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Post by leannec on Feb 4, 2024 15:04:09 GMT
Hi everyone! I'm posting early because I'm meeting Molly and my mum for breakfast at Denny's in an hour. It snowed last night so the roads are yucky ... luckily, I have 4WD! I'm quite hungry for a change so I'm looking forward to my veggie omelet from the seniors menu. No other plans for the day other than getting that paperwork filled out for the school board and mailing it ... My mum is coming over for dinner after bingo ... I think we are having ham, scalloped potatoes and peas! This is what I posted on Facebook today ... my good friend in Ontario has the most gorgeous pug named Malcolm ... he needs this hat! My animals would never let me dress them up but Malcolm does! Do you dress up your pets? How are you feeling today scrapmaven and taylortroop? What are your plans today? What is on your menu tonight? Have a relaxing Sunday everybody!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 4, 2024 15:14:48 GMT
Hi leannec! I do not dress my pets up but Ellie did go for grooming about ten days before Christmas and they put a Grinch bandana on her that I left on through the holiday. Or should I say that she was nice enough to leave it on through the holiday. Lol! I can't even see my cats cooperating. Haha... I'm getting ready to drop Chloe off at work. She should finally have her driver's license back this week. Yay! She had a breathalyzer installed in her car last week so they should be issuing a restricted license now. I'm so proud of her. She will have to drive with the breathalyzer for about a year. But she seems to be having no trouble staying sober. So that's just a great thing. I'm meeting Jeremy's sister this afternoon for a cookie decorating class. Unfortunately I've got to drive...again...back to my hometown to do the class. I was just there last night for that concert. Sigh. But it's worth it for fun things. The music last night was very good. The string quartet was awesome. Unfortunately I've been to several of these candlelight concerts that aren't classical in nature and I'm irritated with how people do not know how to behave. I like it so much more when we go to the big theater to see the full symphony. They don't put up with the kind of crap that went on last night. When I get back from decorating cookies Jeremy should be home. I'm stuffing butternut squash with lentils, apricots and pomegranate.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Feb 4, 2024 15:37:06 GMT
Funny meme leannec ! jeremysgirl , I'm so proud of Chloe too! It is storming big time outside. They've suspended play at the Pro-Am at Pebble Beach and we can't take our walk this morning. Dinner will be Tri-Tip Roast. The reflection of the pots on these burners!
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Post by Tearisci on Feb 4, 2024 15:42:50 GMT
My mum is coming over for dinner after bingo ... I think we are having ham, scalloped potatoes and peas! This is what we're having for dinner tonight too. I've been so hungry for Honey Baked Ham that I stopped by and they were having a sale on their smaller packages of buy one, get one free so score! I'm cleaning this morning and then going to the store to get the rest of the groceries. I wish I had one more day off this weekend but oh well.
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Post by sueg on Feb 4, 2024 15:46:57 GMT
jeremysgirl - well done to Chloe for her efforts in staying sober. leannec - enjoy your breakfast. This morning was church - I had my Sunday school class again and it is sometimes funny how things work out. Yesterday we had reconciliation and today’s lesson was on ‘Reflecting’, totally not planned that way, just the way priest availability and lesson schedule worked out. I could feel the kids were a bit skittish today - most years I try to avoid a lesson the day after reconciliation, but late scheduling meant it didn’t happen this year. I’m making a note for next time! We have the next two weeks off - there is a short school break starting next Friday - and then we’ll start on the final push up until Easter. Since we got home and had lunch, I’ve been knitting with football on TV for company. I just look up when the commentators sound excited! Dinner tonight is steaks on the grill with whatever DH cooks to go with them.
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Post by ntsf on Feb 4, 2024 16:17:22 GMT
so went to the film festival last night.. all the films were really fabulous.. banff mountain film tour. the bus going there worked out easily.. on the way back, I had to wait 30 min.. but there was a bench and it was softly snowing and I wasn't cold.
the most frustrating thing today is that we have dropped cable and use youtube tv.. and it is not working this morning..saying all programs not available in my area. and my tech support dh is not here.
colder out..after the long day yesterday, I am doing a in house day. more snow tonight so skiing tomorrow.
dinner will be salad and scrambled eggs and sausage.
