Early Risers - Eastern Time Zone
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Ed, thanks for the food and drink warning, as I was still eating lunch!! LOL!!
Florida sure is not the place to be walking...I have to wonder why...maybe so many oldsters not paying attention where they walk...or where they drive? We seem to have our share of pedestrians being hit by cars, and I'm surprised its not more. Seems there are a lot of people who walk on the street 'with traffic' and not 'facing traffic'. The other issue is wearing black or very dark clothes at night with no flashlight or reflective strips. I nearly hit one of my gym members one 5:45 a.m because I simply did not see him. I was still shaking by the time he got to the gym...and yes, I gave him a rather long lecture.. Scared me to pieces! But, I did notice he started wearing something light colored after that.
Roger, I actually 'fell for' that joke about pet hair and washing the cat.... they were all good, but that one got me!
Later guys...I have a stiff neck, and its getting worse not better. In fact I took an Aleve...as I seem to hurt all over, and I did not eat anything to cause it, nor did I DO anything that I can think of. I noticed it was a little sore yesterday...but as this day goes on, its getting worse. So, I've heated the long rice sack full of rice, and had my Aleve...next up??? A nap!
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Reminder to self...don't walk anywhere in Florida. Call a taxi to cross the street.
Roger, I think I've had that champagne vintage myself.
This was the part I found amazing too.
"Between 2005 and 2014, Americans were 7.2 times more likely to die as a pedestrian than from a natural disaster"
OTOH it seems as if the news broadcasts from New York City mention someone that was the victim of a Hit and run almost every day.
It makes me think I better look carefully at every crossing when I am walking.
Cheers
RogerGardenKatGardens wrote: »Ed, thanks for the food and drink warning, as I was still eating lunch!! LOL!!
Florida sure is not the place to be walking...I have to wonder why...maybe so many oldsters not paying attention where they walk...or where they drive? We seem to have our share of pedestrians being hit by cars, and I'm surprised its not more. Seems there are a lot of people who walk on the street 'with traffic' and not 'facing traffic'. The other issue is wearing black or very dark clothes at night with no flashlight or reflective strips. I nearly hit one of my gym members one 5:45 a.m because I simply did not see him. I was still shaking by the time he got to the gym...and yes, I gave him a rather long lecture.. Scared me to pieces! But, I did notice he started wearing something light colored after that.
Roger, I actually 'fell for' that joke about pet hair and washing the cat.... they were all good, but that one got me!
Later guys...I have a stiff neck, and its getting worse not better. In fact I took an Aleve...as I seem to hurt all over, and I did not eat anything to cause it, nor did I DO anything that I can think of. I noticed it was a little sore yesterday...but as this day goes on, its getting worse. So, I've heated the long rice sack full of rice, and had my Aleve...next up??? A nap!
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Hi Valerie
I added a safety vest with Reflective stripes as well as being a very bright dayglo Green/yellow color for walking. Think of what You see workers wearing along the road. I also walk facing into traffic if there are no sidewalks My rear facing eyes are not working anymore.
FWIW I blame the traffic problems on so many people being in a hurry and of course inattentiveness from Music, Talking or texting on the cell phone etc. My Brother observed a car that kept drifting from its lane and did not hold its speed and when he got up near it he could see that the driver appeared to be turning to the seat beside him and probably typing on a laptop. They are out there.
I though the cat hair washing one was hilarious too.
I thought to myself what a funny way to cook rice, then it dawned on me that it was to apply heat
Good Luck with the Stiff neck
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Tonight's dinner was cooked by J! I was sous chef for this endeavor.
Fried rice, a la J...
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Hi Folks,
I am getting bad here...missing saying hi to you folks as regularly as I want. The semester starts next week, and I am not ready to teach. I may be off writing a syllabus or two the next few days...
I got a kick out of the items sold on late night TV that we have all bought. I can't remember half of mine. But thanks for letting me know I am not ht only one who was a victim of my own sleepiness.
Ed, that fried rice from J looks delicious. Did you save any for me?
Still doing the P90x, although yesterday I only did a little over 30 minutes of their yoga - and never got back to finish. Today is day...5 of it. Legs...uggghhh. I have to get my mind up for that.
Moving on. Roger, I suspect you will be walking lots of steps today - our temp is supposed to be in the 60s, right?
Take care all,
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Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! Been up since about 5:00 but distracted by the usuals.
J is off to a big plant thing in Florida. Hopefully he won't bring too much back.
