So...whats for dinner?
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Deb- You have been in my thoughts and prayers. Maybe you should have the biopsy just for peace of mind, i think if it were me i would. Hope you are hanging in there.
Love and hugs!
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What a strange coincidence that so many of you have the last name Hall in common!! I thought it was really weird that three of us shared the same birthday and now this! Seems as though maybe fate has had a hand in bringing us all together!
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I will know tomorrow if she wants a skin biopsy but I doubt it. It is NOT cancer that I know.
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Deb, I'm glad your tata is feeling better, I hope it will be all better soon
Carrie, I'm sorry you're sick! How about some ginger ale? that always worked for me
Laurie, have fun camping!!!
You are all making me hungry with the ocra and tomatoes. Does anyone remember Daffy Duck saying "Smothering Succatash!"? That is one dish from the south that I liked. Actually, maybe Daffy said "Suffering Succatash!" And maybe it was Donald Duck....
Here's a link
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hope you are feeling better Carrie
about ice cream .. NEVER in my life have i enjoyed ice cream.. not as a kid, not as a teen, .. but now.. i just love it.. it's so soothing. my fave is pistachio almond. i would love to buy it from Baskin and Robbins.. thankfully it is too far of a drive... so very expensive.
but they do have it at the grocery store.
maybe after a bowl of tomato soup and a grilled cheese
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Bedo, it was definetly Daffy, and "thufferin thucotash! Don't forget to spit when you say it. LOL!
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(((Carrie))) - hope you are feeling better!
Deb - thinking of you and hoping everything is ok with your tata.
Apple - I'm more into ice cream these days, too! Must be the chemo. We went to Portsmouth, NH tonight just for grins and we happened upon Annabelle's, supposedly one of the top ten ice cream stands in the US. And it was good! I had raspberry chocolate chip and as one of the reviewers said, it was yummerific! 16% butterfat - no skimping at this place!
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Laurie, thanks for the eggplant suggestion. I'll definitely try it. Also, hope you have fun on your camping trip.
We enjoyed our dinner at Outback with my sister and her DH. They shared a ribeye dinner and so did my DH and I. The three of them shared one of those disgusting blooming onions. Gag. I ordered the chicken and artichoke thin bread appetizer and it was very good. I think it would make a good lunch meal.
After at least 1000 trips back and forth between the house and the 5th wheel, we're packed up and ready to go in the morning. If we've forgotten anything we'll just have to buy it or do without it. The dishwasher is taking care of the last load of dishes and I'm doing one final load of laundry even though we won't be taking any of the clothing.
Carrie, I hope you're feeling better. Nothing worse than intestinal illness.
Kaara, my husband is from IL, near Chicago, not from Louisiana. I really hated taking a common name like Hall when my maiden name was much more interesting and unusual. Stanga. So I use it as my middle name or at least the initial S. My user name, Carole Halston, is a pseudonym.
We should have internet this summer, thanks to our Verizon air card that survived the laundry. So I hope to keep in touch.
Hugs to all.
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Carol- Have a great trip! I am sure you will have loads of fun. I am the same way, I have to have all my laundry done and my house cleaned before I go anywhere so when I get home I don't feel overwhelmed with things to do. Please keep in touch with the air card and tell all of us of your journey! I was telling DH today that I look forward to the day when he and I can try camping just the two of us. It would be soooo different from what we do now.
Michelle- As we finished getting ready for camping at 10 and I thought my God am I tired...I thought of you and your never ending energy. I have to find some of that!! Glad your ice cream was amazing and that you had a great sleepover with your grand daughter. I have to ask, are you a Grandma or a Memere?
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Carole, love that sturdy air card! I had the opposite name experience upon marrying. My maiden name was Hart and married a definitely more ethnic name that to this day people do not hear properly with my first name, so I am always repeating myself. When I got married, women were just starting to keep their maiden names, but I knew it would be too hard for my sweet parents in-law who were not into this modern woman stuff. So I used Hart as my middle name and gave it to both sons for theirs (much to the chagrin of DS2 who as a 10 year old complained bitterly that he didn't have a "normal" middle name) Apparently the school system used his full name on everything, (not sure why) so he was teased by his buddies who probably heard his middle name as "heart". He has since gotten over it!
