Dealing with leftovers in the MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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My Mumper benevolence crock pot did a good job on my turkey breast-tender and nicely moist. Roasted sweet potatoes and apples in with the turkey. Microwaved the green beans and stove top stuffing. Had Trader Joe’s fresh cranberry orange relish. All done with oxygen safety. Half the turkey is left for sandwiches tomorrow(Costco croissants for the sandwiches). I may actually like the leftovers better! Sure is less work. Costco pumpkin pie and whipped cream await me.

I am very, very thankful for my MMP friends~you da best!

My sweet, thoughtful son and his fiancée called and we had a lovely long chat which drove away some of the lonely drearies lurking in the corners of the room. They are going to be able to come for 5 days over Christmas which will be marvelous (flying from Ann Arbor). First Christmas he has gotten off in 5 years of residency & fellowship. His sweetie is hoping we’ll have snow while she is here, most likely we will be able to oblige, just maybe not on Christmas Day.

Big day tomorrow~watching the Iowa-Nebraska :football: game with the grandchildren. More likely in spite of the grandchildren. It will be DVRed so we won’t miss anything if we take breaks to indulge the wee ones. I’ll root for Nebraska even though I was born and raised in Iowa. Have now lived twice as many years in Nebraska as I did in Iowa. Nebraska will lose but I’ll enjoy it while it lasts.

Time to go turn on my electric blanket to prewarm my bed (it gets unplugged as soon as my oxygen tubing and I come in the room in an hour or two). I have the heated tubing on my CPAP so that’s comfortable too, warmed air.

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At the hotel watching tackleball. Dinner was nice, if you omit the begging dogs around the table, and the apple pie afterward was great (SIL puts raisins in it, something Mom never did and it really increases the taste, IMHO). The rest of the day was reading, internetting, and TV watching (they watch an incredible amount of TV–not an active family). I worry about brother, he’s had knee replacements already and still walks slowly and with a lot of a limp–wish I could get both of them to lose weight, but bringing it up just starts him yelling, and I don’t need that on a holiday trip.

Sounds like everybody had a good time (well, FCM might not have had a lot of fun cleaning) and like me are well-stuffed for the evening.

Have read all but retained little, so great and best wishes to all and to all a good night (wait, that’s Xmas…aw, to hell with it, I’m rolling with it).

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I can expound at length about the wonders of chocolate and the making and consumption of beer. I’m worried about having to use coasters. I find it hard to be so civilized. Perhaps my Moooooom didn’t train me well.

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.
Happy Black Friday!

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Well, my Thanksgiving was a complete bust. I got sick at work Wednesday night and, instead of feeling better (“Ah, got rid of whatever was pissing off my stomach!”) felt worse and worse. Spent the whole night barfing - but not sleeping - and eventually texted my friend to beg off.

I mean, I wasn’t holding down water until mid-afternoon - would have been kind of a downer to sit miserably nibbling on a cracker.

I also texted my manager to let her know in advance that I was sick and would probably have to call out for Friday (today) which sucks cuz there’s a potluck today.

But yeah, I spent Thanksgiving curled up on my bed or the bathroom floor. Threw up so hard for so long that I ripped an ab muscle … which for a while made me think I was really dying, since now there’s a sharp pain in my abdomen.

Only reason I didn’t drag myself to a doc-in-a-box was because all the ones near me were closed for the holiday. Guess folks don’t have medical emergencies on Thanksgiving.

I can proudly report that I am now finally holding down cautious sips of apple juice, so … yay?

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Good morning, Mumpers.

I sure hope you get to feeling better! It’s a shame you’re gonna miss the potluck. Damnit!

So, here I am. I was up at 4am, sweating like a…Well…You know. I finally cooled down, had my coffee, and made a pan of Date Nut Bars. My friend gave me the dates, and the nuts, so, I made it for him. I’ll keep half a pan, and give him the other half. I don’t know how they’ll go over, here. I’ve never made them before. Should be interesting.

