Taste Like Chicken Thursday 8/14

Linda, that must have been a heck of a nightmare for you to remember it so vividly. I haven’t dreamt about work in a long time. Have fun at BB&B. I like browsing there too. Hope all goes well at dermatologist. Congrats on 2 lbs gone.

Karen, I hope you are enjoying your Osteo session. How was Season 2 of Killing Eve? I have never watched it. Enjoy your bananas while you may. The Cavendish banana which we all find at the grocers is being attacked worldwide by a disease that has spread from continent to continent and has reached South and Central America. Before we know it will be extinct. There may be other kinds to be grown but they won”t taste like the Cavendish. Little Miss Mary Sunshine, aren’t I? I don’t know if Iggy will get his half Friday or not. He got home at 11:30 am yesterday. He was supposed to drop the van and then go into the office, but since they had not hired any help he had to load all the booth stuff himself and he was all sweaty, so he made the executive decision to go home and stay there. He hasn’t come back home yet this afternoon, so I guess they did not fire him. He worked all weekend, so I don’t see why he should have gone to the office in the first place.

Liz, please don’t stay away because you can’t be upbeat. That’s when you need us the most. Who are you going to b!tc3 to when you need to vent? Everyone needs an outlet. Let us be yours. I thought I had read that your telecommute request had already been approved. 🤔 Tell your DS some home truths, that you need to take care of you and where is her support of you when you need someone? Let SM’s family get her situated, since they don’t seem to care what your side of the family thinks. Okay, I’ll shut up now. That is a cute picture of Zoe with the basket of toys. Great news on the ultrasound of the leg.

Kathy, wow on DM’s 90th birthday. She sure is active and I am sure that helps keep her going mentally as well. Any special plans for her birthday? Are she and the aunts planning a getaway?

Becky, I have lived with a window AC and it is a lot different than central air. We used to just have it in our apartment bedroom and it didn’t get turned on until we got hime from work. I wonder why you have to wait so long for Dish? Maybe because you aren’t in the city? When do you get your gym membership?Is it this September? I am glad we got the recumbent bike when we had more disposable income. It has been a life saver because of the dodgy hip. 

I just did humdrum chores today and got on the bike and did some exercises and stretches. Dinner is easy. Caprese salad with toasted flat bread ribbed with garlic. It has a nice garlic flavor with no oil or butter. I cut the flat bread into slices and drizzle a little olive oil on them and toast them in the oven. Then while they are still hot I rub the garlic clove on them. If it weren’t for Iggy I would skip the EVOO altogether. 

Chele, thanks for the start. I'm a bit wiped out. I had to be downtown at 8am for jury duty. Again! I just had it about a year and a half ago. I got called in the first group, but didn't get chosen for the jury, so was free again at 12:30. But, I made $15! That's the standard jury duty pay per day. I'll try not to spend it all in one place. I don't see why Iggy should've gone in on a Sunday either, especially with no help on loading the stuff. Sad on the bananas. You would think they'd be able to preserve some of the plants somehow. I also heard that they're going to weaken the protections on endangered species and I'm not happy about that.

The condo where my aunt lives has a clubhouse, so we'll probably use that for the birthday party. We offered to do a trip instead or a fancier location, but DM seems to want to do the clubhouse. I think part of it is that she wants to invite some friends from where we used to live and NSB would be a lot easier for them. She does keep busy and as my DS put it, she keeps all of us hopping. DM has a salad with EVOO on it for lunch on most days, so it can't be all bad. It's thundering and pouring here again and I don't think the front has even gotten here yet.

Karen, I didn't even notice the Thursday in the title, lol. I agree Chele's dinner sounds good. I remember being uncomfortably hot in school in August and September and then again in June. In junior high, the only air conditioned room was the band room and it used to feel so wonderful to walk in there. The older schools were built differently with a lot of big windows on both sides of the classrooms. That helped, but it was still hot. It's nice that you have state parks in the area as well as the national park. Good luck with the fair entries.

Linda, that sounds like quite a nightmare. Congrats on the loss!

Waving to Liz and Becky.