So...whats for dinner?
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Moon - I know you'll miss your SIL. Glad to know she's at peace. Hugs
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moon - so sorry to hear this - this has been a tough week.
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moon. Sorry to hear.
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Moon,
I am glad that she passed peacefully, but, I know how hard this is for those are that are left behind. My best thoughts to you and all of the family.
*susan*
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Moon - I'm so sorry for your loss. (((Hugs))) sweet sister.
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Moon, my sincere condolences and gentle hugs to you as you cope with this very sad loss
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Moon, I, too, am sorry for your loss.
Special, I admire your organization. My challenge is to keep track of frozen cooked food. Even fresh food out of sight in the refrigerator. I know keeping a list would help.
Last night we put the thawed steaks in the refrigerator and went out to dinner with a group to Foxy's Bar & Grill, located about a mile from the resort. My food was below mediocre and the service incredibly slow. We spent $$ just to be sociable. Foxy's could be a great business with one or two good waitresses and a good cook in the kitchen. The business is up for sale. It's a cute place inside with a nice ambiance.
Tonight we eat the steaks. Today I will clean the refrigerator so that when I empty it tomorrow morning I don't have to take the time to wash drawers and shelves, etc. We always leave a refrigerator open when it's turned off. So I guess I will put Bounce cloths in it, too. I bought a large box and will put them everywhere, under furniture, in closets. They're mice deterrents. I also bought another product.
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Moon....hugs....
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Thought you'd all like this statement one of our sisters posted on the Crazy Town thread. Several people on there have visited our dinner thread off and on, but lately they've really talked a lot about recipes & cooking. Fun thread, but it's always several, many pages each day & I can't keep up so I just lurk there. Never the less....
"Cooking takes love and brains..."
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eric - miss your regular posts. When you get a minute, send us an update about DD and your job & wife's year at school, and what your cooking, and etc.
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Minus, love that!
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I've been fighting "something"..and have been busy....a terrible combination. :-)
My mom's mental status is declining...the last time I took her to the bank and asked her to sign the withdrawal slip, she kept asking if she had done something wrong and if she could put her feet down..... My parents set up a trust and on page 9 billion and 47 of the thick document is the section outlining the procedure for my brother and I to follow in order for us to be able to sign things on her behalf.
I called him last week and he was going to come down this weekend, but at the last moment, he had to cancel.
He's going back to China for 2 weeks at the beginning of October and the day he gets back "in-country", I'm heading off to Maryland (unless the government shuts down) for another 2 week stint at the warehouse....so it will be November before we can get together
DD got a D in her high school algebra class. She didn't want that D on her transcript and found out the school would replace the D with the grade from a college algebra class...so she went down to the junior college and took their college algebra class. She took the final exam last Saturday and got 85% (a B grade), so we are all happy. She's already requested a copy of the transcript be sent to her high school. This class also counts for college credit.
Cooking. Not much to report here...the only new thing I tried was a kind of Denver omelet this morning. I cooked the filling ahead of time, put it in the almost done eggs and then finished it off. Even with cheese, the omelet slid out of the skillet...90 year old cast iron rocks! :-) The omelet was good enough to add to the list...plus it's a simple thing to make...sautee onions, bell peppers, and garlic, set aside, start the egg part of the omelete , when it's about 3/4 done, add the filling to one side, add cheese, fold the omelet over and cook it until done.
Hi ThinkingPositive. Sharon (wife) works long hours as a teacher and I work an 8 hour day, plus have the 90 minute each way commute between home and work. What we do is to get everything ready, let it set in the refrigerator and have our daughter put it into the oven at the right time...the other thing is doubling up on the recipes so we have lots of left-overs that can be reheated. We also have a moderately short list of favorites that we have become good at 'fixin'. When the fancy strikes us to do something fancy, we save it for the weekends.
All the talk of not going to the grocery store and using what's on hand takes me back to college...except then it was due to budget considerations. :-) I can remember the long phone conversations with Mickey regarding pantry contents and recipe possibilities....and once we settled on something, about 5 minutes later, the door would open, she'd walk in, Pest (cat) would go "happy crazy" to see her, and we'd get to cooking.
I have to be careful about the refrigerator..otherwise I *need* the Hazmat A suit. :-)
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eric - at one point in y DH's military career we had a house we had to leave behind unsold at a closing base, we had leased it for a couple of years, but those tenants moved with the last vestiges of the base. The Army Corps of Engineers had a program to purchase homes such as ours that are negatively impacted by a closure but they will only pay what you owed on the day the closure was announced. We had re-financed and incorporated some fees/costs just before we leased it out so we had to pay those ($10K) and we lost our down payment of $20K. We had about six months where we had to pay the mortgage on the empty house, plus pay for the house we were living in on the other side of the country - so double mortgages on a military income, eeek! During that six month period I was buying canned beans with my MasterCard, lol! DH and I just talked about that stressful time period today when I was showing him how depleted the freezer and pantry were - and, yes, I did go to the grocery store this evening! While the fridge was empty I cleaned it so all the new food is in a nice clean spot! Yay! Good for your DD to be smart and retake the algebra class for both the better grade and college credit.
carole - for a while I kept one of those magnetic pads of paper on the front of the fridge/freezer in our garage - I should probably go back to doing that! I was helpful! In the kitchen fridge I organize by shelf (side-by-side fridge) and put all the frozen fruit for smoothies on the top, vegetables on the next shelf, meats on the next one, bread and nuts next, then the two bins have fish in one, bagged potatoes of various kinds in the other. It seems to work but DH and DD sometimes just throw stuff back in so I have to double check every now and then to keep it straight.
