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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    I'm back from walking and no cents. The Temperature out the door was 68 degrees and It felt OK for the the outbound leg, Once again semi uncomfortable walking due to humidity. Less than one block from the House I took a jog to the left side of the street to stay clear of the Skunk on the right side of the roadway.

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    Maybe, Maybe Not, Roger

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    Have a Great Tuesday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 73 with an expected high of 89 and 20% chance of precipitation.

    Need to feed the cats and run the dishwasher. Also need to clean yesterday's cat bowls, of course, and maybe put the folded laundry away. Then I can also possibly launder the towels from the pool party and maybe even fold and put THOSE away. Hahahahahahaha. Who am I kidding?

    But seriously, I might do a little housework, like sweeping some floors.
    Hi Ed
    Serious procrastinator here, Sooner or later I'll get the laundry put away and stop using it from the laundry basket, Or maybe not :blush:

    The way I look at it tomorrow is another day and what does not get done today will likely be OK until tomorrow.
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    And here's a bit of cheesy comedy.
    Classic.
    FWIW I always liked this one.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii0PNk4DjQs

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited July 2018
    Hi!
    Busy day...Gym, Walmart for cat food, gas in the car, etc...and taking off in a minute to get my pedi. Been trying to get that done for over a week.
    Cardio Doc office called this morning...had to change my appointment to the 10th. Doc won't be at the John's Creek office this week... so, all I can say is my echo can't be toooo bad.
    Watched Emmy and the Shave Ice...best I ever had was on the North Shore of Maui. Little shack with a long line waiting. It was really good.
    Ed, glad J was home to help you out, get your cane, etc. I keep mine at bedside. That was where I had the most trouble when my knees were being obnoxious.
    Ok gotta go...

    Later...
    OH, Swamp...the worms and the pool sweeper! Funny!
    Hi Valerie
    Wowsers, Busy Day...

    Hopefully You are correct that the results are good.

    Shave Ice :smiley:

    I have a Can hanging on the head of the bed, just in case, When I first get up is when I might, Notice I said might need it, so far so good OTOH. It does take me a few steps to loosen up and walk better, hopefully that does not get worse in the future.

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger

    P.S. I thought the worms was funny to, I did use it for that reason.
    Today's poor owl :( and the Crayfish :smiley:
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday. 73 out there now with thunder. A lot of very loud thunder. Kiara is not happy with this loud thunder at all.

    Expected low of 69 tonight with (already verified) 100% chance of precipitation. Hopefully at some point it will let me get the mail in without drowning.

    Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls.
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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...
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    edited July 2018
    How to make KFC. Korean Fried Chicken.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP6FWizMJDQ
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    Blueberry chocolate energy bars.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnb8ijr16D4
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
  • GardenKatGardens
    GardenKatGardens Posts: 2,496 Member
    Did I post this morning? I dunno...
    Got my self all put together again at my Chiro's. She had to pop my shoulder back. It was a simple matter of push against my hand, and the second time something popped...COuld have been a socket, more likely a tendon got stuck trying to slide across bone or my shoulder...whatever..fixed!
    Also got the knee thing fixed, and that required a tug at my right hip. Said she'd see me in 2 weeks next time...(I hadn't been for 2 months!)

    Rained on Marietta who had to make a Good Will run...and several other errands. I elected to stay at her house, and continue packing stuff up....

    Now I am T.I.R.E.D !!!!

    Later...

  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    I'm back from walking and no cents. The Temperature out the door was 75 degrees and uncomfortable walking due to humidity.

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    Have a Great Wednesday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday. 73 out there now with thunder. A lot of very loud thunder. Kiara is not happy with this loud thunder at all.

    Expected low of 69 tonight with (already verified) 100% chance of precipitation. Hopefully at some point it will let me get the mail in without drowning.

    Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls.
    Hi Ed
    Today the forecast is for rain and since I saw where it had rained lightly before I left, Outbound I was drizzled on for part of the way, Likewise on the return, Not heavy enough to put on the rain poncho thankfully as that would have blocked what little breeze there was. Bottom Line I am going that we already hit the 100% mark for rain today with this mornings weather forecast showing more and heavier rain headed this way. The overnight temperatures did not drop worth a darn as it was 76 at 10PM :(
    How to make KFC. Korean Fried Chicken.
    When I looked at that quickly I thought that does not look like Kentucky Fried Chicken then I looked closer and saw it was Korean Fried Chicken :blush:

    Stay Dry and have a nice day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Did I post this morning? I dunno...
    Got my self all put together again at my Chiro's. She had to pop my shoulder back. It was a simple matter of push against my hand, and the second time something popped...Could have been a socket, more likely a tendon got stuck trying to slide across bone or my shoulder...whatever..fixed!
    Also got the knee thing fixed, and that required a tug at my right hip. Said she'd see me in 2 weeks next time...(I hadn't been for 2 months!)

