Food with Attitude!

5 F here cold waiting for the snow storm

How much snow are you supposed to get there?

They are calling for 2 to 5 inches here.

It's coming down steadily and the temp has dropped to 24 F.

The Wx report reads it will all turn to rain and be gone by evening.

I don't believe it.

My backyard now...

https://imgur.com/DgSGu6Z

Last Edited by Louis in Richmond on 01/16/2022 01:16 PM

So pretty and peaceful looking :)

Thank you!

'Still falling, temp 25 F, here's the front yard (oops about the window reflection)...

https://imgur.com/9w43EGs

Fuck yeah out in the middle of noware everyones dream

get stronger man get those legs workin

Darn straight I'm gonna get 'em moving again.

I've a much smaller area to mow, despite so much more land, so I'll be able to get what was my weekly five mile 'therapy walking' at the old home going again here.

If I can get the WX station panel working that my cat knocked off-line when he had a spas attack, and knocked it across the room, I'll get it back online and add a WX link to my signature.

I dunno what the fuck that means man But good luck with it all get some food in to you too

Your new house has excellent scenery! I love it!

Good idea. 'Need to figure out what dinner will be. I was leaning toward a sammich and some type of pasta salad.

Mrs. spent $20 and bought five pasta salads, and then put the bag they were in on the kitchen floor when she got home with the groceries.

We found them the next day, unchilled, and forgotten on the floor twelve hours after I asked her if there was anything in the bags that needs in the 'fridge or freezer and she replied no. I put them in the 'fridge but just now today they are swollen and all spoiled as there are no preservatives in the ones we buy.

She also killed $100 dollars worth of frozen items she left out forgotten after I asked if I needed to put any items up.

So far only breakfast Saturday morning.

Dinner yesterday was a stupid fight because she likes to make my life hell. I made the mistake of texting her, politely asking she please move a one pound package of Italian sausage from the freezer to the 'fridge so I could include it in a cooked manicotti and cheese dish for dinner.

Five hours later I came home and said I'd be starting the dinner and asked where the thawed sausage was.

Her reply was that there is already thawed breakfast sausage in the 'fridge and she wouldn't eat it in manicotti.

I completely lost it and she got every bit of anger I have suppressed towards her constant disregard of whatever I ask for months--I told her I asked she thaw Italian Sausage and that only an idiot would think I wanted to put breakfast links in an Italian dinner.

Eventually she finally left the room in tears, thank God. Sadly she came back to it today.

I refuse to cook her any meals until she pulls her head out of her ass and stops being such an inconsiderate person as this is a multiple times weekly thing, I give simple instructions and she deliberately won't follow them even if I write them.

She won't be getting any cooking from me and is on her own for meals; I will only purchase food I like without regard of her. It's what she wants or she would not be deliberately dismissive, her taking the attitude of "F*ck that, it's something he wants, so I will do not do it or will do something entirely unrelated to what he asked."

Since I'm paying the bills and she has no income, she'll now need to learn to eat corned beef on pumpernickel and Asian food, her preferences are no longer a consideration to me from her choices by her actions.

She said she'll starve.

I replied "Yes, you will."

I have no ideas how to motivate her to not be selfish and to be considerate of others. All I can do is make her life miserable if she is not.

Last Edited by Louis in Richmond on 01/16/2022 03:42 PM

Louis you need to watch her like a child don't listen to anything she says if the bag is on the floor check it next time

And ignore her she says something don't even listen she will learn really quick How much she needs you

Pretty snow!

We converted scraps to soft tacos for lunch after finding all the fixing in their 4th year of expiration. LOL Mexican food is always better after the expiration date. Then went to cut the pop-up cilantro in the back patio cracks. Split a beer, perfect cold day lunch. More people have been exposed to covid this week. Am being supportive for new widow cuntry woman. It ain't easy for her, I remember.

Everyone stay healthy. Please!

Thank you.

She won't learn however. Hence my decision to make anything good in her life here, including meals she likes, and her truck payment, all dependent upon her not being selfish and inconsiderate. Or her screwing up with the frozen and refrigerated foods which she now does regularly.

It is not accidental, it is deliberate confrontation she craves and she'll not find it here, only being ignored from now on.

You as well

Just checking in on you guys.
Louis, your imgur videos are beautiful.

So beautiful!

Wow, 20 degree difference! It's in the 50s down here. Ut rained last night, but cleared up.

Thank you. I wish my life here was as beautiful.

She has a three foot pile of dirty dishes in each side of the kitchen sink to give her an excuse for not cooking a meal.

They are all going into a large trash bag on the floor. 'Not too concerned about gentleness as they go in either.

