The What's For Dinner Thread - November '09(recipe index in OP)

[EJ4Disney]

Good morning my friends.

A much better day today I hope!! I was able to sleep really well last night and I do feel somewhat better this morning. At least today I feel like I am heading in the right direction. The pain is manageable this morning. It IS going to get better.

Tonight is the play. It is the 3rd night of the play and tomorrow is the last night. There will be a cast party tomorrow night so that will be fun. We had a Cast supper last night and we had a ball. The kids are coming tonight and tomorrow Doug's parents are coming. I will be glad when this is over and things return back to normal, but I know Doug has really enjoyed himself. And as the saying goes - if he's happy - I'm happy!! I'll just be happier on Sunday.

WFDT ~ nothing!! I will be glad to get back to cooking again. I have a cheese, fruit, and meat tray ready for afterwards and you better believe there WILL be some wine.

Make it a great day everyone!! I will BBL later to catch up.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Lauren, thinking & praying for you. Sometimes cooking can help.

Ellen, so happy you were able to rest.

HELLO VICKIE!!!!!!!!!!!! Very nervous on this side of the ocean.

I will call later & reschedule the dentist.
I have to learn to be careful with my pain tolerance. It's so high from the past that I can detach from the pain. One of my doctors have said to me I have to let my brain wrap around my pain again because it's a signal that something is wrong.

 

[TigerKat]

Maria – Hope you’re feeling better today. Still no word from Vickie.

Lauren – Those recipes sound great!!!!!

Ellen – Glad to hear you’re feeling a bit better.

WFD – Out for seafood, not sure where!

 

[liamsaunt]

Vickie, I hope all is OK with you today!
Ellen, I am glad that your tooth is feeling a little better.
Maria, good luck with rescheduling. Hopefully they can see you soon.
Lauren, nice to "see" you.
Wendie, prayers for your Dad.

I know I forgot people, sorry! I have ANOTHER cold and it is fogging my brain.

Dinner last night ended up being pierogies, kielbasa, sauerkraut, and applesauce. I did not really feel like cooking and that was an easy meal to pull together. No pictures.

WFD tonight: probably some kind of fish.

 

[Nancyg56]

Becky- I hope that you feel better quickly, I hate that brain fog that comes from those head colds.

Ellen- have fun tonight! I am so glad the pain is finally manageable.

Lauren-I too am glad to see you here again. I think of you often

Maria- now I really worry about you!

Ann-I have never understood why some people are so judgemantal. What works for one is not the answer for all but some folks just cannot get that concept. I am so grateful that the women on this thread are not only supportive but welcoming. I have found that I lean on all of you and can share things that I would not if I thought that i would be attacked.

I'll be back to see if Vickie has checked in

 

[liamandcaili]

Ellen -- I'm glad you're feeling a little better. Have fun tonight!

Maria -- I hope you can reschedule quickly.

Lauren -- Nice to see you.

Wendie -- Prayers said for your dad.

It's just me and Caili for dinner tonight, so I'll let her pick the menu. We have a busy weekend, so I probably won't post again until Sunday night. Have a good weekend everyone!

Vickie -- I hope everything is okay.

 

[zipuzee]

Ellen Sorry your tooth is still giving you pain. I agree tooth pain is bad. When I had a kidney stone I thought that pain was bad too. I would much rather no pain. I hope they caught the infection before it went too far. Mine decided to diguise itself then it turned into a bone infections. Needless to say that was the quickest 20 lbs I ever lost but I would never wish that on anyone.

Ouch! Never a fun way to lose weight.

I am having a yummy dinner but I should probably not breath on anyone tonight. I boiled Spinach, Ricotta, Asiago Raviolli then sauted them in olive oil, butter and garlic, lots of garlic then finished it off with parmesan cheese. Having it with roasted asparagus, good thing I didn't add garlic to that too.

There's no such thing as too much garlic for your gym day!

Kat - thanks for the pm. I'll check out that website this weekend. It really does sound like a great deal. And I'm not concerned about the lack of housekeeping!

Wendie - prayers coming your way!

So, Maria - did you make that dental appointment yet? Get to it lady!!

Lauren, you don't need to apologize for not posting, although a quick hello is appreciated! My DH loves trying different rubs so I'm giving him this recipe.

Ann - I don't know which thread is being referred to (and don't need to know) but I only come here and the NOLA thread because of all the bs that goes on in some of the other places.

Ellen - I'm glad you were able to get some sleep and that its getting better. And I hear ya on the being happier on Sunday!! Enjoy your weekend!

