You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


Steph L. - Mar 16, 2024 6:55:29 pm PDT #29218 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

For tonight's dinner, yesterday I was all excited about this tofu recipe, so I bought the ingredients today, and do I want to eat it tonight? Not at all!

I had the best damn salad for dinner tonight! It was just romaine, avocado, hard-boiled egg, and grilled shrimp, with a vinagrette dressing. But it just happened to be one of those meals that turned out to be exactly what I wanted, even though when I walked into the restaurant I wasn't thinking about a salad. So I guess it was exactly what I didn't know I wanted.


DavidS - Mar 17, 2024 7:44:32 am PDT #29219 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I had the best damn salad for dinner tonight! It was just romaine, avocado, hard-boiled egg, and grilled shrimp, with a vinagrette dressing.

Any salad with grilled shrimp on it is not "just" a salad. That's a party in your mouth.

I'm up early on a Sunday morning because my allergies have me snizzling. But I have coffee and a chair with a view, and the pigs are fed so all is content in the house for now.

Let's see if the coffee will inspire me to go running...


askye - Mar 17, 2024 8:18:00 am PDT #29220 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

I'm trying not to let them be my problem. And I don't think the nephew can. As far as I can tell he doesn't have a job, doesn't get disability, and I think just does odd jobs. I'm not sure.

He has actually done a lot around the house that M can't and I don't have time to (or want to) and M's Mom can't . So he isn't just sitting around and M's Mom swears she doesn't want him to actually move in. I'm not sure.

I'm at the point where I am just doing my thing and try to avoid getting pulled into drama. I have 2 days off thos week and I'm hanging out with Crafty Friend on Tues for the first time in months. So Im happy about thst


-t - Mar 18, 2024 10:57:18 am PDT #29221 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's very quiet in here.

::fluffs pillows::


JenP - Mar 18, 2024 11:45:32 am PDT #29222 of 30000

Yes, yes it is.

I am eating some of my weekend lasagne. It's good. That's a legit spelling, isn't it? I'm getting red squiggly push-back...


DavidS - Mar 18, 2024 11:57:16 am PDT #29223 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I am eating some of my weekend lasagne. It's good.

Oooh, look at you reaping the rewards of your weekend cooking!

That's a legit spelling, isn't it? I'm getting red squiggly push-back...

I think lasagna with an "a" but surely with an "e" is an alternate spelling.

I got Matilda off to school with homemade chili in her thermos and a bacon egg and cheese sandwich to go. Loaded the dishwasher and ran it, and then I took my body out to the Kezar steps and also ran it. This body has been run. Today I am making a To Do List just for JZ's memorial, and hope to tick off several items. I am also taking my car in for an overdue oil change, and am kind of looking forward to that time where I can take a book and skive off to a local cafe for an hour and read.

I think I need a more regular, alotted reading time, because I want to but I keep letting it get swept away by the pressing requirements of the day. Then in the evening I'm often too tired to have the focus.


-t - Mar 18, 2024 12:14:34 pm PDT #29224 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Mmm, chili. Scheduling reading time seems like a good idea.

Pretty sure lasagna and lasagne are both fine. I am not getting squiggly red lines, fwtw.


dcp - Mar 18, 2024 12:26:02 pm PDT #29225 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Wordnik says "lasagne" is the plural form: [link]


Steph L. - Mar 18, 2024 12:38:28 pm PDT #29226 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

This body has been run.

I have to find a massage therapist, because ≥30 minutes on the bike 5 times a week is now business as usual for me, but my legs are sore as hell, even though I stretch afterwards. (I told Tim, "I never used to get sore like this before Covid!" and he calmly roasted me by saying "You were younger then." Which, fair enough.)


Amy - Mar 18, 2024 1:07:56 pm PDT #29227 of 30000
Because books.

Now I want lasagna/e.