Jo's Kitchen (and yes, the coffee IS on...)

[Zimmeh]

Good Afternoon Lipstix,

Where I live, my best friend and I pay $900 a month for a four bedroom, 2.5 bath house. It is gorgeous here. Every day that I go power walking with Elijah, her son, we see wild bunnies and plenty of other animals. The East Coast of Florida is nice and most of it is snowbird central, but very quiet.

Have fun today!

Zimmy

Originally Posted by lipstixgal

Oh that's good that you found a house in Florida. That's what I'm going to do rent then move. How are the prices in Florida compared to the NY area cheaper?? I hope they accept your offer and you can move. I don't want to live in this area anymore too congested and to cold in the winter. I want an area that is warm all year round. Yes I'm sure you are anxious go get down there already. I just got out of my PJ's had to wash them, doing laundry and just relaxing. Need more coffee probably going to go to DD for a latte with whipped cream. Anyway, good luck to you you are a nice person and deserve the best!!

[lipstixgal]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

Good Afternoon Lipstix,

Where I live, my best friend and I pay $900 a month for a four bedroom, 2.5 bath house. It is gorgeous here. Every day that I go power walking with Elijah, her son, we see wild bunnies and plenty of other animals. The East Coast of Florida is nice and most of it is snowbird central, but very quiet.

Have fun today!

Zimmy

Florida is starting to sound even nicer to me, so that is the eastern part of Florida Zimmy?? I would have to rent my home here in NJ so I could move down there but I think I could get used to that. Do they have any kind of gay community of any sort??

[lipstixgal]

Well Kitchen dwellers have a big day tomorrow big test and mock interview with suit and everything so it a good night for me. Not to bed but to watch some mindless TV and relax see ya tomorrow when I can. Sleep tight!!

[JustJo]

Good evening kitchen dwellers

My mouth is craving old fashioned fried chicken, mashed potatoes, chicken/cream gravy, steamed asparagus and a nice green salad....mmmmm....

Dessert has got to be hot fudge cake, with some vanilla bean ice cream for those that like the hot/cold thing as well.

counting the hours baby

[JakeTulane]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Good evening kitchen dwellers

My mouth is craving old fashioned fried chicken, mashed potatoes, chicken/cream gravy, steamed asparagus and a nice green salad....mmmmm....

Dessert has got to be hot fudge cake, with some vanilla bean ice cream for those that like the hot/cold thing as well.

counting the hours baby

Good Evening Jo,

That food sounds amazing. I am liking the old fashioned fried chicken thing. nods. I made homemade spaghetti sauce and had some thin pasta with it. It was tasty indeed.

Yeah.. for the flying out being almost here. This Friday, yes? We should all be near the ones we love.

As Always,
Jake

Good Evening Kitchen Patrons,

I hope everyone had a peaceful end to their weekend and that this week brings great productivity and happiness.

I spent the day "deep" cleaning My place. Mopping floors and the works. Laundry is done. Then I decided to get My paint supplies out and see if it would come back to Me. I had some pretty profound revelations in regards to this. It seems that it did not come back and easily as I thought it might. However, I am also not the same person I was the last time I picked up a brush. I will keep at it this week. If anything it is a great source of meditation...which is why I set about learning it in the first place.

This past week seems to be a week of realizations for Me. All of them good. smiles.

Here is some tea and coffee for those that want and/or need it.

[Zimmeh]

I live on the East Coast of Florida. I am about 64 miles from Jacksonville and I was born in Daytona Beach. If you are looking for the Gay community here, Orlando is the closest city and they hold their Pride events in October. I am making plans with my ex roommate and a bunch of his friends to attend.

Good luck on your test tomorrow and good night,

Zimmy

Originally Posted by lipstixgal

Florida is starting to sound even nicer to me, so that is the eastern part of Florida Zimmy?? I would have to rent my home here in NJ so I could move down there but I think I could get used to that. Do they have any kind of gay community of any sort??

[freyja]

Good morning kitchen peeps,

A fabulous sunrise it is. Wake up. Wake up!!!!
Lipstix - goooooood luck for your test this morning.
We are all rooting for you in here, yanno that? Go get 'em tiger!

My breakfast offers are but a simple selection today:
homemade carrot muffins with walnuts and coconut, sliced Ontario strawberries and cream.
YES, 18% cream - it's worth it, come on, indulge peeps

Coffee, French pressed for the fans in the house, and let's use some of that cream for a really indulgence this morning.

Tunes? Oh ya! For sure, and because it's Monday, you all get this:

[lipstixgal]

Originally Posted by freyja

Good morning kitchen peeps,

A fabulous sunrise it is. Wake up. Wake up!!!!
Lipstix - goooooood luck for your test this morning.
We are all rooting for you in here, yanno that? Go get 'em tiger!

