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Could you make that soup with chicken and just buy a precooked chicken?

We have 2 kids here: DH's grandchildren are 17 and 13. No cooking because we go out to eat every night and we are getting a takeout Thanksgiving dinner from our clubhouse. We were going to eat at the Thanksgiving buffet there but decided we didn't want to have to dress up and sit in a formal room. And from my perspective there would be way more food that I could eat to make the price worthwhile. DH's 2 daughters are in the same boat: both on Zepbound.

Sounds tasty but all beans are excluded from my low nickel diet (though I do love them).

More rain today and now we're fogged in. Fog is rare in the desert! I ran to Home Depot today for supplies to stand my tree up straight since I won't get the new tree until after Christmas. Came home, washed bedding and changed sheets, tidied the kitchen and went to the grocery store. I am going to make my mom's recipes for Thanksgiving and hang out in my jammies decorating the tree. I did have a few invitations, which is lovely, but I learned last year Thanksgiving recipes with the attached history and memories are what make it feel right. At least to me. To the neighbors who invited me yesterday, I offered to bring over cranberries to share as my grandma's recipe makes a lot and I only need a little. His wife said she'll trade me for dessert.. Score!

Tomorrow I need to go to Flagstaff to get dog food. I am currently feeding Just Food for Dogs, which Kirby loves (finally, he didn't ever like kibble), but that company is THE WORST for shipping. They charged my order and never sent it. When I called Friday thinking it would be easy for them to ship Monday, deliver Wednesday, they said they didn't think they could get it here and I should go to Petsmart in Flagstaff to buy it and they'd try to ship my next shipment in December. That's nuts. So I'm driving over an hour each way for that, plus it's more expensive than ordering from them. Argh.

Maybe I'll go to Home Goods up there to make the trip a little more fun.

That's it here. Take care!

Greetings all

Rats, OH just ate my post. Lots of sun today. I did gallery banking and then went to the gym. On the way I felt sort of faint and stopped and got a coke. Sat in my car and downloaded a heart rate app on my phone. It was elevated but there are some exercises I can do to slow it which I did. Got better but shortened the gym visit. I think I might get an Apple watch. Deleted the app to avoid charge. It did not work that well anyway.

So our football team lost last night and looked pretty bad. Oh well. Studio buddy came by and was actually not as manic as usual. We had a good time. The dump and go red lentil soup was quite good. Lots of tomato. I did have to chop onions and such but not bad. I will make it again. Being a midwesterner I seasoned it lightly - tiny bit of curry powder.

We started the series Death By Lightning about the assassination of President Garfield. It started slow but was engaging. Not sure how historically accurate it is since it portrayed him as a very reluctant candidate but whatever. The rest is tonight.

Liz how terrible on your local tragedy. Many lives affected. Mental health issues and guns are a bad combination. Wishing peace to all.

And Liz you won't have much peace for awhile with the whole gang there but how fun!. Any kids? And how do you escape cooking!!????

Winter coats!!! Tee hee I don't really have one except an old Lands End model that was my ski coat. Too big. Thrift shop is a good idea. Peps does it get all that cold there?

DD that recipe sounds great. My winter mission may be to explore the crock pot options. Can opening beats chopping. My SIL makes this great soup with leftover turkey that is basically just turkey soup with a lot of lemon and sour cream in it. But first one must have a roasted turkey. Cream cheese and/or sour cream make anything taste good.

Peps sorry your Aunty Kathryn's mom is failing. Glad you get to see her and I am sure she is glad to see you. Hospice people rock.

So who is cooking a turkey? Not me. Just the highly specific mashed potatoes.

Not much else. The dogs are lobbying....

Diane S

I am so saddened to announce that I have to buy new winter coats. LOL!

Every last one of my winter coats is like a tent and hangs down half way down my thighs. Started with a new puffer jacket with a hood from Costco this morning - on sale for $30, so I couldn't resist!

Since I bought the the tan puffed bomber jacket at Disney, all I really need is a basic kick around puffer in black for everyday and dog shows.