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Post by scrapmaven on Mar 18, 2024 15:05:50 GMT
Good morning.
Yesterday I spent most of the day in the kitchen. I made and froze chicken stew, Giada's chicken meatballs and sauce and a Honeybaked casserole, cause I forgot that I had frozen the ham. Dh will have plenty of meals if he is too busy doing projects to think about cooking. I also made a batch of choco chip cookie dough and froze them in balls, so that he can bake up 3 cookies at a time.
Dinner tonight is night two of dh's homemade pizza.
What's on your menu?
Today I have to get my carry-on organized. I sent my luggage ahead and hopefully, it will meet me at my hotel on Tuesday. So far, so good. It's currently in an adjacent city to my hotel. I've used this luggage service a few times and they're very reliable.
What is everyone up to this week?
May your week be filled w/happiness, laughter, productivity and many reasons to smile.
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Post by sueg on Mar 18, 2024 15:17:06 GMT
Two more sleeps until I fly to Melbourne.
I spoke to my sister for a while this morning - I’ll be staying with her for a couple of days when I arrive. We think we have everything sorted out re: keys, food and sleeping arrangements, as she also has my brother there for a couple of days while his wife is in hospital having her knee replacement tomorrow.
DS also messaged me to say that two small girls need Easter bonnets a week after I arrive. He sent me a picture of what Sophia wants and said Lucia can have something simple, as she’ll just trash it anyway!
After speaking with my sister, I went out to the nearest shopping mall and have a few things to make the bonnets. I think I’m just about set now, just need to do laundry in the morning and pack my bags tomorrow afternoon.
DH is out for dinner again tonight. I bought some cheese and spinach bureks at the supermarket while shopping, so one of those will be dinner for me.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Mar 18, 2024 15:19:46 GMT
Happy Birthday KelleeM ! Hope your day is wonderful! I made headway in my craft room yesterday and will continue today. Dinner might be spaghetti and meatballs. ![]()  |
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Post by hutchfan on Mar 18, 2024 15:24:32 GMT
Happy Birthday KelleeM!💐🎁 Happy Monday everyone! I am fixing Southwest Chili and cornbread for dinner tonight. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 18, 2024 15:30:48 GMT
Happy birthday to KelleeM! Hope you have a good day! scrapmaven you have been busy cooking lately! Alan should be all set this week while you are gone. What a good wife you are. I'm making a mushroom and lentil stew tonight. Sounded good to me. I have signed up for a recipe subscription service through Rainbow Plant Life. I'm trying to go back to including more vegan meals again. I'm pretty excited to try this again. Other than that, my day is slow. A trip to the library. And I'm waiting impatiently for the quilt store to call me. |
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Post by leannec on Mar 18, 2024 15:31:23 GMT
Happy happy birthday KelleeM!!  My cleaning lady is here right now ... I was running around here like a madwoman for the last half hour getting the place ready for her  . So dumb!  I will be home for the next two weeks ... I can't sub for the next two days due to a mix up at the school board (no surprise) ... then we are having a huge dump of snow so I am not working for the two days before Spring Break - because I don't want to!  . Spring Break runs through until April 1st ... then I will work April 2nd.  I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon to have a form filled out for work ... My girlfriend is probably coming over for dinner and Netflix or The Bachelor tonight ... I'm not sure what we will eat ... depends if I feel like cooking! |
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Post by scrapmaven on Mar 18, 2024 15:50:04 GMT
jeremysgirl, I can't wait to hear that you are quilting. I would be like a little kid, chomping at the bit for my new toy. leannec, I will be binge watching The Bachelor when I return. Have fun tonight.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 18, 2024 16:16:32 GMT
I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon to have a form filled out for work ... Why would you need a doctor form for substitute teaching? |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 18, 2024 16:17:13 GMT
I can't wait to hear that you are quilting. I would be like a little kid, chomping at the bit for my new toy. I am!! |
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Post by scrapmaven on Mar 18, 2024 16:33:28 GMT
I can't wait to hear that you are quilting. I would be like a little kid, chomping at the bit for my new toy. I am!! GIMME! Come on quilting store. |
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Post by stormsts on Mar 18, 2024 16:36:45 GMT
Happy Birthday KelleeM. Have a fabulous day!!! Sounds like a lot of you are having some fabulous meals. DH has been doing most of the cooking lately. He does a good job with what he can do but his skills are limited. Another busy day... |
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Mar 18, 2024 16:38:15 GMT
Happy Monday! Happy Birthday KelleeM ! Hope you have a wonderful day! I have frittered away the morning and now need to get myself in gear as I have a lengthy to-do list. This afternoon I have a consultation with some ladies who install raised organic garden beds. Not only do they design/install them but they provide continuing support and education. We are hoping to get at least one bed initially for veggies and perhaps a smaller one for herbs and/or flowers. DH enjoys working with plants and it would be nice to have it all set up and going by the time he retires. While I typically avoid anything plant related, I grew up with large gardens and know more than I let on.  Dinner will be rechauffe with several choices. The marinated shrimp and veggies turned out well on the indoor griddle, especially the pineapple slices! Will definitely do those again! Hope everyone has a good day. |
