The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Figgy1]

That's a relief. The food looks so good and I think at least DD will enjoy it. DS won't like the food, but might enjoy the show.

Is there any chance he'll eat the chicken, rice, noodles or veggies there? Steak maybe?

 

[Figgy1]

Flooding...?
Enjoy your day together...!!!

YUP down hill from us. I don't think it will get serious but we've had a very wet summer and the rain seems to be heavy and steady. THNX for the good wishes but my hand is a bit more mobile and he has some things to do himself as in his Christmas projects to get going on so I'm not sure how much togetherness there will be

 

[Songbird76]

Oh I hope you don’t get it and everyone else recovers quickly.

Me too! DH just called to say he's coming home early from work. But DD isn't home yet, so she must have been able to stick it out.
My feeling semi-yucky might be allergies. I mowed the lawn today and pulled weeds. That always makes me feel less than stellar. But the fact that I'm the one home with DS, who is sick, and DH almost NEVER gets sick...that's not very encouraging that he's succumbed to it. We'll see.
But, my Birnbaum is supposed to get here today, so that's something to look forward to and to cheer me up!

 

[Songbird76]

I have the dh home today Some of the roads around here are a bit iffy down the mountain. We're nice and safe up here but he has some use or lose days so better safe than sorry.

Definitely better to be safe if he has the days anyway! What's making the roads iffy?

 

[Songbird76]

Is there any chance he'll eat the chicken, rice, noodles or veggies there? Steak maybe?

Nope. None of the above. We're used to having to feed him somewhere else before we go out. It's Standard Operating Procedure for us.

 

[Figgy1]

Me too! DH just called to say he's coming home early from work. But DD isn't home yet, so she must have been able to stick it out.
My feeling semi-yucky might be allergies. I mowed the lawn today and pulled weeds. That always makes me feel less than stellar. But the fact that I'm the one home with DS, who is sick, and DH almost NEVER gets sick...that's not very encouraging that he's succumbed to it. We'll see.
But, my Birnbaum is supposed to get here today, so that's something to look forward to and to cheer me up!

The like is for Birnbaum's. I always go to the coupons first

 

[Figgy1]

Definitely better to be safe if he has the days anyway! What's making the roads iffy?

The remains of Florence. We're not getting hit hard at all. Just a few roads that don't do well even in normal rain

 

[Figgy1]

Nope. None of the above. We're used to having to feed him somewhere else before we go out. It's Standard Operating Procedure for us.

What's he eating now?

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Braciole, neck bones and a few other things go in my gravy

Yes, gravy!!

My sister chose Teppan Edo for her birthday lunch this past June...we had a great chef.

Teppan Edo has always been spot on for us.
We’ve likely been there 20 times.

Never had an experience like that at any hibachi/teppanyaki place we’ve ever been to. The show is always fun, and there’s always a bit of flying/airborne food during it all (I caught my flying shrimp in my mouth first try last night...!!! ), but, that sure was one “interesting” experience you had...!!!

As far as Teppan Edo goes, we’ve eaten there 3 times...’08, ‘12, & ‘13, and it was great every time...!!!!!

Here are a few pics from our June of ‘13 visit...!!!

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It was ALL sooooooo very good, but my scallops were pure PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!!!

As you can see, our chef was a hoot too, and we definitely have every intention of going back...great experience all the way around...!!!!!!!

Now you guys have me reconsidering this place. I always thought it would be just a more expensive Benihana.

Officially the worst thing to hear from my family members "Don't buy me anything"

OK, you must be Italian(?)

 

[Figgy1]

Yes, gravy!!





Now you guys have me reconsidering this place. I always thought it would be just a more expensive Benihana.



OK, you must be Italian(?)

No but I did grow up in an Italian neighborhood. Raised Catholic but got to go to public school

 

[93boomer]

YUP down hill from us. I don't think it will get serious but we've had a very wet summer and the rain seems to be heavy and steady. THNX for the good wishes but my hand is a bit more mobile and he has some things to do himself as in his Christmas projects to get going on so I'm not sure how much togetherness there will be

Stay safe you guys.

 

[93boomer]

Birthdays and Christmas. My father inlaw wants pickled hot peppers and dill pickles. Finding cukes after Thanksgiving is going to be fun

Our FIL's must be kin. Mine gave us a jar of black walnuts for Christmas last year. We don't like black walnuts. And that was it-nothing else. He is a very stingy man.

 

[Figgy1]

Stay safe you guys.

You too. How's your dh? We're staying inside today

 

[Figgy1]

Our FIL's must be kin. Mine gave us a jar of black walnuts for Christmas last year. We don't like black walnuts. And that was it-nothing else. He is a very stingy man.

