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Where is everybody? Has anyone discovered a new 'treat' beverage, perhaps over 4th of July or Labor Day ?
My husband and I were traveling recently and had the benefit of a large porch/balcony at the Crater National Park Lodge - with rocking chairs overlooking the magnificent lake. On a particular warm afternoon, I decided to have something different than my usual water from my hiking bottle. I asked for a glass of cranberry juice with ice. I know, it was no big deal! However it must have looked good with those little stir sticks because a woman sitting near me couldn't decide on a beverage to order from the bar. She walked over to me and asked what I was drinking! I don't know what she ordered, but I felt rather proud of my choice 😎
-With Summer and outdoor events coming to an end, I am thinking about tea, cider, or "I don't know - What would be your choice of a special occasion comfort beverage?
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Hi Rosemary! This drinking conversation came at a good time for me, so thank you. As you may remember, I was pre-qualified for a double lung transplant. I am still not in bad enough shape to get 'listed' yet, but, the time is drawing near. My bloodwork revealed that I was an above average drinker (heavy drinker), and this shocked me into quitting altogether. I had never considered myself to be a heavy drinker because I did not drink myself into drunkeness. I was raised in the South where we had Happy Hour every night; just one glass of wine, sometimes two, or a one high-ball. I have found that my drinking just before dinnertime had changed from a social thing to a necessary thing for me as my disease worsened. I would be so exhausted by 5 pm that I could barely get through cooking dinner. A glass of wine would help to take the exhausted feeling away long enough for me to cook and clean up. My daughter's boyfriend is a wine rep, so he brings delicious wines to our house (which doesn't help). Anyway, I have quit the alcohol altogether recently. As for a substitute 'adult beverage', I am not interested. I was more into the beverage helping me to unwind or take the edge off of exhaustion; not for the flavor. I have now resigned myself that I now have limitations and my husband and daughter now have to pick up the slack. My beverage schedule was 2 cups of coffee in the morning, water all day, a glass (or two) of wine at 5. Now, it is just the coffee and water and occasional fruit juice. Sounds boring, but, beverages never excited me; only food!
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I love that picture with your hiking boots!
Cranberry juice, or apple cranberry juice with a splash of Sprite, over ice. My fall back is crushed ice and water. For the cooler months, a cup of flavored tea that usually has cinnamon in it. The aroma is warming in itself!
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