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  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Roger, acrylics are really easy to work with (they tend to dry quickly) and to clean up. If you get to them before they dry they wash off easily with water. If they start to dry, sometimes they will peel off or you may need to scrub a little.
  • Joanne3366
    Joanne3366 Posts: 2,140 Member
    Good morning;
    On the day that I don't have to get up early, I was awake at 3:30. :(
    So I have cleaned out the refrigerator, my coat close and prepped tonights dinner.
    Roger-my mom always made fresh whipped cream. I am lazy and use redi-whip.
    I have started my christmas shopping, mostly on line. I found this site called the Grommet and it has all kinds of gadgets. My hubby loves gadgets.
    Have a wonderful day. :)
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Good morning.
    Jo, I was up early too...have not been sleeping well. You are so productive! Haha...I just sit and sip a hot drink when I'm up early...check out things on the web. I picked up slipper socks for my MIL and SIL yesterday, so I guess I've officially started holiday shopping too. I'll have to check out Grommet...gadgets are good gifts. :smiley:
    Hope you have a wonderful day too....maybe you can catch a nap later. :)
    I think I'm going to putter around the house today.
    Have a great day, everyone. :)
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    It was showing 38 degrees and very breezy this morning and as I started walking up the street I see that in addition to the extremely loud Thunderstorm before midnight, loud enough to wake my brother and I out of a sound sleep that we had some snow overnight. Not much but noticeable in some yards with the grass sticking up through it and on some of the cars, not all cars strangely. I have only walked 6.8K steps due to the wind that at times blew hard enough I had to lean into it.

    No Saturday Lunch at the Thai food Restaurant :( One of the participants had car trouble, Tire was flat and ruined so we are rescheduled for next Saturday, after Thanksgiving, Oh well.

    Have a Great Sunday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    IreneMurman wrote: »
    good morning, Vix your painting came out really nice.I have friends that have gone to some paint n sip party's sounds like fun. Jo I do eat some chicken and dairy but we really like tofu turkey we have it for most of our holiday's. Got our walk ingot 8 k steps in and I am a penny richer. Went to the surgeon yesterday and he told me I am doing very well so I was happy with that . I don't have to go back until February which will make it 6 months. Roger good luck with your lunch today.

    Hi Irene
    Did You get that loud Thunder last night too? I can still hear the wind blowing too. It seems to come and go.

    No Lunch as You probably noticed from my post above :)
    Triple Congratulations on the walking, Money and the good news from the Surgeon.

    Have a Nice Day, Stay Warm
    Roger
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Good morning;
    On the day that I don't have to get up early, I was awake at 3:30. :(
    So I have cleaned out the refrigerator, my coat close and prepped tonights dinner.
    Roger-my mom always made fresh whipped cream. I am lazy and use redi-whip.
    I have started my christmas shopping, mostly on line. I found this site called the Grommet and it has all kinds of gadgets. My hubby loves gadgets.
    Have a wonderful day. :)

    Hi Joanne
    I always hated it when that happened. I remember my grandmother saving the cream that rose to the top of the Milk Bottles until there was enough to make whipped cream as a treat for family.

    I use Redi-Whip or other brand, whichever is less expensive while still being a brand name too. My Brother considers that to be near food and I can not even get him to try anything Tofu or that has Avocados. A man of strong opinions regarding foods. The Super Hot NS foods that I could not eat and thus I passed them on to him he thinks of as bland and nearly tasteless :)

    My Brother likes gadgets too, however there is not enough counter or drawer space for much.

    Even the Kitchen Aid mixer lives on a shelf in another room. I would love to have the room for things such as Toaster Oven or in the past a Fry baby.

    I plan on some more new humor to be posted in a little while

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning, I don't plan on walking today my cold has seem to get worse so my plans are just to relax today my cough is really bad getting a sore throat from coughing . roger that storm did wake us up also . No snow but a lot of rain and the wind is blowing really hard.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Posted the Humor now :)
    eku0 wrote: »
    Roger, acrylics are really easy to work with (they tend to dry quickly) and to clean up. If you get to them before they dry they wash off easily with water. If they start to dry, sometimes they will peel off or you may need to scrub a little.