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When we were first married, we moved to Virginia. My DH was paid once a month and of course they held the first paycheck. We were sleeping on the floor because our furniture was late. We had packed a few things but didnt have money left after all the deposits needed. The day before payday, we had a can of beans, seasoned by a takeout ketchup packet or two and a half dead onion. Threw in the last sugar packet too. Of course the truck with a box or two of canned goods came the day he finally got paid. LOL!
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Carolyn, safe travels for you and dh today!
Today I have a beef roast dry brining which I'll roast with some potatoes and a side of baby peas. On the way home yesterday we stopped and bought apples from a southern Missouri orchard so today I made a couple of mini pies. Tomorrow I'll make applesauce to freeze and some boiled cider. My last attempt at boiled cider was an abject failure so I'm hoping I have better success this time.
Looking forward to doing some of my own cooking after a week of stuffing myself with fruits of the sea. Carole, I bought some of the jarred rouxs you talked about (can't remember which brand you like) so I'm anxious to try some gumbo. Southern grocery stores are much more fun than mine. Also got Community coffee, another favorite.
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Nance, I sent out a mental "hello" when we drove through your town today. We made it to Blytheville, AR. Tomorrow we hope to arrive home.
Community dark roast is our regular coffee. Hope you like the dry roux. Easier than toasting flour to the right color.
Dinner tonight was the Great Wall buffet, located in the same building as the Hampton, where we're staying. I will block the memory.
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Carole, PTSD from a meal? ::-)
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Carole, I wish you had said hello in person!
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Dinner was rotassarie chicken served with rice from PF Changs (sold in the freezer area now).
Trying to get ready for Boston & the cruise. Way too much left to do. Last Thursday night I found out some 'fool' had stolen my Amex card number & started charging $1.00 tests. Got the card canceled, but couldn't get a new one until this afternoon so airport parking, cruise excursions, etc were all on hold. (and I'm not so quietly jumping up & down w/frustration). Of course had to notify the credit bureau too. Ugh.
I'll PM Lacey & Susan & Bedo.
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<-- ready for you. We have reservations!!!! Fancy restaurant that food folks just love! So sorry to hear that your AMEX was used for fraud.
Made two pizzas tonight with frozen dough I found in the magic freezer. Dough had lost its oomph, and yet, it was still good. It wasn't great dough to begin with, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a few months in the freezer didn't help it.
*susan*
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Minus, sorry about the Amex.
We arrived home about 4 pm. Five minutes later I had broken out into Louisiana-style perspiration. In other words, I was dripping with sweat. The good news is that the a/c works and everything looks ok. We have ice out of the cooler and a big bottle of Grey Goose we've been hoarding since purchasing it at the Canadian border.
Dinner will be sautéed pork medallions and a baked potato with butter.
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Welcome home Carole!
Tonight is chicken cacciatore and an Italian chopped salad. I was pleasantly surprised to find several ripe juicy tomatoes and a nice cucumber in the garden yesterday.
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Oh both of your dinners sound lovely.
Carole - My Mother always told me - 'horses sweat, men perspire, ladies glow'. Hmmmm - and she wasn't from the South. Imagine poor Scarlett in that gown made of the green velvet curtains w/all those petticoats. We had a little break in the heat today - only 89 degrees.
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I had my annual physical tonight. This was an appointment that I waited a full 18 months to have! The few times i have had to see someone in my primaries office, I saw Nurse Barbara who I have liked a lot. The doctor??? Oh my goodness. Worth the full 18 months. What a wonderful woman! At the end of the appointment Dr. Jennifer said "You know, you are awfully healthy for someone with your medical record." :-)
But I didn't get home until 7:30 which feels like midnight to me these days. But, there had to be dinner so I diced some tomatoes to drain, started the bacon, diced some feta, whipped up some eggs, threw the last of the Greek lemon potatoes into a pan, and made a tomato and feta omelette. The Mr_02143 toasted up some English muffins. Once again, I was unable to eat what was on my plate, but what I did eat was delicious. The tomato plants continue to give us some wonderful tomatoes. They were wonderful, and feta, what is not to love?
Very excited to meet Minus this weekend! Can't believe that her trip is upon us, and regret that a tropical storm is moving up the East Coast just as she lands in Boston. Then the next day, I head to Tiverton RI to spend time with my best friend from high school. She is East to attend her son's wedding and is squeezing us in for one night. Two social occasions in one week! And I am the original hermit.
