AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 6/27

KelleeM I hope you get some relief. Have they tried prednisone??

So dinner last night was mahi-mahi OMG so good in my new LeCruset pan.

Not sure about tonight just yet.

ETA: I have central air but I also run some fans. I have an 18 foot pitched ceiling and air sometimes doesn't "move"

Hi. I took the day off today. I'm trying to get my stress under control.

I spent a good portion of the morning reading. I exercised. I cleaned up my kitchen. Now I'm sitting here with Finn thinking I might crochet a little bit if I can get myself to cooperate.

We have our air conditioning set at 70. Jeremy likes it at 68. I am tired of paying outrageous electric bills. Even 70 degrees is an outrageous electric bill. But I got him to at least compromise that far.

I'm not sure what we will have for dinner tonight. I have meals. Last night I ended up with a sandwich so maybe tonight I'll make those scallops

**GypsyGirl** what a crazy symptom of a gall stone. But now that you have me thinking of it, Chloe once had an all over rash. The dermatologist said it was from untreated strep throat. She had antibiotics, steroids and the doctor had me take her to the tanner three times a week for three weeks to dry the skin out.

I call mine Janis. Because she's kosmic blue.

Hi Everyone,

Hoping our dear Queen scrapmaven gets sprung today; so that she can go home to her nice comfortable bed.

cadoodlebug Your meme made me laugh out loud. That’s always fake news around here. 


The answer to the AC question is it depends on how hot it is outside. If it’s 100 degrees then we set it for 80. If it’s in the 80’s to the 90’s then we set it between 70 to 76. Here it’s the humidity that also gets factored in.

jeremysgirl I hope that you can relax and de-stress today.

christine58 Mahi-mahi is my favorite fish.

sueg Good for you decluttering to get ready for your move. What is a mobile evaporative unit? 

**GypsyGirl** I am sorry that you still have your cold. It sounds like your house is coming along.

taylortroop You have been busy this am. Merle seems like a perfect name for your SUV.

This morning I had a chiropractor appointment and I am also decluttering my master bedroom. Dinner tonight is probably going to be rechauffe. 


I hope that all of you have a peaceful day. 

Evaporative coolers use water to help cool - air is blown over the cool water, then into the room. They are most useful in places like here, where we don't have high humidity. Ours is mobile, not built in to a window. It is on wheels and sort of looks like a Dalek (if you ever watched Doctor Who) or a small robot. It is good as we can use it in the living room during the day, and then in our bedroom at night.

That is what we used as our AC for the first ten years we were here, supplemented by a fan when it got 'really hot' - over 30°C - which tended to be maybe a dozen days a year, and interspersed with cooler spells. Two years ago, we had a particularly long hot spell, and temps into the high 30s, which is when DH finally relented and bought the dalek!

My PCP prescribed prednisone back in November when I couldn't get into my dermatologist right away. I've been dealing with escalating flares since which, in part, are a consequence of the prednisone. 

This is a definite possibility. 

I also wonder if it might be related to your Covid, KelleeM ? My derm is taking a big picture look at why my skin keeps flaring, especially in places and ways it has never done in the past, and isn't ruling out that I'm dealing with a long-Covid response. 

If you can, I would get in to see a dermatologist as soon as possible.

FWIW, I've been on an anti-inflammatory diet for the last 5 weeks and sticking (mostly) to it because of the relief it does give me. The derm also put me on a fish oil supplement and a probiotic.

Hoping you do find relief soon.

OK, I did go to the Greek festival knowing I would eat 2 things not on my diet: fried food and red meat. 

Loukoumades are fried dough balls tossed with honey, cinnamon and (usually) walnuts. It is always our first stop and usually accompanied by a frappe. This was the first festival I've been too that didn't have frappes! (Greek ice coffee).

 

I was really looking forward to my Greek salad with gyro and kind of surprised to see this.   It tasted fine, but that ain't no Greek salad.

