So...whats for dinner?
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Ditto- to the secret recipe-----------Dads corned beef--------- for St. Pattys day
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This is a great conversation about family recipes that go to the grave with the creator. I found an old church cookbook that had a couple recipes that my paternal grandmother had contributed, which was such a neat find! I remember asking my mother for the family recipe for gorton and she told me cinnamon the size of a lima bean and cloves the size of a pea. Well, that's imaginable, but for how much meat? When my daughter was in college, she spent Thanksgiving at a friend's house and she wanted to make a tortiere, so she needed the recipe for gorton. She asked me for a "repeatable" recipe and that's when I decided to write it down in proportions for 5 pounds of meat. So now we have recorded our family recipe!
Sue - so glad you are past that first chemo! I love gelato - when we lived in Missouri, my doctors and hospital were all on the Kansas side of the state line, and there was a gelato shop a few minutes away from the medical center. We always stopped for a treat after an appointment or procedure. I think we stopped after my first lumpectomy!!! And to get that bonus meal was just the icing on the cake! Now don't forget to keep drinking, drinking, drinking. The more you drink, the sooner the nasty chemo taste passes you by. Wishing you minimal SEs this weekend! I just finished so PM me if you have any questions or concerns.
I have to say, I LOVE this thread and everyone in it. We are such a congenial group of women who encourage each other, share our personal experiences along with our recipes and meal ideas. And I don't recall, ever, one misunderstanding or heated discussion, or moment of rancor that we see in some of the other discussions. Nothing but positive vibes and real, honest, support of one another. What a gift! So Laurie, you started this and I thank you!
Michelle
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Debbie - you didn't answer my question. What the heck are peppadews?
Michelle - When I was going through chemo my treat was soft serve ice cream from the hospital cafeteria. I would have preferred gelato, but hospital cafeterias hadn't gone gourmet yet. It wasn't the ice cream that was so special, it was the person that bought it for me. My parents came with me to every chemo. I was not one to sit in the chair patiently while the chemo flowed through the iv. I always told my chemo nurse to give me an iv pole with good wheels and a full charge on the battery. My dad and I would walk over to the hospital cafeteria, where he would buy me an ice cream. Then I'd wander the halls of the chemo clinic or sit with my mother in the waiting room, until I was ready for the next "poison." Like most parents, they both would have done and given anything for me to not have to go through what I was going through and either one of them would have gladly taken the chemo in my place. Dad buying me an ice cream was a really sweet way of letting me know, "we're here and we're going to take care of you."
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i think i'll make polenta, ham, cheese and spinach casserole today. It is deliciously chilly.
i layer spinach cooked with mushrooms and soup (or something like mushroom soup) with cheese, polenta and cubed ham.. it's very filling, not too spicey. everyone loves it. the recipe I have is very complicated.. but it's really quite easy..
if one sautees the mushrooms, adds the frozen or fresh spinach, the cubed ham and velveeta, sauce or soup to make it saucy.. i cook my polenta in the microwave just stirring occasionally. I layer these with cheese.
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Hauntie - this picture is for you - peppadews! They are said to be sweet, tangy and slightly spicy. My DH loves them. Sometimes you find them at an olive bar in a grocery store. I've seen them served as an appetizer, stuffed with a soft cheese. Here's a recipe from FoodNetwork that stuffs them with goat cheese and chives:
Debbie may be still sleeping - it's still pretty early out there on the west coast!
That's a sweet story about your dad buying ice cream for you! My chemo center is just that, and not much more. So there was no cafeteria or any place to wander. That's why we made such an effort to make my chemo suite a little more fun.
Apple - polenta is one of those things that I just don't care for. I've tried, but I think it's a texture thing. I like cornbread, but polenta is too "soft" for my palette. I didn't grow up eating it, and I just haven't been able to develop a taste for it. I don't like grits, oatmeal or other 'soft' sort of wet grains, either. At least I am consistent, I guess.
