Mmmm, candied orange peels are great! My upstairs neighbor makes them. Except instead of dipping them in chocolate she uses them in hot toddies and other winter drinks.
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
I keep thinking about taking some of the candied ginger I have and dipping them in chocolate (which I also have!) instead of just eating handfuls of each out of the packaging....
I spent $550 at Target yesterday. (We bought the Nintendo Switch, plus replaced the fancy electric toothbrush I somehow lost in the move.)
Just paid Real Estate and Property taxes. That wasn't much fun.
I'm all packed up and ready to go. I think. I'm not sure how the one bag is 43 lbs, but it is.
Mom keeps pushing a hotel room on me, which, no. Brother's fam is recovering from various plagues, but I'm gonna be around them (that's the whole point) so me staying in a hotel is not going to make a difference. And I'd be beholden to their hours unless I also rented a car, which, again, no. This is where her short term memory flakiness gets annoying on many levels. Is she just being her stubborn dog with a bone self, or is she just forgetting? Which am I supposed to be mildly annoyed by??
Well, surgery is scheduled at 0'dark 30 on February 15th. So, lots of time to plan and try to assemble a list of potential drivers and someone (or two) to stay with me the first couple of days.
Hah, sarameg—whereas I am all "yes I need a rental car and a hotel room sorry can't stay with mom nope nope nope!"
Mom keeps pushing a hotel room on me, which, no. Brother's fam is recovering from various plagues, but I'm gonna be around them (that's the whole point) so me staying in a hotel is not going to make a difference.
Is it possible that she thinks that you staying at a hotel will help your brother's family while they're sick? Like, they don't need to worry about having a guest?
Hah, sarameg—whereas I am all "yes I need a rental car and a hotel room sorry can't stay with mom nope nope nope!"
I always rent a car in Ohio. If I'm there with Tom, we stay in a hotel room. Thus far, when I'm there by myself I've stayed with my parents, which I hate. I think I'm going to have to change that up.
Oh no, I'm so sad to hear about Ouise! Fucking cancer.