So...whats for dinner?
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Its been a while and it is great to catch up with all of you.
Breakfast was buttermilk blueberry pancakes with bananas & our late lunch after church was leftover lasagna (better the second time!). Our typical Sunday dinner is popcorn made in our whirleypop-oh, so good and fresh! DH has gone out with friends since I've been no fun for the past couple of weeks due to sudden SE from tamoxifen (not my fault but he's over it), so it will be movie night with the kids watching The Sound Of Music. Sounds like a perfect evening..
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DownNotOut - welcome back. Oh - blueberries. Yum.
Dunch was a large salad - romaine, radicchio, carrots, English cucumber, radishes, avocado & sunflower seeds. In spite of the fact I just read on the internet that Ranch is boring, I have a great ranch dressing that I added. But I forgot to toss in the blue cheese crumbles. This was accompanied by a nice Cotes du Rhone Villages red wine.
If I get hungry later, I have some leftover carrot & raisin salad and some leftover fresh fruit salad w/coconut & baby marshmallows steeped in sour cream. Hmmm... steeped won't work. Marinated doesn't sound right either... Sleeping in sour cream?
Eric - sorry to hear about DD's wisdom teeth. I had my first two done about the same age. Thank heavens I picked "put me to sleep". What's the base for the burrito mix? Lentils? Bluegrass camp sounds fun. Hope it's up in the mountains where it's cooler. Cabins or tents?
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Dinner was linguine alla vongole, with the leftover half can of chopped clams & clam juice--this time came out a lot better. Doubled up on the parsley, garlic (fresh chopped, not powder) & olive oil, and whisked in a Tbs. each of flat Prosecco & butter. All the flavors merged perfectly, the texture was silky & creamy, and no separated liquid at the bottom of the plate.
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Last night was ribeyes, red potatoes with parsley and young yellow squash with a little shaved carrot and red onion. Tonight was mac 'n cheese with some hot Italian chicken sausage - also added cayenne to the cheese sauce before adding the elbows and the sausage, and made a salad of green apples, celery, and walnuts in a lemon Dijon vinaigrette.
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Tomorrow night I'm probably going to cook something more ambitious (or if Bob gets home early enough, go out for Peking duck in the Chinatown North neighborood a couple of miles s. of us), because I figure my meals for the next few weeks are going to be whatever I can order in or make with one hand. NPO after midnight.
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chisandy - surgery tomorrow
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Yup-haven’t heard back about postponing it till either after my R arm fully heals, I’ve had some OT sessions to practice living one-handed, or I return from NY, so I guess it’s on for tomorrow. Still can’t wrap my head around deliberately disabling myself to achieve a result a year from now that may not be much better than right after my injury. But I guess the longer I wait, the worse my chances of recovery.
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chisandy - ugh... wishing you the best and will be sending positive thoughts for success!
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DD had all four of her wisdom teeth removed this morning....we got there at 8am, they had her in the back room at 8:10 and she was ready to come home at 9:30.
She's sore and wasn't in the greatest mood at first, but she's doing better now (4pm), One Hydrocodone-Acetaminophenl 5/325 seems to be enough, but we'll see how it goes as all the rest of the stuff wears off.
I just heard her tell Sharon, "I hate how those make me feel. It's like I can't do anything." So, I guess she's like me. I'd rather hurt than take those things.
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eric - poor DD - both of my kids had all four out at 17, both had impacted sideways wisdom teeth. DD did better than DS, but neither was very happy. Hope she turns the corner soon and is feeling good.
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Eric, I had an impacted wisdom tooth out 2 weeks before my wedding at age 20--with only Novocaine, and aspirin afterward. (Yeah, I was miserable). A year later, I had the other three out, with I.V. Valium, Novocaine, and "Ascodeen" (like Tyl. #3 but with aspirin instead). I hurt for a day--but protein-loaded and healed so fast I got a dry socket.
Last meal before going NPO at midnight. Made an heirloom insalata Caprese; then Alaskan sockeye salmon, snap peas, and a fried hash-brown patty (because I can), with a 2-oz. glass of Fleurie. I have only three hrs. left to eat & drink, so I might also add an Aperol spritz. Spumoni too, for dessert.
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Best of luck with your surgery Sandy.
Eric, I'm with you. I hate painkillers. Give me two Aleve anytime. The last one I took was the night after my lumpectomy because I couldn't get comfortable. Hate the way they make me feel.
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I hate feeling dopey too--except after surgery if I'm in agony and have nothing better to do than laze around & sleep.
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Sending positive thoughts and prayers your way, Sandy! Let us know how you're doing when you feel up to it.
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making boneless pork chops for dinner
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Yesterday was crazy. I found time for a hot dog mid afternoon then no time again until almost 10pm. Normally I would just skip eating at that hour, but I'd been at water aerobics and decided a small bowl of macaroni with butter sounded good. Especially since I had to be peppy at Silver Sneakers this morning.
This afternoon I think I'll have steamed spinach with an egg or two on top, served with a small romaine salad.
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Hope you are doing as well as my DD, Sandy.
If it weren't for a slightly puffy face, most wouldn't realize DD had just had her mouth "assaulted" by the oral surgeon.
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Except I'm sure she's only eating mashed potatoes & pudding & smoothies???... Glad to hear she's doing well.
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Neither DH nor I felt like cooking or going out to eat, so I made a quick cesar salad and grilled cheese (cheddar, mozzarella and provolone) on Jewish rye.
