So...whats for dinner?
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What cuties!
Lacey, they are Annabelles but I think I'm going to have to get Carrie's blushing bride.
Best of luck Carrie. Hope you can get some answers and feel better.
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carberry - feel better right now!
Thinking - so cute! They look so girly!
Dinner last night was angel hair with marinara and mushroom sauce from the freezer, Caesar salad, garlic toast. Tonight is short ribs in sort of a Polynesian sauce - pineapple, onion, chili sauce, honey, Worchestershire, beef broth. They are in the oven now after a sear on all sides first. Will serve with brown rice and something green - haven't determined what that will be yet!
lacey - it cracked me up because it seemed that yoga was not at all relaxing/soothing/restorative for him! My Y has Zumba Gold which is geared toward a less frantic pace. I like the Zumba Tone class, every other musical interlude you use hand held weights with more basic arm movements. My PS has cleared me to start back to exercise - I am now allowed to walk. Of course, it has done nothing but rain since that pronouncement, so I need to walk on an indoor treadmill for the moment.
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I think the doc was a little puzzled,,, it was the PA and I had to go over most of my back history. EKG was good, but of course of all days, today my heart decided not to race. Will get a halter monitor tomorrow and lots of lab test. Funny thing is...I had a good day today, went to work and several errands, and now tonight I am burning up with fever, chills. I might have the " I don't want to cook disease"
May be able to pull off a tossed salad.
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The only times I ever had arrhythmias were when I had a severe cold with fever, secondary bacterial infection, was on Zithromax, or any combination thereof. Maybe your “grippe” (which was what old-school family docs used to call severe colds with fever that weren’t caused by the influenza virus) is the culprit.
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So many Olivias!!! I have never known an Olivia, and to now know of three seems astonishing. My Olivia went to the pediatrician today and she is "perfect!" She is up to 9lbs, 9oz and is alert and responding well to this real life thing. I received a cute text from my daughter today affirming that I still am a baby whisperer. Yes, Olivia loves singing and fell right to sleep last night when Mom sang. Yes, Olivia is a bit bored and is far more attuned to her surroundings than one might expect for a one month old. I have ordered things that will hang from her seat and crib and hope they arrive immediately! Next up, I need to find all of my book boxes, the ones filled with my kid's childhood. I think we should start reading to her now.
Carrie, the heart thing is concerning, and why are hearts like cars? I mean, the darn car squeals for weeks but when you take it to the shop it remains silent. And your heart seems to have done the same thing. Perhaps Sandy's idea is valid in your case? That would be a good thing.
Yoga scares me. Way too much using of potentially lymphedemic appendages, and around here, so much of the yoga is hot. Not for me! I did laugh out loud at the thought of B trying to keep up with the class. I once tried an aerobics class. The music was loud and awful. I had no idea what was going on. And, as the final pisser, I had shin splints for about three weeks. I had even bought the kind of shoes required for the class, but that was my last one.
Dinner tonight was a lovely swordfish steak. I used the indoor grill to save time, served with roasted asparagus and some steamed Yukon potatoes diced and sautéed with some of the farmers' market Spring onions.
Lots of progress on the AirBNB "suite." I build a coffee table today. NOTE to the wise. Do NOT assemble complicated tables with HFS. I have a lovely double blister on my right thumb. Hope it does do ugly, HFS things. I am setting up the photo vignette with coffee machines, kettle, tea bags, granola, cups, saucers, bowls and plates. Tomorrow, we should get the futon put together [it has been in our loft storage] and I can finally take some pictures.
*susan*
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Carrie, I presume your thyroid has been checked?
The "oldies" Zumba I referred to is indeed the Zumba Gold version.
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Susan - I agree - start reading now. Even if you're only chanting Mother Goose rhymes.
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just saying Hi. It isnt nice for the universe to give me a bad cold on top of the dang Kidney stones, is it? Well, thank you Universe, (via my DGD, Felicia) LOL - i hab a bad code in my nose......not to mention a pound of damk kleenex at my side.
