Sophie7713

Thank you!

WOW! All our faves. Both your briskets looked to die for! That's one lucky fam. I've never met a cheese I didn't like. Pungent or otherwise, but my favorites are Swiss, Cheddar and Parmesan. Romano is heavenly, too. Now you've got me contemplating grilled BQ shrimp and street corn for Memorial Day. Might you share your BQ sauce recipes with us?

More conventional dinner tonight. Salad with lite blue cheese dressing, red grapes, golden delicious apples, pecans and everything but the kitchen sink! Love these baby bibs from local market. Perfect size for one serving. And, don't you just love the elegant Rubbermaid storage bowl, too! Perfect little size for me. ;] .

Yay! Be proud! What a delicious alternative and so much more satisfying...looks yummy. I hope hub's homemade carrot cake he made for a January ladies luncheon for me (slices still left in the freezer) were not screaming out to you all the way to Canada! I find those especially decadent ones really do! Haha. I just laughed as you walked us thru the dilemma. Only too familiar... Here's to the VICTOR! And, pumpkin seeds that won't contribute to making us look like pumpkins EVER again. ;]

Unconventional dinner last night. ;]

LOVE this chair! What personality it has... do share more! After healing from plastics finding undergarments has been daunting. So, I often revert back to wearing my black medical front hook bra and body suite. Actually, they are very well constructed, comfortable and conform beautifully. Yay! Tomorrow I get my first haircut and style since quarantine. Had my pedicure and manicure yesterday. I suspect, it risky - but my salons seem to be taking all the appropriate precautions. I wear my mask and gloves everywhere, too. Very fashionable accessories these days. LOL.

I know this is a bit of a diversion BUT maybe permissible given the circumstances? I'm still in my grunge wear BUT my home office design studio was completed today! Now outfitted with new antelope patterned cow hide area rug over coir carpeting, mid-century modern sconces, cognac hued accent wall and library cabinet from re-purposed China cabinet. I still report to the office in my PJ's most days. Just not that motivated to get dressed with no where to go 10 weeks and counting! The boys were a great help in implementing the project + vision. ;]

You look absolutely gorgeous! All the textural blacks are wonderful. Still shifting thru the foundations game as well! The online orders just are not working out for them. Everything gets returned. Usually too large. I really miss our department stores and outdoor eating at restaurants after 10 weeks and counting...

Nothing too exciting here in the cuisine world. Just another Monday... Scrabbled egg with maple sausage for breakfast. Strawberry chef salad for lunch. Dinner... Hmmmmm?

What a great combo - Cheese and burgh. I get it now! I had clients in Shadyside and nearby Uniontown. Was in the mood for a hamburger for lunch today after talking hamburgers! LOL. The salad is watermelon, tomatoes, basil and roasted hazelnuts. A new friend actually from State College sent to us a surprise express mail package yesterday... recipe from 1260 Florence, Italy - Panforte Tradizionale. Too rich + sweet for me, but hubby approved. They were so pretty to look at and to smell. She only knows me slender and not privy to my WLS. I have really enjoyed making new friends who don't know my overweight past. It's fun and refreshing. I was so touched by her thoughtfulness and her effort. I think she's a keeper. :]

Thai dinner last night. My favorites were the garlic chili roasted edamame and straw mushrooms!

I'll park on your driveway any day or even across the street! ms.sss, these dinners look delicious, colorful and wonderful... Fit for royalty! We did edamame, too, last night. Only we ordered out from our favorite Thai Lotus restaurant. Your lobster balls look amazing! You didn't have one!? Your BFF struck gold.

A UW grad!!!! It's a cheesehead. We love when you come to town for Penn State football, that is. My hometown is State College, PA. I understand Madison is a beautiful college town, as well. I have always wanted to visit. And, I have yet to meet a cheese product I didn't love! A cheeseburger in your honor. ;]

Adorable! Alicia Keyes is timeless... Love her current commercial.

Okay, then. I'm coming up for dinner! A big YUM. Your chicken looks so tender...

Never thought of freezing them...Fun! Red grapes, a staple in our refrigerator. Just had some for lunch. Great minds think alike. Haha.

Navy ham & bean soup tonight and chia cacao pear pudding for dessert.

Roasted Cuban carnitas with onions, brown rice and salad with citrus vinaigrette last night. Leftovers tonight. ;]

Oh Cheeseburgh, Miami was a brilliant and vibrant city to live + work as a young designer! A lot of up and coming talent on the scene... Loved it. My sorority sister from U of Miami dated Don Johnson briefly when he was separated on and off from Melanie Griffith. But before fame - the real heart throb was Andy Garcia, a senior when I was a freshman at FIU. On the weekends, all us girls would hit Coconut Grove to hear our favorite band - The Miami Sound Machine featuring unknown Gloria Estefan, at that time. Fun. I still crank up her greatest hits for dancing! ;]

Definitely delicious!

Full throttle! :]

Full throttle! :]

Simple salad for today's lunch. Would have loved some of those dates on it! We are painting and re-decorating my home office + studio this weekend while marinated pork carnitas are slow roasting in oven for our Cuban supper tonight, as a DIY reward! LOL. Adore authentic Cuban food having spent many years living in Miami/Coral Gables. Did set designs for Miami Vice show, too. Anyone remember the original show with Don Johnson? When Billy Crocket went undercover to penetrate the drug cartel... we did his character's ultra-sleek luxury modern home on Biscayne Bay. Long days on set design we'd order Cuban take-out delivery. Yum! Feeling rather sentimental these days... Thanks for letting me ramble on. ;]

Some wonderful delectables for Mom Tealael this weekend celebration! I have never tried foxnuts? How do they taste? ;]

We just gave up on the zucchini spiral thing for pasta and sauce. Even tried to flash fry on high heat to omit watery results. Failure. I love a good Bolognese sauce - So, we now have it over baked spaghetti squash which has work pretty well. And, trying to learn to enjoy sauce without being over former homemade pastas. Being half Italian - I really do miss the family recipes handed down for generations but healthier for it. 😕