So...whats for dinner?
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Sorry ladies, don't mean to intrude, just want to keep my anxious mind away from port placement tomorrow and chemo on friday. So on this very snowy evening, I thought a clear bowl of nourishing Watercress Chicken Consomme. Can't eat till noon tomorrow, hope this will hold me up
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Kiks, Hi! Best, best of luck tomorrow! You're consommé sounds perfect for a snowy evening.
Bedo, I may have to pick up some mussels tomorrow. Sounds delish!
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Kiks You are not intruding At All!
Best wishes and will be thinking of you for your port placement tomorrow. What time is it so I will know?
Take one thing at a time
Let us know so we can be there for step 2 on Friday.
Num Num Watercress Chicken Consomme
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Minus, I hope that at least your "brussels" are good ones! I was so happy to "discover" mussels in 1980 (I grew up loving all fish, but my father was deathly allergic so we never cooked any fish at home)when they were 29 cents a pound in Boston. I used to prepare them in either red sauce or white wine sauce and enjoy them with linguini and a salad. Even three year old DS1 ate them with gusto during our frequent Friday night mussels dinners! Then about a year later, I guess my "rain barrel became too full" (functional medicine's lingo for the process of an allergy developing) and I got hives every time I ate mussels. Now, I can eat one or two without terrible hives, but sure do miss those delicious mussels and pasta dinners. If/when you return to Boston, Minus, we can go out for a wonderful mussels meal (for you:).
Re:the shoulder....the recent MRI showed a small tear in my right rotator cuff (ortho described it like the kind of tear you get in the knee of jeans...rather a wearing out). Since the pain has subsided a fair bit, and I am pretty good about keeping up with my shoulder exercises, we decided to wait for any intervention....so for the moment no PT, no steroid injection, and definitely NO SURGERY!! I will be asking my MO at my six month check up/in on Friday how likely a cortisone shot in that shoulder might set off any lymphodema. For now, I am coasting, and keeping up with my exercises religiously!
Carole, I did get a sleeve to wear on our flight to Europe last year, and have to admit, since I have lucked out with no symptoms so far, I pretty much do everything that I used to with that arm....hope I'm not being foolhardy.
After stretching class tonight, we had my favorite kale sauté with sunny side up eggs on top. This little medley, which now both DH and I love, can include anything I feel like adding into it. Tonight's had onions, porto mushrooms, yellow bell pepper strips, Trader's sweet/hot cherry peppers, sundried tomato strips, potato cubes (a new idea which actually was a pain due to the starch stickiness on the pan, but gave the dish some varied texture and a bit of bulk for DH), sprinkles of mozz and parm cheeses over top once the eggs were close to being cooked. We had a side salad of cuke, red bell pepper and red onion. Fortunately, DH is a champ at cleaning the cast iron skillet these days, so the potato crustiness on the bottom was cleared up nicely while not ruining the "cured" coating.
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Thanks Heidi and Bedo. I am in CO and it will be at 7:30am.
Bedo, I will need everyone's help to get ideas for dinner during chemo especially if I develop that foggy brain. Sigh, I so love mussels too but was told that I should avoid seafood during chemotherapy? Well, it will be a long three months but it is only 3 months , one third of a pregnancy! I was so sick during the first 3 months too (nausea and migraines) and lost 10 lbs BUT I got through it.
Thank you for all the support.
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Best of luck, tomorrow and Friday, Kiks1 ! And no one is ever intruding at this expansive kitchen table.
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Good Luck getting ported tomorrow, Kicks. And welcome. You are not intruding.
I did most (but not even close to all) of the cooking when Sharon (wife) was "doing chemo". About the only concession to chemo was our washing fruits and vegetables more carefully than normal.
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Good luck kiks! Chemo sucks but you get it done.
You ladies with the LE seem prepared .for it though. My PS says that it shouldn't be and non issue. But i think he just doesn't get it. He's been lucky.
Supper tonight was the leftover chili. I managed to pawn off the rest of it to DH when he was home for the night. He took it back with him.
