So...whats for dinner?
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Laurie - that kid is adorable.. what an expression!
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Laurie So cute..he has a little devilish smile. Those boys will be best friends for life. I love when I see my two kids get together and hug each other. My daughter likes to rub the top of my sons head (he is 6'5" and she is 5'4") and says "you need a haircut" like she is his mom.
My sis had her surgery yesterday (lumpectomy) and did fine, came home in the evening. they took some lymph nodes for biopsy, it will take about a week for the results. She will do radiation, no chemo. She was so lucky to find it early
Dinner tonight needs to be leftovers to clean out the refridg.
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This my day to cook lunch at the Senior Center. Making chili and a potato bar with a salad and rhubarb crisp (from a corner of our own Center herb garden). For the potatoes i put out butter, sour cream, ranch dressing, grated cheese, chives, bacon bits, sunflower seeds, and broccoli. Time to get ready to go cook.
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Oh, Channa, that sounds great!.
Csrnerry. I am glad your sister is doing ok.
Bedo, I hated that! Because I take responsibility for my kids, doesn't mean you can dump yours on me. Sometimes we went to competitions, and the other moms were in the bar having fun, I was watching my kids in the pool. They left their kids there. I always felt so guilty leaving the other kids alone when I left, I would go to the bar, and tell them their kids were alone in the pool. we are talking kids from 10 down to six. I guess things haven't changed. You know no one offered to alternate the watch crew. Maybe you could set up a schedule for mom duty. Good luck.0 -
Just found out my daughter, Mary, is coming here next week. And will be here for two days. I am so happy. We saw her last year for about two hours she was in a wedding last year. So I am so happy.
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Have a fantastic visit with your daughter.
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Our current rv home location is Eden, SD, pop. 97. We can walk less than half a block to Club Eden/Cafe Eden. Last night was wings night. There's a choice of about 10 dipping sauces. I chose Hot and Spicy (a little redundant!) and Lemon Pepper. The wings were very good. I also had a salad, which was mostly iceburg lettuce, with blue cheese dressing. My beverage was Absolut vodka on the rocks with olives and a lemon twist. It was served in what could have been a water glass and cost $3.75! At that price I had two. After all, it was a short walk home.
Tonight we're going to a town called Webster with our friends who live here. We'll have dinner at a steak restaurant.
Adorable picture of your son #1, Laurie.
Boy, the home-made pesto sounds good.
Shopped at Good Will in Aberdeen yesterday and bought two used cookbooks that I'm reading. One is Good Housekeeping Best One-Dish Meals. Most of the soups and stews sound really good. I'll be trying some of them when we get home in Oct.
Hi to all.
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Moonflwr - that is so great that your daughter is coming for a visit! Be sure to enjoy every minute!
I'm going to be alone most of next week. DH is going to Mobile, AL for work Mon-Wed, then flying to Kansas City to play golf with some buddies and he won't come home until the following Monday. I was going to accompany him to KC, but then I remembered that our DS bought us tickets to see the Charlie Daniels Band on 9/14. DH can get out of going - I'll take my younger DD, but I must not back out of this...and I will thoroughly enjoy the concert. I can go to KC another time.
I'm making penne pasta with red bell peppers, onions, a little hot sausage and fresh basil. DH is ecstatic! I hope I don't regret the hot sausage decision!
Local Ladies - we need to plan our Pickety Place excursion. How does Saturday, 9/29 work for everyone?
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Sounds pretty good to me Michelle.
The doctor did not tell DH what type of lubricant injection it is, DH has his doubts that it will work. oh well.
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Having an early supper before bowling and simply pigging out on fresh corn.
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Chabba, yum the corn sounds great.
Cut my hair off last night and added a few pink highlights to it. Having surgery Monday.0 -
I haven't posted much this summer but have enjoyed reading about everyone's food but am very sorry to hear about those who have recently lost loved ones. My thoughts are with you and your families.
Michelle - I had forgotten that you lived in KC. My husband and I were there 2 wks ago for a wedding. We stayed at the Intercontinental at Country Club Plaza. I wish I had had more time (and money) to shop at CCP ~~all the wonderful stores~~ Gucci, Rolex, Tiffany, Sur la Table! The reception was at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. We made sure we got to KC early enough to eat bbq. We ate at Jack Stack BBQ and had our first burnt ends. We brought home their mail order catalog and I think we'll be having burnt ends again soon.
Gina
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Laurie, your son is soo cute!
Kids, pink sounds beautiful! Good luck on your surgery. I keep looking at your avatar, is that a lab poking his nose through a hole in the wall? Hahaha! Cracks me up whatever it is.
Boy, lots of family visiting! Have fun with your family everyone!
Debbie, everything OK?