    Rained on Marietta who had to make a Good Will run...and several other errands. I elected to stay at her house, and continue packing stuff up....

    Now I am T.I.R.E.D !!!!

    Later...
    Hi Valerie
    Probably not with regard to the posting in the morning.

    That must have been a relief to have things put right by the Chiro.

    You got lucky about the rain and stayed dry :smiley:

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! 71 with an expected high of 75 and 100% chance of precipitation.

    Need to feed the cats, maybe put the folded laundry away, and get out to the grocery, hopefully between rains.

    Also need to feed the cats and get these beans into the slow cookers for tonight's dinner. I'll ponder corn bread, as I've been having some elevated glucose the last couple of days. Wonder if I'm coming down with something.

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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...






  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    Kids try rolled ice cream. I have a feeling they will like this...

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  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    Emmy fails at something? Oh, the humanity!

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  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
  • GardenKatGardens
    GardenKatGardens Posts: 2,496 Member
    hello!
    Got to M's about 9;30...still more paper to shred...did that, watched the loading crew do their thing...
    Did some stuff donwstairs,..tried to keep out of the way, :)
    Long day short...arrived, shredded, tried to stay out of the way of the guy who'd been doing the job of packing...first he told M the wrong truck sizes she would need...so the smaller truck had to be returned for a larger one...Then still everything wouldn't fit. They'll have their cars packed as well. The will also be leaving some things behind...
    All in all it could have been worse...so glad it wasn't...oh, and we had rain varying from light to toad strangler...
    Anyhow, after being there for 10 hours I headed home... I'm beat!!!

    Tomorrow, I will take out my trash to the street, and not much more....Will try to get to the gym....

    Later...
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    I'm back from walking and once again no cents. The Temperature out the door was 77 degrees and uncomfortable walking due to humidity.

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    Have a Great Thursday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! 71 with an expected high of 75 and 100% chance of precipitation.

    Need to feed the cats, maybe put the folded laundry away, and get out to the grocery, hopefully between rains.

    Also need to feed the cats and get these beans into the slow cookers for tonight's dinner. I'll ponder corn bread, as I've been having some elevated glucose the last couple of days. Wonder if I'm coming down with something.
    Hi Ed
    Elevated Glucose does not sound good. I am pretty sure Cornbread might raise it further. Hopefully You are not catching something.
    Blue Diamond pan review.
    I have been curious about the TV commercials for these types of pans, I shall be watching later on.

    Thank You for the links
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    hello!
    Got to M's about 9;30...still more paper to shred...did that, watched the loading crew do their thing...
    Did some stuff donwstairs,..tried to keep out of the way, :)
    Long day short...arrived, shredded, tried to stay out of the way of the guy who'd been doing the job of packing...first he told M the wrong truck sizes she would need...so the smaller truck had to be returned for a larger one...Then still everything wouldn't fit. They'll have their cars packed as well. The will also be leaving some things behind...
    All in all it could have been worse...so glad it wasn't...oh, and we had rain varying from light to toad strangler...
    Anyhow, after being there for 10 hours I headed home... I'm beat!!!

    Tomorrow, I will take out my trash to the street, and not much more....Will try to get to the gym....

    Later...
    Hi Valerie
    That does not sound like a great moving company TBH.

    Our rain was off an on and never approached what was forecast for where I am.

    Hopefully today is better for You
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 71 with an expected high of 93 and 90% chance of precipitation. Since it's raining now I'll amend that to 100% for my house.

    Van had to go back to the shop for a rattling bearing in the alternator, which may well have been contributing to the blinking and chirping. The alternator has been replaced now and we'll see if any symptoms at all come back. The engine is a LOT quieter now. I wasn't even sure it was running at first since I didn't hear all the engine noise I was used to.

    Need to get yesterday's cat bowls cleaned up and get some ground beef cooked in some form or fashion. I do still have some of yesterday's pinto beans with country ham and onion left to eat too. J finished off his plain navy beans last night. He doesn't particularly care for leftovers, and or course he's not about to eat any of my pinto beans with country ham. The 5 ounces of country ham chips, with spices and pepper, NO ADDITIONAL SALT needed, cooked up quite nicely and wasn't at all too salty. Of course the country ham chips had plenty of salt for the pot of beans and the final dish turned out quite tasty. I'm sure the leftovers will warm up nicely too.

