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Hi
Out the door it was showing 32 degrees and 8.6K steps and once again no money, I was just over 13K steps by bedtime yesterday. Colder weather ahead in the weather forecast. They are predicting a overnight low of 9 degrees and a high of 22 degrees for Friday as the arctic air moves in for three days heading into the weekend
I set the Yeti cup down with my hot coffee on a Wooden surface that had frost while I was walking. Talk about insulated when I picked it up You could not see any melting.
I am trying to adjust my upcoming order, the one that closes on the 23rd and the NS website is really slow this morning. I just tried a reload worked and that worked better. I have noticed a couple of new items since my last order FWIW. I just pulled 4 Lunch Bars out of the Basement freezer to use, such as the Strawberry Cheese Crepe & the Caramel Apple Muffin Breakfast, the Zesty Pizza Snack-a-Rounds & Pumpkin Loaf snacks + the Garlic Parmesan Snack-A-Rounds, The Fiesta Macaroni and Cheese and the Spicy Garlic Chicken Dinner.
I am changing it to close tonight so I can try these new foods
Have a Great Tuesday
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Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! I've been up for a while but distracted by the usual stuff.
High of 52 expected today with 60% chance of rain. I think a nap is definitely in order here.
NS has a PUMPKIN LOAF??? Sounds yummy. Probably isn't as yummy as it sounds...I liked their carrot cake well enough, though a bit overdone on the cloves and the frosting should have been cream cheese but didn't taste much like that. At least it had some small semblance to REAL carrot cake.
I may have to take a look at the NS site again, though I really don't want to order from them because I'm still mad that they took away the boards and we had to move somewhere else to stay in touch.
More leftover roast and sides for breakfast. One more full meal of that and then there will be enough left for a few slim slices for a an open faced hot roast beast sandwich with gravy!
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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 Tuesday Morning!
Rain didn't happen anywhere that I was present yesterday...misty stuff, but no rain. So hopefully today will be better!
I've been up awhile too. Tried to get thru my emails..deleted a bunch unread which is good, then almost finished and I ran into an email from Coursera...(train wreck coming...wait for it..wait) YEP! signed up for another course! You guessed, right?
This one is learning about the Human Microbiome. Again I am taking it as an audit, no fee class...Just some stuff I want to know about! And then although it doesn't officially begin until Dec 26th, I found the intro, and first weeks video lectures were already available,...so.. Yeah, I've been in 'school' this morning.
Sorry I didn't check in yesterday, but I was tired...ate and went straight to bed.
Good check in with Chiro...as always...then a quick nap, and on to Olivia's Concert. It was great. I really enjoyed it this year...much more so than last years concerts. All in all a great day...oh, my time in town also included a stop by Whole Foods Midtown. Found several things I wanted. Looked at the Follow Your Heart cheese, and they had a couple I hadn't seen before, but I didn't buy any....I still have cheeses. And I wanted So's Coconut Milk Vanilla Bean 'Ice cream'...but I wanted the sugar free ones...which they did not have. Will look at Publix and Kroger....I know it exists, last 2 tablespoons are in my freezer, waiting for Oatmeal to be cooked.
Ah, Roger I hadn't understood about the heaters in your mittens. I have no ideas about keeping your thumbs warm...if you weren't carrying objects I know what I'd do...but you can't tuck your thumb into the palm of your hand and carry something at the same time. Hope you can get that worked out!
Ed, did you and J attend the Orchid Societies gathering as members, or as photographers, or did you do both? I know that casserole you took was good...surprised there was even a spoonful left!!!
Going to reheat my breakfast of greens with onion, mushrooms, greens (spinach, mustard, and arugula this batch) and beans and quinoa. Is good!
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We went to the local Atlanta Orchid Society as members. J will be president next year. Sometimes we do photograph the local society ribbon judging, but these are just for fun, mostly, and there is another member who normally does the society photography. Meetings are the second Monday of each month. The regional orchid judging is on the second Saturday of each month and these are official American Orchid Society awards and photos.
The leftover noodles will make a couple of meals for me, so I wasn't too bothered that it wasn't all eaten. Very cheesy, slightly spicy (though some thought it was VERY spicy) and topped with a bread crumb Parmesan/Romano gratin.
I ate too much food, but there was SO MUCH there! That's always the case though.
Had the last full meal of roast beast for dinner. Just enough left for that hot roast beast sandwich and then to work on the noodles.