Michelle, I would like to go if that's OK, I have to find out if it's the day I organized a company horseback trail ride...what was I thinking..I'm am not an organizer so promptly told two other office mates, OK I had the idea now you two are in charge I would love to see everyone
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Channa I had my first corn of the summer today and ate two ears for supper. I couldn't take the chance to eat it when I was having so much of the big D! But that is under control, so even if I have a bit of an issue from the corn, too bad, its worth it. Can't let summer go without even tasting fresh corn! And Thx, everyone, I plan on enjoying the visit with Mary. I wish you could see my smile!
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So happy for you Moonflwr! Have a great visit!
Had a very strange transfer with the new hire this morning, so purged the experience in the fabric store afterwards.
Then later DH and I decided to call DS2 to see if he'd be up for a spontaneous early dinner, which he was, so we headed into Southie and met him at Worthies, a neighborhood restaurant and had a lovely casual meal....calamari for a table app, then I had chicken quesadilla with a lovely arugula salad with nuts, crasins and goat cheese.
We warned him that there may be other dinners like this on the horizon given our sudden total availability! He sweetly declared it was fine with him. Way to go local son!
Michelle. I think the 29th should be fine...
Wondering about you Debbie....0 -
Ok, so far we have Deb, Bedo and Lacey (Sally and Pat) for 9/29. I expect we'll hear from Joycek, Laurie and Hauntie (Lynda). If I have forgotten anyone, please speak up. I haven't finished my first cup of coffee just yet, so my fingers have engaged before my brain...lol. I am going to mention this to a couple of others on other threads who live in the area. The more, the merrier!
Lacey - I have four kids ranging in age from 32 to almost 43. Not one of them ever turned down a free meal with us, ever, even during those crazy teen-ager years! Enjoy the "one on one" time with DS2!
I have a Dana Farber appointment this afternoon - day 8 check - then I'm heading to DD1 and going out with the 30-something gals for chinese food and karaoke night. It will be a fun, late night as we close the place down at 1 a.m. I'll spend the night so I don't have to worry about driving home so late. It will be fun and I'll be tired...lol!
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Michelle, I know what you mean about the "free food" connection to adult kids. However, this particular son gets points for always trying to fund the dinner event...we sometimes even let him! So, putting up with us, paying up, and being up for more......priceless!
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Oh, and have a good appt and lot of fun tonight!
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Laurie - Someone on here somewhere must have mentioned watermelon gazpacho 'cause I found I'd bookmarked a Google search. As far as I got. Knowing me someone posted a recipe I printed off and stacked somewhere. Does sound wonderful but doubt DH would eat it. Pork loin turned out delish in crockpot; put a sage rub on it with a litte water in bottom of pot. Now have rump roast for this weekend to do. Traditional with carrots, celery, potatoes, onions+++. Can you tell we like onions? I want to use leftovers to make enchiladas. Do you think shredded roast would work for that? Have all the other makings but good ground beef is more than this roast cost (buy one get one free for 2 roasts I think worked out to $2.25/lb).
Have the day off (worked Labor Day). DH taking me to glaucoma doctor. So much for being able to see the rest of the afternoon. MO appt next week though his office tried to move it yesterday after I just got approved for 1/2 day off. Could NOT take the chance of getting there without time off. Salaried and usually can take time for personal appts as long as patients get seen but Fridays have been CRAZY busy and this was a Friday. So instead of seeing MO will be seeing NP; DH pitched a fit on the phone on my behalf. I did have some rather good questions for him mostly about Prolia which he has encouraged and about doing some tumor markers even though I don't have nodes/mets.
Michelle - Love your JCP bargains. I still need retail therapy but I did manage to get some new jeans; now just have to get them to alterations to get hemmed. For me buying jeans is like the pain of buying a swimsuit.
Laurie - loved your DS picture. Have one of DD in front of the garage every year until her senior year. Enjoy the sweet years.
Happy Friday to everyone!!!
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i think i am making lasagna rolls (rollups) (ricotta, mozarella, italian parsley egg and parmesan) with italian sausage nestled in between (I'm loving the Prego bacon and some sort of cheese, sauce... and garlic bread. I'm sure there will be about 4 extra kids at dinner.
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Michelle Oh what fun with the young ones! I know you can keep up with them, and probably even outlast them! I love the kids being grown and being on the same level....my daughter was a little shocked to see me dance the night away to some good rock music. We were dancing together and had some random guys just join in with us (probably cause my daughter is so damn cute) What fun to act young and crazy!!
I did 2 pizzas on the grill last night using up leftovers in fridge, peice of chicken, mushrooms, peppers, onions. One was a veggie pizza and the other a chicken wing pizza. Used my new grill pizza pan from pampered chef. they came out great. Heated the grill, then turned off three burners and just left one side on and put the pizza on opposite side with no direct flame.
