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Post by leannec on Oct 19, 2019 15:21:26 GMT
Hey everyone! Who ate or is planning to cook/eat Chinese Pie this week in honour of Dick? Warm hugs coming your way ... this time is probably super hard for you KelleeM I'm doing OK ... I had so many appointments and get togethers this week while I was off work ... that kept my mind off of my problems for part of the time at least ... I saw ex almost every day because he was at the house to walk the dog ... we also went to Costco together ... we are actually getting along better now than we have in a long time ... it's confusing Here is what I posted on Facebook today ... it is like I wrote it myself! I was supposed to host Book Club tonight but my ladies all seemed to come down with a bug ... it got down to only three people so I canceled the event ... that means I need to come up with dinner ... I think we'll have beef soft tacos ... I have all of the ingredients already so I don't even need to go to the store I need to do some work today ... I have to write up a Social Studies assignment and continue reading the novel that I'll be teaching beginning on Monday ... yes, I leave things to the last minute What are your plans today? What is on your menu tonight?
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Post by destined2bmom on Oct 19, 2019 15:41:43 GMT
Huge hugs and prayers for you leannec . I am glad that you have things to keep you busy. Embrace who you are and be true to yourself. Huge hugs and prayers for you KelleeM . We didn’t make Dick’s pie last night because YDS went to the library to play board games with his friends. He bought pizza for his friends. So we will be having it for dinner this weekend.
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Post by sueg on Oct 19, 2019 15:50:01 GMT
We had cottage pie on Thursday, which is as close as I am going to get to Chinese Pie.
Tonight we are having sweet and sour chicken, if DH is sticking to the menu plan he wrote earlier this morning.
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Post by jubejubes on Oct 19, 2019 15:53:37 GMT
leannec - You are probably getting along better because you have some physical space between you & your dh. Sometimes a bit of space and yes, counselling is needed so that you can re-group and will make your marriage stronger. KelleeM - I made Dick's Chinese Pie for dinner last night. Tonight is Oktoberfest at my place, with 9 friends joining me for sausage & kraut, potatoes, homemade applesauce, salads with Black Forest Cake and apple strudel for dessert. Wine, German beer and hot apple cider to drink. Prosit!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Oct 19, 2019 16:00:00 GMT
Good morning girls! I am committed today to doing nothing but laundry and dishes. And there will be ample amounts of crochet going on.
My stepdaughter had a birthday this week (16) and she requested pumpkin muffins. So I made some this morning. And she wanted a dinner of beer can chicken, baked potatoes, and parmesan rosemary cauliflower. So DH is planning to grill. The weather is just about perfect today.
My cruise was alright last night. Unfortunately my family had quite a bit to drink. I had to drive everyone home.
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Post by leannec on Oct 19, 2019 16:07:17 GMT
My cruise was alright last night. Unfortunately my family had quite a bit to drink. I had to drive everyone home. Being the DD is not fun ... since I quit drinking that is always me ... woo hoo
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 16:07:20 GMT
The plan is to finally have my husbands birthday dinner - all of his favorites: individual meat loaves, homeade mac and cheese, chicken and dumplings and a chocolate pie. You will notice the lack of vegetables. LOL Per his request.
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Post by karenlou on Oct 19, 2019 16:19:32 GMT
Tonight would be pizza night in my house...No planning or cooking for me!!!!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Oct 19, 2019 17:06:07 GMT
We ended up having Horseradish Meatloaf last night and will have ribs tonight. If you missed my thread about DH's painting, here it is. I asked him for a pumpkin painting to include with my fall decorations. ETA: I LOVE big stems on my pumpkins that I buy. He took note and gave me a big stem!
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Post by KelleeM on Oct 19, 2019 17:21:34 GMT
If all goes according to plan I’ll have a sink this afternoon. I may cook ziti with chicken and broccoli if it’s actually plumbed in time.
ETA: Of course nothing goes according to plan. Maybe I’ll have a sink tomorrow but I’m not counting on it.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Oct 19, 2019 17:50:07 GMT
The Astros didn't finish off the series last night, so we have another game to watch tonight. That's in addition to college football. On my way to the store now to pick up some fresh steaks, burgers and sausage to grill tonight. Sides will be whatever looks good at the Chef Prepared counter. Don't want to waste anytime in the kitchen cooking when there's a game to watch! Happy Weekend everyone!
