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Ron, HB and Lorita, thanks for those egg techniques. I will try these methods later, since I just had my oatmeal breakfast. Ron, Lou's breakfast looks delicious! Perhaps I should come over for breakfast with Eaglemom.

Iris

I wrote this earlier and clicked "post comment" but it did not post. :(

I didn't get a chance to boil any eggs because I did laundry and my back hurts. I don't have my own washer, I use the complex's laundry room.

Iris

Iris I bought a DASH rapid egg cooker. It cooks eggs in about 5 minutes. The eggs are always perfectly cooked and peel easily. No more green eggs. It’s one of the few appliances I use all the time.

Mimi glad everything went well with your Nanny Job.

Ron my husband’s cousin was a head surgical nurse in Vietnam. She had health issues most of her life from exposure to Agent Orange. She died about 15 years ago from that exposure. Obviously it destroyed her life.

Loretta how is your arm? As we get older things don’t heal as quickly and I’ve been thinking about you.

Yesterday I made Ravioli lasagna for dinner. It was very good and super easy to make. Today it’s supposed to snow so going to make the Taco soup I never out around to making the other day. Since I’m stuck inside I might also make some rolls to go with it.

We're supposed to get rain later. The ground here is pretty saturated, so with the expected winds things could get tricky with power outages. We're set with back-up for our sump pump, but every 5-10 years rain falls so quickly it can't keep up and I do get puddles. Having been through real floods-- like 3' of raging water through your second floor-- picking up cardboard boxes that have been left right on the floor seems easy enough.

We had mom over for homemade pizza last night. I don't know if it's been a while, but it seemed exceptionally tasty. DS had a classic pepperoni. The three of us shared a gorgonzola and walnut pie and a white pie with full fat mozzarella, chunks of San Marzanos, sautéed baby portabellas and sauteed baby spinach with olive oil and plenty of garlic. I guess I am now Marked Safe ✔️ From Vampires now. DS was feeling under the weather, so I had to drive mom home which meant I didn't get to split any of the lovely Rioja she brought.

I have one more tree to get down. It's the big one. Perhaps today's the day. DS wants to go out for Indian food tonight. It'll be a drive because our local place is closed. The owners are going to India for a couple months to adopt a couple of young sisters. They're lovely people. DS likes them for takeout as they typically slip something extra into the bag for you. Lately it's been samosas.

@Bluebird

Best wishes on your daughter's happy news. I imagine there are plenty of ways to have the best of both worlds here. It's lovely that she's putting dad top of mind, but she has to realize that her husband may have family that are as important to him as witnesses too. It's a balancing act and good practice for having a successful relationship.

I've seen this done a few different ways. A big part will depend on knowing what your DH's limits are when the marriage takes place. Another piece will depend on what your DD's definition of "wedding" is and if she understands clearly that the dad she wants at the wedding may not be as capable as the man who raised her. Does she see him often? Has she seen him recently? Does he attend outings like church or meals out to give you a sense of how he'd react?

One friend of mine's mom was too far along in her dementia to have been comfortable and reliably behaved to attend and it was important to the bride that her siblings could celebrate with her rather than try to keep mom calm. It was important to the bride and groom that his children were included and comfortable there as they were a part of the new family being created. At the end of the day, they had a lovely ceremony and reception at a hotel. The next day, they went to the MCF and had a blessing done by the chaplain associated with her hospice at the MCF with cake and cookies in the early afternoon when mom was at her best. Mom seemed to enjoy it. They kept the guest list to just her sibs (11 people btw) and family and had another cake to share. Mom had a corsage. The pictures were really nice and her mom loved to show them off.

Another friend did a smaller at home wedding in his mom's backyard with the parents and siblings families. They did a catered meal there and mom's regular HHA took her back into the house when things overwhelmed her. She did enjoy the short ceremony and seeing family. They had a huge blowout reception in their own hometown on the 1st anniversary. That was mostly their friends and some of his local relatives.

