We’re on vacation!!!

[Spiky Bugger]

Well, just the part of vacation where you don’t have to cook.

First, we ordered six (three for each of us) meals from Freshly.

Then, we got totally insane and ordered from BJ’s Brewhouse. We got the Ribeye and Salmon Family Feast. That included 2 ribeyes (we split a ribeye at dinner these days, so two meals each) and two salmon filets, and four sides, and a 4-serving salad he will have to eat all by himself. BUT THEN, they have a $6 special that includes what they consider lunch-sized servings, refrigerated. So we got four. (All were chichen breast meals, with small sides.)

We have the BJ’s stuff. And we had steak tonight. So we still each have a salmon dinner, another steak dinner, and two chicken dinners…so, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat…right? And then, the Freshly meals get delivered Saturday, could be late in the day, so Sun, Mon and Tues.

We spent, for eight dinners each, what the USDA says an elderly couple on a “liberal” budget spends on groceries for a week. Only problem? This did not include breakfast, lunch, snacks, beverages and ANYTHING CHOCOLATE! But we should get a small allowance for very limited dishwashing expenses, no oven use and minimal microwaving. (And besides, we bought the on-sale FIVE DOZEN eggs thing at the grocery store, so we can eat lots of omelettes.)

I love vacations!

 

[southernlady]

Sounds like you did good.

 

[DianaCox]

I like eggs, but 5 DOZEN? How can you eat that many eggs before they go bad? Or your arteries clog?

I just did a Costco run yesterday. Even though there are 3 of us, I think maybe I bought too much.

• A couple of pounds of King Crab legs (just shelled them and had some for breakfast)
• 7.5 lbs of hamburger meat to brown in advance and freeze in 1.5 lb packages to use in various recipes that call for 1 lb of meat (hamburger helpers, sloppy joes, spaghetti sauces)
• 6 filet mignons at $10/lb (3 meals with leftovers)
• Precooked smoked turkey breast
• Huge spinach salad with bacon, egg and cheese for me and Dad
• Ham and cheese pinwheels for Charles and Dad for lunches
• Prosciutto/salami and cheese roll ups as snacks
• Chicken Marsala (it was OK, not great - I think it would have been better with dark rather than white meat) - two vacuum sealed packages that each have a full dinner for the 3 of us plus another meal.
• Big box of beer battered cod (very good with good ratio of fish to breading)
• Premade mashed potatoes
• Raspberries
• Butter
• 3 bags of Starbucks French roast beans
• Culturelle and Vit C
• Laundry soap (about a year’s worth)

Plus the usual miscellaneous impulse purchases. A few cents under $500. (And no TP or paper towels - apparently our stash is currently sufficient.)

 

[Spiky Bugger]

That Costco list means STANDING to cook. I need a barstool in there anymore.

The eggs? I will ask him to check the dates...he repackaged them. Remember, The Magnificent Dr. K told me that my diet should be ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, steak and eggs, scrambled eggs, etc. My GI and Uro docs laugh and then agree.

My lipid panel was non-fasting…because I’m a bitch and intentionally suffer only when necessary, and probably had a ham and cheese omelette before the blood draw. I THINK it’s pretty good, but I never know for sure. For your viewing pleasure:

 

[Munchkin]

I like eggs, but 5 DOZEN? How can you eat that many eggs before they go bad? Or your arteries clog?

I just did a Costco run yesterday. Even though there are 3 of us, I think maybe I bought too much.

• A couple of pounds of King Crab legs (just shelled them and had some for breakfast)
• 7.5 lbs of hamburger meat to brown in advance and freeze in 1.5 lb packages to use in various recipes that call for 1 lb of meat (hamburger helpers, sloppy joes, spaghetti sauces)
• 6 filet mignons at $10/lb (3 meals with leftovers)
• Precooked smoked turkey breast
• Huge spinach salad with bacon, egg and cheese for me and Dad
• Ham and cheese pinwheels for Charles and Dad for lunches
• Prosciutto/salami and cheese roll ups as snacks
• Chicken Marsala (it was OK, not great - I think it would have been better with dark rather than white meat) - two vacuum sealed packages that each have a full dinner for the 3 of us plus another meal.
• Big box of beer battered cod (very good with good ratio of fish to breading)
• Premade mashed potatoes
• Raspberries
• Butter
• 3 bags of Starbucks French roast beans
• Culturelle and Vit C
• Laundry soap (about a year’s worth)

Plus the usual miscellaneous impulse purchases. A few cents under $500. (And no TP or paper towels - apparently our stash is currently sufficient.)

My strange observations about eggs. They keep almost forever in the fridge. And if one goes bad, you know it immediately. I know I have had eggs that were still good MONTHS after I bought them!

Looks like a fun Costco trip!

 

[Munchkin]

Sounds good to me! I made crustless quiche, chicken thighs, and bacon for BLTs(in low carb wraps) yesterday. I won't have to cook for several days now. Made a deli run to Winco the other day and I have plenty of sandwich stuff too.

 

[DianaCox]

Spiky Bugger - I was thinking more about Mr. Sue. I know WE can eat bacon and eggs to our hearts’ content.

Charles cooks the hamburger meat most of the time, so I don’t have to do that. I just pack it up in the baggies.

I’d really like to BBQ steak tonight. But

 

[JackieOnLine]

vacation where you don’t have to cook.

good for you! tasty food and not having to cook sounds excellent.

DianaCox when the temps are up that high, how low do they go at night before heading up again?

I don't think I could handle that, I really don't.

 

[southernlady]

good for you! tasty food and not having to cook sounds excellent.

DianaCox when the temps are up that high, how low do they go at night before heading up again?

