Life On The Other Side Of The Burlap - A Renaissance MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Good morning everyone.

Today is a gray, rainy day. We’re all fixing to go out to OCB for breakfast. After that, it jacket buying time.

After that, well I don’t know. Probably more putzing around the house. Oh, I have to buy groceries so we can eat dinner tonight. I think that’s about the extent of my “plans” though.

My evening was ever so exciting too. I watched TV and vegged. Yup, that’s me, one big ball of excitement. I ended up watching movies on IFC and Sundance, and then I watched Little People, Big World, then I watched something on Discovery Channel. Woo-hoo! I know how to live, I tell ya!

Well, I guess I better get my shoes on. You all have a great day now, hear?

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Well, 1. I just started mine. 2. If I had Canes players crashed in my house I’d have more stuff, too.
FCM, go ahead, poke the cat!

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I’ve never had a player “crashed in my house”! 1)The players have apartments; 2) this is the first year I’ve applied to be a sponsor!

So there!

I have been working on my wall for a while, though. I need to re-arrange it 'cause I have another championship team signed jersey to hang up there.

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Hey y’all. I’ve been productive today. For me. I went to church. Before I went to church I put a pork roast in the crock pot. Lunch was pork roast, mac & cheese (homemade!), steamed cabbage, butterbeans, cornbread and leftover apple crisp heated up with a scoop of ice cream on top. We are stuffed! ACBG just left going home to do some laundry and more paper work. I have the dishwasher running and hear a nap callin’ my name. I should also iron some shirts, but the nap comes first. One must have priorities after all.

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Hi everyone! I’ve done all kinds of stuff: went grocery shopping (both Wild Oats and Giant Eagle), sorted laundry and started a load, went to church, and made myself some buckwheat pancakes, with extras thrown in the freezer for later. I’m planning to make FCM’s baked French toast casserole for breakfast tomorrow, and even bought apples for apple crisp maybe tomorrow or the next day. Oh, I also vacuumed.

So how do you make apple crisp, Mr. Swampington Bear? Just wondering.

Gotta finish leafing through the paper and then I’ll collect the weeks newspaper for recycling, then get to actual work for a while. I promised I’d do some clean-up in the garden at church and had another couple errands I wanted to run (hopefully I’ll still remember what they were).

Back later.

GT

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quote=gt]So how do you make apple crisp, Mr. Swampington Bear? Just wondering.
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Very simply, my dear, that’s why I could get home and be sneaky about assembling it.

4 cups peeled, cored, sliced apples
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup softened butter

PREPARATION:
Directions for apple crunch.
Place apples in a lightly buttered baking dish, about 9 1/2 x 6 or 9-inch square. Add water. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Sprinkle crumb mixture over the apples. Bake apple crunch at 350° for 35 to 45 minutes, or until apples are tender. Serve apple crunch warm with ice cream, if desired. Apple crunch serves 6.

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FCM, I’ve been meaning to ask you, do sailmakers these days use ripstop nylon? If so, do you know of any in this area who do? I’m looking for a good local source of cheap (or free) ripstop nylon scraps. Long story, but any info would be appreciated.

Mmm, apple crisp…my mom used to make it all the time. It’s been far too long since I made it for myself. Note to self: Get apples.

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Apparently I’ve caused some kind of nationwide run on apples. I hope we don’t end up with a shortage. :eek:

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Mama Tiger - most sails are made of dacron, with the high end made of mylar (I think). However, as a source for rip stop nylon, I’d check with Bacon & Associates in Annapolis. They’re just off West St (no relation) on Legion Ave - near the big Goodwill store. They’re open 10-5:30 during the week, and their number is 410-263-4880. It’s a boat stuff store - some consignment, some new, and their prices are pretty good.

Failing that, I’d try a good fabric store.