My niece had a COVID era micro-wedding. I was upset that her plan was to have a friend marry them in their backyard with a couple neighbors acting as witnesses. I was honest that I wasn't happy to not be there; we're very close-- I was her replacement mom after her mom died. She lived with me for years, I bought her $$$ first wedding gown and even paid for her divorce which was money well spent. She changed her plans to include his mom and dad (divorced and barely cordial), her dad (who is just a horrible individual but she couldn't have me without him), her friend/officiant/professional photographer, mom, my husband and me at a local historic garden. I talked her into a short wedding dress (which I made in 4 days) with a vintage feel and flowers. The groom got a new suit. My BFF made custom decorated cookies. That night they booked a table at the best restaurant in the city. In its own way, it was nicer than her very fun and festive first wedding at the upscale historic riverfront inn. They planned to have a big reception for "when COVID is over" but after catching COVID at a friend's wedding they've never pulled the trigger.

HB

Beth, I can feel the cold in that winter picture brrrrrrrr. Beautiful garden.

Lorita, be careful with those space heaters. I've always been afraid to use them; good thing we have central a/c and heat here in Florida. Very windy here today with temps in low 80's. Doesn't feel that hot outside since it is overcast and windy. Haven't needed winter clothes yet this year. I mostly live in tennis clothes or leggings. Prior to LO's stroke and dementia I played tennis 4-5 days a week, really miss it.

They are almost done re-roofing my house. Old roof was leaking and it was time to get a new one $$$$ Yikes! Then yesterday my dryer stopped heating. I do some type of laundry daily and really need my dryer. Got estimate to repair for $425! If I replace with new one comparable to what I have, it costs around $1k - guess I'll get it fixed. Never ends!

Sara, love me some pico de gallo. My grandaughter's nanny makes a yummy one. Would love your recipe.

Ron, that's quite a nice breakfast spread. Hi to all and hope your day is going well xo

Lorita, you may be able to find the operating manual for the space heater on-line. Search the brand and model and it may come up.

Sorry don’t know how i got so messed up in the name of the recipe. I like pico de gallo too. This is called Picadillo or picadillo con papas. I had it right on the recipe but wrong in my head. I fixed it to the right name. Sorry Caro_Lynne.

Be careful Beth, just lots of slush and wind here so far.

I love the colors and shapes of winter. Monet painted a lot of winter scenes like the one below.

Lorita...I tour 365. People call in to book a tour and then the docents sign up for the ones they want to lead. Today I have a group from OK DHS. They work in children's court and signed up as a team building exercise. It will be interesting. We, docents, contact a lead person before a tour in order to gear their experience. Yes, that means I must be prepared to discuss anything/everything on display. Every tour is different!

No,I do not have onstar. It is a GM thing. Never owned a GM car.

HB...what is NMS?

Sunny and windy here today and this is supposed to be the best day for the next several. Highs in the teens next week. YUK

Boogie the Nanny Goat is expecting! So those newly built barn and stalls will be put to use soon. I so hope she only has one. Twins are hard on a first time Mama. Even though the barn is open to them and the dogs, everybody just hangs out in the pasture in this weather! But in the stall she goes... whether she likes it or not. It will be interesting to see if Lilly the GP (great pyrenees or goat protector - whichever) will stay in the barn with Boogie. I hope so.

We're have lasagna today, home-made and brought to the Shop by one of our longtime customers. Whenever I cook a big meal for work, I usually call her to come either pick up or eat with us. So, I'm looking forward to tasting her lasagna.

Well, it's time to get lunch on the table for the menfolk and a guest from one of the Parts stores. Have a great day and stay warm!

The painting is Mother Earth Laid Bare by Alexandre Hogue

"Perhaps the grimmest and most accusatory painting is Mother Earth Laid Bare (1938, Philbrook Museum of Art Museum, Tulsa), in which overproduction of the land and disregard for the forces of nature are clearly presented as acts of desecration."

Hay Bales ll, the work you may be thinking of, is also owned by the Philbrook.

The Philbrook was the home of Waite Phillips. It was built @1920 and named Villa Philbrook. The home and property are beautiful.

Caro Lynne, the Mama can kid about every 5 months. We try to NOT have them kid that often. My husband gets a little impatient with me because I worry about them out in the cold... I'm like Lorita, I'd bring them all in the house if he would let me... lol.