Michelle
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hauntie that braciole sounds terrific...gonna give it a try. My Dh will eat anything, and I mean anything, that is cooked or covered in sauce...and no he is not italian, or even close.
Am I the only one here who came from a family of terrible cooks? Have no recall of grandmas making anything special and my mom was just very basic, never used any spices or tried different ways to do things. i guess if I had to choose one thing that was special, it would have been our birthday cake, she made great boiled frosting on top of angle food cake. to this day if my mom is having us over for a meal, we know what to expect, so i usually bring something to round out the meal. God bless her, she raised 5 kids on a very tight budget, so we got the basics...ha ha the good things is, I was very skinny back then.
Last night made chicken french, mashed potatos and fresh green beans. tonight going to a friends for a birthday celebration, going to make homemade guacamole for an app.
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I have been so tired of having hospital food. So for the first time my SO made such a lovely dish for me. He and my kids along made me Spicy Tangerine Beef.
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Are you Irish Carrie? My mother used to say she knew the food was cooked when the smoke detector went off. Everything was well done in our house. My mother did make spaghetti gravy from an Italian friend's recipe, which I make now. She used to use box cake mixes for our birthday cakes, but she made the frosting herself. We used to get to lick the pot she made it in. I think it was just powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. She also made butter cookies at Christmas, but they are too hard and time consuming. I've made them a few Christmases, but mostly just make the toll house cookies. My sister makes them though, so we always have a few at Christmas.
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kay yes we are irish, but didnt think that had anything to do with it? My DH does love her pumkin pie though, says she makes the best homemade crust, she gets a kick out of that and makes him one when he wants it and for his b-day...saves me from having to do it, cause I dont like pumkin pie, and he gets to eat the whole thing by himself My DH always tells our friends "why would I want to go out to dinner when I get better food at home." you think he's scamming me, so he wont have to take me out?
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LOL, you never know, husbands are sneaky that way.
I guess since I'm Irish, I can say this. I think the Irish are known not to be good cooks. When I think of good food, I think of Italian food, French food. I don't even know of anything really known to be Irish. Maybe ham and cabbage. We went to Ireland on our honey moon. Other than breakfast, the food was mostly bad except an Italian restaurant we ate at in Killarney. It was owned by an Italian immigrant. I hope I didn't offend you. I am sure there are plenty of Irish men and women who are great cooks. Not in my family though.
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Michelle- LOL! I was sleeping. And i also have been trying to copy/paste a picture of the peppadews for the last 20 minutes and couldnt do it, so thank-you so much for doing that.
Sorry Hauntie- these are like a sweet and spicy pepper, i like them best in the deli with a sweet juice but also comes in a jar that is good too, if your store carries them they would be in the isle where the pickles ect are. other than putting them in some dishes i coook they are good on grilled cheese sandwiches and also like to put cream cheese in the center and serve them that way.
Suca- Glad you got some good food finally. hope you are alright. ;-))
Carrie- Funny that some woman just never learned to cook, my mom was an excellent cook and she enjoyed it too, but the only thing i remember my grandmother ever making was oatmeal, sometimes i think it just comes natural. Kudos to your mom for raisning you all by herself.!!!
Kay-I have some irish in me, and its funny because everytime i cook my smoke detector goes off, i used to say its not burn't its crisp LOL!
Ok, ladies, i'm secretly envious that you are all meeting tomorrow, and i dont get to be there, honestly i wish i could, but so glad you all get to meet, im hoping you will have pictures to share and maybe you can mention my name once, so my ears will ring and i will feel like i was there even for a nano minute LOL! Have fun ladies!!! and drive safe!!! ((hugs))))))
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Definition for peppadews:
are designer vegetables developed and patented in South Africa. A cross between a sweet pepper and a chilli, they are slightly spicy, fruity and piquant, and are usually found pickled. Although they are patented, they are a hybrid and are not genetically modified0 -
carberry, I've been hearing the same thing from my DH for 45 years. We go out on our anniversary, my birthday and when friends invite us to join them and that is about it.