Becky - sorry you have another cold. I hope you recover quickly.

Adding my worries about Vickie. I hope everything is okay.

Not sure about dinner tonight; I have chicken in the fridge but I'm not that interested in it right now.

 

[scotlass]

I am soooooooo sorry youse have worried !!

I have not been able to get back because I have been in bed since early last night with the mother of all stress induced migraines.

Things went ok with ma mum yesterday,I told her what I need to talk about but we both agreed it was better to give her some time to get her head around it.

She was kindae blow away by my sudden interest,but to be fair so am I.

40 years of silence is a long time.

I am going round after work on Monday.



I love youse all xx

 

[HERSEY]

Vickie Sorry you have a migrane No disappearing. We are expert worriers.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Well I saw what hopefully was a County front end loader plowing the main street near my house today. Just hoping it is one and that he keeps on down my street. If it's not it means they have been hired by the apartment complex that I pass through to get to my house and will only do up to my neighborhood and the Grand Canyon street will continue on. Of course we still have three buried cars on the one side so they can only go so far.

Our front porch roof is now covered in a thick layer of ice and snow. Last night I told my mother we needed to get up there and crack it up and try and get most of it off, at least enough to clear the gutter. Lots of people in the state are now having problems with iced up gutters and it is causing breakage of the gutters and water damage inside houses.

She asked where we would put a ladder at with all the snow and I told her on the sidewalk. She said "no, we are waiting until all of the snow melts!" I have over two feet of snow in my front yard, none on the sidewalk and will probably still have snow there until sometime in June and she wants to wait!

What I am thinking of doing is going through the bedroom window, which is right over the porch roof and trying to break it up from there, maybe even hook a hose up to the bathroom sink and run a little hot water onto it while the weather is nice this weekend to help wash some of it away.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Vickie Sorry you have a migrane No disappearing. We are expert worriers.

Isn't that the truth!!!!!!

I spoke to Vickie & she is really under the weather.
Just wanted everyone to know she is ok.

 

[TigerKat]

I am soooooooo sorry youse have worried !!

I have not been able to get back because I have been in bed since early last night with the mother of all stress induced migraines.

Things went ok with ma mum yesterday,I told her what I need to talk about but we both agreed it was better to give her some time to get her head around it.

She was kindae blow away by my sudden interest,but to be fair so am I.

40 years of silence is a long time.

I am going round after work on Monday.



I love youse all xx

Thanks for checking in. I'm keeping you in my prayers, hoping this all works out.

 

[TigerKat]

Here's a little "Who Dat" dancing in EPCOT to the Japanese drums:

 

[TigerKat]

Il Mulino -Tuna Carpaccio

Tile Fish Special

Mushroom Filet

 

[Aimeedyan]

A much better day today I hope!! I was able to sleep really well last night and I do feel somewhat better this morning. At least today I feel like I am heading in the right direction. The pain is manageable this morning. It IS going to get better.

I'm so glad!!!

I will call later & reschedule the dentist.
I have to learn to be careful with my pain tolerance. It's so high from the past that I can detach from the pain. One of my doctors have said to me I have to let my brain wrap around my pain again because it's a signal that something is wrong.

That's scary!

I am soooooooo sorry youse have worried !!

I have not been able to get back because I have been in bed since early last night with the mother of all stress induced migraines.

Things went ok with ma mum yesterday,I told her what I need to talk about but we both agreed it was better to give her some time to get her head around it.

She was kindae blow away by my sudden interest,but to be fair so am I.

40 years of silence is a long time.

I am going round after work on Monday.



I love youse all xx

Glad things went okay but sorry you now have a migraine

What I am thinking of doing is going through the bedroom window, which is right over the porch roof and trying to break it up from there, maybe even hook a hose up to the bathroom sink and run a little hot water onto it while the weather is nice this weekend to help wash some of it away.

Be careful!!!


I had a rough night last night. My muscles feel really restless - they ache and I couldn't stop moving around. But since I can't lay anyplace but flat on my back with a pillow under my legs, I couldn't get relief. I got up multiple times, thinking that maybe walking a bit would help, and kept taking Benadryl to try and just knock myself out. I was so tired but couldn't get relief from the muscle pain. I really don't know how to relieve it Finally around 4 or 430 I dosed off. Today I'm tired and restless. Yesterday, I had 3 visitors at different times come and it really wore me out.

No word on someone bringing food tonight so I'm going to try and make pork fried rice with egg drop soup and egg rolls. I can give DH verbal instructions if I get too tired to do it myself.

