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Well, at least we agree on something.
How did you manage that?Before four years ago I'd never had turkey. Trying it was a godsend. Of all meats, turkey gives me the least amount of digestive problems.
My first memories of turkey are associated with Christmas, when I was maybe 4 or 5 years old. Turkey on Christmas Eve with my dad's parents, turkey for dinner and supper on Christmas Day with one of my mom's grandmothers, turkey for Thanksgiving, some years we had turkey at Easter...
It got to the point where I absolutely hated turkey. Although I will admit that turkey and lettuce sandwiches aren't bad, as long as the turkey isn't too dry. I've come to like it again, if it's my choice to eat it. I've got several turkey TV dinners in the freezer.
But at one point I finally put my foot down with my grandparents about holiday dinners. I informed my grandmother that the world would not come to an end if we had chicken or pizza or Chinese food instead.
I keep wanting to flick your cat avatar's tongue to get him/her to retract it. Your cat has been sticking its tongue out at everyone for days, and that's rude.
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My family wasn't keen on a diverse palate and they didn't celebrate any holidays except Christmas. And for Christmas, it was a baked ham if we were good. Usually it was just a "special" lunch, though, which in our family was just meat salad and rolled up deli ham with egg in it.
The only meats I was allowed to eat outside of holidays were ground beef and, for sandwiches, bologna or mac & cheese loaf. So no chicken, or salami, or turkey, or what-have-you. When I turned 18 I just didn't see a point in trying it. But after turning 20 and moving across the country, and going through a long bout of antibiotics, my digestive system was shot and I was having a lot of issues eating food. The only meat that didn't cause distress was turkey, and that's remained mostly true to this day as well.
What about fish?
I guess my only issue with turkey is that I find it very dry in comparison to chicken. I've enjoyed chicken all my life, in a variety of ways (btw, turkey pie is good; have you tried that?), and love fish, particularly salmon.
Now that I have *some* sort of disposable income from a full-time albeit minimum wage job that consumes 40 hours of my week but is mercifully close to my new rented home, I find I want to do about a million things at once and not having the time nor money nor energy to pursue them all to any adequate degree, and it's stressing me out.
I want to get better at drawing, I want to study GIS, I want to start gardening, I want to read more, I want to catch up with old friends and meet new ones, I want to help out my parents, I want to start a podcast, I want to play games that have been on my wishlist forever, I want to cook more, I want to taste more of other people's cooking, I want to travel, and I want to clean up my new home and my new computer and keep everything reasonably organised.
The trouble is I have problem breaking all the big projects I want to do down into smaller manageable everyday goals. I'm trying, but with drawing for example, I try to do it everyday but I look at how I draw now and how I want to be drawing and I think "how the heck do I get myself to where I want to be when I'm this bad at it". It's hard not to get discouraged.
I want to get better at drawing, I want to study GIS, I want to start gardening, I want to read more, I want to catch up with old friends and meet new ones, I want to help out my parents, I want to start a podcast, I want to play games that have been on my wishlist forever, I want to cook more, I want to taste more of other people's cooking, I want to travel, and I want to clean up my new home and my new computer and keep everything reasonably organised.
The trouble is I have problem breaking all the big projects I want to do down into smaller manageable everyday goals. I'm trying, but with drawing for example, I try to do it everyday but I look at how I draw now and how I want to be drawing and I think "how the heck do I get myself to where I want to be when I'm this bad at it". It's hard not to get discouraged.
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what about sushi?Fish can be hit-or-miss. Any breading or pan-frying and I'm out. But a baked fish with minimal seasoning is good!
I've only ever had beef pies. They're alright, although usually I find myself wanting more of what's inside the crust instead.
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Maybe you will never get exactly to that point where you want to be. Or maybe you will get even further. The only way to know is drawing a lot, every day, learning of the best and enjoying the it.
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Sushi/sashimi is good!
A little dill is all it needs. And if the cook is skilled enough and the fish is fresh, you wouldn't need any at all.
I like beef stew, but not beef pie. Chicken and turkey pies are good, though. Of course the kind of veggies included makes a difference.I've only ever had beef pies. They're alright, although usually I find myself wanting more of what's inside the crust instead.
It sounds like you're trying to do too much, too fast.
It helps to break things down into long, medium, and short-term goals, as well as concrete ones and open-ended ones.
"I will plant a garden" is a concrete goal. "I will get better at drawing" is an open-ended goal.
Planting a garden depends on the season and weather and if you have a place to put a garden. It's something that takes prep work, to make sure the soil is worked and suitable for what you want to plant.
Obviously some things should be done every day. Other things can be done 2-3 times/week, and other things weekly.
Since creativity can't be scheduled, I would suggest that you don't force yourself to draw if you don't feel like it that particular day, unless you're doing drawing exercises (kind of like how music students have to practice scales every day), but keep your drawing materials handy for times when inspiration strikes and says, "Draw!".
And keep in mind: If you know more than you did the day before, you haven't failed. If you're farther along on a project than you were the day before, you haven't failed.
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Fish can be hit-or-miss. Any breading or pan-frying and I'm out. But a baked fish with minimal seasoning is good!
I've only ever had beef pies. They're alright, although usually I find myself wanting more of what's inside the crust instead.
Smoke Salmon & Deep fried fish
I do prefer Battered over breaded
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My mother was incontinent tonight. She got significant quantities of poop all over her legs, her bed sheets, and the mattress protector under the sheets. I managed to put on clean sheets (while my dad helped her shower) but we don't have time to clean the mattress protector before she goes back to bed, and I think she has used up the last of the adult diapers, so if this happens again it may ruin the mattress itself. I hope the towel we put under her works well enough in case she needs it.
Her therapists did not show up for most of their appointments last week.
She had mostly been doing well for the past week, but for the past couple days there was huge difference in the blood pressure when measured from her left or right arm. Her endocrinologist and general practitioner both say we need to talk to her cardiologist about that.
edit: She is back in the shower again, after having another accident all over herself while trying to dry her hair.
Her therapists did not show up for most of their appointments last week.
She had mostly been doing well for the past week, but for the past couple days there was huge difference in the blood pressure when measured from her left or right arm. Her endocrinologist and general practitioner both say we need to talk to her cardiologist about that.
edit: She is back in the shower again, after having another accident all over herself while trying to dry her hair.
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