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ED
I say this as a 'vampire' as you call us. She had no business, none, giving you medical or dietary advice. Period. That should get her fired. (I'm not saying rat her out mind you, but that was wrong by all ASCP standards)0 -
Good Morning...its 'crazy Wednesday'...Ed tags at Kroger, and I go shop at Kroger! And probably at Publix for their bagged spinach, and my lottery tickets. (prefer the spinach, and customer service line is always very short at Publix...compared to LONG at the Kroger I shop)
And then there's the 5p. phone call from DS1.
"O"'s A1C was 9.? Jack only said over 9....not good. Lets hope that no lasting damage is done from hormonal issues that plague her blood sugar.
I expect my grandson will beg not to ever have to stay with Grammie again!!! First we did homework together...he did his work, and I worked on my class got 2 more units done. Then we argued over snacks...he immediately went for some kind of frozen thing...and I didn't say anything, until I saw him going for another.....he assured me he could have 2 after school snacks...and I told him that though I was not his Mother, while I was watching him he could have a HEALTHY second snack....he was so mad at me! But then he fixed himself apple and berry mix of fruit...nice big cereal bowl full. I felt better...not so sure about him. AND they're still on device restrictions, which includes TV and he tried to convince me that he was 'allowed' to watch Olympics....but he couldn't find them, and next thing I knew searching ended up on some kid TV show...which I quickly remedied by taking away the remote! They truly do push their limits with me. Little rug rats!!!
So, I did well on steps for the past couple days, going to now go ride the hateful recumbent bike and then get myself to the grocery portion of my day.
Yeah Roger, I've never experienced rush hour in NY or LA, but I know it took me 50 minutes to go 18.2 miles yesterday and that was at 2:30 in the afternoon. Somehow I was just not impressed!
. I dunno. And tomorrow I get to do half that distance at 5:30 (gymnastics)....thats the killer trip, 10 miles in 45 minutes or more, never less....ACK!!! Its a good thing Grammie loves those little hooligans!
OH, and I hope you really have killed off the ivy. That ivy bed next door also has Japanese honeysuckle and fruiting Jerusalem Cherry all thru it. Those are MEAN weeds. They even have nasty thorns on the undersides of the leaves! I may go back and off those too this week, or they also will be in my yard. Anyhow, English Ivy is one hard plant to kill...those thick leaves have a waxy coating on them that defies even RoundUp...though the new growth probably is easier to kill.
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Hi
Today is 7.8K Steps + 36 cents found in two locations, It was 77 degrees out the door and a reported lower humidity. .
While I was walking I stopped at the grocery Store and bought 4 Bananas and 2 Plums and saved 10% for the Senior Discount
Next Item on my Agenda is Breakfast around 9AM then....
In a while around 9:30 I will head back out the door to CostCo for several bags of Frozen Vegetables and a tray of whatever Apples look best. The Ones I got at the Produce Store recently looked OK when I bought them, the next day the bruising showed up
and the texture is somewhat mealy, Darn it.
Have a Great Week
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »I think he does try to reason with her, but on the other hand....she's 12. And the next few years til she gets thru puberty are going to be extra challenging. Still..her sloppiness in remembering to dose herself after meals just goes thru me. I've told her about the patients I used to have to stick (draw blood from) in the feet...and the ones with no feet really became a challenge...and the blindness, and a whole host of other things....
So, yep, I DO KNOW! And I am frightened for her. Hopefully there will be some good testing results for the artificial pancreas, soon. Or the beta testing of stem cells...etc.
12 is a difficult age, that is the point where they know it all and nothing at the same time. I remember feeling indestructible at that age z:)
Hopefully medical science will catch up.
Roger
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy again y'all. Didn't get as much nap as I'd have liked because I had to go and, reluctantly, give blood to the vampire at the doctor's office.
The vampire...er, technician, suggested I go home and hydrate and eat protein to rebuild blood.
Tonight's home made, Middle Eastern spiced, butternut squash soup with chicken was a good start. Jalapeño garlic toast on the side. The chicken in the soup was left over from yesterday's kabob lunch plate.
Since I made a rather special soup, I opened one of my TREASURE bottles of wine: Empyrean Cygnus Syrah, 2005, Yakima Valley. Very NICE. I drank half the bottle, and will finish it tomorrow (with the leftover soup!) and have one bottle left of this one. I may have to see if my pusher...er, supplier has some more.
Also drank a liter of water with dinner. I think we're good...
But I also think I am feeding the sugar gliders and cats and heading to bed.
G'night all!
One of my least favorite things that happen at a doctors office
How Much blood did they draw? I seem to recollect that the Human Body stores at least a Pint of blood.
Hi Againparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! Tag day. 91 degrees for the expected high with 40% chance of scattered thunderstorms.
I heard some rumblings during the night but haven't peeked out yet to see if there was any rain.
There was A Loud Thunderstorm rolled through around 12:45 last night, I know that since it made so much noise it woke me up. I Thought I heard rain too and I can see that we did have some overnight.
Have a Good Tag Day
RogerGardenKatGardens wrote: »ED
I say this as a 'vampire' as you call us. She had no business, none, giving you medical or dietary advice. Period. That should get her fired. (I'm not saying rat her out mind you, but that was wrong by all ASCP standards)
Hi Again
ASCP?GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning...its 'crazy Wednesday'...Ed tags at Kroger, and I go shop at Kroger! And probably at Publix for their bagged spinach, and my lottery tickets. (prefer the spinach, and customer service line is always very short at Publix...compared to LONG at the Kroger I shop)
And then there's the 5p. phone call from DS1.
"O"'s A1C was 9.? Jack only said over 9....not good. Lets hope that no lasting damage is done from hormonal issues that plague her blood sugar.
