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Post by leannec on Jan 14, 2023 16:46:45 GMT
Hi everyone! I have just made a Starbucks run and it just so happened that Emma was working there this morning so it was nice to see her! I'm picking up my mum at 1pm so that we can grab groceries for dinner tonight because my aunt and cousin are also coming over for dinner and to play Scrabble and see my new condo! Yes, I'll get my butt kicked by the three Scrabble masters. I'll be grilling steak (on a grill pan on my stove because I don't own an outdoor grill), baking some potatoes and frying up some mushrooms ... yum! This is what I posted on Facebook today ... I have always had small kitchens so do not try to cook with me ... ever. Please feel free to sit at the table and talk to me while I cook though! What are your plans today? What is on your menu tonight? Have a great Saturday everybody!
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Post by scrapmaven on Jan 14, 2023 16:57:30 GMT
Good morning leannec . I always wish I could play Scrabble w/you and your family. Those evenings sound like so much fun. Enjoy. It's nice that you got to see Emma. Could you please hand me a non fat peppermint mocha? Thanks ever so much. hehe. I'm going out to find a pair of ballet flats to wear w/my outfit for the funeral on Friday. Then I'm picking up sil from the airport. Dinner is takeout, because ods is coming home for an overnighter and he'll be able to pick up dinner for everyone. I really want to do some fun stuff in my scrap room, but I don't think there will be time. Though a puzzle will come out, since sil will be here. Have a relaxing, fun Saturday/Sunday everyone.
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Post by sueg on Jan 14, 2023 17:05:25 GMT
Lazy Saturday here. Dh did grocery shopping this morning while I did a load of laundry, and this afternoon he went out to meet an ex work colleague, who is in Munich for a few days and I went out for a walk.
Dinner tonight is pork gyros with rice, tzatziki and spinach.
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Post by tmarschall on Jan 14, 2023 17:11:07 GMT
Some of my best memories as a kid were Fridays nights staying with my friend overnight, and playing board games with her loud fun family. Her dad was out pastor, and he taught me everything I know about UNO, including my killer competitive instinct! My house growing up was very quiet. My grandparents and I played cards, and once in a rare moment my mom would kick my butt in Monopoly, but it wasn't a home where kids (me) were really entertained.
We are at my husband' grandson's wrestling tournament. Next up are a few errands and a trip to Chicago's burbs for Half Price Books and our favorite bakery for the first paczckis of the season, yay! Tonight we are going to hear that Santana cover band and eat pizza and wings. One of our favorite places supplies the food for this bar, so while I normally would not be too thrilled about heading to a pub type place later in the evening, in the cold, the food will be good, and I got my evening in on the couch last night. Nick is very excited to go. It's all a trade off. I'm very lucky that a lot of times when I suggest something, he immediately says "let's do it!" So I'll put on a cute dress and do this for him. And eat great wings!
Have fun puzzling and scrabbling!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jan 14, 2023 17:11:27 GMT
Good afternoon, ladies.
I have had a pretty slow morning. But I did get my butt on the elliptical machine. I'm proud to say I set a goal of getting on it for at least 3 minutes every day that Jeremy works. I did 5 out of 6 days this week. Might have only been 3 minutes but I'm forming a habit again. Might just be able to get back to running this spring.
I'm sitting here crocheting now. Jeremy came home and he's showering. We are going to do a run to BJ's. I need a few things from there. But I told him there is no way we are spending $300 so he better dial it down. 😂 I'm sure he will talk me into the popcorn chicken bites. So I think we will have those for dinner tonight and tomorrow. I'm going to pick up some fries or tater tots too. It'll be tasty but not healthy.
When I get home, I will put on that audiobook I'm having the love/hate relationship with and crochet some more. Those are my only plans today. It is basically a take it very easy day. I'm still trying to figure out what I can propose to Jeremy would be a fun outing for Monday. The problem is that outside of beaches and restaurants, we have nothing in common. 🤣
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Post by KelleeM on Jan 14, 2023 17:16:56 GMT
Tonight we’re having pizza, for real! Chicken wings have also been requested. Easy for me because the place with the good wings delivers!
