yoga, books, movies, tv and WAY too many crime procedurals – not necesarily in that order
I’m feeling pretty good about Thanksgiving cooking!
Both pumpkin tortes are done (one for us, one for the club), the cranberry sauce is finished, and my apple pie is smelling delicious in the oven.
All that remains is, in a few hours, to brine the turkey and tear up bread for stuffing. That and clean the house. Heh. I’ve actually kept on top of the dishes as I was cooking so there hasn’t been TOO much damage done.
This year I’m thankful for good friends over long distances, new friends we enjoy sharing our home with, our family, our health and our jobs. Moving all this way could have been terribly lonely and, while it’s been lonely at times, we’ve got great folks who make up our ‘extended’ family – some of whom we’ve never even met. My life would be a very different thing were it not for the internet. I’m thankful for those who’ve chosen to share their pocket of it with me.
Today I found another part-time job, did the last of the Turkeyday shopping, got a haircut and my hair is brown again. All in all, I’m feeling pretty accomplished. Tomorrow is baking, brining and cleaning day. Apple pie and pumpkin torte, thaw and brine turkey, sweep floors, et cetera. The turkey should only have to cook for 5.5 hours on Thursday so I’ll have all morning to make sausage-stuffed stuffing and turkey stuffing. Sweet potatoes are the only other thing oven-bound so my schedule is looking pretty managable.
Tonight I may start the torte or cranberry sauce – I haven’t made up my mind.
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Today we drove down to Home Depot and picked up some blow-in insulation for our house. While the house is built solidly (no drafts, etc.) I don’t think the insulation had been updated since the house was built. We’d saved some money for the project, having been told that it would be our best bang-for-the-buck heating home improvement.
We got the insulation (the blower was free!) and started the process this afternoon and wrapped it up at about 8. Yeah.
For me this meant climbing around the rafters while spraying insulation, all the while trying to not step off of a 2×6 in the center of the roof. Husband was willing to do it but he doesn’t fit as well on a 2×6 and was going to have to kneel and crawl the whole time.
At the last house, a similar project meant climbing a floor and a half on a ladder and squeezing through a tiny opening. Unfortunately it was also 80 degrees that day and I ROASTED. Not only that, but I was the one who ended up kneeling and crouching so I was in rough shape the next day. I don’t think the bruises on my legs faded for 2 weeks.
This house thankfully required zero kneeling. Not only that but we pretty much doubled the amount of insulation that was in the roof with no major injuries. The job required a fair amount of crouching, leaning, dangling off rafters, and lots of unnatural curvature of the spine. There were a couple of near-miss craniotomies thanks to roof nails and that one time where I got a chunk of insulation the size of a fingernail in my eye, but other than that we got the whole project wrapped up and cleaned before the pizza arrived. I’m going to be wicked sore tomorrow and I’m EXHAUSTED now.
Also weighed the replacement laptop options and have made a decision, so hopefully by this time next week I’ve got my VERY OWN computer. Husband will be relieved to get his own back.
My laptop died. I can’t complain overmuch, as it served me well, but the timing is damned inconvenient. I’m keeping an eye on the internet (from Husband’s laptop) for deals this week and hopefully it’ll be replaced soon. Until then, updating may be patchy.
This got posted today and it pretty much explains why I love The Wire. It’s one of the few shows that, once I started watching, I was able to get Husband to start and he got just as hooked. It continues to be great, even after it’s over, because the issues are just as relevant now as they were in the 80s and 90s, and will be ad infinitum. Be warned, there’s A LOT of cussing in this clip.
I’m not sure that the health profession is actively trying to kill women, but it sure seems like it. This, coupled with the increased age recommendation on mammograms is disturbing. Maybe they’re assuming that HPV will be limited because of the vaccination but I’m pretty sure all the disclaimers talking about NOT protecting from ALL strains. WTF. According to the new cervical/pap recommendations – had they been in place in the 90s- I’d be dead now. Again I say WTF.
Except it was called For Richer and Poorer, starred Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley and sucked. I do not hold high hopes for the remake.
