I was going to watch Lord of the Rings, but decided on Conan the Barbarian instead. Boy, I miss D&D.
Darn your sinister attraction!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Connie Neil - Dec 25, 2016 12:19:01 pm PST #4456 of 30002
brillig
askye - Dec 25, 2016 12:24:38 pm PST #4457 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
Tom I'm sorry that was part of your Xmas.
Hot chocolate bread pudding is cooling. Oven is heating for the next temp with dinner.
There was a slight oops with the main dish mom forgot about three part where the butternut squash should have been roasted with maple syrup and brown sugar.
We cooked it in the slow cooker. So we're going to heat it with some brown sugar MD maple syrup.
As soon as we get to a good point to stop in RED which mom is loving so far.
Kate P. - Dec 25, 2016 1:17:24 pm PST #4458 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
We've been in Oklahoma since Wednesday and mostly it's been fine but I'm starting to reach the point where I'm just irritated by everything. The bedroom we're sleeping in (all four of us) stinks of cat pee and my in-laws are so awkward with us and passive-aggressive with each other and the house is too small for all of us and all the junk they gave us and everything smells weird and I just want to go home.
Whew, it felt good to get that all out. The good news is that the girls are both having a great time and I'm glad they're getting to spend a good amount of time with the grandparents they see least often (my FIL and his wife). So it's fine and worth the aggravation for sure. But everything still smells weird.
sj - Dec 25, 2016 1:18:48 pm PST #4459 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tom, I'm so sorry. You deserve better.
George Michael passed away.
amych - Dec 25, 2016 1:19:39 pm PST #4460 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
2016 again: George Michael.
meara - Dec 25, 2016 1:28:55 pm PST #4461 of 30002
I hear that, Kate. Eesh. Maybe a "parents get away to a hotel for a night" next year??
WindSparrow - Dec 25, 2016 1:41:52 pm PST #4462 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Tom. Yeah, that sucks.
Dana - Dec 25, 2016 1:49:56 pm PST #4463 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
You deserve so much better, Tom.
I saw the news about George Michael on FB and literally yelled "ARE YOU KIDDING ME." The fuck, 2016? Are you not fucking done yet?
shrift - Dec 25, 2016 1:57:15 pm PST #4464 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Your family doesn't deserve you, Tom. You deserve better and they should appreciate you.
My Christmas has been good. I'm very carefully skirting around politics this time. I fly back tomorrow, and I'm ready for milder weather and my own bed.
Laura - Dec 25, 2016 2:15:14 pm PST #4465 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
So I figured out the Menorah issue. It is Christmas tree or Menorah, not both. Apparently they share an extension cord. So they had the Menorah on for the time to light another light earlier, then the Christmas tree went back on and the Menorah went dark. So much for Hanukkah Miracle of Light. I brought a power strip with me I could lend them.