Best to all.
*susan*
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Susan, enjoy your visits!
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Minus, it was 90 degrees here, too.
Yay, Susan, on being healthy! I always admire (and envy) people who maintain old friendships.
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Ugh, 90 and raining here too, lol!
susan - yay for the positive report from your primary care doc - and yay for being happy to have a good one! I wish I could jet up for the group dinner!
carole - I have found old friendships more important to me now that my parents and only sibling are gone - those folks are the only ones who knew me when I was young. I find it comforting to be around them, and I have zero relatives in the U.S. as both parents were naturalized citizens. I have an aunt and cousins in the UK, but that is it - you are so fortunate to have your mom and sibs still! I find my DH does not have a lot of friendships, but has his parents and four sibs still, and sees them fairly often even though none live near us - he doesn't seem to need friends the same way I do - but I think there is also a gender difference. He also deals with people all day - he manages about 160, so I think he likes more solitary activities during his time off. He has maintained friendships with two high school friends, one who is local - but they only get together a couple of times a year and never discuss anything meaningful, lol!
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Minus, pack your macintosh and driest boots. Oh my.... http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/09/30/h...
*susan*
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HaHa Minus my PE teacher used to say that. Ugg no AC old, old school 3 stoires meant to catch the breeze. I had PE just after lunch talk about stinky Texas heat. Sorry about your AMEX card. News blurb today about new cards going out with chips. Hmm wonder if we will get one.
Not much cooking going on. Bean burritos, easy, no mess. Went out to eat with church ladies yesterday at Chili's. Would have brought home leftovers but we were on church van and went to movie afterward. So I had cheese and crackers for dinner after going to grocery on way home. I will have to make something tonight, probably stir fry. DH's oral surgery is tomorrow. We are stocked with puddings, eggs and popsicles. Also grocery was clearancing lots of soups some of which I could understand the clearance, others not so bad. I can make lots of spaghetti which hopefully he can gum. Planning on back to work on Monday even if he looks like a chipmunk.
Yes Susan you are the social butterfly today. (Where is Lacey our original?) And you went all social on us what weekend b4 last? Congrats on the great PCP visit. I am the worst at keeping up friendships. I need to reach out to college suite mate in Dallas. I was in the area where we met up 5 years ago - gessh - on Saturday getting DD at Love Field. Reminded me of my social nothingness.
DD did pick a good week to go to Boston. Weather could not have been better. I got a postcard from the "Friendly Toast" in Cambridge. I think they did not do much after the social report I posted. Went to the Boston Tea Party re-enactment. I think a couple of days lazing around. I don't see much action on moving to Boston. Fella needs to get more experience under his belt b4 any changes for him. He does not have a degree only "training" - my word because I cannot think of what she called it. Maybe vocational stuff. I know he only in the last year or so started working where he does. Anyway stalemate.
Hoping the rain is not the amounts you are dreading. We could certainly use some, 90 or so here today but humidity tolerable. Wish the pollen was. Lots of cleaning up fields for fall. Dusty pall in air.
Anyone heard from Bedo? Is she part of the meet up? Red is vacationing or was that last week? Who else hasn't checked in recently?
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I am back. Had a wonderful time. The area has become obscenely commercial since my last visit. The shops sell designer boutique stuff and you are in the heart of rural America. Shameful! brought home fabric (I am a quilter wannabe) and patterns. Also some fresh produce--peaches, tomatoes, sweet corn. Dined on really good home cooking type meals. Melt in your mouth roast beef, Amish chicken roast dressing, noodles, fried chicken, fresh veggies, and dessert---I can actually say this time I had no pie---I had apple dumplings, fried apples, and some kind of Amish pudding, with all kinds of stuff in it, frozen fruit salad, homemade ice cream from a dairy I visited. and the best darn porkchop I have ever had at a FOOD STAND.... Gained 5 lbs, so I am working on getting that off me... Also, mush and tomato gravy (i could just as soon skip that) but I love the fried mush with syrup. Brought home several cheeses from the place that makes it. They won a award for their Colby cheese last year.
Walked well over 10,0000 steps daily. Saw a few of the quilt gardens----this is something I hope to see sometime when they are in full bloom. (mid summer). Also came up on an accident where a car collided with a buggy. Scared me cause the buggy was on its side, no sign of the horse and the car looked like it had rolled several times and the front end was pushed to the windshield. Waited at the intersection of 5/20 for the ambulance. Found out a day later from an amish gentleman that everyone was ok, but the horse was killed. Said he thought they got it cleared away right away. It happened on State route 5 in front of a large Amish Bulk foods store. Signs all over the place about buggies but some folks just don't understand about spooking a horse by driving too close or too fast. They even have their own lane where the accident happened. I hope the jerk's insurance has to replace the horse, but the Amish won't go after compensation of any type....The guy I talked to said "it happens"....
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