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Post by tmarschall on Jan 14, 2023 17:26:49 GMT
Tonight we’re having pizza, for real! Chicken wings have also been requested. Easy for me because the place with the good wings delivers! Pizza and wings for the win!
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Post by tmarschall on Jan 14, 2023 17:34:08 GMT
Good afternoon, ladies. I have had a pretty slow morning. But I did get my butt on the elliptical machine. I'm proud to say I set a goal of getting on it for at least 3 minutes every day that Jeremy works. I did 5 out of 6 days this week. Might have only been 3 minutes but I'm forming a habit again. Might just be able to get back to running this spring. I'm sitting here crocheting now. Jeremy came home and he's showering. We are going to do a run to BJ's. I need a few things from there. But I told him there is no way we are spending $300 so he better dial it down. 😂 I'm sure he will talk me into the popcorn chicken bites. So I think we will have those for dinner tonight and tomorrow. I'm going to pick up some fries or tater tots too. It'll be tasty but not healthy. When I get home, I will put on that audiobook I'm having the love/hate relationship with and crochet some more. Those are my only plans today. It is basically a take it very easy day. I'm still trying to figure out what I can propose to Jeremy would be a fun outing for Monday. The problem is that outside of beaches and restaurants, we have nothing in common. 🤣 What audiobook are you listening to, and why do you love/hate it? I have gotten into podcasts bc of my commute. I'm not commuting much this semester, which is good bc I have binged my favorites and have had to look for something new. I've started listening to Double Date, where Phil Donahue and wife Marlo Thomas interview long term couples about what makes their marriages work. It's both light-hearted and serious, and they both do great interviews. Then I take what resonates back to Nick and keep him from falling asleep bc I want to process it all, haha. Today we listened to one together.. Viola Davis and her husband Julian. So good! He really enjoyed it too. Are there any podcasts you might both like, where you could go on a drive together? Sometimes we listen to old Click and Clack rerun podcasts. He gets to try to predict the explanation for car problems people called in about, and I enjoy it bc they are funny and talk shit to each other, even if it's not really my own interest.
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Post by ntsf on Jan 14, 2023 17:38:17 GMT
tonight.. salmon cakes again and pasta. trying to recover from yesterday's drama. we watched 2/3 of the elvis movie last night.. will watch the rest today. rather an unusual movie.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jan 14, 2023 17:52:11 GMT
tmarschall it is this book. And it's drowning in its own pretention. I'm trying to keep an open mind but I can't help but feel like this is a dismissal of modern life to the point where the author says we ought to spend significant amounts of time birdwatching to cleanse ourselves. Lol! This is very much a stream of consciousness book. It is not concise. It's points are not clear. It rambles. So while part of my brain enjoys playing with concepts the other part is thinking...get to the fucking point.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jan 14, 2023 17:55:11 GMT
we watched 2/3 of the elvis movie last night.. will watch the rest today. rather an unusual movie. We did too! We have about 45 minutes left. I saw Elvis in one of his last concerts and wish I hadn't. He looked so bad and bloated. I would rather remember him as the young Elvis I saw in the 60's. Dinner will be Chicken Lombardy because we ended up having spaghetti last night. Remember the days when they used to check your baggage claim tag?
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jan 14, 2023 17:59:45 GMT
Happy Saturday all! I am still lazing around trying to work through the NYT crossword. I need to get to the store, but maybe after it warms up a bit. Not sure what's for dinner. I can't disagree with part 2 of your meme more leannec - the ONLY time I enjoy cooking is with someone! I think the hardest part of cooking with the kids away at school is all the years they were sitting at the bar doing homework, chatting or chopping while I cooked. My son turned into a really great cook with all those years of helping out.
