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- Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:42 pm
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- Topic: Would you refuse to buy/sell over party politics?
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Would you refuse to buy/sell over party politics?
Just trying to liven things up around here! ;) I have sold only one horse, and that was to my horse mom, from whom I originally bought the horse. She is an A++ horse person, so no qualms there (We happen to share similar political views (although she's more liberal than I am), so that never crossed ...
- Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:42 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Rockabilly's mustard chicken thigh recipe was a big hit! Thank you. Anybody else planning ahead for Easter? DH doesn't know this yet, but I think we got volunteered to host about 15 friends and family. Any favorite Easter recipes for simple, fail safe dishes I can make mostly ahead? I want to enjoy ...
- Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:34 pm
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- Topic: Trail riding in the desert
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Re: Trail riding in the desert
Wildflowers all over here, too. Enjoy it while the weather is still "cool!"
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:50 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Rockabilly, your boneless chicken thigh recipe went straight to my private recipe blog. I can't wait to try it. Everything I've tried of yours has come out absolutely fantastic, so I'm looking forward to making this soon! I bought a rotisserie chicken, so I'll probably make a quick spinach, monterey...
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:19 pm
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- Topic: Books! What are we reading these days?
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Re: Books! What are we reading these days?
A friend recommended The Royal Spyness series as extremely light mystery reading, and I've blasted through that pretty quickly. Not high literature, but there's something comforting about it. I'm in the middle of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, which I'm enjoying. It's pret...
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:51 pm
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- Topic: The carousel never stops turning.
- Replies: 26
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Re: The carousel never stops turning.
Linden, it's good to see you! You've had a heartbreaking year. I'm so sorry for your losses. Horses are good for the soul, aren't they? They help knit us back together in the torn and broken places. It's good your job and inheritance are serving you well. Keep healing. I hope you and your loved ones...
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:38 pm
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- Topic: Moving forward after an SO's family member is less than polite
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Re: Moving forward after an SO's family member is less than polite
Well, that was hurtful ... and confusing. :-/ I'm sorry. Overall, your relationship with your SO and the rest of his family sounds pretty good. I would give it some time. ... Take care of your heart. Moving back home with a parent certainly signals some kind of failure to launch or at the very least...
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:01 pm
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- Topic: Jan 21 Women's March
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Re: Jan 21 Women's March
After only sporadic voting and having never, ever participated in any kind of march even in college, I have taken part in two demonstrations for human rights in the last week. That may prove futile, or not. However, I have decided history is not going to show I went complacently, that I went along t...
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:17 pm
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- Topic: I have breast cancer
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Re: I have breast cancer
I am so sorry, Chancellor. Thinking of you, sending you lots of love and strength. Snork is right: No way out except forward. You WILL get through this. ... (((Chancellor)))
- Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:53 pm
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- Topic: My project. Not sure why I got into this...
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Re: My project. Not sure why I got into this...
One more thing. Sorry. ... Of course it's extremely difficult/maybe impossible to help someone who won't help themselves. So frustrating. That image of the little boy packing their things in the carryall: Even at this extremely young age, he is taking care of his mother. And maybe that will forge in...
- Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:33 pm
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- Topic: My project. Not sure why I got into this...
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Re: My project. Not sure why I got into this...
You got into this because you have a sense of humanity, and your sense told you no child should be living on the street, especially in a rainstorm. And you wanted to make a difference. ... Those impulses represent the best of who we are as human beings -- caring, compassionate, loving, earnest. The ...
- Sun Jun 05, 2016 5:11 am
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- Topic: I can't figure out where this stuff comes from
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Re: I can't figure out where this stuff comes from
I might be a closet gleaner: I made a garden arbor out of an old IKEA coat rack. Does that count?
- Tue May 31, 2016 1:36 pm
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- Topic: How does your garden grow?
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Re: How does your garden grow?
Last year, I started an urban container vegetable garden with a Sungold, a Yellow Pear, and a Sweet 100. We're renting a house with a large patio but with small strips of bed that are already taken up with roses and other flowers, so I put out some Hummingbird feeders, got the fountain going and did...
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:14 pm
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- Topic: Am I out of line? Family Drama
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Re: Am I out of line? Family Drama
There's always an excuse. He was drunk. He was framed. He was out of his mind on drugs. He's not the same person he used to be. It's his ex-wife's fault for turning his kids against him. ... Oh al-anon, where art thou? As the daughter who lives with the consequences of a mother who chose boyfriends ...
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:25 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
bascar wrote:A lived-in face - bit like a an old sleeping bag.
As long as he doesn't smell like an old sleeping bag. ...
Seriously, is this a good or a bad thing for you, bascar? I don't think I've ever heard this description.
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:44 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
OK, what IS for dinner? I ate the better part of three boxes of Girl Scout cookies last week. No willpower whatsoever. Today, I walked four miles. Dinner tonight is baked pork chops in Dijon and Italian bread crumbs and a salad. Probably another two or three mile walk after that!
