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Went grocery shopping and could not believe the empty shelves!

On my way home, I was confronted with road blockage, quite a few police cars, ambulances, fire truck and news station vans. Unbelievable.

I had to take another route to get home. Ever get stuck in traffic with a full bladder?🥴

One SUV was almost cut in half.
Scares me because vehicle's are always speeding down this street.
 

Vida May said:
I am trying to put myself in your shoes before saying something stupid like how wonderful it would be if I lost my appetite and finally lost about 20 extra pounds. I took two naps yesterday and still went to bed early and according to my medical provider, there is nothing wrong with me. I can't read a book in 3 weeks, so I think you are doing a super job of reading.

If I had a house with extra bedrooms I would like to have a foreign student visit. I don't think I will ever get far away from where I live and speaking with people from other countries is the closest I can come to getting away from home. I love our differences as much as a field full of different wildflowers.
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Well, Vida May, I told my daughter that this loss of appetite thing would have come in handy in the past, when I dieted. I have always read a lot of books. You know how some families are into sports or music or whatever? Our family is into reading. Back to dieting, I read somewhere that it is good if older people have some extra pounds on them, in case they get sick. I guess the thinking is that if you start out thin, you can waste away to nothing.

I, too, love meeting people from different countries. Everything about them and their country and culture interests me.
 
Up early puttering around the kitchen.

I made a batch of riced cauliflower stuffing to scoop and nuke for the next couple of days. I didn't have the butter, celery, or carrot today. I did add a small can of mushroom stems and pieces.

I serve it with a no sugar added applesauce snack cup for a quick and easy meal.

Low Carb Riced Cauliflower Stuffing
1/2 chub of bulk breakfast sausage (approx 1 cup)
2 T butter
1 diced onion
1 or 2 ribs diced celery
1 diced carrot
1 t Bell's Poultry Seasoning
1 packet GOYA chicken-flavored bouillon
1 package Aldi steam in the bag riced cauliflower
Salt & Pepper to taste

Microwave the riced cauliflower according to the package directions, snip the top corners of the bag and gently squeeze most of the liquid out of the bag, set aside. The bag will be hot so use a kitchen towel to protect your hands!

Fry the sausage and break into crumbles, set aside. I fry the entire chub and freeze half for a future recipe.

Add butter to the pan along with onion, celery, carrot, and cook until translucent.

Add the sausage, riced cauliflower, chicken bouillon powder to the pan of vegetables, combine, season with S&P, and cook until any remaining moisture has evaporated.

For a meatless version add 1 cup of chopped Baby Bella mushrooms to the vegetables and saute.

Use what you happen to have on hand, the recipe is just a guide.
 

I'm here and have stayed logged in because I'm confused about who I am ;) or which password was reset so...I'm going to remain Georgiagranny forevermore or until the cows come home, whichever happens first. It looks like I'm a new member, but that's all kinds of wrong. I've been here since whenever...years and years.

It's been a sh!tshow at work because my coworker laid out for more than a week without notifying anybody. When she finally called our supervisor last Wednesday, she said she'd be in on Thursday. A few minutes before she was supposed to show up, she called and said she "couldn't make it". Right. She's finally been terminated.

What her not showing up meant was that the supervisor and I worked our tails off, and it's going to continue until and unless we get another bakery clerk. As if! I'm glad I like both the job and the supervisor, and also glad to have today and tomorrow off. On Thursday and Saturday this coming week, supervisor is off so I'll be there alone busily being inept and saying "I'm sorry. Our cake decorator is off today".

It's been cold here, folks! If god had wanted me to be cold, she wouldn't have led me to the South. However, it's amazing how quickly we can acclimate to changes in the temps. This morning it's a positively tropical 44 so I sat outside with my coffee in just my jammies and robe. Our early-morning temps have been in the 20s. Yesterday's high temp was only about 45.

And...the last little section of lawn has finally been reseeded. Almost. I ran out of grass seed so will run by the garden center to pick some up this morning when DD and I go out to *forage* for food.

Speaking of...we mostly find everything we need when we go "Walmarting" on Sunday or Monday mornings. I can't think offhand what we've had a hard time finding, but whenever there are bare shelves, we've been able to substitute whatever it is with something else.

Just so y'all know, I haven't won the lottery yet. Of course, when I do, I'll keep my day job:ROFLMAO: unless managing millions takes up too much time.
 
Today I am not sure what I will be doing. Sonny is supposed to come and take me to the store so I can get water and distilled water (for the humidifier). Right now it looks like it could be a icy road day but could be better later on. So I will see.