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Post by taylortroop on Jan 14, 2023 18:13:21 GMT
I have stew in the crockpot for DH. I know that I said I was making it a few days ago but that went sideways. So today the house smells yummy and he’s excited not to have to cook. Not sure what I will have but I can always find something to eat.
This morning I did some laundry, took some magazines and books to my mom, stopped at the library and took some clothes to Goodwill. Not sure if I should read now or spend some time in my craft room making cards.
The sun is shining but the sidewalks are really slippery. I will forego my walk until the ice melts.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jan 14, 2023 19:16:17 GMT
It has been raining all night and supposed to rain all day. The same forecast for the Niners vs Seahawks game in Santa Clara. It's going to be ugly.
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Post by teddyw on Jan 14, 2023 19:17:04 GMT
Dh decided that we need to move anything at the cabin that goes in our unfinished house this weekend. I just say whatever. It’s not going to get it finished faster. It’s so cold too here. I’m done with winter. We are meeting friends at a dive bar so some bar food. They do make fair fries so probably something with them. sueg I also grew up in the chickenpox era. I got them last & worst in my family. My chest still has scars. I got the shingles vax series because my dad, brother and niece had them twice. I do not want that.
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Post by lucyg on Jan 14, 2023 19:38:39 GMT
Cousin is here and we’re trying to avoid the rest of the family and just hang out/read/scrapbook/whatever all day. Visiting sister is at mom’s, but she wants to come over here and do nothing, too. Meanwhile, mom loses patience after a couple of days of too much family, so she wants sister gone, anyway. We will work it out. Dinner will probably be chicken noodle soup. I’m going to throw the chicken in the crockpot here shortly. Or something. Also maybe going to finally break out the new Ninja CREAMi and make some ice cream (tomorrow, it has to freeze overnight first).
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 14, 2023 19:45:12 GMT
I emptied my office/craft room into the upstairs hall and have deep cleaned into the corners so it is a dust & cobweb free zone once again.
Now the fun begins as I decide whether to move furniture around before reloading the space. Decisions, decisions. I have two stand alone desks and think it would be interesting to see how a L-shape would work. I'm also thinking of stealing DD's desk for another surface if it will fit. My goal is to have the room back together by tomorrow night.
We are going out for my delayed birthday dinner. DS and I have been discussing the menu all week and I'm most excited about trying a seafood loaded paella.
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Post by lucyg on Jan 14, 2023 19:46:13 GMT
Oh yes, and it is raining. Pouring. Noah’s Ark volume rain. I’m over it.
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Post by ntsf on Jan 14, 2023 20:06:31 GMT
over in the city, it hasn't rain since before 9 am.. a short sprinkle a bit ago, and sunny almost.. I think the forecast for today's big football game has gone to showers, not the deluge.. ran out to the store and it was full!!
hey.. blue sky overhead at the coast!!!
after monday, the bay area will have at least 1-2 weeks of no rain.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jan 14, 2023 20:10:32 GMT
Mmm... bc2ca that sounds delicious. Last April, the whole freaking month it was 40 and rainy here. It was terrible. No spring to be had. And then by June we were on fire. It was so hot. Isn't climate change fun? 🙄
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Jan 14, 2023 20:16:51 GMT
Happy Saturday!
Went to our favorite used bookstore. They have all sorts of things, and DH wanted to look for records. Didn't find any he wanted, but I picked up 3 Gary Paulsen books and a book about counterfeiting for a whole $3.50.
We got Cookout for lunch. We weren't overly impressed. 🤷♀️
Tonight's dinner will be steak and haluski, one of our favorites. The steaks I got are pretty large and my folks gave us an Outback Steakhouse gift card for Christmas, so we'll have the other steak tomorrow with sides from OS.
