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Yet another cast iron find at Goodwill. Only $2.92 plus tax for this 8 inch skillet! Smoothest cooking surface of any of my cast iron cookware. This will probably become a favorite and not just for cornbread.
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I'm back home from walking no cents. The Temperature out the door was 73 degrees, it was not comfortable while walking due to the higher temperature and increased humidity which is slightly higher today.
Not a Surprise to me
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"A sighted person can see the rolling waves coming at you so you can predict the rolling of the boat, I can't," said Steve Sparkes, who is legally blind.
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Sea lice outbreak causes discomfort in Ocean City
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Football participation declines for the second consecutive year nationally
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Ebola outbreak now at 105 cases, and bordering countries are on alert
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A man thought female drivers are 'incompetent' - so he shot them, police say
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Have a Great Monday
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Hi Valerie
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! 66 with an expected high of 90 and 0% chance of precipitation.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls and feed the cats. Oliver was showing signs of feeling a bit better when we left (a bit late) for yesterday's party, so we felt like it was OK for both of us to go. When we got home, he was even perkier, and J was able to convince him to eat some kibble. This morning he sounds a bit hoarse but is active and carrying his tail high as usual. He probably chewed on something he shouldn't have (maybe a bit of pothos leaf) and made himself sick.
Yes, I know some people say you shouldn't even HAVE pothos in the house with cats but really, it's not as poisonous as its made out to be. We've always had it and it's never caused any major problem with our cats. If a cat does chew on a leaf, it is very bitter and they won't chew much. It may cause some stomach upset and hoarseness or temporary loss of voice, but the cat will quickly learn to NOT CHEW on that kind of leaf again.
Are we taking a small chance by keeping these plants? Well, only in the sense that a cat may make itself a little bit sick for a day or so but that's one way they learn things. Of course if I were to catch one of them playing with a pothos leaf, I'd take it away from them.
Need to make another mug of tea and perhaps run the dishwasher.
That is how kids learn by doing something they should not do also. Part of life, You could put them in a bubble and protect them from everything but sooner or later they have to leave that nest. Or to put it another way no matter how much You tell a kid don't touch that it's hot or stay away from that poison ivy sooner or later You will hear Ouch or that really itches
Is the Pothos that pretty a plant, I do not recall seeing what one looks like.
I guess I'll know if I have been doing it wrong once I look at that video, I suspect so as I like my eggs well done.parityanimal wrote: »Mistakes we presumably make cooking eggs.
Who doesn't like any type of pastry, I know I do.parityanimal wrote: »Kids try French pastries.
Thanks for the image, I'll be forwarding it to my brother. It fits me exactly
Have a Good Day
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Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 70 with an expected high of 90 and10% chance of precipitation.
I've had breakfast. I made a cornbread in my latest cast iron acquisition, and had some of that with a little (OK, a lot) of butter and a drizzle of maple syrup, along with some lean bacon and a cheese omelet.
Need to get the cat bowls from yesterday cleaned up and Lilo is already getting antsy about their breakfast, after already getting me up earlier than usual. I hate to make her wait, as she doesn't always have a good appetite, but I also don't want her expecting/wanting food quite this early if I can help it.
I'll probably feed them as soon as I finish posting here. Sort of split the difference.
Oliver has been having fun with his newest trick.
He's learned to appear out of nowhere on my iMac keyboard and very quickly create havoc.
He turned the screen brightness all the way down, and scrolled FaceBook down several screens worth, then turned on VoiceOver, after opening my internet history.
I've never bothered to learn how to turn on VoiceOver myself so it was quite clever of him to do that. Fortunately it was at the opening window of VoiceOver with a button to click to de-activate it.
For all I know he may now have it broadcasting everything I do (with live video!) to the internet, so if you should happen to find a video of me sipping tea and petting....
Petting the cat that is! Well, you can thank Oliver for the video feed.
