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Hi TE TD, I'm back from brunch with Spazzdog and Theresa...ate far too much good food.
My mutt Mae, this is the dog who does not like any other dogs, that is she likes any other animal, even kangaroos but not dogs. She has found a friend. A neighbors young dog (also pitt mix) and she are buddies.
They played together on the lawn today, another first for Mae.
Trek I have been wondering for sometime and must ask as I adore coffee. What is Peet's Coffee?
Peet's coffee is a brand name that started up in San Francisco. We PNW folks have an incredible coffee competition going. We think we're better than anywhere else in the coffee dept. We've got Tully's, Peet's and of course starbucks, and SBC, Seattle's Best Coffee.
whatever :rolleyes: :cool: ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
the coffee that started it all, the coffee de' Lance and still the best....
www.peets.com
I don't drink coffee, so I can't say which one is the best.
No competition here.
Now CHOCOLATE... I can speak with experience about that.
With the imaginations on this thread...I don't think so! :eek: :eek: :eek:
We met for dinner and had a couple of beers and talked and laughed for 7 hours. All in all I'd say it went very well...and I was a very good girl.
a few of my local favoritesQuote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
www.ghirardelli.com
www.guittard.com
www.jschmidtconfections.com
and the chocolate de' TE....
www.scharffenberger.com
AG, sounds like a good date!
Hmmm, 7 hrs?
:D ;) :D
<Dear Lord, Please keep your arm around my shoulders, and your hand over my mouth. Thanks, Knot>
bmo3 - Peets is nectar of the gods. It is what other coffees hope to be when they grow up. It is the ultimate in coffeedom. :cool:
Aside from burning the sweet 'taters, dinner was really good. I'll keep the recipe for Pork Tenderloin Diane in my favorites:
1 (1-pound) pork tenderloin, trimmed and cut into 1-inch-thick slices
3/4 teaspoon lemon pepper
2 teaspoons butter
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Sprinkle pork with lemon pepper. Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add pork slices to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove from pan; keep warm.
Add juice and remaining ingredients to pan; cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Return pork to pan; cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated, turning to coat.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 ounces)
NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 160(33% from fat); FAT 5.9g (sat 2.3g,mono 2.6g,poly 0.5g); PROTEIN 23.9g; CHOLESTEROL 79mg; CALCIUM 14mg; SODIUM 230mg; FIBER 0.1g; IRON 1.7mg; CARBOHYDRATE 1.7g
Simply Barbaric!!!!
I'm eating my dinner (rice spaghetti) out of the SAUCEPAN because it fits on my lap while I sit at the computer!
Thank goodness neither SKnot nor my beloved are here to witness this. Only the dog, and all *he's* thinking is, "do I get to lick out the pan when she's done? Huh? Do I? Huh?" <wag, wag, hopeful brown-eyed gaze>
well, your beloved is going to see THIS and with her imagination it will seem even worse. What were you thinking? you think the TE TD's can keep this kind of secret?Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
thanks for the links. I agree, that DOES sound like a very good date! 7 hours of talking, indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
I thought that's what saucepans are for?...Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Nanci- poor thing!! Hope you feel better soon, don't know how you made it through all that so bravely!
Note to self: buy several pounds of coffee beans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Imaginations? Us? 7 hours of "talking", huh? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AllezGirl
Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Now I must buy some. I cannot live without coffee. Nectar of the gods, sounds perfect for me. :cool:
Edited to add: I want this
Indo-Pacific - Three Pound Sampler
Explore the Indo-Pacific island regions with flavors ranging from woodsy to nutty and earthy. Characterized by heavy body and smooth acidity, this sampler comes with a pound each of Sumatra, New Guinea and Sulawesi-Kalosi.
Sumatra: This is the classic Indonesian coffee. Very full bodied with concentrated flavor, Sumatra is also sweet, and slightly earthy, with a gutsy richness.
New Guinea: A mild, mellow yet aromatically complex coffee. New Guinea's good body, moderate acidity and broad flavor make it one of the best coffees in the world.
Sulawesi-Kalosi: A rare coffee with unusual depth and complexity. Sulawesi-Kalosi has a multi-dimensional aromatic character with prominent herbal, nutty, and pleasantly sweet woodsy notes.