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Post by karenlou on Jan 14, 2023 20:54:41 GMT
Dinner will be out, we have 2 GC to a local "Fishery" restaurant, so I imagine I'll have fish of some sort
I have been Zooming with my SB friends while sorting pictures...OMG after my room reorganization I realized I have SO MANY PHOTOS...so I am sorting and actually putting photo's with page kits in anticipation of the March weekend crop. I have to have enough to do to be busy for 3 days🤣🤣🤣
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Post by JoP on Jan 14, 2023 21:19:25 GMT
We had Indian food- chicken tikka, pilau rice, onion bhajis, and Bombay potatoes.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jan 14, 2023 21:27:39 GMT
over in the city, it hasn't rain since before 9 am.. a short sprinkle a bit ago, and sunny almost.. I think the forecast for today's big football game has gone to showers, not the deluge Great news, thanks for letting me know! Two days ago DH's phone stopped the ability to send/receive calls. I spent a lot of time on Google trying to fix it. Finally I realized I would have to go to the Verizon store but hated to in this weather. When I tried to book an appointment, one option was getting a call from a tech within an hour. Long story short: Sandra, the tech, texted me a few minutes later and, within 15 minutes, had DH's phone fixed, all from her end. THEN she changed our account to unlimited data (it had been 6GB) with no increase in price.
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Post by christine58 on Jan 14, 2023 21:27:56 GMT
I have arrived safely. 🏝☀️
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jan 14, 2023 21:34:05 GMT
I have arrived safely. 🏝☀️ Color me green! Glad you made it safely. Enjoy!
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Post by ntsf on Jan 14, 2023 21:56:05 GMT
and for cadoodlebug.. the sun is even brighter over our house.. blue sky still showing and the 49ers are 10-0 over the seahawks. my dh is texting with his sister in seattle and she is not happy.. I just made guacamole for the game
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Post by destined2bmom on Jan 14, 2023 22:18:55 GMT
Hi Everyone, leannec Enjoy your dinner and evening with your family. Your meme is funny. scrapmaven I hope that you find the perfect cute shoes! sueg Your dinner sounds so good. tmarschall Your day sounds fun. jeremysgirl Good for you getting on the elliptical. Have a nice day relaxing. I might listen to this one. Although, I actually have “How To Do Nothing” down. I wonder what I could learn from it. KelleeM Enjoy your pizza and wings. ntsf I haven’t watched Elvis. But I hope that you get through it. Your dinner sounds delicious. cadoodlebug Your dinner sounds great! I hope that you also get through Elvis. Cute meme. I am glad that you were able to fix your DH’s phone. Darcy Collins Awe, what wonderful memories! I understand how you feel. I only have until Sunday night with a full house, because ODS is going back to his university. taylortroop I bet your house smells so good. I bet your mom was so happy to get the books and magazines. teddyw Have fun with your friends tonight. lucyg Your post made me smile. I love the way you describe your day. I hope that you like the Ninja Cremi. bc2ca Can you come to my house and do my craft room? I hope that you love it, once you are finished. rymeswithpurple The score at the bookstore is great. Sorry your DH didn’t find any al bums. Your dinner sounds delicious. karenlou Have a great time zooming and scrapping with your friends. JoP Your dinner sounds delicious. What are Bombay potatoes? christine58 Glad you made it there safely! Enjoy your time there! Today I have been washing my bedding, doing laundry, dishes etc. Dinner tonight is Prime Rib,, baked potatoes, corn and rolls. DH and YDS are doing the cooking, so I hope it turns out good. I hope all of you have a fabulous day.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jan 14, 2023 22:19:51 GMT
and for cadoodlebug.. the sun is even brighter over our house.. blue sky still showing and the 49ers are 10-0 over the seahawks. my dh is texting with his sister in seattle and she is not happy.. I just made guacamole for the game 10-7 now. And we're having big claps of thunder. ugh!
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Post by AussieMeg on Jan 14, 2023 22:51:18 GMT
I went to my dad's for a swim in the afternoon, and he sent me home with another pot of Thai basil. (He grows it for me, then hands it over when it's at the point that I'm less likely to kill it! ) So I decided to make this Thai Basil Chilli Chicken - except I used pork that I had in the fridge.
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