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fir your amusement. One stuffed up head on top of a hurting KS body. LOL
Pic of Felicia, whom i baby sat for a wee bit on Friday and wh so sweetly shared her cold with me.
Whee!
Getting up the stairs all by herself! Big girl!
Yes. That's just the way i feel. LOL
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Moon, *#&#_$(#&# universe.
Feel better soon.
Just a couple of weeks short of the 3 year commemoration of the Yarnell Hill fire that killed 19 wild land firefighters....Today, the Tenderfoot fire is burning at Yarnell Hill. Sigh....
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Aw, Monica, bummer. When Bob was in med school he seriously considered going into pediatrics--until an adorable towheaded 10-month old laid him low with the worst cold of his life. Kids are cute and cuddly little....plague vectors. But a world without them? Unbearable.
Getting that vaguely tired, not-quite-sore feeling in the back of my throat tonight (gee, great--I have a major gig Fri. night). Not quite to the point where I crave a quart of chocolate milk and no amount of water will put out the raw fire--as if it’s sealed into the throat. Can’t take my usual precautions--MO says no echinacea because it’s estrogenic, and no vit. C pills either. One orange didn’t make a dent.
For dinner I cut up some tricolor peppers, the bulbs of ramps from the bottom of the crisper (the tops had long ago become a science project), a scallion, a handful each of shiitakes and snow peas, and stir-fried them with some leftover rotisserie chicken. Made a sauce out of sesame oil, ponzu, fish sauce, mirin, mustard, five-spice powder and grated ginger & garlic. Pretty darn good--no need for a starch either. Dessert was a square of sugar-free dark blood-orange chocolate and an ounce of 2010 Signorello Cabernet.
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moon - so sorry about the "code" on top of the KS - that is a bummer! Feel better soon! Can't believe how big your DGD is, man, time flies!
chisandy - you too!
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Summer colds - YUK! Feel better you two!
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I double that Nance
And I'm thinking of Carrie, Nance, Eric and others with elderly parents.
12 days to camp! 11 days until I move (around the corner to a bigger place)
I'm trying to keep this place suitable for viewing while packing. Ha!
Here is my baby
Sorry for the huge picture. I'll have to take it down soon before she discovers it. Unlike the beautiful babies, she can voice her objections. And will Haha Daddy is 1/2 Spanish
For dinner, something awful like canned beans with Sriracha, I'm trying to clean out the fridge. Thankfully there is a community garden pot luck tonight. I'm "cooking" watermelon with fresh mint.
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Bedo, she’s a beauty!
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Bedo - so glad to hear from you. Beautiful "baby". I know you're excited about camp. Will you have internet connections? Or should we tell you good luck for the summer now?
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I've heard of cheese heads, but not pizza heads. :-)
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Mr. 02143 had his bi-weekly burger craving tonight, so guess what we had? To accompany I made a pasta salad and vinegar cole slaw. Tomorrow I have several friends coming for lunch, so after dinner I began the prep to make Quiche Lorraine. The dough is resting. Bacon has been crisped. In the morning I will blind bake, shred the cheese and make the custard. I plan to serve with both a fruit and green salad. I really prefer fruit salad with no dressing, but I know lots of folks like something. Maybe I should do a honey-poppyseed dressing and let people add if they want. I had planned to make some baguettes, but that isn't happening. Good thing we can get some right at the bottom of the hill, freshly baked.
Bedo, you did produce a gorgeous child. Have fun at "camp." I suspect you will be working pretty hard. If you colleagues are great to work with, it could be a ton of fun.
Moon, that grand baby isn't a baby at all anymore! What fun she is having! Can't believe how quickly they grow.
