Got the cool mist vaporizer up and running, and I put a bowl of water out - just to try to get some humidity into the air. I need to water my plants, too. There’s only 35% humidity in the house, and it feels it. My skin is so dry and my hair is electric. ugh.
Wonder if it’d help to leave some water in the bathtub??
Stoopit winter.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ on a cold mornin’. Low of 18 Amurrkin. Around these parts thats super cold.
Speakin’ of lasagna, I must say I can make a nummy lasagna. Rebo ain’t nuttin’ wrong with Stouffer’s. That’s the usual lasagna served in da cave. Yesterday’s homemade was due to me havin’ the day off. Plus, we got a call last night for an invite to dindin tonight. A friend is makin’ homemade lasagna. She makes a dang good lasagna however, so I guess this weekend is lasagna fest. 
Last night after dindin and cleanup, we hottubbed (it is too a word!) while drinkin’ the rest of the merlot served with dindin then watched Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella while sippin’ hot chocolate laced with a hefty shot of rum and munchin’ popcorn. That was followed bein’ shown “appreciation” for homemade lasagna. ‘Twas a nice evenin’.
doggio :eek: At least he was a clean derelict.
Ok, need to consider brekkies. I’m thinkin’ bacon, aigs, grits and maybe I’ll be nice and make biscuits. Or toast. We shall see.
Later Y’all!
And yet, no recipe? Unless you made lasagna roll-ups. We have Mexican lasagna from Dotty, super-easy lasagna from FCM, and your roll-ups. But no plain-ol’ lasagna from you. :: puppy-dog eyes ::
Blurf.
It’s gonna be a busy one today… I’ve got to do a wee bit of shopping, then I’m meeting up with a friend so we can head uptown to meet a gorgeous little 2-week old bundle of joy, then scooting to LiLi’s for Nat’s birthday, then scooting back uptown to have dinner with Crazy Israeli Coworker and her hubby.
I just Googled it, and I’ll be trekking a total of 45km (27 miles for you weirdo 'Muricans) between points A, B, C and D (not counting the trip back home). It’s days like this that a car seems like it might be a really good idea. :smack:
Yay on hiring your very own housework fairy, Dotty! I’m very jealous. (doggio, sounds like you almost had a housework fairy of your own… why didn’t you keep him? 
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gt I’ll see if I can scare up the recipe. See, I make it in the roaster oven thingy and long ago I had a little recipe book that came with an old roaster oven I had that had the lasagna recipe. I’ve long since lost that recipe book in many moves but I’d done it so much I just do it now without thinkin’ about the recipe. However, it’s a basic lasagna recipe, so any ol’ basic lasagna recipe would work. It just slow cooks for a few hours at about 300[sup]0[/sup] Amurrkin is the big difference.
OOH! EXCITATEMENT! I found The Trouble With Angels in dvd on Amazon for the paltry sum of 9.99 Amurrkin with free shipping no less! What? I’ve been wantin’ that movie on dvd. I lurve that movie. So… YAAAAAAY!!! Ok, the free shippin’ comes if I order like 25.00 or more in stuff, but how easy is that to do on Amazon?
Grr… Ordered my textbooks on Amazon and such on Tuesday. One of them came yesterday, except that instead of pages 82-115, it just had 53-81 again. Fucker. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t listed.
Cap’n that stinks! Hope you get your money back.
Ok, I’m sleepy and warm. Two good reasons to take a nap.
Up and off to work.
Muppet, the idea did occur to me.
I’m going to kill and eat WOWCrack Roommate’s youngest kid if he doesn’t stop whining. A ten-year-old should not sound like a three-year-old when he doesn’t get his own way.
Oh look, time to go to work. Yes! Peace and quiet for five hours (the computer system’s down for the weekend, so I can get caught up on some work).
FCM, I’m in awe that you can spell ‘prescient’ before caffeine.
Commizzes to everyone freezing their heinies off. Here the fog persists. I haven’t seen past the garbage enclosure (oh, joy) in 3 days. I’m about ready to drive up a mountain I tells ya.
I’m sorry for complicating your life, Muppet, but I’m so glad you can make it (transit allowing).
Yeah, tinyninjachef the destroyer of granola bars is appropriate. Our little Destructor.
Dotty, Noor is bloody damn unfairly cute.
Must run and clean. Or pretend to!
Am feeling slightly ill. Although it could be related to eating 1 very large chocolate chip cookie for breakfast and another one for lunch (N.O.L.). Otherwise, I’m sitting here in flea market land having sold $3 worth of stuff since 9 a.m. I’ve been working on some more stuff to put on Etsy, though, so I guess that’s good.
Here’s hopin’ sales pick up CutiePie.
I’m up from my nap. Just thought I’d report in.
Oof, the Columbia Gorge winds have kicked in and it’s blowing at 35-50 mph out there, plus it’s just barely above freezing. It’s sunny and beautiful, though, so there’s that at least. Apparently if one goes a bit south or north, though, the winds aren’t blowing and there’s an “air stagnation” alert, which I surmise is a warning about potential pollution.
