{"id":51897,"date":"2021-01-25T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=51897"},"modified":"2021-01-26T10:05:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T17:05:32","slug":"recovery-day-5-just-about-done-except-for-the-panty-hose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=51897","title":{"rendered":"Recovery Day #5: Just About Done Except For The Panty Hose (TED’s)!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always say \u201cMorning\u201d instead of \u201cGood Morning.\u201d If it were a good morning, I would still be asleep in bed instead of talking to people.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Mary was up early as I heard the shower water begin to run.\u00a0 She was very quiet, and her bedroom room is right across from the guest bathroom.\u00a0 When I heard the water start, I dropped the bathrobes into the dryer on high, so it will be warm for her when she got out; a little special service at Chez Liles.<\/p>\n

We walked Scout, or rather he walked us.\u00a0 At 7:45 AM, Irene came by as she has babysitting duty at 8:00 AM when Mary goes to work. Dear Irene has been a family friend (and in the family) for years and is very special.<\/p>\n

She is using my van as her car is in the shop and I am happy the van is getting some use!<\/p>\n

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She approaches carefully!<\/p><\/div>\n

We spend two hours trying to get her scheduled for a COVID-19 shot, and late in the day, she got an appointment and is getting a shot tomorrow.\u00a0 I signed up last week and have not heard anything yet?<\/p>\n

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Irene comes to assist!<\/p><\/div>\n

We talked to Colleen, and she is still in the hospital but feeling better.\u00a0 We talked to Mark for a while.<\/p>\n

After Irene departed, Mary and I needed to go to the market for tonight’s meal; I mentioned to Mary that, “You’ve got bad eating habits if you use a grocery cart in 7-Eleven.”<\/p>\n

As we pulled out of the driveway, I asked her to stop as my mind caught a great photo; it was the clouds but taken through the tinted top of the thje car window.\u00a0 The blues seemed to be adding a new dimension to the photo.<\/p>\n

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It was just a test, and it seemed to work!<\/p><\/div>\n

We made it to the market, and off we go, Mary walking and me riding the putt-putt.\u00a0 At the checkout, I called Mary “the bag lady.”\u00a0 I was glad the putt-putt could go faster than Mary could run.<\/p>\n

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Shopping at Ralph’s<\/p><\/div>\n

At our store, you have to pack your own bags if you bring your own bags.\u00a0 She did an excellent job and was asked by the manager if she wanted a job.<\/p>\n

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Bag ’em up, baby!<\/p><\/div>\n

Tonight it is going to be a baked puttanesca. Spaghetti alla puttanesca (pronounced [spa??etti alla putta?neska]; in Italian) is an Italian pasta dish invented in Naples mid-20th century. Its ingredients typically include tomatoes, olive oil, olives, capers, and garlic, in addition to pasta.<\/p>\n

Mary loves to cook, and I enjoy being in the kitchen with her, so we go through our various books and magazines and make it.\u00a0 We just ordered the 50th-anniversary edition of the great french cookbook entitled “Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I: 50th Anniversary” by Julia Child!<\/span><\/p>\n

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We substituted zoodles for the pasta, and it was perfect!!!<\/p><\/div>\n

When I looked up puttanesco I was a little surprised but it was on the internet so it has got true.<\/p>\n

Etymology: From puttanesca (\u201cwhorish\u201d). Sometimes claimed to have been invented in a whorehouse, or that the name is from puttanata (\u201cstupidity\u201d), according to an account where Sandro Petti is identified as the inventor of the sauce.<\/div>\n

First, the zoodles, my sp1ecialty!\u00a0 These little guys will soon be zoodles.\u00a0 Zucchini\u00a0is one of the lowest-calorie vegetables when compared to the same serving size as other nutritious vegetables like broccoli or Brussels sprouts. Coming in at only 19 calories per cup,\u00a0zucchini\u00a0also packs a nutritious punch.<\/p>\n

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Zoodles in process<\/p><\/div>\n

We added butter and garlic to the zoodles, but we did not cook them figuring the 350-degree oven would take care of that.<\/p>\n

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The green spaghetti is ready!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary worked her magic on the sauce, and we were ready to put the ingredients into a layered backing pan.<\/p>\n

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Pass the sauce<\/p><\/div>\n

Zoodles, then sauce and cheese, then zoodles and sauce and cheese.\u00a0 We are ready for the oven!\u00a0 We worked as a team, so it went very fast!<\/p>\n

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In work<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking good, but 30 minutes in the hot oven will make it even better. Before we put it in the oven, I set the table and got the artichokes ready.\u00a0 As I left to go to the dining room, I said to Mary, “Pasta la vista, baby.”<\/p>\n

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HELP!\u00a0 I am going into the oven for half an hour!<\/p><\/div>\n

When we took it out, it looked so good; it was pre-pasta-rous!\u00a0 We had to remove the aluminum foil at the twenty-minute mark and give it ten more minutes.\u00a0 We watched Two and a Half Men between checks on the dish,<\/p>\n

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The cheese was perfect, and the dish looked good enough to eat.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary did one last check before we took it out for a spin. I told Mary, “You\u2019re pasta-tively amazing.”\u00a0 While we were cooking, we called Colleen and talked to her in the hospital. We also got a call from Robin and checked in with her!<\/p>\n

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Jsut checking!<\/p><\/div>\n

Dinner was ready, but the dish was so hot we had to wait a bit.\u00a0 \u00a0I was going to take a picture of our dining room table, but the food was so good we just sat and dug into the dish.<\/p>\n

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Dinner is served!<\/p><\/div>\n

We really enjoyed dinner this evening, and it seems if you make it yourself, it tastes even better. Mary was a little tired today, so we hit the sack early. She was ready in her room as I passed by on the way to mine.\u00a0 Ha, I had the baby in tow, and I took him out while she was getting ready for bed.<\/p>\n

All in all, a good day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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