    I'll probably make something from the ground beef for lunch (maybe chili?) and have more of the beans and ham for dinner tonight. Then I'll have leftover beans and ham AND leftover chili to choose from! Yum! Assuming, of course, that I make chili. Eduardo may end up having other ideas on that by lunch time.

    I probably need to try to slip out to Ingles or Publix at some point for fruit (for the sugar gliders anyway) and a few other items that I forgot to put on my list before I went out yesterday.


    ——————————————————————————————————————————————

    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...


  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    edited August 2018
    Never tried it with pickle, but peanut butter, bacon, mayo and onion is delicious! Emmy's depression era recipe calls for pickle instead of bacon. I guess, being depression era, that this makes sense. I'm sure pickles were a lot cheaper than bacon. And then it's vegetarian (though not vegan) too!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSim0CKzWBo
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    I'm really starting to wonder about the state of education.

    I went to Ingles today to buy groceries. The man who rang me up told me my total was $82.92, which, of course, agreed with the amount shown on the display.

    I carefully counted out $83.00 from my wallet and handed it to him.

    He counted it, looked at the register, looked at me and repeated that it was $82.92, and appeared to be waiting for me to produce more money. I pointed at the money in his hand and told him I had just given him $83.00 and he looked confused for a second, then counted the money again, twice.

    Still looking confused, he finally entered $83.00 as the "amount tendered" and seemed surprised that the register was telling him to give me $.08 back in change.

    I honestly think he couldn't grasp that $83.00 is more than $82.92. He didn't look all that young and presumably was supposed to know how to count and work with money but you couldn't prove it by me!

    At least I finally got out of there with my groceries.

  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited August 2018
    Hi
    I'm back from walking and once again no cents. The Temperature out the door was 75 degrees and very uncomfortable walking due to humidity.

    Today is a B day, B Day means we are meeting friends at the Chinese Buffet and not the other meaning :) Wish me luck.

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    Have a Great Friday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited August 2018
    Hi Valerie
    Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 71 with an expected high of 93 and 90% chance of precipitation. Since it's raining now I'll amend that to 100% for my house.

    Van had to go back to the shop for a rattling bearing in the alternator, which may well have been contributing to the blinking and chirping. The alternator has been replaced now and we'll see if any symptoms at all come back. The engine is a LOT quieter now. I wasn't even sure it was running at first since I didn't hear all the engine noise I was used to.

    Need to get yesterday's cat bowls cleaned up and get some ground beef cooked in some form or fashion. I do still have some of yesterday's pinto beans with country ham and onion left to eat too. J finished off his plain navy beans last night. He doesn't particularly care for leftovers, and or course he's not about to eat any of my pinto beans with country ham. The 5 ounces of country ham chips, with spices and pepper, NO ADDITIONAL SALT needed, cooked up quite nicely and wasn't at all too salty. Of course the country ham chips had plenty of salt for the pot of beans and the final dish turned out quite tasty. I'm sure the leftovers will warm up nicely too.

    I'll probably make something from the ground beef for lunch (maybe chili?) and have more of the beans and ham for dinner tonight. Then I'll have leftover beans and ham AND leftover chili to choose from! Yum! Assuming, of course, that I make chili. Eduardo may end up having other ideas on that by lunch time.

    I probably need to try to slip out to Ingles or Publix at some point for fruit (for the sugar gliders anyway) and a few other items that I forgot to put on my list before I went out yesterday.
    Hi Ed
    Good Luck with the alternator. I had to do that with my old Pontiac too. The bearing had been bad too long to allow a easy rebuild. I was lucky that I found a local business that did on the spot rebuilds.

    I am curious, did You buy a ready to eat version or the country ham or the dried type ?
    I'm guessing the dried type since You mention Country Ham Chips :smiley:

    Hmm... Chili, Meatloaf, cooked loose or as a Hamburger with the Ground Beef.
    Never tried it with pickle, but peanut butter, bacon, mayo and onion is delicious! Emmy's depression era recipe calls for pickle instead of bacon. I guess, being depression era, that this makes sense. I'm sure pickles were a lot cheaper than bacon. And then it's vegetarian (though not vegan) too!
    In my case a peanut butter sandwich should be Peanut Butter on Buttered bread or with the addition of banana slices. I have never tried it with bacon, Mayo or Onions.
    I'm really starting to wonder about the state of education.

    I went to Ingles today to buy groceries. The man who rang me up told me my total was $82.92, which, of course, agreed with the amount shown on the display.

