Posted on 02/01/2025 6:55:11 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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It’s just a five-er. Perspective is off due to the MONSTER sized bag of peanuts Sis gave to Beau. ;)
Waiting here in OK for Armageddon (a/k/a winter’s latest, scariest “Arctic Blast”), and preparing as well as I can. The jungle of rosemary is covered by tarps, which is the only thing big enough that I had on hand. Hopefully, when the single-digit and sub-zero temps subside (just a few days if the forecast is accurate), it’ll still be alive when I lift the tarps to let them have some sunlight before covering them again for the overnight.
We’re getting our ‘Arctic Blast’ this upcoming week. I am putting off all trips to town if possible until next Friday when we get back into the teens and 20’s.
-3 tonight and then worse coming. Ugh. But it’ll be ‘too cold to snow’ so there’s that! :)
That looks heavenly!
Excellent! Good deal!
He should still make it point to cut back on chasing the dogs chasing the bears through the woods! (And wrestling with them once they come down out of the tree!)
No snow here, just rain today. To keep things from getting too boring around here, flooding & high winds are the forecast for tomorrow. We may get a big snowstorm the 19th & 20th.
This past week, snow came in Wednesday around noon, then we got freezing rain overnight. There was another shot of freezing rain Wednesday, then regular rain before dawn Thursday. The sun came out Thursday & the temp made it to 59° .... I would say 95% of the snow was gone after that.
Wednesday evening I came down with whatever bug mom got the week before. Head congestion, coughing, sneezing, & feeling run down. I did a Vitamin D Hammer (50,000IU) on Thursday & slept most of the day Friday. I definitely feel better today, but still have the cough (& sore ribs) plus I keep a roll of toilet paper handy for the sneezes & nose faucet. We had to pick a poem to memorize & recite in front of the class in the 5th grade - I picked this favorite of mine & it came to mind today since I have the ‘sneezles & wheezles’ (except I am not trying to amuse anybody)!
Sneezles by A.A. Milne
Christopher Robin
Had wheezles
And sneezles,
They bundled him
Into
His bed.
They gave him what goes
With a cold in the nose,
And some more for a cold
In the head.
They wondered
If wheezles
Could turn
Into measles,
If sneezles
Would turn
Into mumps;
They examined his chest
For a rash,
And the rest
Of his body for swellings and lumps.
They sent for some doctors
In sneezles
And wheezles
To tell them what ought
To be done.
All sorts and conditions
Of famous physicians
Came hurrying round
At a run.
They all made a note
Of the state of his throat,
They asked if he suffered from thirst;
They asked if the sneezles
Came after the wheezles,
Or if the first sneezle
Came first.
They said, “If you teazle
A sneezle
Or wheezle,
A measle
May easily grow.
But humour or pleazle
The wheezle
Or sneezle,
The measle
Will certainly go.”
They expounded the reazles
For sneezles
And wheezles,
The manner of measles
When new.
They said “If he freezles
In draughts and in breezles,
Then PHTHEEZLES
May even ensue.”
Christopher Robin
Got up in the morning,
The sneezles had vanished away.
And the look in his eye
Seemed to say to the sky,
“Now, how to amuse them to-day?”
Glad the Vitamin D worked! There is something going around I do not know if its seasonal flu or some Chinese Bioweapon. (Or our own virus turned against us.)
What I have is not flu - no aches or fever, just head cold, coughing, & feeling punk/tired. Mom had the same thing except hers started with a sore throat - glad I skipped that part!
That looks super yummy. Gonna try that with half cream cheese, half plain Greek yogurt.
*** Last but not least, Beau passed his Stress Tests with flying colors. The Doc is certain he has no blockages based upon the test results and the x-rays they took. His heart is functioning as well as anyone who is 65 years old. So, BIG RELIEF that we don’t have to deal with any age-related issues...YET, anyway!***
BIG CONGRATS on the health report!
Spinach Quiche / can do ahead
Uses 4 pricey eggs to feed 6.
Ing 14 oz box refrigerated pie crust 2 Tbl butter 1 ea small yellow onion, red bell pepper, both chp 2 chp gar/cloves, 4 lge eggs 1 1/4 c half-n-half 1/2 c sour cream salt/pepper Pinch nutmeg 10-oz pkg frozen chp spinach, thawed/squeezed dry 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar 1/4 cup fine-shredded parm
Filling: Cook/Stir/soften on med, melted butter, onion, pepper 10 min. Add garlic, cook/stir 2 min til fragrant. Set offheat. Whisk eggs, half-n-half, sour cream, s/p, nutmeg. Stir in squeezed dry spinach, cheddar, parm, onions/peppers. Pour into crust.
Place on preheated baking sheet; bake til puffed in center, just set, crust is golden, 40-50 min. Transfer to wire rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temp.......or fridge and serve next day.
Add a loaf of bakeshop blueberry bread.
Kitchen tip:
“Stretching eggs” for breakfast means adding a small amount of water,
milk, or fine-chopped vegetables when scrambling or cooking them.
Making eggs go further without altering the taste, allows you to feed more people
with fewer eggs; done by whisking thoroughly w/ added liquid to create a fluffier texture.
Key points about stretching eggs:
The most common method is to add a small amount of milk or water while whisking the eggs.
Fine-chp vegetables like onions, peppers, or mushrooms can be added to bulk up egg mixture.
A low heat and stirring helps cook eggs evenly and prevent them from becoming rubbery.
My mom had 8 mouths to feed, so I grew up watching her stretch eggs every time she used them for scrambling or such, so that’s how I’ve always done it. As you said in your tip, cooking them on a lower heat (I use medium low) helps them not get rubbery.
Thx for the realtime example.......nothing worse than rubbery eggs.
Yeah, like that’s ever gonna happen, LOL!
We had a guy show up at our Coon Club Banquet last night in a wheelchair who napped through the meeting. These guys never give up! ;)
“They examined his chest
For a rash,
And the rest
Of his body for swellings and lumps.”
I have age-related swelling and lumps, LOL!
I took an Emergen-C this morning - was around a lot of germy people that I don’t often see, last night. ;)
Feel better soon! :)
We’re both very happy! :)
Yummy! I make a Crustless Quiche recipe that I got from Rocking Horse Manor, a B&B in Texas.
Similar to this:
https://insanelygoodrecipes.com/bisquick-impossible-quiche/#wpzoom-premium-recipe-card
It’s very forgiving and you can put just about anything you want in it. Yesterday I added bacon and broccoli. I like a combo of Swiss and Cheddar for the cheeses. :)
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