Sunday, December 05, 2004
A little busy?
Has anybody seen me lately? You might have noted a whirl of activity go blurring by....
Let's see. I successfully replaced the broken glass in the back door and the defective doorknob, yay me. As predicted, I found the missing Schipperke pics the NEXT DAY after I gave the buyer her refund. *snarls at self* They were RIGHT THERE where they belonged, too. Except I had faced them inward on the shelf in a slightly different spot and so they were the same COLOR as the shelf wall, and...yeah, I looked right at them a couple dozen times while I was going crazy wondering where they were. Damn crummy eyeballs.
We were going to have a big wingding today, a Brownie Scout ceremony of some sort. My daughter Damaris, who needs her own copy of the bumper sticker I used to have, "Stop Me Before I Volunteer AGAIN!", is the troop leader for the troop my twin grand-girlies are in, and she had quite a nice event planned.
Unfortunately they got a message today that her husband Nigel's mother was in the hospital, going through the last stages of liver failure from substance abuse. Even though they were estranged, the family thought Nigel should have a chance to come say his goodbyes, and so they called. So the Brownie event had to be postponed. I got to spend a little extra time with my mom due to the change in plans. That can be a tricky thing to maneuver, but today it went well. I am mainly bummed that I can't do more for poor Nigel.
Tonight I made hot and sour soup, our family version, and I was chagrined to find I had not made it in so long, I'd almost forgotten how! When I got ingredients at the store Saturday, I failed to buy the shrimp AND the cucumber! Plus I deliberately did NOT buy cornstarch, because I did remember that I was always buying a new box and then finding I already had two at home. So of course this time I had NONE. Since that ingredient is crucial, poor Caro had to go BACK to the store (since I was waiting for a call from Damaris to exchange some important messages) and get the stuff.
But not before I had emptied out the kitchen cupboard failing to find cornstarch. Instead, I found mysterious ancient cakemixes and other items which had drifted to the back and sort of become epochal layers or something. So tomorrow, right after I wrap a whole mass of packages again, I am due to start a massive cupboard makeover.
Very holiday like, no?
Let's see. I successfully replaced the broken glass in the back door and the defective doorknob, yay me. As predicted, I found the missing Schipperke pics the NEXT DAY after I gave the buyer her refund. *snarls at self* They were RIGHT THERE where they belonged, too. Except I had faced them inward on the shelf in a slightly different spot and so they were the same COLOR as the shelf wall, and...yeah, I looked right at them a couple dozen times while I was going crazy wondering where they were. Damn crummy eyeballs.
We were going to have a big wingding today, a Brownie Scout ceremony of some sort. My daughter Damaris, who needs her own copy of the bumper sticker I used to have, "Stop Me Before I Volunteer AGAIN!", is the troop leader for the troop my twin grand-girlies are in, and she had quite a nice event planned.
Unfortunately they got a message today that her husband Nigel's mother was in the hospital, going through the last stages of liver failure from substance abuse. Even though they were estranged, the family thought Nigel should have a chance to come say his goodbyes, and so they called. So the Brownie event had to be postponed. I got to spend a little extra time with my mom due to the change in plans. That can be a tricky thing to maneuver, but today it went well. I am mainly bummed that I can't do more for poor Nigel.
Tonight I made hot and sour soup, our family version, and I was chagrined to find I had not made it in so long, I'd almost forgotten how! When I got ingredients at the store Saturday, I failed to buy the shrimp AND the cucumber! Plus I deliberately did NOT buy cornstarch, because I did remember that I was always buying a new box and then finding I already had two at home. So of course this time I had NONE. Since that ingredient is crucial, poor Caro had to go BACK to the store (since I was waiting for a call from Damaris to exchange some important messages) and get the stuff.
But not before I had emptied out the kitchen cupboard failing to find cornstarch. Instead, I found mysterious ancient cakemixes and other items which had drifted to the back and sort of become epochal layers or something. So tomorrow, right after I wrap a whole mass of packages again, I am due to start a massive cupboard makeover.
Very holiday like, no?
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