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Tonight we had Tuna steaks with red wine and shallots. This is super easy to make and for those who don't like fish, not at all fishy.
Take tunq steaks and salt and pepper each side. Heat 1-2 tbs. butter in a saute pan till really hot. Add tuna and cook till desired wellness, somewhere around 3-4 minutes per side depending on thickness. Remove from pan and cover to keep warm. Add 2-3 thinly sliced shallots to pan and saute for a few minutes till soft. Add any where from 1/2 to 1 cup of red wine to pan and simmer till reduced a bit( the amount of wine depends on how much sauce you want and how many steaks you are making) . Add some chopped fresh tarragon( I guess you could use dried but I haven't) and swirl in 1-2 tbs butter to smooth sauce. Plate tuna and cover with shallot sauce. I promise you a winner. I generally like to serve it with either mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower and maybe some green beans. Enjoy!!
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Hi everyone! It's Friday evening and we always go out on Fridays. We are meeting our good friends from Milton MA at Polcari's in Woburn. We went to the one near us with them a few weeks ago and she's still talking about it. So I found the Woburn location and it's a convenient meeting point for both of us.
I managed to shop at the mall for two hours earlier today. I went "au naturel" and didn't get too many stares I got plenty of offers for help, which was nice. And one lady asked me if I was doing chemo, she was an older lady who had BC in the late 90's.
I sat out in the sun and tried to read, but I kept closing my eyes...lol. So I came inside and took a nice two hour nap. Unbelievable!!! But now it's cloudy so I sort of feel bad that I slept away some beautiful sunshine. Oh well, there will be more!
Debbie - I was pretty sure you were in dreamland when Hauntie was asking about the peppadews. And we will drink a toast to you on Sunday!
DocBabs - love the tuna recipe, sounds yummy! My DH is not much of a "fish" eater but I might be able to get him to eat this. He won't eat cauliflower, though, so it will definitely have to be mashed pots. I tried the mashed cauliflower trick on him when he was doing Atkins a few years ago, and he busted me in seconds...lol.
A couple of things I've discovered about posting pictures. You can use the little tree icon and post your pictures that way. You paste the link in the URL box. Or you can use the mouse "right click" copy then "right click" paste. The pictures have to be uploaded on the internet or come from some web-based source. And you can't use the copy/paste function with Firefox. I haven't tried with Google Chrome. I'm using IE v9.
I learned how to cook at a very young age - like about 10. My mom couldn't cook when she married my dad and he was insistent that his daughter would know how to cook before she got married. I was pulling off whole meals by the time I was 12. Both parents worked, there were 4 kids and I was, you guessed it, the oldest.
Oh Joycek, where are you???
Michelle
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Michelle- Before i forget i wanted to comment on what you said about this thread being friendly, i was just thinking that a few weeks ago how great it is to come here and everyone gets along, with no qurarrels, i feel safe here, i do check in with the "Newbies" now and again but this thread is my home, I care about you all.
Have fun on your night out! It is our night out too, i love fridays and margarittas..
Docbabs- I love tuna steaks, we get them fresh here on the west coast and they melt in your mouth i will try your recipe next time i make them.
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Ok, now I have to go looking for peppadews. I typically don't eat peppers. Regular bell peppers (no matter the color) and the long green peppers don't agree with me. Even in small amounts, I contnue to taste them long after the meal is over. I used to drive my mother crazy when she made italian stuffed peppers - long green peppers with a bread stuffing. I would peel the pepper off and only eat the stuffing. FYI - that stuffing and a homemade chicken cutlet on italian bread is one of the best sandwiches in the world. I have no problem with jalipenos on nachos or jalipeno poppers, so if I can find them, I'll see how I tolerate peppadews.
As I mentioned, I don't cook much. I just came back from grocery shopping. Fresh cooked rotisserie chickens were on sale 2 for $10.00, so that's what I'm having for dinner; along with those fresh refrigerator case mashed potatoes and a fresh tomato and cucumber salad, which I will actually make. I bought 2 chickens and froze 1, so there will be more chicken dinners in my near future. The leftovers from tonight will make some nice chicken sandwiches for lunch next week.I'm sure there are people on the thread shaking their heads and saying "you bought pre made mashed potatoes!!!"