I expect my grandson will beg not to ever have to stay with Grammie again!!! First we did homework together...he did his work, and I worked on my class got 2 more units done. Then we argued over snacks...he immediately went for some kind of frozen thing...and I didn't say anything, until I saw him going for another.....he assured me he could have 2 after school snacks...and I told him that though I was not his Mother, while I was watching him he could have a HEALTHY second snack....he was so mad at me! But then he fixed himself apple and berry mix of fruit...nice big cereal bowl full. I felt better...not so sure about him. AND they're still on device restrictions, which includes TV and he tried to convince me that he was 'allowed' to watch Olympics....but he couldn't find them, and next thing I knew searching ended up on some kid TV show...which I quickly remedied by taking away the remote! They truly do push their limits with me. Little rug rats!!!
So, I did well on steps for the past couple days, going to now go ride the hateful recumbent bike and then get myself to the grocery portion of my day.
Yeah Roger, I've never experienced rush hour in NY or LA, but I know it took me 50 minutes to go 18.2 miles yesterday and that was at 2:30 in the afternoon. Somehow I was just not impressed!. I dunno. And tomorrow I get to do half that distance at 5:30 (gymnastics)....thats the killer trip, 10 miles in 45 minutes or more, never less....ACK!!! Its a good thing Grammie loves those little hooligans!
OH, and I hope you really have killed off the ivy. That ivy bed next door also has Japanese honeysuckle and fruiting Jerusalem Cherry all thru it. Those are MEAN weeds. They even have nasty thorns on the undersides of the leaves! I may go back and off those too this week, or they also will be in my yard. Anyhow, English Ivy is one hard plant to kill...those thick leaves have a waxy coating on them that defies even RoundUp...though the new growth probably is easier to kill.
Later...
I found that Keeping after it that what I was spraying with the Round-Up it did work.
Evidently there is a Weed Killer that kills Ivy really quickly, however it is only legal in two stated and of course NJ is not one of them
A A1C of 9.x is not good. Especially as that means it is not just a one day aberration.
Good Job seeing through the tricks of Your Grandson.... I think they pick some of that up from TV shows and Movies.
I guess I would use Leather Gloves to handle those thorny issues.
Good Luck with You travels. Wow tomorrow a High 13MPH, more or less.
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Hi Again.
I made some killer Baba ganoush today! Be glad you're far far away...fresh garlic~~~ It is soooo good though! Eggplant cooked on the grill at Jacks house Sunday.
Not quite close Roger...Human body depending on your weight, is 1.2 to 1.5 gallons. give or take a little bit. (gallons, not pints, ok so you were almost close!! )
Have any idea what the weed killer is that is only legal in 2 states. I'd be curious to know.
I enjoyed the funnies today Roger! The turtles....how great! And I'd not mess with that big yellow cat! If he says that's his piece of equipment..I'd believe him!! LOL!!!
About time for DS1 to call.
Later...
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Howdy again y'all. Finished off my soup and wine for dinner. I'm sure they drew no more than about half a cup, but it always looks like more. OK, maybe it WAS a little bit more, but only enough to clone me several times over. I know why they take that much, but it's still annoying.
I didn't really watch to see, I was distracted by something.
The REAL vampire was the attendant at the parking garage, but he was just doing his job. LOL.
There was a significant amount of outdoor tagging today, and it was nearly 3 hours before I felt all caught up on everything I needed to do out there for "first thing in the morning" stuff...all of it's supposed to be done FIRST THING, but of course one person can't possibly do ALL of it FIRST THING so it gets done as I can, and I try to prioritize to get the most awkward, time consuming things done before it gets very busy.
Enough rambling. Lilo wants some attention.
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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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Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 91 with 50% chance of (probably) evening showers.
Off to the salt races!
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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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Hi
Today I did 9.2k Steps + 25cents found at the three block location on the outbound, It was 75 degrees out the door and a reported lower humidity. There were signs of a light rain overnight. Before I had gone 5 blocks it started to drizzle then just after the turnaround point on the route back to the house I needed to put up the umbrella
Luckily I had it with me having watched the early morning weather report before heading out so I put the small folding one in my pocket just in case
Next Item on my Agenda is Breakfast around the 9AM to 9:30 point then take the laundry out of the washer that I started before I came here and put it into the dryer. Some dummy forgot to turn on the AC in the Living room to cool off the Main Floor AKA the Ground Floor
So here I am in the basement using the Video Work computer until later when it cools off up there.
I did go to CostCo and buy 3 bags of Frozen Vegetables, a 18 pack of the Light & Fit Greek Yogurt and a tray of Link Lady Apples as they are tasty and were reasonably priced.
My Brother has started a frenzy of cooking to take to a friends house Friday (Tomorrow) so far his Home made baked beans, loaded with thick cut Bacon yesterday. Today he plans to make a Cheesecake and Probably cook the Corned Beef turned into a Pastrami. It actually comes out pretty good too. The Corned beef was bought on sale for St. Patty's day and the conversion was done then it was frozen uncooked. He can either do it here or put it in their smoker for 6 hours.
Have a Great Thursday
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Hi Again.
I made some killer Baba ganoush today! Be glad you're far far away...fresh garlic~~~ It is soooo good though! Eggplant cooked on the grill at Jacks house Sunday.
Not quite close Roger...Human body depending on your weight, is 1.2 to 1.5 gallons. give or take a little bit. (gallons, not pints, ok so you were almost close!! )
Have any idea what the weed killer is that is only legal in 2 states. I'd be curious to know.
I enjoyed the funnies today Roger! The turtles....how great! And I'd not mess with that big yellow cat! If he says that's his piece of equipment..I'd believe him!! LOL!!!
About time for DS1 to call.