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Good Morning All,
Roger, I am glad you are able to enjoy the NS products. For good or for bad, I am with Ed on this. Once NS eliminated their own bulletin boards, I lost my motivation and "oomph" with both weight maintenance and NS. Sometime after that I finally stopped my NS ordering - and a really good price. I tried ordering last year again, but found the price too much, with 10 fewer meals days per month and no protein shales included. And they still don't have the boards. If you have the old price, don't do what I did!
Val, the Coursera classes sound so interesting. The Human Microbiome is no exception. I may send my husband to that website.
Stay warm all. It sounds like we all are getting that "lake effect" cold.
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Good Wednesday Morning!
Over cast 45 degrees...no rain forecast. I'll live with it.
Its shopping day, and I need to do 3 places.. Costco for my pound of really cheap Organic Spinach, then on to Kroger, for bulk of my needs, and Also need to visit the Mex. Market next to the gym... cilantro, roma tomatoes, those big fat carrots. I feel carrot soup coming on! Last week I bought as in paid for, cilantro at Kroger...but later last Wednesday I wanted to use some cilantro, and couldn't find any...hmmm. Yep, its on my ticket, so where is it? I looked in all the bags, went back to the car, etc. No cilantro anywhere. Ok, so I've paid for it, and somehow it didn't get bagged... Then Sunday I took the bag that had the bottles of sparkling water from its resting spot under the bar, so I could put the bottles into the little drinks refrig....and you KNOW what mass of green gunk was in that bag...UNDER the bottles. I do not like playing hide and seek with my food!
Ed, tell J I said congrats to the new president of our local Orchid Society! I hope its not as big a job as what I envision it to be!!!!
Roger and Lee-Ann, stay warm and safe. From what I've seen of the weather in your area, well, lets just say it puts my 40-50 degree range in its place!
FWIW, our rain never really happened Sunday or Monday.
Off to look at the sales adverts, and then get my show on the road.
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Howdy y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday!
Need to clear the sink and head to the grocery. I finished off the roast beast and gravy for breakfast, with a delicious open face hot roast beast sandwich. So I got five hearty meals out of that pot of food. Can't complain about that!
My only "issue" and it's not really one, with using the Marsala wine is that the gravy, while brown, didn't LOOK as rich as it tasted. It didn't look bad, just not as dark and oh, I don't know...beefy? But it tasted great, so that's not really an issue. At a glance, one might have mistaken it for a pork roast when served and had a bit of a shock on tasting to find that it was really beef, but it was an interesting and tasty experiment. Eduardo will likely go back to using mostly red wine (if any) with beef dishes and reserve the Marsala for mostly poultry and pork. But I'll remember that it DOES work with beef and if I think about it a while, I can probably figure out a way to make that gravy look darker and beefier. Maybe a little bit of tomato sauce and some Worcestershire or soy sauce?
Oh heck, Eduardo is already running with that and making up recipe ideas...I'm doomed!
Gotta get Eddie going on clearing 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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Hi
Out the door it was showing 35 degrees and I finished with 9.9K steps and once again no money, I was just over 11.5K steps by bedtime yesterday. Today's walk was OK for the first 2/3rd of it then I started feeling the cold, Tomorrow I may start out and pick up my Coffee and Boomerang back home depending on the Wind Chill, I want to finish my steps tomorrow as I suspect that Friday I may or may not leave the house. Colder weather is ahead in the weather forecast, Tomorrow is a transitional day with colder temperatures, unfortunately the description for Thursday & Friday is breezy with significant wind chills . They are predicting a overnight low of 9 degrees and a high of 22 degrees for Friday as the arctic air moves in for three days heading into the weekend
I see that my order processed last night. Hopefully it will ship soon so that I can try the new foods
I have been using the hand warmers for a while The Good, they help, the bad I still get cold Thumbs even with the Mittens. If I had my hands free then I could put the Thumbs with the Fingers and they would all be warm, however since I have things in both hands until I finish the coffee and free up one hand I just stop at a convenient perch and sit for a minute warming my fingers. Therefore I did order rechargeable heated Gloves
Have a Great Wednesday
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! I've been up for a while but distracted by the usual stuff.
High of 52 expected today with 60% chance of rain. I think a nap is definitely in order here.
