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DD18 seeing nutritional response practitioner (NRP)
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DD going to be an optometrist..... not osteo. She's not gettig paid much at all to work at the eye clinic. She wants to build a career, an perhaps a business. Will see.
I won't be going to Galveston in the summer months, for sure. Will wait for cooler weather. Same with the island....will likely go in January, after New Years. I'm honestly a little concerned about my ability to DO nothing while on the island. I feel like I'd have to at least paint the guest house interior..... at least. Maybe not. Will be making the most of time with the girls....learning to get our own fish and lobsters..... maybe spearfish a bit. I've never had time to do that..... have always felt unhappy about depending on others to fish for me, etc.
I believe we have a great Osteo program at a local University near us. Wouldn't it be amazing if one of the girls chose that?
The pug was cared just fine. DD18 and I took her in together. It's easier if one person has the towel and pug under control while someone else drives. I will say there was never any smell...before or after. I think the new food regime is helping with that.
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CB:
I can't keep orchids alive...... not past the stick phase, anyway. I wish I could, bc I love buying and looking at them. Just too sad to see them not come back once the blooms have fallen. Maybe there's a trick?
A solarium sounds like it might be your ticket. Sort of like a greenhouse you don't have to leave the house to access? I'm fond of little ferns by the sink, but they don't usually make it long either. I haven't figured out how to keep house plants going.
I have many tadpoles on the porch again this year. I'm not feeling up to caring for them. I'm afraid they're on their own. Will see how that goes. There are several sizes in 2 containers. The metal container has only one size....and not that many. I usually feed them and clean containers, bc I'm afraid they'll run out of oxygen.
This year there's a lot of plant material and algea in each container. Will be fun to see how quickly they go through it. At that point I already know I won't be able to resist feeding them frozen spinach and moving most of them to a tall garbage container full of rain water for them to grow in.
Well..... there it is. I'm as co dependent as ever.... just making noises to stop. I see that clearly now. I can't even picture putting myself first in my life.
I hope your house hunting goes well. Rooting for you, always: )
::looking for coffee cup..... again::.
I didn't realize you were taking the classes. My cousin's husband used to work in HR. He really really hated letting people go/firing them. It was excruciating for him. I hope whatever you choose holds your attention and some joy.
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No boot in the butt, CB. Sorry you've been in a spin, but its going to be unrelenting kindness to yourself gets you moving in the right feeling direction, IME. Why are we so very tough on ourselves?
As for the plants..... I think I'm under too many old oaks to get enough indirect light in the house to sustain plant life. I think. Not sure. Maybe I overwater. I once saw someone grow an orchid, bloom after bloom, and they weren't under any trees when they did it. I might try one more time..... bringing in the fertilizer..... to see what happens. They're so pretty.
The tadpoles worry me. I feel responsible for them.... agressive little voracious eaters. They're like little faery folk..... one day they magially turn into little jewel box green frogs...... so special. It's over so quickly. Like it never happened.
How's the house hunt going?
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Well,now I know why nana could keep that orchid alive. No trees on that end of the lake house. Mystery solved.
I thought it was just me, sabotaged by those Youtube vids and ice cube waterings; )
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For reasons I don't want to go into, I worked out a new meatball recipe this afternoon.
I just finished cooking them off on the stove top. Some of the larger ones were caramelized each side for 2 minutes then finished in a 400 degree oven while I continued frying the next batch. Pretty much a timer set at 2 minute increments moved me along without pause.
Ingredients
4 lbs ground turkey
5 lbs ground grass fed beef
1 lb ground pork
3 cups freshly shredded parm.... not necessary, turns out!
8 eggs
3/4 cup ground flax seed
3/4 cup ground chia seed
water added slowly to chia/flax/greens mixture to mimic bread soaked in milk
2 large clamshells mixed greens chopped
5 onions minced
8 cloves garlic minced
ghee for cooking
half cup MCT oil
I used garlic salt, pink salt, onion powder, curry powder, poultry seasoning, paprika and fresh ground pepper.... a little hot pepper for interest. I season as I go.... everything going in the pan gets seasoned.
Chop the onion small enough for meatballs and cook on mdm high heat in ghee. I chopped the garlic as onions cooked then chopped the greens when garlic cooked. It was almost a paste. Season as you go means you aren't guessing or trying to mix 10 lbs of meat at once.
Turn off heat and add the ground chia and flax seed to the greens and stir. Once it gets thick, add a cup of water at a time til it stops getting thick and stabilizes. I wanted it to be the consistency of bread mixed with milk to add moisture.
I like to make batches.... 5 lbs is about all you want to mix at a time, IME. Splitting the meat and greens in half, I mixed 2 big batches and cooked off a meatball of each to check seasoning. Getting the salt right is important.
If you're making larger meatballs, preheat oven to 400 and prepare a pan with parchment or foil.
2 minutes each side, on high heat, gives a lovely crust. If not cooked through I pop in the oven while the next batch cooks on stovetop.
The mixture is a bit on the wet side,but turns out so moist and flavorful.
I used a large spoon to drop whatever size meatball I wanted into the hot ghee, careful not the crowd the pan. Maybe 6 large meatballs or 9 smaller ones at a time.
High heat the entire time means you can't leave the stove till it's done.
I freeze 2 big bags of meatballs and put one in the fridge.
Next time I'll use more chia/flax/ greens/veggies. Maybe I'll add other veggies.
Making batches flavored with curry...... Vietnamese curry with cinammon and clove...... thai curry...... talian seasoning with parm cheese..... maybe some cajun flavors..... spicy ones....... to mix things up.
I can't think of any way to make these without meat, Hops.
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