how about drinking?
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Trying to get used to my first pair of bifocals. Oh joy!
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Hump Day! I'm getting up to a beautiful, sunny, March ayem, complete with a winter weather advisory up going into effect at 1 ayem tomorrow. More snow. Sleet, freezing rain coming. Hazardous conditions for the morning commute. Which means I will get a call from Mom later today or early tomorrow ayem to make sure I am not going out in the mess to have an accident and die on the way to her place or on the way home. She already called yesterday ayem after she caught wind of this during the ayem weather report. She didn't catch when it was expected, so called me to make sure I checked before I left the house for anything to make sure I wouldn't get caught in it. I will be so glad when Mother Nature and Old Man Winter get over this squabble about who is in control and things settle down for a bit!
MOmmy -- our pets do like their routines, especially the ones involving treats, don't they?
Teka -- I found a couple of April Fools jokes online that were actually pretty funny and fun. Mostly I dread April Fools Day pranks. But this year it did really seem like just one more day.
Good Morning, Illinoislady! Welcome to the HTL! Love the quote!
Mommy -- getting used to bifocals is a bit of a challenge. If it's any comfort, once you get used to bifocals, getting used to trifocals is easier!
April Fool
Serve in a Martini glass
Ingredients:
3 oz Chilled water
1 Lemon twist
1 Green oliveHow to make:
1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and skewered Fragata Green Olive.
3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
4. STRAIN into chilled glass.
5. Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
6. Garnish with skewered olive.From
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I pray i never get to that point.
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I started with progressives once I needed "readers" and it was seamless and no issues….I can't wait for cataract surgery at some point. I am a heavily dx myopic and lighter lenses would be worth the surgery.
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I've had glasses since the 5th grade
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Thirsty Thursday! As expected, sleet and freezing rain is making driving pretty miserable this ayem. Lots of cars in ditches, and a few more serious accidents with injuries being managed.
I've started wearing glasses before I started school. Hated them intensely. Got contacts as an adult, much better than glasses, IMO. Had progressives for a while, but now I have one eye corrected for distance and one for near. That took a little getting used to but works pretty well.
Night Vision
Ingredients:
1 oz Cachaça
1 oz Carrot juice (freshly extracted)
1⁄3 oz Agave syrup
Top up with Thomas Henry Tonic Water
How to make:
1. Select and pre-chill a Flute glass.
2. Prepare garnish of baby carrot.
3. SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
5. TOP with tonic water.From
I had to look up Cachaca:
Cachaça (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈʃasɐ])[1] is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice. Also known as pinga, caninha,[2] and other names, it is the most popular spirit in Brazil.[3] Outside Brazil, cachaça is used almost exclusively as an ingredient in tropical drinks, with the caipirinha being the most famous and popular cocktail.[4] In Brazil, caipirinha is often paired with the dish feijoada.[5]Cachaça, like rum, has two varieties: unaged (Portuguese: branca, "white" or prata, "silver") and aged (amarela, "yellow" or ouro, "gold").[14] White cachaça is usually bottled immediately after distillation and tends to be cheaper. Some producers age it for up to 12 months in wooden barrels to achieve a smoother blend. It is often used as an ingredient in caipirinha and other mixed beverages. Dark cachaça, usually seen as the "premium" variety, is aged in wood barrels and is meant to be drunk neat. It is usually aged for up to 3 years, though some ultra-premium cachaças have been aged for up to 15 years. Its flavour is influenced by the type of wood the barrel is made from.[15][16]
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I started wearing hard contact lenses when I was in graduate school. With my stipend for being a teaching assistant, I was able to afford them. I cried (teared up) for at least two weeks. When I was in my mid 50's, I had cataract surgery and stopped wearing glasses and contact lenses for a number of years. Eventually I started wearing glasses for distance for driving and now I wear glasses most of the time except for around the house. I don't need glasses for computer work and am not wearing them now as I use my laptop. I was never able to wear the soft lenses because of astigmatism.
Cataract surgery was a great thing for me. I remember riding with dh across the Lake Pontchartain causeway, looking out at the vista and saying, "Wow!"
I'm back home from the dentist with my new cap on a tooth and quite a bit poorer. I'm watching a business channel on tv and patting myself on the back for taking required withdrawals from retirement funds before the current administration came into office. I hope the stock market has recouped by next year.
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Hi ladies. We got back from New Orleans last weekend. Great time enjoying the food, history and music. Oh and the cocktails too. Here are a few photos for now.
French 75
Bacon bloody Mary
Hurricane
Door #3
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy TGIF Day! The rain, sleet, and snow has finally stopped. Plan for the day is to visit the mother and get her pill box set up for next week and a few other errands. Otherwise nothing too exciting going on except starting to seriously pack for the Amsterdam/Norway trip coming up.
Carole--I've only used soft contacts, and I have astigmatism, but I never remember being told I couldn't use soft contacts because of that. I do remember being told I couldn't wear contacts because I was too young when I was in my early 20s. I keep hearing how cataract surgery has such wonderful outcomes that sometimes I wish I would get one! Glad the dental visit went well, if expensively. I can't remember any dental appointments where I didn't end up in pain even if I wasn't in pain when I went in. Never could understand how/why just a cleaning could cause so much aching and throbbing for weeks afterward.
