So...whats for dinner?
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SpecialK and lacey, I wonder if femara is a sleep destroyer too? I started taking it at night because I was having some nausea with it at first, but I've been taking it for a year now (wow, only four to go!), surely my body has adjusted by now. I think I'll try taking it in the a.m. Thanks guys!
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Michelle and SpecialK great picture..yes Michelle is very tan. I like to wear jammie shorts to bed (yes even in winter) cause I get so hot....but I am so embarrassed with my lily white legs, dont even want my DH to see them!
Lacey glad you had a good appt. You cook so much better with no kitchen than I do with a full kitchen.
Last night was meatloaf with mashed potatos and corn. DH definitely has strep and could only eat the mashed potatos, I also made him some pudding. I have never seen him this sick...sent him to urgent care and he got some antibiotics and came home and crashed. He has never taken a sick day from work in the 36 yrs we have been together!
Son and girlfriend coming home from Ohio tonight, my son is buying a new car that he found locally here. Think I will make pizza for them and hope that DH can eat. He went to work today...Dummy!!
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Cute picture of you and Michelle, SpecialK. Thanks for posting it. You both look great.
Lacey, I have wanted new counter tops for years but can't bear the thought of the inconvenience. When I shopped counter tops, I was told I would have to remove everything from the bottom cabinets and be without use of my kitchen for as long as a week. All that and write out the check! I also don't want to have to replace the kitchen wall paper and I'm afraid removal of the old and installation of new might ruin the wallpaper near the backsplash.
Last night's dinner was delicious split pea soup that dh cooked on Wed. Also a yummy salad with romaine, cucumber, orange bell pepper, avocado, and blue cheese with a home-made vinaigrette made by the pour and splash into the bowl method. Kalamata olives on mine and sweet onions on dh's. The man loves onions.
Watched a segment of the Martha Steward Cooking School last night. It was on emulsification and she made vinaigrette, mayonaise, creamy blue cheese dressing and aioli. I can eat all of those by dipping in my finger!
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I forgot to comment that I take my arimidex pill at bedtime along with a knock-off benedryl that serves as a sleep aid. I sleep very well. At first I took the pill in the morning and felt like a 90 yr. old woman. I don't think I would have continued taking the med if I had to take it in the morning and felt that miserable.
I'm counting the days until my 5 yrs. are up because of the SEs. My blood pressure has gone up and become hard to control, my cholesterol has gone up so that I now take a statin, and my weight went up and it has become VERY difficult to lose weight. My blood sugar also eased above the normal line but I think that health problem is hereditary. I continue to try very hard to lose more weight on WW. I'm not overweight but like to weigh less than I do.
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Not sure how I missed the posted picture of Michelle and Special....1AM fatigue, I suppose. Adorable! I also noted the petite factor, Laurie.... guess it's a big girl thing to notice that. But take heart...... As a senior, I keep losing inches,( the wrong way...vertically) as I age, so at this rate, maybe "petite" will arrive some day.
Very funny story Seaside!
Hope you can shake that cold, Nance. What a sweet idea the pillow is... I should check to see if my local hospital does that. It would be nice to contribute my mediocre sewing skills.
Speaking of volunteering, I saw a segment on the Today Show this AM, where The Samaritans group is positioning themselves at train stations in the morning and cheerily greeting people and offering an orange to each person, purely for the purpose of supporting positive human connection. Lovely idea!
I would love to do it but the early AM piece is daunting given my sleep issues.
OK, I am sitting here worried that I made a horrible decision for the builder to go with a very wide window molding so that it could reach the borders of the current wallpaper. I so wanted to avoid the mess (and expense)of having our whole complicated kitchen re- papered since the paper (which I love) is not too old and in lovely shape (and I am pretty old and not in such lovely shape to tolerate more house changes). Anyway, the window molding waiting to be cut looks huge, that is huge enough that it may not be one of those decisions that you obsess about during construction but is not even noticeable once the job is complete. Oy! I'm afraid to look once he gets it up. I guess the mental "out" is that if we really hate it, when we do have the kitchen re-papered, we can put up a normal sized molding......but realistically, it will probably be the next people living here who do that!
FLASH! I got up the nerve to check out the completed molding....and, while it is very wide, I can definitely live with it. Whew! Such trivial issues...apologies....obviously not much going on in this person's life today. I think I'll go take my tamoxifen! Does anyone know if it has to be taken at really close to the same time every day? It was easy to remember at bedtime.
Many leftovers in the fridge, so, " for darn sures" tonight. I think I have to scale down my cooking...or start taking people in to share meals! Just another reason I wish DS1 and family were here instead of sitting in NJ! Would love to be cooking for them.
Someone mentioned that I could possibly make soups for our food pantry, but I'm not sure if they would accept any homemade food from a kitchen not registered with the board of health. Oh well, I think I'll go sew.....and stop rambling.