The church is undergoing a huge renovation of their murals. The designs are made with Italian glass tiles, laid out in a warehouse in Italy, deconstructed and shipped to Irvine where the father & son mosaic artist team reconstruct them. The tiles arrived during the pandemic, but the artists weren't able to travel and get started for about a year. These photos do not do justice to how stunning the pieces are in real life. The first is the altar and the second is the dome ceiling.


     

Looking forward to hearing you made it home, scrapmaven !

We keep the A/C set at 78. The upstairs will be above 80 at this point and we need relief. I have a whole system of keeping the house cool without needing the A/C except on the hottest days. Luckily we have a marine layer and ocean breeze that helps keep us from getting too hot and means we can have the windows wide open most days from early evening to early morning.

Dinner tonight will be a frittata for the guys and tuna salad with cucumbers for me.

just to clarify--my dad died in nov, his memorial service was in april, and now we are laying him in his grave (no graveside service.. just me, my brother and his wife). my mom died in 2000. and I haven't been to this little town since I was there to visit a great aunt in 1981.

We use AC and ceiling fans. We keep the AC at 78° during the day and with the help of the ceiling fans and keeping the shades drawn it’s actually quite cool in the house. We turn it down after 9 pm for sleeping so usually by morning it is very cool in the house and it takes a while to warm up. Double pane windows and keeping the shades drawn while the sun rises is key to keeping the house cool.

Tonight for dinner we are having the mini chicken cilantro wontons from Costco with rice and some frozen mixed veggies. Not the most exciting dinner but grocery shopping happens on Tuesdays!

Oh and update to my son’s first restaurant experience. He was an absolute rockstar. We ate outside, he loved all of the people watching, charmed our waitress, and ate a ton! I was so anxious he would be a grump but he was so well behaved.

scrapmaven , I hope you're feeling feistier than ever!

This summer has been wetter and cooler than we've had for a while, but there's still heat to come, I think. We've run the air a couple days, but then rely on cool night air. Button up the house and draw the drapes to minimize heat. We run the air about 75°, and have a couple of fans. Grew up with a swamp cooler.

Tonight is rechauffe kebabs and rice pilaf, and green salad.

ETA: cadoodlebug, the meme is hilarious!

I'm hoping to make one of our fave dishes tonight, IF the ice and pain cream I'm applying to many joints eases the pain. It is simple but
absolutely delicious! Potatoes and chicken breast roasted with olive oil, tons of oregano, Kosher salt, and garlic. Always with fresh broccoli on the side.

Sometimes, I make it low-carb and healthier by replacing
the potatoes with cauliflower.



KelleeM ...Glad they're trying new things, and hope  something works!


jeremysgirl ...You sound like you need a big (( hug )). I hope your
day off gives you some much-needed stress relief!  If you don't want to answer this, I understand! But I've been wondering if your family is supportive with your grief?


It's interesting how my brother and ex sister-in-law are dealing with their grief over losing their son. She's actually doing "okay" (unless her happy posts on social media are just a facade),  but my brother is just devastated.


Then with DH's side of the family having two deaths, ugh--- it's times like these I wish we lived our families.

ntsf ... I'm sure your upcoming trip to bury your Dad and see your Mom's grave for the first time will be difficult...lots of (( hugs )) Glad you had fun in DC. I'm from there, and it's so fun to hear about peoples' visits. Did you get to see a lot in that short visit?





I read this 3 times and still don't understand. He left his poles in a car that was still
parked at the garage?  Was it a rental car ? And why did it take 2 attempts to find them?   And most
importantly---WHY am I bugging you with my silly questions? 

Happy Monday!
It’s been a beautiful day weather wise. Cooler temps and the sun is shining. Now if we could just get some rain.
Dinner is brats and Mac n cheese.
We use A/C and it is set at 72. It’s supposed to get down to mid 50’s tonight so we will turn it off then back on in the morning.