Trenta on TUESDAY

ILoveBeachMusic · October 2020

Thanks for the reminder @short+sassy! I just scheduled mine for this afternoon.

MNNEBride · October 2020

For Instant Pot, we like:
https://tornadoughalli.com/instant-pot-taco-pasta/?force_isolation=true (I use low-sodium beef broth)

https://www.sparklestosprinkles.com/instant-pot-pasta-e-fagioli/

I brown my burger in a fry pan, drain before adding to IP because I don't like draining from the IP. But you can do it all in the IP and have fewer dirty pans.

OliveOilsMom · October 2020

Casenda - Prayers and good thoughts for sticky baby! Congrats!

Banana - Great news for your brother too! I will always be the baby of the family and I'm 39!

Vacation was great! MA was really doing the social distancing good where we were at in the Berkshires. Also saw tons of Biden/Harris signs and only 4 Trump signs! This election can't come soon enough and I feel we won't even know who won until Friday. I voted by mail a few weeks back and dropped my & Hs ballots off really early, since NJ gives you an opportunity to fix something, if your signature is wrong, etc. So I wanted to make sure I had that chance! I even signed the messed up signature they have for me! When I registered, I put my full middle name. When I got married and changed my name, I wanted to change it to my middle initial. But they have me listed as First, Middle, Middle Initial, Last.

I told H I wanted a new faucet for Christmas. That led to him suggesting we forgo Christmas gifts and get new countertops, sink and faucet! Ummm, yes please! For reference, we have our 45 year old original coral colored counter tops, brown porcelain sink and basic updated faucet. Probably in the spring, we will also go forward and paint our cabinets and do the pulls. We can't afford a full kitchen gut job, but this will bring us into the current decade!

banana468 · October 2020

I had my physical today!

My aunt that died in Aug and I have the same doctor and she walked in with a sad face. We both miss her. I also told her how I know have had 2 siblings of my mom drop dead and I'd like to not be her kid that drops dead too.

The bad news: I gained 5 lbs.

The good news, between my bloodwork and working out regularly (who has 2 thumbs and did her first 30 minute ride today!) it's boding well and I'm at less than 1% risk of developing heart disease at least right now.

I got my flu shot and now I just need to swing my arms a lot.

And while I'm talking about being healthy lets talk comfort food! I bought the Ina Garten cookbook and made split pea soup last night. So far it's a hit!

MissKittyDanger · October 2020

@banana468 sorry to hear

{about dr visit and gaining 5lbs} I always feel bad for dr's when there's a death of a patient
I love comfort food. I've been trying to be good, because I would eat an entire pan of brownies. So I swapped to "mug cakes" by betty crocker. Idk if it makes a difference intake wise, but I feel better having that vs entire pan of brownies
{BK still isn't into sweet food ... idk who this child is}

kerbohl · October 2020

Cookies, mashed potatoes, pasta. Those are my go-to comfort foods, but I've been eating less potatoes lately. And I suppose since I eat a piece of dark chocolate everyday, probably dark chocolate.

If you've been working out, are you sure it's not just muscle mass with the five pounds? I always gain weight when I start working out.

banana468 · October 2020

It may be muscle although the kringle I had delivered probably didn't help. Either way I'll watch the food and will keep up the spinning.

short+sassy · October 2020

MissKittyDanger said:

@banana468 sorry to hear {about dr visit and gaining 5lbs} I always feel bad for dr's when there's a death of a patient
I love comfort food. I've been trying to be good, because I would eat an entire pan of brownies. So I swapped to "mug cakes" by betty crocker. Idk if it makes a difference intake wise, but I feel better having that vs entire pan of brownies
{BK still isn't into sweet food ... idk who this child is}

If it makes you feel better, not everyone is born with a sweet tooth. I wasn't. My mom has made many jokes in my lifetime that I cannot possibly be her child, lmao.

Instead, my food vice has always been "savory and full of fat", lol. Like potato chips, sausage and fried chicken.

I was reading an article the other day that talked about the majority of food poisoning comes from produce (like lettuce) as opposed to meat. One of the posts after the article said, "All Bacon diet it is then." Definitely a kindred spirit!

MissKittyDanger · October 2020

short+sassy said:

MissKittyDanger said:

@banana468 sorry to hear {about dr visit and gaining 5lbs} I always feel bad for dr's when there's a death of a patient
I love comfort food. I've been trying to be good, because I would eat an entire pan of brownies. So I swapped to "mug cakes" by betty crocker. Idk if it makes a difference intake wise, but I feel better having that vs entire pan of brownies
{BK still isn't into sweet food ... idk who this child is}

If it makes you feel better, not everyone is born with a sweet tooth. I wasn't. My mom has made many jokes in my lifetime that I cannot possibly be her child, lmao.

Instead, my food vice has always been "savory and full of fat", lol. Like potato chips, sausage and fried chicken.

I was reading an article the other day that talked about the majority of food poisoning comes from produce (like lettuce) as opposed to meat. One of the posts after the article said, "All Bacon diet it is then." Definitely a kindred spirit!

Lol BK is actually a big savory foodie. If she finds chips, she will steal.
Fun story, yesterday we come down and BK finds a rogue bag of chips {thanks M *eye roll*} and she has her yogurt.
BK: chip?
Me: yeh I guess. One chip.
BK: *happily* one chip!
Me; *turns around to make coffee and turns back to see BK deep in the chip bag* I said one chip!
BK: *takes one chip out of the handful she has* one chip!

