Tami’s Neighborhood

Dang! New York gets cold quick! I need my winter jacket already. The orlando vacations I was looking into are surely looking really really good about now! I was planning the trip for next year, but now would be a GREAT time to go south for the winter. Just walking out onto the balcony is enough to send you back under the covers for another month. The wind cuts like a few swords aimed right at your vital organs. Scary lol.

What was your favorite class in high school? (And no, lunch doesn't count.) 

I would have to say Journalism was my absolute favorite class. I had thought to make journalism into my career, but GOD had other plans for me. I still use many of the skills I learned in journalism and advertising with our ministries and businesses today, but if I had pursued those avenues my life would be much different now. Not better, mind you, but different.

Choir was not really a class, as it was the joy of my life. It was more like an ego requirement so that I could get in good with the teacher who was also the drama instructor and be able to showcase my talents in both arenas, which I did.

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• 09:32 Today: No nuts, seeds, whole grains, fresh fruit or vegetables...
• 09:32 Tomorrow: Clear liquid diet...
• 09:33 Friday: Colonoscopy (first one, completely routine). One of the many joys of being 50+
• 19:41 Trying to be creative for liquid diet tomorrow. Gelled up some seasoned chicken broth and of course some fruit juice...
• 19:43 Tossing some fruit juice into the ice cream maker for "sorbet" so at least I'll have some texture variation.
• 19:47 The clear liquid "menus" I found are kinda funny - I mean, there isn't much you can really do here other than broth, jello, and juice.

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• 07:32 I'm 0-2 on holiday knitting projects. 2 projects that seemed like they'd be cute but turned out not to be. At all.
• 07:34 Maybe the dinner party rule should apply to knitting gifts: don't make anything for the first time.
• 19:23 Crazy night to be grilling - and yet, we are.
• 20:37 Having these salted butter-pecan cookies around the house is dangerous bit.ly/36NUrZ

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• 07:01 #BBA Bagels out of the oven - some uneven baking despite rotation but otherwise looking (and smelling) good pic.gd/15e66b

A spoof on the PC/Mac commercials.

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• 08:51 Looks like I'm going to need to reconfigure fridge shelves to get my sheet pans in there for bagels #bba
• 14:50 Bagel dough-balls are resting comfortably. #bba

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• 22:40 Wonderful ballet program tonite. With the bad weather, it looked like a number of folks didn't make it which is too bad.
• 08:12 Slept in & moving slow. More stormy weather on its way. A good day for soup-making and knitting.
• 08:49 Colonoscopy this week. Researching semi-creative ideas for clear liquid diet (required the day before). Maybe some homemade beef broth.
• 09:29 Going to get back into the swing of #BBA this weekend with bagels. Will bake Monday morning to take to staff meeting, assuming all goes well
• 10:49 It's a dark and stormy.... Saturday morning. Amazing how dark it is. I wanted to plant some mums this weekend - crossing that off the list.
• 16:15 This is a potato-soup-and-cornbread sorta day.
• 16:38 Whenever I'm peeling a batch of potatoes, I feel like I'm on KP duty in one of those old army movies.
• 18:53 Getting ready for symphony - all Russian program tonight if my memory serves me right.

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• 18:30 Getting ready to go to the ballet on a dark & stormy night.

The terrorist attack on Fort Hood makes me realize how vulnerable we can be. It's a sad tragedy and a reality in our lives today - as united as we have always been in this time we can never become too comfortable in any situation.