Last night I went out to dinner with my dad and my oldest DB. DB is here holding down the fort while my 2nd DB (who lives with Dad) is on the vacation of a life time in South Africa. It was actually a rather sad dinner. My father has some type of dementia, very different from my mother's Alzheimers. He has severe memory loss - both long and short term. And there are times when he really loses touch with reality and the here and now. Last night was one of those nights. It was the first time that DB had seen him that bad. It's really hard and really sad. But, not as difficult, yet, as dealing with my mother's Alzhiemers.
Lynda
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Michelle, you have been my guiding light on the fluid intake - I've been chugging all day and thinking of you. Now sipping some very good green decaf tea - I've almost made quota for the day.
We actually finished the gelato and then he brought out the fettucini - I guess we're now members of the 'eat dessert first' club. I think we're going to make post-treatment gelato a tradition - it was so good. I had fig hazlenut and DH had blueberry vanilla.
I am getting off easy on cooking again tonight. A friend dropped off some acorn squash soup and a fresh apple pie that just needs baking. So kind of her to think of us.
Lynda, so sorry to hear about your dad. It sounds heartbreaking.
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I have been so busy and there was so much to read when I just checked in- I know I am going to miss someone
Sue- I am so glad that your first round is done and that you had a friend rally for you and bring you some food. The support is almost as important as the food. I hope your SE are minimal and that you keep seeing support like you did today.
Lynda- I too am so sorry about your Dad. It is such a terrible disease, so hard to watch someone you love go through that. To have then close enough to touch yet so far away. ((hugs))
Docbabs- I agree the tuna steaks sound really good, thanks for sharing. I may have to try that next week for fishtastic Wednesday!
Debbie- Have a margaritas for me! Each week you make me jealous, I love a good Margarita and haven't had one in a little bit now.
Michelle- I'm glad you tried to enjoy the sin, yet glad you gave in and had a nap instead. I know what you mean about missing out on the sunshine though. It won't be long and we will be forced inside for months, you hate to miss a drop of that beautiful warmth.
Today after feeling sick for tow weeks I went to the Dr and have a sinus infection. Nothing big and very thankful that they gave me antibiotics to kick it. Better than just being told you have a cold and wait it out. Michelle, I'll be honest and say I was afraid to come to lunch on Sunday and expose you to germs after just finishing chemo! So now I have no worries! I'll have been on antibiotics for over 24 hours and my germs should be squashed!!
I was super busy today getting ready for my sons fourth birthday party tomorrow. I just finished wrapping his presents. So I made the boys some pasta with butter and cheese, they were thrilled and each ate three helpings. My DH and I just had chicken salad wraps from the left over baked chicken I had made. So pretty much no cooking for me tonight.
I got a kick out of everyone talking about the food they grew up on and whether their mom was a good cook or not, family recipes etc. My mom was a wonderful cook, my Memere was a wonderful baker. My mother never baked, ever. I'll be honest and say I don't like to either. Maybe it's because I have a salt tooth instead of a sweet tooth. Over the years we lost some family recipes too but I am thankful that I spent enough time with my mom in the kitchen that I watched enough to know most of them.
I also couldn't agree more about this thread being so supportive and pleasant ALL the time. I actually stopped going to the boards very much a while back because of ladies being a bit nasty. I still go back bit not very often. I prefer to stick with you wonderful women.
On Sunday I am sure we will have a toast to all of us here when we get together at Pickety Place. So Debbie get ready for your ears to burn or your nose to itch
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lol! Michelle- I meant you enjoying the SUN not SIN! But if you enjoy it go ahead and sin too :P
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We had Chinese for suppa, delishl
I just got an email from a former co-worker and she is having a very hard time with her reconstruction healing due to the radiation. I don't know what type of BC she was dx with but had (has) a rare type called atypical microglandular adenosis. Usually it is B9 but hers is cancer. She already had 2 lumpectomies but they were not able to get clean margins even after her BMX still could not get clean margins. She is done with chemo and radiation but after 1 month it still has not healed. I told her she should visit BC.org because she is really in the dark about this. Poor kid.
