Friday, October 31, 2014
Thursday
It was another cold, dreary morning. But this time there was
no rain. The sun did come out briefly, but soon it was gone.
I went to lunch at Time Out. One of the specials was an “Old
German Cheeseburger with fries.” Being an old German myself, I had to try it. I
did ask the waitress what that meant and she said the patty had onions, green
peppers and carrots in it. Hmmm…
I skipped the fries and had a cup of excellent chicken
noodle soup instead.
The “Old German Cheeseburger tasted like meatloaf with cheese
on it. Really, really good meatloaf, though. Since I like meatloaf, it was
delicious. But, I still don’t know what exactly made it an “Old German
Cheeseburger.”
I left there and went to fill my truck up with gas. I paid $2.79 per gallon!!!
I had a call from the Nissan dealership. My splash guards
came in. So, I set up an appointment for 5:30 today (the service department is
open late on Thursdays) to get them installed.
I left work at 4:30 p.m. to (hopefully) beat the rush hour
traffic. I got to the dealer just after 5:00 p.m. In less than 45 minutes, I
was back on the road, heading home.
I had checked them out at the dealership and then once again
in the garage. They are more subtle than I thought they would be (I thought
they would stick out more from the fenders). I like them!
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Since I ate the last of the Pasta Alfredo with bacon last
night and it was late for making a real dinner tonight, I opened a can of Dinty Moore Beef
Stew. I warmed that up on the stove and then ate it with buttered bread.
I watched some taped TV, but turned in before 10:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Dreary Hump Day
I drove through light rain on the way into work Wednesday. And
that kept happening up to and even as I was driving home at 5:00 pm.
I went to Time Out for lunch (I was 30 minutes late, trying
to deal with a crisis in Facilities) and got a bowl of baked bean soup. Sounded
interesting, but wasn’t. I had added a chicken salad pita and that was as good
as always.
As I said, it was sprinkling on the way home, so I didn’t
even bother to check the mulch.
I watched the news, drinking a cup of coffee to take the
chill off. Then I read in the living
room with the fireplace going. It had been just a raw day!
I gave up and went to bed at 10:00 p.m.
Birthday Shoutout!
Happy Birthday to my fabulous first-born, Amy!
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
The Tuesday Tale
It was still warm on Tuesday morning. I took the trash can
out to the road and headed into work early.
I took in my waffle iron. Courtney had seen something on the
Internet she wanted to try but they don’t own one. She brought in a roll of
Pillsbury Cinnamon buns
We fired up the waffle iron and, when it was ready, Courtney
put two uncooked buns on it (we later decided you could have done four, but she
didn’t know how much the dough would spread). Two minutes later, they were
done. She spread a little of the frosting that comes in the tube (she kept the can of frosting on top of the waffle iron to melt it a little). She cut each
one into fours (so there would be enough to go around) and we taste-tested
them. Then we had people coming into work taste them when they showed up.
Delicious! All of the flavor of regular cinnamon buns, plus
a unique, crunchy texture from the waffle iron. Everyone who tried them loved
them. Plus, the office smelled delicious!
I let her borrow the waffle iron (I haven’t used it in a
couple of years) so she could make some for her husband, Mike. She took a
picture for her Facebook page and I stole it for the Blog.
It started raining about 8:30 a.m., accompanied by thunder
and lightning.
I went to the Newburgh Grill and got some bean with ham soup
and a patty melt for lunch. It was still raining, but not as hard as earlier.
The rain had stopped by the time my afternoon walk was
scheduled. But the wind had picked up and the temperature was dropping.
When I got home after work, I retrieved the trash can,
treated Caley and went out back. I was scouting out alternative Game Trail
camera locations. I finally decided on the trunk of one of the mature arbor
vitae.
But there was a problem (of course). Some of the low branches
would trigger it in the wind. So I went and got the loppers and cut off the
problem branches. Then I attached the camera, aiming it towards just west of
the raised bed herb garden. I am hoping to avoid the many, (MANY) videos of
squirrels and birds by the feeders I had been getting.
Back inside, I watched the rest of the Nightly News, after I
realized the bulb auger would be useless tonight. It rained hard here and you
can’t dig with an auger in mud.
For dinner, I warmed up some of the pasta with bacon from
the weekend. I topped it with grated Parmesan cheese. It was still excellent,
even after being refrigerated.
I watched NCIS live, then shut the TV off and read until
bedtime.
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