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Sassy baking

October 16, 2016 Sunday
11:07AM Sassy
Good morning kid.  Happy football day!

11:11AM Phil
Good morning!  You too!

4:17PM Sassy
I am baking. Be afraid. May be a sign of the apocalypse!
5:23PM Sassy

Step 1 – 3 ingredients and a pan

5:24PM Sassy
Step 2 – place frozen fruit in pan

5:25PM Sassy
Steo 3 – cover fruit with white cake mix

5:25PM
Step 4 – pour 1 can of diet 7 Up over cake and fruit

5:27PM Sassy
Step 5 – place on middle shelf of oven, bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes

5:28PM Sassy
Step 6 – remove from oven and let cool

5:29PM Sassy
Step 7 – cover with whipped cream and EAT Easy berry cobbler!

5:54PM Sassy

Here’s the recipe for Easy Berry Cobbler

http://www.tomatohero.com/cakes-pies/frozen-berries-dry-cake-mix-1-can-sprite-yummy-cobbler/



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Marble cakes

October 15, 2016 Saturday
7:55AM Sassy
Good morning kid!

8:19AM Phil
Good morning! Going for a drive today. It’s been awhile. 
Spectacular fall day. Hope yours is grand!

1:53PM Sassy

Never seen the likes of these cakes. Wow!
https://www.tastingtable.com/dine/national/marble-cakes-olga-noskova-russian-baker-instagram
11:28PM Sassy
A river run’s through it… Another photo of Hurricane Matthew’s flood damage – this is the major interstate North/South highway in North Carolina
I-95 at MM 18.5 near Lumberton


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New Penguin Friend

October 14, 2016 Friday
6:43AM Sassy
Happy Friday kid!
8:26AM Phil
Happy Friday!

3:01PM Sassy
Hurricane Matthew’s mess. This was the highway near my grandparents South of Lumberton NC…. What a pretty mess now!

US-74 on the Robeson/Columbus county line

11:14PM Sassy
Winnie the Pooh gets a new penguin friend for his 90th anniversary!

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/14/health/winnie-the-pooh-new-friend/index.html

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Sloth or chocolate croissant?

October 13, 2016 Thursday
7:51AM Sassy
Good morning kid!

8:02AM Phil
Good morning!  
Kind of relaxing to work at home.  I need to find a job that’s not confined. Had lunch at a great deli yesterday, breakfast at panera this morning. I could get used to that. Have a great day!

8:09AM Sassy
Such an interesting man.  He was born in the Boston area while his parents were at Harvard! 
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years as head of state.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37643326

8:14AM Sassy
That’s what I like about my new office – right in the middle of things with bank, shops, restaurants 

6:29PM Sassy
The “I Love Meat’ pizza and garlic knots at Eat at Jumbo’s in Somerville. Yum!

7:49PM Sassy
There’s a new one in the “This or that?” meme 




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Superb sushi supper

October 12, 2016 Wednesday
7:53AM Sassy
Good morning kid!

7:59PM Phil
Good morning! 
Working downtown today! Kinda fun for a change

7:59PM Sassy
Yay!  Pretty day there?

8:07PM Phil
Oh Yeah

8:10PM Sassy
Did you hear back from that job you interviewed for?

8:12AM Phil
Yeah. Didn’t get it but I didn’t really want it. 
Would really have gummed up my free time

8:12AM Sassy
Phew

7:01PM Sassy
Superb sushi, steamed shrimp shumai, salmon skin and sukiyaki for supper at Toraya in Arlington
Steamed shrimp shumai
Unagi, tamago and Alaskan smoked salmon skin maki
Hubby’s Salmon oshisushi
Hubby’s Aji-fry (Spanish mackerel)
Beef sukiyaki
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Hurricane Matthew

October 11, 2016 Tuesday

5:47AM Phil
We did get home, easy drive!  Had a relaxing holiday.

Looking forward to being home the rest of the year.  My brother and I are doing a weight loss challenge. Loser has to wear a speedo on the beach for the day next year.  I’m thinking we are both gonna get skinny. Have a great week!

