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hollydolly said:
Today, I'm pleased I popped out yesterday for a few top up groceries because it's cold and dull and definitely not a day for going out unless you have no choice...
Instead I've been cleaning..oh joy... 🥱.. but not just any cleaning, the best type.🙄. cleaning all the of the kitchen cabinets inside and out , perched precariously on the top rung of a ladder... and dismantling all the Cooker extractor hood, washing those,and changing the charcoal filters......then that leads onto spotting other things that need cleaning while I'm up there, and then I get down, and the floor needs washing..and so it went on.🙄
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Better watch out Hollydolly...all that cleaning could make you a "dull housewife"...lol.
 

katlupe said:
She and two other women who live downstairs have started bullying some of the people who took part in these activities. This was a great place to live but now that little group is causing it to be stressful. I finally left a message with my counselor at adult protective services to ask her to come talk to me. I don't want to get evicted because of them but they are affecting the health of some of my closest friends. And two are 96 years old! Can't handle the stress and it is wearing some of them down. Every day, someone is knocking on my door to vent and cry.
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Elder abuse. I wonder if the adult protective services people can do anything about it. Without mentioning your name, of course.
 
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Got up early and showered, just like I did when working; it adds extra hours to the days. Had my glasses adjusted, grocery shopping, made a crockpot full of chilli, made an angel cake & soup, served lunch and then to a store to look for some new jeans. Those are ordered and I bought a new top for $9. Went for a short walk & will go for another soon. It’s not even 3 PM and I‘m beat.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
@Trila Looky! It's a picture of your DH, GoatGuy 🐐. He is soooo handsome!

I told Maggiecat that Andy sent greetings. She just looked at me with a glazed-over, blank stare. Sigh. She can be such a bore!

Kahlua is another one of those things that proves God loves us and wants us to be happy.

I have an old, old Christmas cake recipe that I used to make...orange rum...but nobody here likes it enough for me to bother with it anymore:cry: Another one that I used to make back in the day was fruitcake from a recipe on the back of the mincemeat jar. It seems that these days fruitcakes are passé, and I have no idea why. Maybe it has something to do with our childhoods? Seems like when I was a kid, the availability of sweet treats wasn't as prevalent as it is today, so we looked forward to and gobbled down treats that we usually only got during holidays.
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I never liked fruitcake until i made my own....sorry....don't mean to brag.
Light and dark cake......so moist.
My secret.....air bake pans and setting the loaf pans in a sheet pan with water in it......in the oven.
Standard......6 cups assorted fruit......2 cups assorted nuts, then basic dry ingredients.
I change the fruit and nuts so i get different tastes......YUMMY.
 
Today was a wonderful day. I got up at 5:30, a couple of hours later than I have been getting up lately. I had a leisurely breakfast (waffle, egg whites and green tea) and played a few games of Words With Friends. I did a little social networking, showered and decided what to wear today for lunch with my BFF and my granddaughter. I haven't seen my BFF in two years. She's been up from Florida a couple of times since the pandemic but during the summer, she had so much family stuff to take care of that she ran out of time. She hadn't seen my granddaughter since she was much younger. My G-daughter and I were both so very happy to see her. We enjoyed our food (mine was enough for three servings). I ordered a Tuscan panini which has fried eggplant, sauteed baby spinach and fresh mozzarella cheese; it came with french fries and cole slaw. My drink of choice...a root beer, no ice.

Much of our conversation centered on my granddaughter and her upcoming move to campus for the spring semester as well as her current classes. My BFF is so impressed and proud of my granddaughter...I'd been keeping her abreast of her progress and academic commendations. So the lunch was a fun, interesting love fest. Here we are waiting for our Uber...my BFF was walking back to her destination. She's a walker...walked over 8 miles today and 10.5 yesterday! And oh yeah...I'm the short one. :LOL: @Pecos




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OneEyedDiva said:
Today was a wonderful day. I got up at 5:30, a couple of hours later than I have been getting up lately. I had a leisurely breakfast (waffle, egg whites and green tea) and played a few games of Words With Friends. I did a little social networking, showered and decided what to wear today for lunch with my BFF and my granddaughter. I haven't seen my BFF in two years. She's been up from Florida a couple of times since the pandemic but during the summer, she had so much family stuff to take care of that she ran out of time. She hadn't seen my granddaughter since she was much younger. My G-daughter and I were both so very happy to see her. We enjoyed our food (mine was enough for three servings). I ordered a Tuscan panini which has fried eggplant, sauteed baby spinach and fresh mozzarella cheese.