Jfc toddlers

short+sassy · October 2020

MissKittyDanger said:

short+sassy said:

MissKittyDanger said:

@banana468 sorry to hear {about dr visit and gaining 5lbs} I always feel bad for dr's when there's a death of a patient
I love comfort food. I've been trying to be good, because I would eat an entire pan of brownies. So I swapped to "mug cakes" by betty crocker. Idk if it makes a difference intake wise, but I feel better having that vs entire pan of brownies
{BK still isn't into sweet food ... idk who this child is}

If it makes you feel better, not everyone is born with a sweet tooth. I wasn't. My mom has made many jokes in my lifetime that I cannot possibly be her child, lmao.

Instead, my food vice has always been "savory and full of fat", lol. Like potato chips, sausage and fried chicken.

I was reading an article the other day that talked about the majority of food poisoning comes from produce (like lettuce) as opposed to meat. One of the posts after the article said, "All Bacon diet it is then." Definitely a kindred spirit!

Lol BK is actually a big savory foodie. If she finds chips, she will steal.
Fun story, yesterday we come down and BK finds a rogue bag of chips {thanks M *eye roll*} and she has her yogurt.
BK: chip?
Me: yeh I guess. One chip.
BK: *happily* one chip!
Me; *turns around to make coffee and turns back to see BK deep in the chip bag* I said one chip!
BK: *takes one chip out of the handful she has* one chip!

Jfc toddlers

My toddler niece (D) story. She's 13 now, but this is from when she was 3 or 4. My sis and BIL had gotten Krispy Kreme doughnuts as a special treat. Everyone had some with their breakfast.

My sister put the KK box on the far, back edge of the kitchen counter. Where D couldn't get to it. Or so she thought.

Later that afternoon, D comes into the living room with sugary glaze remnants ALL OVER her face. This was the conversation:

Sister: "D!!! Did you have a Krispy Kreme doughnut?"
D -- "No." ((pause for effect))...

"I had TWO Krispy Kreme doughnuts."

Edit: I accidentally used the symbols for an emoticon when I didn't mean to, lol.

MissKittyDanger · October 2020

short+sassy said:

MissKittyDanger said:

short+sassy said:

MissKittyDanger said:

@banana468 sorry to hear {about dr visit and gaining 5lbs} I always feel bad for dr's when there's a death of a patient
I love comfort food. I've been trying to be good, because I would eat an entire pan of brownies. So I swapped to "mug cakes" by betty crocker. Idk if it makes a difference intake wise, but I feel better having that vs entire pan of brownies
{BK still isn't into sweet food ... idk who this child is}

If it makes you feel better, not everyone is born with a sweet tooth. I wasn't. My mom has made many jokes in my lifetime that I cannot possibly be her child, lmao.

Instead, my food vice has always been "savory and full of fat", lol. Like potato chips, sausage and fried chicken.

I was reading an article the other day that talked about the majority of food poisoning comes from produce (like lettuce) as opposed to meat. One of the posts after the article said, "All Bacon diet it is then." Definitely a kindred spirit!

Lol BK is actually a big savory foodie. If she finds chips, she will steal.
Fun story, yesterday we come down and BK finds a rogue bag of chips {thanks M *eye roll*} and she has her yogurt.
BK: chip?
Me: yeh I guess. One chip.
BK: *happily* one chip!
Me; *turns around to make coffee and turns back to see BK deep in the chip bag* I said one chip!
BK: *takes one chip out of the handful she has* one chip!

Jfc toddlers

My toddler niece (D) story. She's 13 now, but this is from when she was 3 or 4. My sis and BIL had gotten Krispy Kreme doughnuts as a special treat. Everyone had some with their breakfast.

My sister put the KK box on the far, back edge of the kitchen counter. Where D couldn't get to it. Or so she thought.

Later that afternoon, D comes into the living room with sugary glaze remnants ALL OVER her face. This was the conversation:

Sister: "D!!! Did you have a Krispy Kreme doughnut?"
D -- "No." ((pause for effect))...

"I had TWO Krispy Kreme doughnuts."

Edit: I accidentally used the symbols for an emoticon when I didn't mean to, lol.

LOLOLOLOL at least she was honest? LMAO

BK is short so we don't have to worry {yet} but unfortunately we keep our chip bags on the floor {easiest place} so she knows and gets at them easily. Usually she ignores them in the morning but M left one on the couch *face palm*

short+sassy · October 2020

I am SO ANGRY right now!

I just got a text from my company's emergency communication line, ie used for communication during natural disaster events.

"Based on current forecasts, the New Orleans office will be open on Wednesday."

Excuse me? Annnddd what current forecasts might those be? Because everything I'm seeing is that New Orleans is under a Hurricane Watch and we're going to have torrential rains and thunderstorms from midnight tonight through 11PM tomorrow night. Not to mention, the streets around our office building flood super easily.

I'm sorry, but it's unconscionable. We have the ability to WFH, ffs. I know they don't "like" it. But to put the "we don't like WFH" feeling above the safety of their employees is more than I can even fathom right now.

At any rate, I'll play it by ear tomorrow morning. But if it is raining continuously starting at midnight, the streets will be too flooded for me to get to work anyway. And/or if I don't feel safe, they can just fuck right off. I'll e-mail my boss that I'm taking a last minute, unplanned vacation day.

Thanks for letting me vent. I'm just sitting here in disbelief (sigh).

GBCK · October 2020

That's such BS.
totally don't get it.
(Also, the Mr. is in bed. No fever but....uh...all of the rest of the symptoms are problematic, so he's been tested and ordered off work until results--5-7 days.
Thekiddo did virtual scout mtg tonight in case, and I'm not sure what tomorrow holds for me working)

kvruns · October 2020

what the heck @short+sassy I hope they get smart and send another message keeping people home if the weather is bad.

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