My new lil Sis Zengal79 sent me the F'in Awesome Candle after I sent her a 2023 Hawaii Calendar🗓️ Mahalo nui loa, me ke Aloha Pumehana
It's Mardi Gras, so I did a Jambalaya with Andouille, crawfish, chicken, and shrimp.
The local liquor store had Abita Amber Lager from New Orleans 😂
Did a 5k tonight for the that sweet medal
Laissez les bons temps rouler
Let the Good times roll
QoL to the Max y'all 💙
Randy
Love how much care and thought you put into what you do. Keep it up and thank you for being you. Always wishing you the best!
Looks awesome Doc. If you can't go to New Orleans, bring Mardi Gras to you. Hope you had some Trombone Shorty playing (or some throwback Dixieland).
Love jambalaya, but I worked in Natchitoches, LA, and I got addicted to the crawfish pies. Mais yeah!
Yea, I totally forgot it was Mardi Gras and rushed over to Walmart for the items, and it was packed as the snow storm that may dump 18 inches in town is making people go crazy and buy up provisions. I told my Alexa to play Mardi Gras music whilst cooking 
I have enough leftovers for two more dinners, and still have 4 Abita Amber Lagers
QoL on
that’s looks and sounds great. I’m coming right over to raid your fridge .
I wanted to order some of that “ green, purple, yellow , white “ icing King Cake again this year ( Amazon ) but everyone was saying it was arriving all smushed. I usually order a couple every year , …. I think Trader Joe’s has some of that crawfish and shrimp jambalaya in the freezer section … based on your post Im going down and get some. We have a big box of necklaces, carved coconut skill faces , masks etc. that the hammer usually decorates the house with but haven’t last couple of years tho. All these caught from parade floats, I have a hefty collection of Mardi Gras coins , some in picture.
You have sparked me into some ( belated ) Mardi Gras action buddy. It’s freaking amazing how many things we have in common. Perking up , ready to go ….
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Wow, that's a wonderful Mardi Gras collection!! I knew that Walmart had crawfish tails, andoillle sausage, they were low on chicken as the anxious residents were stocking up for the Snow Storm.
Yay for my QoL to spark you to do a Belated Mardi Gras feast and so glad that you're feeling well enough to venture out shopping.
The Universe (Karma/Higher Power) has aligned us to meet Bruddah Kal.
Ya never know who one could come across on your Journey.
I got a msg the other day via HU Chat and it said that after partner's PCa diagnosis, Life felt Gloomy/Dark and then saw QoL posts that gave an energy to preserve Life, a good life lesson despite the adversity, to keep living.
Chardi Kala all day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charh...
Cosmic babeee
Love you my Bruddah Kal
people say that food is the path to the soul. Like you mention, I’ve also seen how your food and especially combined with your travel exploits help other people on the group buddy. Certainly a terminal cancer groups’ nature IS gloomy and dark, your energetic and upbeat QOL posts help balance out the gloom….. I’ve seen those posts that say so as well … definitely helpful. since we’re all going to be on here anyway waiting for that miracle cure, it’s good to see some upbeat posts help perk things up. I’d be the first to admit that upbeat , positive oriented fun helps me .
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This is from that same person above on HU chat:Clarissa Pinkola Estes:
“I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories from your life--not someone else's life--water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. That is the work. The only work.”
(Which I think you have been doing , Randy)
QoL on forever Bruddahs
Randy 💙
beautiful thought and I agree with her, you do’in it bro !!! So …….now where did you put that snow shovel . lol
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And another quote via HU Chat from the same well read person "Living a self-conscious life, under the pressure of time, I work with the consciousness of death at my shoulder, not constantly, but often enough to leave a mark upon all my life's decisions and actions. And it does not matter whether this death comes next week or thirty years from now, this consciousness gives my life another breadth. It helps shape the words I speak, the way I love, my politics of action, the strength of my vision and purpose, the depth of my appreciation of living."
Audre Lorde
The second line is queuing up behind me
lol ….. Randy’s creativity and diversity related to his being a foodie is amazing. It’s hard to grasp how he stays so thin, …. all that exercise must really pay off.
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I know. I’ve put on 15 pounds just looking at the food porn you two eat
yayahahahaya yayahahahaya ❤️❤️❤️
Been hit and miss for many years cooking since I was in College in the 70s. My Mom handwrote recipes for me to take to College Then when there were kiddos at home. So, back then meals could be Chinese - Beef Broccoli noodles, American - T bones with shrooms and asparagus, Cajun - Rabbit Gumbo, Hawaiian - BBQ Pork in slow cooker with Spam MusubiJapanese - Ramen with Teri Beef Skewers, Korean - Kalbi short ribs with the side dishes
Mexican - Chicken Fajitas with black beans and Mex Rice
Puerto Rican - Lechon slow roasted pork with Tostones
Plus I watch cooking shows and that's why I did that osso buco a couple of weeks ago 😜
After my Mom in Law passed in 88, I took over Turkey Day and Christmas 🎄🦃
and ………. Spam and pineapple pizza …… master chef gourmet. 😁😁😁😁😁
I'm down for that - Spam/Pineapple pizza is gonna be my next QoL food post
The Conqueror Challenge Virtual Hikes and now the May 28 miler for Make A Wish has got me getting out. Went out at lunch and it was 28 out with light snow coming down
Let it snow
WOW looks like you woke up on a different planet.
Not quite Ice Planet Hoth❄️😂youtu.be/P6vX_seiEds
cringeworthy to say the least … but you need the water and everything will go back to toasty high desert b4 too long. That white stuff is dramatic tho …. Yikes.
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Take a number 😂
love ya back buddy ❤️❤️❤️
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