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 19, 2019 18:12:02 GMT
I'm going to make a vegan Shepherd's Pie tonight - that's the closest I can get to a Chinese pie, KelleeM. leannec, hugs as you and your DH work through this. It is so hard to change the status quo and hurt your partner by voicing how unhappy you are, but there is a sense of relief after putting it all out there. I went for my longest walk since having surgery (3.25 miles) and was at a good pace, but my knees sure don't like our hilly neighborhood. I think I'll start heading to the beach again for a flatter route. Next up for me is the Farmer's Market, library and puttering around the garden.
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Post by destined2bmom on Oct 19, 2019 18:14:41 GMT
Well I just received a text from my neighbor; that she is bringing dinner over this afternoon for my family. What a blessing!
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Post by scrapmaven on Oct 19, 2019 18:59:58 GMT
My cruise was alright last night. Unfortunately my family had quite a bit to drink. I had to drive everyone home. Being the DD is not fun ... since I quit drinking that is always me ... woo hoo I was always the DD. (You can take that both ways and you'd be correct. ) I never liked the taste of alcohol, so I'd drive everyone home. leannec , do what I used to do, laugh at the drunk people and feel grateful that you're not their body in the morning.
leannec , I think jubejubes nailed it in her post. I still don't see an ending. I see a regrouping and some communication building. It's up to you and your dh. Counseling could bring you both a lot of clarity and healing. We know how strong you are and you will thrive no matter what you two choose.
KelleeM, I hope you get your sink fixed today. We were at Home Depot this am, because dh has to put in a new faucet in our back bathroom sink. I thought of you while we were there. I'm off to read your thread after I post here.
bc2ca , glad to hear that you're healing well. Wtg.
For some stupid reason everything flared today. What nerve block? My recent injury is just flaring, as well as my normal stuff and I'm exhausted. So, dh is gonna have a frozen pizza for dinner and we're going to watch Toy Story 4. I'm about to pull out the heating pad and make camp on my recliner for the day. I hope Dick will understand that we didn't have Chinese Pie this week, but I'll drink a toast him w/my formula.
Take care this weekend, my tribal friends.
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Post by psiluvu on Oct 19, 2019 19:34:53 GMT
Ds is working through dinner tonight so DH and I are having sausage and pierogis because ds hates that meal. We did groceries this morning so we are watching hockey until the baseball is on. DD just sent me cute pictures of her and her housemates. It is homecoming weekend at her university so they were just getting to go to the huge street party. I can't wait till she is home for a visit in 2 weeks. scrapmaven I hope you feel better or at least more comfortable soon. KelleeM next time we have shepherds pie I will share with my dh and ds the story of your hubby and his Chinese pie. leannec I am glad that your week wasn't as awful as you were expecting and hope that they continue not to be awful. I am really rooting for you guys.
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Post by lucyg on Oct 19, 2019 19:58:02 GMT
What did I say yesterday? Chicken noodle soup and/or tuna sandwich and/or take & bake (make & take ha ha) pizza? Same answer today. Pizza is still choice #1 but it didn’t happen yesterday. @bdhardy, that is a hilarious birthday dinner. scrapmaven, I hope you start feeling better. leannec, one day at a time.
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Post by floridasunflower on Oct 19, 2019 20:59:10 GMT
The eggplant is prepped and the sauce is underway for Eggplant Parmesan. I've been trying to get it on the menu for two weeks and the pieces all finally came together today. A side of spaghetti and some garlic bread will round out the meal. Hope the weekend is going well for all.
