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I plead innocent. Rich @richwmn is the one who finds the meals. I did find the one with carrots just for you, though! I think it is you, Paul, that is attracting all the butternut squash. @0106 Thanks for the picture of the huge butternut squash. That one might feed all of us Dailyites.

Good morning, everyone! Well, it is hard to decide who to believe when it comes to the weather. Once source says snow will start within the hour, another says not until 2:00 pm. One says 6-11 inches and another says just 6. Schools all closed down last night, including Midland and Midland never closes. So, I guess we'll get what we get. @rafinmd I hope all goes well during your treatment today. @kazu Hunker down! No way to avoid this at this time of year. I hope you and Ivan are safe and don't lose power. Everyone else in the path of this storm, take care and stay safe. Today's meal has to be a repeat. I found butternut squash soup in my files, but the curry and slow cooker are new additions. If there is a way to prepare butternut squash, we will find it! A new mission on the Daily has been declared! Our first recipe is easy to make and helps cut some calories and carbs. https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/267551/slow-cooker-curried-butternut-squash-soup/ This next one includes carrots and apples in the mix. https://littlespicejar.com/curried-butternut-squash-soup-slow-cooker/ And here's a little something for those of you who are silently gagging at the butternut squash. How about The Ultimate Ribeye Onion Soup? https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/281595/the-ultimate-ribeye-french-onion-soup/ Wishing you all a wonderful day!

Where's the fun in that? Like Lenda, I have an apron. It is a Christmas apron, but it works in the off season as well. I just have to remember to put it on. I do wear it to make gravy. I am so sorry, Terri. Hugs to you and Jim. The meds should help since it is in the early stages. I'm so glad you liked the recipe! Thanks for letting us know. That means you, too, Jake. Yes, we have a Meijer, an Aldi, a Kroger, and Family Fare. I remember Giant supermarket. When my mom would go grocery shopping in the evenings I always had to go with her and we went to Giant. I'm hoping for less snow as well. We have delayed Farkel until Saturday just to be on the safe side.

Messy cook and messy baker are closely related. This reminds me of the time I wore the Christmas dinner gravy on my blouse. We did our mall walk and then stopped by Meijer, along with half of Midland, in order to stock up before the big storm. I have this feeling that we forgot something. I'm sure I'll remember it after 6-7 inches of snow have fallen. Right now all is calm. I'm liking that!

Good morning, everyone! It is currently snowing outside. We're only supposed to get about an inch this morning. It's a warm up for tomorrow's storm. It's looking like we could get up to 10 inches tomorrow. We are definitely not driving north to pick up River. We'll have to reschedule for another time. We are going to do our mall walk this morning and then stop by the grocery store for fresh veggies. Happy Birthday to Ren, DGS of @StLouisCruisers Sandi. Hot Toddies reminds me of a story a cousin told me years ago. She was in college and attending a nearby one so she could live at home. She came home one day and told her grandmother that she wasn't feeling well. Aunt Aggie offered to make her a hot toddy to ward off the illness. Then Aunt Aggie decided that she should have one as well for prevention. Well, the first one was so good that they decided to have another. Two certainly would be better than one, right? I think the second led to the third and by the time Margie, Aggie's daughter, got home from work the two of them were pretty well looped. What I found interesting about this is that Aggie was always the "good sister" out of the six of them - my grandmother and her sisters. Today's meal is interesting. I think they are just using arugula in place of basil as an alternative pesto sauce for the pasta. At least that is what it looks like in this first recipe. https://theclevermeal.com/arugula-pasta/ This next one just kind of shreds the arugula to put in with the pasta. https://www.sipandfeast.com/lemon-arugula-pasta/ It seems to be a pretty simple dish to make and not too many variations out there. Wishing you all a wonderful day.

The BHB is the key!

Thanks! We will have a great time. We would have had a great time if we had stuck with our inside cabin on Deck 10. Or if we'd stuck with the Ocean View cabin on Deck 1. We're happy to be back on Deck 10 and planning to make the most of this trip. I'm sure it will be fabulous! Storm predictions for the weekend look worse as time goes on. Tomorrow we'll hit the grocery store and stock up on perishables - vegetables - to get us through the weekend. Next week is the polar vortex. So, Hawaii will be fabulous even if it rains all day every day.

Melissa, thank you for letting us know what is happening with you. You have a heavy burden and if our caring and virtual hugs help with the lift of that burden, I am glad. We all think of you often and know we are here if you need someone to listen. Oh, no! What next? We got another upsell offer for Hawaii. This time it was $249 pp to go from ocean view to balcony, so we took it. Of course, that meant I had to order some wine to sip out on my balcony! It is a spa balcony, but I'm not sure the amenities are of any use to us.

Glad you like the recipes! There is a storm headed this way for Friday. Sue was supposed to go pick up River, but we don't think that will be happening. It is just too risky. I'll take your chocolate! I am a rare one that likes the bitter chocolate more than the sweet stuff. To me it has a richer flavor. I kill houseplants as well. I used to get up at 5:00 for work as well, but over the years I have moved wake up time later and later. Now I struggle to get up before 8. I have been waking up around 4 am, so I get up, use the bathroom, and go back to bed. Most nights I can get back to sleep. There are occasional nights when I doze till I know the coffee will be ready.

