KrissiK Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I know you're tired and cranky, but do you have a fave tomato bisque recipe? And.... uh.... if you don't mind, Susan, what's your recipe for cream of broccoli soup? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I want a hugs salad Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Notes on soup: these recipes are tripled or quadrupled. They freeze well. 102 oz is the big food service size can of tomato stuff that I get at Sam's Club or GFS. I usually use turkey broth because I make lots of turkey broth (like 2-3 gallons) whenever we eat roast turkey and I keep it in the freezer until I make soup. Chicken broth is what the original recipes called for. Tomato Bisque (6 meals, about 3 gallons) 1/2 C butter 1/4 C olive oil 4 onions, chopped Salt & pepper 1 C flour 2 6oz can tomato paste 4 carrots, finely grated 2 tsp thyme 4 tsp basil 1 gallon (4 qt) turkey broth 102 oz crushed tomatoes 102 oz diced tomatoes 2 T honey 1C cream (Serve with sour cream & shredded cheese or cheese crackers) Saute onion in butter/oil; stir in flour and tomato paste. Add remaining ingredients except cream. Bring to boil, simmer 30 minutes, stir in cream Cream of Broccoli (makes 2.5 gallons - 5 meals) 3 bags (3 lb) frozen broccoli 1/2C butter 1/4C olive oil 2 onions 24oz sliced Mushrooms 1C flour 4 qt (1 gal.) turkey broth 2 qt milk 1/4C Worchestershire 1C bacon crumbles Shredded cheese for garnish Lightly steam broccoli. Saute onion and mushrooms in butter/oil. Stir in flour. Add remaining ingredients except milk, bring to boil; lower heat, add milk and simmer 20 minutes. Edited August 7, 2017 by Susan in TN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I want a hugs salad Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk :grouphug: ðŸ€â˜˜ðŸ€ðŸŒ¿ðŸƒ :grouphug: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Gymnast is having a really good time, despite anxiety. She came off the stage Friday night after her second character, with this huge smile. She kept saying how she used to be really scared, but now she wasn't and she got out there and really did it and she really liked it and she did really good and she wasn't scared any more. :D :hurray: We are so proud of her! Just one. The schedule is Friday night, Saturday matinee, Saturday night, Sunday matinee. We keep the next weekend open for church bookings, but were only booked for Friday night. Whew - that's a big schedule! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 My AFSA has curbside pick up with no tipping allowed. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm thinking I may never have to actually go inside again! I'm also that mom that waits until the last minute to tell the kids most things. When ds16 was almost 3 we went on vacation to San Diego. :001_tt1: We told him 10 minutes before we boarded the plane. :laugh: (He thought we were just at the airport to *watch* the planes. He didn't know he was going to ride in one!) And, yes, he was :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: for the next 10 minutes, which was OK because we were already in the boarding area, not trying to maneuver around a large airport. I took my DS on vacation once and didn't tell him until we got there. He thought we were "going to a new park." I packed his stuff and put it in the back w/out him noticing and told the other kids to keep their mouths shut. It was only 3hrs away, and he went along with my, "just a few minutes more," and "oh, this is harder to get to than I thought!" It was awesome- no whining about not wanting to go nonstop for days, and although he was mad at first, he now says it was his favorite vacation. DS has OCD and his perseveration of thought can be a nightmare! :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Wanna hear something dirty? A pig fell in the mud. That was my grandmother's favorite joke. Do you want to hear something dirtier? The pig got out and fell in the mud again. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 :grouphug: for ds and dh and you. As for your dd.... very exciting! Do you have a big pile of stuff to move in with her? A friend of mine and I have been laughing at the difference between dorm preparations for her dd vs. for my ds. Very different experiences, lol. We spent less than an hour at the AFSA and were basically finished. :D Dd is asking for boxes. Big boxes. I suspect she will take everything but the kitchen sink. Which is good because their dorm room already has a full kitchen including a sink, and we need ours! And she needs her tea pot, and mugs, and boxes of tea, and all. the. books, and her laundry stuff, and towels, and bedding, and favorite things... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 🌟🌟🌟 AMJ is home!! 🌟🌟🌟 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 :wub: 🌟🌟🌟 JoJo is Home! 🌟🌟🌟 :wub: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Time to haul soup downstairs to the freezer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 :wub: 🌟🌟🌟 JoJo is Home! 🌟🌟🌟 :wub: *Jo Time to haul soup downstairs to the freezer. See! Susan has a freezer! Everyone go get a freezer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 My wife was reading some proposed rules for green card applicants. If it happens, I'm going to need someone to offer me a job that pays 3x the median wage. Anyone willing to help out a friend? :) On the bright side, she said it was a terribly unreliable source, and that odds are there will be exemptions for renewals and spouses and all that kind of stuff (if it's even true to begin with, and if it passes, and all that kind of stuff... mine is still good for almost 2 years anyway). