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I'm back from walking this Morning, It was a bit of a chilly to say the least. The temperature this morning was 21 on the porch and 20 on the cable channel. Yesterday I mentioned to my Brother that I was fighting the WWII battle, The Battle of the bulge ever since the Three Feasts Holiday starting with Thanksgiving, Christmas and the upcoming New Years Day meal. His answer was that he was fighting the same battle
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Telemarketers, Ahoy
Annoyed by those phone calls pitching solar panels, debt relief, and timeshares? Help is on the way.
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From the article
A whopping 56 percent of those taking the survey said they considered telemarketers to have low or very low levels of honesty and ethical standards. The only groups that rated more loathsome were lobbyists (60 percent) and members of Congress (64 percent).
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Gov’t Website Claims Santa Will Move To The South Pole To Escape Global Warming
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Have a Great Wednesday
Roger0 -
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Happy Boxing Day!
30 out there now with an expected high of 48 and no chance of precipitation.
My breakfast was a miniature version of yesterday's dinner (and yesterday's supper) with all the same stuff, but not so much of it. Dinner was the biggest, and even that wasn't all that big. Supper (late, as dinner was finished about 2:00) was a smaller version but with supper I did finally have that scoop of pumpkin pie flavored ice cream with 2 small spice cookies. Breakfast was an even smaller version, with no ice cream but I did have the spice cookies.
Moderation. Well, reasonably moderate anyway...
My dressing was probably the crustiest I've ever baked. Almost TOO crusty but very good. And I'll be eating all this for today and at least tomorrow. The little chunk of ham will run out first I expect. I see 3 more good servings of the green bean casserole and easily as many for the goose meat, dressing and giblet gravy. Any meat, dressing, and gravy left after that may have to be turned into some kind of casserole, possibly with some veggies in the casserole to augment it and make it a complete meal casserole. Or, of course, some steamed veggies on the side.
Now to get back on the Diet Plan to remove the weight I'm sure I picked up over the last two days
Yesterday We finished off the Pumpkin Pie and homemade whipped cream so more temptations are now gone. Today I will have a bit more of the Christmas Ham leftovers, I froze a lot of it yesterday in 6 ounce portions. I will be ignoring the leftover Mashed Potatoes and Ham Gravy.
I love a crusty Dressing, IMO the crusty part is the tastiest.
Where I live anytime the Holiday falls on garbage pickup day they pick up the next free day. For example they do the town on two days so if it falls on the first of the two days they do the regular pickup on day two and the day one pickup is on day three if I am being clear.Finishing the fluffing of a pillow in the dryer. Hoping the garbage and recycles will actually be picked up. Normally our pickup is Monday but with the Christmas holiday that wasn't happening. We were told it would be on Tuesday so we'll see. Santa didn't bring much wrapping paper. OK. Not any wrapping paper, but the garbage bin was still kind of full. It could hold more but I'm not sure another week of garbage would fit. The enormous, disposable foil roasting pan for the goose (that was a LOOOONG bird!) is in there, along with extra trash from having company.
Thank goodness I can't afford to have a goose very often. Though frankly, while I love goose, it is a very rich tasting, filling meat and not one I would want all that often. Nice once every 10 or 20 years maybe. LOL.
Duck is the same way for me. It's not as awkwardly long and not nearly as expensive as goose, so I've had it a bit more often but still not all that often. The meat is also very rich and filling. I know I've cooked two geese in my life now. I think maybe ... 4 ducks. Along with some frozen duck breasts a couple of times.
Oh well, I think the dryer stopped so I need to check on that pillow and make another mug of tea.
recycling is handled by the county every two weeks, Garbage pickup is done by the town here, in some towns it is handled by a private service that the homeowner picks out and pays.
I find that any foil pans I reduce by crumpling them as best I can and then trampling them flat and that save room. I squash boxes before I put them into recycling also. Even the round oatmeal cartons.