NS has a PUMPKIN LOAF??? Sounds yummy. Probably isn't as yummy as it sounds...I liked their carrot cake well enough, though a bit overdone on the cloves and the frosting should have been cream cheese but didn't taste much like that. At least it had some small semblance to REAL carrot cake.
I may have to take a look at the NS site again, though I really don't want to order from them because I'm still mad that they took away the boards and we had to move somewhere else to stay in touch.
More leftover roast and sides for breakfast. One more full meal of that and then there will be enough left for a few slim slices for a an open faced hot roast beast sandwich with gravy!
I agree with your critique of the NS Carrot cake, The frosting does not deserve to be called Cream Cheese frosting
It is a fixable issue however, Scrape of theirs and add real Cream Cheese Frosting. However that would kill the calorie count not in a good way except that since the portion size would be controlled it should still end up lower than a slice of Carrot Cake for elsewhere.
I seem to recall that they had the Pumpkin loaf before as a seasonal item, OTOH I could be wrong. The same thing with the Caramel Apple Muffin Breakfast.
I did change the ship date so that my order processed last night, hopefully I will see one or both types this week to taste test. I have high hopes for the new foods, hopefully they are not as disappointing as the reformulated Shelf Stable Meatloaf and Potatoes were. There they changed the Tomato sauce to a Brown gravy and it was still nasty since they still put the meatloaf on top of the potatoes and added the gravy. Or else I guess it could be the meatloaf patty that is poor tasting too.
I was unhappy that they dropped the forums too, however the product still works so I am still here using it.
A open faced hot roast beast sandwich with gravy sounds delicious too, You are some creative cook.
Have a Nice Day
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Tuesday Morning!
Rain didn't happen anywhere that I was present yesterday...misty stuff, but no rain. So hopefully today will be better!
I've been up awhile too. Tried to get thru my emails..deleted a bunch unread which is good, then almost finished and I ran into an email from Coursera...(train wreck coming...wait for it..wait) YEP! signed up for another course! You guessed, right?
This one is learning about the Human Microbiome. Again I am taking it as an audit, no fee class...Just some stuff I want to know about! And then although it doesn't officially begin until Dec 26th, I found the intro, and first weeks video lectures were already available,...so.. Yeah, I've been in 'school' this morning.
Sorry I didn't check in yesterday, but I was tired...ate and went straight to bed.
Good check in with Chiro...as always...then a quick nap, and on to Olivia's Concert. It was great. I really enjoyed it this year...much more so than last years concerts. All in all a great day...oh, my time in town also included a stop by Whole Foods Midtown. Found several things I wanted. Looked at the Follow Your Heart cheese, and they had a couple I hadn't seen before, but I didn't buy any....I still have cheeses. And I wanted So's Coconut Milk Vanilla Bean 'Ice cream'...but I wanted the sugar free ones...which they did not have. Will look at Publix and Kroger....I know it exists, last 2 tablespoons are in my freezer, waiting for Oatmeal to be cooked.
Ah, Roger I hadn't understood about the heaters in your mittens. I have no ideas about keeping your thumbs warm...if you weren't carrying objects I know what I'd do...but you can't tuck your thumb into the palm of your hand and carry something at the same time. Hope you can get that worked out!
Ed, did you and J attend the Orchid Societies gathering as members, or as photographers, or did you do both? I know that casserole you took was good...surprised there was even a spoonful left!!!
Going to reheat my breakfast of greens with onion, mushrooms, greens (spinach, mustard, and arugula this batch) and beans and quinoa. Is good!
Later...
Hi Valerie
I need to weed my Emails too. Sooner or later I may even do it
It sounds as if You had a busy day too.GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Wednesday Morning!
Over cast 45 degrees...no rain forecast. I'll live with it.
Its shopping day, and I need to do 3 places.. Costco for my pound of really cheap Organic Spinach, then on to Kroger, for bulk of my needs, and Also need to visit the Mex. Market next to the gym... cilantro, roma tomatoes, those big fat carrots. I feel carrot soup coming on! Last week I bought as in paid for, cilantro at Kroger...but later last Wednesday I wanted to use some cilantro, and couldn't find any...hmmm. Yep, its on my ticket, so where is it? I looked in all the bags, went back to the car, etc. No cilantro anywhere. Ok, so I've paid for it, and somehow it didn't get bagged... Then Sunday I took the bag that had the bottles of sparkling water from its resting spot under the bar, so I could put the bottles into the little drinks refrig....and you KNOW what mass of green gunk was in that bag...UNDER the bottles. I do not like playing hide and seek with my food!
