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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday!
We have 11 (Celsius) clear degrees with an expected cloudy high of 18 and 100% chance of rain.
Nothing critical on the home front other than getting the garbage and recycles to the curb this evening. I think there may be several updates for me to test at work.
I had some of my cooked, chopped chicken last night as barbecue, with some mac and cheese. Eduardo thinks the bulk of the remaining chicken would be lovely in a Tex-Mex style chicken and rice dish for Taco Tuesday. I may eat a bit as chicken salad for lunch. That and the chicken and rice should finish off the cooked chicken nicely, though there should be leftovers from the chicken and rice for at least another meal. I have a chuck roast, bought at half price markdown, thawing to make pot roast next.
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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.
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good morning, our weather is starting to be more spring like i think today it is suppose to rain0
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good morning.
Hi Irene and Jo.
Ed, I know you also do vegetarian cooking. Seems like it may be difficult without going higher in carbs. Have you found that? We had grilled cod last night. I really like it. I am thinking about leaning pescatarian or flexitarian, but concerned about getting enough protein without really having too many carbs.
I went to the library yesterday. Doing some laundry today, and whatever else the day brings.
It's currently 45F and mostly cloudy, rain likely. High 56F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.
Wishing everyone a productive Tuesday. ☂
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good morning.
Ed, I know you also do vegetarian cooking. Seems like it may be difficult without going higher in carbs. Have you found that? We had grilled cod last night. I really like it. I am thinking about leaning pescatarian or flexitarian, but concerned about getting enough protein without really having too many carbs.
It can be a challenge to do vegetarian without too many carbs. It's a bit easier with eggs and dairy included, as the eggs and cheese can be major contributors to the protein. But one gets tired of eggs and cheese.
Some of the newer plant based meat substitutes can seem very meat-like, but may not contain all that much protein, and usually have carbs that real meat does not. It varies. They can be expensive too. Some of the older ones made largely with soy protein are good, but they have carbs too, which has to be taken into consideration. J doesn't care for things pretending to be meat. Morningstar Farms fake bacon strips have a nice bacon-like flavor (think Bacos, only better) and, if cooked right, a crispy mouth feel that is NOTHING like real bacon, and J does like those. Bacos or similar store brand fake bacon bits are fine too, as they don't really seem like bacon, as long as they have no REAL bacon flavor added.
Most beans are a good source of protein, but most are not a complete protein and need a grain to provide all that is needed. As the beans themselves contain a good deal of carbs, albeit GOOD carbs, the trick is to find grains that contain a lot of protein and more good carbs than bad. J is particular about grains so I do best pushing a variety of protein sources.
And there are a few beans that do contain a complete protein, and do not need a grain to balance.
Nuts, and some seeds, like beans, can be a good protein source, albeit with carbs, some good, and some not so good, and can contain a lot of fat. I always keep a variety of nuts around for snacking. As snacks go, they are better than most.
As you mentioned, fish can be a great source of protein if you like fish. Most people tend to fry it when it can be marvelous grilled, baked, or broiled, or even made into soups. Some fish are very fatty, but most aren't all that fatty, and some of that fat is good omega three oils.
You might look online for recipes for Hungarian Fisherman's Soup. I have made it (I made my own fish stock first, with a bony, cheap fish, and strained it) using boneless chunks of assorted freshwater fish. I can't remember whether I added tomato to mine, but I might have. There are variations on the recipe, as one might expect.
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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.
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Well, Eduardo's Taco Tuesday casserole of taco seasoned rice, pinto beans, and diced, cooked chicken, with bell peppers, jalapenos, and onions, topped with pepper jack cheese, turned out well.
I had some for supper and have three more servings to enjoy, so will probably have that for all three meals tomorrow, though I may save one serving for Thursday lunch and have something else for breakfast tomorrow.
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday!
We have 16 (Celsius) foggy degrees with an expected partly cloudy high of 24 and 80% chance of rain that could include some thunder and lightning.
I have a few program errors to write up this morning, as one of our clints reported an issue and it was forwarded to us late in the day yesterday by one of our engineers. I was able to verify the issue in my test environment and have, actually, three separate tickets to write for our programmers, one directly related to the reported issue and two others that are probably in the same area of code, but not quite the same issues.
Nothing critical on the home front.
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good morning,
you food looks yummy Ed
getting ready to go on the treadmill
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good morning.
enjoy your treadmill session, Irene.
your taco cassarole looks delicious, Ed.