    Hi Vix
    Interesting, I would have guessed that a solvent was needed for cleanup.
    eku0 wrote: »
    Good morning.
    Jo, I was up early too...have not been sleeping well. You are so productive! Haha...I just sit and sip a hot drink when I'm up early...check out things on the web. I picked up slipper socks for my MIL and SIL yesterday, so I guess I've officially started holiday shopping too. I'll have to check out Grommet...gadgets are good gifts. :smiley:
    Hope you have a wonderful day too....maybe you can catch a nap later. :)
    I think I'm going to putter around the house today.
    Have a great day, everyone. :)

    I have many nights I do not sleep well either, however I am stubborn about it and stay in bed and sooner or later sleep makes a reappearance :)

    I have sort of started my Christmas shopping too. I have a Emergency Medical kit I plan to ship out to my Sister as part of here gifts. I am thinking about one of these too.
    Historic Reproduction Storm Glass
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    or one of these two Galileo Weather Stations.
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    Available here http://www.bitsandpieces.com/
    Some neat things and some not so neat IMO.

    Enjoy the Day
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    edited November 2016
    ooh, I like the Galileo weather stations! :)
    Relax and feel better, Irene.
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    ooh, I like the Galileo weather stations! :)
    Relax and feel better, Irene.
    I thought I saw some flurries early this morning. It's been extremely windy the last couple of days. Wind is whipping and whistling around our neighborhood as I type.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited November 2016
    IreneMurman wrote: »
    good morning, I don't plan on walking today my cold has seem to get worse so my plans are just to relax today my cough is really bad getting a sore throat from coughing . roger that storm did wake us up also . No snow but a lot of rain and the wind is blowing really hard.

    Hi Irene
    If I was getting a sore throat I would stay home on a day like today too.

    My Brother got home from the ShopRite where he picked up our free 20+ pound Turkey that is now ensconced in the Refrigerator to start slowly thawing as well as picking up other Thanksgiving day foods. He mentioned that it has been spritzing rain and snow off and since he left around 10AM when I said its spritzing rain as I was helping unload the trunk. Darn cold out there with the wind blowing through my T-Shirt and around my legs in the shorts I wear around the house.

    It was a Noisy thing that is for sure. I may take a nap today after being woken up like that.

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
    eku0 wrote: »
    ooh, I like the Galileo weather stations! :)
    Relax and feel better, Irene.
    I thought I saw some flurries early this morning. It's been extremely windy the last couple of days. Wind is whipping and whistling around our neighborhood as I type.

    Hi Vix
    When I was heading up the street for my Coffee this morning and saw the snow and had to lean into the wind I thought to myself, what am I nuts being out here at 6:20AM :)


    The one I decided on was the Second one with the Two glass tubes....
    I went on Amazon and I found the same appearance weather station with free shipping to my sisters in Washington State since I do have Prime. I paid the little extra for gift wrap and the gift card is free. $47.75 at Amazon vs the other place which was cheaper. However I don't like having my credit card information all over the place. The Other place was $29.95 with flat rate for the $5 on the first order. The other reason is I could have sworn I saw a higher price on the other place :( Oh well....
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PE0451G/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    I hope She likes it as well as the 72 piece Sports Emergency pack. I try to do a 1 each useful and decorative gifts.

    Stay Comfortable
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Good morning!
    Good choice, Roger. :)
    Jo, hope you slept better.
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    It was showing 37 degrees and still breezy this morning and a few stray flakes of snow.

    Have a Great Monday
    Roger

    Hi Vix
    Did I miss seeing that it was Irene's Birthday?

    Happy Birthday Irene

    Enjoy the day
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    (I had it on my calendar...hope it's right!)
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi Again
    The Wind is still gusting, wind gusts into the 20s MPH. I ran off to CostCo since when I went to pull the Last Bag of Frozen Vegetables I thought was in the freezer it was not there.

