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Good Morning Kids...
Well, it's been snowing here for a while... Welcome to winter they say... Yahooo... NOT...
And I will stay safe and warm as I can @shan2themax
Well, everyone, I hope YOU all have a GREAT day...Won't be going too far from the house today... Think there are a few craft shows Lorie wants to check out today and there right here in town... and the truck is 4x4...
Cheers~
Well, it's been snowing here for a while... Welcome to winter they say... Yahooo... NOT...
Mmmm meatloaf is one of my favourites for dinner... Hope it tastes as good as the aroma you said was throughout the house...@shan2themax... Yeah, the film was a little gross, but YOU have been working very hard on it, and look forward to seeing the next film on it...I got a massage today, it was wonderful. I amsure I will have a bruised hip after that. But it sure does feel good currently.
I am making meatloaf, thought I would try something different and use a seasoning pack. I usually only use, pepper, garlic and
, and then I use eggs, whatever crackers I have (although I like to use the vegetable ritz), and ketchup. This had some diced onion, the seasoning pack, 1/2 cup of milk, 1/4 cup of crackers and no ketchup on the inside, only on the outside on the top. It smells absolutely amazing in here. I can't wait for it to be done!
I have a link for the video of what the house looked like 6 years ago. I wish I had done the video before we started cleaning that day. The very last room is the room that my daughter (18 @ the time) and I and our 2 dogs moved into. We literally stayed in that room all the time when we weren't cleaning.
Its gross and you have been warned should you decide to look... I should do a new video sometime. Hmmmmm
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ErgECEC2FRxGhm5Z7
Also, follow up from other thread.... I only had a small recliner, couch and TV prior to buying and assembling those 2 pieces of furniture.
I hope they show up Monday about looking at the sag and fixing it.... I will need to start saving/planning for new windows and doors after I get carpet. I already have enough saved for that I believe, although I could be wrong.
Anyway, the oven is beeping at me so... everyone have a good evening.
@RedneckGrump stay safe and warm!
And I will stay safe and warm as I can @shan2themax
Hope YOU had a GREAT time with your friend there Buddy, @Eddie_T
Hey, @68bucks Say Happy Birthday for me to YOUR MOM...and hope YOU guys have a GREAT party...
Well, everyone, I hope YOU all have a GREAT day...Won't be going too far from the house today... Think there are a few craft shows Lorie wants to check out today and there right here in town... and the truck is 4x4...
Cheers~
Is this the weekend for the American's Thanksgiving?Looked out at new snow having morning coffee and getting ready to pop a turkey in the oven having the first of three thanksgivings this year.
Great idea for a thread.
Next Thursday.
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W purchased an 18 pound Butterball Turkey, which is frozen. I saw on TV that you should start thawing the bird starting yesterday. Mama wants to thaw beginning on Sunday. I think that is too late to cook on Thursday. Can someone help me with the perfect day to start thawing it?
It needs to be started thawing in fridge today. It always takes longer than processing plant says it will
We have a 23# butterball frozen. I plan to put it in the fridge tomorrow. I'm going to brine it on Wednesday morning and I figure it well still be a bit frozen but that's fine. If I wasn't brining I would check it good on Wednesday morning and if it wasn't close I'd put it in cold water in the sink and monitor it till I was thawed and then back in the fridge overnight.
Flyover
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Wife and I had "date night" last night for the first time in way too long. We went to an alcohol-free bar. They serve mocktails and NA beer, though they also had a food menu. We ordered wings, which were really good. We ordered shots of non-alcoholic liquor (tequila for me, gin for her) which were undrinkable. (But hey, we got to try it.) Then we sent those back (the waitress was very understanding; she herself admitted they were pretty nasty) and ordered non-alcoholic beer instead, which of course was much better.