Later...
I almost forgot a Tray of Eggplant Parm to take along too that was cooked Yesterday using Eggplants picked earlier the same day from our garden.
I can try and find the email my sister sent about it. Nope No Luck, As I remember, it was banned in all but two states.
I was not clear I thought that the Body had a spare pint or two of blood beyond what normally circulates or that it could spare that much?
Glad You enjoyed the humor, FWIW that Cat looks like the one that comes out the back of the yard through the fence somehow, I've seen it do that. Then it goes down the driveway to the street.
Enjoy Your Day
Roger
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy again y'all. Finished off my soup and wine for dinner. I'm sure they drew no more than about half a cup, but it always looks like more. OK, maybe it WAS a little bit more, but only enough to clone me several times over. I know why they take that much, but it's still annoying.
I didn't really watch to see, I was distracted by something.
The REAL vampire was the attendant at the parking garage, but he was just doing his job. LOL.
There was a significant amount of outdoor tagging today, and it was nearly 3 hours before I felt all caught up on everything I needed to do out there for "first thing in the morning" stuff...all of it's supposed to be done FIRST THING, but of course one person can't possibly do ALL of it FIRST THING so it gets done as I can, and I try to prioritize to get the most awkward, time consuming things done before it gets very busy.
Enough rambling. Lilo wants some attention.
Wow, Three Hours That sounds like a pain in the neck morning. Smart thinking to do the difficult first too.
I am unhappy with having blood drawn, even more so when money is extracted from me. The Blood is more easily made up than the money in my case.
I think I usually have two or three vials of blood drawn FWIW.
Hi Againparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 91 with 50% chance of (probably) evening showers.
Well we had light rain overnight and already this morning too. At least with the cloud cover the sun was not beating down on me and overall it was OK walking. It was nice enough out the door until I stopped for coffee. They keep it so cool that when You leave again it feels warmer for a short period
Have a Nice Day
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Good Morning!...
gymnastics this evening, if I make it...
Need to make a WalMart run...wet cat food all gone. Treats need to be replenished. Had to really laugh over the treats. I'd run out about 2 weeks ago, and had picked up a small bag at the grocery...and when that was gone, I picked up another of the 'Mixed Medley' yesterday...and that's when I started laughing...up at the very top, it said contains catnip! I thought Tom E and Hoot had just become spoiled, cuz they were coming begging treats after breakfast, and more than once after dinner.... I had my fussy old men Cats hooked on KITTY CRACK!!!
This morning I finished my class on Vital Signs!!!!! Passed with good grades too!
Great breakfast...I had along with my banana and protein burger more of the baba g. Soooo good!
About your blood draining...this is funny. Everybody thinks 3 or 4 tubes are 'draining them dry'.. consider if you give blood we take a pint...(2 cups)...ARC now also does double donations, meaning if you are within the parameters (weight/height) and choose to you can donate a quart. Now, how much can you lose? I honestly don't know....but its obviously more than a quart. And about those tubes just for your info....the red top tubes, green top tubes and the GI Joe (beige, green & orange) tops hold 7 ml at most. Takes 3 tubes (without serum separators) to fill the vacuum in the tubes to equal a tablespoon and a half! The blue tops, and purple tops require less...and I don't happen to remember the volumes. But...we could draw a whole bunch of tubes before we 'drained ya dry'!!!
Ok, I need to get down the road before half day students from the high school, and kindergarten kids on buses and mommy SUV's clog the street...and the Walmart!!!!!
Roger, sounds like you had a bunch of eggplant plants. I usually only get 3 or 4 small ones per plant!!! WTG!
Later...
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We DID get some thunder and rain this evening, right as I was preparing dinner, with lights flickering and the whole shebang! I was afraid I'd have half cooked dinner, but no problems.
Tonight was one of those "wander and wonder" nights. Wander into the kitchen and wonder what the heck you're gonna make since you didn't really plan anything or set anything out to thaw.
I dug through the freezer and found a nice package of thin sliced, boneless pork chops, so put them in the microwave to thaw. Then I pulled that half bottle of Marsala wine out of the bar area, and grabbed a couple of ears of corn, some garlic, and some mushrooms.
Ended up with a nice dinner of pork Marsala, over mashed potatoes, with steamed, lightly buttered, bicolor sweet corn, and sliced tomato on the side. Opened a bottle of wine from the winery up the highway a bit, and dug in. And there are plenty of leftovers too!
D had a small plate of it, but declined any seconds, but at least he ate one thin sliced chop, some potatoes, and some of the corn. He ate around the mushrooms as he really doesn't care for large chunks or slices of mushroom. I think he's insane in that way, as I love mushrooms, but that's OK. At least he doesn't turn down food with mushrooms any more, as he used to. I've made it clear that I am NOT altering any of my preparations to omit mushrooms or have them only on the side. He can eat it the way I make it, eating around them, or just get something on his own. He has sensibly decided to, usually, eat what I make if it's otherwise not offensive to him.
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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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Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! High of only 87 predicted for today with 60% chance of showers. And did I mention it's FRIDAY?
Off to the rat mines.
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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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Hi
Today I did 7.4K Steps during my walking, It was 75 degrees out the door and a reported Higher humidity.
Next Item on my Agenda is Breakfast around the 9AM. Then my brother and I will be off to visit a friend south of us for the day. Once again some dummy forgot to turn on the AC in the Living room to cool off the Main Floor AKA the Ground Floor So here I am in the basement using the Video Work computer until it cools off and I have Breakfast.
While My Brother was cooking to take to a friends house He also made Pesto with Basil from the garden, And We sliced two different Bolognas from Dietrichs, I am calling them that although the cloth said one was Lebanon Bologna and the Other was a Sweet Bologna. They are going with us along with the Pastrami, Cheesecake, Ritz style crackers for the Bologna, Home made baked Beans and The Eggplant Parm.
