So...whats for dinner?
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Debbie, I'm a pizza lover too. You know what they say, even when it's bad it's good. My dh's birthday is Friday and that's what he wants for his birthday dinner -- homemade pizza and chocolate cake. Sounds good to me!
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Lovetocook, I love my immersion blender. It's just made for pureeing soups right in the pot. It doesn't do everything a regular blender does (like making a frozen daquiri!) But it does everything I need it to do. I don't have a regular blender, but my DH bought a very small cheap blender just for frozen drinks.
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LoveToCook,
I bought a pitcher for a blender and it isn't the right one! What blender do you have? I would send this replacement pitcher to you for the cost of shipping if it is the right one.
*susan*
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Wow, that would be my luck, to order the wrong pitcher. I have a cuisinart, and I still have a food processor attachment I can use on it, so I can still do some things with it. Maybe everything? But it's a little smaller than the blender. Thanks for the offer and the advice. I have been thinking about an immersion blender for a while. WHat brands do you have/recommend?
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I just picked up Sharon's Tamoxifin....and a pork shoulder roast. What a combination...... Tomorrow I'll figure out what else to get. Maybe some corn and/or some green beans and some home made rolls.....
Sharon's tumor marker numbers are still high and the doctor is sending her for more tests. Her energy level is rising toward normal, and that is a good thing.
Debbie..thinking of you and your dad.
I'll read more of the posts and post more later. I've been up since 4am and I seem to be a bit tired.0 -
Eric, get some sleep. I am glad Sharon is feeling a bit stronger.
All you PP ladies have Fun! I just got back from our Madison, WI get together and we had a lot of fun. But I am glad my son let me crash at his place after we are lunch together. That way I was going to make it, and I did manage the drive home, but I am really tired now. Farthest I drove (2 hrs each way. ) since my BMX in Dec! LOL
love to cook, glad you weren't hurt when it broke! try looking at goodwill or st Vincents for a used blender. Or, by a blender with a food processor so you only need one base. But the immersion blenders aren't too expensive. And on top of everything your poor dog has to wear the " cone of shame" LOL
Deborye, that's a long time to be married. You beat me by three years! We will be 39 years this Oct.
Auntie, wish your DH a happy bday for me.
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My dear sister Joyce - you know I am here for you and I hope you feel the love we are all sending to you. Those calcifications better be nothing but benign, or they'll have me to answer to!!! And yes, I can help you post a picture anytime! If you don't have access to a scanner, I can scan them and send them to you so you can post. Or I can post for you. Gladly, any time! I hadn't thought about your parents being married for such a long time, but it makes perfect sense. Your mom must have been a child bride!!!
Tonight we are having dinner with our whole extended family, including my ex and his wife. We all get along, which is a great thing. If I had stayed married to him, we would have just celebrated our 44th anniversary. But instead I have 32 years with my best friend and love of my life.
Eric - I hope Sharon's tumor markers are just a false positive. Sometimes it take a few weeks for them to come down after treatment. Sending positive thoughts for good news.
Debbie - sorry to hear about Chuck's latest news, and I'm hoping your dad is doing OK. Please take care of yourself, too. This is a lot for all of you to deal with
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Joyce, sending you lots of positive vibes!
Lovetocook, cuisinart has a pretty nice immersion blender. Several years ago cook's illustrated magazine did a product comparison on them. The results listed as a best value one called sunny morning (made by Kaloric I think?) It cost $15 and that's the one I have. Bought on Amazon. It has served me quite well, but I will say, it doesn't get heavy use.
It is a gorgeous sunny day here. I'm hoping everyone has a lovely weekend.0 -
To all the Pickity Place Ladies... have a wonderful, happy time together - wish I was there with you... so lots of photos.
Off for dinner with a friend tonight - DH's on a boys fishing weekend... ha ha!!
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend.
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Joyce- I'm with Michelle, those better be benign!! Geesh! You have been through so much already to even have to deal with this worry! I will be praying and thinking of you Monday and everyday for that matter. Awww. glad your little fur baby is doing ok!
Kay- Oh what a mess! I hate those kitchen mishaps! I have an imersion blender but have only used it twice in the year Ive had it. I stick most of my stuff in my food processor and it works fine. If i was on a deserted island I would want my food processor I love it.
Eric- Hope Sharons test come back ok but glad her energy is fine, now you need yours to be too! You need a break my friend.
Michelle-Can't wait to hear all about your luncheon with the laidys. Hope the weather coroperated for you all. Wow, I'm amazed you are having dinner with your ex that is very awesome that you all get along especially when there were kids involved. I don't think me and DH could ever sit at the same table with my 2 ex's it would be a comedy show of errors. possibly more like a fight at the OK corral. ha!
