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Hugs to you and FCD Mooooom. As far as cornbread goes, if I can get yellow cornmeal, I do, but around here, white seems to be the default. IMO, the yellow has just a touch of sweetness (but not too much). I’ve never put kernal corn in mine, but do jalapeño cheese to go with chili.

That sounds like my kind of bar JtC!

baker, I pick up warbat sometimes at the Syrian bakery when I’m in south Nashville. 'Tis yummy!

I’m off irk until Tuesday! Yay! I may go full bore swampy for a couple of those days. :stuck_out_tongue: Tomorrow, I have an appointment to get the oil changed in the car. I’ll come home through the 'Boro and hit the grocery outlet. I may even hit the regular grocery stores just to get that out of the way.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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My lovely wife tested negative this morning, yay!

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Having 3 cheese tortallini with meatballs and my homemade sauce for dinner. and a martini.

Cornbread with cheddar and country ham. A favorite at tailgates.
And I use Jiffy mix, which has yellow cornmeal in it.

Yay!

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Yay!!!

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Honeys, I’m ho-ome! I had such a nice time! I probably gained 8,000 lbs. Son and wife are both great cooks and both are part-Italian, so I never went hungry. My DIL made a special dessert: homemade mac and cheese. At least it looked exactly like mac and cheese, but she made the macaroni (complete with a tiny hole in each end) from white chocolate, the “cheese sauce” was colored ganache, and underneath was a lemon cake (from scratch) with lemon frosting smooshed in. When I was packing today, the goofy-sweet border collie put one of his toys in my suitcase.

Oh, and JtC, I thought of you and hubs because they (pretty much non-drinkers) bought a bottle of mead for me to try. I’d never had it before, and it was DELICIOUS! I’m a convert and will be making a pilgrimage to your house soon. Just kidding. I’d never invite myself anywhere–except to the laundry room to wash clothes, and even then, I send regrets.

I want so much to respond to each post, but holy moly, there are so many!

FCM, an end run around MIL sounds like a good and necessary plan. I know this has been really hard on you and even harder on FCD. Sometimes the best thing you can do for loved ones is not listen to them. I hope FIL can get the in-patient care he needs.

Boo, I’m told RumChata in one’s morning coffee is a thing, and some people pour it on oatmeal. It sounds way too early for me, but then the American colonists drank from morning 'til night and roughly 3 times as much as we do today, so you were merely honoring an American tradition. I salute you!

Baker, warbat sounds yum!

Lily, hooray on the negative test of your lovely wife!

red and swampy, how close are you two, geographically (and any other way? :slight_smile:

Oh, and FWIW (.01¢), my vote is corn in cornbread is OK, and the only difference in white and yellow cornmeal is the color. I like Boo’s suggestion of food color for those who would gripe.

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I use exclusively white cornmeal for cornbread and no sugar.

Still have company. Time for them to go.

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It sounds like my neighbor is sliding furniture around her house, it has Cerby running around the house barking his fool head off.

The furnace has been working.

Ripple’s wound smells so bad it makes me want to gag.
I’ll call the vet in the morning.
I don’t know if there is something I can put on it. The vet told me to leave it alone, don’t touch it all.
Ripple is fine though, and happy. The smell isn’t bothering him any.

The roofer was here all of about 10 minutes. He said he would send me an estimate.
He didn’t even go into the attic to see where the drip is, he says he doesn’t need to.
My son had dragged the shop vac up there to vacuum. It needed it anyway. We still have the resident bat who makes a mess on the floor.

I would think white cornmeal would be fine, but I say no to adding kernels of corn. Ick, I don’t like the texture of corn in cornbread.

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Thanks for the warm welcome! I think I like you guys :slightly_smiling_face:! Friendly bunch :slightly_smiling_face:.

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I urge caution: going full bore swampy can be dangerous for amateurs! :wink:

Hooray!!

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You came back! Hurray :slight_smile:

How’s work going? Are you working from home or in a cube farm?

What side are you on when it comes to sugar in cornbread? Choose your words wisely and carefully, lest you be judged by one and all!!! Just kidding, swampy is a nice buy who probably won’t push you off his No Sugar in Cornbread Evah mountain.

