So...whats for dinner?
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DD had gone to southern coastal Georgia to work a job as a federal contractor at a submarine base training the dolphins and sea lions back in Nov. She is finding the diving unpleasant due to visibility and mud/silt/cold and is starting to have some physical issues due to this, she is in a wetsuit all day and has sensitive skin. There are no bathroom facilities anywhere on the pier - only a bucket, and sometimes she is there for 8 hours. She has to be at work every day at 5am - all of this for $14/hour. Also her previous internships were focused on education and rehab and they trained the animals in husbandry behavior - such as voluntarily submitting to a blood draw, and the animals were free to choose whether to participate in any behaviors demonstrated to the public. They trained purely by positive reinforcement. In her opinion they do not do an adequate job training these behaviors, they stress the animals because they regard them as "systems" for military purposes, and will cut food down to survival amounts if there is a lack of cooperation. Her conscience doesn't allow her to continue, and she has not been enjoying the area where she lives. So, she studied for and passed her Captain's licensing, is in the process of being certified by the Coast Guard as a merchant mariner, and will try her hand at her own inshore chartering business. She will augment with a regular part-time job, as well as working for a variety of angling manufacturers at boat and fishing conventions. Marine mammal training is a very competitive and underpaid field, so she is going to go a different direction - but with an equal love. The time for her to do this is now - while she is 25 and unencumbered by responsibilities.
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Special, I wish your daughter the best and am confident that she will succeed in her new "direction." At least she has explored working in this current field and has been able to evaluate it. I enjoy hearing about her life.
I'm thawing out 4 lamb shanks and they are the smallest I've ever seen. In the past I bought shanks at Fresh Market and they were large and meaty. One shank per person was almost more than enough. We will probably be able to eat all four of these. I'll check out some recipes and probably use some of my Indian/Middle Eastern spices for a curry taste.
I don't look forward to the foot surgery for the Morton's neuroma but I will be glad not to have foot discomfort/pain whenever I am active. I am a little concerned about pain control following the surgery.
That breakfast sandwich sounds delish except for the onions. LOL!
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carole - glad you enjoy hearing about the DD, she is a unique girl for sure. What is your surgery date? Has your surgeon discussed the plan for controlling pain
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Carole - just read up on Morton's Neuroma. Yes, when is your surgery? How long will you have to be off your foot?
Special - thanks for the update. i agree she's made a smart decision while she's still old enough to switch paths. So will she be on East or West coast Florida?
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minus - here in Tampa - this is where she is most familiar with the waters, so easiest to take people out and successfully find the fish for them. She has also fished the east coast of FL, but is less familiar. She has a network of friends here who guide - they often cooperate and share with each other, and the trolling motor company she reps and her boat builder are both in Sarasota.
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My mother has landed safely in Boston, and I am with my husband in Spain. Sounds good doesn't it? Great food in Malaga, and now we are in Granada. Tomorrow is Alhambra. Hope to have a few more pictures, but will have to just give you what I have on the phone.
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susan - beautiful! Glad you are enjoying!
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My surgery is May 13th and I haven't discussed the pain control yet. I cannot take Vicodin or any of the codeine products.
Susan, yes, that does sound good. Mother safely home and you and dh enjoying Spain.
The lamb shanks are simmering on the stove. I'm using a New York Times recipe as a guide, Persian-Spiced Lamb Shanks. We have a new printer set up for wireless. It's so nice to sit here in my chair in the living room with laptop and send a command to the printer to print out a recipe! I love it.
Lamb shanks call for a side dish of polenta, which is a high-carb treat like grits for breakfast. I will also roast some brussel sprouts, dh's least favorite veggie but I like it. When the weather gets hot, I use my toaster oven for roasting veggies. It works well.
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I would enjoy Spain :-)
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Special, I also wish the best for your DD. Sounds like she had enough time to get to know the pros and cons during her internship and she made a thoughtful decision. She also sounds like a very resourceful young woman who is self directed and will find more satisfying projects to pursue along with her chartering. And I might add..how nice formyounto have her close by.
By the way, thanks for the cabbage recipe...I will try that on my next cabbage effort. I ended ip making a red cabbage soup (did I already say this??), which we also had tonight before heading to the Celtics/Cavs playoff game. Can't really call it a slaughter, but the mismatch in size is almost comical! The Celts played their best game tonight, I thought, but LeBron James will not be defeated by our small, newby players....truly a David and Goliath scenario! But such HEART the Celts have! I always admire such hard work...but I'm sure the players would feel more gratified with a "W". 
Met DS2 at the game, just before it started, for a drink. He was there with some business associates....in a suite with food, of course! Big business amazes me. Social Workers never got such perks! My biggest career perk was "getting to" go on field trips with classes that had the most troubled students attending. I was like their guardian. Oh well, I never minded, since I so liked my "kids"...and the teachers were more at ease. In fairness to DS2, he also does a lot of charitable work and even came to my school a few years ago to spend the day organizing and playing sports for a group of fourth graders who would otherwise have made their class field day quite the chaotic event. I was forever thankful to him!
