Well, I was taking the second batch of cookies out of the oven when I managed to let the parchment shift, and the entire batch slid on to the floor of the oven, where it instantly burned. I’m kind of phobic about smoke, so I panicked but did manage to get the oven closed and off before the alarm went off. (It’s an ungodly loud BOOOOP with a female voice calmly intoning, “Fire…fire…fire…”-- you know, in case you thought all that smog was fog drifting in. Don’t ask me how I know this. Also, I hate that bitch. So now I’m waiting for the oven to cool so I can clean it and bake the other 99 batches. I may never get to bed.
And my kitchen is a wreck, and oh, yes, the friends coming tomorrow called to say they’d be two hours early. Also, my apartment is filled with the enticing aroma of charcoal cookies.
You folks crack me up. I feel more rested already! The oven is cleaned, and I have 2-3 more batches to go.I forgot to mention that I also misread the recipe and added too much sugar. So I added cocoa, and now they’re double-chocolate cranberry walnut oatmeal cookies. I tried one and they taste OK.
If I tried to go to bed now and finish in the morning, I’d be too anxious about it to sleep.
I am tired, though, so I’m glad you’re all sleeping so soundly.
Maybe this week was better for baths, as it was not a good week for cookies. I tried a new recipe, which ended up tasting rather well, but I found out that it’s possible to re-roll the dough 4 times. Yes, 4. It was a mess. Supposed to chill the dough, let it sit for 10 minutes and then roll it out, easy peasy. Nope. Nada.
Hope the cookies turned out well, despite the mess.
And I was stressed last night (it’s now Thursday morning here), so I couldn’t get to sleep until midnight. Today will be a long day, with leftover pizza for lunch and then a very rare (first time since January) visit to the office. And since we’ll be at the office, there’s a bunch of other things we should do. Hopefully we won’t be there long enough to get stuck in evening traffic.
Up and fed and leaving in a few minutes to fetch the RoxStar. Laundry and washing basement walls is on the agenda. Rah.
nellie - bummer about the cookies. I love parchment, but it is slippery. Someone needs to sell clips to hold it to the baking sheet, dammit! I shall put FCD on it!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 61 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 82 and N.O.S. for the day. Not too shabby. Warm but not hawt. We shall be bears of sloth today. No reason to leave da cave unless we want to and I see no reason for there to be a reason to want to. I shall, however, make a batch of Cheese Thangs cause I want some and “Hon” will not turn them down either. Sup shall be country fried steak, green beans, squishes, smashed N.O.T. 'n gravy and bizkits. So, I guess it won’t be a day of total sloth as much as intermittent sloth.
Nellie hope you got all the cookie bakin’ done. Parchment paper is slippery stuff, wunnerful stuff that it is.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
It’s my Friday, so that’s a good thing. I am very tired and seriously considered going to bed at 7:00 pm last night. However, I forced myself to stay up for longer and fell asleep on the couch. The husband woke me at 10:00 pm and I went to bed. Slept through both of my alarms, but was still up at 4:00 am somehow. I think I need to check my alarm clock later today and make sure I have it set correctly. I don’t normally sleep through alarms and I’ve noted that I have not been hearing it go off for the last week or so. Yes, the alarms are set, so I don’t know what happened.
I worked my tail off again yesterday, however, I didn’t pull another 13 hour day. Yesterday I only did 11. I don’t plan to work late today. My neck and shoulders are killing me. Part of the reason for that is I need new glasses. I keep trying to tilt my head at juuuuuust the right angle to properly see the computer monitors. There was a time when I could use the computer without wearing my glasses. Those days are long gone. I am overdue anyway; I’ve been wearing these glasses for at least five years. I am going to call to make an appointment today, however, I’m debating if I should just go to Costco to get it done versus going to Kaiser. My last couple of experiences with Kaiser (Group Health back then) eye doctors and optometry have been very irritating and disappointing. Costco was pleasant, used up-to-date equipment, and fast. The people at Kaiser optometry were rude and acted like they were doing me a favor by allowing me to look at their frames. They were overpriced to boot, even with my so-called federal discount. Costco was a much better deal.
I have three meetings and a training session on the calendar for today, plus I still have a bunch of work to get done. I am sure there will be pop-up meetings too. I seem to have more and more of those lately. That’s mainly due to the fact that someone on my team, or even in my division, will call me on Teams with a problem or issue on so they can share their screens with me or vice versa. This usually works well and I am able to help them solve their issue. So, that’s a good thing and I’m happy to help them out. I don’t actually mind and I keep in mind there might be a time when I need their assistance or advice with something. We’re a team, and team members help each other out.
I am debating whether or not to indulge in some retail therapy tomorrow. I think I shall see how I feel tomorrow. I also have to decide if that retail therapy will be for me personally (I need some things), or if I want to spend some dollahs on the backyard. I also need to buy some replacement grills for our big barrel BBQ and smoker. I honestly hate that thing; it’s too big and we don’t entertain huge groups of people anymore, so there’s no need for it. I would love to just get rid of it and get something smaller. It takes up a lot of space on my patio too.
Well time for another cup of coffee. It might be a three or four cup day again.
Put on non-public attire, and am { sigh } up for the day.
Perhaps a nap will ensue later. It’s gently raining - good nappage weather.
So far, I’ve made a To-Do List to hopefully quiet my overly noisy brain. Scooped the primary litter box & took out some trash. Let the cats out, but … yeah, that rain? So now Monkey has serious cabin fever and is chasing poor Nikki around.
Time to bust out that laser pointer, and really give him something to chase around.