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Post by scrappintoee on Oct 19, 2019 21:04:45 GMT
Probably our usual Saturday night pizza and a salad, along with a good movie. We sometimes grab a pizza at our fave place or make a frozen one here at home. Lemme tell y'all----we recently discovered the YUMMMMIEST frozen pizzas--- DiGiorno! They have MANY varieties and they're all SO good, seriously! (and I am VERRY picky about frozen anything!) My "secret" is that I add lots of provolone cheese, oregano, basil and garlic powder before baking. After it's done, I pour olive oil around the crust (this is a tip I learned from a cooking show years ago)......it makes it SOOO yummmy!!!! Maybe if I'm feeling tired and in pain, "da puppsh" will make the salad for us! ** leannec .....Glad you and DH are getting along better, but I know all of this is still hard...(( Hugs)) ** desertgirl .....I love and agree with you suggesting to Kellee to save all of her stories of her and Dick to put into a journal/ scrapbook, etc!!! What a gift for everyone to read it, and especially sweet little Ally! ** KelleeM ....LOTSA (( hugs)), of course! I LOVE your photo / story about the beach....!!! I'm glad you went to have breakfast by yourself. I want to gently say that on your thread about the funeral, etc. many people mention being STRONG. I've noticed in in MANY other threads here through the years, too. A lot of people mention they're worried they won't be "STRONG" enough to handle funerals/ they're afraid they'll cry too much, etc. I hate it when people put such high expectations on themselves when they are going through the worst time of their lives! In other words, if someone is a recent widow/ widower and they "fall apart" at the funeral (or any time after), it's OKAY!!!! I can only relate to losing a sibling, and I know it's NOT the same as what you're going through, but after my sweet brother died (in 2009), I "fell apart" many, many times and cried harder than I thought physically possible, but I never worried about how I was handling it....I just let the tears flow (annnd FLOW!) and let people hug me or whatever. I am SO GLAD no one ever mentioned the word STRONG! If I can gently say----- I hope you don't put added pressure on yourself to be STRONG and just go with whatever your emotions take you. One thing I HATED about my brother's death was my older brother telling me (after a year or so), that I "NEED to stop grieving"........OMG, how DARE he say that to me !??! (especially because he knew that our brother was more like a SON to me---not just my younger brother !) I also HATE it when I read here about peas who are told the same thing. Everyone grieves differently and on their own time line and I wish people would just NOT say so many dumb things to grieving people !!! There was a recent thread by another pea about her dd dying years ago and all the EXPECTATIONS people put on her grieving....it broke my heart for her !!! After my brother died, a sweet pastor knew I was struggling, and gave me a wonderful book called "Don't Take My Grief Away From Me"......great book, so helpful !!!!!! I did NOT mean to write a BOOK here, LOL, and I DO realize you have NOT said anything about pressure being put on you, or the other negative things I'm rambling about (hee hee)! I was just gonna DELETE all of this because I don't mean to overwhelm you! But I think I'll go ahead and post it to you in CASE it might help you. (( hugs )) ** scrapmaven .......Ugh, I'm very bummed that everything is flaring with you today and that you're exhausted....(( hugs )). To answer your question to me, my ARM is going GREAT !!! The Xray the other day showed huge improvement in the 4 fractures, and I'll start physical therapy this week. No pain at all !!!!! I am beyond thankful !!!!!!! And I HATE to say that the steroid injection in my poor hip didn't help as much as I'd prayed/ hoped. The pain is sloowwwly coming back. Last night I had one of my unfortunate bursts of anger / frustration. I HATE it when I lose my temper/ feel sorry for myself, because there are SO MANY people out there who are WAY worse than me and they handle it so well. Besides the PAIN, just like you, I get sooo exhausted from things that shouldn't be exhausting, and I'm tryyyying to adapt to that, too! The other day, after showering (very hard NOW, but won't be hard for me forever!), getting in and out of car all day, going to bone doc, grocery shopping (I used the fun electronic cart, but somethng about the SEAT made my pelvis HURT !!!!), etc. It was SO fun to be out during BEAUTIFUL weather with just DH, plus, going to dinner together was such a TREAT, but whoa----when we got home and the next dayyyy, I felt like I'd been hit by a truck.
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Post by destined2bmom on Oct 19, 2019 21:10:51 GMT
scrapmaven I am bored out of my gourd. But I was really happy this afternoon, because my neighbor than I am good friends with, brought dinner over and stayed and chatted with me for about 2 1/2 hours. We got caught up. I really needed it. I’m really sorry that you’re in so much pain today. I’m gonna send extra prayers and hugs your way. You too scrappintoee.
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Post by marianne on Oct 19, 2019 21:40:36 GMT
The rest of the family is off to the Carolina Renaissance in NC today... DH and I opted out. We've been, both here and in MD, several times and just weren't into it this year. It's a little chilly here today so I've got a crockpot of chicken soup going to warm my bones.