Tazzy- Have a nice time tonight with friends. My DH is hunting today. Hope he doesn't get anything, I don't like venison and don't like the fact that those sweet browned eyed deer get shot. Wish he would take up fishing again.
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Deb- I fogot to say, would love to see your wedding pics. You have been married a long time. Thats pretty rare these days.
Speaking of wedding pictures I guess I will have to wait until 2014 when DH and I go to hawaii to renew our vows we will be married 20 years then and plan on having a big celebration then. When DH and I got married we flew to reno with a bunch of family and friends, It wasn't planned for us to marry at that time, but while sitting in a lounge at Harrah's everyone started telling us we should marry while they were there, it was in Janurary, very cold with ice and snow, so we agreed, we planned on marrying anyway at some point. so me in my sweat shirt and jeans, same for DH we decided to go get our license and then come back and get everyone to get married. When we got there we were cold and it was hard to walk on the ice, me thinking oh they won't want to be out in this cold icy crappy weather, we or more I decided lets just do it now since everyone was drinking and probably won't want to leave the casino. so thats what we did, when we got back and told everyone they were so mad at us, I mean really ticked off. We still to this day have not heard the end of it. LOL! So needless to say I have no good wedding pictures. I do have some good ones of my other wedding though!
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Tazzy- Have fun tonight!
Debbie- LOL! Love the story of your wedding even if your friends were mad they missed out. But hey, it's not about them right it's about you! Hope your dad and Chuck are doing ok.
Lunch at Pickety Place was great it was so nice to see everyone again, the food was wonderful but the company was out of this world. I just got a few pics with my cell phone, but I will post them below. Michelle got a good group shot. She is off to a second meal right now so we probably won't hear from her until later.
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Joyce
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We all took turns wearing the headpice Deb wore to ther daughters wedding- this thing was awesome!!
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Don't forget dessert!
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Reminds me a bit of the fascinator my Mom wore to our wedding [46 years ago] but she called it a hat. DH called it a bird's nest.
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Chabba! Thats what it's called! I couldn't remember the name of it and it was fascinating
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LOL Chabba!sounds like something my DH would say. Nice pics, thanks for sharing. Wish we had something like that around here.
Joyce, sending thoughts and prayers your way Joyce. Only thoughts of benign. Hugs.
Still thinking of your dad and Chuck Debbie.
Thanks for the advice on the blender. It was a combination blender/food processor, so I still can use thhe food processor. It's just a little smaller than the pitcher for the blender. I saw a cuisinart immersion blender at Costco today for $30. They had a blender for.$20, but it wouldn't fit my base. I have to check out bed, bath and beyond and see what they have. And maybe kohls.
Not cooking tonight, just took some leftovers out of the freezer. Tomorrow I am thinking eggplant parm though0 -
Oh and thank you Joyce for the advice on the dog collar. A friend of my DD's was over today and was telling me about the same thing. I went out and picked one up at pet smart. She is much more comfortable with it. No more cone of shame for Bella.
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Laurie- Thanks for the pictures. Oh yumm that dessert looks sooo good.
Michelle and Joyce- You both look so pretty!
So thats what a facinater is, never heard of it before have seen them just never knew they called it that.
Going out to dinner tonight with friends to hear some guy play the saxophone. should be interresting.
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Everyone looked fascinating modeling my Fascinator. Lunch was delish, can't wait to see Michelle's pics. Stupid me forgot my camera, DUH!
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Laurie, how fun, everyone looks wonderful, including the dessert!
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Looked like fun. I still can't post pics, maybe I can try tomorrow on the computer, and post the WI pics. I had a drunken jerk, pork jerk style with pineapple salsa and fried plaintains, wonderful. Today, my husband was home for the first time since my hospital debacle. So he took me out to dinner. I had lobster! I loved it, he earns extra points. BTW, the lobster was only a dollar more than the shrimp, which is usually my go to for celebrations, becausebi can't afford lobster very often, but lobster is cheap this year, so I got that. Only a 5 oz, but it was enough for me with a spinach and Bacon salad. Yum! You guys on the coast may not think its all that special, but here in the Midwest its party food! LOL
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Yes, today's gathering at Pickety was so delightful...such good company in a truly unique setting with such savory food. Now Joyce, I think we may have to get in line for the Laurie adoption. She is such a great gal, maybe we could all take turns being her adopted moms! I am also daughterless, and daughter-in- laws are lovely, but not exactly the real thing. I was so happy to finally meet both you and Laurie, today. So much fun!!
I keep thinking about your pizza dinner, Michelle....hope you had a great time, and could move from the table after eating again! So good to see you again, and I forgot to say how much I like your "long" hair.