Kids...Would love to see pics of your hair..so cool. Good luck with your surgery...will be thinking of you
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Phew, just read all the posts and there is no way I will ever catch up or respond to you all.
I met a friend at the pub for appies last night - had fish tacos - boy were they good.
Good luck Michelle at the DF centre today and have fun tonight - sounds a blast.
Although I have repsonded to you all, thinking of you and wishing you all some happiness and sunshine.
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I just marked it on my calendar, have not met Lacey, can't wait.
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Happy Friday
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Chicken satay with brown rice and onion and peanut sauce.
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Haddock basket from the Beef Master takeout, DH had the Shrimp basket.
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Well after much preparation and some labor intensive work, we finally got our house listed for sale. Now comes the hard part, keeping my house clean all the time (I am an unenthusiastic housekeeper lol). In celebration dinner is going to be chicken cacciatore, using the last of the garden's tomatoes and peppers, garlic bread and a salad with sweet Italian dressing and blue cheese. It's a gorgeous day here in the Midwest. I see a bike ride in my future! Hope everyone is having a good weekend and feeling fine!
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Love fish tacos. Had never eaten one until several years ago we were visiting dh's uncles in Vista, CA. There was a fast food place that served only fish tacos. Gradually they're showing up on menus in our part of the deep south.
Dinner tonight is cooking in the slow cooker, aka crock pot. A cabbage and kielbasa dish. I also included some carrots. Other ingredients: diced tomatoes, onion and garlic powder, s&p, carraway seeds, dijon mustard. I've never cooked it before but the ingredients guarantee that it should be good.
The wind is howling here in Eden, SD, today. DH and I are holed up and cozy in the rv. Sun is shining brightly outside. It seems like fall here. Leaves falling. It was 52 degrees when I got up at 9 am today. Am I lazy or what?
Apple, it surprises me that you use Prego.
Hugs to all.
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I woiuld imagine that soon we'll be hosting extra kids at dinner. Chrissy, 2 days ago it seems, was being carried around in one of those "kid baskets". She's now a 9th grader.
Last night was a football game. It sprinkled a tiny bit of rain and the football team didn't do so well.... We all had a good time though. I'm not used to the idea of an away game being 10 minutes farther away than a home game... I grew up out in the country and all but two away games were "leave at 7am Friday and get home at 2am Saturday". The distances were so far that the Freshmen, JV and Varsity football and cross-counry teams all went together in a convoy of buses. The district sent two drivers along for each bus, something at the time I thought was wasteful..but now that I do that...I totally understand!
Food.
Last night was football game hot dogs.
Tonight, I'm not sure yet. I think I will try that cottege pudding that I described last week.
And, if I go get some shrimp.....
3 strips bacon cut into pieces
1/3 cup chopped onion
1-1/2 tsp of minced garlic
1 habanero pepper
All the juice from a lime
1/2 cup of beer ( I get a pint of the good stuff and drink all but the 1/2 cup!)
1 diced tomato
1 pound shrimp (cooked shrimp is OK)
1 pound dry fettucine
peeled and diced squash (enough squash to equal the amount of fettucine).
2 tsp fresh rosemary
salt, pepper, choped parsley and grated romano cheese.
Saute bacon until browned. Add garlic and onion and cook until the onion is soft. Add the rosemary, mince and add the pepper (this *WILL* make your eyes water). Cook for another couple of minutes. Then add the lime juice and the beer. Heat the mixture and then pour into a glass baking dish.
Add the tomato and squash to the glass baking dish along with some salt and pepper, cover and bake at 350F degrees until the squash is starting to get soft (takes about 10 minutes). Add the shrimp, stir, and cook until the squash is soft (15 or so more minutes).
Cook the fettucine until "done"--I do it for about 10 minutes.
I put the "stuff" onto the fettucine, top with some of the cheese and parsley and serve it.
Some people say it's hot. For me, it makes my mouth all "tingley".
After the first time, I did the bacon, onion, garlic pepper, etc. part outside on a grill when there was a stiff breeze blowing. Dropping the minced pepper into the skillet was like setting off a tear gas grenade in the kitchen...
Wash your hands about 5 times after working with the pepper. If you don't....you'll be sorry.
There is a place in town that makes jabanero hot sauce. The restooms have the usual "All employees must wash hands before leaving the restroom" sign. There is also a warning sign. It is red with bright yellow print. "IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ALL EMPLOYEES WASH THEIR HANDS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE USING THE RESTROOM." Someone wrote under the sign, "The nurse is at the end of the hall."
Eric
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Eric,
That sign made me laugh!! Everyone tends to worry most about touching their eyes after working with peppers but, I guess there ARE other areas to be worried about! Too funny!0