It's been raining all night here.
Currently 48F, rain showers continuing this morning with overcast skies during the afternoon hours. High around 60F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.
This week is going quickly. Wednesday already, have a good one. 🐫☂0 -
Good afternoon;
Ed-your casserole looks yummy!
Vix-It has been raining here all day.
Irene-Are you feeling better?
It has been raining here all day.
I haven't met the new store director yet, but saw him a few times yesterday walking around the store. He is very young looking or it may be that I am just getting old.
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! We have 12 (Celsius) cloudy degrees with with an expected mostly sunny high of 19 and 4% chance of rain. There were thunderstorms during the night, but it looks like they have all passed by for now.
Whole grain protein pancakes with sausage links for breakfast. I'll be finishing off the Taco Tuesday casserole for lunch, at plan to get that pot roast started in my largest Crock Pot around 10:00 or so, and dinner (along with probably three more meals) will come from that.
With all the stuff going on at work, I expect there will be plenty for me to test today.
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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.
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good morning.
Jo, that's funny. People do start looking younger as we get older, those in their 30s look like kids! And time keeps going faster. I hope he's nice, and good to work with.
Ed, good that you're not in the tornado area. Whole grain protein pancakes seem very healthful. I hope you have a good day of testing.
I had spaghetti squash last night. It is one of my favorites.
It's currently raining and 46F, areas of patchy fog early. Rain likely through the day. High 52F. E winds shifting to NNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Wishing everyone a pleasant Thursday. ☂
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good morning, Jo I hope you like your new manager.
Today I go to the hospital for test to see what is wrong
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Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday!
I hope it all went well at the hospital Irene.
We have 8 (Celsius) clear degrees with an expected high of 14 with a wind advisory and 22% chance of rain.
Last work day of the week. J did briefly stop at home last night on the way from Kentucky to an orchid show in Savannah, for photography. We swapped dirty laundry for some backdrops that were needed for the photography, and J stayed long enough to eat supper and visit with the cats and I for a bit.
My mother-in-law is still going to therapy after her knee replacement surgery but is apparently doing quite well with it all, so J was free to take the planned trip to Savannah and will finally be back home sometime Saturday, this time to stay longer than just for supper. LOL.
I am rather hoping for a slow-ish day at work and might get one. My pot roast last night was lovely, and made a nice breakfast this morning too. Two more meals out of that and then I may thaw out a package of Kielbasa that is in the freezer. I have a jar of, hopefully, nice sauerkraut that should be good with that. The other option as far as frozen sausages is a package of Hebrew National knockwurst that would also be good with that sauerkraut. But the Kielbasa has been in there longer and should be eaten first.
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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)
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good morning.
Irene, I hope your tests went well.
Hi Jo.
Ed, jarred saurkraut is usually pretty good. I've been trying to add it to my diet every so often. Fermented foods are supposed to be good for you. Nice that you got to see J. I hope you have an easy day at work.
I need to do some cleaning today that I normally do on Thursday. I seem to lose track of time a lot.
It's a nice sunny morning, currently 41F, a mix of clouds and sun this morning followed by increasing clouds with showers developing this afternoon. High near 60F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
Wishing everyone an easy day, and a great weekend ahead. 🌞0 -
Good morning, My hospital visit went really well they did a lot of test the breathing which was a little difficult but I am happy to say no disease .Dr did order a new inhaler he had the pharmacist put in on hold i don't need to get it unless my breathing gets worse . I go back in 4 months he was very nice and took his time.
hope everyone is doing good
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday!
We have 6 (Celsius) cloudy degrees with an expected partly sunny high of 13 and 19% chance of rain.
I might get out to a grocery today, and to PetSmart for that canned cat food. And I need to do some house cleaning.
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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.
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good morning.
Irene, so glad your tests went well, and that you are feeling better. It's good that you have a plan in case you start to feel worse, and that you have a follow up date.
Ed, I hope J got some good pix at the orchid show, and glad his Mom is doing well. I hope you got your slowish day, and nice that J will be back.
It's currently about 40F here, seeing layers of clouds and sky from my window. Some sun this morning with increasing clouds this afternoon. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 53F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Planning to babysit this evening. Our son and his wife will join us. It'll be fun. I'm thinking of making a veggie and pasta bake to take with us. I'll see if they're interested.
