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MrPants said:
Here's a simple & tasty dessert idea you can make on a grill when fresh peaches are in season, like they are now in the area I live in. Peach must be ripe enough to be a little softened - not hard as a rock. Insert a sharp knife into the stem point of the peach until the tip is against the peach pit. Then run the knife all the way round the peach until you're back to the stem where you started. grab each peach half with both hands and twist them in opposite directions. One half of the peach will come away from the pit & you can then dig the pit out of the other half.

Sprinkle each open side of the peach halves with a little brown sugar & cinnamon (sounding tasty already - oh yeah!) Place each half peach on the grill open side up for 7-8 mins. minimum Then turn over with open side down for another 7-8 mins minimum (med.-high heat). Remove them from the grill & remove the peach skins by pinching them between two fingers and pulling them off (they come of very easily but they're hot so be careful).

Serve warm and top with either some whipped cream or vanilla ice cream (I'd go the ice cream route myself :love:) I also top mine with a drizzle of real maple syrup but that's optional by recommended if you have any on hand. I do mine on a gas BBQ but you can also just use a stove-top grill too. It's a very nice seasonal fruit treat if you're looking for something a little different.
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Geezer Garage said:
Here's a fix Mizmo.

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Thanks yes I saw similar in another video. Thing is my hands are not too good to go through all that after recent surgery on the right but I did lay a trap with vinegar in a saucer with some honey....I don't have sugar.... it walked around the edge and took off !!!
I haven't seen it for a while. Probably having a nap somewhere....
 
One Spring, there was a very weak house-fly that showed up on the inside window ledge. It must have hibernated over the Winter. It was very slow, barely moving. I put a drop of water on the ledge, and it drank. It hung around for a few days .. but, never flew. Then, it disappeared. Normally, I don't tolerate house flies, but, it was kind of interesting.
 
Things have been quiet here of late. Next week I'll be having a long list of tests to see if the cancer I had is still in remission (I pray that it is). I will admit that it's always on my mind now that the appointments are getting closer. So I find myself distracted and daydreaming a lot.
 
Leann said:
Things have been quiet here of late. Next week I'll be having a long list of tests to see if the cancer I had is still in remission (I pray that it is). I will admit that it's always on my mind now that the appointments are getting closer. So I find myself distracted and daydreaming a lot.
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@Leann
I hope the cancer is still in remission. It must be difficult waiting to have the tests done. I used to accompany my mother when she had hers done .. very long days.

All the best to you 🤗
 
Leann said:
Things have been quiet here of late. Next week I'll be having a long list of tests to see if the cancer I had is still in remission (I pray that it is). I will admit that it's always on my mind now that the appointments are getting closer. So I find myself distracted and daydreaming a lot.
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Totally understandable. It’s a cruel disease - mentally and physically.
 
Leann said:
Things have been quiet here of late. Next week I'll be having a long list of tests to see if the cancer I had is still in remission (I pray that it is). I will admit that it's always on my mind now that the appointments are getting closer. So I find myself distracted and daydreaming a lot.
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I know how you feel and sending you hugs. Keep the chin up and think positive.

My four month cancer check is coming up next month . I will be four years in remission.
Note..I am saying I WILL be..
Prognosis was 2-5 years and here I am still joggin along.
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hollydolly said:
never heard of a muumuu dress..had to google it... :D this is the type of dress I have on right now..

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Love it! Do you know what site you found that on? Never mind - I just right clicked on it and the browser asked if I wanted to search it with Google Lens. Just found it at Walmart and ordered it!
 
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Did some financial stuff and made business calls this morning. I sent out a couple of emails, ate lunch then napped for a bit too long...at the table. ;) My son went to Costco to get some stuff for me and woke me up when he came in. I had to get up right away to put the refrigerated foods away. As I mentioned before...nothing goes in my fridge without being disinfected (unless it's produce). I wound up putting everything away, which involved a little bit of rotating stock. I watched some T.V. I'm glad I didn't have to cook today. I'm thinking about going down to the laundry room, maybe in and hour or so at 10:30 p.m. I like being down there when no one else is...or will be. Usually I go in the middle of the night.
 
