Location: the Loralai district in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province
Posts: 273
Hi Kiwi, DD's show sounds great. My car is sick also, here's what's wrong. Sometimes, when I am driving, the open door light comes on and it beeps. Sometimes it doesn't. The Ford dealer said there is nothing he can do since it NEVER beeps when they drive it. I want to trade the stupid car in over this issue. BUT I need 7 passenger capacity for the next few y ears, then all the kids will drive and I won't need that anymore...then it would be good time to get rid of it. It is not so hard on gas. DH has a truck that costs a fortune to drive. But he usually drives an 84 VW diesel that will go for weeks on a tank of gas.
Are you counting points? Calories? Aren't limits a drag?
Sugar, I want to go to a psychic fair. The lady across the field's husband died in a plane crash over the ocean. They could not find his body until a psychic gave her the latitude and longitude....it was right, they recovered the body. Isn't that weird? On the other hand, I have a friend who has a psychic party business. She goes and reads palms etc. She's a complete fraud.
I have to go be in the kitchen. I have the oven cleaner on....the last time I did this, my house almost burned down. So, I suppose I should watch it. I'm also doing my once a month cooking...aren't I efficient??????? bye
I Need To Know What You Cook During Your Once A Month Cooking-----maybe I Will Up My Count To Once As Well----so Far It's Zero----------- I Live At Subway.
Some things I cook, others I get all prepared to cook then freeze...so all I have to do is stick it in the oven. I make the spag sauce, the soups, mix all the hamburger, etc. I go to a great butcher who trims everything for me and cuts up chickens etc.
I am so proud of myself.
I started doing this because we were eating out every night. My boys are both skinny with incredible metabolisms. Eating out all the time meant that they were always hungry.....restaurant food wasn't enough unless I got them two meals and that was costing a fortune. DD is very fussy. She now eats meat...but only certain meat...nothing with visible fat....nothing with a sauce etc. So,It became easier just to cook.
Did I tell you guys about Garden State???? It was the greatest movie...it isn't about our gay governor, it is about someone in NJ for his mother's funeral. We loved it. Go see it. Think of me even though it is north Jersey and I'm in south jersey.
The Ford dealer said there is nothing he can do since it NEVER beeps when they drive it.
That's exactly what will happen when I drive all the way to the nearest Ford dealer on Monday. At least I need an oil change too. FixOrRepairDaily, that's FORD (why do I keep buying them?)
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Are you counting points? Calories? Aren't limits a drag?
I'm doing calories/fat/cholesterol/sodium. Never do anything partway, y'know...
Do you all have that LowCarb magazine ad with the purple cover on over at the right? With the bright green and brown striped piece of pie? That doesn't even look like real food.
Okay, there is one big drawback to this detailed food log business (besides the obvious tedium) -- Looking up nutrition values is just tempting me with more food.
I've heard great things about Garden State, glad to hear it's really good. I like that guy that wrote it and starred in it. He's the lead in Scrubs.
Wow, that cooking list looks like a lot of work!! I tried OAMC once, not with a whole month's worth, but with a few dishes. Didn't work as well as I'd hoped because my family is so d**n picky. Of your list, I like everything on it, while DH would eat about 3/4 of the dishes and DD would eat about half of them. It's a lot of work to figure out for yourself what all it would take to do a month ahead of what they actually like. I'd like to do it, because we have really been cutting back on restaurants and take-out, and I wouldn't mind cutting back more. And I just can't bring myself to cook from scratch every night, let's face it. Tonight I was thinking of doing something with a pork tenderloin, but I decided to pull out some frozen chili instead. Would be nice to have a freezer-full. Maybe this fall.
Did you know that even raw carrots have fat in them? Not very much, about as much as there is in a glass of skim milk. And a cup of skim milk has as much sodium as about 2 tablespoons of peanut butter! Weird, huh?
Location: the Loralai district in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province
Posts: 273
Oh, Kiwi, do you really think that the teensy, tiny dot of fat in a carrot means anything to a body that had ice cream and cookies?
Speaking of icecream, I can't eat it anymore. It makes me feel bad. In my whole life, no food I like has ever made me feel so bad that I consider not eating it anymore. Is this the way 50 is going to be?
One of the good things about pre-cooking food is that the fat separates and you can skim it.
My cholesterol and the rest of my bloodwork are good....not because of anything I do, I think I deserve to be through the roof based on what I eat....so it makes me wonder if what you eat has that much to do with the cholesterol problem.
Must go deal with the trash before the truck comes. L
Hello miss Lohani-----------does anyone else think that Lindsay Lohan has "fakers"????? she sure shows them off alot!!!i want to thank you for posting all that food info loho----VERY interesting---you are much more prone to working than I------------must be great to live at your well organized home-----------mabye i will vacuum and think about it
In my whole life, no food I like has ever made me feel so bad that I consider not eating it anymore.
Lucky you. I have a whole list of foods that I like that I'm allergic to -- believe me, eating them makes me feel more than just bad. Life would be so much easier if I could eat all fruits and veggies, shrimp, crabmeat, not to mention wine. I would trade those for not being able to eat ice cream any day.
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My cholesterol and the rest of my bloodwork are good....not because of anything I do, I think I deserve to be through the roof based on what I eat....so it makes me wonder if what you eat has that much to do with the cholesterol problem.
Yeah, you just have really good genes. I figured I'd take after my mom, whose cholesterol is fine even though she eats too much and is overweight, but either I have a different gene makeup, or I ate my way to high chol. Doesn't really matter, I need to do this even if it doesn't affect the choles. numbers at all. That just gives me some motivation, which I have so little of.