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:34 pm
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- Topic: So what is the first thing you do when you get out of hospital?
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Re: So what is the first thing you do when you get out of hospital?
Shirrine, I'm so glad to hear you're out of the hospital. Nothing better than the smell of horse and a little dirt beneath the fingernails after beeping machines, glaring lights and heavy drugs. ... Enjoy your ponies!
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 8:48 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
bascar (or anyone!!), do you have a good recipe for Pork Green Chile? I have a house full of relatives. I cooked this huge pork roast last night and have a ton of leftovers. I was planning to make spinach, Monterey Jack cheese and pork quesadillas tonight, but I'm afraid other than that my mind is b...
- Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:53 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Any ideas for creative use of mac and cheese leftovers? I made Martha Stewart's macaroni and cheese the other day. I thought it was good but not great. Other grownups and 6 year old really liked it. Four year old wouldn't touch it! I don't know if it was the nutmeg or the cayenne or what. ... I stil...
- Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:48 pm
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- Topic: Jingles for baby
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Re: Jingles for baby
Thanks for your input, ThursdayNext. I'm sorry you went through this. Thank you. By come out the other side, I meant our baby survived after all that. I hope that's clear. She is fine now. It was painful in the extreme for close friends who lost a newborn to return to their nursery and empty crib a...
- Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:32 pm
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- Topic: Jingles for baby
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Re: Jingles for baby
I am just so sorry for this inexplicable loss. ... Please don't send the bear. I don't know what these parents are like, but as a parent of a baby who stopped breathing many times, and having gone through the terror and grief and hopelessness of that experience and then palliative care and then comi...
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:25 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
We had a second, smaller Thanksgiving dinner last night to use up a turkey. DH cooked and helped out more than ever before, which was just this short of amazing. Some people just hate cooking, hate reading recipes, don't like food that much. I think DH has learned to love food, but the cooking part ...
- Wed Nov 25, 2015 5:16 pm
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- Topic: One year already--i can't do this
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Re: One year already--i can;t do this
What bascar and scruffy said. ...
Gently. Gently. Breathe. Don't feel obligated to be part of a big holiday crowd when you're just not feeling it. I'm sure they love you and will understand.
Hugs to you.
Gently. Gently. Breathe. Don't feel obligated to be part of a big holiday crowd when you're just not feeling it. I'm sure they love you and will understand.
Hugs to you.
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:16 pm
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- Topic: Thanksgiving plans?
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Re: Thanksgiving plans?
Yippeee! Our Friendsgiving is moving to a friend's house. Someone else is bringing the turkey. I'm bringing a few side dishes. This simplifies my life dramatically. ...
It's good to see you, too, wicky! And yes your nice orderly life is about to undergo a radical change! Brace yourself, grandma.
It's good to see you, too, wicky! And yes your nice orderly life is about to undergo a radical change! Brace yourself, grandma.
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:31 pm
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- Topic: What I'm really thinking
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Re: What I'm really thinking
scruffy the cat wrote: Bascar: please do not stop going on dates. I couldn't bear not hearing about them.
This! Hang in there, bascar.
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:40 pm
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- Topic: Something spiffy w pork tenderloin?
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Re: Something spiffy w pork tenderloin?
No oven is tough! I usually use a seasalt, rosemary, garlic and cracked pepper rub on pork loin roasts, but I'm not sure how you do it without an oven. ... This Smoked Pork Chili is very good. Maybe you can adapt it. Rockabilly posted it originally, then bascar re-posted it, if I remember correctly....
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:18 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
I have been eating hotel and restaurant food for a week. It's nice to be home! Dinner tonight will be herb roasted chicken thighs from Simply Recipes.
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/he ... _potatoes/
Pretty easy recipe. I may make a green salad to go with it.
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/he ... _potatoes/
Pretty easy recipe. I may make a green salad to go with it.
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:11 pm
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- Topic: Thanksgiving plans?
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Re: Thanksgiving plans?
We will probably have one or two families over to our house, lots of little kids running around, etc. I'll make a turkey, dressing, cream cheese mashed potatoes, a spinach gratin, and some port-fig cranberry sauce and designate some of the other cooking duties. MIL usually makes pecan tassies and pu...
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:01 pm
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- Topic: How to find a GOOD lawyer?
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Re: How to find a GOOD lawyer?
This really sucks!
Scruffy, at what stage is this "project?" When might you have to move?
Scruffy, at what stage is this "project?" When might you have to move?
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:49 pm
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- Topic: Making an offer on a homestead tonight
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Re: Making an offer on a homestead tonight
Excellent! CV, you've been wanting to do this *forever*! So glad you've working with a great seller, and the plan is coming together well. Love that you're looking forward to remodeling.
- Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:26 am
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- Topic: I'm in!
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Re: I'm in!
Hello, everyone!