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Post by leannec on May 28, 2023 14:31:38 GMT
Hi everyone! I'm just getting ready to meet my mum for our weekly breakfast at Denny's! Molly's birthday dinner last night was really good ... the food was excellent ... my mum was kind of cranky but whatever. The lucky girl gets another birthday dinner on her actual birthday (the 30th) with ex and his fiancee and her son so she's a happy camper! No other plans today ... nothin' wrong with that! This is what I posted on Facebook today ... I don't do sports but I definitely enjoy a meal that involves meat and cheese! Dinner tonight will be something from Hello Fresh ... I'll decide what that will be once the box gets here ... How are you feeling today scrapmaven? What are your plans today? What is on your menu tonight? Have a relaxing Sunday everybody!
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 28, 2023 14:40:51 GMT
Seriously that meme is hilarious! I'm glad you all had a nice birthday dinner last night leannec. How was the cake? I'm just sitting here crocheting and bothering Jeremy by talking to him while he's trying to watch a movie. I am feeling a little unsteady this morning but it seems to be calming down a bit. I think the crochet is helping. I will probably just sit here a while longer before taking a shower. We are supposed to go to Jeremy's mom's house today for a BBQ. She doesn't want us to show up until after 4pm. So we still have most of the day to do what we want. I think she said she was making ribs. I offered to bring dessert. It is going to be a s'mores charcuterie board. Because I don't do sports either and charcuterie can also be caramel chocolates and Reese's cups to go on a s'more. I bought some grasshopper cookies too because melty marshmallow on grasshopper cookies is divine too.
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Post by KelleeM on May 28, 2023 14:46:56 GMT
I’m dog sitting at my sister’s house where it’s very very quiet! I think I’m going to take myself out for some fried seafood for a late lunch/early dinner. My sweet BIL stocked the freezer with 3 different flavors of Tillamook ice cream! I have officially failed dog walking 101…I did something to my leg when I stepped wrong getting ready for bed last night. Hopefully Gracie and I will get out for a walk later. It’s already 79° here and is supposed to get up to 88°. Already too hot for me! I’m sweating from watering all of karenlou ‘s plants!
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Post by Linda on May 28, 2023 14:50:42 GMT
quiet day planned here - DH is tired and I'm planning to be lazy. I do need to run to the grocery store for a couple of things - I forgot about Monday being Memorial Day when I planned the menu so amd having to revamp dinner tomorrow and need a couple of things. DH did say he would grill which is nice.
Dinner will be (Campbell's) tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches - we'll have raw veg and fruit on the side
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Post by ntsf on May 28, 2023 14:54:48 GMT
quiet grey day.. going to church for the first time in weeks.. finally over my cold and cough. I am filling in as liturgist.. last minute request. the pastor knows I love public speaking.
having leftovers, with salad and broccoli. my child with autism.. has been taking one college class at a time.. yesterday, she signed up for two classes!! she feels more confident and ready to try!!.. japanese conversation and roman novels (reading in latin). so I have hope.
more scrapbooking later today.
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 28, 2023 14:57:34 GMT
Getting ready to eat breakfast then we'll go for a long walk. Dinner will be Lombardy Chicken which is one of our favorites.
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 28, 2023 15:17:02 GMT
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Post by christine58 on May 28, 2023 15:23:38 GMT
It’s a roadrunner and a coyote. It was a cartoon years ago.
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 28, 2023 15:24:33 GMT
It’s a roadrunner and a coyote. It was a cartoon years ago. I didn't recognize the animals. In their real form. I do remember the cartoon.
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 28, 2023 15:43:00 GMT
We are going for coffee to a neighbour’s house at 10. Dexter is also invited. Dinner tonight could be anything. It’s only 8 am and I am not quite awake.
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Post by christine58 on May 28, 2023 15:48:55 GMT
Not sure what is for dinner. I need to put some mulch down before it gets too hot here. My cousin who I have not seen since my dad’s memorial service in July of 2020 is at my mom’s right now. He lived in Florida and has remarried and lives in NC. He pulled my mom into a lot of his own personal drama for a long time after his wife died in the fall of 2020. He lied to her about a lot of things. They were very close at one point because his own father is an asshole (he is my mothers brother) So, I’ll wander over there in a short while to just say hello. It was so bad at one point that I almost called him and told him to leave my mother be. She was constantly stressed over his issues, he had someone that we have referred to as a black widow move into his house,and took a lot of money in order to leave. His life was just a disaster, and a lot of things came to light after his wife passed away. Heartbreaking things, but can’t change the past, Can only move forward.
