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Went to the dentist. Made one moving trip. Cooked home made beef stoup (stew / soup). Ate beef stoup with toasted onion roll.

My Beef Stoup

one package of braising beef, cut in 1/2 inch cubes
1 packet of beef bullion
Worcestershire sauce, dried oregano, ground cumin, sage - to taste

1/3 cup barley
1 - 15 oz can diced carrots
1 - 15 oz can whole kernel corn
1 - 15 oz can sliced mushrooms

Cook beef in a covered Dutch oven in 3 cups water seasoned with bullion and seasonings for 2 hours on low heat. Add barley and cook another 30 minutes. Add remianing vegetables and cook until heathed through.
 

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waking up slouching on mattress (bed) half way through reading used Amazon paperback
How To Create A Mind by Ray Kurzweil
hot shower, choose clothes, dress etc
off an on all day laptop news, several web boards, also working a bit on a long old document
2 weeks worth of laundry, fold, store
more reading How To Create A Mind
soon to make an iceberg lettuce + tomato + blue cheese dressing lunch
nap on couch
walk up and down stairs carrying 55 pounds 10 times plus some floor exercises
more reading How To Create A Mind

so nice to be retired
 
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debodun said:
Went to the dentist. Made one moving trip. Cooked home made beef stoup (stew / soup). Ate beef stoup with toasted onion roll.

My Beef Stoup

one package of braising beef, cut in 1/2 inch cubes
1 packet of beef bullion
Worcestershire sauce, dried oregano, ground cumin, sage - to taste

1/3 cup barley
1 - 15 oz can diced carrots
1 - 15 oz can whole kernel corn
1 - 15 oz can sliced mushrooms

Cook beef in a covered Dutch oven in 3 cups water seasoned with bullion and seasonings for 2 hours on low heat. Add barley and cook another 30 minutes. Add remianing vegetables and cook until heathed through.
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Dang, that sounds good! You should have let us know, and we'd have joined you for lunch🍲. I'm gonna use fresh 'shrooms instead of canned.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Why are highways closed, @Jules ? Inclement weather?
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We have had an Atmospheric River (aka Pineapple Express). Record rains and winds. After a summer of extreme heat and drought and trees with weakened roots, this rain has washed away mountain sides and flat areas can‘t absorb the excessive water. There are very few roads from one side of the province to the other. Right now, they’re all impassable at various points. We’re in bad shape!
 
Jules said:
We have had an Atmospheric River (aka Pineapple Express). Record rains and winds. After a summer of extreme heat and drought and trees with weakened roots, this rain has washed away mountain sides and flat areas can‘t absorb the excessive water. There are very few roads from one side of the province to the other. Right now, they’re all impassable at various points. We’re in bad shape!
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Such a beautiful day here today but I agree with Jules many parts of BC have total devastation. Here, many were without power and roads washed out. I hope and pray that everyone is safe.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Awww @Trila, I'm so sorry. We had chickens when I was a kid, and I'd always have a favorite. When they'd die, I'd be heartbroken and insist on having a funeral for them.

Today? Well. Today is my non-birthday dinner with the family. I'm not particularly pleased because I really don't like "celebrating" a birthday in advance. If we were doing it after my birthday, even that would be acceptable but barely.

What's got my nose out of joint is that the rest of the family birthdays are celebrated on the day of, and this isn't the first time mine is kind of an afterthought. Actually, this time it's kind of a prethought. Their reason is that "nobody" can make it on my actual birthday because of work schedules. DGD's work schedule is pretty flexible and can be worked around; DSIL is the general manager at his job, and he's the one who makes the schedule so he can schedule himself off or schedule his workday around a specified time. DGS is flexible and can be available whenever; DD works from home so her schedule is flexible as well.

Add to the above that all the years I worked for a German company in the US and worked for a German company in Germany, and their superstition that it's bad luck to give birthday wishes/celebrate ahead of the birthday, and it makes me squirrely...although I'm not particularly superstitious otherwise. It's just something that was planted in my head all those years ago.

Silly, I know, and I feel like I'm being petty, but it really annoys me. Maybe I'm just getting thin-skinned in my "eld".
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You have every right to be annoyed! Your b-day should be celebrated....not squeezed in so as to not upset other people's lives!

