The Drop In Centre 3

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, Brayon said:

So, I was laid off Monday... completely unexpected. Prayers please.

At least I have time to write now, and going to be Uber Eats / Door Dashing, until I can get something better.

oh man, i'm so sorry.. i hope they gave you a great reference and that you find something again soon.  xoxo

[Brayon]

1 hour ago, spyke said:

Well that just sucks. 🤞that you find something quickly!

Thanks, spyke.

13 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

 

Hoping something bigger and better comes your way really soon, B. 

Thank you, Reader

2 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

oh man, i'm so sorry.. i hope they gave you a great reference and that you find something again soon.  xoxo

Thanks, tim. They did, and the VP of HR has given me some leads to apply at. 

[Brayon]

Good news!

Already have an interview tomorrow with a different Non-profit in the area. Senior Accountant role, and the org works with Foster Kids, and Families of Youth who are in foster care or up for adoption.

[Mikiesboy]

36 minutes ago, Brayon said:

Good news!

Already have an interview tomorrow with a different Non-profit in the area. Senior Accountant role, and the org works with Foster Kids, and Families of Youth who are in foster care or up for adoption.

Fingers crossed for you!!  Go get 'em!!! xo

[Reader1810]

2 hours ago, Brayon said:

Good news!

Already have an interview tomorrow with a different Non-profit in the area. Senior Accountant role, and the org works with Foster Kids, and Families of Youth who are in foster care or up for adoption.

Fingers crossed for you, B! 

[Kitt]

7 hours ago, Brayon said:

Good news!

Already have an interview tomorrow with a different Non-profit in the area. Senior Accountant role, and the org works with Foster Kids, and Families of Youth who are in foster care or up for adoption.

Good JuJu for you

[Mikiesboy]

Happy Cousins Day... if you have some... Happy Friday otherwise.. 

“What we know matters, but who we are matters more.”

—Brené Brown (born 1965)
American scholar, author, and public speaker

[Mikiesboy]

Published a new story today... 

I hope you'll give it a try. It's soft sci-fi or barely sci-fi as i call it...  

[Mikiesboy]

Happy Saturday.  i will be calling the dentist to make an appointment about something new and different and likely infected.  i'm not having a good time. 

In any case, thanks to those of you who decided to read Horizon's Edge, i appreciate it. 

And ... 

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good person should be. Be one.”

—Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Roman emperor, Stoic philosopher

[Wayne Gray]

7 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Happy Saturday.  i will be calling the dentist to make an appointment about something new and different and likely infected.  i'm not having a good time. 

In any case, thanks to those of you who decided to read Horizon's Edge, i appreciate it. 

And ... 

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good person should be. Be one.”

—Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Roman emperor, Stoic philosopher

tim.

Tell those teeth to just settle down.

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Wayne Gray said:

tim.

Tell those teeth to just settle down.

That doesn't seem to be working. They are f'd up. Thinking about eating is depressing, eating takes forever and i really don't even want to most of the time.  It's all taking too long. If i call there and find out he's on vacation, i'm gonna just cancel everything and go elsewhere. I have to wait anyway....

[Wayne Gray]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

That doesn't seem to be working. They are f'd up. Thinking about eating is depressing, eating takes forever and i really don't even want to most of the time.  It's all taking too long. If i call there and find out he's on vacation, i'm gonna just cancel everything and go elsewhere. I have to wait anyway....

I know this isn't the answer to everything, but... I love overnight oats made this way. And I don't wait after I make them. you COULD, and it'd thicken up into a pudding. But as it is, you can just make them and eat them. They're tasty. I use flax seed instead of chia, but you can also sub in your favorite nut (walnuts!) instead, too.

And maybe you'd dread eating just a little bit less. 💚

https://youtu.be/uJy0oLYdPSs

Edited July 25 by Wayne Gray

[Mikiesboy]

3 hours ago, Wayne Gray said:

I know this isn't the answer to everything, but... I love overnight oats made this way. And I don't wait after I make them. you COULD, and it'd thicken up into a pudding. But as it is, you can just make them and eat them. They're tasty. I use flax seed instead of chia, but you can also sub in your favorite nut (walnuts!) instead, too.

And maybe you'd dread eating just a little bit less. 💚

https://youtu.be/uJy0oLYdPSs

i could eat those.. maybe i'll make them to have at lunch. i don't have trouble with fruit either or things like bite size shredded wheat. Dinner is harder, meat is terrible, fish is okay and so is chicken for the most part.  I don't eat much meat anyway anymore. 

[kbois]

32 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

i could eat those.. maybe i'll make them to have at lunch. i don't have trouble with fruit either or things like bite size shredded wheat. Dinner is harder, meat is terrible, fish is okay and so is chicken for the most part.  I don't eat much meat anyway anymore. 

I hate that you're having such trouble with eating. I know you know this, but slow cooking most meat is the best tenderizer there is, especially chicken. You know it's good when it slides off the bone. xoxo

[Mikiesboy]

3 hours ago, kbois said:

I hate that you're having such trouble with eating. I know you know this, but slow cooking most meat is the best tenderizer there is, especially chicken. You know it's good when it slides off the bone. xoxo

Michael has been cooking more in an effort to get me to eat more. He made mashed potatoes and fish tonight... i managed that okay.  I'll make some curry tomorrow... that's easy to eat. 

[kbois]

44 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Michael has been cooking more in an effort to get me to eat more. He made mashed potatoes and fish tonight... i managed that okay.  I'll make some curry tomorrow... that's easy to eat. 

I made meatloaf tonight. Let's just say it wasn't my best effort. The child said it was good as did hubs and the mil. I know better. I recognize  "placate K because she's pissed off" when I hear it. 

The Brussels sprouts were good and the au gratin potatoes came out much better than the last time I made them. I guess that's something. 

 

[Mikiesboy]

6 minutes ago, kbois said:

I made meatloaf tonight. Let's just say it wasn't my best effort. The child said it was good as did hubs and the mil. I know better. I recognize  "placate K because she's pissed off" when I hear it. 

The Brussels sprouts were good and the au gratin potatoes came out much better than the last time I made them. I guess that's something. 

 

I'm sure it was delicious. I don't have enough ground beef in the house to make one. Remember when that was a cheaper meal?  Now the meat would cost at least $20 unless you're making one mini loaf. LOL

[kbois]

28 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

I'm sure it was delicious. I don't have enough ground beef in the house to make one. Remember when that was a cheaper meal?  Now the meat would cost at least $20 unless you're making one mini loaf. LOL

I used ground turkey and seasoned the bejeezus out of it. I got pissed because it took longer to cook than I thought because I made a double batch so I'd have plenty of leftovers to freeze for my later this week when I'm working late. There were still a couple of spots in the middle that needed a few more minutes but I cut around them and threw them back in the oven. Whatever. 

[spyke]

38 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

I'm sure it was delicious. I don't have enough ground beef in the house to make one. Remember when that was a cheaper meal?  Now the meat would cost at least $20 unless you're making one mini loaf. LOL

I didn't realize that beef prices had risen so drastically in Canada too. 🤦 One of my favorite cheap meals from yesteryear was pot roast, but I'm not paying $25.00 for a chuck roast to make that meal anymore. In my neck of the woods, pork is the value meat along with chicken thighs. Speaking of chicken thighs, they do really well in the slow cooker and become really tender. They're hard to over cook. Maybe that'll help you with eating. 🤞that you can get your dental issues fixed quickly. 

[weinerdog]

1 hour ago, kbois said:

I recognize  "placate K because she's pissed off" when I hear it. 

. 

 

Isn't that a 24/7 condition

[kbois]

25 minutes ago, weinerdog said:

Isn't that a 24/7 condition

You should probably change your little emotion tag to "Feeling Scared" 

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, kbois said:

I used ground turkey and seasoned the bejeezus out of it. I got pissed because it took longer to cook than I thought because I made a double batch so I'd have plenty of leftovers to freeze for my later this week when I'm working late. There were still a couple of spots in the middle that needed a few more minutes but I cut around them and threw them back in the oven. Whatever. 

Wow.. but yeah that works..  ground turkey and chicken are the same price as beef here. Meatloaf bits are just kinda flat meatballs. 

Edited July 26 by Mikiesboy

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, spyke said:

I didn't realize that beef prices had risen so drastically in Canada too. 🤦 One of my favorite cheap meals from yesteryear was pot roast, but I'm not paying $25.00 for a chuck roast to make that meal anymore. In my neck of the woods, pork is the value meat along with chicken thighs. Speaking of chicken thighs, they do really well in the slow cooker and become really tender. They're hard to over cook. Maybe that'll help you with eating. 🤞that you can get your dental issues fixed quickly. 

Here is the special this week:    

900 g is just under 2 pounds, 454g is one pound. So a pound is $6.97. 

Yesterday i bought a quarter of a watermelon, a pineapple, about 7 kiwis, cereal, spinach, 18 eggs, 8 apples and 1lb of little potatoes, and one package of no sugar cookies and some natrel cream.. that was $71.77.  No meat. Prices are insane every where. 

I buy chicken thighs and debone them myself, then freeze them in their marinade.. they aren't tough at all, but finding a way to eat them is hard due to what is wrong. I may make some soup or something that would likely be the best thing.  

Edited July 26 by Mikiesboy

[Kileoli]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

900 g is just under 2 pounds, 454g is one pound. So a pound is $6.97. 

I don't know if you like it but I use Tofu instead of meat, it's easier to eat and you don't need to use a lot of it if you cut it in small cubes. 

And as something tastes and easy to eat you can make barely soup.

https://www.budgetbytes.com/vegetable-barley-soup/

I hope you get to fix your teeth soon.

[Mikiesboy]

28 minutes ago, Kileoli said:

I don't know if you like it but I use Tofu instead of meat, it's easier to eat and you don't need to use a lot of it if you cut it in small cubes. 

And as something tastes and easy to eat you can make barely soup.

https://www.budgetbytes.com/vegetable-barley-soup/

I hope you get to fix your teeth soon.

You're sweet.. i don't mind tofu.. i have some in the freezer.. i like the texture of it after it's frozen.. actually, i will cook that with a little bit of ground beef.. we can have it over rice and with the stuffed peppers i made.. thank you for the idea!! 

oh and you like budget bytes.. me too, it's one of my fav places!   ❤️ 

Edited July 26 by Mikiesboy