Ed, tell J I said congrats to the new president of our local Orchid Society! I hope its not as big a job as what I envision it to be!!!!
Roger and Lee-Ann, stay warm and safe. From what I've seen of the weather in your area, well, lets just say it puts my 40-50 degree range in its place!
FWIW, our rain never really happened Sunday or Monday.
Off to look at the sales adverts, and then get my show on the road.
Later...
HI Again
Need to go to CostCo next week, Although I have a lot of Citrus much of it courtesy of my brother who found a large package of small oranges of some type on clearance for $1.02, Weird Amount of $, with only two apples left from my last visit. I am also down to the last bag of Frozen Vegetables.
I am guessing the Cilantro was a loss
My Brother and I have both done that luckily only with foods that would not spoil, so far...
Sorry to hear that the rain stayed away, I know You need it
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Good Morning All,
Roger, I am glad you are able to enjoy the NS products. For good or for bad, I am with Ed on this. Once NS eliminated their own bulletin boards, I lost my motivation and "oomph" with both weight maintenance and NS. Sometime after that I finally stopped my NS ordering - and a really good price. I tried ordering last year again, but found the price too much, with 10 fewer meals days per month and no protein shakes included. And they still don't have the boards. If you have the old price, don't do what I did!
Val, the Coursera classes sound so interesting. The Human Microbiome is no exception. I may send my husband to that website.
Stay warm all. It sounds like we all are getting that "lake effect" cold.
Lee-Ann
Hi Lee-Ann
If You were to sign up for a email as if You were looking to become a new customer by doing where it says "get your free diet analysis" You will start getting offers to save money based on past experiences I had by doing that.
Some of what kept me using them was that I had bought a bunch of Discounted gift cards and that I still had a ways to go at that point. Since it was working I did not fix it
If at some point You do decide to sign up again do not forget that both of us can get a bonus using their referral plan. You get a credit and I get one too. doing the refer a friend thing.
"Give $50 & GET $50
Here’s how it works:
1. Share your link with a friend
2. Your friend gets $50 off their first order
3. You get a $50 reward! "
I will admit to using outside foods too and delaying my orders recently. This order that processed last night was delayed by 2 months and 2+ weeks However if I use the extra Discounted gift-cards from when they have a sale the food becomes reasonably priced, a little under 50% of the price they display. That mean that much of the frozen entrees I might use cost more from the grocery store or around the same price when on sale. I buy those too for extra variety however.
It sounds as if You were looking at the Weekends on Your own plan which IMHO is no bargain. BTW if You just wanted to try their frozen foods, when You order $50 and up the shipping is free and if You buy a Gift Card from CostCo at $80 per hundred dollar face value not real bad. Doing that I still miss the extra Discount from being a auto delivery customer however.
Anyway there are a couple of stray thoughts
Stay warm for the next few days.
Have a Nice Day
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Well, Eddie got all the dishes done and the vacuuming, including finally sprinkling some "anti-critter-odor" powder on the rug in D's room and vacuuming it to get rid of the musky/musty smell from when he kept ferrets in there. As D is likely to remain in Tucson for some time yet, I also made up the full size bed in there so we can use it for an emergency guest room if needed. I have checked a few times during the afternoon and evening and now the room smells NICE.
The ferrets are living with a friend, and doing well as last heard.
When I asked D what the plans were for Christmas dinner there, and offered to help, he said that if I could, his mother would prefer a gift card rather than a pre-done dinner, and he (since he has Christmas off) and she could use it to buy exactly what they wanted and prepare it together. I'm glad to hear that she is feeling well enough to at least help with cooking, as at Thanksgiving she basically said she wasn't cooking anything. D said he was the one who warmed up the pre-cooked dinner that I sent for Thanksgiving.
So I sent a $75 Fry's Food/Kroger gift card, and he received it today. They should be able to buy food for Christmas dinner and have quite a bit left over with that, I hope.
Then D said I was about to make his mother cry because I was helping more than any of her six siblings, who apparently aren't doing ANYTHING to help her or her elderly mother who lives there too. I hope they can find a decent place to home D's grandmother, as his mother isn't really able to help take care of her so well any more. At least with D there, he can help with that too.
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Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! Getting colder again.
Not much on the agenda for today. Probably a nap!
Eduardo may invent something for dinner, but we'll see...