We all deserve a treat now and then in the food area. My brother very now and then picks up something called "Crispy Duck" from the Chinese Take Out. $12.75 with White Rice.
I always guessed that the French hens were just a French breed of Chicken never having looked them upparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday, the third day of Christmas and no sign of any French hens around here. I'm sure they'd be delicious though. 35 out there with an anticipated high of 45 and 90% chance of precipitation. Since it also says it's lightly raining now I'd think they would have changed that to 100% but it's never been all that clear how those percentages are calculated. I read somewhere that when they say X% they mean that X% of the AREA will get precipitation. Probably or definitely? I'll go with probably, since I am sure that they can't be all that accurate. We got over 6 inches of "light dusting" a couple of weeks ago, after all. OK, so WHAT area? If it's 90% today for the area, but it's RAINING, then I still say that, at least for MY AREA, it's 100%. Isn't it? What area are they talking about with that 90%? If it's not raining over the whole area, then why are they reporting light rain, while claiming 90% chance?
Is a puzzlement, as the King of Siam might have said.
Not a lot to do today, and it's too nasty to get out. Can't go anywhere anyway as the case of wine I ordered is supposed to arrive today and requires an adult signature. I don't think Lilo (who seems to be feeling somewhat better-knock on wood) would be able to sign for me, though she's certainly an adult.
The overnight lows are forecast to be in the single digits with a wind chill taking it down to zero
They are still forecasting Snow for Saturday with the forecast models indicating not much to a significant amount.
As one humorist said "I just shoveled 6 inches of global warming off of the driveway"
Oh well, maybe it will come early enough for you to go out if desired.
Cheers
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning!
I've watched and read and enjoyed your posts. Have reheated my mug of coffee, and toasted a small slice of panettone topped with a slice of smokey vegan Gouda cheeze....MMMMM!!!
Great Breakfast!
Not sure what I'm up to today....may work at clearing the spices, bottles of vinegars, etc that are now 'clutter' and time to be returned to the cabinets, pantry I and pantry II....til they're needed again.
And I have one lower cabinet that has all kinds of 'stuff' in it. I may tackle that while I'm in the kitchen...or, I may do none of the above! Don't think I'll go out today... but if I do, I may buy 2 Lottery tickets. Haven't done that in quite awhile... and the jackpots are huge!! mmmmmm.
Later...
I have to remember to try toasting the Panettone when I open it, I am not worried about it going out of date, I just looked and it is good until July 2018 :0
The problem with spices is that they seem to lose strength as they age
That reminds me where did I put those lottery tickets I bought last week, They may have won something, Hopefully.
Have a Nice Day
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I think most of us are fighting the battle of the bulge, as usual for this time of year. I'm not doing TOO badly, but know I'll have to buckle down after New years.
At least I have finished off one type of cookie, and have no candy left in the house. I sent some cookies and most of a Kringle with J to Kentucky, but still have some spice cookies and Danish butter cookies left.
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Wine has arrived.
Today's wine booty, received Fed Ex.
4 each of
Château Élan Muscadry Blanc, 2015
Château Élan Muscadry Rosé, 2015
Château Élan Muscadry Rouge, 2015
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Good Early Afternoon, said the lazy Georgian! Actually I've been up since 7 a.m.
Fussy cat, Just stuff kept needing to be done.
Roger & Brother...Roger said, and brother concurred...I'm back from walking this Morning, Yesterday I mentioned to my Brother that I was fighting the WWII battle, The Battle of the bulge ever since the Three Feasts Holiday starting with Thanksgiving, Christmas and the upcoming New Years Day meal. His answer was that he was fighting the same battle. Then later Ed said he was also fighting the same battle....well, me too! Set a new record high for the year or more...so 'United we Stand' against the same enemy...our mouths!
I'm about to run out for 2 quick picks one each Power Ball and Mega Millions! Its really about my time to win!!!
Ed, I take it that Lilo while a bit better is not up to here old normal self....I hope she bounces back soon!