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Post by scrapmaven on Feb 4, 2024 16:19:14 GMT
leannec, scalloped potatoes sound delicious. Enjoy breakfast w/your mom and dd. jeremysgirl , I'm so very proud of Chloe. She's committed to having a better life and she's creating good things for herself and others. cadoodlebug , It's a good day for crafting. Tearisci , you can freeze your Honeybaked for 2 months. I freeze and then make my ham casserole. sueg , I hope that you had a nice, relaxing day of knitting. Those children are so lucky to have you as their teacher.
ntsf , stretch and relax those muscles(said like Popeye), so that you can have a great day on the slopes tmw.
taylortroop , I'm sending you chicken soup vibes and hoping that you feel better today. Thank you for your thoughts leannec . I'll be resting except for cooking dinnner. That will be a new chicken meatball and spaghetti recipe.
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Post by bklyngal62 on Feb 4, 2024 16:20:49 GMT
scrapmaven hope you're feeling better today. jeremysgirl have fun at the cookie decorating class. leannec enjoy your breakfast and your dinner sounds delicious ! It's a chilly morning but should get warmer later on today. Plans for today is to go through a box of old paperwork and shred what I don't want to keep. I might also go to a Dog Show and parade today that they are having by the clubhouse. No idea what's for dinner yet.
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Post by KelleeM on Feb 4, 2024 16:23:13 GMT
I’m making chili today at ds’s request. I also have rechauffe seafood chowder that I made last night. It turned out really well!
No pets in my house. I remember my friend trying to put a harness on a cat once. It was hilarious!
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Post by scrapmaven on Feb 4, 2024 16:23:20 GMT
KelleeM, I am always shocked when I see that people dress their cat. How? Mine would never put up w/that.
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Post by karenlou on Feb 4, 2024 16:30:37 GMT
Good Morning...The laundry/bed linen is well underway, just waiting on the drier so I can make the bed. Dinner will be early and pizza a la take out Was supposed to work 11-7, however the evening nurse tested positive....after working 3-11 on Friday being "sick" So I am going in at 7pm and doing 12 hour 7pm -7am...I'm sure one of the day staff is staying till 7pm.
My girl will NOT tolerate anything besides a bandana after grooming.....I tried a holiday shirt on her several years ago, got the "stink eye" for days after!!
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Post by scrapmaven on Feb 4, 2024 16:47:11 GMT
karenlou, you're a great nurse. I hope that you have an easy shift tonight.
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Post by taylortroop on Feb 4, 2024 16:47:17 GMT
My heads seems to have loosen up a bit this morning so the headache isn’t as bad. I’m still congested and now coughing a bit so it seems like things are changing and hopefully heading in the right direction. I didn’t sleep well last night so I’m hoping to get a nap this afternoon.
DH has gone to the gym. He’s started a cardiac rehab program and enjoys doing the workouts. On his way home, he will stop at the library and pick a book that I had ordered. I just finished reading “The Winemakers Wife” and enjoyed it.
Walker has recovered well from his surgery. He doesn’t pay much attention to his surgical area but he continues to lick his leg where they shaved him for the IV. We’ve tried putting a sock on it, gauze and medical tape and he just pulls it off. I’ve ordered some pet bandages which will arrive today and hopefully that will work. The area is red and becoming raw from his licking.
Walker has worn a birthday hat and a Christmas tie but only long enough to get a photo and then he’s done with it! He will wear a bandana but doesn’t love it.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Feb 4, 2024 16:59:49 GMT
No costumes on pets here in this household either! I don't personally even like it, but neither my cat nor DS's cat would ever tolerate it anyway. IF I had a dog (big IF there, more on that later*), the most I would do is a bandana. I feel like they're already wearing something (collar) around the neck anyway, so the bandana might not be as much of a bother. *I love dogs...as long as they live in someone else's house LOL. I've found I don't really enjoy living with a dog, even for a short time. After my divorce from XDH (many years ago) DD1 and I lived with my mom, her husband, and their dog for a while. Loved the dog, hated living with it! Love my neighbors'/friends'/sister's dogs and enjoy visiting with them, but happy to leave them in their own household. Tonight is chili, as mentioned in yesterday's dinner thread. Looking forward to it! jeremysgirl, kudos to Chloe!