As I am a retired drain on society, today I did nothing but set up a Nextdoor meeting and signed up for a Tai Chi class. Actually, I got sucked into setting up the community center for that as well, but that’s because I have a rep for handling that sort of thing, so I guess that’s on me.

I also noticed that my UGGs were getting pretty battered so ordered a new pair. I wish I had ordered two pairs when I bought these, shoes last longer if you rotate them. A happy surprise was that the price hasn’t gone up since I bought my current pair in Jan. of 2019. I’m thinking if I start rotating them now, I will get a couple more years out of them.

I know that many folks think that UGGs are ugly and make you look like you have muppet feets. Well, I agree, but they are super comfy and they last for years. I’m old enough that I don’t care what people think about my choice of footware, I’m comfy and that is what is important!

Hurray for Mrs Lily being negative. Positive thoughts that she will get the same results tomorrow!

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My lithium battery booster just came… at 19:10.

Informed Delivery says The Missus has something from the VA. It didn’t come. Should get it mañana.

I happened to walk out to check the mail just when the mail carrier was in front of the box. He asked my address. I confirmed it, and he gave me the box. We have dark, 4-inch numbers on a white post, but he said the number was hard to see. Ar? (Not our regular guy, BTW.)

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G.C. was charming and, uh, accommodating, as always. Later, a nap ensued.

Now I’m having a cuppa and nibbling my Chinese food, watching mindless videos on my phone. Wasting time a.k.a. chillin’.

Rats are tended to but I did not retrieve laundry. There’s nothing in there I need tonight.

Dagnabbit I made my tea too sweet. Pity me the never-ending woes of my life!

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.

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Morning, mumpers! It’s 7c/44f with a predicted high of 7.1c/45f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Do we talk about the weather because we’re fucking boring?” Anyway, it’s not cloudy out there, it’s sunny!

Moooom I hope today’s conversations at the hospital can bring some resolution, same for the agency visit to MIL. I can fully understand those times that FCD feels like walking away from it all, it’s a huge responsibility heaped on both of you.

Sari sorry to hear about Ripple’s wound, I hope the vet can take a look and sort it out for you. But…you have a resident bat?!

Lily Yay for your wife’s negative result at last!

metalmouse glad you made it safely to your stopping point, safe travels for the rest of the journey.

shoe glad to hear GC has visited and caused much clutching of pearls :slight_smile:

Boo you certainly do the day drinking right!!

doggio if you like Albannach, you might also like Clann an Drumma - we saw them last month at WinterStorm up in Troon :slight_smile:

No big plans for today, I’m still off work so have nothing much to do. I have some errands, today seems like a good enough day to do those and a walk into town will do me good. I had cheques from ‘im indoors’ family for christmas and he gave me a cheque to cover part of Ophie’s vet bills as I’d paid them all so those all need to go in the bank. I don’t need much in the way of groceries, that can wait until tomorrow and can be accomplished on the way to or from the gym. Better go and make myself presentable then…

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Up till now, that’s what I’ve used. But it’s doubled in price and I have cornmeal in the pantry so I figured I’d go with what I have! I are SMRT!! :wink:

:tada: :confetti_ball: :tada: :confetti_ball: :fireworks: :sparkler: :fireworks: :sparkler:

What’s not to like??? :wink: We’re adorable!

Mel gave me a pretty good night. I crashed before 9, briefly woke once, but mostly slept thru till just after 6. I feel like I’ve got my equilibrium back.

Later this morning, I’ll be driving up to Fort Washington to the rehab facility with some of BIL’s paperwork. He also wants a couple of safety razors - he was looking pretty scruffy last time I saw him. Then on the way back from there, I’ll stop and get some sodas for MIL and some ground beef to make stuffed cabbage. Somewhere in there, I need to empty and refill the dishwasher, and I should vacuum. The hits just keep on coming.

I think my cough/cold is mostly done - just an occasional, not-too-wracking cough. I still wear a mask in stores and such - mainly for the comfort of others if I do cough. Because I’m nice, dammit. :grin:

And so it begins - we’re promised temps in the 50s today - HUZZAH!! And the oil delivery should happen today also. The excitement never ends at FairyChatEstates!