    Steps so far after that are 9,749 :) I spent $60 there with everything, Two trays of Apples, Gala & Fuji, 18 pack of Greek Yogurt and three bags of Vegetables. I was not afraid of the apples as I have never gotten a bad tray of them from CostCo.

    Cheers
    Roger

    Hi Vix
    I suspect You stay on top of things much better than I do :)

    TTFN
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Good morning.
    Not windy today...has been really gusty the last few days. Sunny and cold.
    Looking forward to Thanksgiving and spending time with family.
    Going to play with clay today.
    WIshing everyone a happy Tuesday. :)
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    It was showing 37 degrees today the same as yesterday and still breezy this morning. The wind chill makes it uncomfortable walking. I hit 11K steps yesterday between the mornings walk and the bank stop on the way to CostCo and shopping at CostCo :)
    There was one pair of people at the CostCo that had two shopping carts piled with their large pies. One Cart was Pumpkin Pies and the Other with lots of Apple Pies. I wondered what they were going to do with all of them, My brother suggested that they were probably going to be handed out with Thanksgiving meals which makes sense.

    Have a Great Tuesday
    Roger

    Hi Vix
    Still gusty today, a few spots while walking It was enough that I had to either lean into it or could feel it pushing me :)
    I can not wait for the wind to stop so that walking will be more comfortable.

    Ah, Thanksgiving the day that I seem to be unable to eat smart. We are defrosting the free 20.53 pound Turkey, the List price on it was $30.59. My brother is planning Pumpkin Pie, Mashed Potatoes, bread Stuffing and Salad etc.

    Enjoy Your Clay Play
    Roger
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning, thank you for the birthday wishes yes yesterday was my birthday spent the day in bed my cold got the best of me. I started getting really sick on saturday didn't even go to mass but today I go to the pulmonary dr maybe he can see why I keep getting sick. my christmas shopping is pretty much done I picked up stuff when we were on vacation in sept. makes it so much easier and my nieces and nephew are getting money so yea besides picking some things up for George I am done. We plan on not buying a lot since we will be spending a lot of money fixing up our home in browns mills I want all new furniture in all the rooms so I rather save my money for that. I haven't walked since saturday because of my cold hopefully I can get out tomorrow take care all.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi Irene
    Was that fire in Trenton Yesterday anywhere near You?

    I am pretty sure You would not have been comfortable trying to walk with the breeze and having a cold so You did not miss anything by not walking.

    I can understand why You would want to start with new furniture, Do You plan to donate Your old furniture, There are several charitable organizations that take older usable furniture.

    Good Luck at the doctor
    Roger
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    Roger don't know of any fire near me spent the day in bed and George never said anything not sure what we are going to do with our old furniture.
  • Joanne3366
    Joanne3366 Posts: 2,140 Member
    Good afternoon;
    Irene-Happy belated birthday. I am sorry you spent it not feeling well.
    Roger-I like the weather station that you picked out for your sister. I would have picked that one too. :)
    I have not seen any snow flurries yet. I am not ready for snow. I have everything for my thanksgiving dinner. I picked up the cider yesterday. I will not make the apple pie until Thursday morning. If I made it sooner it would probably not make it til thanksgiving.
    Have a good evening.
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Good morning.
    Irene, hope you feel better soon.
    I used to like walking in all kinds of weather, except really windy weather. Not so much anymore. :wink:
    I think I've got everything for Thansgiving. Will start cooking and preparations tonight...that way if I forgot anything, I could run out and get it. I'm planning to cook the pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, corn bread (for stuffing), and maybe some butternut squash soup ahead. That'll just leave me the turkey, sweet potatoes, putting the stuffing together, and reheating the soup tomorrow. Kids are bringing salad, green bean cassarole, rolls, apple pie. So much food!!! They will definitely take some with them. :smile:
    Enjoy your day.
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning , Didn't walk again I need to get a handle on my cold first. Dr just said my breathing is bad they gave me a breathing test I go back in 2 months for more test this will be a more detailed test so now I am on a different inhaler symbicort and prednisone plus nose drops hope this helps. he did say my asma is back. My pumkin pies are done I make the ones with vanilla pudding George loves them and they are low fat which helps.As for anything else I will wait till tomorrow to make anything. I did stop off at kohls yesterday and picked up a new keurig we wanted an extra for up in browns mills got it for 89.00 which is actually a great price. I also ordered some valances from penneys for our bedroom in browns mills hitting a lot of sales got the valances at 50 % off yea for me well if I have to buy stuff at least I am getting at a good price. Roger I did see the fire it was like 9 row homes that burned it is in a different part of the city not sure how the fire started I said a prayer for all not sure if anyone got killed or hurt.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    It was showing 34 degrees and a occasional puff of wind this morning and it was OK walking. I hit 8,211 steps + 1 Cent on the mornings walk. I spent $8.25 after the Senior Discount at the Supermarket on my walk. I picked up a few last minute items for my brother, Mostly. A couple of cans of Evaporated Milk, some Yellow Onions, Lettuce etc.
    Today will be more baking, Yesterday we dropped off two homemade Sweet Potato Pies for taste feedback on which recipe is better, The Alton brown one or the one by Dave Lieberman. Alton's uses a regular pie crust and is topped with Chopped Pecans and Dave's uses a Graham Cracker Crust, We varied that by making it with a Ginger Snap Cookie Crust as a variation :)

