Early Risers - Eastern Time Zone
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Hey!
Before I forget...Senoia Ga, south of Peachtree CITY, not to be confused with all the other Peachtree's in GA...but, no not close to either Ed or myself... This is not the first time somebody has stollen dirt in GA. I think it was in our county that happened... No doubt the person who owned the land did not LIVE on that land....Its pretty rural down there.
I had not seen nor heard about inducing the Giraffe...there are a zillion rumors flying out there, like its all a hoax, April's not Pregnant, she had the baby, etc. American Adventure Park.com is the 'official website'... like I say, rumors abound. I checked before I came to our posts, and there still wasn't a baby. They had sleet, snow, and very cold in NY State last night and their internet failed...you could read all kinds of garbage about that too!! LOL!!!
Got a really short and sassy hair cut today, should be a breeze to take care of this summer.
I saw the guy they've charged with starting the fire on the evening news...he's not new to the cops or the criminal justice department. Damn shame. Chair and a shopping cart...well, some institution state likely will be taking care of him for a long long time.
I had to problems getting into Midtown from Decatur...except some slow traffic and congestion on Ponce along Olmsted Park. Some big "Ponce Arts Festival" as well as a fund raiser for the Boy Scouts...but not bad really. The park, Roger is very long, but shallow in a beautiful old part of Atlanta...big homes, huge churches, etc.. You can Google it, and read about Olmsted and his creations.
Went with Ted to Mediteranian Grill. Ate a couple falafels, and a small size Tabouli Salad. Going to wander into the kitchen and make a batch of hummus, and then just chill for the rest of the evening. Will probably be an early bedtime for this Bonzo!
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Hi Valerie
In New York they are having problems with vermin dumping contaminated soil on public and private land, sometimes next to a park where children play
I often see on the news where the perpetrator has had multiple arrests thanks to the revolving door justice system in NY. Latest I recall seeing on the news was a hit and run that killed the person. When they caught the perpetrator he had multiple arrests for DWI (DUI) and was being charged for that again after refusing to take a breathalyzer test.
I did see the induce thing on the local NYC news, Not that they have not used info off of the Internet in the past that turned out to be erroneous.
It sounds like Your commute was OK and that You had an enjoyable time, Weekend traffic?
Have a Nice Day
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Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday!
55 out there now with a sunny high of 79 expected today.
J helped his mother with her taxes last night, after dining at Dagwood's, a fun pizza and more place. We didn't know it but on Fridays they have Trivia and we, while not playing, were sitting right in front of the Trivia caller.
We had fun quietly discussing the questions and trying to make sure the players, who weren't sitting very close, didn't hear our discussion.
Already fed Lilo and me. I had my leftover manicotti from last night. Need to eventually get the garbage and recycles to the curb.
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Thank goodness I don't have to worry about this! I'd never have eaten these anyway.
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We stopped at Popcorn Palooza last night prior to dining out. I got my movie night snacks for two or three nights!
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Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 65 out there now, and supposed to get to only 70 today with 100% chance of rain.
I kind of need to get to the store for a few things but might wait, depending on the weather.
Need to empty the dishwasher and then clear the sink.
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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 was out walking today and did 7K steps. The temperature this morning was 45 degrees on the weather broadcast at 5:50AM and 38 on the front porch, There was no wind blowing and overall it was not bad outside
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday!
55 out there now with a sunny high of 79 expected today.
J helped his mother with her taxes last night, after dining at Dagwood's, a fun pizza and more place. We didn't know it but on Fridays they have Trivia and we, while not playing, were sitting right in front of the Trivia caller.
We had fun quietly discussing the questions and trying to make sure the players, who weren't sitting very close, didn't hear our discussion.
Already fed Lilo and me. I had my leftover manicotti from last night. Need to eventually get the garbage and recycles to the curb.
Luckily I already have my refund back and deposited
I used against a credit card bill that I am working on reducing the balance of, just in case the interest rates go too high.
Your mention of of Garb age and recycles made me think. Our recycle in the county is every two weeks and during the winter garbage is once a week going to twice a week during the summer heat.
Your temps are better than ours. The Waterways are still running high from the previous soaker and more rain moves in tonight into tomorrow with a prediction of ponding on the roads and localized flooding in the low lying areas.parityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 65 out there now, and supposed to get to only 70 today with 100% chance of rain.