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Post by freecharlie on Feb 4, 2024 17:06:46 GMT
I'm making what I cannot green Chile chicken enchiladas.
I need to clean, do sub plans, and work on other school paperwork today. We will see how much actually gets done
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Post by leannec on Feb 4, 2024 17:19:33 GMT
But she seems to be having no trouble staying sober. So that's just a great thing. That is so awesome!!! I like it so much more when we go to the big theater to see the full symphony. They don't put up with the kind of crap that went on last night. What kind of crap were they pulling? I have no patience for rude people!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 4, 2024 17:41:30 GMT
But she seems to be having no trouble staying sober. So that's just a great thing. That is so awesome!!! I like it so much more when we go to the big theater to see the full symphony. They don't put up with the kind of crap that went on last night. What kind of crap were they pulling? I have no patience for rude people! The woman in front of me got a phone call! Text messaging and camera phone photos during the show. They had a bar and a guy upfront was drunk. Probably had 6 empty beer bottles that he knocked over during a song. And the woman behind me was humming. That makes me insane
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Post by christine58 on Feb 4, 2024 17:45:46 GMT
Dinner is lasagna sort of. I used a different kind of noodle to make it. It’s called Malfaldine. it looks like the curly edges of lasagna. Homemade from the place where I always buy my fresh pasta.
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Post by sueg on Feb 4, 2024 18:00:38 GMT
I also have rechauffe seafood chowder that I made last night. It turned out really well! KelleeM - do you have a recipe for your chowder? It was something I really enjoyed when I was in Boston and it's not something that you find in restaurants here, but I'd prefer a tried and true recipe than googling for ideas.
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Post by Marina on Feb 4, 2024 18:19:58 GMT
The rain is really coming down. Makes it hard when you have a dog who needs to go out sometime.
My dogs have been given various jingle bell collars which they all liked. I would sometimes put them on when walking them during the holidays. Another gift was was a bow tie and button down type collar. I did have a Halloween costume of a "wide retriever" when one golden would answer the door with me. Only other clothes is a raincoat and he's pretty unhappy about it when he wears it.
Tonight we may just have tuna melts on sourdough. For lunch we will have pan fried dumplings and wonton soup.
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Post by scrappintoee on Feb 4, 2024 18:42:53 GMT
jeremysgirl ....Yeaa to Chloe!!! That's just awful about your concert ! People can't just be QUIET and listen anymore! I LOVE Fleetwood Mac, and it must have been so nice hearing their music with strings. I have a few of those in my playlist. There's a violinist who does a version of a Led Zeppelin song (can't remember which song) that is just AMAAAZING! Now I need to find some Fleetwood Mac string versions. Do I dress my pets?Noooooooo !!!! NEVERRR! Oh wow---another old meme I'd forgotten about! My Meaty had such soulful, tender eyes!
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Post by tmarschall on Feb 4, 2024 19:10:10 GMT
My girls are little and they get cold, so they are almost always clothed. Lots of hoodies/dresses and sweaters. They have a better wardrobe than I do. Lola is a little chunky so she sometimes doesn't enjoy it and will wiggle out, and streak around the house. Then we call out "naked baby!" and she wiggles her butt. It's funny and cute and ridiculous, ans hey.. I didn't get to dress up babies, and Nick's grandson's are far away (I hope) from babies still. So these girls are my babies. ❤️
I was trying to upload a picture but I guess we have maxed out the ability to do that.
I made blueberry pancakes with mimosas for breakfast. Now I'm not going to be hungry for the early dinner we are meeting some of Nick's family for. I arranged for a number of them to meet us at Olive Garden yesterday, bc Nick was missing his mom and that's a place she really enjoyed. We had soup and salad and were stuffed...slept thru the late dinner we planned after shopping. So we are all out if whack. Anyway, they asked us to join them today so we are trying a new Mexican place that they really like. Yesterday we were exploring the Oak Lawn area in IL. We found a couple of music stores, a very interesting bakery that seemed to be Puerto Rican and...Muslim? And Half Price Books. It was a full day!