And as soon as I had undone everything that I know he did, he suddenly appeared on the keyboard again, teleporting from the floor I think, to see what else he could get the computer to do!
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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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Giant ostrich egg McMuffin. If this doesn't fill you up, you've got worms!
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Steve (you remember Steve) tries a 2018 South African 24 hour MRE pack.
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Is the Pothos that pretty a plant, I do not recall seeing what one looks like.
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Well, it isn't spectacular, but it IS easy to grow. Heart shaped green leaves and there are some with variegated leaves that are green and white or green and yellow. They are a vine type of plant and do well draping themselves over book cases or across the tops of windows, using the curtain rod bracket as a place to drape over. I always had one in my office when I was working at the IRS and that one is still growing in the zen penguin room (sunroom) here.
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These cat reactions to smelling cheese are hilarious! Lilo would jsut eat the cheese...
https://cheezburger.com/93190657/cats-reactions-to-smelling-cheese-is-the-funniest-thing-youll-see-today0 -
Just Because
Skills !
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Hi Valerie
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 70 with an expected high of 90 and10% chance of precipitation.
I've had breakfast. I made a cornbread in my latest cast iron acquisition, and had some of that with a little (OK, a lot) of butter and a drizzle of maple syrup, along with some lean bacon and a cheese omelet.
Need to get the cat bowls from yesterday cleaned up and Lilo is already getting antsy about their breakfast, after already getting me up earlier than usual. I hate to make her wait, as she doesn't always have a good appetite, but I also don't want her expecting/wanting food quite this early if I can help it.
I'll probably feed them as soon as I finish posting here. Sort of split the difference.
Oliver has been having fun with his newest trick.
He's learned to appear out of nowhere on my iMac keyboard and very quickly create havoc.
He turned the screen brightness all the way down, and scrolled FaceBook down several screens worth, then turned on VoiceOver, after opening my internet history.
I've never bothered to learn how to turn on VoiceOver myself so it was quite clever of him to do that. Fortunately it was at the opening window of VoiceOver with a button to click to de-activate it.
For all I know he may now have it broadcasting everything I do (with live video!) to the internet, so if you should happen to find a video of me sipping tea and petting....
Petting the cat that is! Well, you can thank Oliver for the video feed.
And as soon as I had undone everything that I know he did, he suddenly appeared on the keyboard again, teleporting from the floor I think, to see what else he could get the computer to do!
Wonderful, Just what You need Oliver to do for You.
Butter on Cornbread I have had, Maple Syrup never even crossed my mind.
A teleporting Cat, Just waht You need
I need to look at this one in a little while.parityanimal wrote: »Sneaky ways fast food restaurants may be scamming us.
Sometimes easy is better than Pretty.parityanimal wrote: »
Is the Pothos that pretty a plant, I do not recall seeing what one looks like.
[quote="parityanimal;c-4252459
Well, it isn't spectacular, but it IS easy to grow. Heart shaped green leaves and there are some with variegated leaves that are green and white or green and yellow. They are a vine type of plant and do well draping themselves over book cases or across the tops of windows, using the curtain rod bracket as a place to drape over. I always had one in my office when I was working at the IRS and that one is still growing in the zen penguin room (sunroom) here.
What a look on that cats face.parityanimal wrote: »These cat reactions to smelling cheese are hilarious! Lilo would jsut eat the cheese...
I have seen them used in some of the cooking contests such as Iron Chef and Chopped. Tough Shell from what I could see and Much to much for just one person.parityanimal wrote: »Giant ostrich egg McMuffin. If this doesn't fill you up, you've got worms!
Have a Good Day
Roger
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Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! 70 out there with an expected high of 90 and 10% chance of precipitation.
Nothing much on the agenda for today. Maybe a bit of housecleaning. Maybe not.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls and feed today's cats. Lilo has already had her shot.
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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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Good morning!
