Early Risers - Eastern Time Zone
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Hi
I'm back from walking again and no cents. The temperature this morning was 32 on the porch.
The weather forecasts regarding the storm on Wednesday appear to have been accurate. Parts of NJ had over 26 inches of snow. Here in Central NJ it looked like under a foot of that very heavy wet snow however the local cable news channel showed 22 inches in a nearby town
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Have a Great Friday
Roger0 -
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »I have my own theories about slow cookers. Other than making chili, or spaghetti sauce, where you kind of HAVE to pre-brown the meat, I think the whole idea of a slow cooker is that I can just toss everything in, maybe layered a specific way, maybe stirred all together, turn it on and leave it alone. I make GREAT roasts and I don't brown them first in a skillet. It's really not necessary unless you just insist on having that seared exterior.
So...here's someone's opinion on "mistakes" people make using a slow cooker. Take with a shaker of salt.
I know that the idea that each "peek" ads 30 minutes is nonsense. This may let out some hot air and steam, but the liquid in the slow cooker isn't reduced in temperature that much by a "peek". All the same, if one peeks often enough, then it might add a little time. Some dishes do suggest a stir halfway through and that's certainly a peek!
Slow cookers ...
Probably the best way to tenderize meats is to do a low slow cook in a slow cooker and it could possibly save energy too. I'll take tender over nicely browned but tough.parityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday!
29 out there now with an expected high of 58 and no chance of precipitation.
The judges' breakfast is this morning so I'm off to the botanic gardens to make the coffee and lay out the breakfast. Later on a bit I'll be laying out the lunch. J will have to do his photography thing by himself this morning since I'm working hospitality.
Fun day! Not any time to find interesting videos so you'll have to find your own for today.
It sounds as if You have a busy time ahead.
Have a nice day
Roger0 -
GardenKatGardens wrote: »cold and windy, but no white stuff! I'm good with that!
Been to the gym, Going to stop at the bank and Sweet Tomatoes on the way to meet the kids as they get off the school bus/.then get them ready to leave for O's gymnastics. (dogs fed, homework done, etc. After O's thing I'll take them to Chic Fi Lays for some dinner, get them home, O's shower, check Nate's homework, etc. Everybody in their rooms by 9. Jack said Nate will go to sleep pretty soon, O...who knows when our little night owl will finally close her big blue eyes! She's like her father. Nate is more like his Uncle Ted, on the ice and off!!
I volunteered for this. Wasn't even asked. I must be nuts!
Ed, hope your day goes well with the photo shoot, and all the drinks and goodies!
Roger, did I read that right...after snow you have 24 hours to get your sidewalks and drive cleaned? I'd be in trouble!!! I have not rec'd anything about replays of iTHrive vids. Maybe they'll send one out tonite or tomorrow...or may be that if you missed it...well, you missed out!
Ok, gotta get my self 'together' and get on the road, If I get there early, so much the better. Would rather early than miss their school bus.
Later...
Hi Valerie
Trust me, You would not want snow like we got, It was a heavy wet snow and at the end of the driveway where the plows threw up a mound it also got waterlogged and super heavy.
I did go out walking for a short distance today, the only decent route was walking in the road so for safety I only boomeranged up for coffee and back home. Even though I only went a few blocks I had to reverse course and choose an alternate route due to a tree across the road where I usually walk when heading that way.
I hope My Brother and I have no problems with the three stops planned for today. I will be riding along as two of the three are ones I need to make also. Stop 1 his doctor for a quick blood test, Stop 2 pick up the new eyeglasses. Stop 3 the Shoprite Grocery Store. I am thinking of having him stop at Wendy's since I believe they still have their Double stacker on sale for $1, That would be two 1/8 pound hamburger patties and a slice of cheese. I plan to throw out the Bun and substitute the low calorie and low carb bread. Add in the Vegetables from the freezer and a Apple and Voila a complete meal.
I will be honest I wish they did better enforcement of the shoveling rule, OTOH I am sure they have been super busy with all the trees and wires down all over town and the road closures.