Not sure what I will have...maybe a burrito. Either way I am sure we will have leftovers for Nick's lunches this week. I Eben have extra pancakes for his breakfasts.
Hope everyone has a great day!
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Post by scrappintoee on Feb 4, 2024 19:51:30 GMT
( this is about the dinner I'm making tonight) Anyone watch "The Bear"...it is soooo good! You can feel every emotion of the characters, the acting is just sooo....subtle yet powerful. it's sometimes funny, and then, the cooking sequences make you hungryyy!!! By the way---if Oscar Winner (and one of my FAVE actresses!) Olivia Colman can be a guest-star on this show, that tells you how great it is! Her scene with Ritchie was sublime! The restaurant at the beginning is called "Chicago Beef." After watching the other night, I HAD to make it! I just put the chuch roast in the crock pot, I *hope* mine is as good as Carmie's (oh, and Carmie is a cutie pie !! ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmkI4jlaIo
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Post by scrappintoee on Feb 4, 2024 19:56:37 GMT
I was trying to upload a picture but I guess we have maxed out the ability to do that. I wanna see your cute babies! You can upload easily to "postimages" ---it doesn't take any space on this site.
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Post by scrappintoee on Feb 4, 2024 20:06:57 GMT
In case you didn’t realize who I was referring to—-Yes!—-She guest-starred on “The Bear” (I also loved her and David Tennant in “Broadchurch” ) **click to enlarge**
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Post by leannec on Feb 4, 2024 20:15:56 GMT
(oh, and Carmie is a cutie pie !! ) OMG, YES! I loved him as "Lip" on 'Shameless' too! Have you seen his ads for Calvin Klein underwear??
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Post by KelleeM on Feb 4, 2024 20:34:18 GMT
I also have rechauffe seafood chowder that I made last night. It turned out really well! KelleeM - do you have a recipe for your chowder? It was something I really enjoyed when I was in Boston and it's not something that you find in restaurants here, but I'd prefer a tried and true recipe than googling for ideas. I started with a couple of slices of bacon which I cooked and removed from the pot. I poured out most of the fat as well and then added a small finely diced onion and a stalk of finely diced celery. After a few minutes I added a few cubed potatoes and enough clam juice and seafood stock to cover. When the potatoes were tender I added a piece of haddock, a handful of shrimp (they were large so I cut them up first) and a can of drained whole baby clams. When the fish was done I added about a cup of cream and then a slurry of cornstarch and a bit of stock. I let it heat back through and seasoned with salt and pepper. I crumbled bacon on top to serve.
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Post by leannec on Feb 4, 2024 20:41:47 GMT
KelleeM - do you have a recipe for your chowder? It was something I really enjoyed when I was in Boston and it's not something that you find in restaurants here, but I'd prefer a tried and true recipe than googling for ideas. I started with a couple of slices of bacon which I cooked and removed from the pot. I poured out most of the fat as well and then added a small finely diced onion and a stalk of finely diced celery. After a few minutes I added a few cubed potatoes and enough clam juice and seafood stock to cover. When the potatoes were tender I added a piece of haddock, a handful of shrimp (they were large so I cut them up first) and a can of drained whole baby clams. When the fish was done I added about a cup of cream and then a slurry of cornstarch and a bit of stock. I let it heat back through and seasoned with salt and pepper. I crumbled bacon on top to serve. Oh, Yum! I am totally making this!! TFS!!
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 4, 2024 21:28:49 GMT
jeremysgirl that’s wonderful news about Chloe - good for her! 🥳 We had my SIL’s 50th birthday, at the cricket club rooms. It was really hot and windy, it got up to 38C. It would have been a perfect beach day! Dinner was rechauffe from the party - Costco wraps and sushi hand rolls.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 4, 2024 22:30:55 GMT
Cookie decorating class was fun. I need some practice.
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