It’s been a good pottery weekend. I threw 6 more pieces today, plus the one I killed, and I trimmed and finished the 6 I threw yesterday. Tomorrow, I will trim and/or decorate the ones I made today. One will be a face jar. I need to decide what kind of face to put on it. Maybe I’ll make it a sun-n-moon jar. We’ll see how creative I feel tomorrow.

**FCD ** took our baby grocery shopping, so she has a well-stocked pantry and freezer now. She was picking up ones and twos of stuff, and he told her to get real. So now she has lots of food and paper goods and deodorant and stuff like that. He’s a good daddy.

swampy, that apple crisp sounds yummerrific! And apples are in all the markets around here - methinks I need to get some.

So, I’m done being productive. Except for making dinner for me, feeding the critters, and loading the dishwasher. But apart from that, I ain’t doin’ nuttin’. It’s chill time in FairyChatEstates! Take yer shoes off. Set a spell!

:smiley:

Oh yeah, and bring chocolate…

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Did FCD make sure she got plenty of toilet paper? Cause, you know how important it is to have lots and lots of toilet paper on hand. One can never have too much. Or, as I said to ACBG a couple weeks ago when he asked if he could take one of my four packs home cause he was almost out: “Well, well, look at the grasshopper comin’ to the ant for toilet paper!” :smiley:

If I’d said I’d made up a big batch of prune crisp would y’all be runnin’ to the store for prunes?

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Fabric stores are way too expensive for what we need it for, FCM. I know a lady in Iowa who lives near a place that has nylon scrap from a hot air balloon factory, and she can purchase literally 100 times the quantity I can at the fabric store for the same price. So finding something similar local would be terrific.

You guys don’t know of a hot air balloon factory in suburban Maryland, do you? :smiley:

We made our best-yet score through freecycle today – picked up a lovely oak rolltop desk for Papa Tigs. He is thrilled with it, needless to say – he’s been wanting one for years, but it was never a high priority purchase-wise. And the folks we got it from were happy to give it to us since they know we’ll love it and hug it and squeeze it and call it George, etc. etc.

Of course, that was then balanced out by the idiot who offered a king headboard, posted a photo of it and all, but when I emailed a courteous request for dimensions (because one size fits all ain’t necessarily true in king beds), got snippy with me in reply. Man, people are idiots. If you’re giving stuff away, responding to reasonable requests for information, like, oh, say, dimensions of said item, shouldn’t really be that offputting.

It’s a beautiful day, so of course (a) I’ve got another rush job – this one actually was a job I was going to do over the weekend anyway, and then Friday afternoon it got ordered rush, so I’m getting paid 35% more to do the same work I would have done anyway, which I’m not complaining about, but (b) I came down with a vile headache right after lunch and it hasn’t gone away yet, and it’s hard to work when it hurts to hold your eyes open, y’know? Oh well, I’ll get through it. Or something.

FCD sounds like the best kind of daddy, one who spends money liberally and on useful stuff, no less!

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Beef stew came out really good so I decided to take some over to the Grumpuses. Then I went to the stow for some supplies for them and when I got on line there were a couple of boys in front of me who were obviously brothers. When it came time for them to pay, they were short of cash by about $5. When I saw the little one start taking stuff out of the bags, it made me feel all sad so I told the checker to put it on my debit card. The boys thanked me and left. I’m not telling you all this cause I’m looking for an attagirl. I just wanted to say it made me feel good is all.

I’m gonna celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving today, too. I have an fresh organic turkey breast that I will put in the oven shortly. Mr. Anachi and I will eat it with stuffin and steamed peas. Mmmmmmmm. No pumpkin pie or apple crisp will be consumed however.

taters, I love the Little People show. It is hilarious. Did you see the one where the dad got a rooster? No hens…just a rooster.

Tonight I think I’m gonna watch Discovery Atlas on HD. They are doing Italy and that is the number one country on my list of places I will go to some day.

I am not looking forward to work tomorrow. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Prunes… runnin’… ain’t gonna say it. Nope, not me.