I need to wash a skillet, pan and lid, and some utensils so I may cook a dinner for myself.

Something I will enjoy.

You're the boss Louis, you need to show her you are.
Other people would have left her or kicked her out by now.

Make what you want for dinner. If she asks for some, I would just tell her that hers is in the bag she left on the floor.

Or play her game - tell her you'll make it later. But later never comes.

U

Its 46 now and looks like we are getting round two, wind is really picking up and starting to rain now.

I understand: "Free Dinner and Wine Tomorrow".

Tomorrow never comes.



She heard the racket from my clearing the sink, returned to the kitchen, found a shattered plate, and is now washing some dishes.

I wish Draconian Measures were not necessary in dealing with her.

I hated those plates anyway!



30 F here, snow has stopped and we only have about one inch.

Bummer--I wanted two feet.

Last Edited by Louis in Richmond on 01/16/2022 05:03 PM

I wish I could cook for my husband. He has a feeding tube.

I miss cooking for more than just me. It's why I come on this thread--to get me to try to cook which I do sometimes as y'all have seen. But I'm the only one who eats whatever it is, and I hate to waste food....

Tell her to count her blessings.

Thank you for your kindness, and understanding of the frustration this causes.

Since she started washing dishes I was able to set the clothes washer and dryer in place and connect the dryer power and vent instead.

I still need to connect the water to both of them and affix the washer drain line to the drain so it doesn't jump out and flood the kitchen when a drain cycle runs. There were rubber hoses connected to the water connections I removed as they are supposed to be stainless steel, and I brought the metal hoses I have with the appliances.

Raining here with ice presently.

I always love reading this thread, but am sorry if it feels intrusive to post about this. Only caring thoughts....

I get the feeling that Mrs. Louis isn't leaving food to ruin on purpose. It could be a sign of something going on with her health. Kindness and patience might be what's needed now. And a check up with the Dr.

I am feeling a bit guilty--I might be being too harsh...'

Has Mrs. had any symptoms or evidence of covid? Could it have been a case of brain fog that she left the stuff out to spoil? Any other signs of forgetfulness? I was raised by a mom who was a child of the depression who drilled into me that you never waste food....I would be sooooo upset if I left something out and it spoiled...that's just me, though....

I mentioned that my hubs decided it was okay to let the cat out while I was work and I had no idea what caused it to get sick with kidney failure....he's terribly sorry that it happened now...tbh that's only the tip of the iceberg of what I have dealt with over the years....

He's dependent on me now and I have done my utmost to forgive the things he's done through the years....I am not perfect by any means but I stuck with him (I guess because I am the product of a divorce--and I was not going to do that to our daughter)...

there's so much more I could write but I don't want to dredge up the past...so here's two pictures I meant to post last week...

https://imgur.com/a/idRHFiU

the gingerbread I deliberately underbaked because I like it soft...I had them with some cream cheese that I sweetened with confectioners' sugar (not pictured)

the pizza was put-together using buffalo mozzarella that was one day past the expiration; a pre-made crust and some sauce in a jar--I actually made two since there were two crusts in the package and froze the other....

Glad you're getting settled in....

I appreciate your kind thoughts and prayers, Louis (on prayer thread)

hope you two can work things out...

No COVID, and she took Ivermectin when I was ill with something, never fevered, or loss of smell or taste.

I think this is just how she is.

Even seventeen years ago when we moved to our previous house, she was bringing things to the home with her brother in a truck and I had a lawn mower at the home we were moving from that I was using for parts.

All I needed was the handle and pull rope from it and they were the last two parts I needed, and I asked she bring it.

So she did not bring it on the trip I was expecting it and on her next trip which was to the dump she had her brother throw it in the trash.

Those are not accidents, she does it to confound me and to frustrate me.



I am getting settled in. You were not harsh at all. It is what it is.

I'll cook a dinner and will share pics but really don't care if she will eat it. My patience is at an end. Making this better is up to her.

Until she does I will ignore her and go behind her for every single task she does, making sure she sees that I do and if she asks, explaining that I must do it because she cannot be depended upon to do anything correctly.

'Not cruel, just the truth since my tolerance of her abuse has run out.

Last Edited by Louis in Richmond on 01/16/2022 08:06 PM

As planned.

Manicotti, Italian sausage, spaghetti sauce, Ricotta, Parmesan, and Provolone cheeses. Garlic buttered Italian bread, and salad with ranch dressing, but only because she threw away my bottle of Italian dressing because she doesn't use it and it took up space in the 'fridge.

I can't make this stuff up and am unequipped to deal with it.

https://imgur.com/JiIHQU5

Sounds like a Feast!
Is that one of the plates you don't like?

A wonderful dinner for you at least!