Jazzy--can't wait to hear more about your trip! Those are some very yummy looking drinks!
Positive Contact
Ingredients
• .75 oz Lustau Don Nuño Oloroso
• .75 oz Lustau Papirusa Manzanilla
• 1 oz Cardamaro
• 1 oz Lustau Vermut Bianco
• 2.5 oz filtered water
• 5 drops 20% saline solution
• 3.8 oz champagne acid*
Instructions
Begin with all ingredients very cold, at least fridge temperature. Build all ingredients other than champagne acid in a mixing glass. Transfer to a carbonator bottle. Charge with CO2 three times at 45 PSI to thoroughly carbonate. Pour into a chilled AP white wine glass. Top with champagne acid. No garnish.From
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Jazzy - those drinks are amazing. I trust that you didn't have them all at the same sitting.
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Started wearing my new glasses full-time yesterday. I have to wear glasses all the time otherwise I have blurry vision all the time
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Good morning ladies!
Catching up here after my travels and re-entry to work. My sister and I had a great time in New Orleans the last week of March. We were there four full days and packed in a lot. Unfortunately, I did get hit with a head cold at the end and she did the day we were traveling back, which made the return and my re-entry to work a bit more challenging. But I took an extra day off upon my return to rest and recover which helped. I have gotten head colds before when traveling (even wore a mask on the way out), but not in a long time.
On our first day, we did a really great three-hour walking food tour around the French Quarter our first day that was a great orientation to the area and the foods. We enjoyed some beignets, a shrimp po boy, muffalatta sandwiches, gumbo, pralines and more. I tend to avoid sweets but tried everything and that blood mary happened on the trip too. We did about five miles of walking that day, whew!
During our second day (my 65th birthday), we started with a fabulous birthday brunch at the Court of Two Sisters on Royal Street that had a wonderful buffet and a little jazz quartet. Great food, music and our waiter was a super fun guy too. We did a stroll up Bourbon Street on the other side where I spent time 40 years ago, but sort of nasty and we saw a rat run by us on the sidewalk. Bourbon Street is clearly the party place (although I think all the French Quarter is).
Our evening featured a 3 hour dinner jazz cruise on the Nachez Steam Boat that took us up and back on the Mississippi. Nice buffet dinner, good music, great views and history also shared during our time there. The bridge in the city was still decorated with the Mardi Gras lights which they leave up the entire month of March.
Third day was a trolley car ride to the Garden district to see the beautiful southern homes and to visit a bookstore my sister wanted to go to. Then we went to an early performance at Preservation Hall which was a bucket list item for me. Only a short hour but so fun and the space is basically a one room shack sort of thing with wooden benches. They do five shows a night for an hour each starting @ 5 p.m. That was a particular highlight for me on the trip.
My cold was starting to hit hard on Friday so my sister suggested we skip the cemetary tour (2 hours of walking) and as we both felt we got what we wanted from the trip, we stayed to rest. We did ALOT of walking on this trip and she was tired too and with traveling back last Saturday, it seemed like the wise thing to do to be able to get back home. So we hung in the room, and found a good place for a final dinner nearby. We loved all the food in NOLA, but much of it was richer or sweeter than either of us are used to so we found our way back to eating some more Americana type foods towards our last meals there. We headed back the following day and I got home on schedule, she got delayed many hours and the cold started hitting her too, but we both made it and then were both trying to get better the two days after return.
Lots more to do there next visit and we decided we will go back and with a sense of the city now, we will do some additional things next visit!
I will post some more pictures here you may enjoy. Hope everyone is doing okay here in April; we have a winter storm here today with rain and snow but deseperately need the moisture.
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Jazzygirl, glad you enjoyed your visit to New Orleans. I live about 45 minutes away from the French Quarter on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Everything you mentioned is familiar. Your head cold was probably sinus congestion from the heavy pollen.
We used to go to the city with family visitors but seldom go now. Like all cities, New Orleans can be dangerous. Police do their best to make tourists safe. It's definitely a unique city in the US thanks to its history.
NM, are you feeling nervous about being an American visiting Europe? DH and I are. If I could cancel the trip, I probably would but it's all paid for. At least there will be other Americans to share any negative reaction.
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My BFF is transiting Frankfurt on the way to Athens for 3 days and then a 10 day Greek cruise. I appreciated Betrayal's comment about political furor on another thread regarding overseas travel. She said there were more comments from her fellow American passengers than the Europeans.
Jazzy - loved the detailed travelog. It's been 45 years since I was in New Orleans. I liked the trolley tour to the Garden District best. Hmmm - or maybe the beignets? Oops, just remembered I went with my son on a pre-college decision tour to visit Tulane in 1988. Still a LONG time ago.
Mommy - good luck with the glasses adjustment. Since my cataract surgery I've been able to downgrade from progressive bifocals to cheap Costco readers.
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Jazzy,
Lovely blooms!
