All I can add is...forget the cuppa...tastes like chicken. Well, more like frogs' legs, which kindda' tastes like chicken. On the plus side, you don't have to go gigging or to Paris. It's even good previously frozen!
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Harper's Birthday - Part 5!
LOL, Laurel!
You are much more adventuresome with food than I am, Laurel! Is gator tail high in cholesterol? LOL I'd guess yes, given their diet. Ugh
FLO also designed Forest Park in Springfield - a large city park about 7 blocks from where I live :-)
I love Olmstead's designs. I'd love to go travelling one day for a year and visit gardens around the country. His are definitely on my list. First I gotta buy the winnebago.
I learned a good history lesson while reading about his designs in Boston. Now I know why 'Fenway' is called 'Fenway'. Thanks for sparking the interest in Olmstead, Carrie.
No problem, Candyce, although it's Olmsted. I used to spell it your way, too, and if you search Olmstead you'll get hits on google.
xx, Carrie
My neighbors named their dog Fenway!
I wonder if they know what FENWAY comes from? How long have they lived in the area, Sue? It's not something the young and the restless would necessarily know. Or maybe they just named him after their favorite ball park. Or their favorite stretch of road?
Carrie, thanks for the correction on the "Olmstead" vs. Olmsted misspelling. A tad embarrassing if I claim to be a fan. Well, that was my "learn something new every day" moment. Thanks again. I do need to learn more about the man though.
Laurel
Laurel, don't be embarrassed, I was spelling it "Olmstead" in my next-to-last drafts of the article and I drive past 'Olmsted Estates' every day. Of course, they're not really estates, more like official plywood shacks. ^_^ Carrie
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Harper, today is "Eat Dessert First Day" . . . so, seeing that it's your 'birthday', go for it!
Happy birthday, Harper!
Mmmm, I have a candy bar sitting next to me, tempting me. Can I go for it?
Up to you, my dear. All signs point to ....?
It was gone within seconds. It was a Payday. How could I resist?
One of my favorite candy bars..love O'Henery " too.
I have 2 lbs of special chocolates delivered by my step-daughter sitting on the bed within inches of me. I'm saving it for an emergency. Actually, emergencies. I remember how you felt last year, Celeste, when your kids were leaving - it feels like cutting off your arm! And my DD is not even gone yet - it's just knowing that she will be. So I'm saving my bridge mix for a DD-related emergency, and they seem to be cropping up more and more frequently.
I must keep M&Ms and Kisses on hand at all times! I have too many daughters and granddaughters not to have chocolate within arm's reach!
Ha ha ha ha, you poor thing, you need lots of chocolate!
If I run out, carrie, I'm coming down there to capture yours!
OK. I usually keep it in the sock drawer, barring emergencies!
M&M are ALWAYS in my house...usually within an arms reach. Hee he he
All this talk about chocolate. Now, I've got to go out ans replenish my stash!
I'm LOCKING my sock drawer. . .
No worries, Carrie!
I have to drive into town today anyway. Your sock drawer is safe! ~LOL~
Um, er, DD#2 and I watched Juno last night and, well, I'm down to 1.5 pounds of chocolates. Next time I'm waiting for a REAL emergency, though.
I bought a small bag of thin mints while I was out yesterday.
It's been a rough couple of months lately.
Candyce, maybe you better haul out the heavy-duty "fat" mints instead! (No insult intended.)
LOL, Sue!
It couldn't hurt!
(You see, I weighed in at a whopping 118 lbs this week)
Uh... 118 isn't "whopping" Candyce.
Yeah, I know. That's why I can indulge my chocolate craving whenever I wish to do so!
They can't figure out how to weigh me! Last time (in 1998) I was 121 but I am sure I'm a little more now, or maybe even a lot more. Things outside my control (medications etc.) affect my weight and appetite. I found it hard to gain weight while pregnant, for instance, and easy to lose weight as a young mommy because I never made real food for myself, I lived off leftover frozen fish sticks and baby food. It sounds horrible! I eat much healthier now, thank goodness. Boy, that really does sound like a yucky diet - good thing it was supplemented with Cheerios, carrot sticks and cheese cubes, LOL.
Did you like Juno?
Well . . . . I had seen it already at least twice on jetBlue flights!(Both with and without sound.) I thought it was er, unrealistic. But it provoked interesting discussions with each of my fertile young daughters! Have you seen it? What did you think?
I was 120-124 before I quit smoking....can almost bet the farm im not that anymore!! lol
Eat all that good stuff from your own farm, Celeste, and with all the exercise you'll be getting, you'll be back.
I loved Juno. I think there are a lot of kids like her.