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Potatoes were a dollar a bag (big sale) not too long ago, so I bought a bag. Like you, I just never do. We've had mashed potatoes on cottage pie, baked potatoes, and more mashed potatoes. Good stuff.

Yum, mashed potatoes. I've found the Yukon gold potatoes are really good mashed! Since I have very little kitchen equipment right now we picked up a rotisserie chicken and boxed mashed potatoes (gasp!)

Greetings all

Lots of sun today. Main activity was a dental cleaning which I detest even though the hygienist is good. I need a crown replaced which I have know for awhile but put it off. Next year hahah. I felt kind of queasy after the work but soldiered on to the grocery for a few things. Steak tonight and I am going to make some red lentil soup. Saw a recipe that looked good and I would like to try it. So I am home now after the dental visit and drinking a 7 oz coke to further rot my teeth. How is that for passive aggressive?

DD sorry the shot gave you the chills. But at least it is over. Great sounding music programs. Did fidelity make you go through a bunch of phone trees and punch in numbers? Big pain but worth it to get new chairs. You need them now that your occupation is reading and tea drinking.

And Liz I agree with DD - your travel and entertainment schedule is dizzying! But good on you for having such good friends you can do a 3 hour dinner. Have fun at golf and coming home to clean windows!

So I need to get on to year end tax planning. It is now in my DNA since for years in my law practice there were always year end transactions and things to accomplish. We approved studio bonus numbers at our meeting but the issue of buying the real estate that we currently rent is still looming and I wi**** would go away because it will land on me. Gotta sort of finesse this - politely telling our landlord-also co owner that I am not going to handle the whole transaction. As usual I am over thinking it.

One thing I bought at the grocery - a thing that I have not purchased in years - is a 5 pound bag of potatoes. We were assigned the task of making mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving with friends and I was advised that they needed to be smooth with no lumps, well buttered and piping hot. Yes sir.

Diane S

Shoot, I can see why your holiday season is still exhausting. Does it ever end? I think it would be wonderful to go on a cruise or stay at a resort with my family where someone else has done all the decorating and cooking. Maybe some day...

I'm feeling a okay now, but yesterday I got a headache as the night went on, and then chills and body aches at bedtime. I took some Tylenol, and slept fine after that. So I suspect the Shingles vaccine, or the combination of Shingles and Flu vaccine. At any rate, not too bad, and having had both afflictions in my 30s (shingles and influenza type A) well worth preventing.

Today I spent a huge amount of time on the phone with Fidelity getting online access to my 403B. One begins to suspect they do not want you to withdraw any money. But the account access is squared away, and I am withdrawing an amount to buy some new chairs for the livingroom. The last time I bought some, I didn't have much cash available, so i bought some inexpensive bonded leather ones from Target. Bonded leather and cats equals a disaster, and they looked terrible within a year. They've been "updated" with fabric slip covers that aren't much better. This time I am buying what I want. Still midrange price, but much better.

We bought some tickets to a concert for tomorrow evening. It's a cover band that plays Carpenter songs. I will enjoy it, but it's really something DH wanted and likes. And on Sunday evening, we will see a local jazz singer at a club in downtown Minneapolis. As the days get darker, I find that live performances keep my spirits brighter.

It is an interesting series. But the women characters are stereotypic bimbos and it is irritating. ds