My friend came over and we drove for hours to get to a tourist-trap hardware store. It had lots of interesting old tools and gadgets, plus some practical items. I found the clear glass butter dish that I've wanted for years, a tool to unclog my expensive adhesive tube that always forms a solid mass, no matter how I try to clean it and put the cap back securely. Also, bought a dog bone shaped cookie cutter...tomorrow, I'll be baking my dog some homemade biscuits. The store also serves ice cream, so I indulged myself - after all, I did walk the store for hours, so the calories don't count, right?
 
Em in Ohio said:
My friend came over and we drove for hours to get to a tourist-trap hardware store. It had lots of interesting old tools and gadgets, plus some practical items. I found the clear glass butter dish that I've wanted for years, a tool to unclog my expensive adhesive tube that always forms a solid mass, no matter how I try to clean it and put the cap back securely. Also, bought a dog bone shaped cookie cutter...tomorrow, I'll be baking my dog some homemade biscuits. The store also serves ice cream, so I indulged myself - after all, I did walk the store for hours, so the calories don't count, right?
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A hardware store that sells ice cream! Well you don't see that every day! Sounds like you had an interesting, satisfying day.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
A hardware store that sells ice cream! Well you don't see that every day! Sounds like you had an interesting, satisfying day.
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Funny thing about it - It started out as a very humble Amish supply store! The times have changed! But it was great to get away from the house and all the other shoppers were super friendly and chatty. REAL PEOPLE - wow, I'd almost forgotten how to communicate face to face (still at a distance, haha).
 
Well it's 7.50am.. I got up at 6.30am so I could make the drive over to the swimming pool 20 miles away, in time for opening at 8am before it gets crowded.. it's going to be close to 100 degrees today,........ butttt.... my back hurts, and much as it would be eased by the pool.. it will hurt too much to drive, so I can't go..I'm really disappointed.. :(
 
Em in Ohio said:
My friend came over and we drove for hours to get to a tourist-trap hardware store. It had lots of interesting old tools and gadgets, plus some practical items. I found the clear glass butter dish that I've wanted for years, a tool to unclog my expensive adhesive tube that always forms a solid mass, no matter how I try to clean it and put the cap back securely. Also, bought a dog bone shaped cookie cutter...tomorrow, I'll be baking my dog some homemade biscuits. The store also serves ice cream, so I indulged myself - after all, I did walk the store for hours, so the calories don't count, right?
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Was that Lehmans? If so, I used to get their catalogs and would read it like a book. Bought many things from that store through the mail not in person or online.
 
@Em in Ohio Laughing about your hardware store trip. There's a hardware store on the other side of the city that advertises "If we don't have it, you don't need it." They probably don't have ice cream, though, and I always need ice cream.

Today will be another typical summer day: sun, clouds, scattered showers, scattered thunderstorms, humidity, blah blah blah. It looks like I'll be able to get into the garden and continue my battle with weeds. I tell myself that I can finish it up today. Pfffft.

Tomorrow night a "cold" front comes through and our nighttime temps will be mid-60s to upper-60s.
 
I am going to do the usual stuff. My daughter and one of my sons has Covid. Daughter was hospitalized for one day because of the Covid and her tachycardia. She feels like death warmed over, and looks like it too. She is back at home.

I will talk to her later today. I especially want to find out how her roommate is responding to this. If the roomie is causing any problems, I will ask to speak to her and set things to right. Perhaps in her weakened state my daughter will let me do this. Nobody messes with my kids, and I have the track record to prove it.

I've had about 3 hours of sleep, and I'm loaded for bear. No worries. When I feel like this, I am extremely calm and I do something to rectify the situation. I can't tell her to go to her brother's place because the family has tons of cats. Every time my daughter gets near a cat, or even something the cat has laid on, she ends up in the hospital because she can't breathe.

Really, kids shouldn't move so far away from their mothers. I should have brainwashed that into them when they were young.
 
Waiting for "medical" marijuana delivery. Though I only buy THC capsules because I'm not supposed to smoke, I also ordered a disposable vape pen filled with sativa for that little extra whoosh. I'll see how it goes. I've never vaped before. Might have to watch a youtube about it, don't want waste, bought the smallest amount just to see what it's like.

Dispensaries can't fill non-medical yet, but the city is preparing by opening many many paraphernalia shops in expensive areas where the rent is really huge. @Kika, you must be seeing this, right? I was in your neck of the woods yesterday.
 

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