Much of our conversation centered on my granddaughter and her upcoming move to campus for the spring semester as well as her current classes. My BFF is so impressed and proud of my granddaughter...I'd been keeping her abreast of her progress and academic commendations. So the lunch was a fun, interesting love fest. Here we are waiting for our Uber...my BFF was walking back to her destination. She's a walker...walked over 8 miles today and 10.5 yesterday! And oh yeah...I'm the short one. :LOL: @Pecos




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MDS, I would imagine that under those masks are three seriously beautiful smiles.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
This probably sounds silly, but one of the things I really liked about fruitcake was that it would keep foreffingever so on a cold winter day I could cut off a big piece of it and pig out with a cup of tea or coffee.

I also like Stollen, German Christmas cake, usually filled with marzipan and fruits. Fruits could be cherry, raisin, candied orange peel...or I guess whatevertheheck you like. Aldi usually carries them, along with German Christmas cookies. Yum! Pfeffernusse, Lebkuchen, Contessa.

Now I'm hungry for German cookies, fruitcake, Orange Rum Christmas cake, Stollen.
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I bet you'd like my Yule Cake! It will keep, in the freezer, FOREVER. And it will taste just as good as the day it was made!
 
Haven't been to this thread in awhile. Just went to the grocery and got some nice veggies--parsnips, cauliflower, celery. The cashier mentioned about making soup. I hadn't thought of it until he said it so maybe I'll make some. I have some beef broth but have to check the exp. date on it. I have black beans, lentils and may make use of them in a soup. It def. is soup weather! Raining all day and in the 40s.

Taking doggie to the vet tomorrow for a vaccine and to check her health. She seems good to me but I'll let the Vet check her out. I asked what protocol they are using now during these times and she said wear a mask. Well, at least I can go in now. Used to have to wait in the car and not be with my little furbaby! So things are getting better there.

So everyone who reads this--you have a good day, evening or night! At least I hope so. I hope to also!
 
I FOUND IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Going through the last of the Country Woman magazines in my downsizing efforts......
The recipe for " Carrot Pudding ".....it's a recipe that my oldest and dearest friend [ who now is passed ] generously passed onto me.
The written out recipe was slipped into one of the magazines.
Have been looking for it for the last 5 years.....so happy to find it.....is one of my most valuable treasures.
It is to die for with caramel sauce.
I will now write out several copies, and place them in all sorts of places.....that way i'm bound to find it.

Sorting, decluttering going very well......i'm surprising myself in what i'm letting go.
 
Hubby and I have errands to run; will look for a small Christmas tree for his son and his family; buying bottled water and other items. Have to go by the bank. Not sure what else. Oh, go and buy new bed linens for the guest bedroom. Want to find a tree topper. And I'm sure there are other stuff we will accomplish.
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MickaC said:
I never liked fruitcake until i made my own....sorry....don't mean to brag.
Light and dark cake......so moist.
My secret.....air bake pans and setting the loaf pans in a sheet pan with water in it......in the oven.
Standard......6 cups assorted fruit......2 cups assorted nuts, then basic dry ingredients.
I change the fruit and nuts so i get different tastes......YUMMY.
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Go girl go, brag away. Sounds yummy! I do not like shop bought fruit cake either. I make mine with fruit fermented for almost a year. One slice and you are drunk :ROFLMAO:
 
MickaC said:
I FOUND IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Going through the last of the Country Woman magazines in my downsizing efforts......
The recipe for " Carrot Pudding ".....it's a recipe that my oldest and dearest friend [ who now is passed ] generously passed onto me.
The written out recipe was slipped into one of the magazines.
Have been looking for it for the last 5 years.....so happy to find it.....is one of my most valuable treasures.
It is to die for with caramel sauce.
I will now write out several copies, and place them in all sorts of places.....that way i'm bound to find it.

Sorting, decluttering going very well......i'm surprising myself in what i'm letting go.
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So glad you found your special recipe Micka. I know what it feels like to lose a much loved recipe!
 
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