I have no interest in a cold, summer, winter, fall or spring! We managed to get through this entire winter and Mr. 02143 didn't get even one! And he usually does. Strangely, the woman in the house with the suppressed immune system doesn't seem the catch these things. [knocking on some serious wood]
*susan*
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Had some tuna salad in a hollowed-out tomato, over mesclun greens dressed with a thrown-together lime-blueberry vinaigrette. That was lunch. Dinner was low-carb fettucine Bolognese: shiratake noodles boiled and tossed in some low-carb meat sauce with peppers, mushrooms and Parm. Reg. thrown in. Had an ounce or so of a 2010 Assisi Rosso. Yum!
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Good Morning,
Thanks for the nice things said about DD. Eric she is a nut. I have no idea why she is wearing that pizza but it's typical I had to delete the post before she found it. So sneaky.
Minus, I think I will have some internet, but not in my apartment and phone is iffy as we are way out there.But I hope to stay in touch.
For dinner last night I pigged out. First veggies, good, but then I got hungry about 9 and went out to our local tavern with a friend and had fried calamari and beer. Oh well.
No idea what's for dinner tonight.
As Susan, Lacey and the New Englanders know, it's Fall here again for some reason.
After spending a vacation in Maryland with a friend from 4th grade and moving, I am down to the basics. I found a recipe for Shakshuka at Whole Foods in their meals for four under $15 flyer. So that's what's for dinner. Basically eggs poached in tomato sauce with vegetables,spices and greens and/or feta if you wish
Camp will have a 25 item salad bar with each meal I was advised by the director. So I hope it is good.
Susan, I have not thought of Quiche in ages. What a good idea.. I'm thinking now of spider plants, Afghan dogs,shag rugs, and Charlies Angels. But knowing you, you have a delicious timeless recipe. I'm thinking of making an asparagus or broccoli one now. We have local fresh eggs. Unfortunately, I won't be doing it from scratch, lol
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Sweet DGD pix, Moon! Hoping you are feeling much better.
Where does one even find a pizza hat, Bedo?!
Last evening I attended a retirement dinner for an admin friend from my former school system who will be sorely missed. She is one of those people who has the system's total history logged in her brain, knew everyone in the system, got along with all...and was amazingly productive for 42 years! I would not want to be the next person who tries to fill that position! Anyway, the buffet dinner was pretty boring, salad, a sauced chicken, sliced beef, steamed vegetables and mashed potatoes. The desserts were many but unremarkable...chocolate cake, chocolate cannolis, , an apple tarte, etc., etc. none were remarkable. But the event was nice and it was great to see so many of my former co- workers!
DH was in Stockbridge last evening and reported on the wonderful seafood risotto that he enjoyed there. Oh well, I enjoyed the social part of my night.
I am headed out to Stockbridge as soon as I get my suitcase packed. There is a formal-ish dinner for the man in whose estate we stay since he is leaving the Board. Boo hoo, since we assume he won't be putting us all up any longer. It was nice while it lasted for all these years! I'm anticipating a very nice dinner tonight!
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Just saw some of your posts about the BCO sisters concert in Hickory. Sorry you could not join us, but it was great! ChiSandy played and sang for almost 3 hours- she is a wonderful musician/singer/songwriter! We raised a nice tidy sum for the Healing Touch program in Hickory. It really was a good time! Will let you know if we do this again and will hope you can join us. Hugs to all.
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HappyHammer - thanks for posting & letting us know about Sandy's concert. We already knew she had to be great, but nice to hear your review.
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(Blushing......)
No dinner tonight--I can’t sing well on too full a stomach (impairs breath support and makes me too satisfied and complacent-- the hunger sort of boosts my adrenaline). Maybe a light salad and a couple of strawberries for late lunch. Had a big (for me) breakfast of a fried egg, a slice of bacon, and a piece of low-carb/high-fiber toast with black coffee. That’ll keep me going till at least 3, if not 4 pm.
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So everyone was going to a local greasy spoon after the show last night--I’d have had to cheat majorly on my diet. as well as walk three long blocks with a guitar on my back and a bag of CDs. I Uber-ed it home and threw together a tapas platter: chorizo, jamon Iberico & Serrano, speck, olives, spiced Brussels sprouts & pickled cauliflower, smoked Marcona almonds and a slice each of Iberico, Tipsy Goat and Manchego cheeses. Washed down with an ounce of chiiled manzanilla (dry) sherry and a couple of ounces of rioja.