I do get to enjoy some perks through DH's business connections...and one coming up is a light dinner and panel discussion related to the current food industry. One of the speakers is an exec at KAF. And some others are food entrepreneurs in this area. It will probably have a business focus (since it's at a business school) but I think I will find it interesting to hear about the trends in the industry through that lense. From my perspective, we seem to have the same dichotomous relationship with food and marketing that has existed for some time. Advertising healthy foods with a plethora of those recipes in every mag and on every computer feed, and at the same time coming up with and promoting the most outrageously unhealthy taste satisfying concoctions (e.g bacon laced sweets!) and recipes promoted in the same way and on TV cooking shows. Our local produce stand is a perfect example with tons of wonderful fruits and veggies and carefully raised meats, aside the most drool-inducing pastries, breads, pies, candies and cookies. Did I ever mention that I once bought something called Welch cakes there? They were amazing....and now cost nine dollars for six small cakes....i.e., size of a medium to largish cookie. I was horrified! Must learn to make them.
Anyway, if anyone has anything that they would like me to ask the presenters at this Food panel, please just let me know!
It happens in two weeks.Looks like all is going nicely on Susan's trip. We have some friends who are exploring Spain right now...and my next door neighbor called yesterday to let me know that tomorrow they are heading to Barcelona for a week. That good dollar/euro exchange seems to be a great motivator! Imagine the interesting food Susan will be cooking when she returns!
Carole, I hope that your foot surgery goes well. If you are going to be on crutches for longer than a day or two, I highly recommend using a large pocketed apron like my DH did....per Special's advice.It was a lifesaver for independent functioning. I have a good pattern for making an easy one if you'd like. Or I can even send you the one DH used!
I must get some sleep....have to get up early to pick up our cars being serviced...and then a dentist appt. to redo an old "fix" on a top front tooth. Already dreading the novocaine shot in that area....eeeeeeeh!
And yes, it is sooo cold here, too....30's to 50's for the next week. WTH!! My pansies are happy tho.....:) just feels very weird to be watering flowers in such cold weather
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Complaints about cold temps sound like boasting to me! The food panel sounds interesting.
I should be on crutches for a week of non-weight bearing on the left foot. Then 2 or 3 weeks in a boot. The concern is not splitting open the incision on top of the foot.
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No boasting here!! Tired of parkas..... Please complain about some heat!
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Oh gee - it's only 75 this morning. Wonder if we will make it over 80 again today? How's that Lacey?
Carole - sounds like they're doing the top down incision. I couldn't imagine the description of going through the bottom & ever walking again. Obviously no golf, but maybe a week won't be bad.
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lacey - yes, I am happy to have DD home again, especially since DS will never live in FL - although he has been visiting more lately. DD said she will be my child who always lives close. We genuinely enjoy her company and she is hilarious, so it is good for all. Since the boat will be here maybe DS will come frequently too - that is an activity they enjoy together. Her online sea school (Captain's license) materials came in a briefcase that was embroidered with "You May Call Me Captain" on the side and that is what she texted to her brother when she passed the test, lol! Even though she is walking away from a job as a federal contractor, her first grown-up job, she is doing it because of the treatment of the animals - so I am proud of her for staying true to her conscience. She has ADD (and a little bit of ODD) and always did better with online classes than classroom ones as there is less distraction - is better when self-directed and motivated, rather than working as a cog in a machine. She has amazing people skills so I think this will be something that could work. It is funny that you mentioned healthy eating too - she has turned over a new leaf - she was a consumer of fast food, but it has caught up with her - she is in the gym and eating very well, trying to drop a few pounds before she gets back. I would be curious if there is discussion at the food meeting about GMOs and gluten-free, and whether using GMO and gluten free ingredients is becoming firmly established or a flash in the pan.
carole - I believe tramadol is codeine free, have you used it? I have never had it but I see it mentioned a lot here on BCO.
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Morton's neuroma sounds a lot like carpal tunnel of the foot. It certainly doesn't sound like much fun. I truly hope surgery brings you relief Carolyn.
Lacey, that panel does sound interesting. I gotta say although bacon is one of my favorite foods, it doesn't belong in ice cream or any dessert I want to eat. I do have a jar of bacon jam in my pantry that I just remembered. It was given to me a while ago and still hasn't been opened. Maybe I should try it on a biscuit. I'll report back lol!
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DH takes tramadol for a chronic shoulder issue. Works for him. I try to avoid prescription painkillers so I don't have much advice. Aleve is my friend of choice.
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auntie - I am doing PT for the hip pain that surfaced last fall. I was afraid for the first time since diagnosis that this was bone mets - I could not sleep for longer than 15 minutes in any position due to pain. Bi-lat hip and lumbar MRI revealed a plethora of ortho issues, but no mets - so thank goodness. I am now doing PT twice a week, and it is working, but for the first week the hip was sore from all the new activity. I can't remember why I have Aleve in the house (I think it was for DH) so I took it since we were out of Advil. OMG! My esophagus, stomach, even my throat had cramping heartburn-ish discomfort for over a week, no food helped make it go away and Zantac only dulled it! I was so surprised! So, no more Aleve for me!
