Taste Like Chicken Weekend 7/25-26

Linda, I know what you mean about teachers being unsung heroes. I did student teaching in a rural middle school and decided to teach adults instead. While the socialization aspects of school can be positive (but aren't always) and food insecurity without the schools is a real issue for a lot of kids, there are a lot of places in this country where it's just not safe to return to school. I have a niece who is a teacher's assistant, her husband is a HS teacher, and the mama of 2 great nephews is a pre-school teacher. I'm afraid for all of them. But then a lot of parents (including ones that may be kicking up a fuss about getting schools open) are lousy teachers because they aren't trained to do it, so the kids will suffer. One of our local school systems opened for in person classes this Tuesday or Wednesday and announced yesterday that someone at a middle school tested positive already. Yay, Micki on the better glucose test. I wonder if you keep being diligent about no snacks if he may be able to go off the insulin in the near future. A lot of human diabetics can control their levels through diet. I wonder if you are going to have to do testing if you can do it through urine instead of blood. It would still have its challenges but would not be invasive (just potentially messy). Glad you got some sleep. You must have been exhausted to have slept through all that gardening noise. Great news on the rain. Hope you got enough to help a little.

How is Scooter doing, Becky? How's the foot? Did the new bike arrive yesterday? Looks like Port A is going to get hit by Hanna. They just about got recovered from Harvey.

Chele, that's odd about the short bread line, but you did well on other things in YS. I hope the unmasked woman had a medical excuse, but probably not. Chef Iggy has a lot to work with in the kitchen today. We hit 11 days of 90 or higher before we only hit 88 on Thursday. Now we are starting the streak again. August is usually our hottest and driest month, so the worst is yet to come I'm afraid. Garmin is still down. So my watch talks to my phone (sometimes) but it doesn't go any further. No word on when we'll be back to normal. I've been back and forth with the RE agent on house stuff as the new owners gear up to take possession. I've been getting questions like what's the combination to the gun safe and what's the security system code (I gave him our #s but we don't know if the renters changed anything), what's wrong with the garage door opener (maybe it needs new batteries), and those kinds of things. We have been signing forms through a digital format, so I don't know if we will get actual paperwork mailed to us or if it will be through that format. I thought perhaps if it was going to be a stack of papers, it might arrive yesterday or today.

Is this an ice cream day, Kathy? I can relate to the healthcare anxiety. Just don't get anything that you need to go to the ER. Good that you had extra wipes to share with DM and DS. I lucked into some at WM the last time I was there (they had just set out a pallet and they were going fast), but I need to start looking for them again. I don't use a huge number of them, but there are certain jobs that I need them for.

Liz, hope you are having a quiet weekend and Gary enjoys his golf game. Is this coming week DBIL's surgery?

Are you working this weekend, Denise? Are the stormtroopers coming to Detroit?

We might get some rain this afternoon. The sky looks pretty angry right now. I've been working on signage for my fair displays--yes, the fair is still going on. We're doing a Giants double header today--last night's game followed by today's game. Good to have baseball back, even if there are no fans in the stands and everyone is wearing masks most of the time.

Thanks for the start Karen.Is that a cucumber in your avatar?

Chele Scooter has left her ear alone but she has always shaken her ears hard because they are pointed and with the bandage she could only stand up one ear.So she must have shaken it enough to get the bandage off the ear and Kenneth went ahead and cut it off since she doesn't scratch it.We finished our last red watermelon yesterday and will cut the last yellow one tomorrow I guess.You made a good haul at the market.


Karen I was walking by Kenneth's chair and Scooter was laying on it.I was seeing something in her ear not paying attention to which ear it was and the bandage had slipped off the back of her ear.I think she had shaken her ears so many times it came off.The sutures feel odd but they are stiff.I accidentally touched the back of her ear and she whined so it must be really tender back there.I had read online the ear could be deformed with one of these blood clots and I can tell it looks like it will be on the outside.She seems so much happier now.She still won't eat her dry food but she will eat her dog treats and human food of course.Sometimes she goes a couple of days without eating her food though.My foot still hurts. I know it will take several weeks yet.The bike came while we had gone to buy groceries yesterday.Kenneth tried to start on it yesterday and the first thing he did while trying to cut a couple of straps off with his pocket knife was cut his hand instead.Blood everywhere but I got him all wrapped up and told him to take a nap.I figured out this morning those straps just slipped off each side.He got it put together but the tension is too tight so I have to pedal it in reverse.I'm hoping eventually the tension will get easier.It gets the same amount of steps regardless so I don't guess it matters.I am only doing 10 min at a time right now because of my knee.For about 5 minutes today it poured down.Houston escaped it thank goodness.

Linda How is Micki doing?

Karen, how was the double header? Weird without fans, isn’t it? Did you get any rain? I made corn bread this morning from a King Arthur recipe. It was not a machine bread. Iggy thinks it turned out pretty good. We have had some fairs go in around here, too. Be careful.

Linda, how did the crostata turn out?

Becky, wow, that tension on the bike must be something else. I guess there is no tension control on this one. I am glad Scooter is doing well.

Not much planned for this hot summer day. All the chores are done and we can’t go anywhere. Time to read. 
have a good day.

Chele, I know what you mean about those weird anxiety dreams. I've had my share lately too, although I've also had some really funny ones. I went over to DM's yesterday to get my share of the grocery order. It was sunny and blue skies until right before I got to her house and saw a wall of water coming towards me. The rain stopped as soon as I was done loading the groceries, so I managed to find the only shower in the area! Homemade cornbread sounds good.

Karen, you sure are going through a lot of hassles with the house, but I hope it will be over soon. Like Linda, I never had the complications of someone taking occupancy before the sale was done. I had a small bowl of the ice cream last night and it was very tasty. It had a lot of flavor, so a small serving was enough. I don't use a lot of wipes either, so I'm fine for awhile. I have a couple of the soft packs and most of one canister left. It is good to have some sports back. The basketball teams will be playing soon in their Orlando bubble. Hope that all works out for them. Really strange for the baseball games to have no fans, but that's kind of fun to be able to have a cardboard cutout of yourself at the game. I saw something about an app where you can indicate when you want to cheer and it increases the crowd noise they're piping in.

Linda, how did the Blueberry Almond Crostata come out? Sounds delicious.

Becky, hope you, Scooter, and Kenneth are doing okay today. Sounds like you had a rough day yesterday. Is there any chance of sending the bike back if you can't do anything about the tension? I'm thinking pedaling backwards could be harder on your joints.

Denise and Liz, hope you're having a nice weekend.