We are prepping fir a snow storm. Or not. LOL. They can't tell where it will hit. If it doesn't deviate it will just be rain and sleet. If it moves north then snow. We have to wait and nd see. Not much I can do to change it. LOL
Much love to all.
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Eric - Did Sharon go to the doc with the patch on her abdomen? Hope all is OK.
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Thinking of making Chicken Parm for dinner
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Sigh. Except for those who’ve chosen to make LE their life’s work, I find that male docs are clueless about LE and how common it actually is. (And even my LE specialist didn’t think I had it, but for the symptoms I described but he couldn’t observe. Thank heaven he decided to “fudge” and diagnose it--because as of tonight (@#$%^&ing pitting edema now) it’s probably Stage 1. Hope my therapist can figure out a way tomorrow to get more sessions covered.
Kiks, in your pocket for getting your port tomorrow.
WF got some really nice branzino in this morning, so I had the fish guy scale and filet one for me (I froze the bones & head for stock). I got a really pretty organic artichoke too. I sauteed some onion & cubanelle peppers (red & green) with a little minced garlic. Meanwhile, I salted & peppered the fish, put them on some parchment paper with some drops of olive oil. Topped them with fresh basil, thyme, rosemary, and tarragon leaves, then a quartered tomato and a squeeze of lemon. Folded and crimped the parchment, cut a few slits in the top, and nuked it on high for 90 seconds. (Yup, that's all it took). Topped the cooked filets with the pepper-onion mixture. And for crunch, I trimmed the artichoke and deep-fried it till the leaves were crispy but the heart was still tender, and sprinkled with a little Sicilian orange sea salt. Voila: carciofi alla Giudia, just like I had in Rome. No wine, just seltzer. No starch, no sugar. And with all the herbs from the fish (especially the tarragon & basil) the kitchen still smells great.
Tried the Clemmy’s vanilla bean s.f. ice cream. Kind of sicky-sweet, like diabetic syrup, but I found that with a little ground decaf espresso sprinkled on top, it was pretty good. And the texture wasn’t bad--much better than the no-sugar-added vegan Almond Dream version. By accident, I also found that a little of that ground decaf makes sugar-free chocolate syrup taste less cloying.
Funny you should mention mussels. They’re part of our family lore:
When Gordy was a toddler, at about 15 mos. he suddenly developed a case of the “toddler finickies” (natch, it had to happen when we were on vacation in S.F., 2000 mi. from his pediatrician). We never knew from meal to meal what he’d eat or how much of it and as the weeks went by we became rather paranoid about his not getting enough protein and possibly failure to thrive. One night, Bob had to go to Lens Crafters in Skokie and we were there very late--too late to accede to Gordy’s desire for “Showbiz Pizza” (Chuck E. Cheese w/o the giant anthropomorphic rat). The only thing open was Don’s Fishmarket across the street. While we were waiting for the main course, we noticed with alarm that he was starting to nod off. Desperate to get some protein into him, Bob began singing “Molly Malone” (“...cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o”) and I chimed in on harmony to keep him awake as we began feeding him steamed mussels. Whether it was the serenade or the fact he liked the mussels, that seemed to do the trick. But from then on, he began insisting on going to seafood restaurants so he could eat mussels--and he demanded we sing “Molly Malone” (aka “Live-ohhhhhh!!!”) while he fished them out of the shells with his chubby little fingers and wolfed them down. But one day we found ourselves in an Italian restaurant on Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn. “Waiter,” he said,”Gordy want mussels!” The waiter apologized and said there weren’t any on the menu. “But we do have clams or oysters, young man.” Gordy looked at us quizzically. We realized that oysters would probably be easier to find all over the country, whereas clams were definitely an East Coast thing. “It’s okay,” Bob assured him, “Oysters are like mussels, only bigger, cold and with really interesting shells.” From then on, Gordy became an oyster fiend as well (by age 10 he could easily hoover up a dozen and a half, absolutely plain). At four he accompanied us to Arnaud’s in New Orleans. He ordered oysters. They arrived as a sampler of Creole mollusks’ greatest hits: oysters Rockefeller, Iberville and Arnaud. He called the waiter over. “Waiter,” he said, “there’s something wrong with these oysters--they’re warm and they have stuff on them.” For the first time in Arnaud’s history, they agreed to serve a platter of naked, cold oysters. (They’re now on the menu).