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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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Out the door it was showing 30 degrees, I have walked 7,951 steps. I was out the door ahead of most of the breeze. It started picking up and I started feeling cold so I stopped at the Supermarket for a couple of Apples, more to warm up however Then on to home and when the wind was behind me I could feel it pushing me along. The direction of the wind is why I changed my usual route home from where I walked today.
It appears from checking the tracking that both the frozen and the ready to go NS orders are on the truck for delivery. I hope the frozen does not melt with today's heat wave. The frozen has been in transit since the overnight hours, 12:00 am Picked up, Bethlehem, PA and the ready to go was picked up at 4:02 pm, Picked up, Hagerstown, MD
I should be giving taste reports on the new food items starting tomorrow
Have a Great Wednesday
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Well, Eddie got all the dishes done and the vacuuming, including finally sprinkling some "anti-critter-odor" powder on the rug in D's room and vacuuming it to get rid of the musky/musty smell from when he kept ferrets in there. As D is likely to remain in Tucson for some time yet, I also made up the full size bed in there so we can use it for an emergency guest room if needed. I have checked a few times during the afternoon and evening and now the room smells NICE.
The ferrets are living with a friend, and doing well as last heard.
When I asked D what the plans were for Christmas dinner there, and offered to help, he said that if I could, his mother would prefer a gift card rather than a pre-done dinner, and he (since he has Christmas off) and she could use it to buy exactly what they wanted and prepare it together. I'm glad to hear that she is feeling well enough to at least help with cooking, as at Thanksgiving she basically said she wasn't cooking anything. D said he was the one who warmed up the pre-cooked dinner that I sent for Thanksgiving.
So I sent a $75 Fry's Food/Kroger gift card, and he received it today. They should be able to buy food for Christmas dinner and have quite a bit left over with that, I hope.
Then D said I was about to make his mother cry because I was helping more than any of her six siblings, who apparently aren't doing ANYTHING to help her or her elderly mother who lives there too. I hope they can find a decent place to home D's grandmother, as his mother isn't really able to help take care of her so well any more. At least with D there, he can help with that too.
I know what You mean about the Ferrets, My Brother & Wife had them too.
Just curious, did You ever report how the Thanksgiving dinner was for taste, I tend to worry that they use things like instant potatoes.
That was a nice thing to do.
It is a shame when family does nothing when they could. If they were disabled it would be different.
You have a Good heart to help like that
I hope Your weather stays better than ours. The wind chills are forecast to hit sub zero in the upcoming overnightparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! Getting colder again.
Not much on the agenda for today. Probably a nap!
Eduardo may invent something for dinner, but we'll see...
I may go out for coffee tomorrow and then Boomerang back home if it is to bad out there.
Have a Nice Day
Roger
Hi Valerie
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Hi Ed
I know what You mean about the Ferrets, My Brother & Wife had them too.
Just curious, did You ever report how the Thanksgiving dinner was for taste, I tend to worry that they use things like instant potatoes.
That was a nice thing to do.
It is a shame when family does nothing when they could. If they were disabled it would be different.
You have a Good heart to help like that
D said the Thanksgiving dinner was good, and it was really appreciated by all. He had told me that there might be 4 relatives over for Thanksgiving. His mother ALWAYS does Thanksgiving and, even though she wasn't up to it this year, none of the relatives offered to help, though I'm sure they were willing to eat it, and I ordered enough to feed them too if they came. And if they didn't come, then that gave D, his mother, stepfather, and grandmother plenty of leftovers so either way it should have been a win.
I did my best to include most of the things they normally had for Thanksgiving, though D would have had to buy some whole kernel corn since that wasn't an option where I ordered. And if he wanted rolls or other sides, he needed to get them too. He said Turkey, stuffing (light bread), mashed potatoes, gravy, some kind of dessert pie, and plain whole kernel corn, at a minimum...so I got that, except for the corn, and the dinner came with cranberry sauce too, though I doubt they ate much of that, and in addition to the pecan pie ordered, I added a pumpkin roll.
If the chemo works, D's mother may live to celebrate some more Thanksgivings and Christmases, but there's a really good chance that this year will be her last. I didn't want their last holidays to totally suck...and couldn't stomach the thought of them just eating sandwiches or junk food for the holidays. I can't afford to "fix" everyone's holiday dinners, and I'm sure there are, and will be, many others who could use help, but at least I could help this little bit.
