
Many of us, myself included, come from a dysfunctional family which adds a lot of weight to the challenges of caregiving. I have read stores on various threads on other topics and decided it would be good to have a thread just for this topic for people to share, vent and discuss.
The idea for this thread originated on the thread named "The Caregiver....How are YOU doing today?"
Upsetsister, Credit goes to SharynMarie who first made the lumpia, and Bookluvr who taught about the banana lumpia with passion! Grandchildren showing up, sounds like you and your home are blessed.
Always nice to have new ideas to cook! It's "What's for dinner?".
Shopped last night, it was late, got some raspberries on sale, and hubs was late for work this morning after a schedule change, again. But we are doing great! I think.
They will be blessed to have you!
On a Saturday....hmmmm.....will this be for hosting a cooking show maybe?
Today I booked a 5 day trip for my husband to go and visit his brother, as he has been pressuring him to do so, and is now using the excuse that he cannot drive or fly here, as he has not 1 but 3 Anurisms in his Abdomen, and will soon be scheduled for the surgical repair of the within the next few weeks.
Sending husband off to visit him will pre-empt him from showing up on our doorstep, as he has been threatening to, and us here in the middle of renovations, that is the last thing we need!
My husband's brother is the type of person who would show, be broke, and unable to go home without a "loan" to get back home, and "loans" are something he Never Repays, IYKWIM!
Hubby is hoping to take a suitcase of things of my FIL's, which he thinks he might want, including family pictures, and a watch he intended for him you recieve. Hubby will also give him his Inheritance monies, and a copy of his Will, so there will be No misunderstandings of his intentions.
Hopefully this visit on November 6th through the 10th, will get him off our backs for awhile, as he seems to be suffering from guilt and grief from his Dad's passing. Hubby has told him there's no need for the guilt, and can hopefully help him through this, all the while keeping him from invading our space, I hope, I hope! There is really nothing here for him, and we don't really want him around our kids and Grandies, for obvious reasons.
These 5 days will be the first time that I've been alone, all by myself in a Long, Long time, and I'm kinda looking forward to relaxing! I intend on spending time with my daughter, and my sisters, and having hubby out of my hair should be interesting!
I've got some cardiac studies coming up to rule out anything in that department, and by the time they are completed, I'm hoping that my stress levels will have returned to normal! I'm still not sure why this is happening to me, but I have good days and bad days, so hopefully those nasty symptoms are on there way out! I'm just not good with longstanding stressful symptoms! Grrr!
Hope you All are doing well, and remember to take care of you!
INGREDIENTS
Banana Lumpia
8 square spring roll wrappers
4 ripe bananas or plantains
1 cup light brown sugar
Water for sealing wrappers
Vegetable oil
INSTRUCTIONS
Slice bananas into quarters, and roll the pieces in the brown sugar.
Place 1-2 slices on one bottom corner of a wrapper, roll, fold, and seal. Repeat the process.
Heat enough vegetable oil to fill a pan halfway. Fry the lumpia until golden brown on one side, flip and sprinkle a little brown sugar on top. Cook the other side until golden brown, flip and sprinkle the brown sugar on top again.
Place on paper towels to absorb excess oil.
Serve alone or with ice cream.
No worries....
My Filipino neighbor gave us limpia as he said a goodbye and returned to his homeland.
The lumpia was good! Thin long roll with something inside, like a vegetable paste +.
Although I could not say what the difference was from 'egg rolls', the egg rolls are different. The egg rolls are shorter, fatter, more layered roll, vegetable rougher consistency vegetables.
What I am trying to say is, Lumpia by any other name is not really Lumpia.
What do you think, Sharyn, since you can cook them?
Oops, did I also misspell LIMPIA or LUMPIA? It is spelled Lumpia.
So, what kind of lumpia did you make? The veggie one? Or the one with beef in it? Now, you have me craving the Filipino banana lumpia. If you’ve never tried this, oh, I strongly recommend it!!!
Dd was in tears when she arrived, she went on a big rant/vent and I just listened. Then I took the boys outside so she could get herself together again. I remember how stressful/challenging raising kids was, but I didn’t have twins.
We got the lumpia rolled and I fried it all. We split it up and she was ready to go home . She thanked me for doing most of the lumpia and I gave her a hug and told her she is a great mom, don’t ever doubt you are not.
It is so hard raising kids when you have a hubs who works the hours dd’s hubs works.
My message is to caregivers, (((hugs))) you are doing a great job and don’t doubt yourself!
Sharyn, that's exactly it. All I want is a little moral support from my mother, but she doesn't understand or cannot provide.
Upset, I don’t think there is a Y in the area but will google. I have the holidays to look forward to because our son is coming here the day after Christmas. I’m not sure if his wife is coming this time but it will be great to spend time with him.
Stacy, How exciting - buying new furniture and decorating. Have fun - you deserve it! Hoping to do some of that when the additions are finished on my house and we move back there. Kid friendly furniture though or maybe new slipcovers. PJ thinks my LR furniture is too girly.
I'm not sleeping well either. I fell on the steps at the post office yesterday - slick, granite steps that are well worn. Raining and I was trying to hurry to the car. Fell flat on my butt. Anyway, about 1:00 am I started having pain in my left left hip, ankle and knee. Took some ibuprofen - hope that helps a little.
Have apologized to others privately, and will continue to do so.
Have appreciated Golden's reminder about the AC guidelines.
Have apologized to Glad. And to others who would like me to apologize privately.
Have apologized to DDDuck, she did not deserve what I had said in anger.
I made a horrible mistake, I am sorry.
Others have understood, but not taken sides for or against any issues.
Does anyone want to continue to rake me over the coals?
Or, now, to take it out on Ali, an innocent bystander, making her the scapegoat for a valid opinion?
Or, to upset the forum members further?
Making this an ongoing issue, a real division and dispute?
I have asked the admins to remove my post twice by reporting myself.
It will not happen again, because I don't read DDDuck, except in passing, saw my name mentioned. Please allow me to apologize further to her in private.
So very sorry to have offended everyone.
ETA: I deleted some stuff from my previous post. Glad, I'm sorry for my comment. I don't know what else to say. Talk about "do as I say, not as I do"... I can be a real hypocrite sometimes. The only person's actions on AC that I need to be monitoring as within guidelines or not, bullying or not, are my own.