COLD DARK ROOM

[Chefdenoel10]

I think you & I are the only 2 in the world who like black olives. Always have a can in the fridge.

Nope!!
I’m the third in there somewhere!
I LOOOOOOVE black olives!
If I didn’t get the hunger shakes I would eat them by themselves all day long!! ?

 

[Maggie3fan]

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Thanks Jan A!!!
You cheered me up!!!
Good story.
Tell my little Houdini I said , “ gulp, gulp”
Which in his language means ….?
…either “merry Christmas “
Or it could just mean .. ? off???
I HOPE he doesn’t know those words!!
But as you know… torts are VERY smart
and pick things up along their journeys….

And sometimes can be a smarty pants.?

I think it means he has indigestion...

 

[Chefdenoel10]

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BTW, I had a bonanza Lunch box, Sky King was cool too!

I had a Starsky and Hutch lunch box!!!?
Also a scooby dooooo!! ?
AND MY WONDER WOMAN lunch box!!
(Which my mom would only let me use on
“Special occasions” ( birthday,Christmas,etc).

 

[Cathie G]

I'm here, Chef. The best cure is seeing the people you care about & let the rest fall away. And unfortunately, family can be at their very worst on the holidays, & I'd lump birthdays, weddings, funerals, anniversaries & other "special" occasions in there, too. So.....NY's Eve is almost here & you're home free for several months.

I didn't dress Houdini up. He said gulp, gulp, gulp back at me. The cats said, "Thank Gawd, you didn't have family or guests over." My husband put out a couple of Christmas things today so it would look like we tried. And then my brother-in-law & wife & 2 mini Schnauzers showed up this evening, so now the cats are in hiding.

I like Christmas in Cozumel better. And Houdini says gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp...which I think is "holiday greetings" to you, Maggie, Sloopy'sMom, Cathie G & the rest of you here at TF...even Chubbs who's ditched us.

Hehehe hang on sloppy hang on ? the first time I read it I saw snoopy. My eyes have become spell check's best friend ?

 

[Cathie G]

Oh, YA! Now your talkin. . . (and for Bread, I'll take the SF Sourdough French bread. . . )
Funny I think most folks, and my siblings put butter on their Sourdough French Bread, but my younger Sister and I, put Mayo on our French bread.
So Sourdough French bread, some Mayo and Black Olives hit's the trifecta!

And so does turning it into pizza bread with everything including black olives and lots of cheese ?

 

[MenagerieGrl]

And so does turning it into pizza bread with everything including black olives and lots of cheese ?

Wow, everyone's coming up with all these Olive Trifecta's. . . Dang, I gotta write these down...?

 

[Blackdog1714]

Fresh avocado is another thing on my best favorite food list along with a large curd cottage cheese... yum (interesting ideas for breakfast) maybe some pineapple on the side. I need to get myself interested in some kind of toast or bread also. I haven't been able to find a good one yet unless I make it myself. And I'm too tired. Brownberry used to make a delicious nut bread but all those old breads aren't available anymore.?

Now Avacados are not like olives! In San Diego I love the fresh avacados since they despise traveling. IN RVA they are okay but just like we would be after a 30+ hours car ride!

 

[Lyn W]

I had a Starsky and Hutch lunch box!!!?
Also a scooby dooooo!! ?
AND MY WONDER WOMAN lunch box!!
(Which my mom would only let me use on
“Special occasions” ( birthday,Christmas,etc).

I think I just had a Tupperware box - can't remember anything any fancy.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Oh, NO! "Unprocessed" Olives off the tree are Nasty! VERY bitter, Green ones the most. . . Black ones are still bitter, just not so much. They need to be "Brine'd" to make them TASTY!

Exactly. Ive been to olive groves & harvests in many locations…..the last thing you want to do is pick & eat an olive right from the tree. Picked and brining ????

 

[Maro2Bear]

I think I just had a Tupperware box - can't remember anything any fancy.

I had a brown paper lunch bag. I don’t recall having anything other than a bag. ??

 

[Maro2Bear]

Hey @Chefdenoel10 - thanks so much for the Christmas card - quite the surprise. ???

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning/afternoon all,
It's a day of mixed weather again with very strong winds.
Looks like we are set to have the warmest New Year's Eve on record at about 54F before the temps get back to normal and plummet again next week.
I hope you all have a good Wednesday.

 

[Maggie3fan]

Hey @Chefdenoel10 - thanks so much for the Christmas card - quite the surprise. ???

And you opened it without caution??????????????

 

[Cathie G]

Now Avacados are not like olives! In San Diego I love the fresh avacados since they despise traveling. IN RVA they are okay but just like we would be after a 30+ hours car ride!

Well... avocado and black olives on anything... find a way to fix an omelette... taco salad in the evening. All with cheese!?. Who cares if the avocados are fresh if they are guacamole? Chip dip!?

 

[Cathie G]

And you opened it without caution??????????????

Amen to that.

 

[Cathie G]

Exactly. Ive been to olive groves & harvests in many locations…..the last thing you want to do is pick & eat an olive right from the tree. Picked and brining ????

Thank God I have the CDR ? since I did try the dang things... I'm so glad to know it wasn't just the tree ??

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning/afternoon all from a very soggy Wales - it's rained heavily all night.
I've no plans to go anywhere today and Lola is still in his hide staying cosy and warm.
So I'm just going to potter around.
I hope you all have a good Thursday where you are.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Wet, dark & gray morning here, with more rain forecast for the next few days. Hey - rain is good ?? for all the trees, gardens & Spring bulbs.

Temps remain pretty balmy, about 10 degrees above normal. No cold or snow in sight. Ogh well. ?‍

 

[MenagerieGrl]

Good morning friends.
Been raining a lil bit every day here for the last 5.
Should have clear cold days till Monday.
Our Lake Tahoe has seen a record-breaking amount of snow ?this December, according to the U.C. Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab.
The area has seen 210 inches of snow since the beginning of the month, breaking a 50 year record. Our year to date total from Oct. 1 has already seen 264 inches of snowfall YAY!
Snow fall now, means water ?in the summer here.
I really need to get outside, except it's just been too dang ? .
I know. . . cold is a relative term. Our cold here in the SF Bay area is NOT the cold in Wisconsin.
Any hoo, Hope everyone is doing well and ready to start a New, year.
Just a personal observation, this last year did NOT seem to fly by as fast as the last few years seemed to...Take care my friends...

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning friends.
Been raining a lil bit every day here for the last 5.
Should have clear cold days till Monday.
Our Lake Tahoe has seen a record-breaking amount of snow ?this December, according to the U.C. Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab.
The area has seen 210 inches of snow since the beginning of the month, breaking a 50 year record. Our year to date total from Oct. 1 has already seen 264 inches of snowfall YAY!
Snow fall now, means water ?in the summer here.
I really need to get outside, except it's just been too dang ? .
I know. . . cold is a relative term. Our cold here in the SF Bay area is NOT the cold in Wisconsin.
Any hoo, Hope everyone is doing well and ready to start a New, year.
Just a personal observation, this last year did NOT seem to fly by as fast as the last few years seemed to...Take care my friends...

22 feet of snow? Wow -that would bury my house!
We haven't had any snow in my part of the UK yet, but they had it further north last week.
We don't usually get it until Feb or March - sometimes January.
When I was working I used to love the extra days off when they would close the schools because of health and safety concerns but now I'm retired I hope the snow doesn't arrive!

I can't believe how quickly the last 3 years have gone, but then they have been very eventful - personally and worldwide.

Lets hope 2022 will be better for us all!