Flyover
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I think the best thanksgiving meal is Chinese take-out. I am not a fan of eating lizards birds in general, and I find turkey doesn't even have the redeeming quality of being decent fried or in tikka masala. Unfortunately when I request an alternative to the big lizard, I'm usually offered ham which I like even less. The sides are good but don't really hold together without a meat as the centerpiece. Thanksgiving is not a gustatorially happy time for me. Hey at least there's nice weather--oh wait
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Hmm.. Other thread got locked?
Shan, that house reminds me a lot of what we moved into when we came back from overseas. They eventually moved some of their boxes and stuff out. They even came back after their stuff was gone & we changed the locks so they could take some of our stuff. Kicked the door in. Every single surface in the house was covered in dust, mouse crap, grease, grime, etc. They didn't even bother cleaning at all. The carpets were ruined. And they left the yard filled with trash all over.
Flyover, I always find that turkey gets too dry. I prefer chicken.
I don't know if they still do it, but a few years back the local doctors were doing colonoscopies without anesthetic.
Ran out of cat food. There was still food out but the cats could see the bottoms of their bowls and according to them the end times were nigh. They were fighting and losing their minds. I had to go to the store this morning. Walked in and saw my best friend talking to another mutual friend & someone I didn't know. So I crept up on him while pretending to be a T-Rex. He turned around and laughed. We talked very briefly and then saw each other around the store a few times. I got cat food, dog food, some frozen stuff Mom requested, and then headed to TSC to get cow feed. Looked around before unloading to make sure cows weren't around (horned one gets in the way). Went to get the bag out of the back and the horned cow seemingly materialized out of nowhere and came charging over. Ended up with the bag splitting and getting sweet feed all in the back of the truck. It fell with the open end face down so it took me a bit to dance around the cows and flip it over without getting hit with horns.. My entire upper left arm hates me now.
Mom just walked by and said she's hungry so I have to go play the game of figuring out what she wants.
Shan, that house reminds me a lot of what we moved into when we came back from overseas. They eventually moved some of their boxes and stuff out. They even came back after their stuff was gone & we changed the locks so they could take some of our stuff. Kicked the door in. Every single surface in the house was covered in dust, mouse crap, grease, grime, etc. They didn't even bother cleaning at all. The carpets were ruined. And they left the yard filled with trash all over.
Flyover, I always find that turkey gets too dry. I prefer chicken.
I don't know if they still do it, but a few years back the local doctors were doing colonoscopies without anesthetic.
Ran out of cat food. There was still food out but the cats could see the bottoms of their bowls and according to them the end times were nigh. They were fighting and losing their minds. I had to go to the store this morning. Walked in and saw my best friend talking to another mutual friend & someone I didn't know. So I crept up on him while pretending to be a T-Rex. He turned around and laughed. We talked very briefly and then saw each other around the store a few times. I got cat food, dog food, some frozen stuff Mom requested, and then headed to TSC to get cow feed. Looked around before unloading to make sure cows weren't around (horned one gets in the way). Went to get the bag out of the back and the horned cow seemingly materialized out of nowhere and came charging over. Ended up with the bag splitting and getting sweet feed all in the back of the truck. It fell with the open end face down so it took me a bit to dance around the cows and flip it over without getting hit with horns.. My entire upper left arm hates me now.
Mom just walked by and said she's hungry so I have to go play the game of figuring out what she wants.
Flyover
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Part of the problem with bird meat is when it's "juicy" (wet). Gross. The drier you can get it the better. Or else fry it. Or put it in a sauce (chicken pot pie is nice if you can't make decent Indian food). Which reminds me, similar to your opinion Eddie, I like the hash my FIL makes on Friday morning out of turkey, Mac&cheese, green beans, and stuffing. That I could eat for weeks.
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Turkey sandwiches with some cranberry sauce over them on the next day isn't bad. I do really like the stuffing. Once I get the pantry cleaned up better I need to get more stuffing to make.
I guess we have different tastes, Flyover. I like moist bird meat. But then I like softer textured foods. I have a weird thing where the in my lower jaw behind my teeth stick up way higher than normal and anything hard and brittle like crackers, chips, etc scrape & cut the skin over the bones.
