11/28 Journal
November 28, 2005
Spent much of today untangling notes and trying to uncover my desk, which seems to be a wreck. I’ve sort of lost my place on everything. Then of course, there was a chunk of time for Inbox. And mostly I am tired.
11/27 Journal
November 27, 2005
I made it home, but I gave up on the audio posts. Something happened with the last one I tried, from the Ohio/Indiana border. Besides I just drove straight through from there. I got home around 11 and unloaded the car into the kitchen. Once you have it all in the house, you can take your time unpacking it.
I’ve spent most of today trying to get my holiday shopping done. I think I have all but one family member taken care of. Plus I’ll need to get a few purchases that can’t be made online.
I found the recipe for Monster Cookies, which I’m thinking of making for the Cookie Exchange at work (and certainly to carry home to Virginia).
Tomorrow I’ll have to go back to work. I haven’t untangled any of the various notes and things that I packed. I don’t even know what I need to find. I fear that I’ll end up in the office with nothing that I need. I didn’t get much work on anything done last week. I feel like such a failure. :(
Mineral Wells
November 26, 2005
NOTE: Image appears to be lost. Trying to find a replacement (5/13/10)
11/25 Journal
November 25, 2005
Today’s my youngest sister’s birthday, so I cooked one of her favorite meals for dinner, barbequed hot dogs. I made mac and cheese for myself since I can’t do the tomatoes thing. I also made corn casserole, which was a great hit. Yesterday’s broccoli casserole and the various puff pastry pinwheels were also great hits.
I should be packing stuff for the trip home tomorrow, but instead, I’ve spent the evening playing with Snuffles, my sister’s poodle (and the one that visited me in September). He greatly enjoys fetching the squeaky ball it appears.
I also got a small bit of Christmas shopping done online. Unlike my sister Holli and my niece, I’m am NOT going to any stores on the day after Thanksgiving. Well, I went to the grocery store, but that doesn’t count. I found a present for my brother online, and I think I have my niece taken care of as well. Now for the rest of them…..
But it’s time for bed now. Too much driving to do tomorrow.
Thanksgiving Day Cooking Never Ends
November 24, 2005
I may never cook again. Okay, not really, though I do feel like I’ve done nothing but cook this entire day.
Actually, that’s a bit close to reality. I made snackin’ food for the Macy’s parade, and as soon as that was over, I began the process of cooking for dinner. I didn’t finish and have people eating till 9 pm.
It’s not that I was truly actively cooking every minute. There were moments of confusion and bewilderment. The biggest issue was that I thought my mother would be making the pumpkin pies, but I ended up being in charge of that too. No problem… except that since I didn’t think I was doing it no one checked the ingredients. We were out of shortening, a key ingredient for pie crust. The bigger issue is that I’m not a pie crust maker in the first place. I buy pie crusts in cute little boxes in the dairy aisle. That won’t do for mom however, so the whole process was a little more complex than usual.
Beyond that, I gave a wag of the finger to the microwave several times for its misbehavior, and ultimately, I put it on notice (after it tried to remove my fingernail). It is clearly an evil appliance. Wag of the fingers also for the knife and the stove top. The pie crust is also on notice for its failure to cooperate when I attempted to roll it out. It may be dead to me. I must re-evaluate later when I’m hydrated again.