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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Hi
    Currently It is 59 degrees outside. There was another round of storms yesterday with thunder in the afternoon and storm damage in other parts of NJ. According to this mornings Weather forecast the visibility in much of the state is 0.1 to 0.5 miles due to fog.

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    Have a Great Thursday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! Another day of our heat wave, with no chance of rain. I will be watering things shortly. I think lunch and dinner will be microwave cooked.
    Good Morning Ed
    And another day of perfect grass growing weather here in NJ with enough sun and rain. I think my brother scared mother nature when he bought a watering can and a watering wand for the potted plants and as a result we are having rain often enough to not need them :smiley:

    The best thing about a Microwave is that it releases a lot less heat into the kitchen than a oven or pans on the stove IMO.
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    Call me strange, I sautee Onions in in a skillet, and for Sauce pans good quality Stainless steel in assorted sizes works.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Good Morning..Wednesday, another hot and dry one!
    I will be going to the gym shortly. All dressed, just need socks and shoes!
    Not so much on my list today. Yesterday I got a late start out the door, and headed for Costco...word of warning, never ever no matter what go to Costco the day AFTER a Monday holiday! Good grief, it looked like Christmas madness both in the parking lot, and in the store. And to add insult to injury, I goofed up with my phone, and deleted my list! So, it was 'interesting to say the least...also time comsuming. Had just enough time to drop off the stuff for the refrigerator, and beat it to the gym! Got my 30 minutes and hurried home, just in time for my weekly chat with Jack! It was just 'that kinda day'... Today will be better!
    Good Morning Valerie
    I do not go to CostCo unless I can get there before they open and get a good parking spot and be able to get in and out quickly before the thundering herd clogs the aisles :wink:

    I bet You can't delete a paper list as quickly :smiley:
    Hope Roger, that you and brother are not part of the expected 'spare' storm. So far as I know my brother is still ok in MO. OTOH, I haven't looked to see if he's on fb this morning...

    Its quite nice outdoors right now, Tom and I sat out there for morning coffee, and canned food Tom E. breakfast! He even shared some swing space with me for a a fairly short 'visit'. And then he took off from the porch to perch on the table in the back yard. Goofy cat.

    My gardenia has lots of open blooms today. :) I can see about half the bush from where I'm sitting at my desk!

    Later...
    We escaped the severe weather again, Lucky us, Hopefully for today too although the forecast does not sound as bad.

    I wish I had a large porch with room for a swing and chairs :(

    Enjoy the Gardenia
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 23,181 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! The heat wave continues, but we do have a slight break in the temperature today. We're expecting a high of only 93! No chance of rain.

    Exceptional cartoons today, Roger! And I still have 4 news articles to read.


    I could get out to buy a few things today but probably not as I'll have more money available tomorrow.

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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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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Hi
    Currently It is 63 degrees outside. There was another round of storms yesterday in the late afternoon into the evening and then around 11 PM a final round of heavy rain. Before the last of the rain parts of the are had 2 to 2.5 inches of rain and flooded streets.

    When I did a followup visit to the local doctor Wednesday as much to bring him up to date my brother suggested that since I was unable to walk far why not ask about a Handicap Placard. I printed out both types of applications, the long term one and a short 6 month application which is what I went with. The Temporary one is good for six months with one 6 month renewal. That one i finished filling out Thursday and looking at it I saw that at the bottom there was a place for the Chief of Police to sign it. When I went to the local PD it appears that they hand out the placards for the 6 month ones. I left it with them and they called me back later and Voila I have a Red Temporary Handicap Placard without ever having to brave the end of month Crowd at the Motor Vehicle Commission facility. I feel bad that I need it and I am hopeful that once I have the surgery and follow up treatments if needed I will bounce back.

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    Your smartphone is not listening to you, but your 'free' apps are definitely spying on you


    Have a Great Friday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! The heat wave continues, but we do have a slight break in the temperature today. We're expecting a high of only 93! No chance of rain.

    Exceptional cartoons today, Roger! And I still have 4 news articles to read.


