So...whats for dinner?
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Monica - Have they tested you for Giardia which is more common than people think. I think that's the one that lingers on. Can get it from stagnant water but I think other transmission routes have been found. Most people these days just don't drink out of ponds but some do swim where it is. If it was something like C-diff I think you'd have known it long ago. Are you diabetic? Could it be gastroparesis? How's the knee coming along?
Lacey - with the apps who the heck needed dinner? Just pass those to me.
Not a clue what dinner will be tonight. Not in the mood to cook. Just had snack of figs and cheese. Feel very European. Need to get some exotic crackers to go with them. All I have are saltines and Club crackers. Those TJs figs have held in there. I bought them a week ago tomorrow and they are still great. I need to buy more on Thursday. Last trip into Ft. Worth for the foreseeable future which is a good thing actually.
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Happy July and hello to all,
Moon, sorry about the big D, just not fair
Bedo I hope your daughter is doing well.
Lacey, the lobster salad on a chip sounds delish, actually it all did.
Nance, I have an official raised planting bed. Its 12x 6 ft. (that was the size of the wood on sale) Now to decide what to plant. Getting dirt this weekend. I am told peppers,onions and tomatoes are very easy to grow here, as are malanga and yucca (root veggies?)
Carole, glad you are having a great time and how I wish for 68 degrees outside.
Eric, we may see 68 and lower a few times a year during our official winter days usually Jan/Feb.
Luvmygoats, I don't want to cook either. I have spent the day eating mango's. I have been slicing and freezing and pureeing those on the edge of too ripe. The heavy rains are bringing them in. Everyone with a tree knows to deliver here. My favorite fruit. Yum
Minus, Gonna have to go to whole foods to try those tarts, only sold there. Too expensive online.
Special, my daughter loved the picture of the Fireman and the Groundhog and I told her about the peppers it had eaten and she immediately went into a story that it must have gone to Fire Dept to get water after eating peppers....You gave her inspiration for her first story of the summer. It's part of summer homework.
Time for an afternoon nap, before I decide what to cook.
Huggs to all,
Vivian
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Hi everyone! Since school let out there has not been a quiet moment. We have had so many play dates and people over to swim it is nuts. Last night I actually went to bed at 7 and as some of you know I am a late owl- so very weird.
I haven't been on in forever and I am sorry about that- thinking of how many pages I was going to need to read to get caught up deterred me. I didn't do it but figured I should post anyway.
Tomorrow me and the boys will leave in the afternoon for five days on the lake. I need to work in the am and go grocery shopping- pack up and head for the lake. I am psyched. Dh will join us Friday afternoon.
I hope everyone is well!
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Laurie - Very glad that you and your family are out enjoying life and the summer. Enjoy the lake and eat lots of good things for me.
I think I have some frozen leftovers - casserole type thingy. Might be dinner, then again might be what ever you find to eat.
Edited - Vivian your raised beds sounds wonderful. I love mangoes but hard to get good ones here. Papaya I never developed a taste for.
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Laurie! Good to hear from you. No apologies -- you are out enjoying your life and that's as it should be.
Viv, you'll really like raised bed gardening. Although I'm hesitant to say so, since we destroyed their habitat, the groundhogs haven't been seen for a couple of days. I so hope we've seen the last of them. I'm really considering the idea of compacting the garden area and fencing it. It wouldn't completely solve the problem but it would help. You can't see it from the picture I posted, but to the right of the beds is a very large perennial bed that is out of control. I made the mistake of planting things that are ill-behaved and don't stay where they're planted and the things that did do what they are supposed to do keep getting eaten by the deer. It's a big mess. So I'm really thinking of moving the few things I want to save to the back yard and killing off the rest. Then we can either move or rebuild the raised beds in that area and fence the whole thing. It will be a massive undertaking but a good thing to do I think. Now I only have to convince DH . . . I finally have one tomato turning red. Too many rainy days. The squash are still putting out little squashes in spite of having no leaves. Hope that continues.
Going to be in the sixties here Wednesday! Been a long time since that happened.
Got a pedicure this morning. What a wonderful treat for my feet. They were in bad shape from running around in flip flops all the time. More like hooves. A nail tech earns her money with me lol! New antibiotic is working great -- just makes my stomach hurt but at least it doesn't turn it inside out. Ugh.