    Today's baking will be a Pumpkin Pie for our Holiday pie and maybe a loaf of beer bread. A very Simple but tasty recipe. The alternative to the beer bread is Biscuits to go with the Leftover Turkey Gravy as well as with the Holiday Meal.


    Now that the Dried Fruits have been delivered it is nearly time for my brother to bake the Alton Brown's Recipe Fruit Cake that gets handed out to friends. It is so much better than the ones You get commercially. This is the one that even his friends that normally do not like or eat fruit cake love.

    I hope everybody is ready for the Holiday :)
    Have a Great Wednesday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    IreneMurman wrote: »
    Roger don't know of any fire near me spent the day in bed and George never said anything not sure what we are going to do with our old furniture.
    Hi Irene
    I asked as it was one the news for the day, I am sorry that You are feeling the effects of the Cold/Flu.

    Get Well Quickly
    Roger
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Good afternoon;
    Irene-Happy belated birthday. I am sorry you spent it not feeling well.
    Roger-I like the weather station that you picked out for your sister. I would have picked that one too. :)
    I have not seen any snow flurries yet. I am not ready for snow. I have everything for my thanksgiving dinner. I picked up the cider yesterday. I will not make the apple pie until Thursday morning. If I made it sooner it would probably not make it til thanksgiving.
    Have a good evening.
    Hi Irene
    I though it looked nice, I try and find useful things as well as decorative too, that's why I'm, sending the Medical Emergency kit too.

    You have not missed anything with no snow yet.

    As far as I can tell we now have everything. I picked up the Evaporated milk since when my Brother looked at the ones in the cabinet this morning they were a year past their Best By Date of October 2015 when he double checked the recipe against the on hand supplies while I was out walking. I felt bad for the cashier when she mentioned that she has to work tomorrow morning and still get her Turkey cooked. I may just stop by and wish her a Happy Thanksgiving since I deal with her when I go there and she is a nice helpful person.

    I believe much of the Baking and Preparation will be done today and I suspect based on past performance that my Brother will start slow cooking the Turkey Overnight and have me turn it off when I head out tomorrow.

    I know Exactly what You mean by not doing it ahead, I would quite probably have the same problem with Pie :)

    Have a nice day and Holiday
    Roger
    eku0 wrote: »
    Good morning.
    Irene, hope you feel better soon.
    I used to like walking in all kinds of weather, except really windy weather. Not so much anymore. :wink:
    I think I've got everything for Thanksgiving. Will start cooking and preparations tonight...that way if I forgot anything, I could run out and get it. I'm planning to cook the pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, corn bread (for stuffing), and maybe some butternut squash soup ahead. That'll just leave me the turkey, sweet potatoes, putting the stuffing together, and reheating the soup tomorrow. Kids are bringing salad, green bean cassarole, rolls, apple pie. So much food!!! They will definitely take some with them. :smile:
    Enjoy your day.

