Relaxing Around the T&TT Family Campfire

[starleen2]

sorry about the repeated posts above - they were posted just shortly before the site crashed last night - I waited and waited for something to post and eventually it timed out - when i returned back to the site - I got the good ole critical error report and then went to bed

Wonder why the site crashed.

I sure wish I had that kind of power to do that - but I just could get anything to post!

[starleen2]

sorry about the repeated posts above - they were posted just shortly before the site crashed last night - I waited and waited for something to post and eventually it timed out - when i returned back to the site - I got the good ole critical error report and then went to bed

post padder...

. . . . but I was GONE for 11 days kettle

[swissarmygirl]

well my 8x10 deck is framed and in place.. and that is even with screwing up the joist hangers on one side..

well I guess I get to go pick up some decking now..

yesterday while out shopping.. I saw something "for" Paul.. a t-shirt that had a fish saying.. your bait sucks.. and your boat is ugly...

and a bunch of Lisa stuff...

a cute little card that said "What fresh hell is this"

Others i forget completely.. and another that said... hmm I don't recall exactly

but something about being a spread your wings and fly type of girl.. but at times you can't help but setting people aflame with your brain...

Love the fish shirt.
Back when I was a teenager, a couple of my friends got me a b-day card that had a cute little bunny with a basket of flowers...very cutesy and pink and adorable, and the little speech balloon above his head said "Happy Birthday Scumface"

[mandy]

Good Morning Everybody. Glad to see the forum is back up again. I've had a busy weekend I went as sold some junk at the flea market to make some extra money for my trip to Washington state. It was a slow weekend due to rain. The Monsoon season is here we got like almost 2 inches pf rain in less than an hour. That enough rain to fill the street.

[swissarmygirl]

Hi Mandy.

That stinks about the rain. Hope you did ok anyway.

[teardrop_focus]

swissarmygirl

turkey burgers for dinner and I made a carrot salad too. Funny, I felt full but I didn't feel ...bloated... I wonder why.

That was probably the best I have felt after eating that much food.

What a coinkydink... I was just looking around for a clip of one of Steve Carell's old characters on The Daily Show (the green grocer guy; couldn't find it) and discovered Michael Pollan's Food Rules:

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual is pocket-sized, a slim 140 pages, and as straight forward as you can get. It has minimal writing, enlarged fonts that emphasis the key points and humor that helps you get through the grocery with a smile. At the heart of the book is the phrase that he made famous in In Defense of Food: "Eat food, mostly plants, not too much." In Food Rules this phrase is broken down to introduce each section.

Pollan collected the rules in Food Rules from folklorists, doctors, grandmothers and others in the hopes that anyone in any walk of life could relate to these words of wisdom.

A few rules to eat by from Michael Pollan's Food Rules

#11 Avoid foods you see advertised on television.

Food marketers are ingenious at turning criticisms of their products—and rules like these—into new ways to sell slightly different versions of the same processed foods: They simply reformulate (to be low-fat, have no HFCS or transfats, or to contain fewer ingredients) and then boast about their implied healthfulness, whether the boast is meaningful or not. The best way to escape these marketing ploys is to tune out the marketing itself, by refusing to buy heavily promoted foods. Only the biggest food manufacturers can afford to advertise their products on television: More than two thirds of food advertising is spent promoting processed foods (and alcohol), so if you avoid products with big ad budgets, you’ll automatically be avoiding edible foodlike substances. As for the 5 percent of food ads that promote whole foods (the prune or walnut growers or the beef ranchers), common sense will, one hopes, keep you from tarring them with the same brush—these are the exceptions that prove the rule.


#19 If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.


#36 Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.

This should go without saying. Such cereals are highly processed and full of refined carbohydrates as well as chemical additives.

#39 Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.