Carole, say hi to Minnesota for me. Haven't been there in a couple of years. We thought we would try to get up there in August to do some bicycling. Don't know if we'll make that happen or not. I know you'll enjoy your stay, you always find such interesting places to go.
Luv, I'm with you. Mangoes yes, papaya -- not so much. I don't hate it, just sort of meh.
Tonight is gyros with tzatziki and a greek salad.
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Hi all. Luv, they are testing me for CDiff but I'm pretty sure that ain't it. It's just the abx from surgery. Always takes me weeks to get back to normal. Double up on probiotics, watch what I eat but that really makes no difference. My system is sensitive. Enough of the whining! Went to ortho today. Things look great so far.my xrays of knee is amazing. So straight. The old xrays is kinda funny. LOL
All your gardens sound pretty good. I have a few green cherry tomatoes on our plant but they've been green for 2 werks. Nothing is red yet. LOL. The flowers look ok but not a lot of flowers.
Descision, decisions? ! Rice with chicken or chicken with rice. Hmmmmmm. LOL
Much love
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Found some frozen meatloaf from earlier in the month. Guess what's for dinner? I even have 2 potatoes, might make real mashed potatoes with them. Some frozen vegies and we are good to go.
Glad you knee is behaving Monica even if your insides aren't.
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Good news on the xrays Monica, sounds like you're on the BRAC (bananas, rice and chicken) diet lol!
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Okay, sorry to be awol in the middle of a wedding food report...crazy couple of days, and tomorrow is the wisdom tooth ext., tho just retrieved a cell message that said they had not received the referral nor xray from my dentist. Great! I need this thing out before we leave for the Cape....it is getting more bothersome.
So, before I retire...here is the wedding dinner menu...
First course:
Red and yellow tomato, basil and burrata salad with sea salt and balsamic drizzle with micro greens
Family style bowls of Prince Edward Island Mussels with garlic and white wine
French style rolls
Main Course:
Petit (actually huge and delish)Filet of Angus Beef with a red wine demi glace, served with a grilled local lobster tail.
Family style tray of grilled seasonal veggies (summer squashes, peppers, eggplant, asparagus, etc. etc)
Family style bowl of cold Black Bean and Corn Orzo salad
Bowl of Red Bliss potato salad (looked like it had some dill on it, but I had none)
Home made cornbread with pimentos and sweet butter
.....No Wedding Cake.....
Dessert:
Blueberry and peach cobblers in canning jars with local artisan ice cream. I had cardamom flavor on mine.
Chocolate covered local strawberries
The piece de resistance (sp?) ....
Sable cookies.....never had them before....a shortbread, chock full of flavor with a pecan on top. OMG were they good! Must check them out on internet....
Dinner last evening (after gym workout and stretching class!)with DS2 and GF was lovely, if not as tasty as I might have liked. The restaurant was some old world Italian concept thing which I could have lived a full life without. Gimmicky! Fun being with the young 'ens tho!
Today I met a colleague and a former intern for lunch and had a tasty turkey blt with baby greens salad...and tonight It was hot as hell, and I could have skipped dinner but DH would never do that, so he went out to our local fish restaurant and got some broiled fish (scallops, shrimp and cod) and broccoli. I also had gazpacho with crabmeat in it. It was all delicious.
I anticipate sipping smoothies for a while if the tooth gets done tomorrow while the socket heals. Yuk!
Viv...love your daughter's blended woodchuck ideas from Special and Nance for her story! I love mangoes, but one of my biggest serious allergies.
Moon, happy (slow) dance for your good xrays! Oh, don't you love how docs (especially ortho guys....feel like I can say that my son is one) admire their work in front of you during follow up visits. LOL
Speaking of knees, it has been a year since I started my PT for my knees, and they are amazingly wonderful! No pain, daily workouts are great, and I am a happy camper. Never would have guessed that would happen, when my PT progress was at first slow....but I have been so faithful to my quad strengthening and IT band exercises (and others) and the long haul effort has really worked! Another by product of that work is that I am down 3-4 sizes, which makes shopping pure fun!
Better get some sleep...I'll be whining about fatigue AND mouth pain tomorrow. Early apologies...;)
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Moon, I'm glad the knee is doing so well. Next is getting rid of the "D". My mother in law will be getting her knee on Thursday morning.