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lacey - I think the anti-hormonals build up in our system so a little variation in the time you take it is not that important. When I switched from night to morning I don't have a set time that I take mine either. I have not noticed any change in any other SE other than I sleep better. My mom used to be part of a group at church that took donations of leftover vegetables and stuff from area restaurants and every Wednesday she and her friends met in the church kitchen and made soup out of whatever they gathered. They also added some baked goods from their own kitchens, and some other goodies. They took it to an area the following day that had a program for meals for the homeless and it may have been church-based, I can't remember - they did this for many years (I am pretty sure they are still doing it) and never had any issues with having to make the soup in an inspected kitchen. This was in the suburban Los Angeles area.
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Lacey, here's a link to a pdf if you're interested. It's called an anti-ouch pouch and they say it can be made in 15 minutes.
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That's reassuring to hear Special.Took it around noon and am doing well so far!
Nance, thanks for the anti-ouch pouch directions.They would be nice to make to give to friends who are facing surgery since the local hospital doesn't offer them....sadly, so many people just keep showing up in this damn club! Yesterday in the Radiation waiting room, I ran into a neighbor who I rarely see....and she had just finished up her radiation treatment. It was interesting to "discover" each other.....
I think I will check with my food pantry to see how I might help others via cooking.If I actually start to get some sleep I might even really be productive and helpful!
Carole, I totally understand your resistance to engage in the "process" of getting new counter tops, and it is possible that you would have to change your backsplash if it is currently wallpapered. However, since having our kitchen redone a few years ago,
( and that was a six week production!) I really love having, and working on, those wonderful counters. It also helped that our counter installers turned out to be total pros who did a great, efficient job....on a Friday, July 3rd!! I'll always remember that professionalism. I thought for sure they would cancel last minute.
If you ever do get it done, I would recommend that you tile (or use that pressed metal) your backsplash. I love my wallpaper look back there, but very impractical....it does get splashed on,(mainly by DH!) and when I decide I can stand the next mess,I will have that changed to be more functional with tile or metal. I spend a lot of time making sure that the beets I put in my smoothies don't splash on the wallpaper.
Also, by the way, although I love the look of granite, we installed corian counters since corian is more forgiving to dropped plates and glasses, and doesn't have problems with acid food.
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lacey - My parent's church also had a food pantry - when I closed down their house after my mom passed away I donated all the non-perishable food to their efforts.
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Nancy,
What a cool thing that ouch-pouch is! I sew on occasion. Nothing fancy but I can make curtains and things only require measuring and straight line sewing... Anything requiring a pattern baffles me... But I haven't really tried since I received a D on a halter top project in home-economics that went horribly wrong....lol!
The instructions for the ouch-pouch seem like something I could manage and I don't think that my Breast Center has anything like it (or maybe they were just holding out on me...lol). I'll have to check when I go in for my mammo...
Lacey,
I hear you on the cooking thing. With me I never know how many will be here sometimes it's just the two of us, sometimes it's us and our late teen/early twenties kids and then occasionally it's all of the above plus some friends of theirs... For some reason it feels like the more people who show up, the less I have planned for that night...lol!
What are 'for darn sures'?
SpecialK and Michelle,
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Seaside, my mother started calling "leftovers", "for darn sures" after being introduced to the term by a close friend and neighbor of hers who came from the southeast US. Is that a familiar term to anyone else? I assumed it was a regional expression, and have no way to make literal sense of it!
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Just think, if I lived next door to you, I could supplement your dinners when you get the unexpected crowd!0 -
Seaside, they are very neat and I used mine through radiation as well.
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Lol Lacey.... I certainly wouldn't turn your cooking away at the door
I don't think I've ever heard that term for leftovers before... Will be interesting to see if it's familiar to the others!
Most unusual term for leftovers that I've heard was from a fellow classmate when I went back to school... Since it was one of our 'late days' at school we were all talking about what in the heck we were going to be able to get on the table that night and my friend said 'I think we'll be having jump-ups tonight' To which I said, 'What are jump-ups?' She responded with, 'It's when I say jump-up and get your own darn meal... a leftover night'. Still cracks me up foday...lol
Nancy,
I'm trying to figure out how the ouch-pouch works? Is it to keep your arm from pressing on the wound or sore skin or does it help to support the breast or some combination of the two?0 -
It's certainly not anything I've heard here in Texas. Mom, GM, GGM and not sure how far back after that were all Texans. As a matter of fact I googled it and came up empty even with the alternative google suggested "for damn sure". LOL
My mom used to serve my stepdad "tidbit trays" which I think is kinda what Seaside is talking about but he did not do the "jump up" part. I think tidbit tray sounds just divine and certainly should be a party dish not leftovers.
I think tonight is bean burritos. Easy, peasy.