There is nothing wrong with eating sweets, fried foods, pastries, even drinking soda every now and then, but food manufacturers have made eating these formerly expensive and hard-to-make treats so cheap and easy that we’re eating them every day. The french fry did not become America’s most popular vegetable until industry took over the jobs of washing, peeling, cutting, and frying the potatoes—and cleaning up the mess. If you made all the french fries you ate, you would eat them much less often, if only because they’re so much work. The same holds true for fried chicken, chips, cakes, pies, and ice cream. Enjoy these treats as often as you’re willing to prepare them—chances are good it won’t be every day.

#47 Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.

For many of us, eating has surprisingly little to do with hunger. We eat out of boredom, for entertainment, to comfort or reward ourselves. Try to be aware of why you’re eating, and ask yourself if you’re really hungry—before you eat and then again along the way. (One old wive’s test: If you’re not hungry enough to eat an apple, then you’re not hungry.) Food is a costly antidepressant.

#58 Do all your eating at a table.

No, a desk is not a table. If we eat while we’re working, or while watching TV or driving, we eat mindlessly—and as a result eat a lot more than we would if we were eating at a table, paying attention to what we’re doing. This phenomenon can be tested (and put to good use): Place a child in front of a television set and place a bowl of fresh vegetables in front of him or her. The child will eat everything in the bowl, often even vegetables that he or she doesn’t ordinarily touch, without noticing what’s going on. Which suggests an exception to the rule: When eating somewhere other than at a table, stick to fruits and vegetables.


Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/weird-weat ... z0vSfd8R85

This isn't my food gospel, but it obviously good advice.

[teardrop_focus]

Hey kids!

Pardon me; I'm in the middle of six pages of ketchup...

Fenlason

we ate at this great little cafe inside LL Beans. It is a pretty big store complex... but the cafe is maybe 8 tables and a bar.. and they serve great food.. as much fresh and local produce as they can. We split a great salad and wrap sandwich...

swissarmygirl

Nice Can't find that sort of thing too many places.

Fenlason

It was a very pleasant surprise..

homemade soups.. nice sandwiches.. some great salads.. fruit cups.. tasty healthy food..

Yummay.

[Fenlason]

sorry about the repeated posts above - they were posted just shortly before the site crashed last night - I waited and waited for something to post and eventually it timed out - when i returned back to the site - I got the good ole critical error report and then went to bed

post padder...

. . . . but I was GONE for 11 days kettle

fair enough...

although while gone.. you posted more than some slackers...

[Fenlason]

Hey Chris.. Hey Mandy...

[starleen2]

sorry about the repeated posts above - they were posted just shortly before the site crashed last night - I waited and waited for something to post and eventually it timed out - when i returned back to the site - I got the good ole critical error report and then went to bed

post padder...

. . . . but I was GONE for 11 days kettle

fair enough...

although while gone.. you posted more than some slackers...

yeah - the post at 30,000 ft in an Alaska Airlines Jet was pretty impressive - not sure when I'll ever get to do that again

[Fenlason]

swissarmygirl

turkey burgers for dinner and I made a carrot salad too. Funny, I felt full but I didn't feel ...bloated... I wonder why.

That was probably the best I have felt after eating that much food.

What a coinkydink... I was just looking around for a clip of one of Steve Carell's old characters on The Daily Show (the green grocer guy; couldn't find it) and discovered Michael Pollan's Food Rules:

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual is pocket-sized, a slim 140 pages, and as straight forward as you can get. It has minimal writing, enlarged fonts that emphasis the key points and humor that helps you get through the grocery with a smile. At the heart of the book is the phrase that he made famous in In Defense of Food: "Eat food, mostly plants, not too much." In Food Rules this phrase is broken down to introduce each section.

Pollan collected the rules in Food Rules from folklorists, doctors, grandmothers and others in the hopes that anyone in any walk of life could relate to these words of wisdom.

A few rules to eat by from Michael Pollan's Food Rules

#11 Avoid foods you see advertised on television.