No wedding cake????!!???? I guess with all that food, there was no need! :-) I'm full just reading about all the food there. :-) And, hopefully by tomorrow, the problem tooth will be gone.
Laurie, enjoy the lake.and don't worry about not being caught up on the posts....
Viv, I've been thinking of going with some raised beds here as well. I've been trying to roto-till in top soil into the local dirt and it still isn't where I'd like it. If you do grow peppers and want some with heat, consider the serrano. It's hotter than most folks like....but if you cut it in half and scrape out the seeds and white stuff from the inside...it cools it off quite a bit without ruining the pepper flavor.
I got the more powerful impact wrench. It was the most powerful one they had and was $260 during the 1/2 off 4th of July sale, but it's yet another case of the right tool making a job easy. It's only a slight exaggeration to say that the wrench would have flipped the car on its side if the bolt hadn't turned. :-)
Off to bed for me. It's 11pm and I need to get up in about 6 hours.
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Bed0- Just read that your DD was in the hospital and now home. I hope she is ok and what ever is going on she and you are getting through it. Sending prayers love and light and lots of ((((hugs))) Check in when you can so we know you all are ok.
Lacey, yes SK was right that post was to Seaside, I was kind of all of the place with that post, sorry. haha!
Laurie, have fun on your camping trip.
Moon, hope you get the D under control, that really is the sh...ts! Sorry, lol!
Lacey, good luck tomorrow with the Dentist hope its pain free. And what a lovely sounding dinner you had made me mouth water.
Joyce- So glad Rick has you and DH to lean on. And Iam sure it brings you comfort too to be around him and share wonderful memories of Michelle. Glad he will be close by again. Hope your doing well.
Tazzy, Happy Canada day!
Kay, so glad to see you check in here, I giggle at you on FB because of your passion for the games lol!
Going camping tomorrow morning, the last two times we took the RV we didn't stock it because we knew we would be eating out so today I spent all day moving half the house in to the RV to make sure I don't forget anything lol! It is a learning experiance for us but having fun doing it. Every one have a nice 4th of july and be safe. x0xx
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Debbie - don't forget - just about anywhere you can get an RV to will have a grocery store fairly close by. If you forget something, it won't be the end of the world!! Have a good fourth!
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Eric,
I bought all the lumber and connectors at Home Depot discounted and I was able to apply sale to that also. I was lucky. There were all the pieces to complete one bed. Sort of made to connect raised beds. The size I got was discontinued. It appears that 8x4 feet is the one that sells. We cleared grass and dirt within 2 feet of beds and will be laying down pebble rock. There is a lot of Coral rock in our dirt. some are huge. It took a pick axe and my 21 year olds strength to clear away about 8 inches of dirt from under beds. We will be laying about 4 inches of pebbles and sand in the bed and then filling with "organic" dirt from a nursery.
I went back this morning and was helped by the same manager. After talking a bit about my inexperience he took me into the back area of garden when plants that are damaged or dont meet store quality are kept until returned or thrown out. I rescued tomato plants, pepper, all kinds of spices and a meyers lemon tree whose trunk has a split most of the others have broken stems/leaves.
We spent the last 2 hours fixing stems, applying splints, wax to to seal breaks in bark....This part I learnt from my Dad. I have some recollection in my memory...he would use all kinds of household things to help fertilize or bring to fruit or get red of bugs. That part I don't remember. He could grow anything.
Kids outside still and cooling off with the hose, it's already in the 90's here and it is hot and humid. Taking breakfast outside so they can keep playing afterward.
Hope everyone has a great day,
Vivian
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Lacey, DROOL!
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Hahahaha....I can so relate to Debbie's feeling of having to overstock the RV! And when packing for going anywhere you'd think I was heading to the wilderness....and never have!
Have a great trip Debbie!
Hey Eric.....cool new wrenchl! You may need to set up a car repair business soon! Best to your mother-in-law with her new knee.
Garden....loved the sound of your gazpacho with citrus chicken!!
So here's how things go in this house......anticipating that I won't be chomping on anything for dinner tonight, and there are no meal leftovers, and it's pretty darn hot for any cooking, we had to have a big pow wow about what to do for DHs dinner!