I need to clear the sink and maybe set something out for lunch...watching Irish people try out various foods from around the world has food on my mind.
And take a nap.
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I went out for my walk today for ? steps + $0.50, my Fitbit did not record any steps beyond 28 steps
, Temperature was 52 degrees.
Yesterday at CostCo I bought two bags of Normandy Style Mixed vegetables and Green Beans in the frozen vegetables area. Gala Apples, Anjou Pears and and a 10 pack case of Kleenex. As well as a case of each of Chocolate, Banana Cream and Vanilla protein shakes Two of the Protein shake cases which had $5 off applied at the register
Ialso bought a paperback at $5.99 which is $ 4 off of list price. I passed on what looked like a Harry Potter hardcover when I noticed it was not written by J.K Rowling and is this one. The eighth installment of the Harry Potter series, the two-part play, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" This one Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two (Special Rehearsal Edition)
Book 8
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne
Have a Great Thursday
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Hi Folks,
I am getting bad here...missing saying hi to you folks as regularly as I want. The semester starts next week, and I am not ready to teach. I may be off writing a syllabus or two the next few days...
I got a kick out of the items sold on late night TV that we have all bought. I can't remember half of mine. But thanks for letting me know I am not ht only one who was a victim of my own sleepiness.
Ed, that fried rice from J looks delicious. Did you save any for me?
Still doing the P90x, although yesterday I only did a little over 30 minutes of their yoga - and never got back to finish. Today is day...5 of it. Legs...uggghhh. I have to get my mind up for that.
Moving on. Roger, I suspect you will be walking lots of steps today - our temp is supposed to be in the 60s, right?
Take care all,
Lee-Ann
Hi Lee-Ann
I may be the exception that has not bought off of the TV
OTOH since I hate commercials and tend to avoid things advertised heavily and anything being sold with a phone call or by someone coming to the door. I do have no problem with wasting callers time while I explain My policy of never buying anything from a call on the phone.
I agree that the rice looked too tasty TBH, Now I am getting into the mood to cook some myself
I have no idea how far I walked. Yesterday the FitBit Battery died and I ended up replacing it and walking in the house to reach my goal steps. Then today it showed 28 steps when I looked on my return from walking ??? and a picture of a battery with a line through it that would seem to be indicating low battery and I thought I put the new in.
News12 was saying that some areas could set a new record for high temperatures for the day.
Have a Good Day
Roger
I have a feeling that I may fall into the Internet while tapes record in the background.parityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! Been up since about 5:00 but distracted by the usuals.
J is off to a big plant thing in Florida. Hopefully he won't bring too much back.
I need to clear the sink and maybe set something out for lunch...watching Irish people try out various foods from around the world has food on my mind.
And take a nap.
That rice looked tasty. Are my eyes misleading me? It looks like it has Fried Eggs and Chicken in it or are they Vegetarian versions?
Have a Enjoyable Day
Roger
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Good Morning!
Quick hello, and then I have 'stuff' that needs doing, first up will be breakfast! Then a few household chores, and I too will be out the door...supposed to be about 70 here today, and unusually warm for the next 3 or 4 days. I see a lot of winter time yard work happening! And tonite is O's gymnastics..so, busy day.
I'm going to stick my head out, and guess that J's delicious looking fried rice does have egg in it. Its part of the fried rice recipe in every one that I've ever read...and I'm betting tofu? My kids loved fried rice when they were little, and it had egg and a few peas and very small bits of carrot. (I was determined to get vegetables in them...one way or another!)
Lee-Ann did you get a special delivery of fried rice? me either.... must have all been eaten before they had a chance to portion our servings out. LOL!!
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Hi Valerie
Lucky You, we swing back to cold tomorrow.
Enjoy the Gymnastics
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The fried rice did, indeed, have egg and tofu in it. There was a package of Trader Joe's teriyaki baked tofu cut into small dice to go in the fried rice.
When J is in the mood to make fried rice, you better believe Eduardo is happy to act as sous chef as J makes REALLY GOOD fried rice.
Tonight Eduardo has some boneless country style pork ribs going in a crockpot with a creamy Marsala and mushroom gravy. Haven't figured out the vegetable yet but maybe buttercup squash.
Update: The gravy, on tasting, just cried out for a potato so I gave in...Eduardo made a great dish tonight. And LEFTOVERS!
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All right. All caught up on food and almost on dishes...but want to finish this glass of wine before dishes. I can go watch the Green Arrow movie now! I finished both the movie serials.
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Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday!
