Green Room - Week 6 - Weekend Edition

[clauderainsrm]

The free trial of Disney Plus has been great. Not sure that we will be going beyond that for now, there's a lot of things that won't be on the service until next year (and beyond). Then again, there's still plenty of stuff to check out

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[rayaso]

Today, I read. But tomorrow is the funnest day -- yes, it's Grocery Shopping Day! Time to stock the larder and get ready for a whole week of delicious eating. Or something like that. I'm a big follower of the floor to fork movement. "Forking," as it's called, doesn't recognize the artificial distinction between plates, tables, and the floor. Forkers don't eat food off the walls, however. Not until gravity takes over and it hits the floor, then it's fair game. Floor food adds all kinds of mysterious ingredients not normally found in table food, with all that rigid emphasis on recipes and cleanliness. It's a surprise cuisine that adds all sorts of unknown ingredients tracked in from outside. Yes America, get down on your hands and knees for your next meal. OK, enough time wasting. Back to reading.

[halfshellvenus]

Well, uh-oh. :O

[roina_arwen]

We got the tree up, purchased a new tree skirt and new stocking hangers yesterday, and am now at the grocery store to order a pre-cooked turkey to pick up on 12/1 for our post-Thanksgiving family supper (as we will be in Texas visiting extended family for Thanksgiving, which means no leftovers, lol).

[rayaso]

OK, kickthehobbit, you wrote a great entry, as usual. Then you tell me you're dropping out, as planned. Not a good plan, but I don't get a vote. Then you make it impossible to leave a comment. Here's where your plan goes off the rails, because I'm going to comment anyway. I will miss your entries. What you need to do is work on a Plan C.

[kickthehobbit]

Blame the federal government. :)

I don't think I've talked at all about what I do, outside of that entry, but I co-founded a startup last year that's aimed at reducing the cost of sustainable building materials. (Think solar panels, building-integrated photovoltaics, smart windows...you get the picture.)

We were lucky enough to get a Phase I DOE SBIR. These are grants given by the feds that are aimed at helping small businesses based in the sciences and boosting the US economy. This is a fancy way of saying that the feds gave us a lot of money to prove, in nine months, that we could do what we said we could do.

$200,000 sounds like a lot until you realize that it has to pay for everything: lab space, salaries for everyone, all the chemicals and supplies you need, any equipment you need to buy or rent, travel to DC for their big "here's what you're doing" kickoff event

[rayaso]

You call that busy? And important? Well I'm busy too. Oh wait. I'm retired. I can certainly understand why Idol might be too much, and I hope that at some point in the future we get to read your writing again. Good luck with everything. I'm sure the hobbits are glad you won't be kicking them for a while.

[kickthehobbit]

I definitely do not call it important! :P

Thank you, and I'll keep writing. Sharing stuff, maybe not so much, but writing, definitely. :)

[murielle]

Sunday is my catch-up day. Catch-up with housework I didn't get to during the week, catch-up with email, catch-up with knitting, catch-up with Idol reading. Today is the first day that the new season, the long-awaited season, of The Crown is launched on Netflix.

I just watched episode three about the mining disaster in 1966 in Aberfan Wales. I have no words to describe the sorrow, the grief.

So far, I'm impressed with this new season. I guess Monday is this week's catch-up day.

Also water-fasting. Need to reset the old bod and reduce the wheat-belly. I really must find a way to make things without wheat. I can't be that hard, millions do it. But I like wheat! (sigh)

[halfshellvenus]

Are you having actual problems with wheat, or just giving wheat-free a try?

HalfshellHusband just made some double-chocolate banana bread for his brother using Red-Mill gluten-free flour. While that recipe is generally much too fabulous (seriously, it's deadly), it's clear you might want to try out a variety of flours for various recipes-- because that had a weird, bitter aftertaste that I found really disagreeable. Though his brother didn't notice.

My sister's pie-crust experiment with someone's gluten-free flour also showed that they are not all created equal. That was trying to work with Play-Doh. :O

[murielle]

My specialists were of the belief that none of us with CFS should be eating. I gave up bread for years, but started enjoying it and eating it again after the "unleavened" last year. I favor pumpernickel rye but have made some regular white bread in my bread machine when I haven't been able to get out.

I have heard that spelt bread is quite good.

Thank you so much for getting back to me on this. I'm familiar with Red-Mill products. :-)

[adoptedwriter]

Babysitting the HoneyB all weekend. Low on sleep but high on love!

[murielle]

That adorable little baby! You lucky grandma! <3