We had a nice dinner, yesterday. Hubs had to go back out yesterday afternoon. He’ll be home either later today, or tomorrow, sometime. Speaking of dinner, well, I’ve been trying to keep my BG under control. It was really getting out of hand. But, I ate carby crap, thought I shot up accordingly (I was mistaken), but it didn’t go any higher than 257. Which is good. For me, anyway. Especially with eating carby crap. So, I’m trying to take it easy on food, in general. I try to save my carb load for stuff like salad dressing, popcorn, and peanuts/walnuts. My life is a feckin’ joy.

I don’t know what is on my agenda for the day. Dishes, for sure. I don’t know what I’ll be making for dinner, if hubs makes it home. Maybe pizza. Frozen pizza. I’m not a sadist. I’m in no mood to make homemade, today.

We got some light rain overnight. It’s supposed to be partly cloudy, today, and nearly 60F, again. Good grief. It’s 46F now, and it’s not even 6am. Not bad, I guess.

Have a good day, everyone.

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A coozie around your glass or bottle is an acceptable substitute. Just don’t leave rings of wet on the tables!! That’s just not done!

{{{shoe}}} - the only thing worse than your kind of sick is enduring it alone! Poor baby! I hope the worst has passed and you continue to tolerate foods. Banana, Rice, Applesauce, Toast - BRAT - that’s what is suggested when babbies have angry tummies. Feel better!

I think I mostly slept thru the night, tho I vaguely recall looking at the clock at a stoopit early time… I think. I might have been dreaming. Anyway, it’s been raining, tho not heavily. I’m glad I covered the mower and the mulcher engine last night. I need to make one more pass at leaves, then we can put it away for another season.

Dr appt today, followed by a short bit of babby-sitting, followed by a quick dash into Aldi, and maybe to Food Lion. Beyond that, dunno. I have a buttload of laundry that I was going to do tomorrow, but I might attack some of it this afternoon. I also absolutely need to address the piles of paper on my desk - most can probably be tossed, some may need to be filed. It shouldn’t take more than an hour to sort it out.

I made a finger puppet last night - it fits my pinkie finger comfortably, but I don’t know how that translates to a kid’s finger. Not that it should matter, right? I may try fewer stitches and a larger hook. Or I suppose I could look up a pattern. I also saw a pattern for crocheted gnomes - they were really cute!! I may try a few of them. Gnomes seem to be the thing these days.

But first, I need to drag in a bag of pellets and finish caffeination. I’ll leave for the doc’s about 9:25 or so. Such excitement!

Happy Black Firday! Feel free to send me any sort of Love Offering! And know that you don’t need an occasion to do so. :wink:

Happy Regular Firday to those who aren’t braving the mall!!

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 55 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 66 and rain for the day. We shall see. It did rain sometime durin’ the night. I woke up to answer the call of nature sometime around twoish and heard the rain then. No matter to me, however, as I have no plans to leave da cave today. I shall endeavor to engage in as much sloth, nappage, day drinkin’, and general overall uselessness as I possibly can. Any need to feed will be via forage as there are leftovers galore to munch upon. Inside and dry is the way to be today!

{{{shoe}}} hope you are feelin’ better today. The BRAT diet is helpful when tummy is actin’ up I have always found.

From what I have read, outside of shoe it looks as if everyone had a good Turkey Day. Yay for that!

I have no interest, as I have already stated, in doin’ anything like Black Firday. The Maul is not a favorite place of mine anyday, much more so on Black Firday.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Firday Y’all!

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DH and I do have a couple of errands to knock out, but we’ll be doing our best to avoid areas near shopping centers. Crazed greedy mobs do not appeal to either of us.

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Going back to my sister’s. I know there is leftover tenderloin. Can lunch on that. Pizza for dinner. Real pizza from the local place and it’s delish. Ordered a few prezzies online last night.

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{{{wet one}}}

I listened to Alice’s Restaurant too this morning VanGo.

I like your cartoon doggio.

Dinner at my niece’s was good. The corn pudding was the usual hit and I brought home a plate that should serve as a couple of meals this weekend.

swampy, I’m not venturing much of anywhere tomorrow that involves shopping except to pick up a curbside grocery order.