Leftover ribs for breakfast. For such a simple recipe, that was really delicious.
Supposed to be horribly warm today, for January, but I guess that's better than ice and snow.
Need to clear the sink and maybe do some house cleaning.
And take a nap...been up about an hour, woke up with a headache but I think the ibuprofen is starting to work now.
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Good Morning! TGIF
I need to make a comment on Ed's post....it is not 'horribly warm', its deliciously wonderfully delightfully warm today, and for the next several days....:) LOL!!!
Yesterday I got the butterfly bush cut back, and removed the rose bush my former Korean neighbor 'killed'. I have 4 more rose bushes to go...., and a few other things. Several of which will require DS1's help. (he has the chain saw!)
Dr. Appt today for blood pressure check...
So this morning I will do indoor chores, and right after seeing little doc, I will be outside with my various pruners! It will be great to have this done. DS1 questioned my mid Jan. pruning, but I think it will be ok...if not I'll be buying a couple new Knock Out roses.
I also want to transplant some more black mondo grass today and tomorrow, and any day thru Monday or Tues...as long as these great temps last..cuz we're more than 'due' to get our 6 weeks of winter...
Thats all the excitement from my space of GA.
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Today is not Your day if You suffer from Triskaidekaphobia
I went out for my walk today for 11.5K steps, The temperature was 54 degrees out the door. During the walk the temperature was dropping and the breeze increasing. Back out later with my brother driving for a little more running around.
They are talking about a Wintery Mix tomorrow on the radio
Have a Great Friday
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »All right. All caught up on food and almost on dishes...but want to finish this glass of wine before dishes. I can go watch the Green Arrow movie now! I finished both the movie serials.
Green Arrow, I had not thought of him for years
The Teriyaki Tofu sounds tasty too.
They ribs looked delicious too.parityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday!
Leftover ribs for breakfast. For such a simple recipe, that was really delicious.
Supposed to be horribly warm today, for January, but I guess that's better than ice and snow.
Need to clear the sink and maybe do some house cleaning.
And take a nap...been up about an hour, woke up with a headache but I think the ibuprofen is starting to work now.
I agree better Warm than Snow, Not to mention the savings on the energy bill by not running the heat
Have a Nice Day
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning! TGIF
I need to make a comment on Ed's post....it is not 'horribly warm', its deliciously wonderfully delightfully warm today, and for the next several days....:) LOL!!!
Yesterday I got the butterfly bush cut back, and removed the rose bush my former Korean neighbor 'killed'. I have 4 more rose bushes to go...., and a few other things. Several of which will require DS1's help. (he has the chain saw!)
Dr. Appt today for blood pressure check...
So this morning I will do indoor chores, and right after seeing little doc, I will be outside with my various pruners! It will be great to have this done. DS1 questioned my mid Jan. pruning, but I think it will be ok...if not I'll be buying a couple new Knock Out roses.
I also want to transplant some more black mondo grass today and tomorrow, and any day thru Monday or Tues...as long as these great temps last..cuz we're more than 'due' to get our 6 weeks of winter...
Thats all the excitement from my space of GA.
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Hi Valerie
A bit of a shame that the neighbor killed the Rose Bush.
Maybe You will be lucky and skip into Spring with no real hard winter weather.
Cheers
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Hah! I meant Green Hornet. I don't have a Green Arrow movie. But I think they might be making one! He has shown up in other super hero series episodes once or twice, notably in Smallville as a recurring character.
I'll just finish sipping my second cup of tea (with a slice of fresh lemon dropped in while brewing) now...and think about a nap.
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Today is Friday the 13th. So that means tomorrow is...SATURDAY THE 14TH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzyAVHkML0A
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Well, Eduardo has put a quart of beef stock, two beef cubed steaks, browned and diced, a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, half a large white onion, diced, some herbs, seasoning, and a generous splash of good, dry, red wine into one of the crock pots to simmer up a nice, rich cube steak stew for dinner tonight, and, no doubt, several more meals. There is a medium potato on standby to dice up and add later, perhaps an hour or so before dinner, and it looks like JUST enough room in the pot for that potato.
Eduardo is very good at coming up with just the right size pot or other container for food. I think it's genetic, because my mother can do that and my sister in Paducah can do that too.
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Hah! I meant Green Hornet. I don't have a Green Arrow movie. But I think they might be making one! He has shown up in other super hero series episodes once or twice, notably in Smallville as a recurring character.
I'll just finish sipping my second cup of tea (with a slice of fresh lemon dropped in while brewing) now...and think about a nap.
