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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 12:12 am
Have a wonderful trip War and Darren! Nobody deserves it like you two!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 12:42 am
Thank you Bisc! I may pop in for a bit while we're gone. Darren's class is online this time and he has to take his computer in case any discussion questions come up while we're gone. He's been working double time this week on homework to get it all done, so hopefully nothing comes up! And yep, I'm too excited to sleep, lol.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 5:41 pm
Hope you are having a great time Wargod! I woke up at 5:30 this morning to the sound of rain, so ran out and pulled the cushions and towels off the chairs on the balcony. It turned out great because it was just starting to rain and wasn't pouring, just a slow steady rain. So they didn't get too wet and the towels were dry when I checked earlier this afternoon. I unloaded the dishwasher and cleaned up the kitchedn. I am making beef stew for dinner and to take for lunch next week. I don't know if it is going to rain more but it seems to have stopped for the time being.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Monday, November 08, 2010 - 7:16 am
Monday's Mission Lots of plans for today. I'll let you know at the end of the day if any very executed.LOL
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, November 08, 2010 - 11:24 am
thanks for doing the mission Lumbele! I have a few plans for tonight and will update later, but mostly they are to re-do my balcony. there is probably a foot of leaves out there from the rain/wind storm on Sunday, and since the weather man is predicting cold and sunny for the next week or so I can put the cushions back out.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, November 08, 2010 - 10:34 pm
I'm trying to recuperate. Yesterday I raked all the leaves from my back yard deck which takes up half the yard. Not good to leave wet leaves all winter to rot the wood. Needs to get done before it gets colder, but at least all the leaves from the nearby tree had fallen. Pinched a nerve in my neck and jaw (not sure how/why). Had to eat yogurt for dinner tonite. Pulled out the ol' Aleve. Hoping I can get more done in the front yard tomorrow before yardwaste on Wednesday.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 10:37 am
Tuesday's Mission Still digging through the spare room, but there is a faint glimmer at the end.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 11:50 am
Biscottiii, I know your pain, LOL, Oh the one from leaf cleanup not the nerve. Hope that is better! It took me a half hour just to sweep the leaves off my balcony. Now I have a nice size balcony but it is not THAT big. I was surprised how long it took. Unfortunately, my tree still seems to have a lot of leaves. This becomes my nightly task for the next few weeks! I cleaned up some left over dishes in the kitchen, took out some recycling and trash, got the cushions back out on the patio. I guess I am going to have to pull out the covers, the weather man says some rain might be tonight.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 8:15 pm
Thankfully that backyard tree is stripped of leaves. Mouth still hurting, hard to eat still, but heck I figured out what happened. There were a couple of ivy vines creeping through the deck. Dumb me! I tried to yank them out and clinched my jaw when they wouldn't give. Next time use the blessed hedge sheers! All I accomplished today was to clear the kitchen yardwaste out of the refrig. Garbage/recycle/yardwaste day tomorrow. Think I will shoot for next week to unload the leaves. They're still sitting in lawn bags. Massive leaves down from the front tree but I want to wait until more of them fall. Little old neighbor lady likes them spread on her beloved rose bushes for mulch/protection all winter. So I can rake them any time.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 8:50 pm
Wednesday's Mission Howdy all! Looks like ya'll were pretty busy while I was gone. We got home around 6:30 this evening. I ran out and picked up hamburgers for dinner, we ate, Darren and Caleb went to bed and Dakota went about 20 minutes later at 7:45. I'll post more about our trip in my folder. Not too sure what I'm doing tomorrow. Have to make some phone calls for my aunt. I need to go do grocery shopping. I've been watching my niece and nephew on Wednesdays but I haven't heard from their mom, so not sure about that yet.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 9:16 pm
Welcome home, War.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:12 am
Hope you had a WONDERFUL time War!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 9:27 am
Thank you, we did have a good time! We had some complaints about the room, but overall we liked the Luxor. It was nice to have a couple days to spend together without any distractions. Decided next time has to be a longer vacation and next time has to happen much sooner than 4 years, lol!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 10:38 am
Welcome Back!! Glad to hear that you had fun. I didn't do too much, didn't even sweep the leaves, we had a tiny bit of rain so I figure I will need to do that tonight. Since it was supposed to be a little rain I figured I would just leave the cushions out and hopefully they will dry out today. Looks sunny and clear. I got through most of a tape, cleaned up some office stuff, made dinner and then I was tired, so I moved to the bedroom. Started sorting laundry this morning, I think I am going to need to do a few loads in the next few days.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:05 pm
I made a couple phone calls for aunt this morning and sure enough, she'll have to call to authorize me to speak to them. Cuz you know, if I want to commit fraud against someone, the way I'm going to do it is to call and pay their phone bill, I'm just evil like that. Anyways, she has a dr appt tomorrow morning and we'll make the phone calls then while I'm there. So far I've just done the grocery shopping. I kinda forgot that I had put it off since no one would be home the last few days...until last night when I went to make Darren's lunch for today, oops. Also cleaned out the fridge. Not sure what else I'll be doing today. Dipo, the weather is freaking nasty here! Just wind, but geez. At some point soon I'll have to go sweep leaves, a lot of leaves.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 11:23 pm