Filling out my new 2022 planner presently. Then going to start a pot of bone broth made with chicken bones I have stored in the freezer. I have never made it before so this will be an adventure. I'd like to have it done before Sonny comes and I have to leave.
 
I believe my mother initiated this."Eat some more, your so skinny, What happens if you get sick?" Love you Mom. If she were here today I'm sure she would be telling me the same thing. Mike

WheatenLover said:
Back to dieting, I read somewhere that it is good if older people have some extra pounds on them, in case they get sick. I guess the thinking is that if you start out thin, you can waste away to nothing.
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WheatenLover said:
Well, Vida May, I told my daughter that this loss of appetite thing would have come in handy in the past, when I dieted. I have always read a lot of books. You know how some families are into sports or music or whatever? Our family is into reading. Back to dieting, I read somewhere that it is good if older people have some extra pounds on them, in case they get sick. I guess the thinking is that if you start out thin, you can waste away to nothing.

I, too, love meeting people from different countries. Everything about them and their country and culture interests me.
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:ROFLMAO: I have a large library. It was 3 times larger before I had to downsize. I love books, I am just an extremely slow reader. I say each word as I read and if I don't, words mean nothing to me. In school, I was taught just to see and know the word, and that meant I could not learn to read. Thankfully my grandmother was a teacher and when visiting in the summer she taught me phonics. If it had not been her, I think I would be illiterate.

Getting through college with each professor giving us a lot of reading was extremely challenging for me. If I knew the books ahead of time, I would read them in the summer to get a head start. I am an information junkie! I would love it if I could read as you do but I hate movies with subtitles because I can not read fast enough.

Please tell me about your home so I can vicariously enjoy your life with a young person from another country. Like how many bedrooms and what is your back yard like?
 
Aunt Bea said:
Up early puttering around the kitchen.

I made a batch of riced cauliflower stuffing to scoop and nuke for the next couple of days. I didn't have the butter, celery, or carrot today. I did add a small can of mushroom stems and pieces.

I serve it with a no sugar added applesauce snack cup for a quick and easy meal.

Low Carb Riced Cauliflower Stuffing
1/2 chub of bulk breakfast sausage (approx 1 cup)
2 T butter
1 diced onion
1 or 2 ribs diced celery
1 diced carrot
1 t Bell's Poultry Seasoning
1 packet GOYA chicken-flavored bouillon
1 package Aldi steam in the bag riced cauliflower
Salt & Pepper to taste

Microwave the riced cauliflower according to the package directions, snip the top corners of the bag and gently squeeze most of the liquid out of the bag, set aside. The bag will be hot so use a kitchen towel to protect your hands!

Fry the sausage and break into crumbles, set aside. I fry the entire chub and freeze half for a future recipe.

Add butter to the pan along with onion, celery, carrot, and cook until translucent.

Add the sausage, riced cauliflower, chicken bouillon powder to the pan of vegetables, combine, season with S&P, and cook until any remaining moisture has evaporated.

For a meatless version add 1 cup of chopped Baby Bella mushrooms to the vegetables and saute.

Use what you happen to have on hand, the recipe is just a guide.
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I just watched a video for ricing cauliflower and later today I will pick some up along with a carrot, onion, and mushrooms! I just bought celery. Then I will try your recipe. It sounds like something I will enjoy very much.

I have packages of Indian dishes that a person just tears open, pours on the rice, and heats. I think I like your recipe better than rice. Fewer carbs.

Other than the mushrooms, which I love, 🥰 I use vegetarian meat crumbles. They are a little spendy but it is already spiced and cooked and easy to add to anything. Then I boost the protein with a dairy product. Perhaps a glass of milk or yogurt with blueberries.
 
Georgiagranny said:
I'm here and have stayed logged in because I'm confused about who I am ;) or which password was reset so...I'm going to remain Georgiagranny forevermore or until the cows come home, whichever happens first. It looks like I'm a new member, but that's all kinds of wrong. I've been here since whenever...years and years.

It's been a sh!tshow at work because my coworker laid out for more than a week without notifying anybody. When she finally called our supervisor last Wednesday, she said she'd be in on Thursday. A few minutes before she was supposed to show up, she called and said she "couldn't make it". Right. She's finally been terminated.

What her not showing up meant was that the supervisor and I worked our tails off, and it's going to continue until and unless we get another bakery clerk. As if! I'm glad I like both the job and the supervisor, and also glad to have today and tomorrow off. On Thursday and Saturday this coming week, supervisor is off so I'll be there alone busily being inept and saying "I'm sorry. Our cake decorator is off today".