Then we all used Hart as our take-out pizza order name, and DH and I still use it for dinner reservations.
Have a great trip!
Apple......pistachio almond....right up there at the top of my all time favorite list!
Heading to the NH lake house tomorrow...need a break from this 90+ degree shredding detail. Haven't been there since April .....the back lawn (a euphemism!) must look like Repunzel !
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Sharon is eating a "wee bit" of ice cream...and the home made sourdough...
I'd make ice cream (with real cream), but I'm afraid she'd like it so much she'd hate me for making it! :-)
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Laurie, Carol and Lacey have fun on your get aways. Have safe travels.
Thats so cool that there are 3 of you with the same last names. I believe in fate too. This was also awesome for me and my friend karen, she and her husband are here visiting in there motorhomes, i have known her for years we went to dinner the other night and i knew her moms name was betty and so was my moms but somehow we got on the subject of my middle name Lousie and she said her moms middle name was also Lousie then we found out both of our moms were born in Kansas city, Missouri i said is your moms maiden name by any chance Smith? She said no Bailey and i said well my Grandma maiden name was bailey they all lived in Kansas city, Missouri too. Now we are wondering if some where down the line we are related LOL! Small world.
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Carberry.. hope you are feeling better. Not much worse than an upset tummy.
Laurie I love that eggplant recipe - I am so going to try that. I agree with you on camping breakfasts... they are just the best. Love your ideas for dinners. Same as us - always an easy one night of camping then I get everything ready before I leave to take with and just cook... be save and have fun.
Lacey - good luck with the rest of the clear out. That's a lot of clearing out. Enjoy your well deserved break.
Deborrye... hope you get good news Friday from the docs. Sending positive vibes your way.
Bedo thanks for the link to the okra succotash... that sounds absolutely delicious.
From an ice cream lover... yummerific is right for the raspberry chocolate chip and I've only read the name.
OMG !! Heaven.Carole...have a fun trip...where is your desination(s)... if I've missed that from an earlier post - sorry !
Look forward to hearing about some of it and of course your dinners.Everyone enjoy your Friday's...I know mine will be a good one... be doing the happy dance tomorrow out of the cancer agency. No more chemo for me
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Congrats Tazzy! Doing the happy dance for you!! 0
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My "Hall" comes from California, but his grandfather grew up in Kansas and Colorado. My maiden name is Haven and my first married name was Morneau...Michelle Morneau had a nice ring to it. But that's the only thing that was all that great about my ex...lol...well, except for the three beautiful kids we had together.
Debbie - that's an interesting Kansas City connection!
Laurie - have a great camping weekend! Looks like thunderstorms for this evening. With your luck, you should be on the watch!!! But Saturday and Sunday will be most pleasant. And as for my energy levels, keep in mind that I am not chasing two little boys around 24/7 and when I don't feel like doing something, well...I just don't! I've always been pretty high-energy, though. I did work full time with four kids, so I guess it's my nature. I remember one Director I worked for - he described one of my co-workers and I as "turbo D" - we were both extremely productive.
Woohoo Tazzy! I hope you have a celebration planned in the next couple of weeks when all the SEs have disappeared and you're feeling good. You owe it to yourself!
Carole - enjoy your trip. Do you take scenic highways or stick to interstates?
Carrie - how are you doing this morning? I hope you're on the road to recovery.
DH and I both have hair appointments today. I need a color touchup and DH needs a cut. I love my stylist - I had never met her until she did our haircutting party right before my chemo last summer. My kids have gone to her for many years and she is so nice. And very pregnant at the moment. And about half the price of what I paid for services in Overland Park, KS!!!
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Yay Tazzy!!!!!! I hope today goes smoothly for you! I agree with Michelle, I hope you are planning on some celebrating!
Lots of last minute things to do this morning before we leave at lunch time. DH has to work for awhile this morning.
Thunderstorms??? : / At least the camper is on wheels so it's grounded right?