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Sk, I know, I have that reaction to ibuprofen.
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auntie - it is so weird how similar drugs do such different things to us! I was so uncomfortable I would have preferred the hip pain!
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Today was Alhambra Day..... stupid SUSAN bought the wrong tickets, tickets without the Palace included. This meant being up at the site by 6:30 to stand in a long, long line to buy new tickets. We were amongst the lucky ones to get the daily allotment and spent the morning wandering about, and then doing the tour of the Palace. The gardens are in the Generalife area while the rest are in the Palace.
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And then, this just cracked me up. What a great sign! And accurate to boot! As I took this picture, there was a small van backing down the road while motorbikes were trying to enter.
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Spectacular!
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Had a Spanish professor who was originally from Grenada, Spain. She told us all about the sights there.
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Minus, thanks for the complaint!;) This cool weather is just so pre-occupying to folks who are ready for real Spring in this area, that everyone I saw at appts today (who were indoors) asked me if the temps were getting warmer, since I just had a vest and three-quarter sleeve sweater on....which was fine when I was standing in the sun! The birds seem to be happy in this weather tho, and with hopes for warmth, I just made some hummingbird nectar. We usually see the hummers here briefly when they are traveling north to NH where they visit us all summer. I Was very happy to find that the feeder I needed to clean has removable parts, making it possible to actually get the whole thing clean.
We just enjoyed a lovely serenade from Mr. Cardinal. Took a photo of Mrs. Cardinal while at a birdbath in the midst of unblossomed flowering trees, and unmulched grounds. Only sign of Spring is the neighbor's greening grass. Actually, the other sign is the brutal allergies I (and many people in this area) have.
More testing on Monday requires me to stay off the antihistamines until next Thursday. Ugh!For Tonight, I picked up some chicken thighs and tenders, and have them enjoying a balsamic, garlic, rosemary marinade. I was just about to make corn bread until I realized that we are out of milk unless I can use the almond kind. I have yet to use that in my baking...but it saves me a trip to the store.
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I tried tramadol and it made me itch, too, like the codeine painkillers. But not as bad. Yes, the incision to remove the neuroma is on top of the foot, the front part of the foot. I won't be playing golf or working out in the gym for 4 or 5 weeks. I'm surprised at the number of people I talk to who've had Morton's neuroma. In some cases it goes away after a cortisone shot. Today I played golf and it didn't bother me a lot. On these days I think, "Maybe I can just put up with this." But I would like to be able to walk 3 miles for exercise again. And wear some other shoes on occasion besides athletic shoes and not end up limping.
We have leftover lamb and polenta but tonight we're going out to dinner at our club to take advantage of my free birthday dinner. We didn't get around to doing that in March so the club manager sent me an April Free Birthday e-mail. We'll meet another couple and have drinks in the bar, 2 for 1 from 5 pm to 7 pm. Then dinner at 7 pm. The dining room is a very inviting and comfortable place to eat and the food is quite good.
Susan's pictures brought back memories of visiting the Alhambra. I loved the sound of running water in the gardens and the carved plaster work in the structures around the pool was remarkable. We stayed in a lovely state-owned establishment nearby that had formerly been a monastery.
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Oh...my blocked head missed saying this...loved your pix Susan! The street sign reminded me of the streets in Italy that are reserved for handicapped people to drive down, but are barely marked, and unsuspecting tourists driving on them get the expensive tickets later. We are still waiting for the relaxed Italian officials to send us the faux bill for which the rental car agent sent us a notice and surcharge. No idea what we did "wrong". Maybe I will just have to return to Tuscany to protest it.
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cooked up some pasta and added it to the leftover chili from earlier this week.
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I'm assuming the sign is in Spain. It's interesting that the sign has English text.
I'm starting to see signs like that here. When I'm driving the bus on a field trip, I appreciate them. :-)
Off to the junkyard for more parts.
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Eric, I hope the junkyard gives you a deep discount for being such a loyal customer!
How hard is it to find what one is looking for in what I imagine to be a vast junkyard setting?So we are either total masochists or fans to the end for this young Celtics team....got tickets for tomorrow's game which will definitely be the last home game of the season, but most likely their last game as this team overall. I'm sure LeBron has no intention of having to play a fifth game with our young 'ens. My intent is to honor the hard work and spirit of our young guys.
About to use some really ripe bananas to make some bread. The corn bread was good last night...used a recipe that was on the bag of the Indian Head Old Fashioned Yellow Corn Meal I bought. Pretty basic recipe.
I looked up the Welsh Cake recipe I was curious about. Always amazed at the availability of recipes on the internet!!! Definitely makeable...a bit labor intensive but that goes for most really good baked goods in my opinion. Nance or Carole, I bet you would have fun making them!
I still cannot get over anyone spending $9 for a small bag of six! The cashier told me that they fly out of the place! Not sure about tonight's dinner...not in the mood for leftover chicken. Picked up some potato gnocchi last week, so might make that with a sauce from a can of wonderfulNJ tomatoes we got when there last year. See how saving stuff works!
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