I offered to get a dog for Tom E. and he got all purr-y (or purr-ie?), now you know its lonesome for him when he'd welcome having a house dog! LOL!!
Ok, this is as warm as this day is going to get, so I guess I'd better 'get' as well...
Later...
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OK, got my tickets...planning my get away before anyone knows I've won! Will keep in touch with you two, and my 2 sons.period.
So glad I don't live in Erie, Penn. Those poor folks. I'd be a shut-in til late spring!0 -
Well, some days your luck has just abandoned you....I went online first to Amazon and then to Fit Bit's web site....they don't make my Fit Bit One any more. I'm a bit bummed about that. Will be on the lookout for a new tracker I guess. I may just pick up a cheap some kind of pedometer. Probably at Walmart or Target...I just want to know the number of steps. The rest is just 'interesting' but not necessary for what I want. Oh, Well.......such is life!
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I'm back from walking this Morning, It was chilly to say the least. The temperature this morning was 13 on the porch and 14 on the cable channel. Yesterday's forecast was for colder so I guess it could be worse. The wind was blowing so the wind chill was uncomfortable
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By PHILIP MARCELO
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70yo woman blown off balcony by hurricane-like wind, taken to hospital in back of truck
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December 25, 2017
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Have a Great Thursday
Roger0 -
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »I think most of us are fighting the battle of the bulge, as usual for this time of year. I'm not doing TOO badly, but know I'll have to buckle down after New years.
At least I have finished off one type of cookie, and have no candy left in the house. I sent some cookies and most of a Kringle with J to Kentucky, but still have some spice cookies and Danish butter cookies left.
I'm happy to hear that the battle is going well...
That is the trick I have found, Get rid of those tasty temptations
Ah, Pirate Bootyparityanimal wrote: »Wine has arrived.
Today's wine booty, received Fed Ex.
4 each of
Château Élan Muscadry Blanc, 2015
Château Élan Muscadry Rosé, 2015
Château Élan Muscadry Rouge, 2015
Enjoy the Wine. I wonder if they ever have breakage ?
Cheers
Roger0 -
Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Early Afternoon, said the lazy Georgian! Actually I've been up since 7 a.m.
Fussy cat, Just stuff kept needing to be done.
Roger & Brother...Roger said, and brother concurred...I'm back from walking this Morning, Yesterday I mentioned to my Brother that I was fighting the WWII battle, The Battle of the bulge ever since the Three Feasts Holiday starting with Thanksgiving, Christmas and the upcoming New Years Day meal. His answer was that he was fighting the same battle. Then later Ed said he was also fighting the same battle....well, me too! Set a new record high for the year or more...so 'United we Stand' against the same enemy...our mouths!
I'm about to run out for 2 quick picks one each Power Ball and Mega Millions! Its really about my time to win!!!
Ed, I take it that Lilo while a bit better is not up to here old normal self....I hope she bounces back soon!
I offered to get a dog for Tom E. and he got all purr-y (or purr-ie?), now you know its lonesome for him when he'd welcome having a house dog! LOL!!
Ok, this is as warm as this day is going to get, so I guess I'd better 'get' as well...
Later...
Re: the battle of the bulge, They do say misery loves company :)I really need to buckle down heading into the New Years day meal. That will be Vacuum sealed leftovers from the freezer. Homemade Lasagna, Bread Dressing, Turkey and Ham at a minimum.GardenKatGardens wrote: »OK, got my tickets...planning my get away before anyone knows I've won! Will keep in touch with you two, and my 2 sons.period.
So glad I don't live in Erie, Penn. Those poor folks. I'd be a shut-in til late spring!
Did You see the news about the Lottery that had a computer glitch and sold too many winners ?
http://abc13.com/finance/glitch-leads-to-multiple-lotto-winners-on-christmas/2833146/
South Carolina lotto officials suspend game after glitch and lots of winners on Christmas
Thursday, December 28, 2017 05:25AM
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (KTRK) --
A supposed Christmas miracle may be snuffed out for lottery players who believe they won hundreds and even thousands of dollars.