I kind of need to get to the store for a few things but might wait, depending on the weather.
Need to empty the dishwasher and then clear the sink.
I was planning on going to the Acme tomorrow when My Brother is out for cases of spring water Through Thursday they have cases of 24 1/2 liter on sale at a good price for this area of 4 for $8.88 or $2.22 each and since it can sit without spoiling why not take advantage of it.
Have a Nice Day and stay dry
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning!
Few things 'going' around here this morning...need it 'done' so I can go outside and play today!! Mid 70's to nearly 80 sounds about right to me!
Not sure I'd have tried the pink Oreo's either. Double Stuff's was my cookie of choice...ummm!
Every Easter my Brother buys a box of the yellow Peeps.
Yesterday while he was at the ShopRite he ran into Girl Scouts and bought 2 boxes each of 2 types of their cookies. They are something he can not resist.
I am indeed seeing spring flowers while walking and in my yard too. yesterday I noticed that we had Grape Hyacinths and Hyacinths in bloom as well as Miniature Daffodils. I never had any luck with Tulips the second year they did not do good.Lunch today is going to be marinaded roasted carrots, a pita stuffed with my hummus, some of the batched sun dried tomato 'cheese', rice, cucumber, parsley, etc. I'm either hungrier than I realize, or this is going to be pretty good
Roger, glad you had a 'temperate' morning walk! Spring shouldn't be too far away from your neighborhood! Are you seeing things like daffodils or tulips yet? I sure hope so, makes walks so much fun to see plants bud and then spring open!
Loved all of the cartoons, the one about the polar bears looking up 'ice berg' schedules could easily translate to the business commuters here in ATL. Only it will be rail and bus schedules. Yesterday at Marietta's her husband said that he bought several preloaded Breeze Cards (cards needed to access the loading platform for our train system), and that he's going to ride rather than do the 'traffic mess' that the downed Interstate highways has created. I expect there will be a lot of folks doing just that!
I'm glad You liked the cartoons
I had a feeling that traffic would be terrible, I gather in the best of times rush hour is not that good.Lunch critique...
My assembled pita sandwiches are really tasty! The dried tomato cashew cheese is on one side of the split pita, and the hummus I made last night is on the other side, tucked in the middle are roasted poblano pepper, a few of the Roasted Marinated Carrot sticks, chopped parsley, and a tablespoon or so of the quinoa, all drizzled with the Ranch dressing I made.....I think I may need to assemble another one. Delicious, and I was really hungry...oh, add some rounds of thinly sliced cucumber in those pita halves!
Giraffe watch...the snow and Ice have finally melted from the outside area of the giraffe yard, and I just saw them open Olivers door to the outside, and out he went!! April's door to the 'world' will hopefully be opened as soon as Oliver comes back inside.
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Oh, Oh, Now that You mention it I am getting a craving for Lightly salted white Rice with Butter melting into it. And I even have a Rice Cooker that does a good job
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Very interesting bread making video. Buckwheat flour.
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Well, I made it to Kroger, and even stopped at Kentucky Fried Taco Bell on the way home and grabbed lunch for J and for me. Getting in and out of Kroger was no issue, as it was just barely misty, but after getting IN to the restaurant, and buying food, it was raining fairly steadily but I had not parked very far from the door.
Back to just misty and drizzly when I got home, so got the groceries and food in with not much difficulty.
Lilo always gets a few small bites of a chicken strip when I stop there so she is very happy when I do that.
At the store I got a whole, cut up chicken that was marked down and it went directly to the deep freeze. I'll pull that out the next time I want to make a whole lot of baked chicken, fried chicken, or a huge pot of chicken and dumplings. But first I need to eat that last package of four chicken legs! Can't forget that it's in the refrigerator freezer.
I also bought a marked down package of 9 smallish chicken thighs, boneless and skinless. That will be broken down to bags of three each (or cooked tonight) as they are fairly small and I might be able to eat two or three at a time. I am pondering frying up the whole package and then freezing the fried pieces. If I make fried chicken (very rare) I do like to go ahead and make enough to be worth the unholy mess! It's just not possible to not spatter oil while making that, so I might as well make enough to last a few meals.