My breakfast offers are but a simple selection today:
homemade carrot muffins with walnuts and coconut, sliced Ontario strawberries and cream.
YES, 18% cream - it's worth it, come on, indulge peeps

Coffee, French pressed for the fans in the house, and let's use some of that cream for a really indulgence this morning.

Tunes? Oh ya! For sure, and because it's Monday, you all get this:

Thanks Hun for the breakfast I'm starved the muffins sound wonderful especially with the coconut in them. I'll take some of that creme for my coffee could use an extra cup this morning. Sets out bagels lox and cream cheese my favorite oh and some red onion can't forget that. Thanks for the encouragement on the test!! I'll let you know how I did.

[Zimmeh]

Good Luck Lipstix!!!!

Zimmy

Originally Posted by lipstixgal

Thanks Hun for the breakfast I'm starved the muffins sound wonderful especially with the coconut in them. I'll take some of that creme for my coffee could use an extra cup this morning. Sets out bagels lox and cream cheese my favorite oh and some red onion can't forget that. Thanks for the encouragement on the test!! I'll let you know how I did.

[JustJo]

Good morning kitchen dwellers!

Before I forget...I know that Arwen had started a geneaology thread...I'll try to remember the name and bump it if I can. I had started a family tree on ancestry.com at one point. That much was free, but if you wanted to be able to click on those enticing little leaves and get info from others, then you have to pay. It's an interesting process though...

My sweetie is still but I know she's going to want something hearty to wake up to...so I'll get some ham steaks and eggs going to add to those yummy muffins and bagels. You had me at strawberries and cream Freyja

We're at 106 hours until the lands and I get all the I want....

[NJFemmie]

[JustJo]

Good morning kitchen dwellers

Thanks for getting the music going again Freyja...it does help me dance around while I cook. You made me giggle with the 8-tracks...I had a collection of those as well...and my first car had an 8-track player...oh yea...I was stylin' in that 61 VW Bug

Countdown is at 82 hours to and in the airport.....

Breakfast is on eggs cooked to order, sirloin steaks (cuz I do love some steak and eggs), crispy hashbrowns, homemade biscuits...and you have your choice of country style sausage gravy or Scoote's favorite chocolate gravy (what the heck, we're celebrating!). For fruit we've got some fresh watermelon all sliced and ready, and some sweet juicy red seedless grapes as well. Dig in!

Hope you all have a lovely day today....I'm off to refill my coffee cup, check some threads, answer a few work emails (I love, love, love working from home) and I'll be back.

[lipstixgal]

Well I see someone has been up early me too but to tired to make any breakfast. Seems like the date is postponed until she gets back from a business trip in St. Louis Missouri. Oh well such is life. I will just go on with my internship as planned and the rest of my life. If its not meant to be so be it. But it would have been nice to have at least one date before she left. Hell I don't even know if I like her. anyway, just three more days and school is over with Whoo hoo. NYC Pride is this weekend and I'm gonna try to get a group of people together after the parade!! Wish me luck see you guys later have a 10:10 class.

[dark_crystal]

Originally Posted by JustJo

what kind of dressing goes on Cobb salad? Does it have it's own or is there one that is traditional?

Hi dark crystal

Well, first I have to correct an oversight...I forgot the crumbly bleu cheese in the salad! The traditional dressing is made from:

1/4 cup water
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
3/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp. dry English mustard
1 small clove garlic, finely minced
1/4 cup full-flavored olive oil
3/4 cup salad oil

But I know some people leave out the crumbly bleu cheese on the salad and use bleu cheese dressing instead...up to you.

I like the traditional way...with the greens laid out on a plate and bands of each of the other ingredients...looks pretty like that and makes it easy to customize your bites.

yum that looks delicious

Originally Posted by JoSchmooze

Unfortunately, Freckles the dawg has already jumped the fence once since I have been home. So her punishment is me watching her like a hawk every time she goes outside. I'll have to wait until payday to get all the necessary hardware for the "invisible" fence....but I'd sure like to know where she is escaping from so I can make the area more inaccessible. I am not real comfortable with putting a shock collar on her......

aw poor fweckles...you need a nanny cam!

Originally Posted by freyja

DC- good to know you are enjoying the choices of music each morning. Gosh, imagine you and me on a road trip, the collection of CD's to pass the time, and totally sing-a-long!!!!!

do you remember an 80's band called Voice of the Beehive? See if you can find them!

[lipstixgal]

Good afternoon Kitchen dweller!! Took my phelbotomy assessment and got an 81 out of 97 so that is good, can take it over if I want to. Just gonna study the test questions for sure. So where is everyone, I guess they are working this afternoon have to wait for after dinner to be in contact with people. Ok time to relax, dogs are asleep. Maybe I'll get some coffee from DD and a brownie that would be nice wouldn't it. Don't really need the brownie though do I!! Setting out coffee and tea for those who need it.