And boy did we have a great visit! It was so good to see Peppi and her Father again. Charles had a meeting on Wednesday and we decided to go to Chi Town and visit with family and friends while we were there. I won't bore you with the details but needless to say we enjoyed the friends and family tremendously. Shopping was great too. Meal Peppi prepared for us: Ceaser salad Onions And Mushrooms still steaming for Steaks Beautiful Steak and Baked Potato Fuzzy Charming Dad Perfect Peppi Tasty Apricot Tart Here's your piece with Whipped Cream Thank you Peppi and Dad for a wonderful evening. It will be one that Charles and I will not soon forget. Your home is so warm and inviting...just seemed a perfect evening. I apologize for making this short but I had a small eye procedure yesterday afternoon. The peepers aren't working well:-) Peppi and I were able to get together on Tuesday evening at McCormick and Schmits. YUMMMMMMY!! I'll soon download those pics and post next week.

Awwww, thanks for all your nice comments! Although our MBR and bath are done in a romantic style, it's fun to bring that into another part of our home, if only for a couple of weeks each February (and at Christmas, too). Artlover: I'm an art lover, too! I'll be looking for your After pics of the remodel someday soon. Oopsie: that's an interesting bit of info I'll definitely use. I've gotten in the habit over the years, of putting the veggies in front, in hopes my kids will eat them without my constant reminders ;^D They're older now, so no need for that anymore (LOL)! Red, thanks . . . it's always great hearing from you! V-rn: I know!!! And all that time you were wondering WHY they were trying to take away your full plates of food! I'll be chuckling about that all morning . . . too funny! Jlc, yes, it does pay off ;^D None of these recipes comes from her, but Rachel Ray has a lot of good dinner menus that don't take a lot of time ~ or a gazillion pans! Md: actually, isn't "bream" some kind of ocean life that certain whales eat? Plankton? Hmmmm, it sounds familiar, but "my bream" is, sadly, only too fast typing by someone who never learned how to type in the first place (ROFLAO!) Lynn

It has a very nice blend of flavors, Glenda. Nothing is too over-powering. We're having the leftovers tonight.

I think a lot of possibilities have been brought up and I wouldn't know how you could narrow it down. I just hope it doesn't happen again. You mentioned watery diarrhea. My son is allergic to peanuts and his reactions have been gastrointestinal. I didn't know he was reacting at the time but in hindsight, after learning a few things about allergic reactions, I should have been tipped off because of the consistency of the vomit and diarrhea. It was very liquidy. At the time, I couldn't understand where it was all coming from since usually a child will only vomit what he has in his stomach but in an allergic reaction, your body keeps producing more of something (histamines???) and this is what was coming out of Nick. So based on the timing and the consistency of the diarrhea, I don't think you can rule out some type of allergic reaction.