Christmas dinner should be a success since D and his mother will be preparing it, and they can buy exactly the foods they want! I imagine she'll be mostly supervising but D is a decent cook when he tries (and can stay focused) and I'm sure she'll see to that. He gets distracted easily by something shiny or a squirrel, or, heaven forbid, a shiny squirrel! A Christmas ham is a bit easier than a Thanksgiving turkey and takes considerably less time to prepare too.
So, on that note, here is a shiny squirrel to distract you all!
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Good Morning! It was 33 when I woke, but that was later than early!
Trip to Snellville for O's Ulta card, so she can have 'make-up'...make up at 12 years old. Good grief! (and don't I just sound like an old person). I split what I meant to give here, so half of it will be clothes from Justice, the other half, shudder, make up???????
After Snellville I was going to eat lunch at Sweet Tomatoes, but then M called. She's been sick, her hubs still under the weather, issues with the old ones, etc...and could we squeeze in lunch at Stone Mt. tomorrow. So, don't want to eat out X2 this week...weight has dropped, and so has blood pressure....Ain't (
) messing that up.
Got to see our newly renovated gym yesterday. Our, mmmmm, Their owner was there, so I got a premium tour of the gym and Christmas hugs from him.... Made my day. Then I ran to Costco, Kroger, the Mexican Market, and finally after lunch, Publix. Whew! Made me tired! My refrigerator looks like a produce market!!!
Tom E. cat is still sleeping in his new $6.00 cat bed. Fits/suits him just the right size!
Thats about all from my house, except to mention that the cartoons were all 'spot' on! As was the shiny squirrel! I'm not sure I could pick a 'favorite'...except for the LOOK in that mama cats eyes, as she protects her 'marshmallows'!!! I would not, probably ever, challenge that cat!!
Later...
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parityanimal wrote: »I think that milk is just a little bit out of date...
Hi Ed
Only a little bit out of date. I do know I would pass on buying it since how do You tell when it is past its usable time
Oooh Shinyparityanimal wrote: »D said the Thanksgiving dinner was good, and it was really appreciated by all. He had told me that there might be 4 relatives over for Thanksgiving. His mother ALWAYS does Thanksgiving and, even though she wasn't up to it this year, none of the relatives offered to help, though I'm sure they were willing to eat it, and I ordered enough to feed them too if they came. And if they didn't come, then that gave D, his mother, stepfather, and grandmother plenty of leftovers so either way it should have been a win.
I did my best to include most of the things they normally had for Thanksgiving, though D would have had to buy some whole kernel corn since that wasn't an option where I ordered. And if he wanted rolls or other sides, he needed to get them too. He said Turkey, stuffing (light bread), mashed potatoes, gravy, some kind of dessert pie, and plain whole kernel corn, at a minimum...so I got that, except for the corn, and the dinner came with cranberry sauce too, though I doubt they ate much of that, and in addition to the pecan pie ordered, I added a pumpkin roll.
If the chemo works, D's mother may live to celebrate some more Thanksgivings and Christmases, but there's a really good chance that this year will be her last. I didn't want their last holidays to totally suck...and couldn't stomach the thought of them just eating sandwiches or junk food for the holidays. I can't afford to "fix" everyone's holiday dinners, and I'm sure there are, and will be, many others who could use help, but at least I could help this little bit.
Christmas dinner should be a success since D and his mother will be preparing it, and they can buy exactly the foods they want! I imagine she'll be mostly supervising but D is a decent cook when he tries (and can stay focused) and I'm sure she'll see to that. He gets distracted easily by something shiny or a squirrel, or, heaven forbid, a shiny squirrel! A Christmas ham is a bit easier than a Thanksgiving turkey and takes considerably less time to prepare too.
So, on that note, here is a shiny squirrel to distract you all!
Thanks for that Information, I was curious.
It is sad to hear it may be the last Holiday meals however.
I wish I could afford to to feed everybody that needs it, However it is what it is. Although My Brother does hand out home Baked goodies to friends.
I have been having focus problems myself, that darn Internet creates a huge time eater.
Have a Nice Day
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning! It was 33 when I woke, but that was later than early!
Trip to Snellville for O's Ulta card, so she can have 'make-up'...make up at 12 years old. Good grief! (and don't I just sound like an old person). I split what I meant to give here, so half of it will be clothes from Justice, the other half, shudder, make up???????
