A Monday for me..... and no coffee!!!! Can you even imagine? While my head cold is pass already, I always play it safe and avoid any dairy in my diet for two weeks after so as not to hold over any remnants of germs. Dairy is one of the worst things to enjoy doing colds and flus and since I use Italian sweet cream in coffee, I have been enjoying lemon and ginger tea with added honey, which I must admit, I'm enjoying. This weekend was spent mostly indoors as we had snow and sleet on Saturday, followed by cold and heavy rains yesterday, with very strong gales. Even the birds can barely hold on to the feeders. So...I made some dinner for the week, meatloaf, a casserole dish of 6 layer lasagna, and four nice sized stuffed peppers, and two loaves of oat bread. This house smelt lovely. And I finally heard from Cali Boi. He is fine and while his home with his hubby is alright, they did have to leave since the fire came within feet of the house, but his hubby did lose his place they kept in the terrible fires of California, Meanwhile I avoided news for the most part....too hard to see the country being taken apart, and we're still only in the beginning stages. This year seems to stink already.
I do a lot of teas with lemon and agave when I am fighting off cold or flu and it always seems to help. As I'm sure staying in a warm house and cooking and baking and smelling all those good things does as well.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that makes me feel fabulous are GIFs of My Husbands In My Head, Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey, from Fellow Travelers.
Stay warm, stay well.
ReplyDeletePatsy with her cigarettes, LOL!
ReplyDeleteLOVED that!
DeleteI too LOVE that picture. It really summed the mood up today. And Thank you Rade for stopping in dear. I will have to pop over soon and check your place out.
DeleteI have the attitude and the champagne, now I need to find me a nice cat.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear you're feeling better. No rain here since Thursday, but the clouds keep drifting over. I'm like, "When did we get transported to the Pacific Northwest???"
ReplyDeletePatsy about sums it up for me, but add the quart of whiskey.
The GIFs from Fellow Traveler are terrific - loved that series.
Bundt cake! My favorite.
ReplyDeleteBundt cakes of both variety I have the feeling.
DeleteAs far as Bundt cakes go
DeletePillsbury’s tunnel of fudge cake was the best ! Best when used with butter (instead of oil) and an additional egg. They need to bring it back to store shelves, but it seems the rising costs of chocolate won’t permit it :(
-Rj
Hmmmmmm. I generally try oil when it comes to Tunnel of Fudge, but gee I never tried an egg!
DeleteNot quite up to your level of productivity, but I made a meat lasagne and a roast vegetable lasagne along with two giant saucepans worth of minestrone in the last two weeks, not to mention a moules mariniere.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I’m in the mood... I almost bought some lemon and ginger tea the other day, but I have too much tea in the house as it is. Still, it sounds so good. Hope you’re feeling up to coffee soon!
ReplyDeleteStay warm out there, and I agree a Monday without coffee is like a suicide mission.
ReplyDeleteThat's like a Friday or Saturday night for the mistress with no cock ...and his legs down flat together.
DeleteYay, bundt cake! And yay you feeling better!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm glad Caliboi and the hubby made it -almost- unscathed. Pity the other house, though. That was a disaster.
As for Fellow Travelers, now I'm going to have to go watch that again...
XOXO
"Dairy is one of the worst things to enjoy doing colds and flu"? Not according to the BBC's Media Myths... Whatever floats your boat, I guess!
ReplyDeleteLove those gifs! Jx
As quoted in Victor/Victoria quoted by Rex Harrison- " there's nothing more inconvenient than an old Queen with a head cold"
DeleteAnd yes dairy products generally make your cold or flu linger longer as dairy sort of incubates germs in the body system longer.
It's a myth. Jx
DeleteI'm glad you're on the mend. Love this mood board.
ReplyDeleteThe Patsy Stone is so you. Except those wouldn't be cigarettes in your mouth.
ReplyDeleteIf I smoked, I'd look like Patsy today too, LOL!
ReplyDeleteAdore the cocktail illustration! And... what are those gifs from??? The first and the third one... the second one? I get the 'gist'. :) KIZZES
ReplyDeleteThey are from the miniseries, The Fellow Travelers with Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. It was excellent.
DeleteI like this board! And if Matt and Jonathan ever sell a sex tape...I'd wait in that line. I mean, just how close did they rehearse in private do you think to nail such chemistry???
ReplyDeleteRecovered already? You must have started the gin up again?!?! I too love lemon and ginger tea, one of my favorites. Now the board...another nice one. I love that living room with the stunning velvet sofa and bookcases!!!! Enjoy the day!
ReplyDeletePatsy, one lighter's not going to do it. You need a flamethrower.
ReplyDeleteI find almond milk a good substitute when the stomach is sick. I have a package in my pantry that doesn't need refrigeration until it's opened
ReplyDeleteThanks for that fresh tip Adam. I have been meaning to try almond milk for the longest time.
DeleteGood to hear you’re on the mend :)
ReplyDeleteAnd don’t tell me Bailey and Bomer didn’t become a bit bi-curious during the production of Fellow Travelers ! :)
-CA jock
I agree. When they hung out on weekends to rehearse, I bet they spent extra time on the sex scenes, you know just to get them perfect. Those are two men I definitely would not mind being between.
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