Best suggestions...he can pick up a pre-made meal at Trader's on way home from gym......or....he can head to the really close grocery store while I'm doing my after-extraction wait time at the oral surgeon's office and get himself a meal. Lordy, I hope he doesn't starve!! Heading to the gym since I get to take a few days off after the extraction this afternoon. I promise to shut up about this tooth business....not sure why it feels like any kind of big deal! Had my top two wisdom teeth out as a twenty something and it was a breeze. Guess I've become a "procedure coward" recently.....
Have a good day everyone!
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Viv, you are a fun mom! You and Laurie should hang out!
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At 7:30am it was 89F (mid 30C) degrees here. The monsoon season is starting and the humidity is quickly rising...
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It was in the 50's here this morning. DH turned on the heat in the camper! We're opposites. I can't stand heat--on with the a/c. He doesn't like to be cold--on with the heat. He's outside now transferring the bike rack to the truck so we can go biking. We give the bikes a ride to the paved bike trail that starts in Park Rapids.
The good news is that we seem to have a good internet connection this year on the Pine Hollow Wi-Fi.
Moon, I'm happy to hear your knee surgery was successful. Now if you can just broaden your diet beyond chicken and rice!
Lacey, the apps and the dinner at the wedding sounds like the ultimate menu. Hope you don't suffer with the tooth extraction.
Nance, you get the award for the most varied diet. Your meals all sound good. Fencing in the garden seems like the way to go. It's too disappointing to do all the work and then have animals ruin the garden. Our main pests in Louisiana are insects. It's almost impossible to go organic. Insects thrive in tropical conditions.
Laurie, happy to hear that you're busy and happy with your family activities.
Eric, you have to have the tool for the job. Or that's what dh tells me!
Viv, what a luxury to have neighbors drop off mangoes. I feel lucky when I buy them for $1 each in the supermarket. They're such luscious fruits. I guess they're classified as fruit?
Guess I'd better don my biking pants with the ample padding! We're hoping to get to town before The Pie Lady sells all her home-baked loaves of bread. DH is in the market for home-made preserves, too. I DON'T intend to buy any of the yummy cookies and pies she will have on display. That comes later in the trip when the will power has eroded!
Dinner tonight will be wheat pasta with a red sauce with Italian sausage and grated romano (or Asiago or parmesan). And a garden salad.
Last night's dinner was a delicious ribeye cooked on the small gas grill, boiled potatoes and salad. One of my favorites.
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GG - your tacos and gazpacho al fresco sound delish!
laurie - busy is good! Have a great time at the lake!
lacey - the wedding food was music to my caterer's heart - everything sounded so good! My DH has a mango allergy too! Sorry you have to have some upcoming mouth pain but I am sure you will make delicious smoothies! Good luck with the tooth - extraction is always scary, you are not being whiny.
auntie - gyros - one of my faves - now I do the horiatiki salad and have the gyro meat on top - gluten free gyro/greek salad mash-up!
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Yesterday we went over to see our elderly friend on the east coast of FL - left here at 4 am and got back last night at 11:30 pm. Somehow, DH got up and went to work this morning. Things are not good there so he will go back tonight and stay for the holiday weekend. I take my friend to chemo tomorrow otherwise I would have gone back with him, but his brother will drive down from Palm Beach to see our friend (he knows him too) and provide moral support. Unless things take a turn south, which they very well may based on yesterday, he leaves next week for a race (running) in N. Carolina with his older sister, so things will be quiet for two weekends in a row. When I am by myself sometimes I cook, sometimes I don't and I just nibble. DD will be coming home the first weekend of Aug. for her 25th b-day and to pick up her new boat - she is very excited! Her internship is done mid-Sept. and I think she will be back in this area to job hunt for something permanent. She will have completed her Captain's license at that point so she can also guide and make some money. She misses civilization and us - she is a sweet girl, and we have missed her too. Her dog will come home with her at the beginning of Aug. so that frees up more room for her to pack up her stuff when she comes home in Sept. He travels with many accoutrements - beds, a tub of food, bowls, leashes, etc. Lol!