After Snellville I was going to eat lunch at Sweet Tomatoes, but then M called. She's been sick, her hubs still under the weather, issues with the old ones, etc...and could we squeeze in lunch at Stone Mt. tomorrow. So, don't want to eat out X2 this week...weight has dropped, and so has blood pressure....Ain't ( ) messing that up.
Got to see our newly renovated gym yesterday. Our, mmmmm, Their owner was there, so I got a premium tour of the gym and Christmas hugs from him.... Made my day. Then I ran to Costco, Kroger, the Mexican Market, and finally after lunch, Publix. Whew! Made me tired! My refrigerator looks like a produce market!!!
Tom E. cat is still sleeping in his new $6.00 cat bed. Fits/suits him just the right size!
Thats about all from my house, except to mention that the cartoons were all 'spot' on! As was the shiny squirrel! I'm not sure I could pick a 'favorite'...except for the LOOK in that mama cats eyes, as she protects her 'marshmallows'!!! I would not, probably ever, challenge that cat!!
Later...
I know exactly what You mean, eating out needs to be a special treat for me or else....
It sounds as if You need today to recuperate
Roger
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Well, despite all the shiny squirrels on the internet, Eddie did manage to get the dishes from breakfast and lunch taken care of and Eduardo has a pot of chili going in a Crock Pot for dinner. It's smelling wonderful already.
Supposed to be pretty cold tonight so chili is just the thing for dinner.
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Good thing I'm eating lunch at home....Friday (tomorrow) lunch with M. and it looks like I will be baby sitting Saturday night, meaning dinner at the Mex restaurant! I used to fix dinner for them, but it got to complicated with their meal and mine being quite different.
Christmas shopping officially over, except a trip to the bank for some crispy $20 bills for the kids next door. I think I can manage that!
I guess the 'rap' party will be held Sunday or Monday next week.
Finishing my lunch, then its time to get the trash out to the curb, and leave for gymnastics...last class til January 2017! By the time I get home it will be dinner time, and rock a kitty. Oh my.
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Good Morning Folks,
Roger, thanks for the information on NS orders. If I go that route again, I will definitely contact you so we can do the bonus (referral) discount. I had such a good price before - it does bother me that I gave it up. Then, when combined with the discounted cards from Costco - when at 40% or 50% off...I am trying not to look back!
Val, what a combination - a gift half from Justice and half from Ulta. You can see the split between little girll and moving into adolescence.
Ed, Eddie and Eduardo now have shiny squirrel visitors? They do sparkle.
Stay warm all,
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Howdy y'all. Lilo is helping me type, by being very much in the way, and demanding that the hands be on her and not the keyboard. It has taken over 5 minutes to type and correct this!
Giving up and going to turn my broiling breakfast lamb chops.
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Ok. I turned the lamb chops and Lilo had to see what I was up to in the kitchen, so she's off the desk, at least temporarily and now I am back to my usual speedy typing rate.
There are some foods (old favorites) from NS that I wouldn't mind having on hand for sometimes, but Eduardo can match the stats and make MUCH BETTER TASTING food than most of the NS items. To be fair, I haven't tried much on the frozen side. When they first came out with the frozen I got a sampler of a few items. Don't even remember what all was in that, but it was at least as good as other brands of frozen food, at least as far as taste.
I saw what they did to the shelf stable meatloaf and am really glad I got out before that change. I wasn't real happy with the change when they moved the meatloaf on top of the potatoes but still had tomato sauce for the topping, because I'd rather choose whether I WANT the meatloaf on top of the potatoes. While I realize that putting the meat on top of the starch is all the rage now, that just doesn't work for me with everything, and I'd rather be in charge of food placement on my plate.
So...even though there are still a few old favorites in the menu, it's no enough to tempt me back. I'll just let Eduardo take care of managing my food.
Now I...ooh! A squirrel!
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Hi
Out the door it was showing 19 degrees with a little breeze, Being crazy I walked 8.5K steps.
My latest NS orders were delivered yesterday. Between Wednesday & Thursday all the deliveries were weird. Wednesday UPS dropped packages on the unused side porch despite the label saying place inside front porch and on the front porch was a package via FedEx for the neighbor across the street and then on Thursday I saw the FedEx driver heading up to the neighbor across the street with my NS order. I am guessing that the cause is the Christmas Rush
I Will be updating the food reviews group here later
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/105887-ns-food-reviews
I have reviewed Four items already and more are started with information and no review so I can update them later
On the order delivered yesterday they substituted Chicken Tortellini for the Bean Bolognese I had ordered that as it could be used for Lunch or dinner so I;m not real happy about that.