Enjoy Your Family Time
Roger0 -
Hi!
I did enjoy my family time Roger. The kids were fun, and their parents. my son and DIL had a great time too. Late night. Thought of saying "hello" at 2a.m. as I was crawling into bed..but was just too tired.
Couple of things I'd like to get done today..none exactly 'critical', but will make next week much easier. I may put off the trip to the bank, that I can do from my car and not get wet!
I need to get dressed, get the trash cart back to the house, and I'd like to make a gym run.
(I'd also like a nap! but thats not gonna happen.) Roger I'm glad to know that you've survived both N'easters with not too much trouble. I need to check out fb to see if Kat (who's in MA) has been as fortunate)..
Other than that...Not much else!
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Survived this day of the orchid show. I did come home and have a couple hour nap, from about 3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM, then went back out after a bit to a party at the house of one of the members. This morning I got up at 5:30 and was making coffee at the botanic gardens at 7:05. After a bit my co-hospitality person came along with her part of the breakfast for today's Judges' breakfast and we had it all together and ready to roll by 8:00. Everyone enjoyed breakfast and then we had to set up for the Judge's lunch, which was picked up from a vendor. Barbecue and lots of sides. Plenty of vegetarian options.
We do the two meals for the judges because they are pulling plants from the show and doing an EXTRA judging for plants from the show. They are still doing their regular monthly judging tomorrow so J gets to bring in his photography equipment again for Saturday.
No special breakfast on Saturday, but we do have the Vendors' luncheon to thank the vendors who are selling orchids, as they are a major draw to the show. That lunch, coming from a Middle Eastern restaurant this year, will be supplemented by the leftovers from the barbecue, and then any leftovers from all of it will make a final appearance for Sunday lunch for the volunteers and vendors.
Of course the society volunteers and vendors are also invited to the Judge's meals and the judges are welcome to partake of the Vendor's luncheon, as are the volunteers, but usually the judges have made other arrangements for their Saturday meal, as they come every month anyway. They do stop by for coffee and might grab some food while doing so but they aren't even there for breakfast on Saturday, not starting their thing until 12:30 or so.
Lilo has a new trick for deciding when my nap time is over, by her definition. Since Kiara has become my loyal nap buddy, usually right by my legs, with Lilo near my head, if she's there with me, Lilo starts a wrestling match with Kiara and that's the signal that she thinks I've napped long enough.
After the nap, I took a shower as I had worked all day and felt grungy. As I was pondering dinner, J texted me asking if I was coming to the party, as people at the party were asking about me. I really had not intended to go to the party, but when he asked I got out into some of the worst traffic EVER and went to the party. Honestly, if I'd known how bad the traffic on I75/I85 was, I probably would have begged off and sent my regrets.
But, since I didn't know until I was already halfway to the party, I toughed it out and had a rather nice dinner at the party. Better than what I'd have probably eaten at home, for sure.
I enjoyed the party, despite being really tired. Had a small glass of wine with the meal, when I got there, and then chatted with friends for a couple of hours.
J wanted to bring home some of the leftovers that the party givers were trying to give away, so we have a quart of roasted potatoes and mushrooms for him to have for a couple of meals. They were quite nice. I had some as part of my meal.
I skipped the shrimp as it had been sitting out for at least an hour or so when I got there, and maybe longer. I did eat some of the grilled chicken, some baked beans, some of the roasted potato and mushrooms, and a home made cookie. Then drank two glasses of water while chatting and came home to feed the sugar gliders and cuddle with the cats who were most distressed that I had been gone all day and then left AGAIN and was gone for the rest of the evening.
Clearly it was just AWFUL at home while I was gone.
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Hi
I'm back from walking again and no cents. The temperature this morning was 31 on the porch.
My Brother and I were out doing four stops yesterday. Lots of damaged trees all over the area. The Decorative trees in the ShopRite parking lot had lots of damage.
The scale was nicely lower than yesterday morning, again, It seems that the "Time-restricted eating" combined with a 100% NS plan is working really well so far.