The dogs are outside running around like mad things–Callie and Bear are totally happy with the situation although I’m sure Widget would infinitely prefer to be snoozing next to the heater. He’s such a couch potato–so much for the vaunted hyperness of Border Collies! I took all three out to the Sandy river yesterday and they had so much fun running around, visiting with the other hardy dogs and swimming in the friggin’ icy ass water (numbskulls!) Even Callie let her competitiveness lure her into the river and usually she avoids it, preferring to wait on shore to steal the stick or ball from whoever actually did the work getting it. I so enjoy walking with a pack of dogs–I’d have a huge mess of them, did I have the room.
Doggio, that is about the freakiest thing EVAR–what’s really spooky is that this guy has to be wandering around randomly trying doors to see if they’re open. That just creeps me out badly. What if he came in while someone is in the shower or something? Himself always locks every door when he gets in the shower, including the bathroom door (really, after 20+ years neither of us bothers with the door too much, especially since Pratchett is guaranteed to throw a fuss if he discovers he’s been denied access to the cat box, regardless of whether or not he actually needs to use it right at that moment) and I always shake my head a bit at his paranoia but just today it almost seems justified. shudder
Thanks for the compliment on Trogdor, BTW, I agree they’re quite good, especially since they only practice together once a week. For kids that age it’s amazing. I’m hoping that SIL also posts Grandboy’s turn with the Jazz Ensemble as well, he did a nice tight job on that as well–it’s a bossa nova and Grandboy had some quite elaborate fills planned as well as using the proper bossa nova beat but he had to throttle back to more of a 2/4 and go simpler since they had three players missing for the concert and the remaining players were a little too unsure to handle the intricacies of a proper beat. What is really amazing is that Grandboy’s only been playing drums for about a year and a half. I’ve heard worse drumming from people a lot more experienced than he is–including some professionals!
Hang in there, Pie, it’ll get better!
Give Gnat a Hippo Birdy cheekpinch from one of his Invisible Internet Aunties, LiLi! And maybe bite just one or two of his toesies too? OMNOMNOMNOM!
Got two words for ya, Spaz, squirt bottle! Give the whiny little fuck a good shot in the face whenever he gets going–works great. The creative power of humiliation in child rearing should never be underestimated…
I hear ya, cj, persistent fog is horrible. When I lived in Sacramento we got the tule fog all winter–a horrible heavy low fog that allows zero UV light to pass through, so that all the grass dies and turns into slime and mushrooms sprout everywhere. Oh yeah, and all the pollutants get trapped underneath it so it smells like Satan’s taint. What made it most horrible was the sure and certain knowledge that if I could just drive a half hour in pretty much any direction it would be sunny and beautiful–but no, I was stuck with it for weeks at a time. Ick.
Ok, there was a creeeeepy guy just looking at TVMan’s tv. Eek.
So, um, yeah, sales increased by $2.50.
But at least I’m feeling better now. I had some ‘normal’ food and that seemed to help.
Forgot to mention earlier how strange I thought doggio’s tale was.:eek:
We just watched that classic cinematic masterpiece known as Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman. We giggled like a pack of six year old girls at a slumber party all the way through it. I let it be known that bein’ as this year I will be the big double nickel, I want The Star Of India diamond necklace worn by Nancy as a birthday present. I was told that, if I’m good, I might get the Star of TyTy, GA which ol y’all know who figures he could find at the TyTY Dollar General. He’s a smartass but I lurve him anyways. 
Amazing what a 35 degree change in temperature will do for one. It’s NICE outside now–it’s a balmy 25 and snowing. I’m back from work and grocery and about to go out to eat with TH and (our) two sons. Laters!
65° down here today.
Swampy - I bet y’all got the idea to watch that from the Giant Creature Feud! 
I’m glad you’re better, Pie!
Doggio - OMG! Strangers in Your House=Not a Good Thing! At least he left when you told him to.
I took the aminals to the park. They had a good time as usual. Lucy must have wiped out too many times, though, because she’s limping a bit. Nothing major I’m sure.
I gave the idjits baths, and have been meal planning and washing clothes all day. I’m still in my jammies, that I put back on so I could wash my wet dog park clothes! I like sitting around in my jammies.
I’ve been to the message board at Kraft Foods. Surprisingly, the people there have good grammar and can spell and everything! I’m amazed.
Gotta go start prepping for dinner. We’re trying a new recipe - Mediterranean Chicken and Roasted Veggie Couscous, with steamed broccoli. Very healthy! It sounds faaaaabulous. Really!
Back to surfing.
Sorry if I missed anybody! Hugs, kisses, wet trout and chocolate for everyone!
HELLO EVERYONE!
I’m finally home and it’s good to be here.
The training was…well training. I don’t want to hear anymore about linear regressions or anything like it.
I didn’t get to eat one really good meal. All the food sucked. I ordered a ribeye steak at a steakhouse that was just awful, not to mention tough. I ordered it rare, there’s no way it should have been tough.
I know there’s lots to catch up on, but I need to get some things done around here.