So...whats for dinner?
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Laurie - you are brave! This is about the time I'd be turning on the tv to their favorite shows and hope to make it to dinner. Get that bottle of wine open and breathing!!!
We're having steak on the grill (if the sky doesn't open up again) with baked potatoes and asparagus. And a bottle of French red Rhone wine. I goofed and didn't buy mushrooms. DH offered to go get them, but we have enough food without them.
We had fabulous BLTs for lunch, made with Burger Smokehouse Bacon from Apple's neck of the woods. I'm down to my last two pounds, I'm going to have to order some more pretty soon.
We had a friend in Missouri who would order a Coors Light draft and a glass of olives on the side...lol!
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Michelle- The weather has been strange today hasn't it? I have mushrooms! I wish I had a baby sitter, I would bring you some and eat dinner with you! And yes....I am nuts. I do have the tv going, I am eyeing the wine and am going to make the shells a group project....maybe I should open the wine first
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Always open the wine first
We have rain here too... so cover back on the grill of the bbq and I am doing a Shrimp in Thai Coconut Sauce served over rice.
Wine is sounding good... !!
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Tazzy - the wine is open here and in my glass, and yummy!!! The potatoes are in the oven and we'll start the grill in about 15 minutes. It rained again, then it stopped, now it looks threatening again. One way or another, the steak and asparagus are getting on the grill!
Laurie - open the wine, pour the wine, and sip the wine!!! Guaranteed mood-changer!
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I haven't had a glass (or 2) of wine since being dx'd in January... just because I haven't fancied one. Had a couple of beers...but for some reason wine, a nice red, is sounding more and more attractive. Luv... you dinner is sounding delish...... still raining here !
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Tazzy - I didn't drink much while I was on chemo. And I'm starting Xeloda next week so I may not fancy wine again once I get started. This is going to be a close call...it's sprinkling and the steak is going on the grill, come he$$ or high water!!!
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Tonight is linguine primavera with roasted chicken for DH, for me the chicken and the primavera without the pasta! It has been raining like crazy here in FL - we have a 50 lb. dog that is terrified of lightning/thunder and has been following me like a seeing eye dog and trying to sit in my lap. Hard to get anything done. At one point I considered trying to make him a thundershirt out of an ace wrap!
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Luv... my DH has bbq'd in the snow before... has to be done eh?
Oh! Special... I had such a great visual of your rather large dog attempting to get on your lap.
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They have to go to Lahey Clinic in Burlington MA to remove the stone. They got the gallbladder out but could not remove the stone in a duct.
It will be an outpatient procedure he will not have to stay in the hospital, the insurance is going to pay for everything, hotel, air travel ***everything.
They will fly here Sunday and go back home Tuesday. He will recuperate at a nice Marriot hotel here.
My DH asked if they only had voodoo medicine in Bermuda. LOL
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We have a 25 lb dog that thinks if he barks loud enough he can drive the thunder away. I get out the ear plugs now when it storm and I used to enjoy thunder storm (as long as they weren't right in the neighborhood.)
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tazzy - he thinks he is a purse dog, lol! You can imagine what 4th of July is like - in my area it is like WWIII - fireworks like crazy - poor thing is beside himself! The good news is that he is so sweet it is easy to be sympathetic rather than annoyed.
chabba - he just started barking at loud noises in the last year or so - he is 5 now. He will stop if I tell him to, but with each boom he just gives a little bark. Right now he is nibbling on his blanket trying to calm down.
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Deb - so that's great that you can be with them! And wow, that's awesome insurance!
Dinner is over, it was awesome and the wine is consumed. Now, can I stay awake until 10 or so? I drank my share...
Love the dog stories! We had a lovey for about 10 years or so, he was terrified of fireworks! JoyceK has a new puppy - I need ot call her and see how that's going.
He liked to go camping with us!
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Luv.. he lookslike he's smiling.. and why wouldn't he be... I see a beer in that can holder.