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Post by scrappintoee on Oct 19, 2019 22:00:16 GMT
Thank you, destined2bmom , and same to you! I'm so glad you had a nice visit with your neighbor! When you're stuck at home, those visits are even MORE special, aren't they? I'm looking forward to a friend of mine that lives about an hour away to come and visit, AND hopefully bring at least one of her three bullldogs !!!!!!!! She is SO much fun, and she wants to visit, but she's one of those people that is SO busy with full-time work, kids, grandkids, annnnd she also takes one of her bulldogs to nursing homes and hospitals to cheer patients up. So between ALL her other obligations, it is hard for her to come to carve out an hour to my house. As SOOON as I can drive, I can't wait to go to HER house! The bonus is, when I go to her, I also get to chat with her FUN hubby, and sometimes her cute wittle grandbabies are there, annnnnd, she has THREE bulldogs ! She can't bring all 3 to my house (obviously), so I do prefer to drive the hour to her so i can cuddle allll of them! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I went back to catch up on some dinner threads, and somehow, I completely missed this post a few days ago..........LOL, thanks for making me giggle jeremysgirl I hadn't realized that our dear cadoodlebug does sometimes post JUST the meat they're having; now I may start imagining her this way, too (from jeremysgirl, a few days ago): Omgoodness I had a good giggle last night about cadoodlebug. (I hope this makes you chuckle too). Anyway, we were watching Grey's Anatomy, I'm on like Season 12 or something and Riggs had a box of bacon. And Jeremy, bacon lover that he is, was commenting that if there was a place that sold a box of bacon around here, he'd stop each night on his way home and get a box of bacon.
And it made me giggle so hard because I just pictured cadoodlebug serving a box of bacon, or flank steak, or chicken thighs. And the reason I thought this was because you usually just post a meat for dinner. So I have pictured you many times just serving up a big tray of meat for dinner with no sides!! Silly little thing.
But immediately got my laughter going and then I had to explain it to Jeremy. And he didn't find it nearly as funny. But he is keeping his eye out for the restaurant that sells a box of bacon. It's surprising that I COMPLETELY missed this the other day, since I'd gone back to check for new posts several times. SO glad I found it today, or I may never have seen it. Thanks again for the giggle
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Post by teddyw on Oct 20, 2019 1:50:11 GMT
Spent the day commuting to my dad’s and back. Dd#2 & I thought he’d like to go apple picking. We went every year growing up so I thought he’d respond well. But he was so out of it today. Plus he was spitting and drooling all over. We did take him to a cider mill and bought apples. But he didn’t really get it. I had cereal when I got home. Just too tired for anything else. scrapmaven I hope you feel better tomorrow. leannec keep taking care of yourself
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 20, 2019 2:30:29 GMT
I hope tomorrow is a better day, scrapmaven. I ended up making 2 Shepherd's Pies (AKA Cottage Pies or Chinese Pies) tonight. The kids enjoyed the traditional one with ground beef and DH & I had a vegan version with lentils in place of the beef. I'm not the biggest fan of lentils, but this was really good and I will definitely make it again. In a nod to Dick, I added corn to both and told the family why.
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Post by scrapmaven on Oct 20, 2019 3:08:51 GMT
psiluvu, isn't it great when they come home to visit? It's so hard when they leave for college, eventhough it's a milestone and happy time. destined2bmom, I understand the boredom. Pretty soon you'll be counting ceiling tiles. I do hope that you feel much better quickly. scrappintoee, I wish that I could take you to the orthopod and hold your hand in pre-op. You truly will feel so much better w/a new hip. I know it sucks to think of it, but it's not the difficult recovery you might imagine. Ya, I'm nagging. I'll stop.
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Post by scrappintoee on Oct 20, 2019 9:11:51 GMT
teddyw......I'm so sorry about your Dad---that is so sad and difficult! (( hugs )) scrapmaven.....Awwww, thanks, I don't consider it nagging at all ! I know you'd not only hold my hand in pre-op, but you'd ALSO sneak Meaty and Sophie into the my hospital room to snuggle with me after surgery, riiiiiight? hee hee. After ALL of this recent stuff, I have FINALLY made peace with/ talked to God about getting the new hip, and I WILL get it done, early 2020! As the sweet ortho said the other day "let's get your arm ALL better first" P.S....Ugh, for your sake, I wissssh a coccyx replacement was possible, too! I'm praying that your pain decreases STAT! As if you don't have enough OTHER difficult medical things going on !!!!! ((hugs )))
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