I suggest you have your own celebration, and don't invite any of them! Or (plan B) invite them for the right day...if they can't make it, too bad for them!

Also, we can have a party on your b-day....right here! I'll bake a pumpkin cheesecake!
 
Went into town today. Had breakfast, then went for cappuccino. It was a beautiful day, so we went to walk at the park for awhile.

Next stop: we got our booster shots!! Yea!

After that, I visited my friend who is in the hospital, again.

Next, shopping at Wal-Mart. My Mom was there, so I got an extra hug from her. 💖

By then it was starting to get too late to make anything for dinner, so we picked up a pizza on the way home. 🍕. It was a "no cook" day, for me. LOL
 
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debodun said:
Went to the dentist. Made one moving trip. Cooked home made beef stoup (stew / soup). Ate beef stoup with toasted onion roll.

My Beef Stoup

one package of braising beef, cut in 1/2 inch cubes
1 packet of beef bullion
Worcestershire sauce, dried oregano, ground cumin, sage - to taste

1/3 cup barley
1 - 15 oz can diced carrots
1 - 15 oz can whole kernel corn
1 - 15 oz can sliced mushrooms

Cook beef in a covered Dutch oven in 3 cups water seasoned with bullion and seasonings for 2 hours on low heat. Add barley and cook another 30 minutes. Add remianing vegetables and cook until heathed through.
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Oooh! Yummy!
 
Spent the day in the ER after being sent there by instant care. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The hospital doc decided that a blood clot had probably passed through my heart (due to the positive ddimer test and pain) but I was fine. Doctor asked me if I’d like to be hospitalized for the evening so they could “watch me”. Hmm, NOPE.

Felt like a double knife stab through the heart, plus heart attack, not that I’ve ever been stabbed in the heart, but now I know what it feels like. Hurts like a 🤬
 
Today, I saw my first real "People of Walmart" sighting.

A young woman was wearing a cut-off t-shirt so skimpy/short that you could see the entire bottom half of her .....uh...."unfettered" "girls". That is until she started bouncing down the aisles and then you could see the other half....then you couldn't.....then you could....and so on.

People were staring. It was quite the show. I don't know how long it lasted as I was heading for the checkout. I saw one guy with his phone pointed toward her so I'm pretty sure it's on the internet by now.

What would possess a young woman to do that? Don't bother, I probably know the answer.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Awww @Trila, I'm so sorry. We had chickens when I was a kid, and I'd always have a favorite. When they'd die, I'd be heartbroken and insist on having a funeral for them.

Today? Well. Today is my non-birthday dinner with the family. I'm not particularly pleased because I really don't like "celebrating" a birthday in advance. If we were doing it after my birthday, even that would be acceptable but barely.

What's got my nose out of joint is that the rest of the family birthdays are celebrated on the day of, and this isn't the first time mine is kind of an afterthought. Actually, this time it's kind of a prethought. Their reason is that "nobody" can make it on my actual birthday because of work schedules. DGD's work schedule is pretty flexible and can be worked around; DSIL is the general manager at his job, and he's the one who makes the schedule so he can schedule himself off or schedule his workday around a specified time. DGS is flexible and can be available whenever; DD works from home so her schedule is flexible as well.

Add to the above that all the years I worked for a German company in the US and worked for a German company in Germany, and their superstition that it's bad luck to give birthday wishes/celebrate ahead of the birthday, and it makes me squirrely...although I'm not particularly superstitious otherwise. It's just something that was planted in my head all those years ago.

Silly, I know, and I feel like I'm being petty, but it really annoys me. Maybe I'm just getting thin-skinned in my "eld".
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I hear what you're saying about birthdays, GeorgiaXplant.
Pity potty hits me, my birthday is usually forgotten or not bothered with.......except for here.....lots of wishes.
 
Picked up some med refills.
I'm in a mood !!!!!!!!!
Why ???????
Had to get some dog food at the vet........about 100 feet of gravel muck before turning into the vet.......my nice clean shiny vehicle is no more.
Should be a law against muck. :cautious::(:mad:
 

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