 

[TigerKat]

Aimee - Could your doctor prescribe muscle relaxers for you? I'm keeping you in my prayers. Maybe limit your visitors for a day or two until you get a little stronger.

 

[OKWMom]

Girls I'm so sorry I didn't post yesterday. I went to the hospital to see Jessica yesterday (she's out of ICU and in the Ortho trauma unit) and it was so upsetting I didn't have the emotional energy to post. I managed to make it to the parking garage before I broke down, but I sobbed the whole way back to my office and had to sit for about 15 minutes in the parking lot before I could go in.

I sort of knew in my mind how she would look and that wasn't the hard part, per se, but I guess seeing just how banged up she was with the stitches running almost from cheek to cheek, the trach, and just how much pain she was in was just horrible. That poor child has been through so much in a week and she has such a long recovery.

I couldn't go today, but I told her I would visit on Monday. The doctors are hoping to remove the wires from her jaws late next week and replace them with rubber bands. Hopefully sometime after that they will be able to remove the feeding tube. I have no idea when they will remove the trach. Please continue your prayers for her.

Anyway, once again I apologize for being a bad friend.

 

[Aimeedyan]

Aimee - Could your doctor prescribe muscle relaxers for you? I'm keeping you in my prayers. Maybe limit your visitors for a day or two until you get a little stronger.

Yeah, I'm trying to do very little today. I didn't think about muscle relaxers and darn it, the doc's office is closed until Monday. My GI changed my appt to Tues afternoon so if I'm still having this issue next week I'll see what he says.

Girls I'm so sorry I didn't post yesterday. I went to the hospital to see Jessica yesterday (she's out of ICU and in the Ortho trauma unit) and it was so upsetting I didn't have the emotional energy to post. I managed to make it to the parking garage before I broke down, but I sobbed the whole way back to my office and had to sit for about 15 minutes in the parking lot before I could go in.

I sort of knew in my mind how she would look and that wasn't the hard part, per se, but I guess seeing just how banged up she was with the stitches running almost from cheek to cheek, the trach, and just how much pain she was in was just horrible. That poor child has been through so much in a week and she has such a long recovery.

I couldn't go today, but I told her I would visit on Monday. The doctors are hoping to remove the wires from her jaws late next week and replace them with rubber bands. Hopefully sometime after that they will be able to remove the feeding tube. I have no idea when they will remove the trach. Please continue your prayers for her.

Anyway, once again I apologize for being a bad friend.

 

[TigerKat]

Girls I'm so sorry I didn't post yesterday. I went to the hospital to see Jessica yesterday (she's out of ICU and in the Ortho trauma unit) and it was so upsetting I didn't have the emotional energy to post. I managed to make it to the parking garage before I broke down, but I sobbed the whole way back to my office and had to sit for about 15 minutes in the parking lot before I could go in.

I sort of knew in my mind how she would look and that wasn't the hard part, per se, but I guess seeing just how banged up she was with the stitches running almost from cheek to cheek, the trach, and just how much pain she was in was just horrible. That poor child has been through so much in a week and she has such a long recovery.

I couldn't go today, but I told her I would visit on Monday. The doctors are hoping to remove the wires from her jaws late next week and replace them with rubber bands. Hopefully sometime after that they will be able to remove the feeding tube. I have no idea when they will remove the trach. Please continue your prayers for her.

Anyway, once again I apologize for being a bad friend.

Gretchen, I am so sorry. That poor child is in my prayers daily. and you are a great friend.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Be careful!!!


I had a rough night last night.

I will, the window is only about a foot above the top of the roof and I have no plans to go past my waist out the window.

Girls I'm so sorry I didn't post yesterday. I went to the hospital to see Jessica yesterday (she's out of ICU and in the Ortho trauma unit) and it was so upsetting I didn't have the emotional energy to post. I managed to make it to the parking garage before I broke down, but I sobbed the whole way back to my office and had to sit for about 15 minutes in the parking lot before I could go in.

I sort of knew in my mind how she would look and that wasn't the hard part, per se, but I guess seeing just how banged up she was with the stitches running almost from cheek to cheek, the trach, and just how much pain she was in was just horrible. That poor child has been through so much in a week and she has such a long recovery.

I couldn't go today, but I told her I would visit on Monday. The doctors are hoping to remove the wires from her jaws late next week and replace them with rubber bands. Hopefully sometime after that they will be able to remove the feeding tube. I have no idea when they will remove the trach. Please continue your prayers for her.

Anyway, once again I apologize for being a bad friend.

I am so sleepy today. Going to go home and make a simple dinner of scrambled eggs I think and then take a nap.