I am so enjoying this thread tonight. Thank you ladies!!! One more alcoholic libation and then some profound prose. :p
Knot - the visual that invokes. :rolleyes: *Ahem* Don't worry about it hon, I'm sure Trek would have no problem helping you eat dinner out of your lap. (yup, I said it. :eek: )
AG called me with the details today. So, who wants to know what really happened?? (I accept chocolate as payment as I do not like coffee. Yup, I said that too. bite me. :D)
BMo3 - I'm still hysterically laughing about you-know-whut here. I'm trying to be good but it's so hard sometimes. HELP!!! hehe. omg... (Learn to be still X.)
Kit! Where are you, Kit? Oh, there you are, in your new home. Ok, wipe that sh*t eatin' grin off yer face and come play. (congrats hon!! ;))
Well, BMo3 is IM'ing me and shaking her finger profusely. I guess I better stop now. **lower lip sticking out, chin quivering** (did ya see, I still got it in there. hehe.)
Hey X, we are still eating those Wilbur buds. We ate them all the way to Seaside and then in our motel room, and there are still more.
They are great. No, not as good as the pedigreed chocolates that we just discussed, but good in their own wholesome way.
Thank you
Yeah, I like them. Of course, I can't compare cuz no one's ever sent ME any chocolates... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
I will send you the baker's chocolate we did not use when you were here. Now quit pouting. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Xrayted
X-I can send you chocolate from the Margaret River chocolate factory..or some friendly tim tams..:D
BM & X what are you two up to? :cool: :eek:
Must go find gift for SS...
c
In my crock-pot right now:
Beef and Mushroom stew
1 cheap steak, cubed
1 1/2 heads of garlic, cloves left whole
1 pound or so of mushrooms, cubed
1 bay leaf (not as good as the fresh ones in California!)
1 handful of rosemary
water to fill pot to 2 inches below surface of ingredients
Edit: I just added a cubed potato because the stew was lookin' a bit wimpy
One of the very cool thing about cooking with mushrooms is the way they all of a sudden COOK and become cooked mushrooms and juice. I like cooking with mushrooms. Costco sells monster-huge bags of dried sh*takes, and someday I'll try them out. (Mmmmm, sh*take with chicken garlic ginger coconut milk cilantro and Thai hot sauce) (yup, almost Tom Kha Gai)
Send the chocolate in care of me. I will make sure she get some. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Tim Tams (where is that drooling smilie?)
We are just having a few wine coolers. :p
BMo3 - I'll have you know I don't pout when I'm drunk... I wistfully reminisce with an edge of melancholy thrown in for effect.
CC - at the moment, I'm listening to AC/DC's Big Balls song and being scolded by BMo3 on the IM. What else did you expect? Oh, wait, just switched to Thunder Struck. A classic... :D
Turn it up!!!!!!! :eek: :cool:
I'm having Woodchuck Draft Cider - Granny Smith flavor. Very smooth. I could get used to this stuff. :D (BTW, thank you Kit for sharing.)
:eek: no bm..not sending them to you..I know what you do with Tim Tams& Anzacs cookies but not vegemite..:D
X-did you know the original lead singer of AC/DC is buried in Fremantle..no i've never been to the grave...even if i do like historic graveyards..
Is Back in Black on that CD? :cool:
Off to think about what to have for dinner later on..
c
Guitar night at Chez Knot.
My critter. (though mine is a lefty)
http://www.seagullguitars.com/products6.htm
My favorite guitar books (more music theory than "music" books)
"Guitar From Scratch" and "Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist" by Bruce Emery. www.skepticalguitarist.com
My callouses are *completely* gone. Ouch. ouch. OUCH.
Anyone would do that alone. It's who you'd do it with that counts.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
The location of the pot may be important too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xrayted
When will Mae meet Stinky Butt Dog?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
The thought is at a neutral place, maybe meet in the middle like Oregon somewhere dogs are allowed.Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
www.traveldog.com
Hope they get along, a neutral place is an excellent idea...much less posturing that way. Give Mae a snuggle for me 'k?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
CC - thinking of you today. Been in Edmonton for 4 days, heading home tonight. :) Weather's been good - only about -5 and clear. Supposed to have a high of -24 by Thursday so I'm glad we'll be gone by then!