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Multicultural sandwich if ever there were one, Minus! Brunch was animal crackers & apple juice in the recovery room post-op. Dinner is whatever Bob can bring home (or GrubHub can deliver) that I can eat one-handed. Can’t even feel, much less move, my L fingers—that axillary block is lasting quite a while. So much so that I have to use either my shoulder muscles or my R arm to hold the L one above my heart when standing! One-fingered typing on an iPad (laptop suddenly won’t charge) is a challenge, so will lurk much more than post for quite a while
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Heal fast Sandy!
Sous vide thick bone in pork chops finished on a blazing hot grill have made me reconsider my former negative feelings about lean pork. They were awesome.
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Soft tacos al pastor. Hoping to get sensation back in my L fingers so I can open the chocolates Gordy brought me.
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I got the prize for worst dinner last night. Stale Premium wheat crackers and peanut butter, year-old microwave low calorie dinner, ravioli in a white (as in color) sauce. Intended to buy some food when I arrived home from the NO airport but my Prius sported a flat tire and by the time my sister and I made a plan and carried it out, my only interest was popping the cap on a bottle of cold beer from the outside refrigerator. So my nourishment did include a couple of Corona lights.
Must buy some food today and have the tire repaired in addition to visiting my 95 yr old mother at the nursing home.
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Carole, you owe yourself a keg of Corona! Tires (and cars in general) tend to go blooey at the worst possible times. A/C in my car went out temporarily on Monday, en route to our family shrink appt—it was 97 degrees. Fortunately, it rebooted when we got back in the car, and was able to get errands (including vet visit for Heidi) w/o incident. After dropping Gordy off at his new place (where his power went out but he was able to reset the breaker), I was looking forward to picking up Cantonese BBQ duck at Sun Wah—only to discover they are closed indefinitely while their building undergoes renovations. Boo, hiss. Hence the Caprese & salmon dinner I cooked as my last meal before going NPO at midnight.
Breakfast was an adventure—discovered I could scramble eggs one-handed, but not break them w/o considerable “shrapnel" in the bowl. Housekeeper helped me fish out the worst offenders—the rest was extra calcium. She's making me a BLT right now (for later). Weather is utterly perfect, mid-70s, sunny, slight breeze, moderate allergens—so instead of cooping myself up indoors, I'm sitting out on the deck right now typing on an iPad and chatting over the fence with my neighbors. (If I could trust myself to go down the steps into the yard without falling, I'd walk over to our black raspberry canes and nibble some of the ripest ones before Bob gets them all en route to the garage each morning)
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Sandy - in your pocket.
I celebrated today. on 7/11/07 I smoked my last cigarette after 40 years of smoking. I actually didn't quit because of cancer, I quit because smoking is a major contributor to osteoporosis. I'm paranoid about breaking a hip & being warehoused for rehab and never returning to "real life". I don't have a husband or a house keeper, so there would be no other options. Actually, I will always be a smoker - just one who is not smoking. So I stopped at Katz Deli to pretend I was in NYC. Then because I really wasn't hungry and had a bunch of heart tests in the afternoon, I just had the lunch special. Half a sandwich or deli sandwich and a side of your choice. I copped out & had a french dip (delicious) and decided to go whole hog with fries.
Tonight I had celery & cucumber sticks. I thought about popcorn, but I'm still too full.
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Hello all. I cant believe its been over a month since I checked in.
During this time I found out my DD1 will be moving to St. Joseph MI. Her husband will have his first job as a Pathologist. She was offered a remote job for her company in Madison, so its all good. She will have to come in to the office every month and go right past my house. So, I'll get to see her more often than I do now. LOL. So good news. Also DD2 is finally pregnant again. Again good news.
Now on to not so good news. My husband broke his neck last week, while bicycling. We are waiting to see if it will heal with a halo. If not, surgery is indicated. The preferred surgery will not work with his neck formation, so they will have to go in to the back. Not great odds. He has a C2 type 2 fracture. So if his spine gets involved during surgery, his auto breathing will be gone. Again not good. So if you've got prayers, we'll take them. Hes home, now in his halo, walking talking living. Id rather that stayed the same!
you know, Ive had about as much as I could handle. I hope everyone is doing well. I keep hoping to get on here more often, but obviously Ive not been doing that. LOL.
Much love to all
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Oh, Monica, of course you & DH have my prayers tonight and for as long as it takes!
Bob brought home Italian--app. portions of shrimp deJonghe and penne alla marinara. Cheated with a little chocolate-covered donut for dessert.
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Monica, what a horrible accident! Hoping for the best outcome for your dh. Glad you have other good happenings going on.
Breakfast yesterday was Subway. Egg and cheese on flatbread with tomato and yellow peppers. Not wonderful but satisfied my morning hunger.
Dinner was good. Rotisserie chicken and microwaved small potatoes with parsley garlic seasoning and butter. The potatoes were delicious. So was my Ketel One vodka martini with two jalapeño olives.
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Moon - soooo sorry to hear about your DH. Here's hoping the halo will do the trick. Please keep us posted. I can't remember - is your DH retired or is there still a job in the background? Thanks for the update about your DDs. How is that cute grandbaby?
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Oh Monica, how awful! Sending lots of good thoughts your way ((hug))
Carole, I don't drink much anymore but when I did, it was Ketel One.
Preparing for an onslaught of company next week. It all started with my niece from Houston staying with us a week from tomorrow to attend her high school class reunion. Then she wanted to see her parents (who live in southwest Missouri) so they asked if they could stay too, which of course they could. Then DDIL and DS called to say that they wanted to come celebrate my 70th birthday (which is also that Friday, so now they're coming as well along with the grand-dog! It will be wall to wall and floor to floor people. I've decided that I'm not spending my birthday worrying about taking care of other people (Hah! Easier for me to say than do) so I'm just laying in supplies and there are enough cooks in the group that they can figure out food options. We'll see how this goes.
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