Deb's daughter's wedding photos were beautiful....her daughter radiant, and it was great to see the two families enjoying themselves.
I came home after stopping at Trader's (one that has wine, in Framingham, and I found one of our favorite red wines from many years ago....called Bulls Blood, for 4.99.... we paid a least that in the seventies!) We may find that it tastes like rot gut to us now....we'll see!
I just could not escape my cooking addiction today, so I baked up another lasagna with roasted tomato sauce and eggplant to bring to DS and DIL's this week....and then baked a couple of loaves of pumpkin bread. Now I'm off to start sewing all the little ribbons on the taggie I am making for my new granddaughter. I needed a deadline for getting this completed and driving down there on Monday provides that very nicely!
I think it's neat that there is a more pooch friendly "Elizabethan collar" for the dogs to wear. Poor Lacey, our miniature schnauzer had to wear one often during her sensitive skin season. She adapted to the darn thing each year, but it never looked comfortable.
Kay, I do have an immersion blender named "Dualit", a brand I do not know. I probably use it two or three times a year, but it's nice to have when you need it! I do wonder now that I have my prized Vitamix, if I will ever use it....we shall see....with my current cooking craze, I probably will.
Eager to see your pics, Moon, and glad you got your special birthday dinner!
Debbie, sending you caring thoughts with all that you are coping with!
I agree with the others Eric, that you need to take a bit of a rest! Hope you can....
And Joyce, so many positive vibes will be travelling up the highway for you as you undergo your procedure on Monday. (((((hugs)))))0 -
Joyce and Lacey- You sure know how to make a girl feel loved.
You both brought a tear to my eye. Also, the feeling is mutual. You are wonderful ladies and I am so lucky to have met you. I will keep you in mind when I am wanting to complain, celebrate and just babble...that's what I used to do with my Mom. I know I almost always need to do all three of those. Especially when there is a "miss- fire"!0 -
I almost forgot- dinner tonight was half of a left over cheeseburger my son had eaten most of. I am still hungry and headed to bed. I've got a birthday party to prep for in the a.m.!
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Wow. Lots and lots of posts. It sounds and looks like everyone had a good time at Pickety's. I like the pictures. I'll have to find some of our wedding pictures, scan them and find a home for them on the Internet.
Moon. When I read "I had a drunken jerk", I kind of stopped for a moment....
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Today was kind of quiet...laundry and a deep cleaning of the kitchen...even brought in a ladder so I could clean the tops of the kitchen's ceiling lights.
Dinner was breaded pork chops, green beans and some fruit...after which we took DD to the high school homing dance.
Coat pork chops in a flour, salt and pepper mixture, then dip them in a milk egg and mustard mixture and then sprinkle them with bread crumbs. I baked them about 10 min on a side as hot as the oven would get..450F degrees.
Monday will be the end of the 4am days. The regular bus driver will be back and I won't need to drive the bus after that. I'll be able to sleep in until 5.45am.
Sharon's energy is coming back...which is good. She started the tamoxafen this morning...the pharmacy had to order it and it took a couple of days for it to arrive. I guess that's good news that they don't have to dispense it often enough to keep it on their shelves.0 -
Here are the group shots from yesterday's Pickity Place excursion:
There's me and Laurie in the front, Joyce, Deb and Pat in the back. We're a good looking group!
This picture was taken outside in front of the gift shop.
Pat posing with the fascinator
The sesame crusted tuna entree - such a work of art!
The cute potting shed
The colors of fall foliage on the way were starting to really show
A rafter of turkeys hogging the road on the way out of Pickity.
We got back to Joyce's house at 4:30, I high-tailed it home with a stop at CVS for a couple of cards. We got to the European at about 5:50 and there were 15 of us plus a baby - a huge crowd. Our end of the table ordered two pizzas, the other end stuck to entrees. The service was incredibly slow and it was well after 8:30 by the time everyone got out of there. We went back to the birthday boy's house and they had all kinds of food out - which no one touched! We didn't get home until after 1 a.m. It's going to be a long, do-nothing kind of day!
Here's one of the TWO pizzas that we ordered. My DGS#2 was waiting patiently for the arrival of theses gigantic pies. We had almost a whole one left over! The two adults you can see in the picture are my son-in-law on the left and my older daughter on the right.
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Great pics Michelle. Also love your new avatar. Your hair has gotten really long!
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Michelle, thanks for all the pic posts......They came out great....turkeys and all!
What a long, full day you had. Some serious chair time must be in today's game plan...
Wow that was one bigga pizza! Having your grandson standing behind it really gives size perspective.
Laurie....bring it all on.....anytime!0
