Taste Like Chicken Fri-YAY 7/19

Karen, thanks for the start. I hope the soreness has gone away. I had to water the potted plants yesterday but those in the ground were fine. Iggy is my hummus maker. If I want to record a workout on the Apple watch I have to start it before the exercise. If I don’t care it will just rack up activity minutes-maybe-if it feels like it.   I never thought about freezing hot dogs. We could do that. Wow, on your album collection! A lot of our vinyl were scratched from playing them so often, so when we moved we kept only the unscratched ones. We still have a lot of cassettes and CDs. My car has a CD player but Iggy’s does not. The Volve had a cassette a d CD player. I loved it. I still have a boom box for the cassettes. We also have an old TV with a built in VCR player for that collection. 

Kathy, how is BIL today? I am so sorry to hear about his heart attack, mild or not, and am glad he didn’t have to have a stent put in. I am sure DS is worried. I don’t think that will go away. At least, it never did for me. I wish the best for all of you. 

Linda, did you get the blood circulating by chopping the tree some more? It is nice to have a house that allows for walking and step ups when it is too hazardous to go outside. I have been meaning to ask you if you have painted all your Schnauzers. 

Becky, how did you do last night? No more bites, I hope. Ants are the dickens to get rid of and I hope all yours are gone. 

Not much going on here. I made up a pan of firehouse enchiladas. I did a couple of veggie ones for me from leftover roasted veggies. All I have to do is bake them for dinner. It is leftovers for lunch. Easy peasy. I might clean the bathrooms later, but other than that no plans. 

Kathy, I'm shocked to hear about DBIL. I knew both he and DS are runners, so he's definitely not a slug. Does he have a family history of heart problems? Has he had cholesterol problems? That hospital deal sounds extremely frustrating. Like you, I'm surprised insurance didn't step in. I guess he will now be seeing a cardiologist and if he has any symptoms in the future, he'll go where the cardiologist tells him to and it shouldn't be a problem. As Chele said, the worry never really goes away. Your avatar is very reminiscent of our incident on Wednesday minus one coyote and the rack on the deer. LOL Haven't seen any deer around since that happened. I know there is a spike in the deer population, but there's also a spike in the coyote population, and they have no predators that I'm aware of, so thinning the herd my be giving Dale some target practice. Good thing we have lots of hungry vultures around here as well. When will you set up the turntable?

LOL on your hummus maker, Chele. I had a feeling it was a "who" and not a "what". What are firehouse enchiladas? I'll bet the roasted veggie version was good. What did you put in Iggy's? Do you have shiny bathrooms? That's a job I hate worse than vacuuming. I don't think we have gotten rid of any vinyl, so we have scratches and all. I also have a bunch of 45s. I remember when I a teenager, my DGM used to ask me every week what tunes I was listening to and then when she went to her favorite department store, which had a huge and varied music department, she would buy me several 45s just about every week. I used to listen to a lot of AM radio from places like Cleveland, Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, so I got into some of the bands unique to their region. My car has a CD player but it's never been used. I put my favorite music on a flash drive and have one for contemporary jazz, one for 80s, and one for Christmas tunes.

Linda, it must be pruning season in your yard. How were the pancakes? Can you make a large batch next time and freeze some for those times you want them and don't have the time or inclination to cook?

YAY on no new bites, Becky. As you know, it will take a bit of time for the bites to heal. What are you putting on them to help them along? If the Ortho doesn't work, get some Amdro. That's what we used to use in Austin and when fire ants got to NC, we went back to it. I figured out why my VS4 didn't recognize my exercise yesterday. I hadn't turned the elliptical trainer on as an automatic activity. We'll see on Tuesday if it recognizes. I used the other Garmin to swim today and did the start and stop manually when I did the Vibe this afternoon. It was nice to get credit for all my steps, which didn't happen when I used the Fitbit except when I was swimming. I haven't used the Pulse Ox function yet. The Sleep function is very different from what I had on the Fitbit. The Fitbit had me awake a bunch more than I thought I was. I think every time I turned over or moved, it recorded that as being awake. I've gone from an average of 58 minutes awake to 6 minutes with the Garmin. My only concern is that the band doesn't seem that sturdy.

Liz, I know you're glad it's Friday. How's the hip and leg? When does Zoe go back to the vet? When will you get the Alta HR up and running?

After I swam, I spent a good part of the morning in the kitchen. I made a couple of loaves of zucchini bread that didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. I was going to give a loaf to the neighbors but changed my mind. It's really heavy, a bit dry, and doesn't have much taste. I put a lemon glaze on it and Dale says the glaze has more taste than the bread, but he'll eat it. This was the recipe I was going to enter into the fair. So I may be changing my mind on that one. I also made a batch of fresh salsa that turned out well despite only having one pepper left from last week's CSA order. I also mixed up a batch of seasoning for scrambled tofu and will cook it up for breakfast tomorrow, along with hash browns and fruit. I do miss eggs every now and then and this is supposed to taste like eggs. Guess we'll see. Dale is going to run in the mountains tomorrow. Not sure what Sweet Potato and I might get into.