In the Cow-feteria
 

In the Winn Dixie, they sometimes have buy ONE get TWO free packages of chicken breasts. I can send you the ad, sugar, and you can one-up the butcher's wife.

It's raining here.And raining. and raining. It's wonderful to be indoors.

Breakfast: Rose tea with Splenda and Silk milk. Left over salmon, spinach .. threw out the potatoes.

Lunch: Left over tortollini salad. That stuff is GOOD days later.

Oh yeah, I ate lunch. A can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs and a glass of milk. I'm going to ****, aren't I?

k

I corrected my spelling in the title.

Canned food is not a deadly sin. I think you should have a little green salad with it though.

Raining here. DS is out riding his bike. I guess he's used to being wet by now.

Raining here too, Peachy. Our Spanish friends are running around saying "Que frio!" and have already bought sweaters and long pajamas.

Salmon and spinach are sooooo good for you!

Kiwi - I think canned spaghetti is actually healthy. Don't cooked tomatoes have that stuff in them that protects you against all sorts of nasties? It's the meatballs I'd be worried about. :lol:

I can't even remember what I had for lunch. This and that, I think. I know I had heart shaped pancakes and two (very very very small) pieces of bacon for dinner. Migraine recovery program. No wonder my pants are tight.

Que agua-o here.

Snack: ice cream cone I found in the freezer. Chocolate inside the cone. Yummo. Bad.

Dinner: Brown rice and veggies. Iced Good Earth tea. Hippie meal. DeLiCiOUS.

Will I stop there???? Probably not.

Sugar, how did you make Spanish friends? Are you serving them bratwurst?

I skipped breakfast... does that count?
Then had Chinese Chicken salad at Chili's for lunch... and 3 bean salad (from a can) and spinach souflee (Souffers) and a big piece of left over lemonade cake for dinner... plus about a gallon of green tea....
MD said I was on steroids to keep tummy calm... but it makes me bloat and crave carbs more than usual. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek.
But I'm gonna live, so i suppose that's a good thing. :lol:

It rained here for about 3 minutes. Muy humido.
Hasta manana, chickas.

mmm spinach souflee Yum. And Brown rice and veggies, Yum.

We went to friends' camp at Other Lake for dinner. I had crackers and cheese, one hamburger with bun and cheese, rice and beans, corn on the cob. And beer. Oh, yeah, and a whoopie pie. Pretty much decided that the rest of the world is unfamiliar with whoopie pies. It's sort of related to a moon pie. Maybe I'll scout out a pic. Anyone have these where you live? This is a good description, but the whoopie pies have too much filling (IMHO). Here's some more typical ones.

Goodnight, I'm bloated.

Kiwi

So then I had some potato chips with cheese dip, and considered heating up some leftover rice pilaf, but decided to go to bed instead. Good choice...

Yesterday I had Deli Rye Triscuits for lunch...2 nekkid burgers with carboption ketchup , a tich of mayo and polish dill pickles for dinner... a fudgesicle and a gallon of cawfee with silkmilk and water water water...snore
. Whoopie Pies :doh: G O O D... I got a receipe around here from my ww days for a low cal whoopie pie... the filling is made with frozen cool whip.. Delish!

When we were in NC I already got my "courtesy cards" from the Stop and Robs... Lowes and Food Lion.. New store names for me..I'm use to Pathmark, Shoprite, and Stop n Shops...and I think I'll join "Curves", there's one close to me now..My weight loss has stalled...I still look like a weeble.

I think I should just go back and add foods to a previous message; then nobody has to read it :lol:

I'm going to watch the canoe race today. Big white water race a few miles away from here. Part of the annual canoe festival, which used to be a lot of fun and is not so much anymore. DD is not happy that they don't have the canoe parade anymore -- she loved coming up with a silly theme and decorating a canoe and floating downstream with her friends (not in whitewater).

We got an appointment for DD to have senior portraits done in 2 weeks. :eek: For $99 you get 3 prints or something -- apparently we will be shelling out serious dough for this stuff.

Kiwi

I could eat me some 'o them whoppee pies. Yummo. Chocolate and Cool Whip.

Breakfast: Skipped. No time.

Lunch: Left over tortollini salad on spinach. Threw out rest of tortollini. Tired of spelling it.

DS's senior pictures were done free UNLESS you wanted to pay a $20 sitting fee. This would get you some proofs which you could purchase. DS did not pay the fee. And he got the pictures taken just before his haircut. I told him he did that just so I wouldn't be tempted to buy any.

I am going to nap.

Oh well, he's a boy. I don't think I'll be getting away with that.

