Mrs.J

2 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

I call you one of the best on the board and you do this to me? 

I have a sensitive side but the other side is pure weirdo. 

18 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

That's just...

There are no words!

Right!?! When I first saw them they reminded me of a feminine product and was like I am not feeding my kids those!

25 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

First, you gave us Vienna sausage wieners in gelled Spaghettios...and now this!  What next...wait, I don't think we want to know! 

Oh You Tube is a gold mine for stuff like this. Look up Octopus hotdogs, just saying...

12 minutes ago, snowfan said:

Banana cream pie is far superior to key lime pie. Don’t @ me. 

I love Banana cream and Coconut cream too. I am equal opportunity. 

6 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I can't get from Coney Island Whitefish to key lime pie no matter how hard I try.  I think I'll just skip eating today.

Whitefish is good too. And with my new eating style much healthier if not fried. 

11 minutes ago, mappy said:

key lime pie greek yogurt with graham and vanilla crumbles, is amazing. 

OMG Love Key Lime pie!!!

Making a big ass dutch oven pot of Vegetable soup. After getting what I would call a good phone call from my Dr. yesterday. Still don't know what is going on with me but all the stuff they tested for came back fine. So even though I do not believe that I have a food allergy, I have had such a good response from my body physically and mentally that I am planning on keeping dairy and bread items out or at least on the very low consumption.

My skin still feels like it is on fire with ants crawling on it and I am still getting hives but the more I look into it and the fact that I am on medication to remove Estrogen to keep cancer away, it is looking more and more like I have hit that magical time in life where my body says F-you dumps all the hormones and and throws the book at you. So I hope to be showing more clean eating meals as I am diving into the Mediterranean diet.  

During winter here in MD I have found all I really want is sun. Can be a cold day with snow on the ground but sunny. Where I grew up in NWOH snow was a given most years. And it sticks around. But there were less days with sun. Making it hard on a persons mental state. Upon moving to MD over 20 years ago I saw that you can have snow and sun on the same day. As for the amount of snow, yes I seem to live in an area of MD that can get dumped on when a good storm track comes in. But I have found after several years that I am just not a snow person anymore. It is pretty and with that I have enjoyed the smaller events more. I had many reasons I was happy to move from OH. The change in weather patterns was one of them. I have found that I prefer a good t-storm over a good snow storm. But I do not begrudge any of you a shackling of snow. So not really sure where this post falls in the grand scheme of things. Probably just a rambling of my morning brain. Enjoy life!!

40 minutes ago, T. August said:

Lmfao I forgot... your husband worked (works?) at Bethesda. I was like... I know that stuff!

Edit: I also own that Dragonborn statue lol. Super cool.

He still works there. Well has been working from home since last April. Cool that you have the Dragonborn statue. We have gotten a lot of Fallout Swag over the last few years so themed off of that mostly. 

36 minutes ago, H2O said:

I like her fine. Some of y’all just have issues

I have to say I like her fine too, although I will get slammed for the girl power thing and all. But personally at my age I just don’t care anymore. 

Sun is out over here. The Miss J’s are happy as the drive will clear itself. 

13 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Oh man....I must not have been paying attention, I didn't know you did this type of stuff.  That's really neat.  Wish I had the talent.   When we all get back to normal, I honestly might send you a custom idea.  I'm a big ass kid and like almost anything Superman/Mario themed (don't laugh).  

I don’t judge. Everyone has the things that make them happy. 

6 minutes ago, snowfan said:

Totally unrelated to your table, but I’m loving that orange wall. Just an accent wall or is the entire room that color?

Just an accent wall. Have a dark gray on the walls surrounding the bathroom and a lighter version of that gray around the rest. 

12 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Oh man, that is nice.   Since quarantine fam has bee into classic board games and we've been playing almost nightly.   Life and especially Monopoly.    Send me that when you're done.