To this day I still don't like green beans bc Mom used to make them from a can and I hated them.
I'm currently cooking yellow rice and just heated up a Stoufer's chicken enchilada for Mom. She seems to like it. She was born in Detroit but grew up in California so she misses Mexican food. We don't really have much of that around here.
My stupid shoulder is aching. I leaned on the doorframe while bending down for something and my shoulder can't handle any pressure like that. Can't reach behind my back or lift my arm too high. Just getting up from bed both of my shoulders were sounding like rice cereal.
I need to power through and get some cleaning done tomorrow though. Spicoli has been encouraging me to get stuff cleaned up and to eat better. I need to do both, but I'm going to try baby steps. I realize that when I look at the huge mess I feel overwhelmed so I'm going to try tackling small areas a little at a time. Getting the counter with the microwave cleaned up made me feel good. I just got a spray bottle and plan to do the warm water + vinegar to spritz on cabinets.
Speaking of the bottle, I grabbed it and went to check out and then realized there was no sticker or barcode anywhere on it. I do self checkout bc the other lanes are usually closed. The clerk who works in that section came over and I told her where I got the bottle from, she looked it up, found it, and then used the hand scanner from the self checkout to scan the barcode on her little handheld screen thingy. Usually I have to go back and grab another one so that was sweet of her. A lot of the clerks would have me go back and get one that has a label.
As an aside, once I get things cleaned up more, I have a project for my friend's kitchen. I saw this plan on Ana White's site: Rustic X Small Rolling Kitchen Island | Ana White and decided on some modifications. Full shelf, wider drawer with proper drawer glides, Painted to match the cabinets but the panels under the X pattern would be gloss black (I already have the paint for that).
Here's the original from the plans
My general plans:
I'd still have the 12" deep drawer but would have a shelf behind it. I know, maybe a pipe dream, but I already have some of the lumber for it.
The planning part makes me happy-- especially when my body is not cooperating with actually doing stuff.
I guess we have different tastes, Flyover. I like moist bird meat. But then I like softer textured foods. I have a weird thing where the in my lower jaw behind my teeth stick up way higher than normal and anything hard and brittle like crackers, chips, etc scrape & cut the skin over the bones.
To this day I still don't like green beans bc Mom used to make them from a can and I hated them.
I'm currently cooking yellow rice and just heated up a Stoufer's chicken enchilada for Mom. She seems to like it. She was born in Detroit but grew up in California so she misses Mexican food. We don't really have much of that around here.
My stupid shoulder is aching. I leaned on the doorframe while bending down for something and my shoulder can't handle any pressure like that. Can't reach behind my back or lift my arm too high. Just getting up from bed both of my shoulders were sounding like rice cereal.
I need to power through and get some cleaning done tomorrow though. Spicoli has been encouraging me to get stuff cleaned up and to eat better. I need to do both, but I'm going to try baby steps. I realize that when I look at the huge mess I feel overwhelmed so I'm going to try tackling small areas a little at a time. Getting the counter with the microwave cleaned up made me feel good. I just got a spray bottle and plan to do the warm water + vinegar to spritz on cabinets.
Speaking of the bottle, I grabbed it and went to check out and then realized there was no sticker or barcode anywhere on it. I do self checkout bc the other lanes are usually closed. The clerk who works in that section came over and I told her where I got the bottle from, she looked it up, found it, and then used the hand scanner from the self checkout to scan the barcode on her little handheld screen thingy. Usually I have to go back and grab another one so that was sweet of her. A lot of the clerks would have me go back and get one that has a label.
As an aside, once I get things cleaned up more, I have a project for my friend's kitchen. I saw this plan on Ana White's site: Rustic X Small Rolling Kitchen Island | Ana White and decided on some modifications. Full shelf, wider drawer with proper drawer glides, Painted to match the cabinets but the panels under the X pattern would be gloss black (I already have the paint for that).
Here's the original from the plans
My general plans:
I'd still have the 12" deep drawer but would have a shelf behind it. I know, maybe a pipe dream, but I already have some of the lumber for it.