There goes the On NS Plan for today I suspect or is it
I also noticed a advertisement for the Buzzr ChannelBUZZR
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BUZZR launched June 1st; in 35% of the country across 12 FOX owned and operated stations whose markets include New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Dallas. This television network is available over-the-air and on selected cable and Telco providers.
I have to take a look at it as I liked some of the old game shows. If I like what I see it will be a reason to pull out the DVR that can record off of Basic Cable or Over the Air and does tune the Digital channels. I see it is available here in the NYC broadcast area as channel 9.2
Have a Great Friday
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning!...
gymnastics this evening, if I make it...
Need to make a WalMart run...wet cat food all gone. Treats need to be replenished. Had to really laugh over the treats. I'd run out about 2 weeks ago, and had picked up a small bag at the grocery...and when that was gone, I picked up another of the 'Mixed Medley' yesterday...and that's when I started laughing...up at the very top, it said contains catnip! I thought Tom E and Hoot had just become spoiled, cuz they were coming begging treats after breakfast, and more than once after dinner.... I had my fussy old men Cats hooked on KITTY CRACK!!!
This morning I finished my class on Vital Signs!!!!! Passed with good grades too!
Great breakfast...I had along with my banana and protein burger more of the baba g. Soooo good!
About your blood draining...this is funny. Everybody thinks 3 or 4 tubes are 'draining them dry'.. consider if you give blood we take a pint...(2 cups)...ARC now also does double donations, meaning if you are within the parameters (weight/height) and choose to you can donate a quart. Now, how much can you lose? I honestly don't know....but its obviously more than a quart. And about those tubes just for your info....the red top tubes, green top tubes and the GI Joe (beige, green & orange) tops hold 7 ml at most. Takes 3 tubes (without serum separators) to fill the vacuum in the tubes to equal a tablespoon and a half! The blue tops, and purple tops require less...and I don't happen to remember the volumes. But...we could draw a whole bunch of tubes before we 'drained ya dry'!!!
Ok, I need to get down the road before half day students from the high school, and kindergarten kids on buses and mommy SUV's clog the street...and the Walmart!!!!!
Roger, sounds like you had a bunch of eggplant plants. I usually only get 3 or 4 small ones per plant!!! WTG!
Later...
That was funny, You got Your cats hooked on Catnip
I think My brother planted two or three only. They do seem to be producing for him however. He has had enough that he has been giving some of them away. Yesterday he went out and found two more of a decent size and they were what he used. One pan to go and the rest for here.
My Freezer is getting full with all the fresh made then frozen Pesto. And that is despite handing a lot out to he friends.
Thank You for the Information on the color coding, I knew that they had to mean something
Rogerparityanimal wrote: »We DID get some thunder and rain this evening, right as I was preparing dinner, with lights flickering and the whole shebang! I was afraid I'd have half cooked dinner, but no problems.
Tonight was one of those "wander and wonder" nights. Wander into the kitchen and wonder what the heck you're gonna make since you didn't really plan anything or set anything out to thaw.
I dug through the freezer and found a nice package of thin sliced, boneless pork chops, so put them in the microwave to thaw. Then I pulled that half bottle of Marsala wine out of the bar area, and grabbed a couple of ears of corn, some garlic, and some mushrooms.
Ended up with a nice dinner of pork Marsala, over mashed potatoes, with steamed, lightly buttered, bicolor sweet corn, and sliced tomato on the side. Opened a bottle of wine from the winery up the highway a bit, and dug in. And there are plenty of leftovers too!
D had a small plate of it, but declined any seconds, but at least he ate one thin sliced chop, some potatoes, and some of the corn. He ate around the mushrooms as he really doesn't care for large chunks or slices of mushroom. I think he's insane in that way, as I love mushrooms, but that's OK. At least he doesn't turn down food with mushrooms any more, as he used to. I've made it clear that I am NOT altering any of my preparations to omit mushrooms or have them only on the side. He can eat it the way I make it, eating around them, or just get something on his own. He has sensibly decided to, usually, eat what I make if it's otherwise not offensive to him.
Hi Ed
That sounds like a easy fast and tasty dinner. You are a creative cook IMO.
We have plenty of fresh ripe Tomatoes from the Garden including Plum and Slicing types, red and yellow, Red Cherrie And Yellow Cherry tomatoes, the latter looking like miniature plum tomatoes
When I was growing up a picky eater would have starved, You ate what was on the table or went hungry.
Hi Againparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! High of only 87 predicted for today with 60% chance of showers. And did I mention it's FRIDAY?
I believe You Did mention that
Have a Nice weekend off from work.
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Good Morning...I think Ed already joyfully told us it was Friday!!!
I did go to gymnastics, it took an hour to go 12 miles. That's disgusting. But, I noticed a little hole in the wall appearing Chinese restaurant about a quarter mile from O's gym...hmmm. I'll try it hopefully next week, and if it doesn't appear to make me sick or kill me, I may just become their 'Thurs. nite regular'! It would beat sitting endlessly in long lines of traffic waiting for stop lights to go green. Sitting thru a light twice is not so horrible, but when it becomes 3 or more...I tend to want to become homicidal! Especially after about the 3rd such light. And Ted wonders why I chew gum when I drive... Trip home at 7:30 took only half hour.
I got a quarter inch of Ed's rain yesterday evening. It poured over in Suwanee while we were in the gym. Nice storm, complete with bolts of lightening and deafening thunder!
My agenda is pretty open today....we'll see what I end up doing!
Later...