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Michelle- I hope you got your steak cooked! What was your dogs name? I agree, he looks like he is smiling. Just looking for a rub
Deb- That is great that insurance is picking up the tab on everything! LOL at your DH's comment too.
They are asleep. Sigh... dinner was a huge success. Usually when I make shells I add spinach, mushrooms, onion garlic etc. Since it was just me and the boys I went straight up cheese and it was really good!I may have even enjoyed it more without the veggies, it tasted sinfull. The boys loved helping. My trick is I put the ricotta mixture in a gallon bag and snip the corner off with scissors. Use it like a pastry bag to fill the shells. The boys helped make the mixture and held the shells open while I filled them. The 4 year old ate three, the two year old ate two and asked when they could have them again. Yay! Bed time did not go as well, major melt downs. They were just way too tired to function anymore. After a 20 minute scream fest they both settled and passed out in about 10 seconds.
I have just poured my second glass of wine. I have a feeling there may be a third....thanks ladies for listening to me today.
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Way to go Laurie... you did it... you survived and deserve that 3rd glass - truly.
The Shells sound lovely with straight up cheese... I have done them with a taco type mix also. Great idea to get the boys to help you out.
Cheers !
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Laurie - glad the boys are down and the wine is also going down! The dog's name was Bailey - we got him in MO at an animal shelter, he was on his last days before they were going to put him down. They knew nothing about him but he turned out to be the sweetest dog we ever owned. And he loved me, as if he knew I had saved him. When we put him down because he was so old and sick, both my DH and I cried. I'd love another dog but we like to go away and so that doesn't work so well. We'll see - I think our landlord wouldn't mind as they have a dog, too.
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Michelle thanks for the help with finding me some chocolate tums....who knew. I have thought of prilosec or something but am hesitant to add another med to my regimen. today I eliminated milk from my diet to do some experimenting to see what triggers the upset. tonight I did ok and actually had dinner...even though it was only a BLT.
Laurie Congrats You got through the day. Even if the wine didnt make your evening go more smoothly, at least you didnt care. I bet now you will be asleep before your hubby gets home.
Apple I loved that story...like reading a romance novel.
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Michelle, love your new avatar.
All the doggie thunderstorm talk reminds me of sweet little Lacey, our recently departed pooch who was terrified of those storms. Her vibrating body next to my leg would alert me to a storm on its way. I ended up ordering her a little red and metallic "thunder cape" which she wore regularly during storms. Probably placebo effect, but she was remembered for that special attire by most of DS2's buddies when they wrote sweet condolences to us in March. I had totally forgotten about the cape in the last year since she clearly lost her hearing so was non-reactive to storms....a rare benefit of her old age.
Apple, can't help but be curious if you had any Grand Vin de Leoville (Medoc) among those special wines. We used to drink that in the early 70's before it soared in price.... Too expensive for me now!
I agree that you should put these textured memoirs down for all to enjoy. Loved your family photo and was touched by your Jesus story.
Laurie, hooray for the end of today! Sleep tight!!0 -
went out to dinner tonite for a steak and fries. that is what i had. my daughter had a grilled cheese, and my husband had fish and chips....... man it was delish.. my steak was huge and i ate about 1/2 .. my husband and daughter had the rest. at a bar which had steak nite on Thursdays. I had already fixed a corned beef, but we'll have it tomorrow.... corned beef hash.
I certainly do not remember the names of the wines i had.. if it had a name, we drank it.
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a BLT has been on my brain for quite a while.. I have to wait until son # 2 is home to cook the bacon.
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We talked about getting another dog, or a big bird, or a cat.. my husband hates cats... but i love them.
Deborye.. good luck on the stone.
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I haven't had corned beef hash for eons... in fact I would say about 15 years ago...and my DH cooked it... well I think its time he went back to the kitchen.
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Last night before we went to our play, we went to the local diner and I had, of all things, liver and onions! For some reason it sounded good, and it was about as good as it could be for $7.50 diner food. I haven't eaten this in years and I probably won't ever again. The play was great..Nunsence was the name. Go see it if it comes to a theater near you.