But I'll probably just freeze them, though I may leave three pieces out to bake tonight for dinner (and probably breakfast) along with some vegetable or other.
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Well, Eduardo insisted on making the fried chicken so my dinner was southern fried chicken, peppered country milk gravy, garlic mashed potatoes, and some lightly buttered peas and carrots.
Of the 9 pieces, I ate the three smallest, and trust me these chickens were definitely no giants! About as much there as maybe a piece and a half of the chicken one usually sees nowadays.
That leaves 6 somewhat larger pieces which will be three more meals of fried chicken. It was definitely worth the mess. I may not even freeze any but just eat fried chicken for meals until it's gone.
I don't know what J is having as he's currently napping, trying to catch up on several days worth of not much sleep. When he wakes, I'll see about getting something together for him.
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Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday!
60 degrees out there now, with a sunny high of 81 predicted for today.
I had leftover chicken and mashed potatoes for breakfast, with gravy.
Lilo has been fed, the sink cleared, and the dishwasher is running.
Having some fillings redone today and the start of replacing one crown. Need another crown but will think about that one for a bit.
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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 was out walking today and did 7,200 steps. The temperature this morning was 50 degrees on the weather forecast and 51 on the front porch, There was a mild wind blowing and The forecast rain was still falling at 6AM, and it had ceased by 6:30 so I walked and it did drizzle a couple of times, Not bad overall however.
The brook I walked past was running high and was slightly over it's banks.
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Japanese and Turkish street foods. A bit long, but somewhat hypnotic...
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning! Rainy days and Monday's...etc.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings until 5 pm today...not at all sure WHEN I'd go out to the grocery if I was Ed! LOL!
I have everything I need, so going out to the gym is my only fleeting thought. I can do everything here, so why get wet?
Ed, the bread making is a great video. Had a bit of trouble understanding everything, Brits talk funny!! LOL! BUT, makes me want to dash right to the kitchen and make a loaf. It was the kneading that got me...I love kneading bread. Crazy right? Also his loaf, with the weighted thingy and the cuts...reminds me of a Sand Dollar. AND it is Buckwheat...there is no 'wheat' in Buckwheat, and it is a flour that I can use. May have to get some, if I can find it...most likely I'll find it on Amazon or if really lucky Bob's Red Mill will have it.
I really should NOT watch food vid's until after I've eaten, and I think that is next on my list to do!
I noticed that Your weather was not too good, at least ours is mainly rain with ponding on the roads and minor flooding
I agree, That is one reason I finished my breakfast a few minutes ago, It was spread out over a period of time from 6:30 to 9:30
I have to look at that video, I did open it in a new tab for later viewing.
As far as I know it, they they do not need a hard frost.Roger, glad to know you have spring flowers. They always make me happy, which is why I have so many daffodils planted in my yard. The late ones are just blooming, along with those late never seen before tulips. The tulips are a real mystery to me. The reason we don't do long term tulip plantings supposedly is because we don't have cold winters, so they don't rebloom well...(explain that to Roger in NJ!!! lol?), Yet, I have some fancy frilly ones that I bought long ago, as they were part of some health campaign, and they're the ones that have me scratching my head...this year pink frilly turned to beautiful purple regular looking tulips???? How'd THAT happen? And then I had a 'bumper crop' of pink-reds in the front bed..(we're talking 6-8 blooms), and now the late blooming 2 red ones that I've never seen bloom.
Take into consideration, that we did not have Winter this year. So there were no 'cooling hours', yet I have tulips. ????? Maybe sometimes Hort. majors make this stuff up???
As for the color and style, You are dependent on the integrity of the supplier for that.Heading toward the kitchen...gonna have a quick piece of toast and my morning banana, and try the shredding disc of my new, on sale, cheap, etc. Food Processor. My old one, many, many years old (more than 20), did not have the attachments...so this could be fun. THEN, I'm going to mash up some potatoes, and have a lunch of Colcannon. (not quite over being Irish yet)
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Oh, no baby giraffe yet. Though they had pix of several other babies, and a little joey stuck his head out of mom's pouch first time..that was cute. I think she's a Wallaby. Not a big gray kangaroo. Pygmy goats, etc. Spring is in the air! Oh and my brother posted pix of his surprise late lamb! Little cutie. Oh, and for another dose of cuteness, google Hotot rabbits. Kat who's in Mass. with her 3 girls, just bought one for her oldest...these have to be the cutest tiny rabbits ever...BIG, no HUGE black eyes on a snow white bunny, weighing in at 2-3 pounds. (Ed will remember Kat from our NS thread with Howard)
My Brother uses a shredding attachment or else depending on his mood he shreds potatoes, squeezes out the water and makes a Home Fries pattie after seasoning the taters.