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Post by taylortroop on May 28, 2023 16:33:49 GMT
DH had enough energy today to go on a short ATV ride with my brother and his buddy. Walker and I went for a walk and are now relaxing on the deck. It’s a beautiful day, lots of sun and warm breeze.
Supper is unknown so far…
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Post by scrapmaven on May 28, 2023 16:43:39 GMT
cadoodlebug, bahahaha. I'm a huge Marvin the Martian fan, but any Looney Tunes character is fun. I didn't get it until someone explained it then it was SMH time. christine58 I think it's good that your going to your mom's house. It's a reminder to your cousin that he's being watched! leannec, thank you for asking. I'm feeling better today. In fact, I see a puzzle in my future, because I'm tired of being glued to this recliner. I need to run to the store, as well and possibly pick up some paint for some cabinets. Dh is putting in a new linen cabinet in our back hallway. He removed the ugly useless cabinets that were there. Now he's replacing them w/more efficient cupboards. He's prepping for his sabbatical, during which time he has many home renovations planned. Anyway, I like to pick up paint at this particular hardware store, because they have two adorable kitties and I get some extra kitty love. Enjoy today, my wonderful tribe. Dinner will be seasoned chicken sandwich and tater tots.
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Post by leannec on May 28, 2023 16:48:18 GMT
I'm glad you all had a nice birthday dinner last night leannec. How was the cake? Well, I loaded it with sprinkles as per request! I don't eat dessert of any sort so I don't know how it tasted but the other five people here devoured it so it must have been good! Grandma and a bunch of 20-somethings have no aversion to boxed cake mix cakes and canned frosting! Here is Molly and the famous cake before it was eaten!
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Post by tmarschall on May 28, 2023 16:50:51 GMT
It's a miracle...our cookout is in an hr and a half and we are ready already. Tons of work outside, cleaning inside plus food have all gone into getting ready for today. We are just doing hot dogs (good ones though!) and we've asked folks to bring deli type salads. I made baked beans (a new no sugar added recipe...we shall see, I am a fan of lots of brown sugar in beans and bbq so I'm hoping it's okay...bacon, jalapeño, onions, etc), macaroni salad, watermelon, a big bowl of fruit, sriracha slaw, chips, brownies, a low sugar jello poke cake, brownies and a beautiful key lime pie with raspberry sauce. Because as far as pitch-in/potlucks go, I have trust issues! So far I've heard someone is bringing a taco salad, and a corn, bean salsa thing. Out of 15 people, no idea what else. Hopefully that means they are just going to the deli and seeing what sounds good. We also have toppings for Chicago dogs. jeremysgirl, you s'mores charcuterie board will fit in just fine if you'd rather head my way. 😁 The pups have been medicated, the beer and drinks are on ice, and I'm ready to throw the dogs on the grill. I'll keep them warm in the crockpot. Have a great day, everyone...wish you all were coming!
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Post by tmarschall on May 28, 2023 16:52:11 GMT
I'm glad you all had a nice birthday dinner last night leannec. How was the cake? Well, I loaded it with sprinkles as per request! I don't eat dessert of any sort so I don't know how it tasted but the other five people here devoured it so it must have been good! Grandma and a bunch of 20-somethings have no aversion to boxed cake mix cakes and canned frosting! Here is Molly and the famous cake before it was eaten! Your cake looks great, and your daughter is adorable!
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 28, 2023 16:56:10 GMT
I'm glad you all had a nice birthday dinner last night leannec. How was the cake? Well, I loaded it with sprinkles as per request! I don't eat dessert of any sort so I don't know how it tasted but the other five people here devoured it so it must have been good! Grandma and a bunch of 20-somethings have no aversion to boxed cake mix cakes and canned frosting! Here is Molly and the famous cake before it was eaten! That frosting looks good! Omg! I would eat it out of the can!