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Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday! There is some event this morning that J wants to attend, fairly early, and then FROM THERE head on to Braselton for pool party. I'd rather sleep, to be honest. I would love a weekend where we don't have anything on the calendar and can just veg around the house! Since we're doing the morning thing first, I can't even make baked beans and bring them along for the pool party so they'll just have to get by as if I weren't there.
I need to find my earplugs...the hostess for the morning event is a yak and gives me a headache.
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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!
Ed, really sorry you had to get up and go so early. I used to hate that. (and few and far between, I loved calendar free weekends.) So, go to calendar, and block out the very first weekend that's free....kinda like scheduling exercise time....plan for it!
Roger, I'm guessing you're out and probably headed on the in bound leg of your route this morning. Its 74 on my back porch. BUT...the upper 60's are coming! So says the weather folks. Open house time! As is leaf fall...that's depressing. I may have to go back to bed! LOL!
Tomorrow Nate has a hockey game! And its not until 11a.m.!! Double WOW! After I will stop at Whole Foods, there are a couple items there that I can't find other places. Its time!
I looked at cheap grills...gonna look a little more. I have really liked the grilled veg's on Jack's grill. Don't need anything fancy or big, just something a little more 'solid' than what I have seen. Going to try Home Depot maybe Lowe's too. Jack was real quick to offer to set mine up for me! (he's grilled for me twice...do you suppose I wore out my welcome already?!?!) Lets see, how many meals did I cook for him between say 2yrs and 19yrs old? Hmmmmmm! LOL!
Ok, gonna go do something...don't know what...but leaving this computer!
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Hi
Today I have done 9.1K Steps + 1 cent, It was 74 degrees out the door and a tus the coolest overnight for a while. Cooler weather is forecast for next week too.
Today feels like Sunday as Yesterday kept feeling like Saturday as usually we do not go visit that friend on weekdays
I did overeat unfortunately, I managed not to go way overboard, however I did eat two of the Peter Luger Burgers he supplies and grilled, tasty too. As well as a bit of Potato Salad and Coleslaw and my Brothers Homemade Baked Beans, Cheesecake, and last but not least Pastrami. Not huge amounts of any however. I suspect that the Pastrami is why I seem to be retaining water as it starts out with Corned Beef which is of course a Brined Beef Brisket.
OTOH that was my Lunch and Dinner, Midmorning and Midafternoon snacks for the day excluding the Apple I ate last night.
Have a Great Weekend
Roger
P.S. I noticed that a pair of fresh figs appeared on the counter while I was out. They came off of this years planting of two fig trees and from what my brother said there are a couple more small ones that were not ready.0 -
Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning...I think Ed already joyfully told us it was Friday!!!
I did go to gymnastics, it took an hour to go 12 miles. That's disgusting. But, I noticed a little hole in the wall appearing Chinese restaurant about a quarter mile from O's gym...hmmm. I'll try it hopefully next week, and if it doesn't appear to make me sick or kill me, I may just become their 'Thurs. nite regular'! It would beat sitting endlessly in long lines of traffic waiting for stop lights to go green. Sitting thru a light twice is not so horrible, but when it becomes 3 or more...I tend to want to become homicidal! Especially after about the 3rd such light. And Ted wonders why I chew gum when I drive... Trip home at 7:30 took only half hour.
I got a quarter inch of Ed's rain yesterday evening. It poured over in Suwanee while we were in the gym. Nice storm, complete with bolts of lightening and deafening thunder!
My agenda is pretty open today....we'll see what I end up doing!
Later...
Wow You got a Blazing 12 MPH on that trip, Could You stand the thrill?
From what my brother has said some of the best meals he has had on vacations with the family were in little hole in the wall looking eateries that they found when all the better looking ones had long lines and I'm sure You know how kids are about standing in line waiting when they hungry.
I do something similar with a Diner when I walk over for my haircut. I have a light breakfast and comfort stop with a Decaf to drink on the return trip after having my haircut. since the outbound walk to the barbershop is 2/3 of my regular walk distance (steps) I sort of need the rest stop and nutrients as otherwise I would be late on my breakfast
Cheers
Rogerparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday! There is some event this morning that J wants to attend, fairly early, and then FROM THERE head on to Braselton for pool party. I'd rather sleep, to be honest. I would love a weekend where we don't have anything on the calendar and can just veg around the house! Since we're doing the morning thing first, I can't even make baked beans and bring them along for the pool party so they'll just have to get by as if I weren't there.
I need to find my earplugs...the hostess for the morning event is a yak and gives me a headache.
Hi Ed
I Know what You mean about just wanting a restful weekend, When I was working that was all I wanted too.
Good Luck
RogerGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning!
Ed, really sorry you had to get up and go so early. I used to hate that. (and few and far between, I loved calendar free weekends.) So, go to calendar, and block out the very first weekend that's free....kinda like scheduling exercise time....plan for it!
Roger, I'm guessing you're out and probably headed on the in bound leg of your route this morning. Its 74 on my back porch. BUT...the upper 60's are coming! So says the weather folks. Open house time! As is leaf fall...that's depressing. I may have to go back to bed! LOL!
Tomorrow Nate has a hockey game! And its not until 11a.m.!! Double WOW! After I will stop at Whole Foods, there are a couple items there that I can't find other places. Its time!
I looked at cheap grills...gonna look a little more. I have really liked the grilled veg's on Jack's grill. Don't need anything fancy or big, just something a little more 'solid' than what I have seen. Going to try Home Depot maybe Lowe's too. Jack was real quick to offer to set mine up for me! (he's grilled for me twice...do you suppose I wore out my welcome already?!?!) Lets see, how many meals did I cook for him between say 2yrs and 19yrs old? Hmmmmmm! LOL!
Ok, gonna go do something...don't know what...but leaving this computer!
Later...