Also I know I had ordered the Coffee Protein Shake, No Shake or substitutions. I suspect it has been Discontinued and as it was A La Carte they did not substitute for it. I will be calling later to check on that guess.
Have a Great Friday
Roger
P.S. The heated gloves worked better today even with the colder weather as I decided to put them inside the mittens I had been wearing. I was guessing that doing that, that the mittens would help keep the heat from dissipating and the keep the cold from seeping in 0 -
GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good thing I'm eating lunch at home....Friday (tomorrow) lunch with M. and it looks like I will be baby sitting Saturday night, meaning dinner at the Mex restaurant! I used to fix dinner for them, but it got to complicated with their meal and mine being quite different.
Christmas shopping officially over, except a trip to the bank for some crispy $20 bills for the kids next door. I think I can manage that!
I guess the 'rap' party will be held Sunday or Monday next week.
Finishing my lunch, then its time to get the trash out to the curb, and leave for gymnastics...last class til January 2017! By the time I get home it will be dinner time, and rock a kitty. Oh my.
Later...
Hi Valerie
It sounds as if You Will be busy for the next Friday & Saturday
Congratulations on finishing the Christmas Shopping and adding to the last minute rush.
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Good Morning Folks,
Roger, thanks for the information on NS orders. If I go that route again, I will definitely contact you so we can do the bonus (referral) discount. I had such a good price before - it does bother me that I gave it up. Then, when combined with the discounted cards from Costco - when at 40% or 50% off...I am trying not to look back!
Val, what a combination - a gift half from Justice and half from Ulta. You can see the split between little girll and moving into adolescence.
Ed, Eddie and Eduardo now have shiny squirrel visitors? They do sparkle.
Stay warm all,
Lee-Ann
Hi Lee-Ann
NS may be unusual in that whatever deal they gave when You signed up they keep it when prices change.
I have had some minor buyers remorse when I saw some of the deals that came along a while after I signed up. OTOH I am 95% sure if I had not found the old NS forums and gotten much help and advice I would not be where I am today so taking that into consideration I only experience a twinge of buyers remorse then I think how it has helped and that clears up
Have a Nice Day
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Ok. I turned the lamb chops and Lilo had to see what I was up to in the kitchen, so she's off the desk, at least temporarily and now I am back to my usual speedy typing rate.
There are some foods (old favorites) from NS that I wouldn't mind having on hand for sometimes, but Eduardo can match the stats and make MUCH BETTER TASTING food than most of the NS items. To be fair, I haven't tried much on the frozen side. When they first came out with the frozen I got a sampler of a few items. Don't even remember what all was in that, but it was at least as good as other brands of frozen food, at least as far as taste.
I saw what they did to the shelf stable meatloaf and am really glad I got out before that change. I wasn't real happy with the change when they moved the meatloaf on top of the potatoes but still had tomato sauce for the topping, because I'd rather choose whether I WANT the meatloaf on top of the potatoes. While I realize that putting the meat on top of the starch is all the rage now, that just doesn't work for me with everything, and I'd rather be in charge of food placement on my plate.
So...even though there are still a few old favorites in the menu, it's no enough to tempt me back. I'll just let Eduardo take care of managing my food.
Now I...ooh! A squirrel!
I agree, this craze for putting everything in one pile for presentation purposes is weird at best. I like my foods separated, I do not mind the Entrees where the vegetables are next to the Protein, excluding mashed Potatoes.
For me convenience is a big factor as there never seem to be enough hours in the day for everything
It does need to taste good too however.
As a FYI from my review of the Pumpkin Loaf snack
Product Details
Indulge in an iconic autumn treat: soft, spiced cake with real pumpkin, warming spices and a thick layer of cream cheese flavored icing. It has 5g of protein, high fiber and no artificial colors. Serve it warm with a mug of your favorite hot tea for a true taste of autumn. This exclusive fall flavor is available for a limited time only!
Review
I liked it, It was moist and tasty, I liked the frosting too. I wish I had ordered more than 4 of these
If I were as creative at cooking as You are I would do as You do when I stopped buying from NS too.
Enjoy the Upcoming Weekend
Roger0
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