    I could get out to buy a few things today but probably not as I'll have more money available tomorrow.
    Good Morning Ed
    I had wondered how the Veterinarian on would go over :wink:

    Lucky Us plenty of soaking rains the last three days, No watering needed for a few days minimum. Highs today in the lower 80s, I predict a sunny day with plenty of AC units running in NJ. I do not think I would have referred to a high of 93 degrees as only 93 :smiley:

    I am awaiting the Pension check in the mail, I usually put most of it into the checking account and keep $147 out of it for spending especially since SSI will not arrive until June 12.

    FWIW the Police Chief approved and signed the form despite the PD being busy dealing with some emergencies. Our town departments work pretty efficiently. The Placard expires November 30 and by then I will know if I need to have the doctor re-certify for another 6 month or not.
    Carla Makes White Pesto Pasta
    Looking at this is it really Pesto ? To me it seems more like a White Sauce :wink:
    Kids Try Chinese Food from Around the World
    An Interesting Video, and the reactions to some of the foods were priceless.
    Vegan Dollar Store Cooking Challenge
    This one runs 30 minutes so I will be watching most of it later this morning.
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    I could be wrong but I suspect these would work with any similar Whiskey ??
    Chef Vs Chef ULTIMATE 20 MINUTE MEAL BATTLE
    I was somewhat amazed how they both made the meals in the 20 minutes time period with that many different courses. Good Time management skills.
    And an extra:

    Reviewing the 100ft high restaurant that hangs from a crane!
    No way they are getting me up there ever. I am thinking that must be expensive too. After watching the price of 79 pounds is not as bad as I was thinking it would be. I did wonder how much wind before they shut down OTOH.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Good Thursday Morning...Hot, Hot, Hot!
    I think we're stuck in summer already. :( I could have used a few more weeks of spring, and a more gradual move to summer. But, as the saying goes, it is what it is!

    Ok, I'd have been here an hour ago, but I went to gmail... looking for 2 articles I forwarded to myself last night, and I don't see them....I even looked at the Junk file... One was a super article on prebiotics, and pro-biotics. Nicely written with food lists, etc. In other words crib sheet nutrition! Well, one thing quickly lead to this..oh drats, I goofed that up....its in CNN BUSINESS, and its the new Ferrari SF90...bright red and the design of the car is over the top gorgeous! I think I drooled. Read the article...impressive. It has the display on the drivers side windshield, (like airplanes do), 0-60 in TWO (2) seconds..OMG! its a hybrid, has 3 motors, yadda, yadda. So go look for it if you want to see beauty! AND, its only 1.5 to 2 million before add ons!!!! Do I have good taste or what? WIll be buying my lottery tickets today. (lost all of my lottery winnings this week, sad)
    Good Morning Valerie
    Our weather has been weird here, Hot one day cool the next as if the weather can not make up its minds what season it is.

    Only ?? And a Heads Up Display, I wonder how distracting that is. Only 986 horsepower :smiley:
    0 to 60 in two seconds make me wonder how they get that much power to the road without leaving strips of burnt rubber when You take off.

    Good Luck with the lottery, Maybe You can buy one with Your winnings :wink: I do wonder how long the waiting list is ?
    Now, I read thru you posts, and there is so much I want to go back and read...will have to happen later, as I am late getting out of here today. Have a date with the gym, and then Publix to buy lottery tickets, and home before it gets just too stinkin' hot to be out doors. And I really should water today. Some of my plants are really sad looking by evening.

    Later guys....do go look at my pretty red car...:) Since I stupidly lost the link, Google: CNN Business SF90, and first thing up should be Ferrari's new plug in car..or something close to that...it tells a lot more about the car if you click on the pretty picture than I mentioned above...

    Snipped for brevity :smiley:

    That should also work,....
    No Watering needed here for a couple of days, not even the potted plants.

    Pretty looking car, I would want an armed guard if I parked it on the streets however.

    I hope Your running around went nice and fast to beat the heat. I really should get the AC in the car fixed, Oh well, I'll deal with it unless we hit one heck of a heat wave.

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 23,181 Member
    edited May 2019
    Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday! I don't actually get my pension payment until tomorrow, but since it's a weekend there may be some small delay. I can go a bit into overdraft if I decide to go shopping today I suppose.

    It should be a great day for it with a positively frigid high of only 85 expected, and 10% chance of rain.