Hi Again
Looking at the time I was indeed on the inbound leg of my walk I think I got home at 7:55 AM and Your post is time stamped at August 20, 2016 7:33AM
While we were out we actually passed a Whole Foods, and it was only 35 minutes and $1.50 tolls from home First one I have really seen too. We see more Kings for fancier foods.
We passed the Peterpank Diner and it was closed.
SAYREVILLE – A community landmark, which recently celebrated its 58th anniversary, is slated to close at 3 p.m. Dec. 30, 2015.
Peterpank Diner, a popular restaurant on Route 9, has been sold to a developer, who is planning on replacing the diner with a new business.
From another webpage
RIP the Peterpank Diner. Another Jersey Diner bites the dust
Last year for the 4th of July we picked up a cheap portable gas grill from Walmarts that uses screw on bottles of propane and not that large one that sits on the ground. Similar to this one that shows out of stock
https://www.walmart.com/ip/47073820?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227036679422&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=81035051552&wl4=pla-160316149472&wl5=1022345&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=47073820&wl13=&veh=sem
It worked for me and the Grill part cleaned pretty easy too.
Have a Nice Weekend
Roger0 -
Ok, lets see if this works...
The one I looked at on Thursday was the $89...on clearance...no frills one. Its on that link page you sent me Roger.... Now, I think I copied the address on the one that I got today, on sale, half price, for $64!!!
https://ll-us-i5.wal.co/asr/65a69f3d-1ed7-499d-bf57-4359024c4e32_1.74c1170a7dc4b08ad233e72632e1492d.jpeg?odnHeight=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF
I hope that works. The poor lady in Lawn and Garden had long lines of idiots bringing stuff from all over the store. She finally went out to scan it, and it wouldn't ring up....and her lines grew. She went back outside re scanned twice...she called for help...so another lady came to run the other register, and eventually a guy came (floor manager I suspect), and they put the price wrong into the cash register...$68 instead of $64....and I caught it, and questioned why it was still wrong...the store manager looked like he'd like to scream...and they went back out and rescanned it again...finally it rang up at $64, I paid for it, and he told me to go get my car...so, my little Honda Fit and I drove up!!! LOL!!!! That guy worked up a sweat getting enough stuff off the grill so it would go in the cargo area.... I laughed and said he needed to follow me and take it out....'Oh you'll need help'...nope, nobody to help. At which point he told me I'd never get it out myself.
You know, that is a red flag challenge when somebody tells me I can't do something!!!! So, I brought it home and with minimal struggle I DID get it out, and I put it all back together again too!!! LOL!!!
Next step will be Jack coming over to bring me one of his tanks (filled), and a chain of some kind so we can secure it since it will have to sit in the driveway Sorta hidden by shrubs, but not entirely..... That may be this weekend, or maybe not til next weekend..as there is the afore mentioned midday hockey game tomorrow. So I took a pix of it, assembled, with lid up, and a red pepper, an onion, and a yellow crookneck squash laying on the grill!!! Sent it to him!
Hopefully he'll laugh! and not think I'm pushing him to do this right away. He's got his own stuff to do, and I know that.
Ok, its now 2p.m and I haven't had my lunch....time to go fix a great big salad.
OH, the little grill I got, even has a 4th burner in one of the shelves, I guess to keep your BBQ sauce warm, or maybe to cook a vegetable! HA...little do they know, its ALL for veggies.
Later...
Ok, that is a pix of my grill, but it wasn't what I wanted to link...I wanted the entire Walmart ad like you sent me...Sorry.1 -
Hi Valerie
Not a problem I the picture came up and it seems as if You got a decent BBQ.
I suspect he was getting frustrated struggling with the register and all.
Congratulations on getting it out of the car and assembled too. BTW if it were mine once the tank of fuel was hooked up I would go over every connection with a soapy solution to be sure there are no leaks. I mention that as one year my brother had a pretty large ball of fire from a leaky connection that developed over time.
I use a soapy solution to find the gas leak on the furnace so I could get it fixed. They wanted money to find t he leak over and beyond the repair price.
As You say little do they know
Have a Nice Day and I hope You enjoy Your new Cooker
Roger0 -
Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday!
Pool party had a few quick showers but went well. The burgers were magnificent and juicy.
D even went this time, though he foolishly stopped on the way and got lunch, so didn't eat much at the party.
This morning I microwaved my two severely trimmed ears of corn received in Friday's CSA box. I left a "contact us" note at the site letting them know that I was NOT HAPPY with the fact that they had cut an inch to an inch and a half off of each ear, at the tassel end. This left the ends completely uncovered, as the ears weren't wrapped in any way after cutting, and i have NO idea how clean the knife was, and it also basically stole several good bites of corn from me. I have NEVER received my ears of corn pre-trimmed from them before and hope to never receive them that way again. I don't generally shuck my corn or clean it before cooking, as I place the cobs in the microwave, whole, shucks and silks in place and undisturbed. I asked if it would be too much trouble to let me, the consumer and customer, decide whether, and how much, to trim my vegetables rather than someone deciding that for me. They better refund me for the corn, since they stole some of it.
I still cooked these in the microwave, trusting that the microwave would kill any germs on the cut surfaces, and we'll still eat this corn, but there is not as much of it as there should have been.
Need to do laundry later but might go back to bed for a while. I had leftover pizza and freshly cut "orange fleshed melon" from the CSA box for breakfast. I only ordered it to see if it was anything different from a cantaloupe, but it isn't. I also have a honeydew in there to cut up eventually.
Later, gators!
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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!