Happy Thursday!

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 42 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 70 and N.O.S. for the day. Feels like Summer compared to this time last week. Today shall be a day of high sloth and general overall uselessness. We deserve this cause we adulted hard yestiddy. I’m envisiionin’ BLTs and oven fries for sup. Easy to make so it fits in with the day of hard sloth.

Lily yay for the lovely wife testin’ negative!

MOOOOOOM hope a plan gets put in place that’s acceptable to all. MIL may just need to be told tough, this is how it will be. A hard thing to do when it’s ones 'rents, I know. I am sure FL has shot records online, as I would imagine that is a thing nationwide. If you can’t access 'em, the rehab place or his PCP should be able to do so.

red I highly recommend a day or two of full bore me.

Nellie glad you made it home. The mac ‘n cheese dessert thing sounds both horrid and intriguin’. I am sure I’d love it once I got through the it looks like mac 'n cheese part. Doggie wanted you to have one of his toys. How sweet! red and I are not real close geographically. Well, we are a lot closer geographically than we would be to you. MetalMouse and red are not waaaaaay far apart geographically ISTR. Is this a record for how many times geographically has been used in a paragraph?

sari hope you can get Ripple into the vet so his wound can be looked at. I would be very concerned as well.

icy we’re mostly an OK bunch. As far as we know, none of us is an axe murderer. I figure that counts for sump’n.

shoe I’m glad GC was able to make you clutch your pearls.

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

Happy Thursday Y’all!

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Thanks, all.

Moooom, I agree with politely but firmly shifting to a more directive position.

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Good morning everyone.

It’s currently 40 degrees, with an expected high of 46 degrees. It’s pretty much supposed to rain all day.

FCM, I hope you are all much closer actually to having some action take place for your FiL. Agree that, at this point, MiL needs to be told what’s happening.

lily, I’m glad the missus finally tested negative.

I took Polar to the vet on Tuesday evening. That was one expensive visit. Since they got me into the clinic the same day, it was considered urgent, which is more expensive. I had to pay for a fancy skin scrape to see exactly what is going on with Polar’s skin. It could be we never quite clear up the infection; it could be something like MRSA.

Additionally, it had been about a year and a half since his last full blood panel, and since we have had him on Rymadil for quite some time and he is a senior dog, I let them do it. I also got his nails trimmed. They sent me home with a Rymadil refill, antibiotics, and antifungal pills. The last two are for a week’s worth while we wait for the skin scrape results. I hope it’s not an MRSA-type of infection because that would mean it’s resistant to antibiotics and there won’t be much they can do. Treating him with a topical solution doesn’t really work since Polar is a double-coated dog, and you don’t shave them, although the vet mentioned doing that.

nellie, I’m glad you made it back home. Your visit sounds lovely, and the mead sounds very interesting. I’ve never had it, but I think it would be delicious.

I am not a southerner, and I like my cornbread with some sugar in it, by gum! Just a touch! Also, I am not a fan of jalapenos in anything, much less cornbread. To me, jalapenos taste like how garbage smells on a hot summer day.

It’s my last workday until next Tuesday. It’s been a super short week, but it has felt long. I don’t have any plans for the weekend. None! It will be heaven!

Okay, onward with the day. I hope you all have a great one!

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I found the site where one can order one’s shot records in FL - but they require a photo ID and I’m not sure they’ll accept a MD license for a FL record. I’ll give it a try, tho.

Apparently even the doctors can’t convince MIL that a facility is the best place for FIL. She’s sure that he’ll be tied to a chair and drugged all day. Nothing will convince her otherwise. I’m afraid they’re going to wind up living with us before this is all over. They can’t live on their own.

On the plus side - I got the kitchen tidied. And FCD plans to just drop his mom off at the hospital, then go see his brother in rehab - to get away from the hospital. He’ll pick me up on the way there and we’ll have lunch while out. So I guess I’ve got a date! :wink:

I should probably shower and dress… eventually… my fuzzy robe is so comfy!

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FCM, there is no way you two can care for your FiL if healthcare professionals are recommending a facility.