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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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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Hi
    Currently It is 63 degrees outside. Friday was moderately warm and Today is forecast to be cooler with a chance of rain tonight.

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    Have a Great Weekend
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday! I don't actually get my pension payment until tomorrow, but since it's a weekend there may be some small delay. I can go a bit into overdraft if I decide to go shopping today I suppose.

    It should be a great day for it with a positively frigid high of only 85 expected, and 10% chance of rain.
    Hello Ed
    I do not really expect my Pension until Monday's mail delivery they seem to mail on the first, they may have mailed it Friday due to being closed on Saturday. If so then I still cannot do anything with it until Monday since we usually get our mail in the afternoon, Luckily I still have a few shekels left in the Billfold. According to my brother I use a billfold since I fold it and he uses a wallet since it does not fold.

    Overdraft, Whats that ? FWIW It was offered when I opened the Checking account to link it with my savings account to prevent overdrafts, I declined.

    Frigid at 85 degrees, what a difference in attitude to up here where we think 85 is hot.
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    The band aid on the finger makes me think he cut himself...
    Messy Cook :smiley:
    2 Ingredient Cultured Butter
    Interesting but likely expensive as well as time consuming. I would not go through all that unless I had already had some and liked it.
    Creamy Garlic Dijon Chicken
    Looks tasty, I might cut back on the Mustard somewhat OTOH.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger

    Hello Valerie
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 23,181 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's another sizzling Saturday, but not as sizzling as the prior one. My pension hasn't even pre-posted yet, though I know it is in the can, as the allotment to the pets' account HAS posted, in the other bank. Once weekend processing starts, I should have the bulk of that pension payment available. My other annuity is scheduled to post on or about the 5th.

    I did get a few items while out to dinner last night. I enjoyed goat curry at a nearby Jamaican restaurant and then stopped by Dollar General, which was a mistake. On the other hand, the smoked cheddar flavor of the wavy Pringle's is not bad. Terribly salty, but not bad.

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    I guess I'll postpone the major shopping until at least tomorrow.

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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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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Hi
    Currently It is 66 degrees outside. The predicted high is 81 with a cold front moving in and highs in the low 70s for Monday & Tuesday. There are Thunderstorms in the forecast for Late afternoon and ending by Midnight.

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    Have a Great Sunday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's another sizzling Saturday, but not as sizzling as the prior one. My pension hasn't even pre-posted yet, though I know it is in the can, as the allotment to the pets' account HAS posted, in the other bank. Once weekend processing starts, I should have the bulk of that pension payment available. My other annuity is scheduled to post on or about the 5th.

    I did get a few items while out to dinner last night. I enjoyed goat curry at a nearby Jamaican restaurant and then stopped by Dollar General, which was a mistake. On the other hand, the smoked cheddar flavor of the wavy Pringle's is not bad. Terribly salty, but not bad

    I guess I'll postpone the major shopping until at least tomorrow.
    Hello Ed
    Curiousity prompts me to ask what is a Pets' account ? Do You have a account for the pets or is it something else entirely ?

    I had hoped my Pension check would arrive in yesterdays mail, Nope :( That means maybe Monday and the earliest that I can run to the bank and cash it is Tuesday.

    I find that stopping at any place selling food is a mistake, That is the reason I have three out of the four Kraft Mac & Cheese I bought tempting me :( It is also why I let my brother pick up the few things I need at the Grocery Store. Today's shopping list is huge :wink:
    3 zero calorie Gatorades, A package of sliced cheese, and Maybe Dearborn Farms Sesame Chicken from the refrigerated case. I find that I prefer it to the Grocery Stores Chinese Take out counter version for a couple of reasons.
    1. It isn't floating in lots of sauce
    2. It actually has Sesame Seeds sprinkled on it.