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Sandy - great story about children's eating choices. Sorry about the LE flare. Mine is mostly truncal. I wear a compression bra/vest 24/7 but I only wear sleeves & gauntlets to fly, or to do repetitive actions (when I remember). I did wear the sleeves for water aerobics.
Speaking of flying... Doing the last clean out of the fridge & fixing chicken breast & zucchini. I leave at the crack of dawn tomorrow to visit family in Hawaii for a week. I've been promising to get there since 2010 but BC had other plans for me. This spring I am trying to catch up on family visits. Oh my - trying on bathing suits is not pretty. And both sets of family who live there are under 40 so you know I'll be needing one. One of the guys wants to teach me to SUP (stand up paddle), which is all the rage, but I can't see that happening. I'll catch up with everyone next week.
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Aloha Minus Please send us some sunshine and warm temps!
Kiks1 Welcome and good luck w the port placement. It is well worth the minor surgery to have that port and save your veins.
Last nights grilled chicken was amazing (I think I just have missed using the grill and that wonderful taste) So tonight we will do the leftovers with a side salad.
Moon totally hoping that snowstorm misses you. "knocking on wood" we have not had a drop of snow yet this winter. Praying for the rest of Feb and March to be kind to us. Tomorrow will be 60 deg here!
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Pouring rain in Central IL --but it could be worse, it it was colder it would be a blizzard for sure..... Haven 't posted in ages, my dad fell again at home on Jan 22called me at 3a.m and said he was on the floor. Claimed he thought he heard his newspaper hit the porch (the carriers don't pick up the papers until 4a.m.) Went in ambulance and ER docs said he shouldn't be home alone, so they admitted for observation, then the hospitalist kept him 3 days so we could transfer to rehab to get strength back. He really needs to stay in the nursing home part instead of come home, but I know he won't. I am getting the best rest I have had in a few years knowing someone is there 24-7. I go every day for a couple hours and he is fine when I leave. Please say a prayer for my situation....All my meals have been coming out of a bag or a donut shop or a café for a few weeks now. I have tried to quietly get rid of some of the crap he has hoarded in his basement for 40 years----without making to obvious to the neighbors that no one is at his house. 3 of his good neighbors know so they are kinda keeping an eye on the house, and then there are a couple I would just as soon not know...... His diabetic legs are better and the swelling is down. He has gained a few pounds. He seems to be doing better with his incontinence (not drinking so much as he was at home) he isn't asking for a Tylenol all the time for pain. . The staff like him where he is and they tell him they like to hear his stories. . He sits with a group of men in the dining room. I just wish he would realize this is a better option than struggling at home.
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minus, wishing you safe travels and a wonderful trip!
Lacey, you had me with sunny side up eggs. I love breakfast for dinner. Your dish is obviously fancier than that And sounds delicious. Starch + cast iron isn't a fun clean up, but nice that your DH took on that task.
Kiks, you are in my thoughts, and hope your surgery today was easy breezy.
Tonight is Salmon with an orange ginger glaze, and mashed potatoes for my dad.
Per Bedo's inspiration,I'm steaming mussels and little neck clams in sauvignon blanc, garlic, tomatoes and seafood stock for me.
Redheaded, positive thoughts and prayers to you and your father. I take care of my dad, and while it's not as intense as what you are obviously going thru, I can sympathize and relate.
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Minus, hope you have a great trip.
Red, sympathetic thoughts of you as you deal with being a care giver for your dad. Maybe he will shock you and become reasonable!
Kiks, welcome and wishing you successful treatment with the minimum of SEs.
The discussion of mussels brings back good memories of being introduced to eating them on Prince Edward Island. I see the little bags sometimes in the supermarket but haven't gambled on buying them.
Pan seared catfish fillets for dinner with salad and boiled small white potatoes.