Ed, is your CSA box organic? If so, I'm guessing their later crop of corn got those corn worms, they are always found at the tassel end...I think if that was the problem, you can be glad that they cut the ends off...think about it. I've cooked my corn that way before it works....and I may have to again, as COSTCO has stopped carrying the sheets of deli paper I wrap my shucked ears of corn in...(in the Mic)... This old farm girl, always, without doubt or hesitation pulls a small section of husk and silks while still in the store...looking to see there isn't any extra protein in there!
Glad the party went well, and wasn't rained out...it never actually rained here, but all of a sudden it would go dark, and thunder, and I could SMELL the rain, so I know it was near...but not at my house. Oh, well. Weather person said we're 5 inches short on rain since January. I know the lake is down, just mercifully not like it was 7 years ago...was it really 7 years ago? Livy was a little tyke, and she's 12 now...so I'm guessing thats when it happened. I don't remember if you were here then? Our water supply for all of ATL comes out of Lake Lanier, and we were running less than a week reserve....and that's after they lowered the water outlet pipes to make them deeper.
Roger....I admit I was pretty proud of myself for getting the grill out of the car, and re-asembled! All parts accounted for and in the right place....now about that soapy water...
Your Brother and I have a LOT in common besides shopping I see!! I had a gas grill in TN, burned every d@mn thing I ever put on it....no joke. I was a real 'briquette manufacturing plant" But, it was all meat...you know hot dogs, hamburgers (black outside, raw/cold innards...anyhow, the day came, and I ran out of gas....soooo I took the tank to be filled, and I reattached it! Forgot about the soapy water part, which was inexcusable since I grew up in a house with propane tank in the side yard....... and I lit the grill, went in the house to get something, looked out the window and I had a fire ball outside. The deck was on the second story of the house, and that's where the grill was, just outside the kitchen. OMG!! Scared the heck out of me. My Dad, bless him, he meant well, but he used silicone tape on the connection at the tank.....it worked fine after he went back to MO...but when I changed the tank, not so good!....I called my gas utility, and a very nice lady explained to me why you can't use anything on those connections, and told me I'd have to scrape every last bit of that out of the screw threads....was that ever a job!! SO, lesson learned the hard way, but remembered to this day!
OK, I've spot cleaned the living room carpet, and am 'banished' from the back of the house, except to fix my breakfast. Lucky for me, the Keurig is in the bar and not in the kitchen
Oh...its getting light out, and I can still see a very bright moon thru the trees to the West!
Hope everybody has a good day...Ed, get some rest, and Roger hope you're having a good walk this morning.
Later...0 -
Hi
Yesterday I ended up at 10.3K + Steps, Today I have done 8.6K Steps + 1 cent so far, It was 75 degrees out the door. Cooler weather is forecast for next week starting Monday with overnight lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s which will be the coolest in a while.
FWIW here is a Picture of the Home made Pastrami, Eggplant Parmesan, Three Types of Tomatoes and Anaheim Peppers from the garden.
And here is the Pastrami sliced BTW that is not me holding the Pastrami
Have a Great Sunday
Roger0 -
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday!
Pool party had a few quick showers but went well. The burgers were magnificent and juicy.
D even went this time, though he foolishly stopped on the way and got lunch, so didn't eat much at the party.
This morning I microwaved my two severely trimmed ears of corn received in Friday's CSA box. I left a "contact us" note at the site letting them know that I was NOT HAPPY with the fact that they had cut an inch to an inch and a half off of each ear, at the tassel end. This left the ends completely uncovered, as the ears weren't wrapped in any way after cutting, and i have NO idea how clean the knife was, and it also basically stole several good bites of corn from me. I have NEVER received my ears of corn pre-trimmed from them before and hope to never receive them that way again. I don't generally shuck my corn or clean it before cooking, as I place the cobs in the microwave, whole, shucks and silks in place and undisturbed. I asked if it would be too much trouble to let me, the consumer and customer, decide whether, and how much, to trim my vegetables rather than someone deciding that for me. They better refund me for the corn, since they stole some of it.
I still cooked these in the microwave, trusting that the microwave would kill any germs on the cut surfaces, and we'll still eat this corn, but there is not as much of it as there should have been.
Need to do laundry later but might go back to bed for a while. I had leftover pizza and freshly cut "orange fleshed melon" from the CSA box for breakfast. I only ordered it to see if it was anything different from a cantaloupe, but it isn't. I also have a honeydew in there to cut up eventually.
Later, gators!
I suppose if I were worried about the Knife cut I would have trimmed a bit more off of the end, Did You take pictures to send them?
My Brother Shucks the Corn and wraps it in Saran Wrap with a little Butter to taste.
Why eat on the way to a BBQ? Unless You were afraid there would be nothing there You could eat
FWIW We eat leftover Pizza at Room Temperature. My Brother often takes some up to his bedroom when retiring in case he wakes up hungry in the night
Have a Nice Sunday
RogerGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning!
Ed, is your CSA box organic? If so, I'm guessing their later crop of corn got those corn worms, they are always found at the tassel end...I think if that was the problem, you can be glad that they cut the ends off...think about it. I've cooked my corn that way before it works....and I may have to again, as COSTCO has stopped carrying the sheets of deli paper I wrap my shucked ears of corn in...(in the Mic)... This old farm girl, always, without doubt or hesitation pulls a small section of husk and silks while still in the store...looking to see there isn't any extra protein in there! Glad the party went well, and wasn't rained out...it never actually rained here, but all of a sudden it would go dark, and thunder, and I could SMELL the rain, so I know it was near...but not at my house. Oh, well. Weather person said we're 5 inches short on rain since January. I know the lake is down, just mercifully not like it was 7 years ago...was it really 7 years ago? Livy was a little tyke, and she's 12 now...so I'm guessing thats when it happened. I don't remember if you were here then? Our water supply for all of ATL comes out of Lake Lanier, and we were running less than a week reserve....and that's after they lowered the water outlet pipes to make them deeper.