I have been thinking with doing custom pieces. The customer gives me the piece they want done and how and I do the art work. I did a coffee table out of an old table also a few years back. Mr. J works for a local game studio so we use what swag he gets for our theme. 

So thought I would show you all my next project. The youngest Miss J wants to play more board and card games. So as we are finishing off our lower level decided a games table was needed. So trolled FB marketplace and picked up a cheap used table locally. Plan to do a Steampunk theme on it to go with the game theme we have. Have gotten Milk Paint and Mr. J is currently working on a gear piece template so that I can be accurate with the transfer. The example is just that as we chose different colors to go with the game room. Hope to get started on it today. 

Just woke to a winter wonderland. Big fat fluffy flakes. Eyeballing about 2” out of my bedroom window out on the deck. 

20 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

Agree!  Haven't been back there in a lot of years, but have been there a few times long ago, in another dimension of time when I lived in Ohio!

ETA:  At my age now, not sure I'd much care for or be able to handle a lot of these roller coasters anymore!! LOL!! 

Grew up going to Cedar Point every year. It was not to far from where I grew up. Last time I was there was when we took the Miss J’s when they were younger. My parents went with us so Mr J and I could do the coasters. Let me just say I got on the Raptor and almost tossed my cookies. That was the day I knew I was done with inverted coasters. Hershey Park put the nail in my coffin when the Wild Mouse did the same. 

5 minutes ago, Baltimorewx said:

On another note, 45F feels so much colder when it’s cloudy. Overcast and feels like winter despite the temp in luterville Timonium

And windy. 

1 hour ago, ErinInTheSky said:

Going hiking on a warm pre-winter storm day, lol!

Taking the youngest Miss J over to ride her pony. Got to get in days in the winter when we can with no indoor. 

Ok so either it is because I worked out today or my barometric knees are leaning towards this storm coming in. 

16 hours ago, catoctin wx said:

  It's from a delightful restaurant in downtown Frederick called Hootch & Banter.  I'm sure something can be arranged

LOVE LOVE LOVE Hootch & Banter!

1 hour ago, wxtrix said:

unfortunately, she doesn't. but I checked on one of my favorite sites and although it seems counter-intuitive, the King Arthur Flour site has a gluten-free baking section (maybe though you've seen this already?):

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/gluten-free-sourdough-english-muffins-recipe

 

OH thank you!

4 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

i hear you on the dairy and i'm glad that cutting out wheat is helping and I hope you feel better. my sister eliminated gluten from her diet, and she is also an amazing baker, so if you are reworking recipes I can always ask her what she does.

Oh yes! Looking for an English muffin recipe if she has one. 

52 minutes ago, RDM said:

Ummmm - looks great.  For someone from Ohio you really cook a large variety of cuisines.  bon apatite  

When I was first married we lived in LA for 2 years. It exposed me to a fantastic range of cuisines. And I like to try new things. 

34 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

oh no—what do you have to avoid?

Well I am off dairy and wheat for now. May not have to be but it is helping with some weight loss I need anyways. Have noticed a difference being off wheat with having more energy and not bloated all the time. Have always been lactose intolerant. 

Chicken Sharawma salad. New health issues have me taking out certain foods. 

12 hours ago, Yeoman said:

So they can sleep with the computer closed instead of open? Nice...

12 hours ago, losetoa6 said:

Roads are horrible here but I know Frederick is all virtual but it's nice for the elementary school kids especially to get a snow day regardless.  

Hopefully fcps follows Ccps in offering in person instruction very soon . My hs daughters are very happy they are back in the school.  It's nice to give families the option. And it should have been done state wide in September period imo 

Enjoy the next 2 days of wintery scenery. 

I don't exactly know how to take both of these comments. Can you both enlighten me with your intentions. 

Well total surprise just came in for the girls. FCPS has a snow day tomorrow. No virtual instruction as Central Office is closed. 

This is right up there with the tampon hotdog. 

@H2O