Time for me to get moving..cats fed, I just finished eating a bowl of cereal, and I have an online seminar I will only get to watch half of. Hopefully it will be available on UTube for this afternoon. Going for another stretching class
and a bit of a walk on TM before I go gas the car, and then pick up about 8 items from Kroger....and it better include cat food!!! and apples...which brings me to a question I've been meaning to ask Roger.....have you looked for apples at Costco? Should be about the time to start seeing some early apples...just curious. I've been eating one with my lunch or dinner lately, and supermarket prices for apples is high. (in my elderly opinion)
Ok, 12 noon....gotta go for now, be back later...
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Answered my own question...no special apples at Costco. What they did have was all organic!, in the walk in refrigerated section. Hopefully in a couple weeks there will be some nice ambrosia's or KiKu, etc.
Dishwasher going, I've had my dinner and Tom E. will have his, soon as I post this
Other than that, afternoon went pretty well as planned. Stretching is progressing nicely...yet there's a long way to go! Today was particularly good as I was the only 'victim'. LOL!!
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I'm back home from walking with no cents spotted. The Temperature out the door was 81 degrees,Yesterday at 10PM it was still 86 degrees, it was not comfortable while walking due to the higher temperature the humidity.
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The Health Benefits of Eating Earlier
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Good Job !
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Neighbor Takes Down Firebug Who Torched Doormat
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Pittsburgh becomes largest US city without a daily print newspaper
Have a Great Wednesday
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! 70 out there with an expected high of 90 and 10% chance of precipitation.
Nothing much on the agenda for today. Maybe a bit of housecleaning. Maybe not.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls and feed today's cats. Lilo has already had her shot.
I watched the Fast Food video, Nothing surprising to me. My Youngest Brother worked in a bakery where amongst their customers was a fast food chain. The Chain would come in and cherry pick the Buns that were used in the commercial. Not a surprise to me, nor that the food You buy never looks like the item in the advertisement.
Just for the heck of it on occasion I would order something and tell them make sure it looks like the advertised item, Or if it were a Burger I would ask for Extra meat, that threw some of the cashiers for a loop. The Managers who I did know told them that is just his sense of humor. Some of them I knew from years of deliveries.
Housecleaning, Hmm..., Nah I think I will pass on that for today.
The way You said Today's cats makes it sound like they are different cats from yesterday's cats
Sorry I couldn't resist
Yesterdays high temperatures in NJ at the hottest spot was reported as 99 degrees with most of the state being in the mid 90s
My Crazy Brother went out and mowed around 11AM when it was already hot and humid.
FWIW I do not recall ever having eaten that dish.parityanimal wrote: »Low carb chicken divan casserole recipe.
I have not seen that, I have seen whole fish pre sliced at the Chinese Buffets and I have seen Whole Fish cooked inside of a Thick Coating of Salt.parityanimal wrote: »I wonder how tofu baked in pastry would work?
Have a Nice Day
Roger
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good morning!
Time for me to get moving..cats fed, I just finished eating a bowl of cereal, and I have an online seminar I will only get to watch half of. Hopefully it will be available on UTube for this afternoon. Going for another stretching class
and a bit of a walk on TM before I go gas the car, and then pick up about 8 items from Kroger....and it better include cat food!!! and apples...which brings me to a question I've been meaning to ask Roger.....have you looked for apples at Costco? Should be about the time to start seeing some early apples...just curious. I've been eating one with my lunch or dinner lately, and supermarket prices for apples is high. (in my elderly opinion)
Ok, 12 noon....gotta go for now, be back later...
Cats ? I thought You only had one to feed ?
Only Organic Apples, It has been a while since I was at CostCo and then they had Organic and Non-Organic Apples. I like the ones in the plastic tray where each apple has it own spot which prevents bruising. I would think that farm stands should be selling local grown Apples any day now.
My Brother Already brought home Local Grown Nectarines a while ago.