    Hi Vix
    This week with the breeze Gusting as it has been I have been wondering if I'm crazy :)
    However I did need to get some extra weight off for Thursday and then Saturday so away I went.

    The Home Made Cranberry Sauce is already in the refrigerator, Much of the Non Turkey baking will be finished today. Tomorrow I think I will be peeling the Potatoes for the mashed potatoes ahead of time, They'll keep in the pan of water until cooked.

    Enjoy the Day and Holiday
    Roger
  • Joanne3366
    Joanne3366 Posts: 2,140 Member
    Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a wonderful day. :)
    I was up early and got the potatoes peeled, squash cut, the stuffing made and the chicken breast stuffed and ready for the oven. I am getting ready to make my apple pie.
    Again, have a wonderful day. :)
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    Happy thanksgiving! i woke up early been up since 3 am already talked to one of my sisters she is having everyone over . I think George and I will have a nice quite day with my cold I will be staying home no reason to share it. Don't eat too much turkey , for me it is the stuffing love that stuff.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    It was showing 41 degrees and a occasional stray rain drop and it was OK walking however. I hit 8,434 steps + 1 Cent today too, that makes 4 cents since last last Friday.

    The Pumpkin Pies are done, and the Turkey is cooked and sitting in the oven to slowly cool off, the snack tray items with Sweet Gherkins, Celery, Carrots are cut up and in a Ziploc bag. It looks like it will be Biscuits to go with the Leftover Turkey Gravy as well as with the Holiday Meal. The plan is to quarter the Red Potatoes and mash them with the skin on.

    Today's Breakfast is a Banana and a Chocolate NS protein Shake. We eat the Main holiday meals sometime after noon so that will be the next food, Then Leftovers for Dinner.

    I hope everybody is ready for the Holiday :)
    Have a Great Thanksgiving
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a wonderful day. :)
    I was up early and got the potatoes peeled, squash cut, the stuffing made and the chicken breast stuffed and ready for the oven. I am getting ready to make my apple pie.
    Again, have a wonderful day. :)

    Hi Joanne
    We Baked off a side dish of stuffing yesterday since the oven was already hot for the Pumpkin Pies, Then Stuffed a equal amount in the Turkey last Night Before popping it in the oven for a low slow overnight cooking around 11PM. Then I turned off the oven this morning when I left for my walk. That is our system and since it is a large Turkey and still in the oven it will stay hot enough but not to hot to handle :)

    So today's menu:
    Turkey, Bread Stuffing that has some dices Celery and Diced Onion and Butter cooked in with it, Mashed Red Potatoes, Home Made Gravy, Biscuits, Mixed Frozen vegetables, Pumpkin Pie with Home made whipped Cream :) Snack Tray of Vegetables including Black Olives and of Course Home Made Cranberry Sauce that was made the other day.


    Home Made Apple Pie sounds delicious too.

    Enjoy the Holiday
    Roger
    IreneMurman wrote: »
    Happy thanksgiving! i woke up early been up since 3 am already talked to one of my sisters she is having everyone over . I think George and I will have a nice quite day with my cold I will be staying home no reason to share it. Don't eat too much turkey , for me it is the stuffing love that stuff.

    Hi Irene
    Wow, You were up early.
    I know exactly what You mean regarding the stuffing. Tomorrow we will be breaking down the Turkey and Vacuum sealing portions to freeze, likewise with the Stuffing. Then we can have it later or just pull out some Turkey and stuffing to go with the Christmas Ham.

    Enjoy Your Quiet day and get well quickly
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
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  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning. how was every one's thanksgiving? I eat a lot but it was really good.Today we are going to get our Christmas tree we always cut it down and it stays really nice till the new year we have it in our sun room which is chiller than the rest of the house. So is any one going shopping today? I gave that up years ago I did do some shopping on line but mostly getting stuff for our home in browns mills well hope you all have a great day

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