They only touch on the bad weather in other parts of the country for a minute + usually. Bad weather here they also drop the real news for weather coverage.GardenKatGardens wrote: »Ed, weather wise, you lucked out! I don't think Wednesday shoppers are going to be quite so lucky. I may become a Thursday shopper!
Roger, I don't know about your local stations, but our locals covered this stormy weather for 2 hours....as in no noon news, just maps and maps and warning about the potential storm.
No damage here, though there was power outages in ATL and around, and some wind damage, etc.
My rain gauge has ¾ inch rain.
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No little giraffe, vet just left her pen...she got lots of treats while he looked her over. Sometime later tonight he'll post his observations. Oliver animal went outside today. April's door to the outdoor area was opened, but I never saw her go out the door. She stood there looking out, but if she went out, it was not while I was watching.
Mañana cowboys!!!
LOL!!!
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Well, I made it to Kroger, and even stopped at Kentucky Fried Taco Bell on the way home and grabbed lunch for J and for me. Getting in and out of Kroger was no issue, as it was just barely misty, but after getting IN to the restaurant, and buying food, it was raining fairly steadily but I had not parked very far from the door.
Back to just misty and drizzly when I got home, so got the groceries and food in with not much difficulty.
Lilo always gets a few small bites of a chicken strip when I stop there so she is very happy when I do that.
At the store I got a whole, cut up chicken that was marked down and it went directly to the deep freeze. I'll pull that out the next time I want to make a whole lot of baked chicken, fried chicken, or a huge pot of chicken and dumplings. But first I need to eat that last package of four chicken legs! Can't forget that it's in the refrigerator freezer.
I also bought a marked down package of 9 smallish chicken thighs, boneless and skinless. That will be broken down to bags of three each (or cooked tonight) as they are fairly small and I might be able to eat two or three at a time. I am pondering frying up the whole package and then freezing the fried pieces. If I make fried chicken (very rare) I do like to go ahead and make enough to be worth the unholy mess! It's just not possible to not spatter oil while making that, so I might as well make enough to last a few meals.
But I'll probably just freeze them, though I may leave three pieces out to bake tonight for dinner (and probably breakfast) along with some vegetable or other.
As I recall, KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut are owned by the same Conglomerate and delivered on the same truck. You often see small looking store fronts that have all three of those within.
I have been tempted to get a small counter top deep fryer and store the filtered oil in the refrigerator between uses. I suspect cheesecloth would make a good filter and not take forever to filter through as a Coffee filter most likely would take.
Nothing wrong with marked down. I know my brother looks for them in the ShopRite when he is grocery shopping and knows where to look for them. They have a cooler up front near the registers that holds the previous days Lunch sandwiches, pastries from the instore bakery and getting old prepackaged Deli meats and salads.
The Meats he knows where to look for them in a different location.
Being a lazy person I would have bought enough KFC to have for several mealsparityanimal wrote: »Well, Eduardo insisted on making the fried chicken so my dinner was southern fried chicken, peppered country milk gravy, garlic mashed potatoes, and some lightly buttered peas and carrots.
Of the 9 pieces, I ate the three smallest, and trust me these chickens were definitely no giants! About as much there as maybe a piece and a half of the chicken one usually sees nowadays.
That leaves 6 somewhat larger pieces which will be three more meals of fried chicken. It was definitely worth the mess. I may not even freeze any but just eat fried chicken for meals until it's gone.
I don't know what J is having as he's currently napping, trying to catch up on several days worth of not much sleep. When he wakes, I'll see about getting something together for him.
That sounds like a nice breakfast to me, I'm guessing Home made mashed potatoes and not the ones from KFC that I believe to be instant potatoes.parityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday!