I don't think I could handle that, I really don't.

It shows the low as going down to 86...which is too hot for me.

 

[JackieOnLine]

yes, me too!

my otherwise crappy week is being made worse because the handyman is working in the attic and the access is through my living room. he is well up in his 70s and thin as a rail so maybe that's why he chooses to work in an attic, when it's over 100 degrees outside, no telling what it is up there, late afternoon rather than in the morning.

and he has ZERO sense that it really matters to me when he is done for the day so I can relax, maybe take off most of my clothes, etc. instead I am left hanging (is he done? is he coming back?) and after trying really hard to communicate with last night I finally lost my temper and was less than polite.

but by the end of a work day, the last thing I want to interact with is an Old Man. seriously, the women I don't mind it's the old MEN. GAH.

I walked this morning even though the low was 78 or something but the sun angle was still low. and I planned my day around going in to work as late as possible to minimize how much time I get to spend after work having Handyman in my space. I plan to drink, too.





Spiky Bugger I hope you don't mind me venting in your thread!

 

[hilary1617]

yes, me too!

my otherwise crappy week is being made worse because the handyman is working in the attic and the access is through my living room. he is well up in his 70s and thin as a rail so maybe that's why he chooses to work in an attic, when it's over 100 degrees outside, no telling what it is up there, late afternoon rather than in the morning.

and he has ZERO sense that it really matters to me when he is done for the day so I can relax, maybe take off most of my clothes, etc. instead I am left hanging (is he done? is he coming back?) and after trying really hard to communicate with last night I finally lost my temper and was less than polite.

but by the end of a work day, the last thing I want to interact with is an Old Man. seriously, the women I don't mind it's the old MEN. GAH.

I walked this morning even though the low was 78 or something but the sun angle was still low. and I planned my day around going in to work as late as possible to minimize how much time I get to spend after work having Handyman in my space. I plan to drink, too.





Spiky Bugger I hope you don't mind me venting in your thread!

Sorry to hear about the handyman. It's definitely hard to have strangers in one's space. Ugh and cheers!

 

[Spiky Bugger]

yes, me too!

my otherwise crappy week is being made worse because the handyman is working in the attic and the access is through my living room. he is well up in his 70s and thin as a rail so maybe that's why he chooses to work in an attic, when it's over 100 degrees outside, no telling what it is up there, late afternoon rather than in the morning.

and he has ZERO sense that it really matters to me when he is done for the day so I can relax, maybe take off most of my clothes, etc. instead I am left hanging (is he done? is he coming back?) and after trying really hard to communicate with last night I finally lost my temper and was less than polite.

but by the end of a work day, the last thing I want to interact with is an Old Man. seriously, the women I don't mind it's the old MEN. GAH.

I walked this morning even though the low was 78 or something but the sun angle was still low. and I planned my day around going in to work as late as possible to minimize how much time I get to spend after work having Handyman in my space. I plan to drink, too.





Spiky Bugger I hope you don't mind me venting in your thread!

Can you...wear a mask and tell him that you are exposed to COVID-19 patients at work and when you get home, you need to take your mask off and don’t want to kill him? (Although you might want to by now.)

or…can you tell owners that he can be there all day, but you need your apartment after work?

or…can you tell him that on Fridays, right after work, you come home, get naked and make your PornHub videos? And that you just can’t have him wandering around or making noise while you’re filming?

or…we could start a GoFundMe to buy you one of these?
https://www.amazon.com/Calslock-Portable-Door-Travel-Lock/dp/B00GMPFCNC

 

[Spiky Bugger]

yes, me too!

my otherwise crappy week is being made worse because the handyman is working in the attic and the access is through my living room. he is well up in his 70s and thin as a rail so maybe that's why he chooses to work in an attic, when it's over 100 degrees outside, no telling what it is up there, late afternoon rather than in the morning.

and he has ZERO sense that it really matters to me when he is done for the day so I can relax, maybe take off most of my clothes, etc. instead I am left hanging (is he done? is he coming back?) and after trying really hard to communicate with last night I finally lost my temper and was less than polite.

but by the end of a work day, the last thing I want to interact with is an Old Man. seriously, the women I don't mind it's the old MEN. GAH.

I walked this morning even though the low was 78 or something but the sun angle was still low. and I planned my day around going in to work as late as possible to minimize how much time I get to spend after work having Handyman in my space. I plan to drink, too.





Spiky Bugger I hope you don't mind me venting in your thread!

BTW, watch out with the porn comment. In the Army, when I was a 26-yr-old student and enjoyed silence when
I found it, I had about had it with some 19-yr-old neighbor in my barracks who apparently previously lived in a bus station.

I’d be doing homework and the door would fly open and there she was, ready to visit. Over and over again. I would suggest that she knock. She asked why? I said that maybe I was masturbating and enjoying my privacy. She said she wouldn't mind and I could just go ahead.

So, that didn’t work.

 

[JackieOnLine]

SB your suggestions are hilarious and the first one sounds like just the thing! and I love the story; living in a bus station, that sounds about right

I made up with the handyman today and we bonded over gossipping about another old guy here.

I one of the youngest people in these apartments.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Spiky Bugger - I was thinking more about Mr. Sue. I know WE can eat bacon and eggs to our hearts’ content.

Charles cooks the hamburger meat most of the time, so I don’t have to do that. I just pack it up in the baggies.

I’d really like to BBQ steak tonight. But
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Oh! MrSue is keeping company with the Keto Diet doctors who disagree with the lower-your-LDL-statin-peddlers and he lost so much weight so painlessly and felt so much better...well, there he is.

He probably eats an omelette five days a week and TRIES to limit beef to once a week.