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We just got back from Polcari's in Woburn It was great to meet our friends from Milton, but it took them about 90 minutes to get there! I don't think we'll do that again. It's much easier for us to just drive against traffic to their house and then go out. We've known them for 40 years, so they were good sports about it, but we'll have to plan better the next time. DH ordered chicken and veal parm, and I ate a little off his plate. And they had a special salad with apples, pears, walnuts, gorgonzola and a citrus vinaigrette that I shared with Ann. I am already in my jammies...kinda tired tonight.
LOL, Laurie...sin/sun...hehehe! I am glad you went to the doctor and got the drugs. I'd be really disappointed if you couldn't come Sunday...can't wait to meet you in person!
Sue - yes, yes to gelato before the entree...fabulous turn of events! Fig hazelnut sounds most interesting. And keep on drinkin' girl!!!
Lynda - my mom has Alzheimers or some type of dementia. She is in better physical health than I am, yet she has both the short and long term memory loss. It's so hard to deal with, and she's still cognizant enough to know it's happening, which is so sad.
Deb - the problem that your friend is experiencing with healing after radiation is precisely why I want to have my reconstruction first. I've never heard of that particular type of BC. That is so hard.
Michelle
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I wish she would open up more to me. She is in her 30's and TN. She said,
"I hear people talking about the prevention drugs they're on and the tumor marker levels and I feel like it's another language....what I have (had?) is triple negative cancer and I have no tumor markers...basically the only real way to tell if it comes back on me is if I have some type of symptoms. After having 2 lumpectomies, I did indeed end up having to have a mastectomy. On top of the cancer, I had something called atypical microglandular adenosis and they couldn't get clean margins. Even with the mastectomy, they still didn't have clean margins which is why I ended up having to have radiation on top of the chemo. And it's the radiation that's causing havoc on my reconstruction. The tissues are just so unhealthy that the incision is having a hard time closing. I had the surgery a month to the day of it opening up. And that's with a less than a-cup implant in there (had to go super-small due to the unhealthy tissue issue).
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Hauntie- (Lynda) You caught me, yes i was thinkning hmmm pre mashed potatoes, but heck i just bought sausage crumbles at the store, and if the potatoes are good i will buy them LOL!
Im so sorry that your dads memory is getting bad, i know that has to be so sad and hard for you (hugs) I love my dad so much and i dont know what i would do when that happens to him.
Sue- Your fig gelato sounds good , i never liked figs but for some reason im loving them now.
Laurie- You are like michelle always on the go so no wonder you are not getting any better ;-))) Hope your son has a great birthday tomorrow- I also love the memere saying must be a midwest or east coast saying as i have heard that word several times, i think it is so cute, i always called mine grandma ( I know boring) LOL! My nose is itching already LOL!
Deb- Sorry about your friend ;-((
I was telling my DH and friends tonight about you ( not personal stuff) but how wonderful you all are, and how i wished i could be there to meet you all, so if you ever make it out this way i would love to have you, i dont have a big home, just 3 bedrooms and 2 baths but i have 2 couches and could fit you all, or better yet, my DH can get you all rooms at the casino which is only 3 minutes away ( for free) he has clout haha! but we would have a great time, Maybe someday????
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Oh and Michelle, i downloaded ei 9 but still dont see that little green tree in the cornor, as you know i finally put a picture up of myself but it comes out sideways and cant correct it, i did rotate it in a program and when i tyred to put it in fb and here it still is sideways dont know what the heck im doing - darn it!