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Have a Great Weekend
Roger0 -
GardenKatGardens wrote: »Hi!
I did enjoy my family time Roger. The kids were fun, and their parents. my son and DIL had a great time too. Late night. Thought of saying "hello" at 2a.m. as I was crawling into bed..but was just too tired.
Couple of things I'd like to get done today..none exactly 'critical', but will make next week much easier. I may put off the trip to the bank, that I can do from my car and not get wet!
I need to get dressed, get the trash cart back to the house, and I'd like to make a gym run.
(I'd also like a nap! but thats not gonna happen.) Roger I'm glad to know that you've survived both N'easters with not too much trouble. I need to check out fb to see if Kat (who's in MA) has been as fortunate)..
Other than that...Not much else!
Later...
Hi Valerie
The walking was not that easy since even in the areas where the sidewalks were shoveled they did not all have cutouts at the curb to cross the streets. Some busy driveways were sheets of ice too.
We have survived the Nor' Easters not necessarily unscathed, Trees across the street and next door have lost lots of branches. I have had to pull my car way up in the driveway so my brothers car can be pulled up clear of damaged branches that overhang the driveway.
I would not have been on at 2AM either. Do You mean that there is rain in the near future in the Atlanta area ?
Have a Nice Day
Roger0 -
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Survived this day of the orchid show. I did come home and have a couple hour nap, from about 3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM, then went back out after a bit to a party at the house of one of the members. This morning I got up at 5:30 and was making coffee at the botanic gardens at 7:05. After a bit my co-hospitality person came along with her part of the breakfast for today's Judges' breakfast and we had it all together and ready to roll by 8:00. Everyone enjoyed breakfast and then we had to set up for the Judge's lunch, which was picked up from a vendor. Barbecue and lots of sides. Plenty of vegetarian options.
We do the two meals for the judges because they are pulling plants from the show and doing an EXTRA judging for plants from the show. They are still doing their regular monthly judging tomorrow so J gets to bring in his photography equipment again for Saturday.
No special breakfast on Saturday, but we do have the Vendors' luncheon to thank the vendors who are selling orchids, as they are a major draw to the show. That lunch, coming from a Middle Eastern restaurant this year, will be supplemented by the leftovers from the barbecue, and then any leftovers from all of it will make a final appearance for Sunday lunch for the volunteers and vendors.
Of course the society volunteers and vendors are also invited to the Judge's meals and the judges are welcome to partake of the Vendor's luncheon, as are the volunteers, but usually the judges have made other arrangements for their Saturday meal, as they come every month anyway. They do stop by for coffee and might grab some food while doing so but they aren't even there for breakfast on Saturday, not starting their thing until 12:30 or so.
I hope You did more than survive and enjoyed the day.
It sounds as if You are going to have a busy weekend.
Traffic was much heavier than usual on the roads we were on yesterday.Lilo has a new trick for deciding when my nap time is over, by her definition. Since Kiara has become my loyal nap buddy, usually right by my legs, with Lilo near my head, if she's there with me, Lilo starts a wrestling match with Kiara and that's the signal that she thinks I've napped long enough.
After the nap, I took a shower as I had worked all day and felt grungy. As I was pondering dinner, J texted me asking if I was coming to the party, as people at the party were asking about me. I really had not intended to go to the party, but when he asked I got out into some of the worst traffic EVER and went to the party. Honestly, if I'd known how bad the traffic on I75/I85 was, I probably would have begged off and sent my regrets.
But, since I didn't know until I was already halfway to the party, I toughed it out and had a rather nice dinner at the party. Better than what I'd have probably eaten at home, for sure.
I enjoyed the party, despite being really tired. Had a small glass of wine with the meal, when I got there, and then chatted with friends for a couple of hours.
J wanted to bring home some of the leftovers that the party givers were trying to give away, so we have a quart of roasted potatoes and mushrooms for him to have for a couple of meals. They were quite nice. I had some as part of my meal.