Food marketers are ingenious at turning criticisms of their products—and rules like these—into new ways to sell slightly different versions of the same processed foods: They simply reformulate (to be low-fat, have no HFCS or transfats, or to contain fewer ingredients) and then boast about their implied healthfulness, whether the boast is meaningful or not. The best way to escape these marketing ploys is to tune out the marketing itself, by refusing to buy heavily promoted foods. Only the biggest food manufacturers can afford to advertise their products on television: More than two thirds of food advertising is spent promoting processed foods (and alcohol), so if you avoid products with big ad budgets, you’ll automatically be avoiding edible foodlike substances. As for the 5 percent of food ads that promote whole foods (the prune or walnut growers or the beef ranchers), common sense will, one hopes, keep you from tarring them with the same brush—these are the exceptions that prove the rule.


#19 If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.


#36 Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.

This should go without saying. Such cereals are highly processed and full of refined carbohydrates as well as chemical additives.

#39 Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.

There is nothing wrong with eating sweets, fried foods, pastries, even drinking soda every now and then, but food manufacturers have made eating these formerly expensive and hard-to-make treats so cheap and easy that we’re eating them every day. The french fry did not become America’s most popular vegetable until industry took over the jobs of washing, peeling, cutting, and frying the potatoes—and cleaning up the mess. If you made all the french fries you ate, you would eat them much less often, if only because they’re so much work. The same holds true for fried chicken, chips, cakes, pies, and ice cream. Enjoy these treats as often as you’re willing to prepare them—chances are good it won’t be every day.

#47 Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.

For many of us, eating has surprisingly little to do with hunger. We eat out of boredom, for entertainment, to comfort or reward ourselves. Try to be aware of why you’re eating, and ask yourself if you’re really hungry—before you eat and then again along the way. (One old wive’s test: If you’re not hungry enough to eat an apple, then you’re not hungry.) Food is a costly antidepressant.

#58 Do all your eating at a table.

No, a desk is not a table. If we eat while we’re working, or while watching TV or driving, we eat mindlessly—and as a result eat a lot more than we would if we were eating at a table, paying attention to what we’re doing. This phenomenon can be tested (and put to good use): Place a child in front of a television set and place a bowl of fresh vegetables in front of him or her. The child will eat everything in the bowl, often even vegetables that he or she doesn’t ordinarily touch, without noticing what’s going on. Which suggests an exception to the rule: When eating somewhere other than at a table, stick to fruits and vegetables.


Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/weird-weat ... z0vSfd8R85

This isn't my food gospel, but it obviously good advice.

[Fenlason]

sorry about the repeated posts above - they were posted just shortly before the site crashed last night - I waited and waited for something to post and eventually it timed out - when i returned back to the site - I got the good ole critical error report and then went to bed

post padder...

. . . . but I was GONE for 11 days kettle

fair enough...

although while gone.. you posted more than some slackers...

yeah - the post at 30,000 ft in an Alaska Airlines Jet was pretty impressive - not sure when I'll ever get to do that again

perhaps you were the highest poster to have posted here...

well except for Johnny on the weekends..

[Fenlason]

well I am back with my lumber.. it is in the low 90's out there on my deck now.. and it is in full sun.. with no wind... I might work on something else until the sun gets lower...

[teardrop_focus]

I would wait for lower sun, too. And drink more fluids.

starleen2

yeah - the post at 30,000 ft in an Alaska Airlines Jet was pretty impressive - not sure when I'll ever get to do that again

Fenlason

perhaps you were the highest poster to have posted here...

well except for Johnny on the weekends..

[Fenlason]

I would wait for lower sun, too. And drink more fluids.

starleen2

yeah - the post at 30,000 ft in an Alaska Airlines Jet was pretty impressive - not sure when I'll ever get to do that again

Fenlason

perhaps you were the highest poster to have posted here...

well except for Johnny on the weekends..

how come you never "prescribe a nap"

There is no specific reason, that project needs to be done now.. there is not deadline.. so.. onto something else.. perhaps some raking.. it might be shadier over there... or mowing.. lunch first.

There are saying we are going to get warm and humid again.. although more like upper 80's vs upper 90's