5:52AM Sassy
Wow!  You two are so funny.  
Have a terrific Tuesday!  
I’m off work, headed out to Wellesley midday to pick up a friend after her colonoscopy.

11:14AM Sassy
Flooding in Fayetteville… wow.  Hurricane Matthew did a job on NC.  

Caught on video: Mom and baby saved from flooded car in Fayetteville

http://wncn.com/2016/10/08/caught-on-video-mom-and-baby-saved-during-fayetteville-flooding/
11:23AM Sassy

Dramatic photos out of NC.  Flooding way inland.  Our family is fine, just without power for the third day with no fix in sight. Neighbors helping each other, lots of barbecues to cook melting food

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/hurricane-matthew-powerful-atlantic-storm/28/

File this under “why we can’t have my Uncle’s memorial service this weekend.”

1:33PM Sassy
Lost – 2 hours, $139. 

Gained – new car battery. 
Thanks AAA. Whee.
1:35PM Sassy
Finally made it to Olive Garden!  Came out with my friend from her test – car wouldn’t start.  ARGH!  Sat in the parking lot of the clinic for two hours.  
3:28PM Sassy
Foliage! 
7:33PM Sassy
Another tasty dinner at Jimmy’s Steer House in Arlington!  I adore their baked scrod.  
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Holiday Lunch

October 10, 2016 Monday
10:24AM Sassy
What a difference a day makes! 
It’s beautiful out there today!  
Gonna make the best of the holiday! 
4:31PM Sassy

A delightful lunch at CK Pearl along the Essex River on a beautiful, chilly fall afternoon

Essex River
Essex marina
Essex River
Clam chowder with fried clams and pork belly
Hubby’s tomato soup
Shrimp cocktail
Hubby’s fish and chips
Hunters platter. The foie gras pate was soooo tasty!
Ingredients for the Hunters platter
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Mexican meal

October 9, 2016 Sunday
10:06PM Sassy
You make it home?

1:42PM Sassy
Pouring rain today. We need it but…yuck!
2:18PM Sassy

Rain pushing the baseball playoff game to tomorrow. Phew.

8:10PM Sassy
Delightful Mexican dinner at La Posada in Arlington

Guacamole made table side
 with fresh tortilla chips, mango aquas frescas and lime Jarrito sofa
Sopa Azteca – spicy tomato chicken broth 
with avocado and tortilla chips
Asada puerco – pork, potaoes in chile sauce 
with tice, refried beans and tortillas
Callitos -scallops in a bacon cream sauce
Festive interior
Flan
Churros with caramel and vanilla ice cream
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To post pussy or not?

October 8, 2016 Saturday
8:03AM Sassy
Good morning kid!
9:45AM Phil
Goooood morning! 
Finished at the gym. Now for steak and eggs!
7:34AM Sassy
Good morning!  How was the mountain?

7:35AM Phil
She was good! Mountain was fun. Heading south

7:36AM Sassy
Yay!  Hope the trip is easy.
Great to see you dancing.

12:15PM Sassy
To post or not post the word pussy?  Interesting article about how media outlets are using or censoring the latest scandal’s key word.

The ‘p-word’ problem

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Beautiful Beach Day

October 7, 2016 Friday
8:40AM Sassy
Good morning kid!
11:53AM Sassy
Heading to the beach.  Wish you could go and hold my hand.
1:11PM Phil
Awwww, have fun!

1:13PM Sassy
Out and about in Gloucester on a beautiful fall day!  Started with a luscious lobster lunch at Lobsta Land!!

Lobster chowder
Hubby’s french onion soup
Coconut shrimp with salad
Hubby’s BLT
Paella with mussels, shrimp, clams, sausage and lobster!
1:15PM Phil
3:15PM Sassy

Marshall’s Farm stand, Gloucester decorated for Halloween!


4:15PM Sassy
Waves, doggies, sand, sun and a lighthouse! Oh my!

Wonderful walk on Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester