Hi Sean,

 SD> I've been pulling "night owl" hours again.  Staying up until 3 AM and
 SD> getting up around 11 AM.  I'm trying to reset my schedule to fix that.

I've been trying to get to bed before midnight, tho some nights I don't
get to sleep until 5 or 6 am. I've an alarm that goes off at 7:30 to
take my asthma maintainence med but if possible, on those nights
(mornings) I'll try to get a bit more sleep.


 RH> Good to know. I usually check Weather Underground on my phone; they're
 RH> pretty good about local issues.

 SD> It's been pretty decent here.  Hot but nothing too crazy.  Our local
 SD> fair, the Appalachian Fair, is usually around my birthday (August 27).
 SD>  It's a fun time but when I get home, I always have to shower since
 SD> I'm soaked with sweat.  One of the very few times I will go out in the
 SD> heat willingly for long hours.

A small local fair is nice but a bigger one is not one of our favorite
events. I think Wake County combines their county fair with the state
fair so we try to avoid it. I'd much rather walk around our local
farmer's market. (G)

 SD> Some good news: I am now able to walk the seven minute walk each
 way SD> from my apartment to the bus stop I use to go to the VA.  I
 hadn't SD> been able to do that until just recently thanks to a new
 experimental SD> set of prosthetic shoes I am wearing.  This bus goes
 past the local SD> library on the way to the VA and for me, it's only
 50 cents each way. SD> So I've been taking the bus to and from the VA,
 getting much needed SD> exercise, and I am thinking about going to the
 library with a packed SD> lunch and having lunch in the new park across
 the street.

Looks like you're doing well; a 7 minute walk is a good start. If your
VA is like the Durham one, you'll be walking a lot more once you get
there. (G)

 SD> Still working on getting a car for winter but right now I am enjoying
 SD> the limited freedom I have.  I do use my scooter to go to the Dollar
 SD> General a half-mile away from me.  Thankful I have that nearby.

Our truck is in the shop right now but they gave us an F-150 SuperDuty
as a loaner. Can't pack it full of radio stuff but that means I can do a
huge Wegman's run if needs be. (G) Went over there on Saturday intending
on only picking up a couple of things but ended up with much more. Our
shopping bags were at home so we bought another one (always useful) and
the cashier packed it quite full. Only things she didn't put in were the
eggs (2 dozen) and a couple of loaves of bread.

 RH> More basic than mine, but the use of lemon in it sounds good. I use
 RH> bread crumbs instead of the crackers--reminds me, I need to do a
 RH> machine loaf to make into crumbs and crutons. I'll probably wait a
 bit RH> until temps cool down a bit but still need to do it at some
 point this RH> summer.

 SD> That is my mom's recipe and that was basic out of necessity as when I
 SD> was growing up, owing to my dad's physical disability and inability to
 SD> keep a job for long due to pain, we learned to make do on a very tight
 SD> budget.

My mom cooked basic meat and potatoes, vegetables were quite often ones
she'd canned from the garden. Dad wasn't into sauces (did have gravy
sometimes with meat) so the veggies usually had a bit of salt and
margerine as the only seasonings. I still serve them with little added
seasonings but can make a good cream or cheese sauce, very often without
measuring.

 SD> Another of my mom's recipes I make though I halve this recipe since
 SD> it's just me:


 SD>       Title: Mom's Cheddar Cheese Sauce
 SD>  Categories: Sauces, Seandennis
 SD>       Yield: 5 Cups

 SD>     1/2 c  Butter or margarine
 SD>     1/2 c  Flour
 SD>       1 t  Salt
 SD>     1/2 t  Pepper
 SD>       4 c  Milk*
 SD>       2 c  Shredded mild cheddar (8 oz)

Extra sharp cheddar cheese is what I usually use. If I'm making the
sauce for macaroni and cheese, I'll also add a good squirt of spicy
brown mustard too. You don't really taste it as such but it add to the
over all flavor of the sauce.


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