I skipped the shrimp as it had been sitting out for at least an hour or so when I got there, and maybe longer. I did eat some of the grilled chicken, some baked beans, some of the roasted potato and mushrooms, and a home made cookie. Then drank two glasses of water while chatting and came home to feed the sugar gliders and cuddle with the cats who were most distressed that I had been gone all day and then left AGAIN and was gone for the rest of the evening.
Clearly it was just AWFUL at home while I was gone.
Have a Good Day
Roger0 -
Howdy y'all. It's satisfying Saturday. 37 out there now with an expected high of 62 and 80% chance of rain. Not the greatest forecast for the attendance at the orchid show today. Still, I'll be heading out shortly to make coffee and make sure that what snacks we have for breakfast are set out. No "formal" breakfast for today though so that's a bit easier.
Well, need to finish this cup of tea, feed the cats, and get headed in to the botanic gardens I guess.
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Hi to Ed, what an alarm system those cats have worked out!
Roger, they did put the series up for 48 hours. See if that link I sent you to iThrive will get you there. Most are interesting, it was #8 that dealt with intermittent fasting. I think I'd like to try a 3 day water fast and then reality sets in. Not sure I can get past about 4-5 in the afternoon. That's where I've gotten 'stuck' before. Not cuz I was fasting, but because I'd been out running around and just hadn't eaten. I pretty much do a 14-15 hour fast on a daily basis. They were talking about doing an abbreviated fast, limiting the 'feeding' window each day...like 5 hours if you wanted to eat 2 meals, or a really short window of 1-2 hours for feeding, fasting the rest of the 24 hours...
I was supposed to work with Ted on my computer over the phone, and he just called and said go do your errands now, and call him later today when the rains set in. about 2p. I think, and Sunday and Monday!!!
If the link doesn't work Roger, post that here, and I'll see if I can find my login, and passcode and you can log in as me??
Gotta go while the sun shines!
Later...0 -
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Hi
I'm back from walking again and no cents. The temperature this morning was 29 on the porch.
My Brother and I were out doing four stops yesterday. Lots of damaged trees all over the area. The Decorative trees in the ShopRite parking lot had lots of damage.
While I was walking I took a different route for safety as I needed to stay on the roads for much of the walk. Wires and trees are still down where I was walking
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Have a Great Sunday
Roger0 -
GardenKatGardens wrote: »Hi to Ed, what an alarm system those cats have worked out!
Roger, they did put the series up for 48 hours. See if that link I sent you to iThrive will get you there. Most are interesting, it was #8 that dealt with intermittent fasting. I think I'd like to try a 3 day water fast and then reality sets in. Not sure I can get past about 4-5 in the afternoon. That's where I've gotten 'stuck' before. Not cuz I was fasting, but because I'd been out running around and just hadn't eaten. I pretty much do a 14-15 hour fast on a daily basis. They were talking about doing an abbreviated fast, limiting the 'feeding' window each day...like 5 hours if you wanted to eat 2 meals, or a really short window of 1-2 hours for feeding, fasting the rest of the 24 hours...
I was supposed to work with Ted on my computer over the phone, and he just called and said go do your errands now, and call him later today when the rains set in. about 2p. I think, and Sunday and Monday!!!
If the link doesn't work Roger, post that here, and I'll see if I can find my login, and passcode and you can log in as me??
Gotta go while the sun shines!
Later...
Hi Valerie
I appreciate the offer, however I would not want to use someone elses login information. I can go try and see if it is still on offer, if not, Oh well.
Just from curiosity what needs doing to Your computer.
It seems as if tomorrow's previously forecast storm is now scheduled to arrive Monday overnight into Tuesday with some snow in the forecast.
Have a Nice Day
Roger
Hi Ed0 -
Howdy y'all. It's scintillating soggy Sunday! 53 out there now with an expected high of 55 100% chance of rain. It's already raining and supposed to rain all day. Joy.
Cats need to be fed and I need to get on down to the Botanic Gardens for the last day of the orchid show.