Michelle...glad you got you steak done with the threatening rain!
Laurie: What a day you had...you deserved a couple of glasses of wine to relax! I remember those days.
Carrie: I would recommend tums over prilosec any day. Prilosec is really not all that good for you, and your food doesn't digest properly. Try adding some probiotics to your daily supplement intake to correct your tummy problems...it worked like a miracle for me.
Cute stories about the dogs...we don't have a pet right now...maybe some day soon.
Tazzy: Nice to have you on here...enjoy reading your posts!
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Kaara... LIVER & ONIONS ???????? Shuddering at the thought. My DH likes Liver & Onions and as you have likely guessed from my response I do not. Never have, never will (the onions are OK, just the liver) [[[[more shuddering]]]]] Anyway the only time he eats it is if we go out and its on the menu... i refuse to even have it in the house. thanks for the welcome though
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I haven't had liver and onions since 1974! When I was growing up my mother would fix it occasionally and I hated it. I didn't realize it at the time but that was because she really over cooked it, and under cooked the onions. Shortly before she moved from Eastern Washington to live closer to me she had to have surgery (gallbladder) and I went to take care of her. The one thing she really wanted me to fix for her was liver and onions. I'ld never cooked it so checked her tiny library of cookbooks and found a coupe of recipes. I caramelized the onions and made sure I didn't overcook the liver and it was actually pretty good. She loved it. I've never made it again as DH dosen't like liver.
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Liver and onions is probably number 1 on my worst food list.
Had a girlfriend over for dinner last night she loves taco's and it is also my favorite. so i prepped early, like shredding cheese, dicing onions, tomatoes, lettuce, avacodo's all i had to do was cook the tortillas; when she got here. After cooking the tortillas we went to fill them and my DH said, where the hamburger honey? OOPPs i forgot the meat i couldnt believe it. he is a meat guy so i had to defrost the meat and cook it and reheat the taco shells. so much for trying to get ahead!
Tonight we are going to the seahag with friends for dinner and listen to our friend Micheal sing then over to the mist to hear Brett sing so should be a fun filled night. I will try not to post after a night on the town we all know how that turns out for me lol!
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Oh and my second worst is spam! DH loves it yuck!
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I have never tried liver and onions, I don't think I ever will!
Debbie- Too funny about forgetting the meat! I say DO post tonight when you get back, I like your late night posts
Have fun.Today was the funeral for my friend. Talk about gut wrenching and sad. The amount of people there was mind blowing, I saw so many people I have not seen in years. I don't get out much anymore because of the boys and it was good to so so many people. Afterward a large group was going to go out and have a few drinks and I declined. I felt like planting some flowers so I went to my favorite garden/green house place that is close by. 2 out of three of their greenhouses were empty. I don't know if their business is failing or what but I left with nothing and very disappointed. My next favorite place to go is about 20 minutes away and I didn't feel like it anymore. Came home had lunch and flopped on the couch with a book. You would think with how tired I am I would nap, but no such luck. Maybe tomorrow I will make the trek with the boys and get our annuals.
Tonight I am thinking steak on the grill and salad will be for dinner with corn on the cob. DS#1 can have left over shells. It is the first time in a week it is not raining.
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Sorry I grossed everyone out with my liver and onions story! It definitely wasn't on my diet and I won't be eating it again anytime soon so rest easy! My other choice would have been chicken fried steak, but then I would have had to have the mashed potatoes and gravy...definitely not on my diet...and my BF would have lectured me to no end:( I'll save that for a trip back to Texas where they make the best ever!
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Laurie- Awe, so sorry Laurie i know how hard this can be. Funerals take everything out of you too. Glad you got to see so many friends you havnt seen in a long time too bad it wasn't under better circumstances. Maybe after things slow down a bit, (you have been through so much) your mind will rest and you will be able to sleep better. Thinking about you! (((hugs)))
Kaara- Im sure we have all posted things no one likes LOL! The important thing is you enjoyed it.
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