Well, it looks like I didn’t hit the reply button last night. :stuck_out_tongue:

Feel better soonest shoe. I’m sorry that your tummy messed up Thanksgiving for you.

ace, my mom used to make date nut pinwheels and date nut pudding during the winter holidays. The cookies were one of my favorite kind.

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted, bed stripped, a load of sheets / towels in the dryer, a load of jeans in the wash and a load of everything else on deck. Friday chores shall commence shortly and I need to do the pick up order for Kroger.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Good morning everyone.

It’s currently 41 degrees with an expected high of 45 and rain later today.

I had a most pleasant Thanksgiving made even more pleasant by the fact that the kids decided to make pork roasts inside pumpkins and it was delicious! Much less stressful for them too. We delicious scalloped potatoes, creamed corn, my green beans, slaw and rolls to round out the dinner. For dessert the was cheesecake, pumpkin pie, chocolate pudding pie, something called pineapple dream, and ice cream. I was stuffed.

My son ended up staying overnight with us because his rig decided to crap out on him at my mother’s place when he went to pick her up. I think a bearing or something is shot. The wheel was smoking. At any rate, we picked both my mother and my son up at my mom’s place, went up to my daughter and SiL’s place to enjoy the day, brought my mother to her place, and then my son to our place. Sometime this morning, he’ll call a towing company and get his Jeep towed to a shop near his home. We’ll drive him back home or he’ll ride home with tow operator. We’ll see.

shoe, I hope you’re feeling much, much better soon. That just sounds awful!

So, other than getting my son sorted, I don’t plan to venture out at all.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

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Happy Friday!

It was a rainy 44 degrees at the park this morning. Only four people and six dogs, so small and fairly quiet.
I wish I could stay in for the rest of the day, but my son has to go to irk tonight. I hope they call and say they don’t need him, but I doubt that will happen.

I need to wash clothes today, but I think I’ll put it off until tomorrow.
I have to irk, even though I don’t want to.

I did a little online Black Friday shopping this morning. I got some Christmas gifts for my son.
I went online to get a ChuckIt for Cerby. I got a stick with him, but no ball. I was going to get just some balls, but I’m not sure they will be the right size, so I got the set.
He was chasing after Jax’s ball, and mostly brought it back. That gave him something to do other than run in circles and bark.
The poor dog really needs forty acres and a flock of sheep.

I hope you feel better soon Shoe.

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Morning all. Finally get the laptop to work (it’s old and I only use it 2-3 times a year). Cold and chilly morning, got a Harry Potter Marathon on the TV (I’m mildly interested which is more than anyone else is). Got a 2-year old bloodhound sitting next to me who what wants to help my typing (get down, Tank!). Pretty much the day here. Ah well, will get out some tomorrow before I leave.

Will read all in a bit. Everyone enjoy (or make it through) Black Firday).

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I have a crew of roofers thumping, pounding and stomping around on my roof. The loud radio just started (aural pollution). They are hurrying to get it done while the weather is still friendly to shingles. The nail guns have not yet started. I hope to be gone for most of that~it already sounds like the inside of the Fourth of July hepped up on Red Bull in here.

In two hours I get to leave to go to my daughters to watch the Iowa/Nebraska :football: game. I should be able to stretch that til well after dark.

First I get to peel and cut up 10 lbs of potatoes to cook at my daughter’s. Fun, fun.

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The ripped ab muscle is a real b!tch. It hurts to cough, which - as a pothead trying to get over a bout of nausea - is understandably problematic.

I have a load of laundry going & have gathered up garbage, so at least I’ve been mildly productive.
Will definitely need to remember to drag the big bin to the curb this weekend.
Debating maybe going in to work anyway - I feel weak still, but at least am keeping down liquids & starting to nibble solids.
Haven’t decided yet.

Thanks for reminding me: I have applesauce in the fridge.

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I vote take the sick day. You sound like you’d be miserable if you did go on and might well wind up injuring yourself if you’re feeling weak and tired.