    I tried the fried rice from them too, It reminds me of what Fried Rice used to be here. Bits of scrambled egg, peas, carrots and onions. The Local Thai food place has fried rice that is also the same.
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    I have seen kid chefs on Chopped and they have some skills.
    I never heard of Jenn Harris the judge.
    Kids Try Their Great Grandparents' Favorite Childhood Foods
    Spam !!
    He called it Sauerkraut & Sausage, We always had Sauerkraut & Hot Dogs or Sauerkraut & Kielbasa.
    Boneless Baby Back Rib Sandwich (McRib® Copycat)
    I always ate the McRibs when they had them available :blush:
    The McRib sauce was the Key to the taste.
    The ones in the video look real tasty until he put the slaw on them. I wouldn't call them a McRib Copycat when McDs had chopped onions not slaw on them.
    Andy Makes Pasta with Bolognese Sauce
    I don't have the patience to start cooking and wait three hours to eat it.
    College Kids Try 2019's Biggest Food Trends
    CBD seems to be everywhere, I still have my doubts about its efficacy and safety.
    With one item the comment that it tastes healthy ?

    Oh well, Thank You for the Video links
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Hi Guys...wonderful Saturday!
    It was 63 degrees at my house this morning when I woke about 7:30ish.
    I enjoyed about half a cup of my new coffee, (Mushroom Coffee Mix). The coffee was good! A slight bitter taste, sorta reminded me of a very dark chocolate taste.
    Then I fed Tom E, and he sat with me for a short while before deciding he would go out the cat window and up onto the roof! Where he continued to 'over see' the work I was doing in the back yard. Like I need a supervisor? a mouthy one at that!
    Finally quit about 11 a.m. it was by then 80, and the mosquitoes were beginning to stir. So, I've been eating lunch watching noon news and reading our posts, video's and laughing at the cartoons!
    Hello Valerie
    Mushroom Coffee Mix, Probably not for me as I have never had a flavored coffee that I did not taste and discard :blush:

    A noisy Supervisor cat, lucky You.

    I suspect that all over the country Mosquitoes are going to be bad with all the standing water left after the rains.
    Have either of you ever made butter? There was a time that Dad had a milk cow, and a big black iron weird looking thing sat in our kitchen...it was a cream separator. I don't know that I ever saw it used. Must have been one of those things that happened before I got up, or more likely after I was asleep for the night...anyhow, we always had quart jars of fresh cream in the refrigerator. Then, there was this square glass container with a threaded top. The top had 4 paddles that went into the jar, and a geared handle to turn. That churned the butter. I always begged to do that. Which I half way did before it got to hard for me to turn.
    Fast forward to about 1979, when my neighbor came over for coffee and was complaining bitterly about some 'bad whipping cream' that she got at the grocery. She was whipping it with a rotary hand held beater, and she noticed there were yellow lumps in that cream. She was taking it back to the grocer. AND she didn't believe me when I told her she's over whipped it and it was forming butter. So, I had to make butter for her!! The odd things I do! :)
    I never made Butter, I believe that we did have fresh churned butter when I was young and we visited a relatives farm.

    I thought everyone knew not to overwhip cream, I see I was wrong. You can also over churn ice cream.
    Yesterday I got ALL of my chores done! That's not usual. At the post office they looked but couldn't find my package. When the mail ran, Kelsey left my package in the mailbox!! That's the second or third time something like that has happened. and I guess 2 or 3 times in 23 years is a pretty good average!

    Found by accident a stand alone car wash as I was coming home from the PO. So for $5 bucks I got my car cleaned. There were more expensive option, but I just wanted the dust, and the one big splot of birdie poo on the hood gone!

    Our financial workings are so different! I haven't looked yet, but my pension check from the Red Cross should have posted yesterday, and I'll go online and look later. My Social check posts on the third Wednesday of the month...and is not 'day dependent'. I rather it was day dependent, so I'd know that check was deposited on the 16th or what ever.

    Ok, I've eaten, will check in with my bank, and then I think it must surely be nap time!!

    Later...
    I'm guessing You got a message that You had a package at the Post Office ?

    I would have thought that all car washed were stand alone ? Or do You mean a hand wash ?
    BTW $5 is a really good price.

    My SSI should be in the account on the 12th, 2nd Monday and my brothers one week later.

    If I said I do not have to check with the bank, I have both banks accounts set up to send automatic notices of balances, deposits and withdrawals via email.

    I actually had a decent nap Saturday, I was tired.

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 23,181 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's simmering Sunday! Another hot one, and only 20% chance of rain.

