Taste Like Chicken Monday 7/20

Linda, I hope you got some more sleep last night. Poor Micki. I am sure he is wondering what is going on. How is Bob handling his little buddy being ill? I know you must be worrying. It is easy to spoil our pets because they give us so much love and the puppy eyes are irresistible.

Becky, sorry to hear the foot is hurting again. I hope you haven’t sprained or broken anything. Teddy was picky about his heartworm medicine like Scooter. I know what you mean about the lawn not growing. Our green bean plants don’t look so good. We may get one crop from them if we are lucky.

Kathy, DM’s wildlife seems abundant. Those naughty squirrels. Yes, they seem to like the fragrant plants. They dug up all my Oriental lilies. I bet she is happy she got all her things fixed.

Karen, that is a lot of zucchini bread. Have you tried zoodling the zucchini and freezing it? I have not. I was just wondering if it gets too mushy and soggy when you defrost it. That roasted tomato sauce sounds good, I ight have to try it when the tomatoes ripen, if there are enough of them. Iggy made baked zucchini fries yesterday. He rolled the zucchini in a panko, romano, egg batter and baked them. They turned out good, but to be honest I prefer them just roasted with salt and pepper. Don’t tell the chef, though. He made a quick marinara sauce for dipping. I also see zucchini fritters and zoodles in my future as he bought a lot of zucchini.

Denise, have a good uneventful week. How are the veggie plants coming along? Is the heat getting to any of them? My green beans don’t look so good. The basil and tomatoes love this heat and humidity. If only the chipmunk would leave my cherry tomatoes alone. We have one pepper plant doing well. The others have fizzled.

Liz, how was the weekend? Did you get to rest up? How is the grilling coming? Have you used the grill yet? I hope the week goes well.

I got the hair off my neck. Yay! It is in a chin length bob. I told my stylist we were avoiding layers, just in case it had to grow out again. She said she hoped they were not going to shut her down again. The stylists work every other day to maintain distancing. You have to text when you arrive so no one is in the waiting area and everyone must wear a mask. She wiped down the chair right after my shampoo and took my payment right at the cutting station. As it was Sunday no one was there but the two of us, so that was nice.

Have a good Monday.

Thanks for the start, Chele. Sorry your plants aren't doing so well. I'm a bit surprised about the green beans. I have never tried to freeze zoodles but I've seen them in the supermarket, so at least the commercial brands have figured out how to do it. I'll let you know how the shredded zucchini defrosts. Iggy's fries sound good but I agree with you about roasting being better. Yay on the hair cut. I know it has to feel better. Your stylist seems to have her processes down pat, which is a good thing. Talk about well done cookies! Funny that it made the news there and not here despite it happening in TN.

Kathy, it takes a village....Good that all of DM's repairs are made. I'm sure she misses seeing people. Dale and I often say how it would have been impossible to have kept DMIL at home all this time. I'll bet those wascally squirrels do love the hibiscus flowers. They are quite sweet and tasty, at least for teas. That is probably hysterical watching them try to access a flower that isn't a low hanging one. We actually got about a 15 minute shower yesterday evening. It wasn't much so I still had to water everything this morning, but it's a start.

How's the foot today, Becky? Do I remember this not being a PT day because there were no a.m. appointments? I hope Scooter's ear clears up, what ever is going on with it. Too bad about the pills not working out. Saving $$ would have been nice. We have Arya on the regular Heartgard (not the Plus) and she loves it. We call it "puppy crack". All our girls have always loved it. I use a topical flea and tick product called Natural Chemistry that is essential oils and she also gets brewers yeast and garlic tablets in her dinner. We found a dead tick on her a couple of weeks ago, so it must be working. Good news on your niece. She deserves a break with all she's been through.

Linda, I saw about the positive babies in TX. I hope none of them have symptoms that could affect them for the rest of their lives. What a way to start out in life! Did you have another peaceful, dry night? Is Micki still a bit clingy? He has to feel a little weird. Like Chele, I also wondered how Bob was handling Micki's diagnosis.

Hope your last work night til time off goes smoothly, Denise. Any plans for your days off?

Liz, I hope things are going well with the new building. How was your weekend?

I'm still waiting to hear back from the RE agent on what to do regarding utilities at the other house. I finished Arya's dinner cooking, so that's done for a month. Second load in the washer. Swam a little over 1/2 mile. MG board meeting tonight. That's probably enough for one day. I also have to get things ready for the trip to AVL tomorrow for car service. It's taking more planning because I have to figure out how many masks I need to have for the stops I plan to make and what special processes each stop has. I saw something on the Noon news about an interview with the president of a Santa association about ow there may not be mall Santas this year due to covid. Linda said something about still having to wear masks then, but I hadn't thought about some of the other usual things that could change. The interview did end with Santa reminding us to keep Christmas in our hearts all year, however.