Nice day today. Went and sat on a riverbank and watched canoes and kayaks paddle by in the race. The 2nd boat over the finish line, and the first kayak, was paddled by an 82 year old man. Meanwhile, I'm too pitiful to lug my kayak down to the lake and put it in the water...

Oh yeah, I've have some coffee today, a bagel with half cream cheese and half peanut butter, then a serving of leftover rice pilaf and some red bell pepper. That's breakfast and lunch I guess. I feel like a nap.

Kiwi

Speaking of coffee. Anyone listen to NPR today?
Coffee was introduced second half of 17th century. It replaced alcohol for many people and great works of art were produced at the same time. Coffee houses were big deals in England and important decisions were made in them. They evolved into men's clubs as women were not allowed in the coffee houses. Then The West Indian Tea Company (may have that wrong) introduced tea and tea parlors sprung up and welcomed families. Thus, tea became the drink of England.

Best part in church today: This woman who is now doing the "children's church" is a bit snooty or something. She replaced a woman who didn't ask to be replaced. Anyhow, she calls the kids up to the front and asks who knows who Zacharais was. He climbed upa tree, she said. Little boy said "He fell out." She said "No, he didn't" and the kid said, "Yes, he did too." Just liked it.

Hee Hee, I like your story.

I just went swimming. In the lake. It was beeyootiful.

I'm having frozen MahiMahi for dinner. I wonder what I should with it. Besides thaw it.

Kiwi

DH loves homemade whoopie pies... His mom made sure I got the recipe for "her boy" (he was 48 at the time!!) Devils food cake mix made into "cookies" and then frosted with pre-made frosting....high sugar, for sure....

I am seriously into comfort food.... should probably just take more tylenol and a long nap.

Canoe races sound great... there is no place within miles to put a canoe in water.... Although I can hear thunder and lightening... so flash floods might make it possible.

Great story, about Zacharias, Cowpernia... Isn't there a second Zacaharias, besides? I think kids sometimes just stick to what they know... and manage to keep it simple!

I paid LOTS of money for kids HS grad portraits... and I still have them up... They make me happy every time i see 'em... One of my wiser "extravagant" purchases.

TTFN.

Morning, cowsies.

I don't have a puppy. But I have puppy pictures! Here is a litter of Belgian sheepdog puppies at 2 weeks old. They are not so very far away that I might not go visit them sometime soon. And there are still 2 available. Hmmm. DH wants to buy a new boat for the lake. Do I smell a trade-off opportunity?

Kiwi

Sheepdog puppies? Am I not seeing one chewing on the face of an innocent sheepie trying to hide under the sofa?

Dinner: DS and I made beef/blue cheese salad.

Then I ate 2 cups of ice cream (might as well finish it) and an orange soda and a bunch of potato chips. Didn't finish those. The bag is as big as a bed pillow.

Breakfast: icky oatmeal

Snack: Tuna and crackers

At least I am proving that I over eat at night. Anyone see Peanuts yesterday.l It was me Snoopy was being. He wanted a pre-breakfast snack, breakfast, snack. lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, TV snack, bedtime snack, and midnight snack. I might have missed one. Not in real life . but in the list.

Naw, he's loving the sheepie. Or maybe not. Well, they've got to start somewhere...

I'm relieved to know that you didn't miss a snack. Neither have I.

Kiwi

I have 2 Cairn Terriers.. Darby and Casey.. I don't have kids so these are my babies! They don't piddle.. totally house broken.. They know Sit, Wait(Stay) let's go, Come, High 5, lay down, sit, sit up, Bear Dance, roll over, heel, easy, Drop it, and speak. Yes I'm a proud mama! They don't shed, but we just gave them their summer cuts, so they are way less hairy now then in the pic.
Darby is the one on the right.she is big for a Cairn. Timid,loves to lick fabric?noises make her skittish, she loves to swim. Casey is small for a cairn, but a ballsy broad.. I wanted to name her Belle, so I could play with the name, like Dumbbell, liberty bell for July 4th, bonnie bell when I felt Scottish... but when we got her she was more like a Bertha! She's not afraid of anything, we call her Missy Lick-a-lot, since she mobs me all the time.. I don't think I'd get any other kind of dog..

I had a WW english muffin with ICBINB and sugar free jelly for breakfast..and we are having London Broil on the Barbie tonight.

I would have loved to be in the canoe race.. I have a dragon head "noodle" that I modified and duct taped to the front of it when we do the all girl overnight canoe on the Delaware River..

Cowsie - cute story!...

I want a whoopie pie.

I'm eating my way through the leftover bunco food. Yesterday's food list is too long to type.