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Good photos!
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Beautiful bridge picture, Jazzy! I miss muffalettas - so tasty.
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Thanks for posting Jazzy.
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Good Moring, Loungettes! Happy Monday Monkey Day! I went to visit with the Mother yesterday. I was trying to get an over-the-air HD antenna hooked up to her TV, but I didn't have enough hands--needed one to hold the TV out from the wall, one to hold the TV from coming off the mounting bracket, and one to attach the antenna! I nearly dropped the TV a few times before I gave up. Mom is wanting to get rid of the $237 a month cable that she only uses 3 stations and only when she can remember or re-figure out how to get to them. I get the same stations over-the-air with an HD antenna, and I think she'll be able to manage better with a remote with fewer but bigger buttons and not needing so many steps to turn things on and change channels. I'm going to try to catch one of the neighbors to help so I can get her set up so she can watch TV in the evening without calling me and getting step by step instructions that we both end up struggling to get through before I go on vacation in a couple of weeks.
Mommy--I'm sorry you have to wear glasses all the time, but it's probably better than blurry vision all the time.
Jazzy--getting a head cold on vacation is not fun! The walking food tour sounds marvelous! What is muffalatta? It sounds exotic. What a wonderful birthday you had with brunch, Bourbon Street and a jazz dinner cruise. Sorry your sister got delayed on the way home, particularly with her coming down with the cold. Sounds like it was a wonderful trip overall!
Carole--I am just a little nervous about being an American in Europe for the first part of the trip in Amsterdam. The cruise portion doesn't worry me too much. Laura and I are both signed up with the State Dept's STEP (Smart Traveler Enrollment Program) and have been watching the notices for the Netherlands and Norway area. Netherlands and Denmark are at a level 2, Exercise Increased Caution due to terrorist activity. Laura has been to Europe before and feels we will be safe enough with taking common sense precautions and staying aware. We are glad the trip is now and not much later in the year when things will likely be more tense.
Minus--It's been my observation too, on cruises that the most obnoxious passengers were often Americans, particularly intoxicated ones.
Jazzy--WOW, great pictures! I live the bridge!
Morning, Miriandra!
Noble Europe
Ingredients
• 45 milliliters Tokaji Wine
• 30 milliliters Vodka
• 30 milliliters Orange Juice
• 1 Vanilla ExtractDirections
- Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
- Prepare orange slice for garnish.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.
- Garnish with orange slice
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For sure!
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It was cool enough last night that dh and I had our winter cocktail, a bourbon old-fashioned. It tasted great.
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I've been having red wine…zins, cabs and petit sirah…YUM. Caregiving has been stressful and I'm sure I overpoured a few days ☺️.
Carole, I hope you can relax and enjoy the voyage.
Starting year 18 yesterday…cancerversary.
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Thanks, Wally. I expect to enjoy the voyage. Cocktails will add to the enjoyment. Beer and wine with meals is complimentary.
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Wally - congrats on 18 years. I recently passed 14 years for the original diagnosis & bi-lateral mastectomy and 12 years from the recurrence & 2nd surgery, chemo, rads, etc.
Carole - I too had bourbon the last day or two since the temps dropped again to the high 60s and low 70s. Maybe a Bailey's Irish Cream tonight???
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Good Morning, Loungettes! The puppers and I are waking up to a good 3 inches of new snow overnight. Heavy, wet, slushy, sloppy snow. I am sooooo tired of snow! It's freaking April, enough snow already! I swear Mother Nature and Father Winter have forgotten how to tell time and they both think it's December or something. I know they call this kind of April snow "poor man's fertilizer" and it's supposed to be really good for the gardens this coming summer, but since we don't seem to get much of a summer anymore, I wonder if it's worth the hassle!
Carole--I bet that Old Fashioned tasted very good last night!
Wally--Caregiving is hard work and stressful. You are entitled to a few more generous pours. Congrats on the cancerversary!
Minus--a double cancerversary, good for you! A Bailey's sounds really good.
Snowball Cocktail
Ingredients
• Advocaat: 50ml
• Lemon lime soda: 100ml
• Ice: As needed
• Maraschino cherry: 1
• Mint sprig: 1Recipe
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour 50ml of Advocaat over the ice.
- Top up the glass with 100ml of lemon-lime soda.
- Gently stir the drink to combine the ingredients.
- Garnish with a maraschino cherry and a sprig of mint.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
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wallycat and minustwo,
Congrats!!!
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Unusually quiet on this thread.
A neighbor's comment caused me to research something. Yes - both Kahlua and Tia Maria are made with RUM. I've been enjoying both for years and never suspected. He knew I didn't drink rum so he was not going to pass along a bottle of Kahlua that someone gave him. Personally I prefer Tia Maria because it's not as 'thick', but I'd never turn down a free bottle. I told him I'd make the delicious "one step" devil's food cake with Kahlua and sour cream if he gave me the bottle. Or I'd send him the recipe.
Same neighbor brought me a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream that he was given at Christmas and has never opened. Along with a bottle of Messina Hof Cab because he only likes sweet wines.
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