Chance of storms tonight as a front collides with our warm muggy air. We're under a tornado watch. Chance of hail.
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minus - travel safely!
red - eeesh - I understand what you are dealing with - it is so hard. Sending you strength!
kiks - welcome! This is an awesome group!
I made stuffed shells with spinach and chicken sausage last night - think it will be for dinner again tonight! I have two SILS coming Thurs-Sun so will be cooking a lot, need to take a break where I can - got another fill today and am a bit uncomfy, but will be OK.
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Thank you for welcoming me to the dinner table. You are definitely an AWESOME group.
I had the port placement, not as bad as I thought but am sore right now. Eating is a little difficult but I will take the the stuff shells with spinach and chicken sausage SpecialK.
Minus- I lived in Kaneohe for a little bit way back when and try to visit as often as I can. I love the smell of the islands. Have a great trip. Oh, and paddle boarding is actually fun, give it a try.
Redheaded- you are in my prayers. The city was closed this morning and all schools were cancelled due to the snow storm so it made my drive into the hospital that much easier ( I am south of Denver).
Ok, you guys make me soooooo hungry every time I come on here. Might be packing on those pounds pretty soon.
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kiks - if I could mail them to you I would! Rest after your port surgery if you can. Are you ready for the 5th?
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Red, you and I are living parallel lives it seems. My dad is in the hospital too with an infection in one of his feet. Always a worry with diabetes. They are pumping him with antibiotics. Maybe this is why he's been feeling so bad lately. Anyway, as worrisome as it is, I know the feeling of being able to sleep more soundly without fearing a call in the night (two this week because of falls.) Definitely saying a prayer for both of us.
Minus, have a fantastic trip!
Kiks, best of luck with chemo. You're having the same regimen I did. Like Monica says, it sucks but you can do it.
I want mussels too. In white wine. Cooked in an iron skillet.
Short ribs braised in wine in the pressure cooker. I have a couple of leftover roasted potatoes that I'll warm up in the oven along with some haricots verts. None of this really appeals to me. My stomach has been in knots for the past few days.
Sorry for all I missed. I'll do better.
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Is anyone ever ready for Chemo! I guess as ready as I can ever be, trying to stay positive. I am thinking I should bring the entourage to cheer me along. I did manage to finish the shopping list so I hope it will make the next few months more manageable. Oh, actually, I haven't got a wig yet. The nurse this morning told me about a wig place not to far from here, so maybe, after Chemo on Friday, I will make a jaunt down there.
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I am under deadline, and just writing this post while some updates are running.
Lacey and I had lunch together today!!!! We met at the restaurant [http://www.pashaturkish.com] and we both had gifts for each other!. How random is that? Lacey gave me a bag of Meyer Lemon pizelles, and I had brought a jar of my Meyer Lemon marmalade. A Meyer lemon exchange!
Our waiter today [new to me] was a rather adorable, and soft-spoken young man. It made him happy to hear that I have actually been to Turkye and knew about their lovely lemon-mint drink. I am not all that good at sweet talking young men anymore. My medical history has reduced my "cuteness" but he was so nice it didn't matter. To start, we asked that he split one bowl of the Red Lentil soup into two bowls, and we also ordered the vegetarian Meze platter. The soup was very good, but not as spicy as some times. Lacey was pleased to hear that this soup is delicious even when made as a vegan soup. [Note to self: Send Lacey the recipe] As we finished the soup, our veggie Meze platter arrived. I love this plate. They use planks of raw cucumbers and carrots to divide the plate into sections, like pie slices. And between the raw vegetables, each meze gets its own home base. One wedge is hummus, another is a roasted eggplant salad which they call baba ganoush, but isn't.... this version has more texture and truly tastes like eggplant, not tahini. There is a section of roasted red pepper dip, two grape leaves, and the most thick and delicious yogurt/cucumber mixture. But to me? The star of the plate is the beet "tartare." I love love love this item. I have tried to replicate at home, and still have not managed to make it perfectly.
