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We did have our first luncheon.I would call it very successful.We had some interesting dishes.One was a yucca plant I think?It was a strange texture and not much flavor,but the topping was delicious.
I think my thoughts today seem to running in quite a different direction.I love food.We know that.Since weight loss surgery tho it is a challenge to eat.I still have taste for things but not as much as I used to.I cook for the family.And watch Food Network alot.There is something that calms me about Rachel Ray and her constantly running mouth,Paula Deen and her southern charm,she is so down home y'all.I really dislike the neely's!And even tho I watch Barefoot Contessa she is far from one of my favorites.Oh and may I say Giada delorentas?(spelling?)well her big teethy mouth drives me crazy.Having said all that,I could'nt make it a day without my "friends"on the Food Network.Even the things I dislike the most about RR isn't enough for me to ever stop watching her.She heard there was a web site called Rachel Ray sucks,she was asked if it bothered her she said "no".She went on to explain not everyone is going to like her and that what they say is true,she isn't a chef and she can be annoying.Can't remember the exact words she used.But I respected her for that.She didn't get upset,it is what it is.But enough about that.
I have dinner at my house every sunday with my kids.It is a tradition of sorts that we have started the last few months.Its the end of the month and "mother hubards" cubards are bare.I have a turkey.I will thaw the old bird and present him to the clan.They really don't care what we eat,the company is what matters.I do think I will try to be a bit inventive tho with.Not just the traditional presentation.I will have to look up a few ideas on line or in my cook books.I think I am getting a little more excited now.I don't have to do the same ole thing with it.There has to be lots of things one can do with a turkey.
And another unrelated issue..I have to get my labs taken to see where my vitamin levels,cbc and other stuff.I have been feeling less then up to par.My blood pressure has been diving a bit and I get dizzy.Feel hot,nasaus I can't spell.I will get those done monday and see if anything shows up that way.It could be my body adjusting to the huge weight loss,167lbs!In just over a year.I have been on a bit of a stall.Can't seem to see the scales move although my clothes are definately fitting better.I did get into a comfortable size 18 jean.Jeans aren't always easy to get into,not very much give.But I am happy.If I had the plastic surgery to take off the excess skin I would easily be 2 sizes smaller and maybe 25 lbs lighter.I will have to work up the courage for that tho.After the pulmanary embolism I got the last surgery! I fear it will happen again and I may not be as fortunate.The dr.said the size and position of the ones I had usually kill people.My lungs were full of them and I had one huge one called a saddle,it was just as the lungs and heart meet,or something.Anyway..See unrelated issues..I am starving!Gotta go make a protein shake,then I can eat something.Need that protein first tho.LATER

unrelated issues

We did have our first luncheon.I would call it very successful.We had some interesting dishes.One was a yucca plant I think?It was a strange texture and not much flavor,but the topping was delicious.
I think my thoughts today seem to running in quite a different direction.I love food.We know that.Since weight loss surgery tho it is a challenge to eat.I still have taste for things but not as much as I used to.I cook for the family.And watch Food Network alot.There is something that calms me about Rachel Ray and her constantly running mouth,Paula Deen and her southern charm,she is so down home y'all.I really dislike the neely's!And even tho I watch Barefoot Contessa she is far from one of my favorites.Oh and may I say Giada delorentas?(spelling?)well her big teethy mouth drives me crazy.Having said all that,I could'nt make it a day without my "friends"on the Food Network.Even the things I dislike the most about RR isn't enough for me to ever stop watching her.She heard there was a web site called Rachel Ray sucks,she was asked if it bothered her she said "no".She went on to explain not everyone is going to like her and that what they say is true,she isn't a chef and she can be annoying.Can't remember the exact words she used.But I respected her for that.She didn't get upset,it is what it is.But enough about that.
I have dinner at my house every sunday with my kids.It is a tradition of sorts that we have started the last few months.Its the end of the month and "mother hubards" cubards are bare.I have a turkey.I will thaw the old bird and present him to the clan.They really don't care what we eat,the company is what matters.I do think I will try to be a bit inventive tho with.Not just the traditional presentation.I will have to look up a few ideas on line or in my cook books.I think I am getting a little more excited now.I don't have to do the same ole thing with it.There has to be lots of things one can do with a turkey.
And another unrelated issue..I have to get my labs taken to see where my vitamin levels,cbc and other stuff.I have been feeling less then up to par.My blood pressure has been diving a bit and I get dizzy.Feel hot,nasaus I can't spell.I will get those done monday and see if anything shows up that way.It could be my body adjusting to the huge weight loss,167lbs!In just over a year.I have been on a bit of a stall.Can't seem to see the scales move although my clothes are definately fitting better.I did get into a comfortable size 18 jean.Jeans aren't always easy to get into,not very much give.But I am happy.If I had the plastic surgery to take off the excess skin I would easily be 2 sizes smaller and maybe 25 lbs lighter.I will have to work up the courage for that tho.After the pulmanary embolism I got the last surgery! I fear it will happen again and I may not be as fortunate.The dr.said the size and position of the ones I had usually kill people.My lungs were full of them and I had one huge one called a saddle,it was just as the lungs and heart meet,or something.Anyway..See unrelated issues..I am starving!Gotta go make a protien shake,then I can eat something.Need that protien first tho.LATER

We are off!

Well it seems we have had good response.We will have alot of "cooks"so the rotation won't be hard on anyone.We will have plenty of time to gather the things we will need for "our dinner day"and be able to enjoy someone elses for many weeks before we have to do one ourselves again.I hope this works.I have been brain storming how far we can go with this.Like using a scrape book page and decorate it with whatever floats 'ur boat and the recipe,then we add it to "the book".Each page individual to the one creating it.And then their next go 'round that page would be different from their first.We can include profiles and pictures.It has endless possibilities.So our first thing to do is get a meeting of minds and discuss the whys and where fors of how we will execute this thing.So be prepared to free up an afternoon sisters...Lets have some FUN!

Ok,so we have decided to work as a group in a cook club.We will work it out as we go.I am excited because it will help us all to get together and fellowship.We are all in very desperate need of that.The little kids will have great memories.I remember fondly the time my mom and the other sisters took out of their busy lives to make special days for us as kids.They were busy too,there were no time savers then like dish washers and even washing machines as we know them.My mom had a ringer washer!And hung the clothes out on a line.No micro wave cooking.Even a bowl of pop corn took 15 minutes or so to get it all together, cook it,melt butter and so forth.We really don't have any excuses.We just need to do it!My teen ager will love this.She is very social by nature but as time goes on she is becoming less and less social.That's what happens and we loose them.I don't want that to happen to any of them.Well we have our work cut out for us.Where to even start?