Morning all. Gahhhh, hayfever struck with a vengeance this morning. The whole right side of my head feels like it’s about to explode and my right eye feels like an annoying mix of sand and swelling!!!
rosie, the brand that I buy is “grobag” - it’s an English brand, but they have a North American distributor - here you can search for retailers/stockists near you, as well as online stores. There are plenty of other brands on the market as well - just google “baby sleeping bag”.
rigs, you are aware that your son could just do his scuba course when he gets to the Great Barrier Reef, right? They have plenty of dive centres that offer trips combined with a dive ticket certification.
Okay, back to boredom central, working for a man who has no understanding of the type of work I do, but who still thinks it’s cool to review my work and send it out with his name on it! :rolleyes: Ogdarn 'Merkin Tosspot!!! If it weren’t for you lot, I would seriously think all US’ians were complete farkheads!!!
Just a quicky, hugs, crossed appendages, etc. for all who need them. My back is tweaked, so I have been on bed rest since last week. Yay for new unread books and new puppies to keep me entertained. Allergies are in high gear as well, since I have two crocus blooming as well as one blue flower I can’t remember planting, spring is now here. Skiffman is out on a halibut trip (finally) and will be home no later than Friday, and he will be bringing home 'but cheeks…they are delish!
My back is on the mend, so tomorrow I will attempt to catch up. Only six days of school left for the kidlets, yay!
Dotty, Advil Cold and Sinus! Or just Sudafed and ibuprofen. (IANAD, do not take if you have high blood pressure/gastritis/ulcers, make sure to take with food, do not take more than 4 doses in a 24-hour period.)
I got nothin’. I went and drank with the roommates on the roof. Now that everyone’s been drinking, the sloppy joes are almost gone!
Thanks for the recommendations, bonkeydear! I have some pseudoephedrine at home (not real useful right now, I admit!) and some nasal spray with me, so I will just have to “soldier on” for today. I contemplated going home (because I feel like crap and because my boss is a wanker) but decided I may as well just sit here surfing the net and playing solitaire. If I go home, I will have to do productive things, like vacuuming rugs and changing beds and washing clothes!
As for tomorrow night’s meal, how 'bout Mexican lasagna (aka tortilla stack):
Brown 1lb of ground beef with 1 chopped onion and some garlic (if you like). Stir in a small tin (about 2-3oz) of tomato paste and 1 large jar of salsa (as spicy as you like it). Allow to simmer for a while for the flavours to blend and get all comfy together and for the sauce to reduce and thicken.
Take an 8" spring-form tin and grease lightly with spray-oil (Pam?). Place a tortilla of your choice (corn, flour, whatever you fancy) in the bottom and sprinkle a little (or a lot - it’s your ass!) shredded cheddar cheese on top. Top with a third of the beef salsa mix, then some shredded/chopped spinach leaves (if you use frozen spinach, you will need to squeeze the excess water out of the defrosted spinach mess). Place another tortilla on top and repeat until you run out of beef mix. Top the lot with one more tortilla (that should be about 4 total, unless I’m completely useless) and sprinkle generous amounts of cheese over it. Place some greaseproof paper on top and press the whole thing down with your hand. For best results, place a small plate on top, weigh it down with a can of something heavy and place it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Cook the sucker in a 355F (180C) oven for about 30-40 minutes (you should remove the can, plate and greaseproof paper first! ). You can let it brown under the broiler for a nice finish! Let it rest for five minutes, then remove from the tin (hence the spring-form, otherwise you get a big mess) and slice into big wedges! Serve with guacamole and sour cream!!! Nom nom nom!!!
Definitely sounds yummy, **Dotty **. Of course, chili sounds yummy, too. And it’s almost time for breakfast, so I’ll be having none of the above this morning. Boo.
As for the medicinal chili, I’d suggest eating some and having HRH assist with the facial application. I’m sure she’d enjoy that. Also, it would give her ideas.
Hi kai! Hope the back is better very soon. Glad to hear spring is finally arriving - well, except for the hay fever part of it.
Glad your mom is feeling so well, nashi. Sounds like you’re coping pretty well, too. Hugs.
I’m not sure how much I slept, since I got the early nap in. But apparently it’s time to be awake. :dubious:
We’re going out to lunch today, so there’s that…
::Waves at Cutie and SO (way back there - hope you got some sleep in the meantime) and anyone else she missed along the way::
Mornin’, y’all. I’ve foraged already and have consumed my first cup of wake-the-hell-up.
The commute home last night was interesting, in the context of the old Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times.” Last year was a drought; this year we gewt evere weather once a week whether we need it or not. I have a 50 mile commute, and I’ll bet without embellishing in any way 35 miles of it yesterday was in torrential rain, hail, thunder and lightning, and gale force winds. Enough already.
In happier news, I can report that I’ve resumed sveltification. I gained back about 25 pounds that I lost after getting the plumbing redone, so I rejoined the Y at the beginning of the year and resumed my hidden identity as a gym rat. Finally, today, I’m down 4 lbs in a trend; one I hope to continue for a long time. I have a lot of fat between me and anorexia.
Pie, just because your parents have moved to Splitsville doesn’t mean they’re not family with you.
Chili is suitable for all meals (but then, I’m known to have a cast iron stomach). For topical chili to have any effect, you’d have to increase the capsaicin quite a bit, and then you probably wouldn’t want to eat it.
HAH! So that is what you Military Intelligence types do at work: you play Space Invaders!
Speaking of which, I can’t post pics here, but there’s many places where you can find Space Invaders made of tiles. Bilbao (where I’m spending the month) seems to have an inordinate amount, some of them quite large. I already had two from previous trips but have collected 4 or 5 this one. The most “exotic” invader I have is directly over the bust of a winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, in Prague.
Yesterday I called home and Mom went “oh, you want to talk about what happened to your cousin!” OK… first thought (I don’t claim to be sane) was ‘Iñaki? Why would I want to talk about Iñaki? He’s alive, what’s she talking about?’ Yes, she was talking about the mountain climber cousin, which for some reason is the only one of the several-dozen cousins I own which gets mentioned as “your cousin,” and as far as we know he’s alive and has more-or-less the usual amount of body parts, but it turns out that he found himself in a Bad Situation while trying to climb one of the 2 8000m+ mountains he’s got left; the newspaper which finances him talks about rescue attempts but the last news were from before I came to work… uh… 6 hours ago. We haven’t called his parents directly because we know their phone is going to be off the hook for any national calls. I still have no idea why Mom thinks I spend my time at work reading the newspaper but I don’t, the Dope is much more interesting and helps my language skills.
Crossing of appendages for Mr “how can anybody work in an office” will be welcome. So far he’s had a ton or two of “Iñaki come home!” notes in the comments section of the newspaper.
It’s Mr Rebo’s birthday today, but I barely saw him this morning, as he had to get to work by 4:45, and I got out of bed at 4:40. Tonight’s din-din shall be, at his request, spaghetti and meatballs, salad, and garlic toast. And German chocolate birthday cake. I bought 54 candles - we’ll try to set the house on fire. He didn’t want a present, but I got him a cheapo remote control Hummer. We got upgraded to an H3 on our rental car this past weekend, and now he wants one. :rolleyes: So now he’ll have one!
but I don’t, the Dope is much more interesting and helps my language skills.