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Hi! Tell me its not really 7p. Feels like its at least an hour off! LOL! All clocks, even the chiming one are set, except...for the one over my head in the bedroom, which twice today has messed with my mind!!
Roger, kinda long 'what was wrong with my computer' and a pretty quick and painless fix. I had uploaded to the cloud documents, photo's, contacts, etc...only I'd not ever set up a password with the iCloud. So, that was what prompted the dialogue boxes...Ted had already figured that out, from what I'd told him the evening before. When I got that done, like magic, my desk top returned! Job finished, All is well!
My SIL texted me a pix from outside her breakfast table...snowing like it was a Christmas Card! We chatted for about an hour about what we would be doing at the beach, etc. and by the end of our call the snow was called off, and beginning to melt off the tree limbs, bird feeders, roof, etc. She kept telling me it was so beautiful...right. That's one time I'd take ugly over snow!...How about you Roger?!?!?
Ed, hope the orchid show went well. I don't know what you got in ATL, or even at home, but I did get some rain...nothing to be excited about in quantity!
Tom Cat seems to be liking DST. Its still quite light here, and he's outside enjoying it!
Ok, I've got a couple things in mind to do while my eyes still tell me its early early evening.
Later...0 -
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I'm back from walking again and no cents. The temperature this morning was 29 on the porch.
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Have a Great Monday
Roger0 -
GardenKatGardens wrote: »Hi! Tell me its not really 7p. Feels like its at least an hour off! LOL! All clocks, even the chiming one are set, except...for the one over my head in the bedroom, which twice today has messed with my mind!!
Roger, kinda long 'what was wrong with my computer' and a pretty quick and painless fix. I had uploaded to the cloud documents, photo's, contacts, etc...only I'd not ever set up a password with the iCloud. So, that was what prompted the dialogue boxes...Ted had already figured that out, from what I'd told him the evening before. When I got that done, like magic, my desk top returned! Job finished, All is well!
My SIL texted me a pix from outside her breakfast table...snowing like it was a Christmas Card! We chatted for about an hour about what we would be doing at the beach, etc. and by the end of our call the snow was called off, and beginning to melt off the tree limbs, bird feeders, roof, etc. She kept telling me it was so beautiful...right. That's one time I'd take ugly over snow!...How about you Roger?!?!?
Ed, hope the orchid show went well. I don't know what you got in ATL, or even at home, but I did get some rain...nothing to be excited about in quantity!
Tom Cat seems to be liking DST. Its still quite light here, and he's outside enjoying it!
Ok, I've got a couple things in mind to do while my eyes still tell me its early early evening.
Later...
Hi Valerie
Only a couple more clocks to set here as of this morning.
Ah Ha, I was curious what happened.
So far they are still forecasting snow tonight into tomorrow
Have a Nice Day
Roger0 -
Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 39 out there now with an expected high of 52 and 20% chance of rain. It was wet most of the morning at the botanic gardens yesterday and remained gray and dismal looking, but the rain slacked off and we got a good bit of traffic in. Two of the vendors I know fairly well were nearly sold out over the whole weekend. Another vendor who is more local kept bringing in more stuff to keep their tables fairly full, so it was hard to estimate how well their sales went, but I expect they sold a lot too.
For me, the show started being fun even before it started. Wednesday was table and chair setup in the show room, which I did not attend. We don't generally have any hospitality setup for this night, as it's just a few volunteers from our group and if we do set anything up it would just be some soft drinks, water, and maybe trail mix or the like. Possibly coffee if our urns are in the kitchen yet. E dropped of her coffee pot but there was nothing laid out for snacks. This initial setup usually only takes a few hours. I did not go Wednesday night and was having my own fun at home. My blood glucose was rather unstable, and dropping, for unknown reasons. Sometimes we diabetics just have fun times like that! So I was up until nearly midnight trying to get it stabilized and high enough to feel comfortable about going to bed. It all ended up being fine, of course, but I didn't really sleep all that well.
Thursday morning I went down to set up coffee and light snacks (chips, cookies, trail mix) for the arriving guests who would be setting up displays and vending tables and kept the coffee flowing, at least until mid-afternoon at which point I pooped out and popped out to come home and take a nap.