He's not stingy at all and gets the boys way too much stuff. He likes getting food anytime of year.

 

[93boomer]

You too. How's your dh? We're staying inside today

Thanks. He is doing ok. They got down there around 7. It took almost two hours to find a hotel with power that had rooms. They ended up at a dinky motel that was ok, he said. At least he could shower. They had no breakfast. They were going to fix sandwiches when they got to the area they are working in this morning. The first job they were heading to, they had to turn around because the road was flooded. I haven't heard anything more since then. At least I have a hair appt. this morning at 11. That will keep my mind off it.

 

[93boomer]

He's not stingy at all and gets the boys way too much stuff. He likes getting food anytime of year.

Ahh. Yeah that is opposite of mine then.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Our FIL's must be kin. Mine gave us a jar of black walnuts for Christmas last year. We don't like black walnuts. And that was it-nothing else. He is a very stingy man.

Nuts are not cheap!

 

[93boomer]

Nuts are not cheap!

I know. These are from his own tree. But they are too strong for me. I gave them to my Mom to use in baking.

 

[Cesar R M]

Not heading into the office anytime soon. No weather/natural situation, but a truck carrying some huge heavy equipment (which I actually saw heading south as I was heading north on the main highway on my commute home) didn’t have enough clearance and drug down power lines and poles right in front of our office...
Got a call from our Office Manager earlier, and we’re hoping to make it in at some point this afternoon, but, it’s quite a mess (the story is being covered on our local news) so the whole day may be a bust.
DWifey thought about calling in so we could just hang out , but, decided she should go in because of a project she’s currently working on.
Anyway, doin’ some laundry and keepin’ my eye in the local news...!!!

sounds hella messy!

 

[Cesar R M]

Oh, we lived in the US for a year and a half. We didn't decide to move here until after she passed away. So that couldn't have been it. But my mom was kind of a control freak and I had always done everything her way, up until I got into college. Once I was 18 and living on my own, I was independent, and she didn't like it one bit. So I think it was mostly just her feeling really out of control and she didn't like that feeling of things not being in her hands. My whole life, if I did something in a way that wasn't how she would have done it, she made me go back and do it her way. Once I was out of the house, I refused to do that, and she actually sent me a really long letter telling me how disappointed she was in me for not following her rules anymore....she asked why I waited until I was 19 to "rebel". She had thought she was so lucky when I was in school that I never went through the typical teenage rebellious period...I had always been obedient. Now I was in college and suddenly not following her edicts anymore. I wrote back and told her it's not rebellion when someone doesn't have authority over you...I was a legal adult and allowed to make my own decisions. That she had to trust her parenting of me enough to know I could exercise good judgement and rebound when I made a mistake, and that her role was no longer one of authority, but one of advisory. And that sometimes we would disagree on things, and I wasn't OBLIGATED to do what she suggested, but she could certainly give me her opinion on what she thought I SHOULD do, but I wouldn't always take that advice if I didn't feel it was right for me.

She tried to force me into obeying her.....like, when I was engaged to the other guy and I would go back home at Christmas and someone would say "Congratulations! I heard you are engaged!" and my mom would say "No, she's not! I didn't give her permission to be." or when she would come visit, she would just ignore me and spend her time with my brother. Once, on mothers day, I invited her out for lunch, and she waited until I left the room and she went out with my brother and my roommate instead. I came back 10 minutes later to them all gone, no note to say where they had gone or where to meet them. So she would do stuff like that to punish me, hoping it would make me want to get back in her good graces by obeying her again. When I finally called off the engagement (not because she wanted me to, but because I realized it wasn't a healthy relationship), she tried to keep me from dating my now husband. She told me I shouldn't be dating until I was at least 30, that I should have a job, get any traveling done, and be settled in my life before starting to date. I refused, and I think she realized by that time that she wasn't going to force me under her control anymore...that ship had sailed. But she still tested me every once in a while, and she still punished me for it. I think the wedding was just one of those days where she was stressing out because she knew she couldn't control it. She was just very vocal about anything she saw as a weakness in me and was trying to tell me how disorganized I was because I wasn't doing it her way. She thought I hadn't thought it all the way through because she assumed that if I had, I would be sure to realize that her way was the right way! As much of a planner as I am, my mom was way more so, and she was not flexible at all....I can go with the flow, most of the time, but she couldn't.

Like I said, we had a wonderful day, and I look back, even on that memory of my mom being so demanding about the potato salad, and it makes me smile. It was so typical of my mom, and it's actually a very positive memory. I have a lot of resentment toward my mom for the way she treated me, but not about my wedding day. That one just makes me smile. I was determined not to let anything ruin that day.

my god.. I just.. cant like that comment.

She sounds like a total nightmare, specially the punishing and ignoring you.