Schatzi, bunco is a dice game that you play with 11 other friends. We get together once a month. It's mostly about eating and drinking and talking and laughing a lot. We were short one player so we were playing w/ a "dummy". About halfway through the evening one of DS's friends stopped by looking for DS and he took over for the dummy. We promised not to tell any of his macho 22 yr old male buddies that he was hanging out with middle aged women playing dice.

The baby shower was for my Aunt Dolly's grandchild. Aunt Dolly is adorable. She wears leopard print eye glasses. She always has a cigarette in her hand. She wore plaid stretch pants and a tank top w/ white mocassins. A very tight perm. Gravelly voice. She calls everybody "Hon". She's what you would call a character. The baby was adorable. Of course. He didn't wear leopard print eyeglasses.

I spent lots of money for kids senior portraits and neither of them finished senior year. Still well worth the money. I guess we could call them GED portraits, huh?

DH did not have fun deep sea fishing yesterday. He was sick the entire time. He knows that he gets seasick, yet every year or so he tries it again. He's a slow learner, I guess.

Sugar, we've quit eating chinese food even though we love it because of the msg. Not worth the misery afterwards.

Kiwi, I think I see your name on one of those puppies.

PS Hi Schatzi! We must have posted at the same time. Your doggies are adorable.

How do I make my picture small enough to attach? Cowper wants to see the guard kitty.

The puppies are all darling. I won't insult them or my kitty (who we CALL Puppy, by posting her photo.).
I think I'm going to go have some tapioca and then go to sleep. With a sleeping pill. If I were going to stay up all night, I should at least get something useful done.....

Too bad I don't have the hamster gene where I could just pedal and pedal and pedal on the stationery bike. Now THAT would be useful.

Funny, that's what I thought!

Aunt Dolly sounds like a real trip.

Wabbit, you can send me your photo and I'll resize it and send it back to you if you want. It has to be no larger than 400 x 400 pixels and under 40K I think, if you have a graphics program that will resize it and compress it.

Your dogs look very cute, Schatzi. For some reason I couldn't get the photo to enlarge.

I'm pooped. Too much partying.

Kiwi

Yeech, it's a foggy day here... fits my head... moving like a herd of turtles this morning... We are basically camping at this house.. Everything is boxed or moved already...including the cawfee maker (WHAT WAS I THINKING!) ..I've been reduced to drinking instant Taster's Choice, with powdered milk. And its DECAFFINATED :faint: ! GASP!

Wabby: Aunt Dolly sounds like a goil aftah my own heart... She must be a riot! I have this visual of the old Sonny and Cher show, where Cher dressed up as the old hot lady, with her tiger glasses and lycra pants..
11 FRIENDS! My you are POOP-U-Lar! I love to play games, board games ,card games ..If I was closer I woulda filled in fer ya.

Painty- You need your rest dear, what the hoodle doo are you doing up soo late..or are you normally a night owl? ;)

Kiwi - I use a thumbnail program..I have no idea how to resize or compress or any of that computer wizardry. :^: I hope you do get one of those puppies..2 cute.

Sug must be concentrating on learning Spanish...

Breakfast: Toast with Laura Scudders peanut butter. yuck.

Lunch: Leftover beef/blue cheese salad.

This is NOT helping yet. Maybe it'll kick in. I'm just depressed. I want to see all the kitties .. even Painty's. Why would that be offensive, Painty? Kitties is good.

Breakfast: Canteloupe chunks
Lunch: TBA

Schatzi, Aunt Dolly was the prototype for Cher. She really is a Dolly. DECAF??? Instant? Arrrrghhhh! No wonder you're feeling foggy. Are you excited or sad about this move? How long have you been in Joisy? We are such rooted ppl. We've only lived in one other house in our 27 years of marriage, and that was only about 2 miles from this house.

Cowper, Kiwi is working on the picture of the very skinny guard kitty. I think I may have found it a home. One of the guys here at work is thinking of taking him. I've offered to have him wormed and vacinated if he takes kitty. Even guard kitties deserve a real home.

DS's file is being submitted to underwriting for final loan approval today for his new house. Keep your fingers crossed.