And here I thought I was the only one doing that sort of thing.
All I had beyond the morning coffee while walking and a Protein shake was a 7 ounce can of Diet Pepsi
Strangely enough I was thinking of that movie this morning when posting. I had rented it from netflix a while ago if I remember properly or I had found it on YouTube. Ok I found it again on YouTube hereparityanimal wrote: »Today is Friday the 13th. So that means tomorrow is...SATURDAY THE 14TH!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzyAVHkML0A
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=SATURDAY+THE+14TH+Youtube&qft=+filterui:duration-long&view=detail&mid=5DC6060F05F348CE8ADD5DC6060F05F348CE8ADD&FORM=VRDGAR 1:16:45 in length.
That does sound delicious, All I plan for dinner is some Frozen vegetables, a navel orange, Light & Fit Greek Yogurt, and thisparityanimal wrote: »Well, Eduardo has put a quart of beef stock, two beef cubed steaks, browned and diced, a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, half a large white onion, diced, some herbs, seasoning, and a generous splash of good, dry, red wine into one of the crock pots to simmer up a nice, rich cube steak stew for dinner tonight, and, no doubt, several more meals. There is a medium potato on standby to dice up and add later, perhaps an hour or so before dinner, and it looks like JUST enough room in the pot for that potato.
Eduardo is very good at coming up with just the right size pot or other container for food. I think it's genetic, because my mother can do that and my sister in Paducah can do that too.
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Have a Nice Evening
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Dinner tonight was a large salad and THIS:
The soup turned out quite tasty, and there is plenty of it left for further meals.0 -
Good Saturday Morning,
Ok, time for me to do a 'reset'. Reset to what I'm not sure... I looked at your dinner Ed, and the first thing I saw was not the delicious stew/soup, but the beautiful round probably warm BISCUIT! How sick am I???? Looks like I'm due for another run to Whole Foods. New Years I was jonesing for vegan cornbread, which luck would have it, was on the hot bar when I stopped at the Midtown store....so, I know Sunday brunch even out here in 'Carnivore' Land Whole Foods (gotta love John's Creek???) will have a big pan of biscuits. There was a time you could also get tofu scramble, but haven't seen that in a long, long time...
Yesterday I enjoyed my Roasted Cauliflower soup, topped with roasted brussels sprouts and roasted carrots. There is enough left for today, and probably Monday lunches as well.
I also 'hang on to your hats' made Roasted Strawberry Salad dressing...and it is GOOD!!! Had it with a handful of arugula, a scattering of pine nuts, and red onion...mmmmmmmmm!
Ok, what else is on my brain besides food....???? Not a lot, so it must be time for breakfast!
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Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday!
Breakfast was a sort of crustless quiche of egg, bacon, turkey sausage, cheddar and milk, along with a side of yogurt with fresh raspberries.
I think lunch and dinner are likely to be soup and salad.
And remember! It's SATURDAY THE 14TH! And SATURDAY THE 14TH STRIKES BACK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0c7Zw5RCI
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Sooo, if France is Bacon, and being enlightened means the 'penny dropped'....is that what Roger is finding on the sidewalks of NJ????? Must be a lot of enlightenment going on in Jersey!! LOL!!!
Sorry, but that was the first thing that popped into my head when I read the article!
Mine goes like this...
When I was a first and second grader we learned to sight read...no phonics. Fast forward a year or two, and I was visiting my Grandmother in St. Louis, and we were riding the Street Car to downtown for shopping and lunch. I loved riding the street car! Well, I look out the window, and see a beautiful carpet of green lawn. It was so perfect they must have trimmed it with a scissors! But there was a sign ...and that sign bothered me for years...it said:
All Presbyterians Stay Off The Grass
Really, why just the Presbyterians and not the Methodists or Catholics, etc, and if you were something other than Presbyterian, how would they know?????
Seriously for years I pondered the plight of the poor Presbyterians....until I was older and ran onto the word....Pedestrians!!!! OMG!!! Such a revelation!!!
Bet you all each have one of those stories too!!!
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Late Christmas Humor
Oops, above and below
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Hi
I went out for my walk today for 9,900 steps + 10 cents, The temperature was 29 degrees out the door which is a 25 degree drop from yesterday for the same time. During the walk the temperature was dropping and the breeze increasing.
They are talking about Snow to a Wintry Mix today from inches to a coating depending on what part of the state. The southern portion getting it worse The latest weather forecast says moving in this afternoon.