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So Laurie, this is a funny scary camping story. I'm sure you'll be fine but...
we were camping at Greenfield State Park (a lovely park, by the way - the lake is beautiful) and a tstorm was just raging overhead. We're sitting in metal chairs in the middle of a screenhouse held by metal poles and you could tell that the storm was right overhead. A river of water was running through the the screenhouse, when I had an "ah ha" moment. I turned to my DH and said that it was probably a really bad idea to be sitting ducks in this storm, that if lightning struck, we'd probably be fried. So we got in the car and decided to take a little ride as there was no shelter at the campground except for the bathrooms, and the power had gone out. Just two campsites up from ours, lightning had struck a tree, traveled through the roots of the tree and blown out the tires of the trailer on the site. I am NOT kidding!!! They actually took a couple of the occupants to the ER as a precaution. So my advice - if it gets really bad (and stay tuned to the radio so you know if severe storms are in the area), head for shelter - a real building.
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Laurie, that eggplant sounds good.
I have also grilled thinly sliced eggplant and zucchini, along with red peppers and then I layer the veggies as they come off the grill with balsamico and basil.
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Tazzy: Great news on the last chemo...good to have it behind you I know!!
Carrie: Hope you are over the worst of your stomach virus
Carole & Laurie: Enjoy those trips..sounds like a lot of fun!
debbie: I have Baileys in my family too...my favorite aunt and cousins are Baileys...too funny. So many coincidences.
Deb: Hope your tata feels better...my little DGD calls her bottle her "tata", and boy you better have it ready when she wants it!
Yesterday we went out for our nine holes of golf and got caught in a huge storm. My BF tried to wait it out (not my idea:() but we ended up having to go in and take a raincheck. At least I got dinner out at the asian restaurant...very good! I had mango ice cream for dessert...it just sounded too good to resist and it was!
Well...everyone have a happy Friday. I guess I'm headed into Asheville today to check out an organic supermarket. I've driven by there many times but have never stopped. It's worth a look see. Tonight we're going into town for the music event that they have every Friday. Hope it doesn't rain.
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Laurie I agree with Michelle...take cover...as you seem to be an electrical magnet....ha ha maybe thats how you attracted that darling husband? Have a great trip and relax, that was the best part about camping, that the kids could always entertain themselves outside, usually made friends in the campsite and I could relax in the hammock and watch them play.
Thanks everyone...feeling better, but still have a nasty headache, that was a whopper of a bug! Had my DH bring me some watermelon, thought it would be the easiest of foods going both ways.
I like the idea of putting the eggplant on the grill like that Laurie.
Carole Happy travels
Tazzy Yay for the finish line {{{hugs}}}
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I started out surfing the net looking for information about Kate's handchurned butter - no hormones, all natural. I loved French butter and was looking for something comparable and knew I wasn't goingt to find it in Land o'Lakes or the store brand that I usually find. So I bought a small tub of Kate's and oh my, it's so good. Went to their website, which led me to another website with Maine-made cheese and found this recipe, which I think looks really good. And you vegetarians will appreciate it. I'm sure any good quality cheddar will suffice. I like that there's no white flour crusts in this recipe.
Recipe of the Month - Rice, Cheddar, & Spinach Pie
This rice, spinach and Cheddar pie is a cinch to prepare-especially if you have leftover cooked rice. If you don't, follow package directions for 4 servings to get about 3 cups cooked rice.
6 servings | Active Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry (or freshly wilted?)
- 3 cups cooked instant or quick-cooking brown rice
- 1 cup diced Pineland Farms Sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 cup nonfat milk
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Generously coat a 9-inch pie pan with cooking spray.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and spinach; cook, stirring, 1 minute more. Transfer to a large bowl. Add rice, cheese, pepper and salt to the bowl and stir to combine.
- Whisk eggs and milk in a medium bowl. Stir into the spinach-rice mixture. Transfer to the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Bake the pie until lightly browned in spots, about 25 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting into wedges.
Nutrition
Per serving : 340 Calories; 18 g Fat; 6 g Sat; 8 g Mono; 144 mg Cholesterol; 30 g Carbohydrates; 14 g Protein; 3 g Fiber; 309 mg Sodium; 300 mg Potassium
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Michelle- Great recipe! It reminds me a bit of my cheese and rice thing I make. I think I may try it:) And OMG on the camping story!!! Here I thought we would be safe in the camper....I'll have to scope the place out when we get there and look for where we can hide. Or we might just have to go for a ride in the truck or something...
