Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Thanks Ross. It’s cleared up nicely and they’re on their way here.
Thanks Ross. It’s cleared up nicely and they’re on their way here.
If whatever it is you are smoking turns out right, then you were tending the smoker. Skål!I'm tending the smoker tonight/morning. Is sitting on the the couch drinking Makers and Coke considered tending the smoker?
Whatever it is considered, that's what I'm up to tonight.
I'm tending the smoker tonight/morning. Is sitting on the the couch drinking Makers and Coke considered tending the smoker?
Whatever it is considered, that's what I'm up to tonight.
Finished packing my personal things to be shipped to Missouri.
Packed and sealed all my kitchen utensils, knives, thermometers, etc.
That means no cooking here for the duration.
Our BBF's insisted that we stay with them through Saturday when they have family in for New Years and Bill's birthday. That means that Pat and I will be cooking for Bill and Jeannie.. Cuts restaurant meals from 7 to 2 nights.. A couple of nights in a motel and then I fly off to Missouri and my daughter & sil...
Ross
Leaving Monterey is a bit sad but, Of my 78 years, about half have been lived elsewhere. Plus, Monterey isn't the Monterey I grew up in.. Being close to my daughter will be a major good thing..Moving from the Monterey peninsula to anywhere in Missouri seems like a major step down. But, it sounds like you are planning to make the most of it. I was bummed out to hear about the kitchen stuff you had to sell or give away. I know how you like to cook. I hope you will be able to re-stock as you settle in.
Hey, if you can travel, come on down to Dallas for a few days. We can cook and talk about cars.
CD
Thank you, Kayelle..I'm wishing only the best for you Ross, and good to know you won't be moving away from all of us here at DC. We're looking forward to sharing your new life.
Who will be cooking for Jeannie after you move?
Leaving Monterey is a bit sad but, Of my 78 years, about half have been lived elsewhere. Plus, Monterey isn't the Monterey I grew up in.. Being close to my daughter will be a major good thing..
Dallas isn't all that far from Springfield.. A trip to cook and talk cars with you would be great...
Ross
Thank you, Kayelle..
I enjoy DC too much to leave y'all... A big plus is that my daughter and I enjoy cooking together..
Jeannie is staying with our besties... Our friend Pat is a great cook so, Jeannie will be fine.. I expect her to make the move to MO, sometime in the spring, as much as she will miss family and friends in Monterey.
Ross
Travel Safe, Ross!
I am getting prettied up for our Anniversary Dinner (33 years) with Mom and Dad (58 years). We are heading to a great Chinese Restaurant in Scottsbluff, NE. wonderfulhousescottsbluff.com
Just give me enough warning to inflate the guest room bed.
CD
Oh, I'm so happy to read that Ross!! SC and I have been hoping you'd be able to be together. We have a lovely garden sign with part of the Browning poem. "Come grow old along with me, the best is yet to be".
Two good new's in one day!
Congratulations to PF/Shrek and Mom&Dad for your anniversaries!
Ross, I am so glad that you and Jeannie will only be separated for only a small while. I believe this is the first I read about this part of your journey.
Here's a secret tip for you both, one the PF/Shrek can probably do now and Ross pretty soon. Open and close the front door a few times until you make frost build up on the glass. Then you can scratch in little hearts or your initials or whatever for each other. I discovered this idea Christmas day with so many people coming and going. I can't wait until we take care of the grand kids again and we can do this and send Instagram pics to their parents at work and interrupt their day. I bet they don't teach this at day-care.
Ross, I hope you have Skype access.
I think it is worse when you jump in mid-cold season. When you slide in, your body has a chance to adjust as the days get colder.She just wants to slide in to MO winters, not jump in as I'm doing..
I think that she believes that it won't be so cold if she see's it coming...
Ross
Maybe your bestie Pat knows techie stuff as well as how to cook? You can only hope!.. Jeannie does not do anything technical so it will, probably, be just phone calls...
Thank you, Kayelle, for a beautiful earworm. Ever since I saw your post earlier on Wednesday, this Mary Chapin Carpenter song has been gliding through my mind. Thankfully, it's a lovely song and Mary has an angelic voice - almost as good as Judy Collins....We have a lovely garden sign with part of the Browning poem. "Come grow old along with me, the best is yet to be".