I guess the debate is just paying for the eye exam out of pocket (Costco) or letting my insurance pay for it (Kaiser). I haven’t decided if it’s worth the cost or not on that end.
(Devil’s advocate: how much $ is your mental health worth to you?)
Kitties got to chase crunchy treats (tossed gently underhand so they can “hunt” the skittering noms) plus the laser pointer gave Monkey a bit of a workout.
He’s getting bored with most of his toys. Guess I get to look for fun new stuff! Lil’ retail therapy never hurt anyone, I guess.
Ratties got birdseed mix just now, since I crashed last night before anyone (including me) got any dinner.
That just leaves me, wanting breakfast. Might get a lil’ snacker-wrap thingie from Tim Hortons in a bit … it would be an excuse to treat myself to a coffee, with lots of cream and sugar, and whipped foam stuff on top.
Morning all. Outside of coaching soccer this afternoon, nothing much on the agenda, so might even do some housecleaning today (but don’t bet on it). Clear and heading to 71F so a perfect spring day (Seanette, don’t know where your heat is coming from, that would be hot for May even in Ali-bama).
shoe, a hearty dose of caffeine will do you good…
Taters, been about 2 years since my last eye doctor appointment and while I’m not having the issues you have (yet), probably will be a good idea to see him. At least I get along with him and he’s on my insurance, but I’ll have to remember Costco if things ever change.
Nellie, that’s a lot of cookies. Hope today’s guests appreciate them.
Straight lines!!! Don’t you know swampy’s gay?
OK, have to think about eating plans for the day and remember to add a long hot bath somewhere to the day’s activities. All y’all take care.
Taters, the people in your optometry office sound like buttholes. I’d be all over the Costco option, too. Also, I feel your pain with the meetings. I have a particular hatred for pop-ups. My calendar is usually up to date; having people message me asking me, “Do you really need to go to that meeting? I need to talk to you.” grates on my nerves like no one’s business. Or, “Hey, I know you had this time set aside to actually do the work we keep talking about, but…can you talk?”
Anyway, chilly morning this morning, silly corporate political fights at work. Senior management is also starting to develop some sort of office re-entry plan, which is causing more politics, primarily related to who gets an office. I really don’t care so long as I can work at home on days when I have to have private conversations.
I’m getting tentatively excited and a little nervous. My sister is visiting next week and I haven’t seen her in almost two years now. BUT, one reason she’s visiting is so we can drive up to see my dad, who was diagnosed with really progressive dementia and getting to the point where he’s starting to mix the two of us up and forget he has grandkids, which is so very sad. We aren’t close - more like distant friends - but it sucks that soon he won’t know who I am. No stopping it, though. Not at this point.
Got in a revenge run last night and it felt really good, though my hip is twinging this morning every time I walk. I’m sure those ligaments and muscles get banged around; hopefully they’ll chill the heck out and get used to it.
I picked up some flowers at the Costco last night, which have brightened up her office. I bought a bouquet of tiger lilies there several weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised when they lasted two weeks. Not too shabby for ten bucks.
The veggies are thriving in the garden. The Cherokee Purple already has some flowers. I see BLTs in my future.
Looks like a quiet day at work. I just have to get through my meeting in an hour, then just monitoring the circuits I want to put my SS7s on.
Afternoon, mumpers! I’m afraid I’ve missed you over the last couple of days, have read much but retained little. Work has been crazy busy with the approach of exams and the impending loss of our most-valued team member to another dept. There’s so much to do and not enough time to do it, then throw in our Registry section making a unanimous decision to change a bunch of records for first year students that has thrown everyone into a tailspin…
Anyway, it’s bright and shiny outside today if you look in between the showers. Weather app says “This weather is sort of like watching two ants fuck. It’s just not that exciting” and promises me 10C/50F all day, partly cloudy. It’s actually not that bad outside - I wanted a day off to get some stuff done in town that I can’t easily do at the weekend so I went in this morning to do it. Passport pics have been acquired (not renewing my passport until much later in the year, I needed the pic for my photo driving licence thing), my very precious necklace made of a bit of mum’s ashes has a fancy new chain after I managed to break the old one, and my box of 70 assorted classical music CDs has a happy new owner.
I logged back into irk after lunch and have been trying to sort out the barrage of exam issues we’ve got. I emailed 231 students individually with their extra time allowances for exams, and a load of them have complained that it’s just not enough. Having 48hrs to do a 3hr exam is not enough, and definitely not when they get another 48hrs on top of that because it clashes with another paper. Some of them need to have it explained to them in Very Small Words that they’re not expected to spend the entire 48hrs working on one paper…
{{{{{Swampy}}}}} burying someone’s cremains is still an important and emotional activity, they were lucky to have someone like you to do it.
Magic Nancy hope Mrs Magill feels better soon, it’s good that she hasn’t lost her sense of humour and is able to recognise her limitations too. She is also lucky to have your support, I’m sure she is very grateful for that.
Miss_Owl I’m sorry, Denver is a bit far for me, and 22nd August is the day I’ll be travelling home from my own little trip. Oh, and I haven’t got a valid passport any longer! We visited Denver a couple of times on the start and end of one our trips. We stayed at the Queen Anne B&B which is a lovely little place, has some amazing rooms and does the most fantastic breakfast. We stayed in the Garden Room although from the pics, it’s been redecorated since we were there. I’d love to be heading back again…one day…
You folks crack me up. I feel more rested already! The oven is cleaned, and I have 2-3 more batches to go.I forgot to mention that I also misread the recipe and added too much sugar. So I added cocoa, and now they’re double-chocolate cranberry walnut oatmeal cookies. I tried one and they taste OK.