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Debbie - that little green tree is in the grey bar above the text box where we enter our posts. it's just to the left of the smiley face. I am definitely on the go this weekend. Today we are going to my daughter's, I'm going to dance class with the 4-year-old and then spending the afternoon with her. The rest of the family is supposed to go to a festival, but it is raining and it doesn't look too optimistic. And DH is supposed to play in a charity golf tournament, and that may be washed out, too. I'm trying to come up with something fun for lunch with the little one. I would take her to the American Girl Doll Store, where they have a restaurant. But it's a little far, and I am not quite up to that trek today.
Memere is French Canadian for grandmother, so you hear it mostly here in New England. Nana is also popular for those with an English background or in the case of my SIL's parents - his mom is from Malta and she is Nanna. My friend Ann is "Mimi" but I think that's because she doesn't like "grandma"- it makes her feel old. Her DH is called 'poppi". My grandkids have extra sets of grandparents because I have an ex-husband and he has the French Canadian background, too. So he and his wife's parents use Memere and Pepere. We just add first names to it when there's more than one. Somehow, the kids keep it all straight!
Some day we'll be out there in our motorhome and just pull up in your driveway, Debbie! At least, that is our hope - to be able to do that. My DH is from SoCal and he has family in the Long Beach and Anaheim area. He had an uncle who lived in Seattle, but he died a few years ago. In any case, I suspect we will get out that way some time in the future.
Michelle
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I've been up since 5. I've been having horrible problems with restless leg syndrome (RLS) the last 4 nights. This is something that comes and goes with me. I haven't had it in quite a while. The first 2 nights I got up and watched tv until I fell asleep in my recliner. When I woke up about 4 a.m I stumbled into bed and was able to sleep until the alarm went off at 6:15. The 3rd night it hit just before I went to bed - back to my recliner - same deal. Last night I was able to sleep in bed, but the RLS hit at about 5 this morning. I looked up RLS trying to figure out what's going on. Stress is one of the causes, and I've got that in spades right now. I know I stay up way too late, but I've always been a night owl. I'm sure being overtired doesn't help.
I don't remember having real sleep issues until BC. It was absolutely horrible then and has been a chronic problem since. I swear chemo did something to my brain chemistry. Absolutely none of the prescription sleep meds work for me and I've tried them all - ambien, lunesta, etc.
On a positive note, I cleaned out my dish cabinet and have almost a complete service for 4 and other miscellaneous stuff I'm getting rid of.. I made enough room in the cabinet to store the 2 place settings, that are left, from my aunts china set. They must be more than 80 years old. I'm was going to bring the stuff I cleaned out to Savers (a second hand store chain). I was supposed to go out with my cousin later this morning, but I'm not sure I'll be up for it. I need to rest up for Pickety Place tomorrow. I hope the weather is better than it is today.
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Lynda - my daughter had a problem with restless leg syndrome and I think it is a symptom of anemia. Who does chemo and doesn't get anemic? Something to check out...maybe some extra iron and folic acid will help you. I am taking a prenatal vitamin from WalMart that has hefty doses of both.
Michelle
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good morning...another rainy breezy day in NY. went out to dinner last evening and had bblackened mahi mahi, they offer it as a sandwich but i told them to leave the bread off, it was really good but gave me indigestion later.
I hope you guys have a blast at lunch...be sure to take pictures..I know you will Michelle. And if you are getting in the RV Michelle and going across country, dont forget to stop in NY and every state there is a BC sister...ha ha that should keep you busy!
They say lack of potassium too will cause the restless leg....eat a banana every day.
Today I am going to make a pot of chicken corn chowder for my DH, he is a soup fanatic, and has been really stressed with work lately and was very grumpy last night. Happy weekend everyone!
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Hauntie - you may make some connections in this thread.. about parents.. i lost my dad to Alzheimer's and mother in law to Parkinson's.. both brutally debilitating diseases.. it was sad but they both had awesome lives.
http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/79/topic/766411?page=4#idx_111
It's called aging parents anonymous and can be found in the complimentary and holistic - natural forum here at BCO. sometimes the intraforum links don't work for me at least.
i love peppadews peppadews I eat two at least.. they are really good.. I never can find them around here tho I obviously did once.
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