Friday, I had to be there at about 7:00 in the morning to get coffee ready and set everything up for the Judges' breakfast, so I got that going and when E arrived, closer to 8:00 she set up a small meat and cheese tray, mini-bagels, croissants, and brought orange juice and fruit. The show coordinator's wife had made a dozen boiled eggs, so we set all that out along with the breakfast biscuits and sweet rolls I had already set out. The Judge's breakfast is always set up as a "grab and go" since the first thing they judge is the exhibits, which are in the exhibit hall right outside the kitchen doors. The most important thing to have ready for the Judges' breakfast is the coffee! That's why I was in there at about 7:00, to have an hour to make the coffee and set up the parts of breakfast that I had already brought in. Mostly though, to make the coffee!
I spent $149.07 on hospitality supplies, food, and drinks, but that was a relatively small portion of the cost for that, and I've already been reimbursed for my purchases. My co-chair seemed to indicate her expenses were probably in that neighborhood as well, but that doesn't factor in the cost of the Judges' lunch on Friday, which is usually the one, largest expense and, if I recall correctly from last year, runs around $600 to $700 but it is some pretty good food.
Right after the breakfast on Friday, E went downstairs to start setting up the lunch area and I finished cleaning up the breakfast and re-arranging the snacks and cookies, putting away anything that needed refrigeration, to be set up as breakfast snacks for the remaining days. Then I brought drinks down to the room where lunch was being set up and carried down some additional supplies.
It's too bad we have to "cater" that ourselves, but we do realize that it would be well over $1000 if we got the company to do that part as well, so we suck it up and do the setup, teardown, and cleanup ourselves. This means someone (neither of us co-chairs this time at least) has to go and pick up the food, we have to set up our own chafing dishes for the buffet, set up the tables and chairs, tablecloths, etc, lay out all the food and then watch while our beautiful set up is destroyed inside of an hour. LOL.
We put the hot food and bread at the front of the room and the desserts and drinks at the back. I did not bother to try moving the coffee urns down, as everyone knew where they were if they wanted coffee after lunch and moving full coffee urns might have been the straw that broke this camel's back. E and I were both really exhausted by the end of it all on Friday.
Then of course we had to still maintain the normal hospitality area for the next two days of the show, including the lighter Vendors' lunch on Saturday, which was just set up as a "grab and go" buffet in the hospitality kitchen area, and wasn't as much food, though it did include some of the leftovers from Friday.
Sunday's no-name lunch (Volunteers' lunch? We didn't name a lunch for the volunteers, so why not) was composed of warmed up leftovers from Friday AND Saturday. This was also set up as a "grab and go" to keep it more simple. We order enough extra to cover that last lunch from leftovers and rarely have to buy anything new for it, barring perhaps another jug of pre-made tea or two. Last year we might have bought a bag of salad mix and a bottle of salad dressing for it as well.
Tonight is the regular monthly meeting. I don't know if we're going to attend or not. I'm still in "recovery" mode from the weekend. I know I want a nap this afternoon!
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been a topsy turvy kinda day. Did make it to the gym. Got there a bit early, ha! Saw several long time gym members...got a full course of 'hugs, you look greats, etc' and of course gave the same! Oh, found a penny in the parking lot...in a shallow puddle. Snatched it! Roger should be proud of me!
Then made a Whole Foods run. they've discontinued another of my fav.365 foods...I have the awful feeling it has something to do with the Amazon groceries delivered in 2 hours, etc. Anyhow, I left none too happy. My opinion right now is they are becoming just a glorified Kroger, which in my case is about 5-6 miles closer to home. Grrrrrrr!
Had a nap, kitchen is totally cleaned up, except the dishwasher will need to be emptied in the morning. Which will not only be a trip to the gym, but followed by a trip to the bank.
Proceeded by a load of laundry, which will transition to the drier after I get home from the bank.
Can't say its terribly exciting around here this week. Too much to do!
