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OliveOilsMom
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Turkey Tuesday
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Last night was good. H wasn't feeling good, so he was having soup leftovers. So I stopped for pizza! Yum!
DD had another fever while at school. But when I mentioned she was at the doctor twice last week and she was fine. The daycare then said, "Oh, maybe its her teeth then." Um, yes it is! She is breaking a 5th one through right now. So she went back today. We also sent in Tylenol to prevent another fever.
My office has already said they will close at 3 tomorrow. Woot woot!
Tonight is taking Olive to the vet for her yearly appointment. She will get her nails clipped, which she hates. She will get drugged for it, but it always wears off as soon as she sees the clippers and her adrenaline takes over. Afterwards, she is totally a chill dog again. One of us will take Olive and the other will stay home with DD. Since H is sick, I will give him the option of his choice.
DD has learned a new high pitched note and it is terrible. Really grates after a minute. I'm hoping she learns a newer one and a lower toned one ASAP.
Re: Turkey Tuesday
Apartment update: roofers came yesterday and looked at everything. Allegedly they'll have things repaired by next Thursday, but not before then. So the towels and buckets remain in place.
I need Thanksgiving app ideas. Something easy that I can do in a small kitchen with limited cookware since all of mine is still in boxes. And something that is on the lighter side. Any ideas??
Was buying some diapers at BRU and there was a guy looking all sorts of confused so I asked if he needed help. He had been looking at size 1 and 2 and said it was for a newborn. I was like how big is the baby and he said 6lb and I was like uhhh yea let's move down here to the NB size lol
@charlotte989875 veggie or cheese tray?
@kvruns seems like a legit question
Not a whole lot. I just submitted a complaint about transit by me in the evenings. It's late constantly but minimum 10mins, so I miss my next bus.
If the weather wasn't so horrible, walking home wouldn't be an issue but with weather lately it's not an option really.
Today is pretty mild, so M is doing his tires finally. I'm brushing off the BBQ and covering it and hopefully I'll be able to bring in the patio chairs to the garage.
I also need to throw laundry in and I was hoping to clean up the kitchen or the table .... but we'll see on that.
I swear, during the week I feel like I should do things but I have little energy by the time I get home. Yet I don't wanna do it on weekends .... lol
As far as apps. I'm a fan of things like crackers and cheese, hummus and veggies. Nothing big since I eat a shit ton for dinner.
Tomorrow I pick up my ski pass. Yay. 2 weeks till I start work again.
Sadly, I think I have cold induced asthma. Which is not a real asthma, but I've been getting asthma like symptoms when I try and hike in the cold. I had issues last year, but they stopped short of figuring out exactly what I had. Then it started to get warmer and it went away.
I just started hiking in the cold and again and boom, started having issues breathing and lots of coughing. I have an appointment with the doctor next week. Hopefully we can figure out a regiment so I can continue to hike. I have that uphill charity race in a few weeks and I really need to train outside. Plus I like to hike up to the restaurant.
Tonight is an ecumenical Thanksgiving service. Five churches (different denominations) get together and have a joint service of Thanksgiving incorporating things from all five churches. I think this is the fourth or fifth year it has been done. It is always very uplifting. I think this year in particular it will be great to have people of somewhat differing beliefs (they are all Christian) getting together.
@charlotte989875, Yeesh, over a week sounds like a long time for a roof repair. I hope your all's weather is as rain-free as possible.
For a TG appetizer, a Caprese flatbread or on French bread? Cut some flatbread or French bread into smaller pieces and bake until it is warm and a bit crispy. Top with mozzarella, small piece(s) of tomato, and drizzle with a little oil and balsamic vinegar. Probably not so light, calorie-wise, lol. But it is a light feeling and refreshing appetizer.
Texas caviar is yummy! And light. If you're not familiar, black-eyed peas are the main ingredient. Which I'm usually not even a fan of, but the other seasonings and flavors are so good, it doesn't matter. It's generally served as a dip for crackers or veggies. I've also eaten it as a side. I've never made it, only eaten it. But here is a recipe that looks right and has great reviews, though I personally would add-in some tomatoes avocados. Just because those veggies make everything better, lol:
http://cooksrecipes.info/american-recipes/texas-caviar-recipe.htm
For my bday yesterday, my H and I went crazy at the food market. We bought something at four different places, lol. Some great, some okay. The list:
We'll definitely be back. There were other great sounding dishes at other stalls also. However, the one thing the stalls seemed to have in common was high prices as compared to the portion size
. Come on vendors! This is NOLA. Not the place for "petite and pretty" food. We get our grub on, lol.