And I expect he probably did include toilet paper in the shopping spree, although I doubt he’d have bought enough to make you happy.

Toilet paper… prunes… runnin’…

Nope. Not gonna say anything…

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Your restraint is admirable, FCM.

Hi Puggy!

GT

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Beef stew! I’ve been thinking of what to make cause we’re having a cool down in temps here. Beef stew is it! I’ve got some chuck roasts in the freezer even. I should take a couple or three of 'em out to thaw. I like making beef stew out of chuck roasts. Chunk 'em up, salt, pepper and flour ‘em. Drag out my big roaster oven. Start out by browning the chunks with some crushed garlic and making a rioux (as opposed to Rue), adding beef broth, big chunks of N.O.T., carrots, some onion, letting it all slow cook over night. In the morning, taking it all out and putting it in two or three big tupperware containers, of which I have a lot, refrigedaireatin’ it all day… then warming it up slowly on the stove that evening for supper, with some cornbread, or yeast rolls, or buttermilk biscuits… ::drool::

See what you done gone and done Puggy! :stuck_out_tongue:

HEE! Toilet paper and prunes… speakin’ of things that go together. Oh, and FCM, you know those big 96 pack cartons of tp you can buy at places like Sam’s Club and prolly Costco? If FCD bought The Perfect Child[sup]TM[/sup] one of those, I’d be impressed. :smiley:

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Thank you rosieposie, from a fisherman’s wife, for choosing wild salmon. :slight_smile:

It’s ark building time again, and there is snow mixed in with the downpour. As I have a bazillion bulbs to plant, it figures that the weather would go directly south. If I get out there tomorrow and begin I will be ahead of myself from a couple of years ago. I waited far too late one year, and ended up using a hammer and screwdriver to break through the first two inches of frozen earth before I could plant the bulbs at the proper depth. As I recall I planted over 300 bulbs that Autumn. I haven’t counted how many I ordered this year, I’ll update you later. Cuz I know you’re all dying to know. :rolleyes:

There have been a couple of incidents this week, unpleasant incidents, and while I want to share, I just don’t want to bring the MMP down that far. I may post a Pit OP. I’ll let you know if I do.

The contractor will be home today, weather permitting. We call ourselves waterbound not only because we are surrounded by water, but because the weather has all sorts of tricks to keep planes from flying, boats from running, and barges from docking. Safeway had, once again, no milk because SeaLand was unable to tie up and deliver. Jeff and family may be stuck in Anchorage until this weather blows by.

Well, I have some emailing to do, and some regular old boring but necessary paperwork to get done… Dinner tonight will be whatever the family can find in the fridge, I am not cooking tonight!

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I am bucking the trend and making chicken burritos, and am popping popcorn for dinner. The only productive things I’ve done today, was go to Mass, and walk the dog.

swampy I always buy the megapack of TP at Sam’s. If a hurricane(N.O.H.) hits or the zombie hordes arise, I’m well prepared.

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I’ve been out all day. Up and out early, got some breakfast in the city, then to the Bears game (yay!), then home to eat some pizza and lounge around on the couch and watch more football.

The Kid’s school’s team is playing on ESPN tonight, so unless you’re from Ohio tonight, help us root for the Huskies!

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Smokey thanked me too, when I shared the leftovers with her today.

FCM - remind me, why is your cat on your list? and your disclaimer reminded me of a cute bday card I got last night - front had picture of marginally tolerant kitty in party hat and “No animals were harmed in the making of this card…” and inside “but one cat was made to feel like a complete fool”

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Just finished working. Cleaning up data sure is fun. Last one was sloppy as heck. Fraid it’s gonna bomb when I send the file out to be processed. Oh, well. I don’t need for everything to get through, just 85% or so.

Oh, well, gotta get to bed. I’m sleeping in, but I’ll be going in to work when I wake up.

Yippee. At least I have to leave relatively on time as I have a hair appointment at 5:00.

GT