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I'm back from walking again and no cents. The temperature this morning was 35 on the porch.
The forecast for snow today has come true, It was a light snow falling when I left and by the time I returned to the house the snowflakes were much larger.
The scale was lower, It seems that the "Time-restricted eating" combined with a 100% NS plan is working really well so far.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/11/elon-musk-says-mars-spaceship-will-be-ready-for-short-trips-by-first-half-of-2019.html
Elon Musk, speaking at SXSW, projects Mars spaceship will be ready for short trips by first half of 2019
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5486985/Lower-Michigan-crash-site-falling-Chinese-space-station.html
Will the free-falling 8.5 ton Chinese space station crash into lower Michigan? Experts say that the state falls among 'the highest probability'
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/11/aaa-expects-higher-gas-prices-this-spring.html
AAA: Spring gas prices could approach a 'tipping point' for drivers
https://www.ajc.com/news/world/heart-attack-sufferers-more-likely-survive-doctor-away-study-says/8GrkL0pvVooISC1gCTVAaK/
Heart attack sufferers more likely to survive if doctor is away, study says
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The Sunken Treasures Of A Paris Canal.
In 2016, Paris authorities decided to empty the Canal Saint-Martin, which is 5 km long.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vladimir-putin-apos-gave-order-171323222.html
How Vladimir Putin 'gave order to shoot down passenger plane' at Sochi Winter Olympics
BTW, It didn't happen
Have a Great Tuesday
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 39 out there now with an expected high of 52 and 20% chance of rain. It was wet most of the morning at the botanic gardens yesterday and remained gray and dismal looking, but the rain slacked off and we got a good bit of traffic in. Two of the vendors I know fairly well were nearly sold out over the whole weekend. Another vendor who is more local kept bringing in more stuff to keep their tables fairly full, so it was hard to estimate how well their sales went, but I expect they sold a lot too.
For me, the show started being fun even before it started. Wednesday was table and chair setup in the show room, which I did not attend. We don't generally have any hospitality setup for this night, as it's just a few volunteers from our group and if we do set anything up it would just be some soft drinks, water, and maybe trail mix or the like. Possibly coffee if our urns are in the kitchen yet. E dropped of her coffee pot but there was nothing laid out for snacks. This initial setup usually only takes a few hours. I did not go Wednesday night and was having my own fun at home. My blood glucose was rather unstable, and dropping, for unknown reasons. Sometimes we diabetics just have fun times like that! So I was up until nearly midnight trying to get it stabilized and high enough to feel comfortable about going to bed. It all ended up being fine, of course, but I didn't really sleep all that well.
Thursday morning I went down to set up coffee and light snacks (chips, cookies, trail mix) for the arriving guests who would be setting up displays and vending tables and kept the coffee flowing, at least until mid-afternoon at which point I pooped out and popped out to come home and take a nap.
Friday, I had to be there at about 7:00 in the morning to get coffee ready and set everything up for the Judges' breakfast, so I got that going and when E arrived, closer to 8:00 she set up a small meat and cheese tray, mini-bagels, croissants, and brought orange juice and fruit. The show coordinator's wife had made a dozen boiled eggs, so we set all that out along with the breakfast biscuits and sweet rolls I had already set out. The Judge's breakfast is always set up as a "grab and go" since the first thing they judge is the exhibits, which are in the exhibit hall right outside the kitchen doors. The most important thing to have ready for the Judges' breakfast is the coffee! That's why I was in there at about 7:00, to have an hour to make the coffee and set up the parts of breakfast that I had already brought in. Mostly though, to make the coffee!
I spent $149.07 on hospitality supplies, food, and drinks, but that was a relatively small portion of the cost for that, and I've already been reimbursed for my purchases. My co-chair seemed to indicate her expenses were probably in that neighborhood as well, but that doesn't factor in the cost of the Judges' lunch on Friday, which is usually the one, largest expense and, if I recall correctly from last year, runs around $600 to $700 but it is some pretty good food.