The planning part makes me happy-- especially when my body is not cooperating with actually doing stuff.
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So..... today, I did several things... the first of which was a 4 hour nap. My daughter brought her laundry over for drop off service (lol) and her 2 dogs who are puppies still but horribly behaved when they are here ( she claims they listen at her house). I was pooped after them being inside for like 5 minutes, literally.
After I woke up, I started on her laundry. My lower back is killing me today, (from my massage yesterday I am sure). Hoping it will feel better tomorrow, usually does.
I moved that new kitchen cart to the kitchen today and put some things in it. Moved the chest of drawers out onto the backporch.... staying decide if I want to refinish it, and then sell it, or just sell it. (Although.... I just realized I could refinish it and give it to my coworkers daughter who is due in February...hmm.) I didn't like how little support there was for the drawer in the kitchen cart so, I took 2 paint paddles (hint.. project coming up, hence the extra paint paddles) and I put them along the bottom of the front edge and nailed them in place.
In the buffet that I have in the dining room, the top drawer wouldn't close all the way, so while I was working on the cart, I was reminded of this. So I took that drawer out, squeezed some gorilla wood glue into the gap and then put a couple of nails along that edge. I also put a nail through each side of the plastic glide into the wood frame that glides for more support. It closes and feels much more sturdy. (It originally had a wooden lip, it was broken off, I assume that is why it was donated to Habitat restore.
Anywho...... here is the before and after, chest of drawers versus kitchen cart. Thankful to not have bedroom furniture in the kitchen anymore, lol
The third pic is the other side of my kitchen. Its a decent size but my goodness there is just no room for pantry storage.
Also, I pulled a cabinet out so that I could squeeze between stove and fridge and plug in an extension cord for this light above the stove, so inwasnt cooking Thanksgiving dinner in a poorly light kitchen
@Spicoli43 any good sites for beginner yoga? Stretches? When my massage therapist pushes the lateral side of my right hip towards my left hip, it relieves SO MUCH PRESSURE. I am literally pain free for a free minutes.
After I woke up, I started on her laundry. My lower back is killing me today, (from my massage yesterday I am sure). Hoping it will feel better tomorrow, usually does.
I moved that new kitchen cart to the kitchen today and put some things in it. Moved the chest of drawers out onto the backporch.... staying decide if I want to refinish it, and then sell it, or just sell it. (Although.... I just realized I could refinish it and give it to my coworkers daughter who is due in February...hmm.) I didn't like how little support there was for the drawer in the kitchen cart so, I took 2 paint paddles (hint.. project coming up, hence the extra paint paddles) and I put them along the bottom of the front edge and nailed them in place.
In the buffet that I have in the dining room, the top drawer wouldn't close all the way, so while I was working on the cart, I was reminded of this. So I took that drawer out, squeezed some gorilla wood glue into the gap and then put a couple of nails along that edge. I also put a nail through each side of the plastic glide into the wood frame that glides for more support. It closes and feels much more sturdy. (It originally had a wooden lip, it was broken off, I assume that is why it was donated to Habitat restore.
Anywho...... here is the before and after, chest of drawers versus kitchen cart. Thankful to not have bedroom furniture in the kitchen anymore, lol
The third pic is the other side of my kitchen. Its a decent size but my goodness there is just no room for pantry storage.
Also, I pulled a cabinet out so that I could squeeze between stove and fridge and plug in an extension cord for this light above the stove, so inwasnt cooking Thanksgiving dinner in a poorly light kitchen
@Spicoli43 any good sites for beginner yoga? Stretches? When my massage therapist pushes the lateral side of my right hip towards my left hip, it relieves SO MUCH PRESSURE. I am literally pain free for a free minutes.
Found a post on fb about when to put the turkeys in the fridge to thaw
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Put the turkey in a sink filled with cold water and it only takes a day to defrost a 22 lb turkey. Our daughter is cooking the turkey this year. First time for her but Ruby (mom) will be helping her.
