Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[CntryBoy777]

I've been laying low the past few days, cause this weather and my aches haven't been kind, either.....hope ya can gain relief from yours and @greybeard may have a good idea there for ya, especially if it can be added to and increased over time....when ability and $$ and time become available....

 

[Latestarter]

Nah... started it now so will finish it as originally designed. It was basically going to be "open" on the one side anyway. It's 24' long and will have a 16' wall centered so 4' openings at either end. The biggest issue and PITA is the floor system. and that's basically already done, aside from the added support I need to add.

 

[Bruce]

and they not see you except for the tac light or laser on your rifle barrel.

And when they see that they can think "Am I feeling lucky tonight?"

 

[Latestarter]

Tonight's dinner: Lamburger Helper... Had really lost my taste for the stuff, but had like 6 boxes in the pantry so decided to use one and give it a try. Recommend use by date was I believe Nov 2016. It's actually good. I doctored it a bit with added pasta, seasonings, parsley, onions, shrooms, etc. I made sure to drain the grease this time Was supposed to be cheeseburger deluxe. Now I won't feel bad about using the other 5 left. I could donate them to a food drive some place, I mean they are perfectly fine, but the use by date would make the donation place discard them. Too bad really... I'll bet hungry folks would be very happy to have them for use.

 

[RollingAcres]

Never had that hamburger helper stuff.
Glad you were able to "gourmet" it up a bit.

 

[goatgurl]

last time I had hamburger helper I was pregnant with dd. made the stroganoff version, ate it, threw it up and haven't made it since. just looking at the box just makes my mouth sweat. btw dd is 46 years old now. on the other hand your lamb and eggs looked really good.
hope you nite time visitors don't return. good mel. stay locked, loaded and safe.

 

[Latestarter]

When the kids were, well, kids, hamburger helper was a fast, filling, semi/mostly-nutritious meal that could be thrown together very fast and easy. It was also very easy to "extend" it by adding additional moisture, pasta and meat, so there would be leftovers for me to eat the next day. I mean really... it comes in a box but it's pasta, a seasoning packet and you add water, milk, butter, meat and cook it. Nothing fancy/shmancy about it. No idea why it might have made you sick GG... I think they've changed the seasonings some over the years as it doesn't taste the same to me as it used to. But that could be my tastes changing as well. I've always doctored stuff like that up by adding to it. Makes it a little more like "home made". Making it with the lamb it tasted very similar to what I recall from years ago when I really liked it. I'm OK with it It's not grilled rib eye steak, but as they used to say in the Navy... it will make a turd.

My last wife refused to eat the Betty Crocker Au Gratin potatoes from a box. Said it was all artificial... Freeze dried real potatoes, & again, a powdered cheese/seasoning packet. You add boiling water to reconstitute the spuds, milk & butter to reconstitute the cheese, a little salt & pepper & bake. What's artificial?

The steroids have helped immensely in just the first day. I can now use both hands and wrists. Still a bit of pain to the touch but working. I have a swollen right calf that feels like it has an ongoing cramp in the muscle. Been massaging it and elevating it on pillows with an ice pack under it. I also have a compression sock on that leg. Hopefully it will be better by tomorrow.

Back to goat mansion construction tomorrow. Supposed to be ~79° tomorrow with 2 days in the mid-upper 70s! Night temps in the low 60s! That's gonna be like heaven! Can turn off the AC and open the house as long as it stays dry. Poss bit of rain tomorrow.

 

[greybeard]

Nothing wrong with HH. Like lots of food, It's not as good as it used to be thanks to all the mambypamby, whinnybutt wah! wah! wah! health nuts running around nowadays. "It may taste like shredded cardboard and smell like powered feces, but it's now SO good for you!

 

[Mini Horses]

Glad the steroids are helping! It's about being able to function, even on meds. Maybe you need to take them sooner when it recurs -- we know it will.

HH yep -- nothing in there that would cause an issue with dates. But manufacturers are required to put them on it. Heck, cereal has couple years on the box.

Night temps in the low 60s! That's gonna be like heaven! Can turn off the AC and open the house as long as it stays dry. Poss bit of rain tomorrow.

Getting similar temps here. After hottest Sept in something like 90 yrs, it's welcome....we had wettest jun/jul, also. Our year for records? Now I am a little concerned about temps & snow for winter if we are on a roll here.

 

[RollingAcres]

For box stuff I like those BC potatoes Au Gratin and Zatarian rice mixes.

Glad those steroids helped with relieved some of your pain.

Yay on the cooler weather! It's been in the low 50's here at night. Yesterday was colder and rainy.