Roger....I admit I was pretty proud of myself for getting the grill out of the car, and re-asembled! All parts accounted for and in the right place....now about that soapy water...
Your Brother and I have a LOT in common besides shopping I see!! I had a gas grill in TN, burned every d@mn thing I ever put on it....no joke. I was a real 'briquette manufacturing plant" But, it was all meat...you know hot dogs, hamburgers (black outside, raw/cold innards...anyhow, the day came, and I ran out of gas....soooo I took the tank to be filled, and I reattached it! Forgot about the soapy water part, which was inexcusable since I grew up in a house with propane tank in the side yard....... and I lit the grill, went in the house to get something, looked out the window and I had a fire ball outside. The deck was on the second story of the house, and that's where the grill was, just outside the kitchen. OMG!! Scared the heck out of me. My Dad, bless him, he meant well, but he used silicone tape on the connection at the tank.....it worked fine after he went back to MO...but when I changed the tank, not so good!....I called my gas utility, and a very nice lady explained to me why you can't use anything on those connections, and told me I'd have to scrape every last bit of that out of the screw threads....was that ever a job!! SO, lesson learned the hard way, but remembered to this day!
OK, I've spot cleaned the living room carpet, and am 'banished' from the back of the house, except to fix my breakfast. Lucky for me, the Keurig is in the bar and not in the kitchen
Oh...its getting light out, and I can still see a very bright moon thru the trees to the West!
Hope everybody has a good day...Ed, get some rest, and Roger hope you're having a good walk this morning.
Later...
Hi Valerie
Have You considered using Parchment Paper? it is one of the things my brother uses in some of his baking as it seems to be Oven ready and therefore should work in the Microwave too.
I do remember seeing the reports on the water situation in Atlanta back then on the TV news reports. My brother also wondered why they did not have at least one more reservoir
You and he were both lucky it was not worse. I think I would have used a Stiff brush or a wire brush on the thread, However that would be a patience thing
My walk was OK, I took a somewhat different route back home and that was where I found that beat up penny in the street in front of a gas station driveway.
last night we watched Diners Drive-ins and Dives and they did a visit to the Marietta Diner
http://www.mariettadiner.com/
and the Silver Skillet Restaurant
http://www.thesilverskillet.com/
They Liked Both, I was Wondering if either You or Ed had eaten at either of them and therefore could give feedback on how accurate the show is?
Have a Great Day
Roger0 -
Hi
Yesterday I ended up at 10.3K + Steps, Today I have done 8.6K Steps + 1 cent so far, It was 75 degrees out the door. Cooler weather is forecast for next week starting Monday with overnight lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s which will be the coolest in a while.
FWIW here is a Picture of the Home made Pastrami, Eggplant Parmesan, Three Types of Tomatoes and Anaheim Peppers from the garden.
And here is the Pastrami sliced BTW that is not me holding the Pastrami
Have a Great Sunday
Roger1 -
Last night we watched Diners Drive-ins and Dives and they did a visit to the Marietta Diner
http://www.mariettadiner.com/
and the Silver Skillet Restaurant
http://www.thesilverskillet.com/
They Liked Both, I was Wondering if either You or Ed had eaten at either of them and therefore could give feedback on how accurate the show is?
Have a Great Day
Roger
I have eaten several times at the Marietta Diner. The food is good, and you get plenty of it, but then you NEED plenty of it since one generally has to wait an hour or more to get in, so if you were already hungry... Yes, it's THAT popular. I've never heard of The Silver Skillet. Will have to look at that one.GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning!
Ed, is your CSA box organic? If so, I'm guessing their later crop of corn got those corn worms, they are always found at the tassel end...I think if that was the problem, you can be glad that they cut the ends off...think about it. I've cooked my corn that way before it works....and I may have to again, as COSTCO has stopped carrying the sheets of deli paper I wrap my shucked ears of corn in...(in the Mic)... This old farm girl, always, without doubt or hesitation pulls a small section of husk and silks while still in the store...looking to see there isn't any extra protein in there! Glad the party went well, and wasn't rained out...it never actually rained here, but all of a sudden it would go dark, and thunder, and I could SMELL the rain, so I know it was near...but not at my house. Oh, well. Weather person said we're 5 inches short on rain since January. I know the lake is down, just mercifully not like it was 7 years ago...was it really 7 years ago? Livy was a little tyke, and she's 12 now...so I'm guessing thats when it happened. I don't remember if you were here then? Our water supply for all of ATL comes out of Lake Lanier, and we were running less than a week reserve....and that's after they lowered the water outlet pipes to make them deeper.
My CSA box is organic. If they did, indeed, need to trim for worms, then they should have sent an extra ear to make up for the trimming, or advertised the corn as being trimmed. When I see "two" ears listed, I expect to receive two whole ears, or the equivalent. Had I known in advance that it was going to be trimmed, I would have either ordered more (which would have to have been 4 ears) or simply ordered something else.
Aside from the trimming this time, we've really been enjoying this bicolor sweet corn all summer. Very sweet and tender.
As we had that morning thing in Jasper/Big Canoe yesterday, we drove over the lake on the way to the barbecue. It looked pretty good, overall, and people were definitely out and enjoying it. I have certainly seen it a LOT lower.
Well, first load of laundry is nearly ready for the dryer and the east Indian spiced roasted potatoes and cauliflower that I made for our lunch (I'll microwave a little bacon for my protein) are nearly done.
Later, gators!
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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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Quick hello folks. Yes - still around...is everyone here doing okay?1
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Howdy y'all. It's magnificent Monday!
Forecast for today is 88 degrees with 0% chance of rain. I can live with this.
Off to the rat mines!
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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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