It's been cold here, folks! If god had wanted me to be cold, she wouldn't have led me to the South. However, it's amazing how quickly we can acclimate to changes in the temps. This morning it's a positively tropical 44 so I sat outside with my coffee in just my jammies and robe. Our early-morning temps have been in the 20s. Yesterday's high temp was only about 45.

And...the last little section of lawn has finally been reseeded. Almost. I ran out of grass seed so will run by the garden center to pick some up this morning when DD and I go out to *forage* for food.

Speaking of...we mostly find everything we need when we go "Walmarting" on Sunday or Monday mornings. I can't think offhand what we've had a hard time finding, but whenever there are bare shelves, we've been able to substitute whatever it is with something else.

Just so y'all know, I haven't won the lottery yet. Of course, when I do, I'll keep my day job:ROFLMAO: unless managing millions takes up too much time.
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It's good to see you and to hear all about how you've been doing.:)

That is awful that the co-worker did not work out, and couldn't at least communicate better than that!
I hope they find another one, and a good one, very soon!
Hope you get both a mental and a physical break, on your days off!
 
Vida May said:
I just watched a video for ricing cauliflower and later today I will pick some up along with a carrot, onion, and mushrooms! I just bought celery. Then I will try your recipe. It sounds like something I will enjoy very much.

I have packages of Indian dishes that a person just tears open, pours on the rice, and heats. I think I like your recipe better than rice. Fewer carbs.

Other than the mushrooms, which I love, 🥰 I use vegetarian meat crumbles. They are a little spendy but it is already spiced and cooked and easy to add to anything. Then I boost the protein with a dairy product. Perhaps a glass of milk or yogurt with blueberries.
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The riced cauliflower is also good for an Americanized version of fried rice.

I add whatever vegetables I have on hand and season it with soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, and garlic chili paste.
 
I had a rough night with my illnesses; therefore, feeling more poorly today, and I will have to try, and hope for some extra daytime sleep.

Watching a few wild birds out my window first
(cardinal and finches, so far)
and I am having warm beverage and food, and dropping in here, for a little comradery, social interaction, and smiles, to add to my day.
My thanks to my friends, here.
 
So far today after not sleeping all night I got up at 6 am. I have my normal everyday headache. So after hearing my husband preach about Politics and then him watching a show called Billions, I decided I would take a nap. That was when he decided to run to the store. The roads are icy here but he insisted on ongoing. My daughter called and said she would go to the store for him. He said, "No Thank You." So since the store is near where she lives she asked him to stop in and have coffee. He agreed and then I called her and asked how much I could pay her for babysitting him. She laughed and after we hung up I started to look for my checkbook so when I see her I really want to slip her a check.
 
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hiraeth2018 said:
It's 10 am on a Friday... just like yesterday or the day before or the day before that... but wait!
TODAY some excitement! I am having a gas insert placed into my wood burning fireplace. I'm sure "we" have many opinions here about what is better to burn but I am soooooo looking forward to not having to storing wood, chopping my own kindling, tracking wood chips, dirt and critters into my living room! With the cost of $150-250 per cord of wood here I am bowing down to the convenience of clicking a button and presto... clean fire and warmth for the damp winter here on the NW Pacific coast!
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To Hiraeth2018: I'm in Oregon too. Hopefully it won't rain today. Cutting your own wood is a lot of hard work. A very LONG time ago I raised my sons in a log cabin 14,000 feet up in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. No electricity, gas, phone or water (had to haul water by hand [in jugs]up mountain from stream that was downhill). I found and cut my own wood, 8-10 cords a year. I know how much work it is. Hope you enjoyed the easier warmth.
 
Aunt Bea said:
The riced cauliflower is also good for an Americanized version of fried rice.

I add whatever vegetables I have on hand and season it with soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, and garlic chili paste.
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Oh yum! I am sure when I rice some cauliflower, I will have plenty to experiment with. One of the reasons I really don't like cooking now is because I have so much of whatever I cook and then eat it for days. If it goes in the freezer I forget about it and then it tastes awful. I am sure you have noticed prepackaged foods can be bought in individual servings.

Some foods just keep getting better and better as they age, but by day 3 it begins to get hard to eat it again.
 
Yaya said:
Yaya, I sent you a private message.