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Seaside, I like that term "jump ups", I'll have to try it! Of course if I said that, DH would take that to mean McDonald's. He'd never think of leftovers.
Yes, it keeps your arm from putting pressure on the wound site. It's very soft, but not too thick so that it wouldn't cause a bad angle for your arm.
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Love the slang terms, JUmp up! I need to have more of thise nights. But I honestly hate leftovers. Luckily DH does a good job with them and packing his own lunch.
Carrie- I hope your DH is feeling better. Sounds awful. I know what you mean about stubborn men and working. In the last 13 years Dh has called on once for being sick and it was only because he was vomiting and is on the road all day. I think if he had a bathroom handy he would have gone.
Tonight Ds1 asked for meatloaf- so meatloaf it is.
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I married a Georgian and lived in several towns throughout North Carolina over 5 years, and I have never heard this slang. It might be an original.
Eating is beginning to appeal a tad. Made some fresh pasta last night and sauteed chicken breasts. Then in a fit of energy, I made a lemon pudding cake. This recipe wasn't exactly what I have in my head, but very close.
Two days ago, had a friend over [reformatting her computer] and made a frittata which then became lunch for the next day as well. Huge salad balanced the meals.
Tonight, we are having fish.
*susan*
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Susan, you sound like you are back in the saddle!
Yay!
I'll ask my younger sister if she has any further info about about the " for darn sures" term, since she was around during that period of my mother's life. Love the "jump ups"!
Ours were great tonight (maybe because I was really hungry!:) We had the winter squash/leek/lentil soup, then chicken chili which was even better than earlier this week, along with some orzo/rice pilaf. Since we were busy trying to get the dust mess out of the kitchen minutes before we ate,I just threw together my speedy cuke salad. All good...especially with a little cabernet sauvignon.
The bay window turned out great....with very large, but beautiful moldings.......and our poor builder froze his buns off finishing the outside in the freezing weather we are having. He was determined to get it done, and I appreciate his work ethic, but hope he didn't get frostbite!0 -
Lacey- So glad the moldings worked out! I hate it when you start doubting yourself and the decisions you make when doing a project. It always works out
DH had to go work for awhile and the boys and I are being lazy in the house. I made a bacon cheddar quiche this morning and thats about it! DS has a soccer game at 2, I love watching him play.
Tomorrow the Patriots will play and I think I am going to do pulled pork in the crock pot for the game. We are going to invite another couple we are friends with over to watch it. The boys have become good friends with their grandson. So everyone will have fun.
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Laurie, sounds like a nice weekend....and by the way, I don't think making quiche qualifies for being lazy.....you are always busy!
Pulled pork sounds perfect for tomorrow's game watching.
All of my guys are going to the game (which they start tailgating for at noon), including Mr. NJ (ds1), so I plan to enjoy a quiet day by myself, (which I so prefer to being there freezing)and may get more sewing done than I did yesterday. I ended up having severe pain in my hand joints so never finished the sewing projects I had planned on. I sure hope they don't get that bad today....not too good so far, but not the stabbing pain I had yesterday.
I am currently trying to figure out how to make an attractive floral arrangement I was asked to bring to our church tomorrow. I got some flowers late Thursday and plopped them in water until I could get to it today, and am horrified that they do not look too lively! If I can't get them to look good, I'll be out to get more....and then it would have been no more expensive to get an arrangement from a floral shop! Gotta get rid of this DIY mentality!
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Tonight's dinner keeps magnifying itself. The kids are coming for dinner so I did want something special. The entrée is a wonderful duck ragu over bucattini. The vegetables this time of year look just awful! The broccolini at my market were $4.99 for about three bites of greens. One kid won't eat salad. Sigh, so I have added a English pea soup as a starter. And then I have two apples, so I am making an apple tart. The paté sucre is in the fridge. Seriously.... why can't I just make something simple?
I do love seeing the kids however. The boy starts a new job on Monday and I can't wait to hear how his contract negotiations went [though I bet he just accepted whatever they offered.] And the girl has started her last semester of graduate school so I will enjoy hearing about her new classes.
*susan*
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Lacey- I know what you mean about the DIY mentality. I do the same thing. Remember when I called DH and asked him to get string licorice so I could make two dozen spider cupcakes for DS class? He laughed at me and told me to buy cookies. He was so right. Sometimes you need someone else to remind you to simplify and go easy on yourself. One of my mothers favorite quotes was "keep it simple stupid." lol! Enjoy your quiet time tomorrow with everyone off to the game!
DH has the boys sledding out front with our neighbors son while I enjoy the quiet inside. Too much "quiet" time with the boys in the house. Ug- it is only mid January...I have a long way to go till spring.
I have nothing planned for dinner. Should be interesting to see what we end up eating!
