My oven door is too light - the ignition of the flame sends it shooting open. Hard enough that it slams back closed, fortunately, so the only issue is not jumping out of your skin.
Flat screens, it turns out, are not
that
much more expensive than decent regular ones, so when I got a new tv last year it seemed more than worth it for the extra space and flexibility. Not plasmas, mind. Those are still in lottery territory for me.
Squee! Can't wait for my new washer/dryer, also centrally located right between the bedrooms and the kitchen.
My sister had been posting regular hurricane updates to her LJ, but I think we're a couple hours into scheduled power outage time. The eye is supposed to go just south of the island, but I'm not sure that's any better than right over the top, since we're so small and it's so big.
My mother is probably having kittens, since she's in New Mexico right now. Last big one she went home early from.
I won't be calming down for another few hours, but I am going to stay away from news sources in the meanwhile.
I am jealous of the inhouse w/d.
So this is how I decide on dinner:
oh, I have eggs leftover from baking. I should hardboil them. (rummaging) huh. Moldy colby jack. I can cut off the mold. I'd better use this lettuce soon. Oh hey, I bought cherry tomatos. Have enough ham left for lunch so..
...and so as soon as the eggs are finished, I guess I'm having a chef salad. Tomorrow: use the brick of feta I found in the way back.
Hey, I have a car question. I parked my car under a tree filled with birds with digestive problems, and my car got bombed. I couldn't get to the car wash until yesterday, so the poop got a baked on. Most of it came off, but there are still a few spots. Any suggestions for getting it off? All I can think of are abrasives that would be bad for the paint.
I'd start by putting soaking rags or sponges on those spots first.
ita, I hope the storm is of minimal impact to your family & friends & the island itself. I remember your mom flying BACK for that other one.
I am going to be working on a document all night. I hope some of you plan to be here to entertain me when I need to take a break.
sarameg, good use of found ingredients! I LOVE a chef salad.
ita - - I hope that your family and friends all stay safe.
A safe port in the storm to ita's peeps. Being one, not needing to find one.
And Dana, selfishly-grateful-but-wary seems like a perfectly sane and normal response to me.
I am watching What Not to Wear and they ambushed the girl at a skating rink and it is MY rink! Stacy and Clinton are sitting in my skating rink. Or at least they did at some point! Cool.