Have a Great Weekend
Roger
P.S. This part of the the entire post as posted below was from here: WFAA an ABC station
http://www.wfaa.com/news/world/crazy-but-true-flight-666-lands-in-hel-on-friday-the-13th/385820638
Crazy but true: Flight 666 lands in HEL on Friday the 13th
In a bizarre Friday-the-13th coincidence, a flight bearing the number of the beast went straight to HEL today.
That’s right. Finnair Flight 666 took off from Copenhagen (CPH) and flew directly to Helsinki (HEL) on Friday.
Even better? The flight took off at 13:00 local time, according to Flightaware. The one-hour, 34-minute flight landed at HEL at 3:41 p.m. Helsinki time.
And it gets even wackier.
The Twitter account @Flightradar24, which tracks air traffic around the world, even pointed out the aircraft is 13 years old, according to its registration and serial number.
✈️️ Finnair flight 666, at 13 o'clock on Friday the 13th with a 13 year old aircraft, has landed safely in HELhttps://t.co/0kWfkcARmO pic.twitter.com/OPvpyyq4F4— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) January 13, 20170 -
Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Saturday Morning,
Ok, time for me to do a 'reset'. Reset to what I'm not sure... I looked at your dinner Ed, and the first thing I saw was not the delicious stew/soup, but the beautiful round probably warm BISCUIT! How sick am I???? Looks like I'm due for another run to Whole Foods. New Years I was jonesing for vegan cornbread, which luck would have it, was on the hot bar when I stopped at the Midtown store....so, I know Sunday brunch even out here in 'Carnivore' Land Whole Foods (gotta love John's Creek???) will have a big pan of biscuits. There was a time you could also get tofu scramble, but haven't seen that in a long, long time...
Yesterday I enjoyed my Roasted Cauliflower soup, topped with roasted brussels sprouts and roasted carrots. There is enough left for today, and probably Monday lunches as well.
I also 'hang on to your hats' made Roasted Strawberry Salad dressing...and it is GOOD!!! Had it with a handful of arugula, a scattering of pine nuts, and red onion...mmmmmmmmm!
Ok, what else is on my brain besides food....???? Not a lot, so it must be time for breakfast!
Later...
I thought that the Biscuit looked so good too
I may be dumb? However I would not have thought that Vegan Cornbread would be that hard to make?
On a humorous note, too me anyhow...
On the News last night the reporter said that they were treating the roads where she was with a mix of salt and organic beet juice? Regular beet juice won't work?GardenKatGardens wrote: »Sooo, if France is Bacon, and being enlightened means the 'penny dropped'....is that what Roger is finding on the sidewalks of NJ????? Must be a lot of enlightenment going on in Jersey!! LOL!!!
Sorry, but that was the first thing that popped into my head when I read the article!
Mine goes like this...
When I was a first and second grader we learned to sight read...no phonics. Fast forward a year or two, and I was visiting my Grandmother in St. Louis, and we were riding the Street Car to downtown for shopping and lunch. I loved riding the street car! Well, I look out the window, and see a beautiful carpet of green lawn. It was so perfect they must have trimmed it with a scissors! But there was a sign ...and that sign bothered me for years...it said:
All Presbyterians Stay Off The Grass
Really, why just the Presbyterians and not the Methodists or Catholics, etc, and if you were something other than Presbyterian, how would they know?????
Seriously for years I pondered the plight of the poor Presbyterians....until I was older and ran onto the word....Pedestrians!!!! OMG!!! Such a revelation!!!
Bet you all each have one of those stories too!!!
Later...
I suspect that what I am finding has melted out of the last snow
If I said that Hot Dog was tasty with a little ketchup and the scale was happy this morning too would You believe me
FWIW the highest calorie NS dinner entree is 300 calories so this worked for me even with some Ketchup.
I am thinking about picking up a couple more to stock up the freezer.
BTW I would like to use a slice of bacon and cheese on the Hot Dog but that would add 60 calories even without the ketchup
Pedestrians, That was funny
Thank You for the Laugh
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday!
Breakfast was a sort of crustless quiche of egg, bacon, turkey sausage, cheddar and milk, along with a side of yogurt with fresh raspberries.
I think lunch and dinner are likely to be soup and salad.
And remember! It's SATURDAY THE 14TH! And SATURDAY THE 14TH STRIKES BACK!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0c7Zw5RCI
I did find that one on Youtube too.
If anyone wants to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebG9tQG5sS8
Thank You for jogging my memory
Roger0
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