Wabby Dahlink~This will be my 9th move! And not due to work or anything other than I was out on my own since 17..However, this is the biggest move.. Older, with More Crap and bigger place that got filled with crap..and my first out of NJ...Jersey Born Bred till Dead, or so I thought! My DH (Ken) has wanted to move for the last 20 years..He hates Joisey.. and I finally have acquiesed (KIWI spell check!) I don't have any family to speak of left in NJ, and had "broken up" with my BFF..She was my bestest for over 20 years.. and with that I lost her sister and daughter as other "close" friends... but there comes a point when you just can't take any more drama and BS.. so, while i do still have some friends here, it's not the same...And, I left a high pressure job in DA Bronx in January..and Ken just finished up a 1099 job (He's a Cisco Certified Engineer..routers ,switches, IP telephony etc)..so the timing was right, the housing market was right, and most importantly I feel its the right time for me to start the next chapter in our lives... So that's the story! :smug:
Todays menu
B: 2 WW english muffins with Butter and SF Jelly
D: Cube Steak and cauliflower
Water and Diet Lipton Ice tea
NS fudgsicle for dessert

Lunch: 1 chicken/apple sausage
pasta salad
1 slice left over (from bunco) lemonade cake

DH is really wanting to lose some weight, so maybe if I cook better for him, I'll do better. Now that DS is moving out, we won't have any excuses for having a thing in the house that we shouldn't be eating.

How come when I have computer problems, everyone posts? My puter overheated and blew a gasket. We made it lie down in a darkened room with a cold compress for a few hours and it's feeling much better now. Heaven knows I am sympathetic; I can barely move in this heat. It's been 90 degrees and the sun feels like a blast furnace the past 2 days. Fortunately it's cooling down in the evening.

Drove to the big city today to drop off sailing buddy Y who's going back to work in Florida for 2 days and will then be back for more merriment on the weekend. Then I went shopping. What else is there to do in the big city? Bought an assortment of wedding gifts for the nephew and his b-t-b. Wasn't all that excited with the stuff they had registered for at Target :shrug: but got them a lamp and end table from their list and threw in a set of champagne flutes for good measure (fortunately they were well packed :lol3: ). Got out of there for under $100, which was fine by me. Then I blew the bank account at Sam's Club. Yeehaw. Funny thing, I can't abide Mal-Wart, but Sam's Club? Lemme at 'em. So it was a big-ol' All American discount shopping consumerism day and I'm tahred.

By the way, Schatzi, are you familiar with the whole tar-heel thing?

Cowpeach, who is Laura Scudder and why did she make you eat her peanut butter for breakfast? I actually caved in and bought The South Beach Diet today. :faint: I made myself feel less fat and middle-aged by buying Freakonomics at the same time.

Actually, that explains why I couldn't enlarge your peecture -- that was the size you posted! (duh..)

Instant Taster's Choice Decaf. :barf: That sounds looooooovely. :no: I used to know a guy who was happy with instant coffe made with hot tap water. Not someone I could relate to.

Breakfast: Coffee, then more coffee
Lunch: Arby's Barf N Cheddar, with potato cakes, and water, lots of water
Dinner: Giant pork chop from Sams Club, marinated, sauteed in olive oil and garlic and baked in a bit of sherry; spaghetti (butter, romano); and zucchini, onions and garlic sauteed in olive oil. It was a hella good dinner, but it's not going to make the diet food list.
DH made me eat half a bag of microwave popcorn. Yeah, made me.

Must remove contacts before they fog over entirely.

DD is out camping with her friends tonight. 3 girls, 5 boys. I don't know, she claims there will be a girls' tent and "the boys will be somewhere else". The guys who are going are total straight arrows anyway; I stopped worrying when I found out who was going to be there. But this is a first. I just hope they don't annoy the other people in the campground...

Kiwi

Que frio!

No habla muy bien espanol!

Una cafe con leche por favor!

Muchas gracias!

Hasta luego!

(More later. I have the whole house to myself today. And cramps. Yay. AND my ticker is lying terribly)

No speakum dat. What'd you do with your family, send them off to Spanish camp? Sell them to the gypsies?

When I got up this morning (very late), I found DD sleeping in her bed. That seemed odd, so I woke her up and asked her what she was doing home. She said they stayed up all night and when 6:30 am came around they decided to go home. At least they didn't get kicked out or anything... Kids.

It's hot again, I'm not impressed. Gotta go take a shower and sluice the sweat off. (Hope you weren't eating lunch when you read that)

Kiwi

Yo comprendo. Es bien. Todo el mundo aqui hablan francias pero yo no lo hablo. Espanol es muy mejor.

DS wants a car. His mama can't buy him a car. He has a little (very little) money. Last night, he biked down to the local inbred gas station and applied for a job. This will be interesting. I hope I can bring myself to back off and let him work it out.

Peachers, tip from my DS to your DS - Do not put gas in a diesel truck. DS had his first job at a gas station for one day.