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 See! Susan has a freezer! Everyone go get a freezer. As soon as someone is willing to pay for it, I'll get one! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: :svengo: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Is she out of the shower yet? :) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 🌟🌟🌟 AMJ is home!! 🌟🌟🌟 :wub: 🌟🌟🌟 JoJo is Home! 🌟🌟🌟 :wub: I like it when people are home. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME MYBABYISHOME :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: :svengo: Don't be shy, JJM, tell us how you're really feeling about this!!😜 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Thanks for the recipes, Susan!! They look yummy!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 *Jo See! Susan has a freezer! Everyone go get a freezer. As soon as someone is willing to pay for it, I'll get one! My parents bought us our first one years and years ago. When it finally died, we went and got another one because we weren't sure we could live without it. First one's free, then they've got you hooked! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 My wife was reading some proposed rules for green card applicants. If it happens, I'm going to need someone to offer me a job that pays 3x the median wage. Anyone willing to help out a friend? :) On the bright side, she said it was a terribly unreliable source, and that odds are there will be exemptions for renewals and spouses and all that kind of stuff (if it's even true to begin with, and if it passes, and all that kind of stuff... mine is still good for almost 2 years anyway). Do you just need the offer under these rules...or the actual job? Because I'm pretty sure I could offer. It's the paying you part that I would have a problem with the follow through. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 On my phone it looks like: MYBABYISH OME Mine, too. Also, when people quote it, the font changes. So much drama. (I love drama.) Jo's home. It's quite understandable. Hi, Jo! Welcome back!!!!'n 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I did not type 'n. From whence cometh thee, 'n? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I did not type 'n. From whence cometh thee, 'n?From the sticks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (((Spuds))) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Crossing my fingers that I actually get sleep tonight. :svengo: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Do you just need the offer under these rules...or the actual job? Because I'm pretty sure I could offer. It's the paying you part that I would have a problem with the follow through. I dunno. I'm not going to worry about it now... it's probably just a boy cries wolf kind of thing. Edpo. I just spent an hour planning this coming week. I didn't think I'd take that long. Now I'm going to go to bed too late, sleep in, and then toss it all out when I wake up. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Mine, too. Also, when people quote it, the font changes. So much drama. (I love drama.) n I love drama, too. Just not in my own life. 😜 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I want to go home. I'm so sorry!! I want you to go home, too!! Crossing my fingers that I actually get sleep tonight. :svengo: Hope you do! So far, I'm not. ((Spud)) hope you both sleep well. I'm thinking I probably won't. I'm terribly stressed. Things aren't going well at all with Difficult DS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 hope you both sleep well. I'm thinking I probably won't. I'm terribly stressed. Things aren't going well at all with Difficult DS. Hope you (et al.) sleep well. I hope things will go better with your son. Sleep often makes stuff look not quite as bad as it does late at night. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Good Monday morning. Coffee Pup supervision. Then, I'm taking ds15 and ds12 to their first day of Challenge. 😱 Then coming home for first gentle day of school with the girls. 😂 (((Krissi))) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Good morning! (((Krissi))) Good luck with your first day, Lynn & Girls! Everybody go home! Hope you slept, Junie. I managed to get all the clean laundry put away and a couple things cleaned up. We have a full day of school today, only interrupted by an orthodontist appointment this morning. Some counties' public schools start today, though our county starts on Thursday. Coffee! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Good morning. Caffeine. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Let's see. Laundry in. Dishes not. I have caffeine. I ought to edit some more this morning. It's the last week of summer term, but I might stretch that out for a week or more just to finish up a few things. The writing contest closed last night. I'm one of over 3000 entries. :svengo: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!!☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ Monday!!😩😩😩 Slept better than expected!!ðŸ‘ðŸ‘👠Kittens to the vet today so we don't get more kittens.ðŸˆðŸˆðŸˆðŸˆðŸˆðŸ‘ŽðŸ‘ŽðŸ‘ŽðŸ˜± 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I hear short people. My back hurts. My coffee is cold. Don't wanna. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Doing all the things. :willy_nilly: Shouldn't be on the internet. But hi! And coffee! And Happy Monday to You. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Alex is teasing John. He's become a total troll. His new thing is waiting for someone to get up, taking their seat and then laughing hysterically when they notice. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 John's writing cars 4. I'm still not dressed. I don't think we're hiking today. Smoke warning. :( 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Alex is cleaning my nightstand out for me. He's so sweet. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Monday morning slugs are crawling through their work. And sliming everything. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 My microwave is broken. From this day forth, I must be vigilant about drinking my coffee before it gets cold. Yesterday, I told dh that I needed to gather all the trash up because today is trash day. He told me not to worry about it; he would take care of it while I was at a birthday party. This morning I realized we have different definitions of gather all the trash. To him, it means take the kitchen trash out. It did not include the trash under my desk, or in the schoolroom, or in either bathroom, or anything left on counters and tabletops. I took care of it in time to get it to the curb. I started laundry. I lied to Captain Mal. I told him they don't make diapers in his size anymore so he has to use the potty. They do still make 'special nighttime undies' that only work between 7 pm and 7 am. I must school the children. But first, I will drink my coffee so it doesn't get cold. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 My stress levels are too high right now. All I know to do about it is to do the next thing to hopefully move some things off of my plate. I can't do anything about the medical stuff hanging over our heads because that is on it's own time table. I also pray about it but that hasn't been a magic "get out of stress" card. I think this is all a result of me teaching about "Trust and Obey". Perhaps I should start teaching about something else instead. Something that is easy to learn / put into practice. ;) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Sedpo I did ten exercises from Henle during our car trip. It's a lot funner when your children are strapped down. ;) Everything is funner when your children are strapped down. I'm glad you're going home. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I slept until 9:30!! I didn't fall asleep until after 3, then dd6 woke me up at 4 because she had a headache. I'll admit, I was not pleasant at 4 a.m. and I had to purposely stop being angry so that I could go back to sleep. Sigh. At least the kiddos let me sleep in. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Jean, I think that you need to teach a lesson about rest. :D 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I slept until 9:30!! I didn't fall asleep until after 3, then dd6 woke me up at 4 because she had a headache. I'll admit, I was not pleasant at 4 a.m. and I had to purposely stop being angry so that I could go back to sleep. Sigh. At least the kiddos let me sleep in. What is it about 6 year old DDs? Saturday night I am lying in bed, not falling asleep and all the sudden my 6 year old DD is standing by my bed. Scared the carp out of me. Her sister had crawled into bed with her and now she couldn't go to sleep. Sister was asleep. So, I walked her to her room, put her in sister's bed. And then I still couldn't fall asleep because I was afraid she'd get up again and come into my room and scare me again.😩 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I called the vet's office about Neko and his cold. They gave me some tips on how to hopefully get him to eat some. It is day 3 of him not having an appetite. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 My microwave is broken. From this day forth, I must be vigilant about drinking my coffee before it gets cold. Yesterday, I told dh that I needed to gather all the trash up because today is trash day. He told me not to worry about it; he would take care of it while I was at a birthday party. This morning I realized we have different definitions of gather all the trash. To him, it means take the kitchen trash out. It did not include the trash under my desk, or in the schoolroom, or in either bathroom, or anything left on counters and tabletops. I took care of it in time to get it to the curb. I started laundry. I lied to Captain Mal. I told him they don't make diapers in his size anymore so he has to use the potty. They do still make 'special nighttime undies' that only work between 7 pm and 7 am. I must school the children. But first, I will drink my coffee so it doesn't get cold. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk You did not lie; you chose an effective parenting strategy. Much like I did years ago with the judicious use of, "Do I need to call 1-800-Santa?" 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 My stress levels are too high right now. All I know to do about it is to do the next thing to hopefully move some things off of my plate. I can't do anything about the medical stuff hanging over our heads because that is on it's own time table. I also pray about it but that hasn't been a magic "get out of stress" card. I think this is all a result of me teaching about "Trust and Obey". Perhaps I should start teaching about something else instead. Something that is easy to learn / put into practice. ;) :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 The vet has scheduled a free chat session with me to discuss Neko. I just ran down to check his litter box so that I have something more intelligent to say than "he's feeling listless". Good news. He's pee'd. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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