So I am all ready to go, everything is done and I am just sitting here waiting. We have about an hour and a half until we leave.....it's like watching paint dry right now....
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Laurie, I'm with you on the watching paint dry activity. Waiting for DH to get the lawn done so we can leave. Good luck in the storms. We get massive ones at the lake, so I hope we don't end up driving in any. At least they will bring the temp down a bit.
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Lacey have a great time at the lake! I hope your boat is ok.
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Michelle- That camping story sounds very scarey. I was just watching something on the news the other night that people think they are safe because they have rubber tires in a tstorm, now saying not so. They said it can travel, and like you said they said to go to a shelter if possible.
I'm deathly afraid of thunderstorms, they freak me out dont know why since i have not gone through anything like Laurie has. (knock wood) But then again everything freaks me out, tstorms, earthquakes and tornados.
Carrie-Glad your starting to feel better hope that headache goes away if not i would go see a dr. about it. Cute what you said about Laurie being a magnant and maybe thats how she got her husband. haha!
Kaara- Too funny, my favorite uncle was Ralph and ann bailey. Be wierd if you said the same thing, Be careful out golfing during those tstorms too.
Oh and that Recipe looks delish Michelle, right up my dads alley since he is vegetarian i have to use egg whites for him though but pretty sure it would still be good.
Going out to dinner with 3 other couples tonight to listen to our friend Bret sing he is such a good entertainer, he is bald but puts on different wigs and gigs while he performs we just get a kick outta him.
Have a great weekend everyone.
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Bloody hell..just lost my post and I had nearly finished... OK here we go again - darn it.
Hope the happy campers are not in any storms and have some nice weather.
debbie funny you say that about the thunderstorms - strange how some people are afraid of them for no reason. I actually love a good storm.... saying that I only like them if I am at home or the safety of a brick built building. Hope that you have a great evening out with friends.
So last chemo done and dusted... well it will be on Monday when I have the last of my neupogen shots. Great feeling to have that under my belt... half way there and aready for the next chapter.
As aches are just starting to enter my body it will be a dinner pre-prepared from the freezer. Cajun chicken sauce - DH will cook the pasta. Garlic bread to go with and praline and caramel ice cream for dessert.
Michelle I will definitely try that recipe sounds really good and healthy too.
Have a great weekend all.
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That was a scary lightening story. I'm very respectful of lightening and we do get some pretty nasty storms here around the lake and hills, so it can get really exciting. Nothing has happened since arrival. We did walk in to a graveyard of medium black ants throughout the house. I suggested to DH that we get some ant poison and he suggested to me that the traps we put down last LABOR DAY (!) obviously worked. I'm not convinced that these little buggers didn't just party themselves to death, or just live out their life span during the two months we were gone. They had not invaded the indoors yet when we were here in April. What's an ant's life span anyway?
Had mushroom/onion/roasted red pepper pizza tonight and my easy sweet and sour cuke salad. I drove the two hours here and was ridiculously exhausted since arriving....especially with the added burden of vacuuming up all the little ant carcasses.:).
So I started to make my favorite kale salad when DH ran out to get the pizza, and opted to go for the easy cuke salad with cucumbers I picked up at our town farmer's market.
I envy you with your CSA pick ups, Carole. I'd be cooking and creating up a storm with all those veggies. Hope your trip is going well.
And Laurie, hope your trip is so far uneventful!
Tazzy, hope you have duly celebrated, and are feeling "free".
Debbie, your singing friend sounds very entertaining. Have fun!
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Tazzy, if it makes you feel in any way better, I had just finshed my complete post too, and EMAILED it (thinking I was posting it). So that post was also a complete redoo. Mercury must be in retrograde!
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Thanks Lacey, does actually make me feel better - bloody annoying through eh?
Good point.. what is ants lifespan - something David Attenborough could answer I bet.
Happy weekends all.
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WOW, can't leave this room for 1 day and I have to play catch up.
I saw my BS today, offered her my condolences, she lost her Dad too. Checked out my left one, still not completely healed but she said it looks a heck of a lot better, I just laughed. She said it takes a long time. Skin biopsy not necessary. See you in 3 months. When I was in the hospital all the nurses on the shift wanted to look my saggy, red, hot, swollen tata. LOL. Let me see, let me see, LOL. I should have taken a picture.
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