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kellan_the_tabbyNo writing today. Lewis had the day off, so I took it off, too.
I kinda miss it. This is a good sign, yes?
We were up a little late last night, so I didn't get enough sleep and thus never did wake all the way up today. But I got a fair amount done anyway - caught up on the dishes this morning (necessary, when Lewis and I are home for the weekend, since a lot of cooking tends to happen), went for a doctor's appointment and wound up chatting with the guy for a while, got part of the lawn mowed (Lewis did the rest), and hauled a lot of branches down to the not-burn-pile.
I was also slightly useful in making a big pan of baklava, and making fajitas for dinner.
See, Tuesday Lewis called on the way home from work and asked what was for dinner. We had a lot of leftovers, so I proposed that we use some of them up. He remembered that we had fajita leftovers, and deiced that he wanted those. Fine, I said, but we're out of sour cream.
Anything else? he asked.
Nope, I said.
So he got home and we were out of tortillas. I offered to go and get some (being the one who hadn't checked), but he said no, I have an idea...
Tortillas are stupidly easy to make. And they taste a lot better fresh. :)
So we did that again tonight. I rolled out and cooked my very own tortilla. Yeah, not so impressive but I'm still sorta new to being able to actually cook.
And speaking of cooking: a report on the tomato bread soup. Very, very good stuff. Everyone liked it, and there are still enough leftovers to feed Lewis and I a couple more times. Not only that, but Olwyn announced that it's the only thing she's ever tasted that came close to her father's tomato soup recipe - which he took to his grave in something like 1985.
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montuos, where did you get that recipe, anyway...?
So, good results. It wanted the Italian sausage instead of the country sausage, and we decided that it would have worked better with a much more butch bread - a good pumpernickel, maybe, or even a cut-up Philly soft pretzel (Lewis brought one home for me that day; I'd forgotten what a real one tastes like...). Easy enough to fix next time.
It seems that I never did post the original excitement with Miki. I hadn't noticed him scratching particularly, but he developed a hematoma in his left ear almost two weeks ago. I took him to the emergency place, since it was Sunday, and they told me that it was still small enough that it might drain on its own and sent me home with a bottle of Tresaderm (treats ear mites and a plethora of other things). Monday it didn't seem any worse, but by Tuesday Miki was miserable, so I called the vet. Yeah, they said, it's gonna have to be operated on. I brought him back in Wednesday for the operation, and took him home again that night.
He spent the next several days wearing a cone so he'd leave his ear alone. Round about last Friday he was trying desperately to wash his 'bits' and all he could get to was the cone, so he was washing that incessantly, and I just couldn't deal - so I let him out for a bit. And a bit the next day, and a bit the day after that, and finally yesterday I just took the thing off and figured I'd take him back in to the vet if he needed it. He didn't, and his fur is all clean now, and he's a lot happier.
He still needs antibiotics and Tresaderm twice a day, though; hence the lack of travel. He doesn't like either application of medicine very much, and I can't blame him - bubblegum-flavoured stuff I can see for humans, but for a cat...? I want _fish_ flavoured antibiotics, thank you.
For him, not for me. Euw.
He's currently sprawled out in the hallway, gnawing on a hair tie.
*goes to retrieve hair tie*
Tomorrow we may be going to an air show in Willow Grove, or working on the yard, or baking bread, or I don't know what. Or reading all day. Or working on computers. Who knows. I think I'll try to write a little something, if nothing else.
It's gonna be fun.
I kinda miss it. This is a good sign, yes?
We were up a little late last night, so I didn't get enough sleep and thus never did wake all the way up today. But I got a fair amount done anyway - caught up on the dishes this morning (necessary, when Lewis and I are home for the weekend, since a lot of cooking tends to happen), went for a doctor's appointment and wound up chatting with the guy for a while, got part of the lawn mowed (Lewis did the rest), and hauled a lot of branches down to the not-burn-pile.
I was also slightly useful in making a big pan of baklava, and making fajitas for dinner.
See, Tuesday Lewis called on the way home from work and asked what was for dinner. We had a lot of leftovers, so I proposed that we use some of them up. He remembered that we had fajita leftovers, and deiced that he wanted those. Fine, I said, but we're out of sour cream.
Anything else? he asked.
Nope, I said.
So he got home and we were out of tortillas. I offered to go and get some (being the one who hadn't checked), but he said no, I have an idea...
Tortillas are stupidly easy to make. And they taste a lot better fresh. :)
So we did that again tonight. I rolled out and cooked my very own tortilla. Yeah, not so impressive but I'm still sorta new to being able to actually cook.
And speaking of cooking: a report on the tomato bread soup. Very, very good stuff. Everyone liked it, and there are still enough leftovers to feed Lewis and I a couple more times. Not only that, but Olwyn announced that it's the only thing she's ever tasted that came close to her father's tomato soup recipe - which he took to his grave in something like 1985.
montuos, where did you get that recipe, anyway...?So, good results. It wanted the Italian sausage instead of the country sausage, and we decided that it would have worked better with a much more butch bread - a good pumpernickel, maybe, or even a cut-up Philly soft pretzel (Lewis brought one home for me that day; I'd forgotten what a real one tastes like...). Easy enough to fix next time.