Sassycakes​

So far today after not sleeping all night I got up at 6 am. I have my normal everyday headache. So after hearing my husband preach about Politics and then him watching a show called Billions, I decided I would take a nap. That was when he decided to run to the store. The roads are icy here but he insisted on ongoing. My daughter called and said she would go to the store for him. He said, "No Thank You." So since the store is near where she lives she asked him to stop in and have coffee. He agreed and then I called her and asked how much I could pay her for babysitting him. She laughed and after we hung up I started to look for my checkbook so when I see her I really want to slip her a check.
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Does your husband go on the internet? Here are two political forums that might keep him busy.

https://defendingthetruth.com/

https://politicalworld.freeforums.net/

I am sorry you had a bad night. Bad days are not fun but I rather have a bad day than a bad night.
 
PamfromTx said:
Went grocery shopping and could not believe the empty shelves!

On my way home, I was confronted with road blockage, quite a few police cars, ambulances, fire truck and news station vans. Unbelievable.

I had to take another route to get home. Ever get stuck in traffic with a full bladder?🥴

One SUV was almost cut in half.
Scares me because vehicle's are always speeding down this street.
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woah! what a day!
 
WheatenLover said:
Just working on my to-do list. Had chemo fatigue the last 3 days, so I didn't get much done. Had to modify my list by adding fatigue days, because I literally got next to nothing done. Feeling better today and I hope it lasts. At least I got some reading in -- my list includes things to do for myself, so I must read 1 nonfiction book and 3 fiction books a week. I had doing a craft and learning to draw on the list, but I put that in another week. I'm not particularly crafty but I bought a card making kit and figured that would do for now.

Our Australian guest is a really nice guy and helps out a lot. I have make sure he doesn't do too much - he's a guest, after all, and doesn't have to earn his keep. He and my daughter get along very well, no problems at all. She is taking full advantage of him doing chores, so this idyllic phase may not last very long. He is totally besotted with her. She is talking about moving to Australia in a year. She is usually all talk, no action, about moving to another state, but I'm not sure about this time. He will be here about six more weeks. He is trying to (gently) teach the dog not to bark. So far, not working, but no harm to dog, so he can carry on. The dog adores him. Daughter said she would take the dog with her when she moves, but there is no way. That dog is legally mine and he's not going on a long plane trip and then be quarantined in Melbourne while she is living in Sydney.

I am nearly done watching Chicago Med. After that, I'll go back to Grace & Frankie; I am way behind on that series. This is fun.

I am having a hard time eating. No appetite and foods I like, I feel revulsion for. So I'm forcing myself to eat three times a day. It's on my list! This is so annoying.This is just a chemo side effect that comes and goes. I wish it would stay gone, and it will, eventually. Today, I'm going to eat a bag of frozen broccoli and cauliflower, maybe a bowl of cereal (if we have something besides oat milk, maybe a hotdog, and an apple. Sounds so unhealthy. Well, at least the hot dog is. There is no meat I currently like, except for hotdogs. When I was undergoing chemo, the doc said not to eat foods I really like because I may develop a revulsion for them. I thought she was nuts, but now I don't. I don't have to eat foods I used to like to know I don't want them. It is so strange.

Meanwhile, the dog sleeps with me every night, which is nice because then he sleeps late (sometimes until noon) and the Aussie man doesn't have to get up too early to take him out. He volunteers. I am not supposed to go outside when temps are below freezing, so I'm in the catbird seat. This edict is from my cardiologist. Can't shovel snow, either. So there are some bright sides to having a cardiologist. A lot of them, actually.
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I'm so happy to hear your upbeat update! LOL. It's nice to hear that you are feeling better! ❤

Don't stress too much about your lists. They are made as a way to prioritize....they are not ment to be ridged. It's ok to adapt them to various situations.

It sounds like your dog is in high demand....hope you keep him close to you! 😁
 
We're back from town....
We're going to have some coffee, then start cutting down some trees. I got the idea for this project over the summer. Our decorative trees grew more than I would have ever imagined.

Many of them are storm damaged. Almost all of them are big enough that the flowering bushes along the driveway are not getting enough sunlight, and are starting to suffer.

It's a big job, but I have always enjoyed the whole tree cutting/firewood projects. Dio will pull out the chainsaw, and we will start cutting. It will feel good to get such a big job done!
 
Going to be a very busy day. Boning out a pork shoulder to combine with about 10lbs. of the 20lbs. boneless chicken breast I bought today. The purpose is to coarse grind those two together to make these 3 kinds of sausage, Italian sweet sausage, Andouille & Chorizo. Will set aside some to be the topping for home made pizza tomorrow then vacuum seal & freeze the rest of the sausage. Not done with future prep. Dragging out the slow cooker to cook about 3 lb. of chicken breast to shred for tacos. Cube some for chicken noodle soup, last slice some breast length wise for breading. Was thinking about smoking some of the breast but decided not to.
 

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