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After all the glass bowl microwave discussion I bought this today:
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last nights dinner was chicken salad. Chopped the last of the citrus chicken, added it to chopped cabbage, jicama, grapes, cucumber, celery, and tomatoes. The dressing was mayo, lemon juice, and curry powder.
This morning we went fishing and hubby caught a nice salmon. Food today is all restaurant food. At the horse track for a buffet and then fireworks (they do 'em on July 3 at the track).
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My DD2 dropped by last night and took me out to dinner. Went to my favorite place - Twisted Willow without a reservation and got in. Must have been slow night. Had filet Thought I'd try it because I need protien and iron. LOL still taking meds so not too many problems today : ) chicken and rice today though.... LOL
Joyce sounds like you'll have a great night.
Glad Deborah is celebrating her new grand child.
Garden enjoy the fireworks! They have our biggest dhow in downtown Milwaukee tonight too. I'll only get to watch on TV but it's always good. It's the biggest show around. Even beats out Chicago! Can you tell I love fireworks? LOL
Specialk thats awesome about your daughter! We have a lot of Charter boats in Port and getting the license to Captain is NOT easy.
Carole the market sounds wonderful. I love the jam lady at ours. She has wonderful combinations I look forward to getting them.
I know I am missing a lot of people but you're not missing in my heart♡.
I'm doing ok. my PT is happy with my recovery work, my ortho is happy with the healing and I'm happy the pain is lessening. Maybe I'll even be able to cook soon. The cherry tomatoes plant I bought the week after Memorial Day still has the same 6 green tomatoes! They haven't gotten red yet! It was 52 degrees yesterday. Today was much better up to 70 but we've had so much rain. Maybe by this weekend. LOL
Much love to all.
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Everybody's meals sound wonderful. Last night was fish and chips. Had to use frozen cod, no fresh here. Good nonetheless. Tonight was chicken enchiladas and fresh corn with peppers and onions. Also made guacamole with some fresh tomatoes and cilantro from the garden. I'm very excited, the first local corn had just come in and I've got 2 dozen ears!
Tomorrow will be simple hamburgers, coleslaw and grilled corn . I did make some ice cream for dessert ;-)
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Sk, it's interesting you brought up the glass bowl. Mine developed a bubble in the bottom after popping some corn. It didn't break but I was afraid it would. I ended up buying a microwave popcorn bowl (not glass) . It works fine but I think I like yours better.
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It was not too expensive - I got it on sale at Williams-Sonoma - 20% off $22.50. Of course, I also bought an All-Clad pan - also on sale, but sheesh! Don't tell Mr. Special K.
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Happy and safe 4th of July to all,
Tonight was angel hair with meatballs and sausages,garlic cheese bread and salad.
Tomorrow kids going with their Dad to a pool party, I'm eating out then off to see fireworks.
If anyone is in Arthur's Path, I hope you don't get totally rained out this weekend.
Take care,
Vivian
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We're in the middle of thunderstorms/dust storms.
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Agreed, Joyce!
Am taking it easy with food given the open wisdom tooth socket issue. At least tonight it is less painful with a regimen of Motrin. Yesterday, after the extraction, I ate nothing, given the raw pain of it...unlike my DH who was busy chowing down right after his significant gum surgery.....and wrecking his stitches! No chance of that here......;).
So tonight, DH heated up a Trader's greek chicken and orzo meal for himself. Last evening he boiled up some lovely home made artichoke and pesto ravs we picked up at a local Farmer's Market ( they were made in VT) Obviously where there's a will......he can cook!
I had two leftover ravs tonight , and some orzo leftover from his Trader's meal. Am hoping I can chew more than pasta when we head to the Cape on Sunday! I don't usually even eat much pasta, but since the scales showed a record low this AM, I guess I can afford to follow the oral surgeon's advice while the socket heals up.We walked up to our town's fireworks display tonight and watched some of the Boston Pops concert on TV when we returned home. DS2 was having a roofdeck party to watch the Boston fireworks, and he mentioned that his girlfriend made homemade mac and cheese and he added lobster to half of it. Nice to hear of them cooking together! He just texted me to say that they saw the fireworks then got drenched with the fast and furious rain storm. It did come in like a race horse!
Happy Fourth, everyone! Predicted to rain heavily here all day.....no barbecues planned for us. Will get ready for vacation week instead.
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Happy Independence Day peeps!
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