Cleaned up more from our party last night and my 6 yo helped me sweep. This is HUGE. I love it when she wants to get in on the gross cleaning.
I am dealing with two customer situations at work that are making me really irritated and feeling defensive. I don't like being grumpy and irritated and I just have to hope that the long weekend does a body good.
Dear friends yesterday announced that their teen came out as trans. They are such warm, compassionate parents and I know that they're going to everything they can to help their child. My heart also aches that we have so much growing to do as a culture to begin to understand and now I feel like I need to do more reading on better ways to be an advocate. A lot of this is very new to me and I don't want to step out of bounds or say the wrong thing because I was too ignorant to look up the right thing.
i just made 7 dozen peanut butter blossoms, 3 dozen pumpkin muffins, apple peanut butter dip, 6 lbs of apples. Now lunch then I've got s bunch of cheese, summer sausage, and veggies to chop. Headed out tomorrow at 10 am!
I'm making beef tacos de lengua (beef tongue tacos) for dinner tonight. I braised the tongue overnight in the crock pot, and will make some salsa in a little while. Recipe sounded great, so we'll see how it turns out. I also got a nice sized piece of pork belly (~ 3lbs) and am going to try to make bacon. The belly is in the cure right now (a nice mix of sweet and savory flavors with bourbon mixed in), and after curing will wash, dry, and smoke it.
Idk what it is about summer sausage but it's so good lol
Today I went grocery shopping. I found everything but applesauce and good looking green beans.
DH set up a vpn on our chromebox to try to watch football since the NFL won’t allow their shit to be viewed out of the US (maybe there is an extra package I can buy here but I have Prime damnit ) No such luck, amazon can detect the proxy.
sometimes even when you think you found what you are looking for it is “wrong”, lol. Like Australians consider Spite to be lemonade and lemonade is called something else, lemon juice maybe?? Idk.
@levioosa I would like the recipe please.
I did find out today that I have Friday off. They hemmed and hawed this year on whether or not half my team would get it off. That means I work next year, but ah well. I'll take every other year.
I'm ridiculously tired today and I have no idea why. We have a lot of little stuff to get done around the house for the weekend. And I have to make a pie. All I want is a nap.
I sent DH an email yesterday, outlining our upcoming plans (cause he likes details on paper), and we're basically busy every weekend between now and Christmas. I'm most looking forward to a ski weekend away, but haven't decided yet if I want to bring the turdler along (I think it'll depend on whether or not I'm pregnant at that point as I won't want to ski hard if I am, so I might as well spend the days on and off the hill in green acres with her). Not holding my breath on a positive test, but I'm hopeful it's our time again.
I left my phone at home today, so I'm basically naked and not loving it, although my productivity is up slightly.
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2014/10/22/honeycrisp-apple-sangria/
I made the recipe x5 which might have been why it was so sneaky and strong. lol. I used a Tempranillo.
http://www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/recipes/a5271/apple-walnut-stuffing-recipe-clx1114/
Also, I added a tiny bit of sugar at the end when it was still warm. It only needed a touch.
My office is closing at Noon tomorrow, and my cousin's flight from NY lands at 1:30, so I am thinking of bringing shower stuff to work (we have a gym and locker rooms) and getting in a shower at work and blow-drying my hair. It's hard to grab an extra minute to shower with Babypants, PLUS we are hosting on Thursday so I will be bustling around.
I still haven't gotten my Sephora order, which I placed last Monday (SO ANNOYING) - and it hasn't even shipped so I am going to give them a call this afternoon to find out what's up.
I'm working from home this afternoon because I accidentally left two of my pump parts at home (in the drying rack in my kitchen from being cleaned last night), and didn't realize until I got to the office this morning. Arrrghh. Plus I have a horrible sore throat so being at home by myself gives me a good opportunity to rest my voice.
The story of the first time I had green bean casserole.
Never heard of this dish until I was in college. We had a potluck where I was working, the week before TG. Someone brought green bean casserole. I loved it! I exclaimed about it to the coworker and asked what it was called. I sensed a bit of confusion as she said, "It's just green bean casserole."
I was still living with my parents and hurried home to tell my mother, a very experienced and excellent cook, about this amazing dish called Green Bean Casserole.
Her response, "Oh yeah. Green bean casserole. It's a pretty traditional TG side dish."
I look at her with slitted, suspicious eyes and asked, "What do you mean it is a traditional TG side dish? We've never had it."
Her, "I don't like green bean casserole, so I've never made it."
In a pouty and defeated tone, filled with feelings of betrayal, I said, "I like green bean casserole."
And then I married a man who also doesn't like green bean casserole either. Goddamnit, lol.