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Post by scrapmaven on May 28, 2023 17:03:12 GMT
Molly is so pretty, leannec. That cake looks home baked. Have fun today tmarschall. Be in the moment and enjoy the company. Like you, I'd rather not eat anyone's food unless I know their kitchen habits. Have fun at coffee Dexter the Whoodle and Delta Dawn.
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Post by sueg on May 28, 2023 18:13:34 GMT
We had a quiet day today. Our dinner out last night was lovely, and I told DH we should go back there more often. It is less than 10 minutes walk from home, good food and reasonable prices - what's not to love! Today was church as usual, then a lazy afternoon of football and knitting for me. Our women's team played today, and also won the German championship and we have just been watching the team celebration from the Town Hall. I didn't get as much knitting done as I hoped, as DS2 kept texting me during the match.
Dinner was steak kebabs on the grill, with potatoes and grilled aubergines.
Tomorrow is another public holiday here, and we were planning a day trip with a couple of friends, but the weather is not looking good where we planned t go, so we have decided to just have a lazy afternoon on the terrace with the friends.
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Post by lucyg on May 28, 2023 18:31:07 GMT
I finally have a quiet day at home. Going to finish the project from my card class yesterday. I will pick through the fridge for dinner … we’re back to lots of rechauffe. Have a great time at your BBQ, tmarschall. Wish I were there. It all sounds soooo good!
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 28, 2023 18:31:58 GMT
Molly is so pretty, leannec. That cake looks home baked. Have fun today tmarschall. Be in the moment and enjoy the company. Like you, I'd rather not eat anyone's food unless I know their kitchen habits. Have fun at coffee Dexter the Whoodle and Delta Dawn. Coffee was lovely and she served a delightful almond pound cake and expected us to eat two slices which were welcomed. Omg so good! Dexter loves her and he was very well-behaved.
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 28, 2023 19:26:02 GMT
Dinner tonight will be cheddar and bacon infused burgers. I will make some coleslaw and a green vegetable. Father and his gf are going to a concert then are coming back here for coffee and something sweet to eat. I get more company lol. It just occurred to me that this was the case.
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Post by stormsts on May 28, 2023 23:56:25 GMT
Just finished dinner. BLT’s for the win. My go to easy summer dinner.
We went to South Bend yesterday for a soccer tournament. Watched a total of six soccer games between yesterday and today. Luckily, the weather was not too hot. Had a great time with DS and his family. Got home late this afternoon. DH mowed and I watered everything. Trying to keep the new perennials alive.
Going to finish the day with a short walk.
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Post by tmarschall on May 29, 2023 0:10:50 GMT
Molly is so pretty, leannec. That cake looks home baked. Have fun today tmarschall. Be in the moment and enjoy the company. Like you, I'd rather not eat anyone's food unless I know their kitchen habits. Have fun at coffee Dexter the Whoodle and Delta Dawn. Haha, I will eat about anything. My trust issues come in wondering if people will bring anything. And if whatever they bring will go with anything else, and if it will be tasty. It was fine. We had tons of food. A bean dip thing,.a layered taco dip and a taco salad all made an appearance, but it was pretty expected since everyone's Mexican! There was also potato salad, mac salad, more fruit. And a cookie with icing tray. I grilled tons of hot dogs. My favorite student and her brother came. Everyone ate and played several very competitive rounds of super mega jenga. It was a lovely day!