DD called from guitar workshop last night (lo and behold!). I think she has a boyfriend there. I asked her if anyone she knew from the 1st week was still there, and she said "just Joe" -- you know, all casual. She had mentioned him the last time we talked. So I asked who he was. She says "he's from New Jersey" -- how informative... Not "he's just a friend" or "he's in one of my classes" or "he's some kid that hangs around" -- "he's from NJ". Got my radar going. Gonna have to find out more....
We're leaving early tomorrow morning for CT. Will probably run into torrential rains by Sunday.
Julia Child has passed away! I really liked her. She said her idea of a really good meal was "red meat and gin." Ah, there's a real DAME!!! Lived to be 91.
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As the trend toward healthy eating grew in recent years, Child accused "health experts" who advised cutting out rich foods like red meat and butter as "nutritional ****s."
"I think these fake foods aren't worth eating," she said in 1992. "Either have the real thing and a little of it or have something else. I like real hamburgers and real meat, real butter. Eat everything. Have fun."
Location: the Loralai district in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province
Posts: 273
I know Joe. He's one of the nicest kids in NJ, there's nothing for you to worry about.
I don't vacuum. Here's what I'm doing today: I painted ds's room this week...in red and white with a black stripe running through it. His rug was blue..so I bought him a black carpet this am and now I'm installing it. So, the house is a sty, but we have plenty to eat and nice carpet.
I'm pumping myself up with coffee to get going again.
Are we supposed to care about LL's boobs? If I must....I will. They are fake. Just like Britney used to say her's were real...but then it came out that they are fake. Mine are real. They sag to my ankles. It's an adorable look.
how did you get them to grow to your ankles??? mine only go past my waist.!!! you know that friday night is always 'date night' with dh,but he is not feeling well tonight---so i may have to make margies here myself--------probably won't cause i don't need the headache---------i have been having severe sugar problems lately----dd has been making cookies every few days and she eats around two of them---I,on the other hand have eaten as many as EIGHT--------then i feel SICK---and i can't stop myself,and then i have a headache and a stomach ache and @!!!!!! i may have to join lush in her ice cream denial--------------do you think we can get thinner by being sick all the time---how about allergic like kiki?????
do you think we can get thinner by being sick all the time---how about allergic like kiki?????
Oh good luck, never has worked for me. Maybe if I was allergic to grease and salt.
DH went to the grocery store today. He called and asked if I needed anything. I didn't. He asked if there was a bottle of wine in the house. There was. He went anyway and came home with what I think of as "boat crap" -- wine, doughnuts, potato chips, cookies and chocolate. What the heck is wrong with him? He presented this all like an exciting treat. Is he wired wrong? I'll bet if I asked him if he was trying to undermine my diet, he would either get mad or claim he didn't know I was dieting. After having seen me do these food logs and asking me about them at least twice this week...
My response is to have a Mike's. Then I'm making pork piccata.
Our sailing friends in Florida have had to evacuate from their boat in Ft. Myers to stay with friends. They were sitting in the dark about an hour ago. No one yet knows whether their boat has survived.
Didja miss me? Even though I'm mad at my dad, I'm not mad at my mom or my sisters. We went on a girl's day yesterday to Bonneville Hot Springs resort. Mom had a massage. We girls just did the pool, mineral water jacuzzi and lolled around in the sun. And of course we had lunch. Then dessert after swimming. I'm fat, but my swimsuit stretches.
Lush, it's late afternoon here and you're making me darn hungry. Everything on your list sounds wonderful. It's so hard to cook for just DH and me now. I always make enough for an army. I guess I could freeze some.
Peach, good to hear things went ok and you're now free of obligations and guilt.
Did you know Julia Child didnt' start cooking until after age 40? There is still time for us to make our mark on the world! Not much time, but it's possible. I liked Julia too. She seemed to love what she did.
I'm allergic to ice cream too. It makes me break out in fat. I've been good today, but it's friday night so who knows what could happen. And it's a bunco weekend, and you know what that means.
Kiwi, do you think DH is actually sabotaging you, or do you think he's just oblivious?
I can't vacuum. DD borrowed my vacuum so I can't clean. I guess I'll just have to have a margie instead.
Peaches... I am sorry I was out of the loop. I was relieved, embarassed and furious when my mother died... and I doubt she was actually diagnosible with a mental illness... unless you count addiction to Dewar's/J & B, etc. You will always have the memories you choose to keep of your mother... and if you managed to spare yourself a large quantity of hurtful memories, my had is off to you. My parents opted for pre-arrangements, as well, and cremation, AND NO FUNERALS at all. It was hard not to have a ritual. Thank goodness my minister/friend insisted on dedicating a service to each of them (at the time) and also insisted I invite the people I wanted to have around me for comfort. It's taken a long 20 years, but I don't grieve any more... just accept who she was, how she was, and the nature of our relationship. I don't think it was anybody's fault. May you find the peace which passes understanding. <<:-)>>
Cowie... Love that Judge Judy. MUCH better than Dr. Laura!
Kiwi.. is 11982 really impossible? I just do them randomly and have no idea which ones I've done and which ones I have managed to miss.
Sug-- I like tarot, too.... but only if I do my own interpretations... I especially like the aquarian deck.
RIP Julia "Role Model" Childs... from my hometown, too. Bet she didn't weight 135...
Or care about LL's boobs... I'd rather have her boobs than her family, though....
I hope those of you in the lower left hand corner of the country are safe and dry enough.
I'm doing calories/fat/cholesterol/sodium. Never do anything partway, y'know...
I really liked her. She said her idea of a really good meal was "red meat and gin." Ah, there's a real DAME!!! Lived to be 91.