The South Carolina Education Lottery said it is investigating its Holiday Cash Add-A-Play game. It said a programming error on Christmas Day of its computer system led to false winners.
I hope You have better luck than those people.
Has Your FitBit died ? If You mentioned it I must have forgotten it.GardenKatGardens wrote: »Well, some days your luck has just abandoned you....I went online first to Amazon and then to Fit Bit's web site....they don't make my Fit Bit One any more. I'm a bit bummed about that. Will be on the lookout for a new tracker I guess. I may just pick up a cheap some kind of pedometer. Probably at Walmart or Target...I just want to know the number of steps. The rest is just 'interesting' but not necessary for what I want. Oh, Well.......such is life!
Good Luck finding a replacement
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Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 33 out there now with an expected high of 42 and no chance of precipitation.
Need to water J's greenhouse today and maybe get out to the store for some cheese and butter.
I finished off the last of Christmas yesterday, except for the remaining cookies. And who knows what J might bring home with him this weekend. Sometimes his mother sends him home with a chocolate pie or a pecan pie.
A nap also sounds delightful, as I got up a bit earlier than I'd rather.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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Delivery pizza taste test. Don't think it includes my favorite, Marco's.
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Keith eats everything at McDonalds. EVERYTHING! OK. Not really, but a LOT of things.
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Going to respond to Roger before I leave this page, and see what's on the next page... Roger I LOST, yep, lost my Fitbit. My own fault. I was running late, and instead of clipping it on to my jeans pocket, I just dropped it into my front pocket....
I knew I had it while in the lobby at O's gymnastics place... after that who knows where it dropped out of my pocket. (the pockets in women's clothes are not very deep..hence causes problems with my iPhone, and other stuff, including the FitBit.)
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Hi! Watched them make fleece, and the Pizza test. I've decided that if I ever have something unfixable, or otherwise unable to recover from I'm going to eat Pizza for breakfast, Wendy's Cheeseburgers for lunch, and haven't really settled on dinners...fried chicken? lobster? maybe just desserts... suicide by Food!!!! LOL!!
What a story to tell that elderly woman has to tell...and a warning. Smoking is definitely bad for your health!
I think now I'm going to make a pot of Sassafras Tea! And make a soup to go with my lunch. I read a whole long post on my news feed from The NYTimes about how to make soups...I think I made soup in my sleep all night long! So, soup it will be.
Roger stay warm out there when you walk early in the morning. I really can't imagine even going to the mail box in your windy cold...let alone willingly walking any distance!
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I know they're not REALLY 100 years old, but I think I'll pass anyway...
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We're all getting of an age where this one could be important to us! How it's made: Walking sticks.
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Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday!
35 out there now with an expected high of 50 and no chance of precipitation.
Probably need to get out to the grocery today but really just want to chill at home.
Need to get the cats fed in a while. Dinah is already being vocal about it.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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I'm back from walking this Morning, It was chilly to say the least. The temperature this morning was 14 on the porch and 13 on the cable channel. It could be worse the wind that was blowing yesterday has abated. There is a possibility of flurries this afternoon with either a coating to an inch or 1 to 3 inches for where I am depending on which forecast is correct
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Social Security Beneficiaries Hit Record 61,859,250
By Terence P. Jeffrey | December 27, 2017 | 8:51 AM EST
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Burnt bagel blamed for St. Louis airport evacuation
Associated Press•December 27, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/leaving-house-linked-longevity-older-adults-182911297.html
Leaving the house linked to longevity in older adults
By Carolyn Crist, ,Reuters•December 26, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fishermen-mexico-shoot-down-environmental-groups-drone-154502740.html
[Fishermen in Mexico shoot down environmental group's drone
Associated Press•December 27, 2017[/b]
Have a Great Friday
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When I was working for the IRS some burnt food in the child care center caused an evacuation. Fortunately, it wasn't 11 degrees outside, as all the children, as well as the adults in the building, day care or otherwise, had to leave.