Good morning, everyone! @kazu I am thankful there were no breaks, but sometimes soft tissue injuries take longer to heal. I hope you are the exception to that! I'm glad you and Ivan are staying in today. So are we. All area schools are closed due to ice. The snow isn't too bad, but we got rain on top of the snow last night and that all refroze overnight when the temps went down below freezing. So we have some pretty thick ice out there. Today's meal is one we can sink our teeth into. And, it is pretty easy once everything is in the slow cooker. This first one trims the calories a bit and reduces the fat content. There are great suggestions for sides to go with it. https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/268703/slow-cooker-balsamic-short-ribs/ This next one doesn't use tomato in the sauce and is gluten free. If you want the potatoes instead of the parsnips, go for it. https://acalculatedwhisk.com/slow-cooker-balsamic-short-ribs/ Here's a recipe that calls for honey glazed carrots as a side dish. They'd make a pretty plate with the color. https://www.joyfulhealthyeats.com/balsamic-braised-beef-short-ribs-paleo/ I think I'd go with the first one as the gravy looks great. Wishing you all a wonderful day!

I like to read the after visit notes as well. There are times I would swear that they are documenting some other patient's visit, certainly not mine.

How did you guess? I hope all of you experiencing threatening weather come through unscathed. Be careful and take necessary precautions.

Thanks for letting us know. I checked into the Daily just to see if you had made it! The snow is still coming down at a pretty steady rate. It is a wet, heavy snow, so shoveling is hard. I'm not allowed to shovel for six weeks and feel guilty for not being out there to help Sue. The problem will be tonight. Temps are supposed to rise this afternoon and there is a possibility of the snow turning to rain. Then the temps fall tonight causing a refreeze. We have salt for the driveway ready. I think it is a good day to bundle up on the couch and watch a movie.

I will add my encouragement to go up in a hot air balloon. I was very nervous when we did Balloons over Letchworth, but the experience was magnificent. It is so calm, peaceful, and quiet once you get up! I'd go again in a heartbeat. Welcome to the Daily and Go Blue! I think I'd be looking for a new endocrinologist. They have little hand held machines they can use to get the A1C and results come back in a few minutes. Just a finger ***** instead of a blood draw. And, I would have thought that the endocrinologist would have picked up on the facial hair symptom. That is her ball park, so to speak. Or, it is supposed to be. Snow is still coming down, but it is light and not accumulating much. I don't think we're going anywhere today.

Good morning, everyone! We got about an inch of snow overnight. We have a chance of maybe 3-4 more inches today into tomorrow depending on the temperature. It could stay all snow, or it could go back and forth between snow and rain. Sue is disappointed as there isn't enough to get The Beast out and use it. We may go mall walk this morning. It all depends on what is happening weather wise at that time. Safe travels this morning to Terri @Cruzin Terri. @StLouisCruisers Sandi and @ottahand7 Nancy, I was thrilled with the outcome of the game last night. Go Blue! @Crazy For Cats Jake, again my condolences to you and Juan. Sue sends hers as well. She's still mourning the loss of Critter, so knows what you are going through. @rafinmd Roy, I hope all is well today after your treatment yesterday. Some of you may have a feeling of deja vu as we just had Minestrone Soup on December 28th. But, today is a good day for it if any day is. Minestrone is a thick soup of Italian origin made with meats, vegetables, and pasta. Ingredients include beans, onions, celery, carrots, leaf vegetables, stock, parmesan cheese and tomatoes. There is no set recipe for minestrone, since it can usually be made out of whatever meat and vegetables are at one's disposal. We'll start with Cookie and Kate's "Classic Minestrone" soup. There are a lot of suggestions here for substitutions you can make. https://cookieandkate.com/classic-minestrone-soup-recipe/ This is the Olive Garden version of Minestrone Soup. One of their suggestions for variation is to include our all time favorite, butternut squash! I included this recipe just for @kochleffel Paul. https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/olive-garden-minestrone-soup/ Just to change things up a bit, here is a Minestrone Stew. It is a bit thicker and has ground beef in it. https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/minestrone-stew/ Wishing you all a wonderful day!

I'm so sorry! I'm sure you'll find some somewhere tomorrow. Jake, I am so sorry to hear of Amelia's passing. I am glad the rest of the family is sticking close by to help you through this difficult time. They also need the comfort of being close to you.

It seems that you will forever be plagued by butternut squash. Enjoy it!

Good morning, everyone! The winter storm is supposed to hit us overnight tonight and all day tomorrow. Sue is going to get to use The Beast snow blower. It was my dad's and she had it serviced. The guy who did it said it was a beast and should be able to get through anything. And that is a good thing because this weekend we are supposed to get 6-9 inches of fluffy stuff. That may impact our ability to have River for the weekend. It is an hour and a half to pick her up and an hour and a half back home. I'm thinking we might not want to do that in a major storm. Today's meal sounds interesting. It kind of reminds me of all the ways we had to prepare lasagna - soup, roll ups, etc. We had everyway except the air fryer I think. Skinnytaste offers us a low calorie/low fat version with turkey meatballs. It is easy to make and pretty quick! https://www.skinnytaste.com/meatball-and-spaghetti-soup-5-ww-pts/ This next one has a tomato based broth and beef meatballs. It would be a more traditional spaghetti flavor. It is super easy because it uses frozen meatballs from the super market along with a jar of marinara sauce. Pick the one you like best. https://letsdishrecipes.com/spaghetti-and-meatball-soup/ This next recipe uses Italian sausage for the meatballs and makes the soup in the slow cooker so flavors have time to blend. https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/spaghetti-meatball-soup/ Wishing you all a wonderful day!

My dad always said if someone leaves an opening, take it. I'd do the same thing.

Wishing them all a wonderful cruise.

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I'm sure we could add some to our slow cooker mashed potatoes! Add a few pecans and some maple syrup and we're good to go.