It seems that I never did post the original excitement with Miki. I hadn't noticed him scratching particularly, but he developed a hematoma in his left ear almost two weeks ago. I took him to the emergency place, since it was Sunday, and they told me that it was still small enough that it might drain on its own and sent me home with a bottle of Tresaderm (treats ear mites and a plethora of other things). Monday it didn't seem any worse, but by Tuesday Miki was miserable, so I called the vet. Yeah, they said, it's gonna have to be operated on. I brought him back in Wednesday for the operation, and took him home again that night.
He spent the next several days wearing a cone so he'd leave his ear alone. Round about last Friday he was trying desperately to wash his 'bits' and all he could get to was the cone, so he was washing that incessantly, and I just couldn't deal - so I let him out for a bit. And a bit the next day, and a bit the day after that, and finally yesterday I just took the thing off and figured I'd take him back in to the vet if he needed it. He didn't, and his fur is all clean now, and he's a lot happier.
He still needs antibiotics and Tresaderm twice a day, though; hence the lack of travel. He doesn't like either application of medicine very much, and I can't blame him - bubblegum-flavoured stuff I can see for humans, but for a cat...? I want _fish_ flavoured antibiotics, thank you.
For him, not for me. Euw.
He's currently sprawled out in the hallway, gnawing on a hair tie.
*goes to retrieve hair tie*
Tomorrow we may be going to an air show in Willow Grove, or working on the yard, or baking bread, or I don't know what. Or reading all day. Or working on computers. Who knows. I think I'll try to write a little something, if nothing else.
It's gonna be fun.
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Soup...
Date: 2005-05-28 10:11 am (UTC)It just keeps getting better in the fridge...I had the last bowlful of ours last night, and it was awesome! :9
I found it in The Fanny Farmer Cookbook, but I played with it until I liked it. Sometime I add a can of sliced olives, or some artichoke hearts. If you like zucchini (I hate it myself), that would probably go well too.
...it would have worked better with a much more butch bread - a good pumpernickel, maybe, or even a cut-up Philly soft pretzel...
Ooh, yes; real pretzels would be good! You have to be careful, though, to use a bread that is not sweet at all. A bakery near here that we really love makes bread that is just plain weird with the soup, because it's got honey in it...ick!
Re: Soup...
Date: 2005-05-28 10:51 am (UTC)Sweet!
I found it in The Fanny Farmer Cookbook...
I'll let Olwyn know. Sounds like convergent evolution, in that case.
Olwyn's dad's had green pepper (which I might try sometime) and celery (which I think is the great evil).
Ooh, yeah, sweet wouldn't work at all. Olwyn had the idea for using a Middle Eastern bread she likes, but I'd want to change the spicing in the soup if I were gonna do that...
Re: Soup...
Date: 2005-05-28 07:35 pm (UTC)No, no; not sweet! Thought I told you that already! ;>
...a Middle Eastern bread she likes, but I'd want to change the spicing in the soup...
What sort of Middle Eastern bread? The only ones I know are the pita and naan style ones, which don't have any pronounced flavor that would require a change in spicing. Unless, of course, it's just that you want the soup to swing Middle Eastern too.
Re: Soup...
Date: 2005-05-29 06:16 am (UTC)*giggles*
What sort of Middle Eastern bread?
I don't remember what she called it; it wasn't either of those, though, and it definitely had a flavour.
Re: Soup...
Date: 2005-05-29 09:03 am (UTC)*ears perk up* Sounds interesting; do ask the next time you have her handy, please? Or I 'spect I could ask
[1]And I do not mean this in the Dogbert sense!
Re: Soup...
Date: 2005-05-28 08:41 pm (UTC)I like celery, and like having it in many soups, but not this one. Green pepper could work, but not if Devora is coming over.
Re: Soup...
Date: 2005-05-29 06:19 am (UTC)Re: Soup...
Date: 2005-05-29 11:05 am (UTC)Re: Soup...
Date: 2005-05-31 10:34 am (UTC)Moo? Favor to Ask..
Date: 2005-06-06 07:27 am (UTC)Thank you! :)
Re: Moo? Favor to Ask..
Date: 2005-06-06 08:41 am (UTC)Go to 'name pattern search' and put in the name, or just part of it. Should show if it's been registered.
Re: Moo? Favor to Ask..
Date: 2005-06-06 10:59 am (UTC)Possible she has 'submission' confused with 'approval'... I'll ask her for the letter of acceptance. Thanks!
Re: Moo? Favor to Ask..
Date: 2005-06-06 11:34 am (UTC)Hm. Submitted at Pennsic 2003...
Sent on to Laurel in November of that year...
Accepted at Laurel in October 2004. Hrm. Same spelling, too.
Looks like it just hasn't made it into the online Ordinary yet. But it's registered. I hadn't realized the online was that out of date...
Re: Moo? Favor to Ask..
Date: 2005-06-06 06:20 pm (UTC)*hugs* Thank you!
Re: Moo? Favor to Ask..
Date: 2005-06-06 07:37 pm (UTC)