Right after the breakfast on Friday, E went downstairs to start setting up the lunch area and I finished cleaning up the breakfast and re-arranging the snacks and cookies, putting away anything that needed refrigeration, to be set up as breakfast snacks for the remaining days. Then I brought drinks down to the room where lunch was being set up and carried down some additional supplies.
It's too bad we have to "cater" that ourselves, but we do realize that it would be well over $1000 if we got the company to do that part as well, so we suck it up and do the setup, teardown, and cleanup ourselves. This means someone (neither of us co-chairs this time at least) has to go and pick up the food, we have to set up our own chafing dishes for the buffet, set up the tables and chairs, tablecloths, etc, lay out all the food and then watch while our beautiful set up is destroyed inside of an hour. LOL.
We put the hot food and bread at the front of the room and the desserts and drinks at the back. I did not bother to try moving the coffee urns down, as everyone knew where they were if they wanted coffee after lunch and moving full coffee urns might have been the straw that broke this camel's back. E and I were both really exhausted by the end of it all on Friday.
Then of course we had to still maintain the normal hospitality area for the next two days of the show, including the lighter Vendors' lunch on Saturday, which was just set up as a "grab and go" buffet in the hospitality kitchen area, and wasn't as much food, though it did include some of the leftovers from Friday.
Sunday's no-name lunch (Volunteers' lunch? We didn't name a lunch for the volunteers, so why not) was composed of warmed up leftovers from Friday AND Saturday. This was also set up as a "grab and go" to keep it more simple. We order enough extra to cover that last lunch from leftovers and rarely have to buy anything new for it, barring perhaps another jug of pre-made tea or two. Last year we might have bought a bag of salad mix and a bottle of salad dressing for it as well.
Tonight is the regular monthly meeting. I don't know if we're going to attend or not. I'm still in "recovery" mode from the weekend. I know I want a nap this afternoon!
You had a really busy and successful sounding show.
After reading Your description of the past few days I can see why You are in recovery mode.
Yesterday was a slow day for me, Sunday we roasted and sliced 1/2 of a whole pork loin, the other half was roasted Monday later. 1/2 unseasoned for me and 1/2 with Montreal Seasoning. Monday second 1/2 of the pork loin was vacuum sealed and is now residing in the freezer. It is so handy having a slicer even if the cleanup is a nuisance.
I shall be having a Ore-Ida "Just Crack a Egg" for breakfast. I decided to try something new and it caught my eye when it was being advertised which is rare for me.
https://www.meijer.com/product/grocery/dairy/eggs/specialty-eggs/ore-ida-just-crack-an-egg-rustic-3-oz/t1/t1-865/t2/t2-9974/t3/t3-212/t4/t4-1939/2100006755.uts
Today we get lucky here in NJ, According to the Weather report I saw before heading out most of the Snow will miss NJ with only 1 or 2 inches falling here.
Have a Good Day
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Hi!
been a topsy turvy kinda day. Did make it to the gym. Got there a bit early, ha! Saw several long time gym members...got a full course of 'hugs, you look greats, etc' and of course gave the same! Oh, found a penny in the parking lot...in a shallow puddle. Snatched it! Roger should be proud of me!
Then made a Whole Foods run. they've discontinued another of my fav.365 foods...I have the awful feeling it has something to do with the Amazon groceries delivered in 2 hours, etc. Anyhow, I left none too happy. My opinion right now is they are becoming just a glorified Kroger, which in my case is about 5-6 miles closer to home. Grrrrrrr!
Had a nap, kitchen is totally cleaned up, except the dishwasher will need to be emptied in the morning. Which will not only be a trip to the gym, but followed by a trip to the bank.
Proceeded by a load of laundry, which will transition to the drier after I get home from the bank.
Can't say its terribly exciting around here this week. Too much to do!
Later...
Hi Valerie
Good going, a penny saved...
Naturally Whole Foods is changing for the worst since the nearby one has now opened and I will be looking around in the near future. Who Knows I may like it since I do not know what it was like.
Sometimes unexciting is a good thing.
Roger0
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