    We have a joint account in a local bank where we can both put money toward pet expenses. Once there, the rule is that it can ONLY be spent on their expenses. I have some automatically allotted each month and J currently puts money in when I remind him to. He used to have an automatic allotment but with his currant employer, that isn't as easy having it come right out of the pay check.

    My money hasn't posted yet on my main bank, so big shopping just keeps getting bigger and probably will happen tomorrow.

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    Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

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    All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...


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  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 23,181 Member
    I did get out to get cat food. And when did it decide to rain? Yep, as I was out getting cat food. And stopped right after I got home. Maybe I should have stayed out longer, so we'd get more rain. I didn't because I had braised lamb shanks and carrots waiting in the slow cooker, and I needed to get home, make the mashed potatoes, and thicken the gravy.

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    parityanimal Posts: 23,181 Member
    J's night blooming Cereus picked tonight to open this bloom. It will be open the one night and then it's done with that bloom. If only there were some way I could capture the heavenly scent and post it with the picture!

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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Hi
    Currently It is 57 degrees outside. The predicted high is 71 now that the cold front moved. The Thunderstorms in the forecast for Late afternoon and ending by Midnight on Sunday arrived a little before 9 PM with heavy rain.

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    A new credit bubble gets ready to burst

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    NSA Deflects Blame for Baltimore Ransomware Attack

    Socialism at work
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    Venezuela healthcare collapse: Four children die in same hospital this month

    I can't believe I missed One :(
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    How an insane demand for truffles is leading to sabotage, fraud and death


    Have a Great Monday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's simmering Sunday! Another hot one, and only 20% chance of rain.

    We have a joint account in a local bank where we can both put money toward pet expenses. Once there, the rule is that it can ONLY be spent on their expenses. I have some automatically allotted each month and J currently puts money in when I remind him to. He used to have an automatic allotment but with his currant employer, that isn't as easy having it come right out of the pay check.

    My money hasn't posted yet on my main bank, so big shopping just keeps getting bigger and probably will happen tomorrow.
    Hello Ed
    That makes a lot of sense, Sort of why I have a more or less untouchable savings account and free checking in one bank and free checking in another. One is for paying one credit card and other misc. expenses and the other pays the other credit card and is where SSI lands. The Savings account purpose when I set it up was for money to accumulate for the quarterly property taxes.

    I hate it when the shopping list gets too big as that makes it cumbersome to bring into the house.
    How to Make an Easy Recipe for Pad Thai
    They say "How to Make an Easy Recipe for Pad Thai" ? Since they do show how to follow the recipe IMO OTOH I might just be being picky ?
    I do not recall ever seeing Radishes in Pad Thai. Pass on the shrimp and Chiles too, I will say that the dish looks tasty. I also suspect that the Thai restaurants in the area buy big bags of ready to use rice noodles to save time. Sort of like what a lot of fast food places do with bags of diced lettuce and bags of diced onions for example. Which has the added benefit of reducing the risk the unskilled workers will slice them selves open :wink:
    3 Kebab Recipes COMPARED (Quick vs Lean vs Ultimate)
    I have never made a Kebab nor do I usually see them for sale except at food stands at Carnivals or food events. Picky me says one of those is not a Kebab :smiley:
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    Slim Jims, Yummy, the rest Meh.
    2019 FSR 24 Hour Ration MRE Review Menu #6 BBQ Pork Wrap Meal Ready to Eat Taste Testing
    The U.S. First Strike Ration is interesting, three meals at 1/2 the weight of 3 regular MRE if I understood correctly in one pouch with a decent variety. The foods looked OK, Some of it reminded me of NS such as the Shelf stable Bagel :wink:
    Recreating Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington From Taste
    This may not be easy. I'll go further, You can smell, taste and smell but not see, I would say impossible.
    I did get out to get cat food. And when did it decide to rain? Yep, as I was out getting cat food. And stopped right after I got home. Maybe I should have stayed out longer, so we'd get more rain. I didn't because I had braised lamb shanks and carrots waiting in the slow cooker, and I needed to get home, make the mashed potatoes, and thicken the gravy.
    Re: the rain, Murphy never sleeps :wink:

    Sometimes things happen, I hope You managed to stay dry. I have a folding umbrella that actually fits in a pocket and I have disposable Rain Ponchos too.
    J's night blooming Cereus picked tonight to open this bloom. It will be open the one night and then it's done with that bloom. If only there were some way I could capture the heavenly scent and post it with the picture!
    I'm still waiting for smell-o-vision :smiley:

    At least it is not like the corpse plant that typically blooms every 7 years Plus or minus and has a less than heavenly fragrance.