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Post by leannec on Mar 18, 2024 17:28:40 GMT
I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon to have a form filled out for work ... Why would you need a doctor form for substitute teaching? The note is a "Return To Work" form ... apparently the sick desk has no record of the one I sent them when I retired ... I can't find my copy either so it is a mystery!  Apparently, I shouldn't be subbing until this form is processed ... so I'm getting it today ... If it's not one thing it's another! |
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Post by scrappert on Mar 18, 2024 17:39:13 GMT
Happy Birthday KelleeM!! I am thinking of unstuffed peppers for dinner tonight and a salad. That may change, but that is the thought right now! I have a grocery order to pick up after work. Hemming and hawing on when to start the bathroom, we went and bought everything this weekend that could be on BO (vanity, sink, mirror, shower, shower door, linen cabinet). Sill need the faucet, drywall, doors, trim. We have the insulation. We thought we were having Easter dinner at our place but that has changed so we can start at any time now. SO thinks he can just start on the trim and we will go from there if we feels like doing that during the week. |
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Mar 18, 2024 18:05:41 GMT
Happy Birthday KelleeM    Wishing you a year filled with all the best things life has to give! I spent most of the weekend on the couch. I tweaked my hip and it hurt to do almost everything. I am fine today. I did binge watch the latest season of Love is Blind. It was 13 episodes  That about 2 weeks of normal tv time for me! Dinner tonight is chicken legs, cesar salad, and a baked potato. |
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Mar 18, 2024 18:25:28 GMT
Monday already? How'd that happen? Happy birthday, KelleeM! 🎂 Went to a new to me allergist this morning. She was so lovely. She believes that the respiratory infections I had earlier this year were probably the sinus infections that weren't diagnosed properly, so that answered one of my questions; and then I did get allergy tested while I was there. Her words were "very, very allergic" to tree pollen. I tried to take a picture of my back where it was itchiest (which is not easy to do) because I could definitely tell it was the itchiest area (and of course, curiosity). They gave me an Allegra and put some hydrocortisone cream on a few areas for me. So she wants me to use a combination azelastine/fluticasone nasal spray and Allegra. If I'm feeling like it is not helping as much as it could be, she suggested a follow up visit where antibiotics might make an appearance since it did seem like the respiratory issues were actually sinus infections. Allergies aside, not much going on here. Dinner this week is salad kits with chicken on top. |
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Post by littlemama on Mar 18, 2024 18:41:25 GMT
I went nosing back to see where scrapmaven is going (and if she finally gets to have some fun!) and came across this out-of-context gem: "Im really disappointed to hear that your foot hasnt arrived." 😂😂 My fil (the one who passed away 11 years ago yeaterday) had a brace on his leg that he just referred to as his leg. One day, he was visiting and had removed it. I caught my ds (around 2 years old) playing with it and uttered this family-famous sentence "DS, you cannot play hockey with grampa's leg. Please put it back where it came from" In other news, I believe step-FIL will be in hospice care within a day or 2. He has suffered so much in the past 16 months, he is ready to rest. |
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Post by taylortroop on Mar 18, 2024 18:42:17 GMT
Happy Birthday KelleeM! Winter has returned and it’s been snowing off and on all day. And it’s cold! DS and family returned from Florida yesterday and were not impressed with the temperatures here. I’m having a lazy day. I did a load of laundry and vacuumed the dog hair but other than that, I’ve planted myself in the lazy boy and have been reading most of the day. Supper is chili for DH and I will probably have tuna on a bagel and some raw veggies and dip. |
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Post by Tearisci on Mar 18, 2024 18:42:19 GMT
Happy Monday and Happy Birthday KelleeM! It's a normal work day for me. Nothing exciting at all. Dinner tonight will be leftover ham and scalloped potatoes from last night. I'm picking up my sister and BIL from the airport tonight after they had a nice weekend in Key West. I'm so jealous and anxious to go somewhere. I'm flying out to VA to spend a long weekend with DS and his husband the first weekend in April. I'm so excited and ready to go. Hope you all have a great day! |
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Mar 18, 2024 18:51:25 GMT
littlemama I'm so sorry to hear that. My late MIL was in hospice for just under a week. She fought it for so long, but it was the best thing for her. Your story about the leg made me think of this video I saw on Instagram recently: http://instagram.com/p/C4DorGhLjBm
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Post by karenlou on Mar 18, 2024 19:15:12 GMT
OMG, rhymeswithpurple, I literally LOL at that video!!!!