At this point, we had to decide if we wanted more food. And, I decided for both of us that we did. We ordered a kofte plate with a house salad and bulgar. At the same time, we ordered Sauteed Lamb for Lacey's husband's B. dinner. The kofte plate arrived and you know, this stuff is just good. They shape their koftes like sausage patties. The bulgar is finished with some butter and the salad had a lovely tang of vinegar. We left two of the koftes and some bulgar on the plate which was had wrapped.
To finish, we splurged. Lacey chose an American coffee while I had a Turkish tea, and we ordered a baklava. What arrived was a lovely plate with two triangles of baklava. This stuff is delicious! Not too sweet. Lots of nuts. I left half of my half for B. to enjoy this evening.
Did I need dinner? Oh no. We didn't even finish lunch until 2:30 so that was enough food. Mr. 02143 enjoyed the kofte and bulgar leftovers. But, now that my mouth isn't a riot of infections [caused by the Ibrance] I realized I could make some popcorn around 9:30pm tonight. As I made my wok popcorn snack, I thought of Michelle. Remember how she knew she had brain mets when she couldn't make popcorn one night? There are moments that bring our sisters back into my mind. Sad, and yet, I treasure those memories.
Our young waiter brought the check and we had agreed that we would subtract B's dinner and then split the bill. Lacey kept looking at the bill, and finally realized that the charge was for the lunch special. As we discussed this, the waiter said "I charged you for lunch, but we made you a dinner sized portion." See? This place is special.
We then headed to Penzey's, which is less than a mile away, where we both spent lots of money on high quality spices. Lacey now has some Alleppo peppers so she can make the Turkish Red Lentil soup at home! I thought I would sleep once I got home, but I am still going. Just too much work to get done. And here it is, 11:07 and my data update has finished and I need to get back to work.
A small aside: Mr 02143 says that the Pizelles are the best thing he has eaten in a while! I think this is the first time he has had a homemade version and I fear he will "need" me to learn to make them!
*susan*
p.s. Minus Have a great trip to Hawaii!!!! Safe travels.
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Susan, thank you, thank you so much for doing our Turkish luncheon review. You are the best at food descriptions...as well as capturing the character of our darling waiter who added to the ambiance of our meal. As you know, DH had told me not to worry about bringing him take out for his dinner, but boy was he happy I did. And the little "baklava love" you sent was happily scarfed down by his appreciative self! Such a lovely afternoon in so many ways. Glad we did it! We will definitely be heading to Pasha again. And yes, thanks, in advance, for that red lentil soup recipe!
I was quite the full-bellied person upon my return home, so DH and I decided to take a good brisk walk. We enjoyed the mild weather so much that we then decided to take a picture of him scraping up the last bit of snow from our back deck and posting it on Facebook next to the pic of him shoveling a few feet of snow exactly a year ago to get to the grill. In the 2016 version, he is wearing his "I survived the winter of 2015 with 110.6 inches of snow" shirt. Obviously, the 2015 version shows him looking like Nanook from the North. I really do hope that Puxatawney Phil's prediction is correct. We have become snow averse after 70 happy years with it! That said, I do feel for those of you dealing with terrible weather. Hope all of you being affected are staying safe. We will have rain and warm temps tomorrow.
Minus, have a wonderful trip! I can visualize you on the paddle board.
Red and Nance, hugs to both of you as you continue to manage the needs of your dads. I am at least glad that you are both able to get some better sleep knowing that your dads are being cared for. Red, I will keep my fingers crossed that your dad begins to see the advantage and potential enjoyment of company in the facility he could remain in. It could be so helpful to both of you. It is lovely that the residents enjoy his stories.
Heading to the Cancer Center to have my blood work done tomorrow morning, so my MO will have the results when I see her on Friday. Then to the gym, then plenty of errands, and later, a trip into town to see the Celtics play (again!). I think we may have regressed to our days of youth when we lived in Back Bay and would walk to the Boston Garden on a whim, and buy incredibly reasonable tickets on the spot. That's the biggest difference...no reasonably priced tickets these days! We will spend our kids' inheritance if we keep this up. Tho I think they are happy that we keep ourselves busy with activities we enjoy. And we really love this young Celtics team who are working so hard...and making progress!