    Your Dinner plate looked so good. Mashed Potatoes & Gravy who could resist, Not I :smile:

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Good Day! Sunday here!! and cool morning! Sweet!
    worked out in the back again this morning. It was nice out. My supervisor (Tom E.) was nowhere to be seen. I think he was up on the roof, as I did see him go up there while I was drinking my mushroom coffee this morning. Listened to a couple pod casts while I worked. also a little music. Filled my wheel barrow with pine cones, and had about half of a barrow full yesterday. Darn things are everywhere! My mystery plant turned out to be a day lily. Did I tell you yesterday that the mulberry tree that Ted sawed off a few weeks ago, has all these sprouts...mulberry bush???
    Hell Valerie
    Day Lilies are real hardy too, A couple of years ago when we tried Sunchokes and decided that they did not work in the front yard I took a couple that we had missed when we dug them and planted them along the shed by the fence in the back yard. There are a lot of them now. They tend to spread easily. The Raspberry bushes are spreading all over too, they keep having to be weeded out of the raised Planting bed.
    I've finished lunch (eggless egg salad stuffed pita with pickled onion, and a hand full of salad greens. And a small plate of sliced red bell pepper, celery, and those small cukes, and a few pieces of apple.
    Next up, shower, gym clothes, visit with Jack and Jenn so I can give Jenn her birthday gift a couple days early. and then stopping at gym and finally home again! That's my day I've looked twice, and I do not see a space for a nap :( ???? hmmmmm.
    I'll come back and watch a couple video's later, I watched most of the MRE one? I dunno why.
    Why am I not surprised that DoD bought bogus stuff from China? I will read that, and most of the other news links later too.
    Hope everyone has a good day!

    Later...
    Eggless Egg Salad ? What did You use to replace the Hard Boiled Eggs ?

    I do not fault the DoD except that they did not test the products. I blame the person who sold them Counterfeit goods.

    The MRE one was interesting and having a few days of MRE meals around in case of a disaster is not a bad idea. I have a version of that with the non refrigerated NS foods :wink:
    And a have a special straw that lets You drink through it safely from unsafe water.

    Oh well, in some ways busy is a lot better than bored.
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 23,181 Member
    Howdy all y'all. It's merciless Monday! Yet another hot one with no chance of rain. My "first of the month" money finally posted, so a big Kroger run is on today's agenda. I just might get lunch while out, though I have plenty o lamb, carrots, potatoes, and gravy left. My breakfast plate looked a whole lot like last night's dinner!

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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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  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 23,181 Member
    I made it out to Kroger and it wasn't too bad. I didn't get EVERYTHING on the list, but I did get all the critical stuff and quite a bit of the non-critical (but would have needed fairly soon) stuff. $126.92 later, I got home and unloaded what seemed like a paltry amount of groceries. Back in the day, that much money would have got me at least 5 week's worth of stuff.

  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 15,464 Member
    Hi
    Currently It is 51 degrees outside. The predicted high for Wednesday is in the mid 80s.

    https://news.yahoo.com/india-heatwave-temperatures-pass-50-celsius-204506312.html
    India heatwave temperatures pass 50 Celsius
    50 Celsius equals 122 Fahrenheit, now that's hot.

    You have to be kidding me, Pogo Sticks ?https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/05/31/swedish-startup-to-bring-pogo-sticks-to-s-f-as-e-scooter-alternative/
    Swedish Startup to Bring Pogo Sticks to S.F. as E-Scooter Alternative

    https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/california-s-jails-are-so-bad-some-inmates-beg-to/article_f7903d65-f147-5593-b8a9-8519370d5a31.html
    California’s jails are so bad some inmates beg to go to prison instead

    https://nypost.com/2019/05/31/pc-insanity-may-mean-the-end-of-american-universities/
    PC insanity may mean the end of American universities


    Have a Great Tuesday
    Roger
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