Only 2 more sleeps for me as well sueg, I am headed to Vegas to Celebrate the BIG "70" with my BFF...I am so excited!!!!
Dinner will be my New England boiled dinner with smoked shoulder instead of corned beef....there will be cabbage, carrots potatoes and turnip to go with!!
I have brownies in the oven as we speak and it is smelling good in here. I was going to make cookies for DH , however brownies are way less work.
He will be in good shape as far as meal choices while I am gone.
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Post by ntsf on Mar 18, 2024 19:35:38 GMT
happy birthday kelleem...
we went out skiing this morning. only about 25 when we went out.. 45 when we left at noon.
we skied for about 2.5 hours.. my brother took a run with dh.. so that was nice. I did 5 fast runs and then skied with dh and took video of him..
now lazy afternoon I think. last day of skiing tomorrow. dinner is salad and leftovers.. so super easy.
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Post by leannec on Mar 18, 2024 19:59:12 GMT
Only 2 more sleeps for me as well sueg, I am headed to Vegas to Celebrate the BIG "70" with my BFF...I am so excited!!!! Oh fun! Where are you staying? Are you going to any shows? |
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Post by KelleeM on Mar 18, 2024 20:38:28 GMT
Thank you all for the birthday wishes!! ❤️
We’re having grilled steak tips with broccoli and rice for dinner. There is cheesecake for dessert…it is amazing!
I worked today but it was a good day. I had fun celebrations over the weekend!
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Post by KelleeM on Mar 18, 2024 20:39:18 GMT
Only 2 more sleeps for me as well sueg, I am headed to Vegas to Celebrate the BIG "70" with my BFF...I am so excited!!!! Oh fun! Where are you staying? Are you going to any shows? I’m not karenlou but her bff lives in Vegas. She moved there from Washington about 7 years ago. |
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Post by lucyg on Mar 18, 2024 21:04:41 GMT
I had a fun weekend away, eating mostly Mexican food. So delish. Tonight I'm making my usual corned beef and cabbage dinner since I just got home at dinner time yesterday. Tomorrow AM I am taking my beautiful baby car in to have the passenger side damage repaired. It will be gone for at least two weeks. Fortunately, I still own my 17yo previous car … it’s at my son’s house, but they aren't actually using it yet. So I’ll be driving that for the next few weeks. Forgot to mention last week that the child formerly known as “the 5yo” when I first started posting in the dinner thread turned 15 a week ago today. Cry, ladies. KelleeM, happy birthday to you!! Also happy birthday to karenlou, whom I have noted inside my head to be LESS THAN A YEAR younger than I am.  |
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Post by lucyg on Mar 18, 2024 21:05:52 GMT
And rymeswithpurple, that video is absolutely deplorable. That poor, horrified child. |
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Post by Linda on Mar 18, 2024 21:26:06 GMT
Happy Birthday KelleeM - hope it's a wonderful one! Dinner tonight is leftovers - corned beef, potatoes, Irish soda bread, Guinness chocolate cake...I'll grab a vegetable from the freezer to go with as we didn't have leftovers of those. It's been a scrappy day here - hopped on an online crop this morning and then out to lunch with some local friends and then more scrapping this afternoon. It's a dreary, grey, rainy kind of day so a good day for scrapping. I got a Pinkfresh grab box in the mail on Saturday and have already made six layouts with it. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 18, 2024 21:48:10 GMT
Happy birthday KelleeM ! I hope your day is fabulous. cadoodlebug I had to zoom in and look at your meme a couple of times before I realised what the joke was, then I LOL'd! sueg are the bonnets knitted or sewn? It's so hot here atm, I think they'll need a sun hat bonnet! rymeswithpurple   I'm usually the one who will laugh at videos that other people tut tut at, but I'm not sure how to feel about that one! That poor little boy, he'll probably be traumatised for life! lucyg no way is "the 5yo" now "the 15yo" !!! 😫 For dinner at MIL's we had our national animal on the BBQ. Yep, kangaroo. As well as chicken, lamb chops, and burgers, with salad. |
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Post by leannec on Mar 18, 2024 21:48:42 GMT
Update: I'm making Swiss Steak for dinner ... my girlfriend is MIA so I still have no idea if she is coming over ... whatever. I make my SS almost like taylortroop except I use a big can (or two) of diced tomatoes, only a bunch of sliced onion for veggie and a splash of Worstershire Sauce ... simmer for a couple of hours in a dutch oven and YUM! . I serve it with rice ... I no longer own a crock pot so that's not an option ... |
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I'm usually the one who will laugh at videos that other people tut tut at, but I'm not sure how to feel about that one! That poor little boy, he'll probably be traumatised for life!