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Dinner tonight was leftover short rib, shredded and made into soft tacos with avocado, with refashioned brown rice and salsa, and some refritos with a bit of cheese on top.
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Dinner was 4 small slices of California roll with Rothchild's Lemon Wasabi sauce. Next course was two ears of fresh corn sliced off the cob smothered in butter. Third course was a piece of Lemon pound cake that had been sitting on the cupboard for 8 days (the rest went into the disposal). All of this was washed down by a nice Malbec. Tomorrow will be asparagus. I scored a really nice looking bunch for $1.50.
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The fish was a surprise. Mr. 02143 stated as he grabbed the donation that it was thawed. Well, not in this lifetime! Once I realized this, I threw the large fillet into the freezer. The "chunks" were a tiny bit soft in one spot but not thawed. They could not be dinner last night. So, they were dinner tonight.
For lunch, I made up another fruit salad and warmed some of the leftover quiche. Then [after hours of coding and a nap] I cooked 1/2 a pork tenderloin which had been marinating in a mustard mixture. I also boiled some 'taters and mashed them with sufficient butter and milk. We jumped in the car and headed to the "condo" to deliver dinner. My poor daughter is covered in hives. They have now moved to her palms and feet, and have turned into blisters. She has seen doctors, and now, they think she has a viral infection. She should see a dermatologist on Monday. She simply can't stand on her feet at all. And she needs to eat decent food! So, I deliver.
I came home and started on our dinner. Created a soy & sesame marinade for the fish chunks. Started some Jasmine rice. Grilled the fish, and dinner was served. I had planned to make dry-fried green beans, but I ran out of energy. So fish and rice it was! I then baked off some of the quiche crust scraps and Mr. 02143 is eating them with the local strawberries he bought at the Farmer's Market today.
Tomorrow is Sunday so that means pancakes. It just never ends.
*susan*
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Brunch was a 2-egg omelet made with diced red & green peppers, red onion, and about a Tbs. of minced chorizo, with sliced cucumber on the side. Dinner was a small insalata caprese over mesclun greens, with a lemon-lime vinaigrette. Washed it down with seltzer as I sat on the deck watching the sunset and listening to the birds (robins, finches, mockingbird & cardinal). Dessert was a ripe peach. Bob is coming home late (10-11-ish) and the last place I want to go is the only place open that late--Fireside Inn. Their food is kind of heavy & clunky, with very strange takes on stuff like “BBQ shrimp" or “gumbo." Their steaks, fish & chips & Cajun meatloaf are very good, but the only one of those I can eat is the steak--and no offense to them, if I'm gonna have to limit red meat I want it to be either grass-fed, prime or both. I can eat their Buffalo wings (not breaded, thank goodness), but meh. So I'm defrosting some salmon. Bob asked me to chill a white wine but yesterday pronounced the Trinitas Chardonnay I chilled “too good to drink." (I keep telling him I can Coravin it and pour him as much or as little as he wants without having to kill off the bottle, but I suspect he prefers to kill off a bottle). Searching the basement, I found (to my chagrin) a 2000 Frog's Leap Dry Rose of Pinot Noir. Winced, brought it upstairs, Coravin-ed about a Tbsp. and was shocked to find it still rather drinkable--in fact, well-chilled I think it'll taste better and less oxidized than that manzanilla sherry. If Bob likes it, he's welcome to the whole bottle. I'd rather have a flute of the Mumm Napa Santana brut I'm also chilling.
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angel hair pasta with butter and salt and pepper, and watermelon. There's not much left before the move.
The night before, Thai at a tiny restaurant. Spring rolls and beer. It seems stress+ no work=beer with dinner. Oh well, 7 healthy weeks in the woods should work off any weight gained.
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