hey all, break time for me from my busy day
Have ‘hunk’ of pork in crockpot & chuck roast in the oven. BBQ sauce i made is cooling down, will shred the pork & add nom. Haven’t made pulled pork in ages! Mr won’t touch pork other than ham & bacon, ergo the other roasts.
Will put my bread cubes in oven later to make stuffing croutons. Like a bigger size than the packaged stuff and not found of the extra preservatives, etc.
Sent up a pickup truck load of stuff to DS house. Cooking his Friendsgiving on Saturday, seems like a good third of my kitchen is gone lol. So thankful he’s good with me hosting thanksgiving there, love that long open floor plan he has with room for all
Ordered from local Pizza Hut and goodness what a lousy meal ....
Never had a good pizza there, period. My little town of a square mile has at least 5 pizza shops, within 3 miles probably 10 times that. My favorite it all depends on who is making the pizza, the little old grandma in the closest joint is the best!
Keisha, it’s strange, as a young child I remember our tv weather being in Fahrenheit......but all I really remember using is C. Simplest way is if the temp is 5c, double it and add 30, that gives us the F temp. It’s not exact as I’m sure someone will correct me.....but close enough.
Ah, nice method. Thank God for the converters on the internet. This time of year lots of good sales on BluRays at the UK
amazon site, they took off the automatic pounds/$ conversion. One more shopping hoop
Yeah Mac, we have yet to find a good local pizza place. We did have one for some time, but then they changed their red sauce, and no one liked it. So, sometimes we do order from Pizza Hut, but hit or miss as to edible enough for me. Oh well.
Most have closed here, probably due to the infux of indecent shops. No little Cesar’s, dominio, etc.
Happy Taco Tuesday for those who get those tacos! Sorry about your pizza experience, @macraven. I hope you had some chocolate at home to help you afterward.
Chocolate makes everything better. If one piece doesn’t work, rinse & repeat. If that doesn’t work...wash it down with a glass of vino, jack or beer
Lazy night ahead......lunch went on for a while. One of my friends had never seen the Dis, so flicked through a couple of threads to show her what it was like.....she reads the trip reports, but had never ventured into the regular boards.....it was an education for her!!! lol....
Poor dear, tell me you didn’t plop her down into the CB...easily scarred for life. Lol
Good evening everyone. I've gotten several days behind again. I've been dealing with some medical issues. Hopefully nothing serious, but I'm going in for a scan in a couple of weeks just to be sure.
Oh dear, hope all is well. Nothing like having something to worry about during such a busy time of year.
Believe you were thinking of a quick getaway? If not, excuse me hard to keep up here lol. Any forward movement there?
Make your Wednesday be wonderful and find all happy.
Hallmark moment, love it
Yep......managed to get a whole load of Christmas sorted today...….I don't think I`ve ever been so organised.....went out early and made it to the stores for opening and blasted through my very vague list. I do believe I am very much an impulse shopper!!
Oh fine, rub it in lol. I came home with bags full of stuff yesterday on my sojourn but barely made a dent in my list. Going to hit up amazon this weekend & get the basic stuff I buy every years.
The best part of Wednesday is the hump day camel pics!!
Indeed
Last year I tried to get a nice room for Christmas / Anniversary for them (since I could finally afford something like that on my own) since it's the day after Christmas and so they can have a little getaway. My mother refused to accept it so I had to cancel it. It's the thought that counts I suppose. I also got them a nice gift card for their anniversary for Cheesecake Factory before that and that did not go well either (they accepted, but it's a long story on how it went wrong).
So, learned my lesson to just be there for them and give a lot of little things for those special moments. They always stress that it's the thought that counts and that they're grateful I turned out alright (
) and I'm around to help.
I don’t expect my kiddos to buy big for us. I’ve made it clear that we have or buy everything we want or need & to not gift us ‘things’ other than token items.
They finally started to take to heart that GC to any of the MCO parks, SWA, movie theaters or restaurants are most appreciated at this stage of the game.
We have two hvac systems in our two story house
Replacing first floor system (heat and ac)
Next year we will replace the second floor system
.....reminds me of the days when we paid college tuition
Lol
I feel your pain. Hope the kitties calm down once the servicemen leave
I can use any excuse not to cook
Think I should go to Golden Corral for early dinner
Their parking lot is always close to full so assume that means the food is decent
GC is def a hit or miss proposition of the quantity over quality ilk. Used to take my ‘eating machines’ i.e. DSs there to put a dent in the buffet.
No one wants to wear coats, hats and gloves at the darkside
Even when it’s in the low 80s into the 70’s in the parks, even though i’m Usually in shorts or capris from earlier in the day, I always take a stretchy pair of gloves & a hoodie with me into the parks. With all the bodies of water there, it tends to get a decided damp chill.
Fish for dinner tonight, cod loin with shrimps in a white wine and cream sauce......not sure what you guys would call cod loin......much chunkier than a fillet, skinless and boneless too, little baby potatoes too.
A hunk of fish
? Hehehe no idea, but that does sound pretty fancy. Can’t say i’ve Ever had seafood in a cream sauce now that I think of it.
I've added a few Christmas photos to the picture of the day post I'd add them on here, but I do not know if that is considered a "spoiler", or not, but if anyone is interested they're there.
Made me look lol
Yes- same here. My parents wouldn't accept gifts from us for many years now. Just being together is what they really wanted. My dad passed away 2 1/2 years ago(miss him!!) so yes, being together is truly the greatest gift of all!
Aw, hope you are now able to think of him during this time with less heartache. Mine has been gone for over 32 years end of January. Not a day I don’t miss and think of him but it’s with a smile in my heart now.
He never saw my youngest DS, middle DS was barely 7 months old when he passed. He was off work sick for some time & lived nearby, so I took to making the time to visit him most days after work with my kids. That quiet, gruff man admitted shortly before he did pass that the time he got to spend with them, especially ‘the baby’ were among the happiest in his life.
or two, and smile as many times as you sip away today.
. Have been busy. Read back a little and looks like everyone has been busy too. Gearing up for trips and Thanksgiving and Christmas.
....yeah.....Schumi it will be here before your know it. Sounds like you have your Christmas shopping in the bag. Always nice to be on top of things for the holidays for sure.
your way. Our memories of them are the best gift ever.