Sugar, me yama es Joy. That's all I remember from spanish class in 8th grade. And I know that's not how you spell yama. I also remember cervesa and banas from Mexico trip. Very important.

I'm tired of watering plants. It hasn't rained for weeks and weeks.

I have a wedding to go to on Saturday. I'm too fat for my clothes. The invite said casual attire - what would you say that means at a wedding? These are my next door neighbors who have lived together for 10 years. What kind of wedding present do you give to a 50 yr old couple w/ everything? These are their interests: scuba diving, sail boarding, surfing, gourmet cooking, boating, classic Porsches, and exotic travel. Can't really get them a crockpot.

Breakfast: coffee and 2 graham crackers

I updated my tracker. Sob.

If DS gets a job at a gas station, I will DEFINITELY tell him that. I wil also rejoice.

Casual wedding in Florida: Barefoot on the beach. Hawaiian shirts and gausy dresses blowing in the breeze. Let your hair air dry that morning. Have a tan.

I am tired of being depressed. If DS gets a car and a job, I will be worried but perhaps less depressed. I love him 1000000 percent but am self-defined as his mom. I want to be MEEEE. At least sometimes.

Peach, I'm in Oregon. Casual wedding in Oregon - garden setting in the Columbia River Gorge area. Beautiful scenery, but what to wear???? I could fit into a mu-mu.

Kiwi, Same here.. I stay away from WallyWorld, but looove Sams..We call it the $200 hundred Club..Cuz, I never leave without spending at least that much..We get all our meats there, we then split the portions up and use my handydandy FoodSaver..Love that thing!...
Btw, I've been on South Beach since May 28th.. I've slip slided a bit but am having no problem sticking to the plan. (DON'T Hate me Gals, but I have to move my ticker down 2 more pounds.. )
No hable es Tar-Heel

Peacharina: "Yo comprendo. Es bien. Todo el mundo aqui hablan francias pero yo no lo hablo. Espanol es muy mejor." ( This is what I translate: I understand, it's all good.. Today is monday and I have a French Poodle here who doesn't bark. Spanish is my major).. I AM impressed! I can't even speak English..Dangle my participles and split my infinitives and whatnot...

I am sure you are soo much more , a mom first and foremost, and you will always say you are a mom first. Oh woe, why are you depressed darlin?

Wabby..Can't go wrong with a Gift certificate to a scuba or surf shop.. Or maybe a certificate for dinner for 2 at a nice restaurant...I would wear a cottonny "Fit and Flare" tea length casual dress with a pair of mules/clogs.. I have one in my closet that is about 10 years old.. I love that hippy look.

No new news from Gary Gnu.. My life is still in limbo .. I can't wait to just GO already.. Get our new nest all spiffed up, explore and get back to work..

Ola Sug!

Lunch
Cajun Sesame Mix

Dinner:
Ham Steaks
No sugar Added Applesauce.
Broccoli

I'm still Jonesin' for a whoopie pie... Must Make Pie First Thing In North Caroliner.

The wedding I'm going to on Saturday is pretty much the opposite of yours. My dress fits, but makes me look fat. I think the wedding is average/formal. The couple are kids. Kids. I mean they registered at Target, what can I say? Not that that wasn't a practical thing to do, but the list was pretty amusing. They registered for computer equipment, for heaven's sake. Your couple would be very hard to buy for. I'd be tempted to buy them a side of beef or something. :lol:

Cowp, Franciass is not a nice way to say Francais. Et l'Espagnol n'est pas meilleur.

Au revoir. Je dois sécher mes cheveux, manger le déjeuner, et conduire à la prochaine ville en trente minutes.

Ki-oui

Hi Schatzi. Were we separated at birth? I also , except we live 75 miles from it, so we have to use the local grocery store for most perishables.

You know ... I made this post and half of it, the middle half, disappeared. It's kind of like that woman who cut my medium length hair short on top because SHE DECIDED it wouldn't lay flat that way. I hate her hater her hate her. I had just finished growing it to one length.

Anway: I am depressed because if have no man, no money, no decent job, no life, etc.

Shots so beautifully proved that cows can instinctively translate that I am taking on snooty Kiwi.

Ahem ... "Good bye. I have two little Chevys that live in my manger. In 20 or 30 minutes, they will perform a vaudeville routine."

Breakfast: Leftovers from dinner

Lunch: Riesens and sweet tea

BTW: Oregon casual. Lumberjack shirts and big old boots. You could make a dress from black/red flannel to go with your boots.

In what way is Sam's Club different than Costco? Who all has a Costco?

Breakfast: 2 graham crackers & coffee
Lunch: Pasta salad & I'm still hungry.....