IMO all the fruits and much of the foods are expensive anymore. or where the price has stayed the same the quantity has shrunk, example: used to be a 7 pack and is now a 6 pack of 97% fat free Hebrew National Hot Dogs
I don't look in the refrigerated section, The Local CostCo has fruits near the Bakery.GardenKatGardens wrote: »Answered my own question...no special apples at Costco. What they did have was all organic!, in the walk in refrigerated section. Hopefully in a couple weeks there will be some nice ambrosia's or KiKu, etc.
Dishwasher going, I've had my dinner and Tom E. will have his, soon as I post this
Other than that, afternoon went pretty well as planned. Stretching is progressing nicely...yet there's a long way to go! Today was particularly good as I was the only 'victim'. LOL!!
See you in the morning!!
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gala-apple-is-about-to-knock-off-red-delicious-as-americas-favorite-to-grow-2018-08-27
Gala apple is about to knock off Red Delicious as America’s favorite to grow
The Gala variety may be the new top apple grown in the orchard, but the upstart Honeycrisp, being picked here in Washington state, is surging in popularity.
The Red Delicious will lose its reign as the most popular apple grown in the U.S. this year after more than half a century at No. 1.
The U.S. Apple Association, which advocates on behalf of 7,500 apple growers and 400 companies in the apple business, is projecting that the Gala apple will take over, as consumers prefer its “taste, texture and sweetness.” Gala already is the most popular variety sold in the U.S., followed by Red Delicious, according to the association.
In response to shifting preference, the U.S. will grow 52.4 million units of Gala apples in 2018, up 5.9% from a year earlier. Gala originated in New Zealand in the 1930s. One unit is 42 pounds of apples.
The Granny Smith, Fuji and Honeycrisp apples are expected to rank third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in U.S. production.
The Honeycrisp, created at the University of Minnesota only roughly two decades ago, is surging in popularity. Its production is up 21.8% to 23.5 million units this year. That puts it ahead of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.
I do like all Three, Gala, HoneyCrisp and Red Delicious.
Congratulations on a Successful Day
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! I've been up for ages but distracted by this and that and the other.
86 with an expected high of 88 and 30% chance of precipitation, which will probably hit right when I'm trying to meet some of the candidates at a small park/farm this evening (between 6 and 8) but if it looks too bad I may just not go.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls. Cats have, of course, been fed by this time.
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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 home from walking no cents. The Temperature out the door was 82 degrees,Yesterday at 10PM it was still 88 degrees, it was not comfortable while walking due to the higher temperature the humidity. I did manage to extend my distance by picking up a Super Big Gulp filled with Ice and Diet Pepsi.
On the Outbound leg of my walk I had the Bleep scared out of me when I heard a large thump next to me and then a Deer ran off. I can only guess that the noise was the startled Deer kicking the house next to me as it scrambled up or off.
According to my Brother, anytime he gets on the scale and it does not say "You Only Put in a dime, One at a time" it's to the good.
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Have a Great Thursday
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! I've been up for ages but distracted by this and that and the other.
86 with an expected high of 88 and 30% chance of precipitation, which will probably hit right when I'm trying to meet some of the candidates at a small park/farm this evening (between 6 and 8) but if it looks too bad I may just not go.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls. Cats have, of course, been fed by this time.
Once again Highs in the 90s with a possibility of Thunderstorms
According to last nights weather report some areas of NJ were only in the mid 90s with at least one area at 100 degrees, The Humidity was reported to be Oppressive, Yuck.
Are You talking about Political Candidates or candidates for something else ?
Swedish Food should be OK with them unless it was specially chosen to be disgusting.parityanimal wrote: »Kids try Swedish food.
I'm going with a shaped and formed Riblet, I will know more later when I watch the Videosparityanimal wrote: »What is Mr. Wolfe eating today?
BTW have You noticed more of the Videos lately have at least two advertisements or one that can not be skipped ?
Thank You for the links
Roger0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCpHTU_tWHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68KqA-JZ7Qo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbKEcOdXvis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOjyOVkWP5I
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTsOS93nCRM
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