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So after spending (wasting!) two hours fussing with the bunches of flowers I had, I just could not make peace with the "all flower" arrangement I could come up with. In the end went back to Trader's and got some more irises so I can have a purely iris arrangement (which of course requires NO arranging at all!), and they look simply elegant in a Lenox vase. Your mother's words are so right, Laurie! Now if they will only not open TOO MUCH overnight. Then I took the lillies, astromeria, etc, and made a casual arrangement that will give me a bit of privacy with where I sit next to our new kitchen window. It looks really pretty to have both of these arrangements sitting on the deep window sill (before we crap it up with papers, books etc.;)
For dinner tonight DH and I are going to a cooking class at Volante Farms, here in town.
The theme is Hearty Winter Cooking. My theme is "make sure DH is paying very close attention"
Susan, have a lovely time with your kids. I always loved hearing about our sons' paths towards their adult lives when they were that age....those visits home were great!
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Lacey- I hope you get some good new ideas at your class, have fun! The lilies sound wonderful. Would it help them to not open if you put them in the fridge?
I just went out and asked DH if he wanted me to make split pea soup for dinner. He said- no why don't you make that tomorrow and we can just order a pizza tonight. Unless, you feel like cooking?
Um no.....pizza will be just fine.
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Susan- I think we were posting ath the same time. Your dinner with your grown kids sounds wonderful, enjoy
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The boy isn't my son. He is my daughter's partner.... Just call them the kids cause that is what they are. :-) And I consider him my son-in-law, at least for the moment. Doubt marriage is in the cards.
*susan*
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Oh Susan your dinner sounds sooooooo good. Pizza sounds good too. We had a rotisserie chicken from Costco, roasted egg plant and yellow pepper and a salad.
Lacey, I can't count how many times I've tried to do something by myself only to waste all the money and effort and have to call someone in instead. I do not learn my less on well. I bet the flowers will look lovely in church.0 -
Lacey I redid my kitchen about 3 yrs ago, all decisions on my own...scary...bought my granite at an auction then had to find someone to put it in....new flooring, raised the island and had a 1/2 wall into family room removed. My DH did not want any part of it...except... when he came home and I was painting the room a brownish orange and he said "OMG what are you thinking?" So I said "should I stop and go get a dif color?" and he was like no, you have the paint you may as well finish. Well...that color turned out so amazing...we both love it and have gotten so many compliments on it. My sons girlfriend that is an interior designer tried to match it to use in my sons new house. Sometimes you just gotta go with your instincts. And by the way I love the sound of your second arrangement...iris' alone make a great display.
Went to dinner with hubby and son and GF and they had a new item on menu...blackened tilapia reuben. Sooo good they used coleslaw instead of sauerkraut with cheese and some sauce.
Laurie Good for you for ordering in...relax and enjoy. Sounds like your thoughtful husband is trying to make sure you have a relaxing day. "Happy wife....happy life" ha ha
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Dinner tonight was broiled bacon-wrapped filets, honey glazed carrots and some orzo tossed with spinach, basil, red onion, garlic, lemon zest/juice and parmesan. Easy, fast and good!
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The cooking class was fun. The chef at Volantes used to be at Wilson Farm in Lexington, where he has done this for many years. He was affable and did a great job. There were even some women there who followed him from Lexington! Referred to themselves as groupies....these were people my age.
Anyway, he made, and we ate, Winter Citrus Salad; Simple Braised Beef; with Mashed Potatoes with Celery Root, Parsnips and Bacon (he loves bacon as much as you do, Michelle!); and Local Wheatberries with Mushrooms and Kale. Dessert was Lemon Curd Cakes topped with a candied slice of star fruit and surrounded by citrus pieces. An extra treat was a delightful lemon/sugar cookie. It met my expectations for a hearty winter meal. As you might expect, Volantes sells all of the ingredients he used.....even down to the wheatberries. I do have to go there more often....discovered tonight that their produce was the same price or less expensive than our local grocery store....and they are so much more local farm friendly. I was thrilled to learn that Volantes are going to do their "farm to fork" dinners again this summer. I missed it last summer but saw pix and heard from my neighbors it was incredible. Definitely on my list of summer activities!
Susan, I am almost ready to start making my own stock after going to this class. His was unbelievable. It was so interesting to learn about how they obtain their beef, pork etc. I thought of you. The food industry is fascinating....could never do it, but glad they do!
Wow, Carrie, you did all that contracting by yourself??!! I am really impressed. I would be paralyzed with indecision and fearful about workers showing up. I really like the builder guy who did our kitchen a few years ago and who just did this window project...and have this fantasy that if we ever get around to putting this house on the market, maybe we can get a small handyman special house, and he could renovate it for us. Maybe that will get me motivated to start doing a better job at clearing out the 34 years of stuff!
Everyone's meals sounded so good...and the pizza made me think that while the guys are freezing, I might just be toasty here eating that tomorrow evening!0
