Made it home via the supermarket, and am now eating bread and meat and cheese and watching Going Clear. I should have wine!
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Apr 04, 2015 2:29:55 pm PDT #23688 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gris - Apr 04, 2015 2:52:55 pm PDT #23689 of 30000
Hey. New board.
My wife is making a cake shaped like an Easter bunny. We had pasta shaped like animals too. Of course, the toddler decided to skip nap then fell asleep around 4:45, and explicitly refused to get up and eat about 15 minutes ago, so he will not get to enjoy the pasta or the cake. Well, actually, there will probably be leftover cake. But it won't look like a bunny.
Steph L. - Apr 04, 2015 3:05:08 pm PDT #23690 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm making the traditional lamb cake tonight so I can frost and decorate it tomorrow before taking it to my cousin's house. This year it's a devil's food cake, frosted white. It's the black sheep of the family.
Consuela - Apr 04, 2015 3:09:24 pm PDT #23691 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
My hot cross buns are in the oven, and look beautiful. Except I don't have any confectioner's sugar, so I will have to frost them tomorrow at my sister's house.
Ginger - Apr 04, 2015 3:21:12 pm PDT #23692 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
But it won't look like a bunny.
It will look like a scary disemboweled bunny.
Burrell - Apr 04, 2015 3:29:48 pm PDT #23693 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I"m so sorry, Theo.
My friend went to her next stop on the visit, but it was lovely seeing her. But having someone stay here, even someone as kind and forgiving as her, reminded me of what a flith ridden nightmare my house has become. I've been cleaning up truly awful messes all day. Ugh.
Anyway the next step, besides finishing up some of the cleaning of course, is to color Easter eggs for tomorrow.
Burrell - Apr 04, 2015 3:30:41 pm PDT #23694 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Damn, I forgot about Steph's lamb cake. That thing always makes me happy.
Gris - Apr 04, 2015 4:02:42 pm PDT #23695 of 30000
Hey. New board.
It will look like a scary disemboweled bunny.
We just ate the bow tie.
Theodosia - Apr 04, 2015 4:05:57 pm PDT #23696 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The lamb cake sounds wonderful.
Also this morning, my car started making a Dreadful Noise. But I took it to the nice little garage around the corner (as opposed to the Awesome Garage that rebuilt the engine, which isn't open on Saturdays) and they were able to diagnose and fix the tie rods and heat shield. That cost a shade over $200, but I was able to get out and Ubering for part of the afternoon, to at least defray the cost a little.
I feel like I'm on the hamster wheel of personal finances.
Connie Neil - Apr 04, 2015 4:42:22 pm PDT #23697 of 30000
brillig
I went out and bought a bunch of small plastic bins to aid in the decluttering. It worked quite well: once I'd filled the trash bin and the plastic/paper recycling bin, I'd also put lots of stuff in the Thrift Store, non-magnetic metal, and magnetic metal bins. Plus the eBay and This Bears Further Study boxes. I think I went through two hours of the PBS home improvement shows while working, they were interesting enough that I didn't get bored just being in the room, but not so interesting that I looked up from working for more than five minutes at a time.
I need to start corralling various household chemicals and glassware to take to the pick-up next Saturday (no one around here recycles glass), and I'm planning on a trip to the metal recycler next Friday. The thrift store bin holds enough to fit into a grocery store bag, so I can decant that into a bag, put the bag in the car, and start tossing things as I come across them into the bin.
I also need to do another paper shredding session, I keep finding shoals of medical documentation that I'm not sending out into the world in a readable form.
I am not going to have a problem of too many plastic grocery bags for a while.