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Another vote for not going into work. If you have a GI illness you might still be contagious even if you’ve stopped barfing. Food handlers should be the last people to head back into work. Do not unintentionally share the joy.

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It rained for a while this morning, but now the sun is out and it’s supposed to be a pretty decent day (currently 54 with an expected high of 61). Having some natural light in the house will definitely help me feel more in the spirit when it’s time to start decorating! I always break out my Christmas stuff the day/weekend after Thanksgiving, and it gets put away no later than New Year’s Day.

Thanksgiving dinner wound up being really nice. My friend’s godmother did not cancel, and everyone was glad she decided to join us. But she was ready to leave shortly after we finished dessert, which was only about 3 hours after we arrived. I considered taking her home and then going back to my friends’, because normally I would have stayed for a while longer, but I decided that it was probably just as well for me to head home to Bailey.

Food-wise, I ate everything I wanted to: garlic bread, turkey, stuffing, mashed sweet potatoes, a chocolate chip cookie, and a decent-sized slice of apple pie (with Cool Whip!). I was uncertain of how I’d tolerate that much carbs/sugar, but I felt fine the whole day/night! I think it helped that I didn’t go crazy with the side dishes. So, it seems that now I can officially eat pretty much whatever I want (physically). Although I worry about my continued weight loss success resting fully on my ability to make critical psychological/emotional changes, on the whole I’m glad to have minimal physical restrictions. And I do feel like the needed changes are possible, between therapy and my support group and really not wanting to go back to where I was a year ago.

OK, here’s a question for y’all: is there a difference between green beans and string beans? They have always tasted different to me. After surgery I did some Googling, and the internets say they are the same thing – but I only like string beans! My friend had canned green beans at the table yesterday, and I couldn’t eat them. I tried, because with my newfound internets knowledge I thought maybe not liking them was just psychological, but nope: I really dislike the taste. Maybe it’s the liquid they’re canned in…?

Nice cartoons, doggio! I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler. :grin:

That was you!! You posted a photo of it last year, and I remember being impressed/jealous! :slight_smile: If I ever have the space to keep them on display year-round I might look into something like that (or even try to hire you!). Right now, though, I kind of like having them only out at Christmas. My eat-in kitchen gets the morning light, so I hang them from a metal ornament tree on the table in front of that window and enjoy all of the morning rainbows for a month. :slight_smile:

I’ve been into crystal figurines since high school, but I only have the annual snowflakes going back to maybe 2005. A friend gave me the first one, and I think I bought one more for myself…then a couple years later I got into a serious relationship with a guy who was horrible at gift-giving, so I told him to just get me a snowflake for Christmas every year and I’d be happy. After we broke up my best friends got me that year’s snowflake, and it became a tradition (they are awesome friends!). At some point I went online and bought the ones for the years I was missing, and also replaced one I’d managed to break. These days I’m a Swarovski Crystal Society (SCS) member: the SCS has its own annual snowflake, but I’m sticking with the only collecting the “main” snowflakes. They could get out of hand quite quickly! LOL!

There is an MMP FAQ that might help. :slight_smile:

Thank you! I did bring some turkey home, but I hardly ever have leftovers so this will be good to keep in mind. I’m hoping the turkey won’t last much past tomorrow, though.

If my friend ever put raisins in her apple pie I think her husband and I would both reconsider our relationships with her… :wink:

Time for lunch (leftover turkey!) and then some decorating! :christmas_tree: I will need to log into work at some point later, to sign my timesheet/approve my employees’ timesheets and send my weekly report to my boss, but that won’t be until closer to dinnertime and should only take about an hour and I won’t really mind. On the whole, today should be a good mix of doing some decorating and doing nothing much at all. :smiley:

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Still in babysitting mode. Daughter’s appt came late (prospective student) so 2 hours later, I’m getting nothing done. I should have been home by now. Dammit.

I amused myself by sweeping her kitchen while the kids lunched. Now we’re watching Blaze for the gazillionth time, waiting. Trying not to be pissed.

Hope it won’t be much longer.