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Going to respond to Roger before I leave this page, and see what's on the next page... Roger I LOST, yep, lost my Fitbit. My own fault. I was running late, and instead of clipping it on to my jeans pocket, I just dropped it into my front pocket....
I knew I had it while in the lobby at O's gymnastics place... after that who knows where it dropped out of my pocket. (the pockets in women's clothes are not very deep..hence causes problems with my iPhone, and other stuff, including the FitBit.)
So, that's the story of the FitBit...
Hi Valerie
That Stinks, I have have pants that I wear when we work in the garden, The pockets are to shallow to be useful, Designers
I'm guessing You checked Lost and found to see if anyone turned it in...
Here is a off the wall suggestion, did You check with FitBit to see if it been synced by anyone else ?GardenKatGardens wrote: »Hi! Watched them make fleece, and the Pizza test. I've decided that if I ever have something unfixable, or otherwise unable to recover from I'm going to eat Pizza for breakfast, Wendy's Cheeseburgers for lunch, and haven't really settled on dinners...fried chicken? lobster? maybe just desserts... suicide by Food!!!! LOL!!
What a story to tell that elderly woman has to tell...and a warning. Smoking is definitely bad for your health!
I think now I'm going to make a pot of Sassafras Tea! And make a soup to go with my lunch. I read a whole long post on my news feed from The NYTimes about how to make soups...I think I made soup in my sleep all night long! So, soup it will be.
Roger stay warm out there when you walk early in the morning. I really can't imagine even going to the mail box in your windy cold...let alone willingly walking any distance!
Later...
Greasy Foods, Whee, So yummy in some ways. I love many Deep fried foods despite that they are not that healthy. I tried the Fried Donuts and Wontons from the Chinese take out and Yum. Yes I know that traditional Donuts are deep fried, The Chinese seem to do them a little differently I have opened the Fries taste test and the delivery pizza taste test and paused them. I shall watch them while I heat and eat my breakfast later, Thanks Ed.
That was a bit weird, Who knew that smoking could do that to You... Lucky woman.
Sassafras Tea, It has been a while since I had that, I go through periods where I drink tea and then go off it for a period.
It was colder Wednesday due to the wind chill, I was able to go further today despite the temps being more or less the same as the wind has died down thankfully.
I will say that even on high the heated mittens could have been warmer, thus I pulled out the the rechargeable hand warmer that I carry just in case the batteries run down and put it in the mitten too
Have a Nice Day
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday!
35 out there now with an expected high of 50 and no chance of precipitation.
Probably need to get out to the grocery today but really just want to chill at home.
Need to get the cats fed in a while. Dinah is already being vocal about it.
Lucky You and Valerie with such nice warm weather, The extended forecast is for well below normal for the duration and beyond of the extended forecast
Yesterday we were blessed, ? , a friend dropped off 5 or 6 types of homemade cookies and a neighbor brought over Hickory Farms treats and Crackers for the Cheese and Summer Salami She dropped off and Picked up some of our Home Made Fruitcake in Cupcake format as well as well Million Dollar bars and York Peppermint Patties
We have been mulling over what to do for food for New Years Eve. Possibilities would be a tray of different foods from the Grocery Store Deli Department of frozen things, Possibly Chinese or a Pizza would be a really big change or Nothing as that is the one thing that would be helpful.
No Grocery run today as my brother did that yesterday and Will do one Sunday as that is his Shopping Day
Enjoy the Day
Roger
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Well, I did make it out to Aldi. I could have walked except that I knew I was buying one bulky item and a few somewhat heavy items that would have been really difficult to walk home with, so I drove.
I got out spending less than $40 so I think I won. Sort of. Didn't look like very much stuff for the amount of money. But that's normal nowadays.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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