Thursday's Mission I finished the grocery shopping this afternoon, just a few items I don't need in Costco sizes. Made up a menu for the next couple weeks, we're going to be off and on busy and I needed to have easy/quick meals planned for those busy nights. Tomorrow, have a dr appt with my aunt and then need to make her phone calls, also some mail at the house I need to go through that came the last couple days. The kids are both out of school for the holiday the rest of the week. Good thing too...I had to keep Caleb home today, he's been running a fever, congested, and complaining about his ears and throat. Dakota is sounding pretty congested, but that's nothing out of the ordinary by itself. Probably good for them to have a long weekend to rest. Haven't really thought about the rest of the day yet.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 11:24 am
I keep trying to do some menu planning, especially to figure out T-day, since I like to buy stuff before the rush, LOL, still haven't managed to get that done. Emptied the litter locker, refilled some water and soda bottles, restocked the cat food from my huge purchase a couple of weeks ago. Hope everyone feels better, we have a lot of illness going on around me here at work, I keep spraying the lysol, LOL, I don't want any of the germs. Some people have colds, some have allergies and one guy had brochitis. We had a health fair last week and I got a flu shot, just hoping it helps me fight all these germy people, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 2:37 pm
Heh, Darren asked last night what we were doing for Thanksgiving, I told him going to my sisters, I think. Had to call and ask for sure, lol. Took my aunt to the dr, got some more bank stuff straightened out. Made a few other phone calls but being a holiday, didn't get anything else accomplished. Got to take Kota to practice in a few and then get back here and fix dinner.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 12:41 am
Friday's Mission Took Kota to buy her outfit for Darren's graduation. That was pretty much my evening, lol. Kids are out of school, Caleb's feeling somewhat better, but the extra day will do him good. I need to check his dress up clothes, pretty sure he's outgrown them. Make a couple more phone calls for my aunt and try to reschedule an appt for her (it's that time of year for the social worker and eligibility visit for some of her benefits and they scheduled the appt for a day she has a dr appt.) Oy, there was something else I needed to do and now I can't remember what it was!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 9:27 am
Ok, what did she get a dress or dress pants, LOL. I cleaned out the vegetable bins and cleaned out the freezer, I have been wanting to organize it better and pulled out some baked beans I had frozen, they were old and looked a little freezer burned and I realize I was probably not ever going to thaw and use them, so I got over it and threw them out, LOL. Also watched a tape and got through part of another, I am behind! I need to finish sorting laundry so I can get a couple of loads done, LOL. We are supposed to have a beautiful weekend so I won't mind doing laundry. Just need to figure out what to cook this weekend, I like to do something that will give me leftovers for lunch at work. Oh, I have Half of a roast in the freezer, I could do a pot roast, hmm, have to think about that since I just did beef stew, I should probably think of something with chicken, turkey or pork, LOL.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 1:04 am
Do you want a recipe from my decades ago Jr. HS HomeEc class? Have yet to find anyone that didn't go crazy about it. Freezes great, cut into squares once cooled, microwaves nicely later too. Corn Chip Chili Pie Casserole Note. MUST use Fritos, because they don't sog out and they give the real flavor. Can often buy Fritos at the Dollar Store 2 $1cans is sufficient, if stale they work fine. Best to make a BIG batch because it goes quickly. Grate yellow cheese, grate/chop yellow onion, Fritos crushed pretty fine. Layer in 4" casserole dish or roast pan, in this order: TOP - crushed Fritos (top) enough to cover to make crust - grated cheese - grated/chopped onions - 2-3" of hot chili (I like to doctor that up with extra cooked hamburger, green chilies etc.) - grated/chopped onions - grated cheese - crushed Fritos, enough to really cover bottom BOTTOM Bake uncovered for about 30mins at 350degrees until the cheese starts bubbling through the top Frito crust. Works great for a camping trip (as my Sis & her Grandkids discovered when she found it in my freezer).
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 1:33 am
ETA: Don't oil the casserole/pan, that's why you use the Fritos to cover the bottom.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 11:23 pm
Monday's Mission That sounds really good, Bisc! I'm going to have to try that in the near future. I started to post that I didn't get that much done this weekend, but that's kind of a lie, lol. I didn't get much done at my house. Yesterday we got up early, went to Kota's game, came home for showers and changing clothes, and then went to Darren's graduation. Today, did a couple loads of laundry and helped Kota with a paper she has due. That's what I did at home. However, did spend most of the afternoon at my aunts cleaning, grabbing laundry, sorting mail and that sort of stuff. Never could get hold of the woman the other day, so guessing our meeting is still on for tomorrow. I tend to use that as an excuse for, well not spring cleaning, maybe fall cleaning? Aunts house is never that messy and I keep up on it pretty frequently so it wasn't that much work. I did clean the carpet in the hallway and her room, been a while since I'd done those. Tomorrow my only plan is to be at her house for the meeting. Need to make a couple phone calls, #1 being to the bone dr to make sure her appt isn't scheduled for tomorrow! If I get done with that early, I'll be back here to do some housework.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 9:39 am
Well, we just blessed the hell out of this place. Now all I have to do is swing the dust cloth and finish the few little things not done yet to declare the bedrooms "flewn". Kitchen cabinets have been cleaned and cleaned up inside and out, microwave, counters, deck doors and floors scrubbed. Bathroom cabinets "flewn", room cleaned and now awaiting a major repair since I got dizzy, grabbed for the towel rack which our predecessor apparently did not anchor to a stud on that side. Well, you can guess the rest. I'll be back later today to hopefully report the bedrooms "spiffed" inside and out as well. Then I *will* have to tackle that huge pile of laundry and ironing. Hate it when I have "collected". Ack!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 10:06 am
Sounds like you got a lot done Lumbele. I hate when the towel racks aren't in a stud! I did two loads of laundry yesterday, whites and the comforter, changed the sheets, put away the groceries, and got some more laundry ready to go. Also finally took apart my makeup mirror to see if I could replace the bulbs, no chance, so I threw it out. That opened up a lot of space under my bathroom sink. Took out some recycling and swept the balcony a few times, LOL.
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