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Susan, I'm happy that your DH enjoyed the pizzelles......you will soon have plenty of meyer lemons to make that flavor for him. Of course the anise ones are more traditional. I really like my pizzelle maker...electric....makes two at a time. I loved my mother's one at a time iron used over the stove, which I enjoyed laboring with for years until the hand arthritis took over. I have gotten used to the electric model and it actually has the advantage of going much faster.
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Lacey, when Bob & I lived in Seattle during his grad/med and my law school days, we used to be able to drive down (park for free!) and waltz into Seattle Center 1/2 hr before game time, getting half-price student tickets to the Sonics. Now we're lucky to see one sporting event per season (full price for nosebleed seats) and either pay through the nose for parking or do a marathon public-transit ride + trek at least 1/2 mi. or more to the venue (except Wrigley, which is one 15-min. train ride away).
Got home after LE therapy and taking my “pet guitar" to the “hospital" (where the owner assured me he'd be able to rehumidify it and glue the crack w/in a week), made a quick half-sandwich of tuna, tomato, lettuce and red onion on low-carb bread, and had a voice lesson via Skype. Later tonight I seasoned a couple of pasture-raised thin pork chops (alas, NOT a heritage breed so they weren't as juicy) with freshly ground pepper and espresso salt and grilled them. Roasted some brussels sprouts with olive oil, salt, pepper & cumin. For Gordy, I made glazed baby rainbow carrots with curry powder, butter, honey and salt; my other veggie was the rest of the tomato from lunch, with some basil leaves, blood orange olive oil and grapefruit vinegar. Treated myself to 3 oz. of Signorello 2010 Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon--I first opened the bottle 3 wks ago, used the Coravin to preserve it, and poured again and re-gassed it tonight. Tasted exactly the same as the first time, which is to say fantastic.
I'm trying to get used to typing and doing kitchen stuff with this stupid glove on. (Was getting finger swelling with the gauntlet). Yup--I now have to wear compression for anything repetitive or forceful. Ugh. The glove is SOOOO stiff that it feels just like swollen fingers, except the cloth gets in the way of everything--almost no tactile feedback. Makes using a touchpad on my computer a challenge.
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Not so sure yet. Told hubby that I plan on making homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken on Sunday though!
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What a wonderful get together you and Lacey had, Susan! You made everything sound so delicious, which I'm sure it was. And lucky yous, to leave with Meyer lemon treats!
Off to the gastro doc today with a stop at Trader Joe's. Perhaps there's something there that will inspire dinner.
Cold and very windy today. Ugh. At least it's not snow.
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Susan and Lacey, I'm smiling at the knowledge that you two enjoyed a wonderful lunch together. Great description, Susan. What nonsense that you've lost your "cuteness"!
Nance, sorry to hear about your dad's two falls.
ChiSandy, incredible that you managed all that food preparation with a glove.
The forecast rain fell last night but, fortunately, no bad weather here. I slept through the rain. The wetness this winter has me "grounded" to the point that I'm looking for things to do. Today I'll take my car to the dealer to have them erase the Required Maintenance light. Then a couple of errands. I'll park in the outer regions of parking lots and skip the gym today.
Dinner may be tacos with a package of cooked sliced beef from the freezer. Hoping the avocados in the veggie drawer haven't over ripened. They were ready to eat when I transferred them from a bowl on the counter to the veggie drawer.
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Nance, I just saw a Facebook post from one of Laurie's friends about "chicken pot pie ravs" that her kids found at Trader's in the frozen section. What will they come up with next?! I bet you could make better ones as ourpasta making queen. Hope the gastro appt. goes well...and enjoy perusing Trader's "stuff"!
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Kiks, I'm heading in for port placement today too! Not much for dinner last night... A little quinoa and steamed veggies. Oh, and a couple bites of dark chocolate for good measure.
It's funny how since my diagnoses and all the anticipation I've managed to lose the 5 lbs That seemed impossible before.I keep reading about weight gain with chemo which just seems so unfair on top of everything else. Well, I guess that's the least of my problems for now.
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