ha ha - well, here in Australia we are the opposite! It's hello to rocket (arugula?) and lettuce and spinach picked from the garden, and peaches and nectarines just starting to appear in the shops ... Tomatoes starting to ripen on the vine, corn and melon seeds being planted - oh it's a wonderful time of year!
But I know that when summer comes (December onwards) it'll be too hot to be doing much gardening except for early morning/evenings, so have to make the most of it while I can ...
I looked at your three recipes and they all sound like something I'd like to try if they're not too difficult. Hey did you say the temperature is in the low 80s? Harumph. We out here in New England are sitting here in sweat pants and sweat shirts (with the hood up) because we don't want to turn on the heat! One of these days I might have to move. When I come visit for that cup of tea with PJ maybe you won't be able to kick me out.
Susie, I see that I will have to make a trip to Australia to get a decent tomato. Doesn't quite fit in with my local produce philosophy, but I could combine the tomato hunt with a visit to a former "cell mate."
Ronni, I'll be trying these recipes soon, and if they're easy I'll write about them. I have no interest in the complicated. Sweat pants? Geesh. No wonder all the food bloggers have turned to comfort food.
Cute about the guest who came for tea but didn't leave. : )
My team at the City of Hope decided to bring out the big guns - six rounds of Hyper CVAD followed by an autologous stem cell transplant. I bounced back after each round of chemo, but my blood counts didn't.
After four rounds we called chemo quits and started collecting stem cells for the auto stem cell transplant. The harvesting took three tries, two drugs and eight weeks, but I finally eked out the minimum two million stem cells.
After megadoses of chemo, I received my stem cells on November 14 and 15, 2007. I bounced back almost immediately. Best of all, I achieved complete remission from the Mantle Cell Lymphoma.
In January 2008, I was hospitalized for 11 days for chemo-induced pneumonia. I bounced back.
In the summer of 2008, my eosinophils (a component of the white blood cells) rose to dangerous levels and infiltrated my lungs and GI tract. My weight dropped to 105 pounds, and I was incapacitated for nearly three months. Once again, I bounced back.
I continue to make monthly visits to the City of Hope for blood tests and check ups, quarterly visits for maintenance Rituxan and semi-annual visits for scans.
I'm still in remission and have more energy than ever. And about that perfect purse? I keep looking.
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ha ha - well, here in Australia we are the opposite! It's hello to rocket (arugula?) and lettuce and spinach picked from the garden, and peaches and nectarines just starting to appear in the shops ... Tomatoes starting to ripen on the vine, corn and melon seeds being planted - oh it's a wonderful time of year!
But I know that when summer comes (December onwards) it'll be too hot to be doing much gardening except for early morning/evenings, so have to make the most of it while I can ...
I looked at your three recipes and they all sound like something I'd like to try if they're not too difficult. Hey did you say the temperature is in the low 80s? Harumph. We out here in New England are sitting here in sweat pants and sweat shirts (with the hood up) because we don't want to turn on the heat! One of these days I might have to move. When I come visit for that cup of tea with PJ maybe you won't be able to kick me out.
Susie, I see that I will have to make a trip to Australia to get a decent tomato. Doesn't quite fit in with my local produce philosophy, but I could combine the tomato hunt with a visit to a former "cell mate."
Ronni, I'll be trying these recipes soon, and if they're easy I'll write about them. I have no interest in the complicated. Sweat pants? Geesh. No wonder all the food bloggers have turned to comfort food.
Cute about the guest who came for tea but didn't leave. : )
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