-24?? that's COLD!
no matter what thermometer you're using.
Mae is an alpha-dog female.
Stinky Butt Dog is an omega-dog neutered male.
His goal in life is to be bossed around. I don't think there will be a problem. Mae and SBD have smelled each other on my clothes and such, and SBD "gave" Mae one of his stinky ol' stuffed squeaky toys. (more SBD smell, and in a fun package, too!) She reacted just fine. And Mae likes me, even though I smell like SBD.
(Mae likes me cuz i "gave" her a *really* good chewy toy at my last visit: my $1,000 bite splint! Oh, boy! What fun! Crunchy and chewy and smelly! :p )
X- That's just.... just... naughty. :eek: I am frankly just shocked by the things you say here. Shocked and appalled. ;) Thanks for grabbing me by the ankles and hauling me back to planet earth last night, grounding me by force. I know I need to not listen and know better... I just ... need reassurance. Again. and again... and again.
Slept like the dead last night. xDH and his GF had me over after thai and we smoked their hookah, had sake and conversation. Quite soothing. Learned much about the use of the hookah. I can now appreciate the art behind it.
Got a little heady last night, the tobacco goes straight to your head (cooled the way it is, you take more in) went home and started unpacking a bit.
I then went to sleep and slept like the dead.
Woke up this morning and started playing with my wifi... thank god for geekdom.
need to start unpacking more eventually. Took a 'before' pic with all my stuff and the empty rooms... will take (and maybe post) after pics, too.
so at a wifi cafe now downloading programs, uploading pictures, chatting and trying not to fall asleep again ;)
sorry about that :o
Mae is a pound pet, lab/pitt/sumthin/sumthin/sumthin/sumthin....she looks like a yellow lab.
She has met and likes :D chickens, pigs, geese, horses, llamas, a kangaroo, cows, cats that she considers her cats and all kinds of people ... but right after DPITA adopted her I found she went ape shot, nutso crazy dog if she so much as saw another dog.
So Mae and I sat down and had a chat and I told her dogs on this planet are only allowed where dogs can go, so it's likely that she's going to see other dogs because she's not the only one in the world and has to get used to that.
And we worked and worked and worked, I took her to an obedience class (which she had to attend from an adjacent room) and continualy socialise her. I got custody of the dog at the break up, she's my dog.
She may never be a dog I can just set loose in the dog park but she enjoys going there, seeing the dogs, sliding on the kiddy slide there ;-) and getting treats for calm behavior.
And now she has some doggie pals: Presley who is probably the worlds homliest dog who she sees on walks here and likes, a shepard and two dalmations she visits through the fence on walks, something she'd never have before.
But this Mickey dog was an enormous step for her.
X, AG, and AG's little guy have been having quite the day. :) I just spoke with them and X was shopping in Trader Joe's-her first time ever! :eek: I was helping her choose the correct TJ foods. ;)
But that is not all folks. :)
X purchased a brand spankin new bike!!! :cool: I will let her tell everyone about it tonight and she promised photos. :cool: :) :cool:
I spent some time today modifying my hammock by sewing buckles onto the straps near the hammock and loops in the strap ends. Now, instead of having 7 feet of strap attached to each end of the hammock, it has short pigtails with buckles. And instead of wrapping straps 3-4 times around the tree and tying a knot, I just girth hitch them and thread them through the buckles. Now I can adjust it easily without retying knots. Here's a picture. The green part is the hammock, the gray part is an overbag that I slide around the hammock after I'm inside to keep my bottomside warm.
Awesome picture Deb! If I has an area like that I too would sleep outside. :)
It's official, I have a cold. Not a bad one, just one of those nagging "something in the back of my throat and stuffiness" things. Lots of water, juice and tea. And Chicken Noodle Soup with Tapatio hot sauce!
Snap,Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
I feel your pain. I have the same thing. :( My lymph nodes are all swollen. I am at the 'painful scratchy throat' part of my cold. I hope we both get to feeling better soon.