60 degrees out there now, with a sunny high of 81 predicted for today.
I had leftover chicken and mashed potatoes for breakfast, with gravy.
Lilo has been fed, the sink cleared, and the dishwasher is running.
Having some fillings redone today and the start of replacing one crown. Need another crown but will think about that one for a bit.
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I would have had no major objection to eating reheated KFC for a few days, but they don't serve milk gravy there, and I have to say Eduardo's fried chicken beats KFC's any day. Besides, no skin, no bones on what was prepared. With KFC there would be skin (my favorite fried part actually) that I really don't need to eat a lot of.
I'll be having more leftovers for lunch, then brush up, shower, and head to the dentist.
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These are utterly hilarious planning/implementation fails.
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Hi Again
I'm back from my run to CostCo @ $113+ and 11,380 Steps now
While I was at CostCo I noticed that they had the NS $100 gift cards which is an extra $25 off of the regular discounted price. I did notice where it said Member Only Item Fortunately I am a member.
$25 OFF, $25 manufacturer’s discount is valid 3/23/17 through 4/17/17. While supplies last.
So I know have Two bags of the Cauliflower/Broccoli/and two types of carrots in the freezer as well as Their Frozen Green Beans. a Tray of Pink Lady Apples, a 3 Pound Bag of Bananas and a Bottle of their Real Vanilla Bean Extract for my brother. I also picked up for stock a 10 pack of Kleenex and a Pack of Charmin TP. It isn't a low coat shopping trip when You Buy in bulk to save Money
I did manage to not buy the Tres Leche Cake even if I would really like to try it after having seen it on several cooking shows.
On the Way Home I managed to overcome my Carts trying to turn into the hot food area
Then on the way home I had to fight the steering wheel on the car when it tried to turn into McDonald's and following that I had the Same problem driving past Burger King, the Bakery I passed and Wendy's
I managed to beat and arrive home safely with no extra fattening foods.
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »I would have had no major objection to eating reheated KFC for a few days, but they don't serve milk gravy there, and I have to say Eduardo's fried chicken beats KFC's any day. Besides, no skin, no bones on what was prepared. With KFC there would be skin (my favorite fried part actually) that I really don't need to eat a lot of.
I'll be having more leftovers for lunch, then brush up, shower, and head to the dentist.
The Crispy Breaded Skin is the most flavorful part of the KFC
If You like Your Chicken better, I say go for it, I'm sure it less expensive.
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »GOod Morning!
I watched the street food, and was so hungry I had to open the refrigerator....
Late start again today. This is getting to be a habit? Naw..surely not.
Need to sit down with the new weekly batch menu and check off the grocery list. I Think I may have learned something...I still have loads of food left, and I didn't ever make that last dish on the list. It included a mango and an avocado for salsa, and I opted to eat them straight up with other beans and cheeze, etc from other days. It says the recipe's make servings for 1 - 2...well let me tell you...its WAY much for one!!! Today I can finish off the beans and rice, leaving quinoa and the nut mix (faux meat?) to put with some veggies for tomorrow...and there will still be leftovers for the freezer.
Tulips need not a hard frost, but long cool temps, so many tulip bulbs are stored in refrigerated areas, grown in chilly places (think Holland), why the color change I do not know, Unless...those two bulbs had not previously bloomed..and had just put up foliage for several years...possible.
Maybe next year the frilly ones will bloom
On with my day...
No giraffe baby yet.
Hi Valerie
I had a late start today to, I did manage to overcome it
I can not think of anything I forgot to pick up at CostCo. I had $120 in my Billfold and Spent $113 + Change out of it. Luckily Socialized Security Arrives on the 12th this month and I can not think of anything I really need before then so It is OK . I do keep a spare $20 tucked away as emergency cash when walking as well as Misc. dollar bills to use for my morning Coffee. Not to mention I have a bunch of free Dunkin Donuts any size hot coffee I can redeem
Not having bloomed before makes sense as I do not believe they can change colors and styles. I did notice that the Anemone has buds on it so that will be the next to bloom followed by The early bloom Bleeding Heart. I also noticed that the Blackberry and Raspberries have buds getting ready to break into leaf. It won't be to long before it is time to unwrap the Fig Plants and bend them back upright.
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