    I carefully counted out $83.00 from my wallet and handed it to him.

    He counted it, looked at the register, looked at me and repeated that it was $82.92, and appeared to be waiting for me to produce more money. I pointed at the money in his hand and told him I had just given him $83.00 and he looked confused for a second, then counted the money again, twice.

    Still looking confused, he finally entered $83.00 as the "amount tendered" and seemed surprised that the register was telling him to give me $.08 back in change.

    I honestly think he couldn't grasp that $83.00 is more than $82.92. He didn't look all that young and presumably was supposed to know how to count and work with money but you couldn't prove it by me!

    At least I finally got out of there with my groceries.
    Sadly I am not surprised, I have had cashiers that did not know what a $2 bill or a one dollar coin was. They ended up calling over a supervisor to see what to do. I wonder if that poor soul You dealt with is a product of the New Math ?
    I have seen people that can not make change unless the register tells them what it is. So no I am not surprised at all.
    It is also why I carry exact change to pay for the coffee when I pick it up while walking.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,584 Member
    edited August 2018
    Howdy all y'all. It's fantastic Friday! 70 with an expected high of 83 and 30% chance of precipitation. Looks like, as the rain leaves, the higher temperatures are returning. Oh well, it was nice to have a few cooler days.

    Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls and put that folded laundry away (hah!) and perhaps get out to the grocery store.
    RogerToo wrote: »

    I am curious, did You buy a ready to eat version or the country ham or the dried type ?
    I'm guessing the dried type since You mention Country Ham Chips :smiley:

    Dinner last night was a bowl of my ham and beans, with a small slice of cornbread. The ham "chips" were not dried, though that would probably have worked out too. They were just small bits and, probably, end pieces from the country ham. I have eaten these just warmed up with breakfast before, but they are really small bits and pieces, some pieces with quite a bit of very chewy fat still attached. They are best used for seasoning, and can then be eaten with the beans. The price of $1.00 for 5 ounces pretty well matched the best deal I've seen at Dollar Tree (3 ounces of biscuit slices OR 5 ounces of "less pretty" slices that are really about the same as the "chips" but perhaps somewhat larger slices) so I had purchased a couple of packs on that (weeks ago) shopping trip when I saw them at Ingles. They keep in the cabinet for a long time and are handy (and work out really well) for a pot of beans when I don't have a ham hock or ham bone on hand. I just have to remember that there is PLENTY of salt in the country ham and I don't even need to think about adding any salt (or anything else salty) to the dish. I could also use them for bits of breakfast country ham but, once opened, they need to be refrigerated and then used up fairly quickly. I don't really tend to use ham to season a lot of foods, being married to a vegetarian, and suppose I probably should be turning in my SOUTHERN card because of that, especially since I don't put any meat at all in my baked beans. LOL.

    Eduardo (Edweirdo?) did intervene somewhat with lunchtime cooking. I had 1.25 pounds of 93% lean ground beef. My plan had been to make it all into chili, but Edweirdo, after watching Emmy's video, had to take about a quarter pound to make a lunch burger, served on buttered, toasted, thin sliced sourdough bread, with crunchy peanut butter on top of the burger. It was quite good, actually. I had never tried peanut butter on a burger.

    Then, after eating lunch, I browned the remaining pound of the ground beef, with some onion, jalapeño, and bell pepper, and added a can of chili beans, and a large spoonful of tomato powder, along with about 2/3 cup of water, a little garlic powder, some additional ground red chili pepper, and salt and pepper to taste. This cooked up to a nice pan of chili that I just tasted the sauce on, at the time, and then put away for the flavors to mingle and combine, not actually EATING any of the chili until this morning for breakfast.

    Delicious! I had it with some cheese stirred in and a handful of crumbled Frito chips. I will definitely be enjoying the
    alternation between the two cooked up dishes I have in the fridge and shouldn't have to cook much for myself over the weekend.

    Speaking of the weekend, I thought we had a weekend with NO PLANS and was looking forward to that, but then J informed me that we had been invited (and invitation accepted) to a birthday party by the owners of the usual pool party house, for one of the owners. Oh well, there goes the NO PLANS weekend.

    The good news is that we don't need to bring anything but ourselves. This won't be a big pool party like the usual ones, but a smaller birthday party and I am not expected to help out in any way, just attend and enjoy myself. I like that idea! I think I might bring along a bathing suit and towel, in case it turns into a birthday/pool party. And, of course, perhaps a bottle of wine as a host/hostess gift.

    Need to feed the cats and think about putting that laundry away.

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    Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

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