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Post by tmarschall on May 29, 2023 0:21:51 GMT
We had a bee-yoo-tee-ful day. And we have a fridge of good leftovers, the house still looks good, and we are dozing outside. Attachments:
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Post by scrappintoee on May 29, 2023 0:28:46 GMT
Hi, dear dinner peeps. I am exhauuuusted from our foster doggies today. LOVE them, but it's too much for me today! DAMNIT, I *wish* I could be as calm and laid back as DH !!!!! scrapmaven ...I'm worried about you, even though you say you're a bit better (( hugs )) s'mores charcuterie board. Because I don't do sports either and charcuterie can also be caramel chocolates and Reese's cups to go on a s'more. I bought some grasshopper cookies too because melty marshmallow on grasshopper cookies is divine too. I am DROOLING! I have officially failed dog walking 101…I did something to my leg when I stepped wrong getting ready for bed last night. Hopefully Gracie and I will get out for a walk later. KelleeM......ouch! Hope it's not serious! my child with autism.. has been taking one college class at a time.. yesterday, she signed up for two classes!! she feels more confident and ready to try!!.. japanese conversation and roman novels (reading in latin). so I have hope. Wow, that's awesome! She must be very smart, learning TWO different languages! Well, I loaded it with sprinkles as per request! I LOVE sprinkles on frosting, and Molly is adorable! We had a bee-yoo-tee-ful day. tmarschall ...Love all the piks! Looks like a blast! I'm sooo jealous---I miss our families! By the way, the brand "Swerve" makes sugar-free brown "sugar", and it is yummy! (P.S...your hair is so fun! ) Okayyy.....now I want Leanne's cake, allll the desserts at tmarschall's, annnd JerGirl's sweet charcuterie !!!!!
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Post by ntsf on May 29, 2023 0:58:27 GMT
scrappintoee.. my child took latin in high school then has almost finished a classics minor.. last semester was roman poetry in latin. she has been studying japanese off and on for over 10 yrs.. trying to finish a degree in it. she loves to translate. her twin took 8 yrs of russian, and her brother took 4 yrs of mandarin chinese.
my dh is super good with languages.. --which is why he did very well in computer science.
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Post by tmarschall on May 29, 2023 1:18:32 GMT
We had a bee-yoo-tee-ful day. tmarschall ...Love all the piks! Looks like a blast! I'm sooo jealous---I miss our families! By the way, the brand "Swerve" makes sugar-free brown "sugar", and it is yummy! (P.S...your hair is so fun! ) Okayyy.....now I want Leanne's cake, allll the desserts at tmarschall's, annnd JerGirl's sweet charcuterie !!!!! Thank you! I want all the sweets too. I think the winner today was a big key lime.pie with raspberry sauce. We need a big Pea party.
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Post by scrapmaven on May 29, 2023 3:44:59 GMT
tmarschall, those are great photos. Everyone looks so happy. YUM! scrappintoee, you're so sweet. I promise that I'm really OK. It was a self mani that went awry. After several days I started to feel icky, so I got an antibiotic and all will be just fine in a day or two. I'm already much better. I'm sorry that you're so tired. After the next surgery I'm thinking much healthier and fun thoughts for you.
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Post by scrappintoee on May 29, 2023 4:38:41 GMT
scrapmaven ...I'm glad you're really okay. Beatrice FINALLY calmed down and has been asleep for hours...yippee! Peaches is quiet and sweet, and no trouble at all, but "QUEEN BEA" can be VERY high-maintenance! Poor Bea is suffering due to the terrible hoomans that had her before. After all we've seen with these precious rescue doggies, I wish people had to get LICENSED, take CLASSES, (and maybe even personality tests! ) before they were allowed to have *ANY* pets! leannec ..You said you don't eat desserts of any kind, and I WISH I could say that! If I'm being too nosey, of course, don't answer...but I'm curious if it's for health, or you just don't like sweets? my dh is super good with languages.. --which is why he did very well in computer science. I never knew there was a correlation between language proficiency and computers...time to google! I learn the most interesting things here! (example---cadoodlebug and lucyg talking about goats helping with fire prevention in California---how had I NEVER heard of that ! ? ! ) So glad we have google now! We have discussed all of us meeting in person and how FUN that would be !!! My imaginary plan is someone wins the lottery and pays for everyones' plane fares, hotels, restaurants, etc. and we all go and hang out with AussieMeg in her beautiful Australiaaaaa !!!! And since Meg has told / shown piks of what an AMAAAZING cook her dear mother-in-law is, I thought it'd be nice for the lottery winner to pay for alllllllll the groceries so she could cook for all of us. Of course it'd be a LOT of work for her to cook such a large group, so the lottery winner might also give her some VERY nice gift$ **but seriously, since there are a lot of dinner peeps in or near Cali, we could meet there. (P.S...every time peAple mention walking on/near the beach, SF bay, Lake Tahoe, etc...I am completely green with envy). I've been to several California cities, and love them ALL! I've actually bugged DH about moving there many times!
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