, I can't imagine how disconcerting those PVC's must be for you, but hopefully when you see the cardiologist you can get a good read on them and what you can do to keep them at bay as much as possible.
My DS2 developed a cardiac condition as a 13 year old while playing his 3rd playoff basketball game of the day/night one Sunday. He started to pass out on the court, and I was terrified (of course my husband was jetting his way to the West Coast on business at that time). Got to see the cardiologist at Children's the next day and learned he had Wolfe Parkinson White syndrome, an electrical condition which was able to be corrected with cardiac electrophysiology. Believe me, the hardest thing about that whole process was keeping the guy "down" while awaiting the procedure. He was in the middle of playoffs afterall(which of course were going to get him into the NBA!!!!;). As a 31 year old now, he should be getting at least occasional EEG's since these fibers that were ablated can grow back, and the same symptom (all chambers beating at the same time) would ensue. This past year he was preparing to run a half marathon in Chicago and I got worried knowing that he has not gotten an EEG for several years since he thinks of himself as really healthy. I was very relieved that he listened to my maternal worry that I did not want to fly to Chicago to pick him up off the street. He called his doc for a rare physical and EEG, which was fine. It is impressive what can be done for our hearts these days.....Good luck, Laurie!
Interestingly, I never had to get my boys any stitches either...and I'm actually surprised that little DGS lost his balance.....actually twice, since the following day he fell at the park with a resulting tooth into the lip! He is truly a motor machine, walking since 9 months, never sits down, takes gymnastics, and would appear to be really coordinated for a 16 month old. Fortunately, DS1 and DIL got him to a plastic surgeon for the stitches (over the eyebrow, not too bad a spot, I guess). They are both surgeons, and tend to be very particular about any one else's "work", so I'm eager to see this new facial feature!
Laurie, I'm glad that you mentioned Hermanos since we are always looking for possible
eating spots on the way home from the lake. When Lacey was alive, we never stopped since we didn't want to leave her in the car in the heat. So now we can explore new (to us) restaurants.
Off to watch the Celtics play sort of a garbage game against the Heat. DH and DS2 are there. I declined since (surprise, surprise) I was too tired after working. TV is fine....:)
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