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous sunny Sunday!
We have 2 (Celsius) sunny degrees out there with an expected sunny high of 22 and 2% chance of rain. That's a lot of 2s!
J did not apparently like the weighed blanket, but didn't, in my opinion, give it much of a chance. I didn't like it when I first slid under it but I got used to it though it still felt a bit too heavy for one person. I might buy a lighter and smaller one, just for me. I'll think about it.
Laundry needs to be started today. Who knows when it will be finished?
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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)
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good morning,
Ed I felt the same way it just felt heavy to me, we don't even use it anymore.
I am feeling so much better no more coughing . Thanks Vix
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good morning.
Irene I'm sure it's a great relief to not be coughing. Yay!
Ed, I like soft fluffy blankets. It's funny, I sort of kick the blanket around my feet so I have more room around them.
We had a lot of fun last night with the kids. I made the pasta and veggie casserole using chickpea pasta, and light cottage cheese so it was higher in protein and not as heavy. It was delicious.
Luckily no plans for today so I can rest up.
It's currently 42F, overcast. High 51F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.
Wishing everyone a peaceful Sunday. ☮
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good morning.
I haven't been sleeping well. Up early. It's a frosty morning. Currently 30F, expectations of sunshine and clouds mixed today. High 66F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.
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Howdy all y'all. It's magnificent Monday! I
We have 9 (Celsius) clear degrees with an expected partly sunny high of 23 and 5% chance of rain.
Back to the old grind this morning, and I have a LOT of laundry to fold in between things.
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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.
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Good Monday morning, no plans have a great day0
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday!
We have 13 (Celsius) cloudy degrees with an expected partly sunny high of 27 and 3% chance of rain. Spring is definitely back, hopefully to stay as Summer arrives all too quickly here in the south.
I got all the laundry folded yesterday, with Dinah's help of course. Nothing critical on the home agenda today. We did some system updates at work so may still be tweaking the configuration of those this morning.
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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.
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good morning.
Enjoy working with the updates, Ed. Hi Irene and Jo.
I had a pretty slow day yesterday, caught up on some paperwork, sat out in the sun for a while, exchanged some books at the library.
The flowers and flowering pear next to our deck are beautiful this week. The cherry trees are losing their petals (they were gorgeous last week).
Will see what today brings.
It's currently 49F, cloudy skies early, followed by partial clearing. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 74F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. May have another chance to sit in the sun and read.
Wishing everyone a pleasant Tuesday.
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good morning, Well it looks like it is starting to rain glad it waited until l we got done with our walk. No big plans for today
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday!
We have 17 (Celsius) fair degrees out there with an expected high of 27 under partly sunny skies and 3% chance of rain.
We did a lot of testing yesterday and exceeded some limits, ending testing rather abruptly, but once the daily limit is reset at that site we think it highly unlikely that these limits will be exceeded in real life usage of the program. We were pushing it hard and at least now we know there ARE limits on how many program calls we can make to that server in a day. Knowledge is always valuable.
Nothing critical on the home front today.
My source for daily Calvin and Hobbes comics seems to have, at least temporarily, dried up but enjoy Swamp, Shoe, and whatever else I encounter, even the occasional Calvin and Hobbes I might encounter elsewhere in the wilds of the internet!
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good morning.
Ed, sounds like you had a productive day, yesterday. Thanks for continuing to post the comics. It's nice to get a smile in the a.m. Hi Irene and Jo.
Went with hubs to buy an electric lawn mower yesterday. So much cleaner than gas.
Weather is so crazy. It's currently 56F, a mix of clouds and sun during the morning will give way to cloudy skies this afternoon. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 83F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Hot!!! Expecting warm through Saturday, then back to highs in the 50s and 60s.
Wishing everyone a nice Wednesday. 🐫0 -
good morning.
Spent a lot of time reading outdoors yesterday, beautiful weather. I think I may try to clean out some cupboards today. Did some laundry. The new hiking pants I bought dry really quickly, good to know.
It's currently 67F, partial cloudiness early, with scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. High 77F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph.
The week is flying by. Wishing all an amusing day. 😏☂0 -
Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday!
We have 17 (Celsius) mostly cloudy degrees now with an expected high of 22 under partly cloudy skies and 17% chance of rain.
I have a prescription to pick up at Walgreens. On the work front I have some final testing to do for a new project that we hope to close out and deliver this week.
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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.
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