Weekend accomplishments
Saturday I thought I might get back into geocaching, which I stopped doing when it got too hot, but my body decided it would rather sleep for 10 hours. I made eggs and toast for the 'rents and I, since they hadn't eaten yet. Went to CVS, the gas station, the carwash, and Rouse's. Made lunch for Mom and Phil when I got home, had a couple drinks, got bored with the book I'm currently reading and decided to re-read Michael McDowell's Cold Moon Over Babylon instead. Bought some bergamot essential oil on Amazon because I'm nearly out, I use it a lot, and Aromatic Infusions hasn't had it as the half-price weekly special in over a year.
Of course, having bought it full price online, it's pretty much guaranteed they'll make it next week's half-price special.
Took a gummy after supper and started watching Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix.
Sunday I made chocolate and orange waffles with bacon for breakfast:
Well, technically it's tangerine and chocolate, Rouse's had a 2 lbs. bag on sale for $1.99. But I've never made a stewed citrus waffle topping before. It was kind of like making a very lazy/fast jam.
Watched Dateline, changed and washed the bedsheets, showered, got a cake in the oven, almost had a heart attack because as I was cleaning that up our water just ceased. I couldn't get a drop from any faucet. Mom called the emergency number for the water company and actually spoke to someone--on a Sunday, that's a minor miracle--and there was a leak out on Grosse Isle Road and they had to shut off everyone's water to work on it. On a Sunday, when everyone's home. Of course they don't bother to schedule that or let anyone know ahead of time. In the middle of washing your hair and the water gets shut off? Too bad, try moving to state that isn't a dysfunctional conservative madhouse with infrastructure that's the envy of Kabul.
Anyway, luckily it came back on after about 30 minutes, because after my sheets I had to wash 2 loads of towels and a load of clothes.
For supper I decided to go back to my fancy toast cookbook, which I haven't used in a while, and made the French onion toast, with roasted red pepper and tomato soup:
I used one of the sourdoughs from the subscription, and the cheese is aged Swiss because it's like a 3rd the price of Gruyere. With the brie I always buy on the weekends for eating during football, I don't need to be spending $20 on cheese.
Dessert was from Snacking Cakes again, peanut butter cake with salted caramel penuche icing:
Penuche is the technically correct name for fudge that doesn't actually have chocolate in it. FOODIE FACT!
Tonight's spooky season viewing was more episodes of Cabinet of Curiosities. The quality has varied so far; a couple of them are really good, but most of them could stand to be shorter.
This is the progress I've made on my cross stitch since last week:
Good night!
Of course, having bought it full price online, it's pretty much guaranteed they'll make it next week's half-price special.
Took a gummy after supper and started watching Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix.
Sunday I made chocolate and orange waffles with bacon for breakfast:
Well, technically it's tangerine and chocolate, Rouse's had a 2 lbs. bag on sale for $1.99. But I've never made a stewed citrus waffle topping before. It was kind of like making a very lazy/fast jam.
Watched Dateline, changed and washed the bedsheets, showered, got a cake in the oven, almost had a heart attack because as I was cleaning that up our water just ceased. I couldn't get a drop from any faucet. Mom called the emergency number for the water company and actually spoke to someone--on a Sunday, that's a minor miracle--and there was a leak out on Grosse Isle Road and they had to shut off everyone's water to work on it. On a Sunday, when everyone's home. Of course they don't bother to schedule that or let anyone know ahead of time. In the middle of washing your hair and the water gets shut off? Too bad, try moving to state that isn't a dysfunctional conservative madhouse with infrastructure that's the envy of Kabul.
Anyway, luckily it came back on after about 30 minutes, because after my sheets I had to wash 2 loads of towels and a load of clothes.
For supper I decided to go back to my fancy toast cookbook, which I haven't used in a while, and made the French onion toast, with roasted red pepper and tomato soup:
I used one of the sourdoughs from the subscription, and the cheese is aged Swiss because it's like a 3rd the price of Gruyere. With the brie I always buy on the weekends for eating during football, I don't need to be spending $20 on cheese.
Dessert was from Snacking Cakes again, peanut butter cake with salted caramel penuche icing:
Penuche is the technically correct name for fudge that doesn't actually have chocolate in it. FOODIE FACT!
Tonight's spooky season viewing was more episodes of Cabinet of Curiosities. The quality has varied so far; a couple of them are really good, but most of them could stand to be shorter.
This is the progress I've made on my cross stitch since last week:
Good night!