I've had a rough couple weeks.
Today was the culmination of 2 lousy weeks of dealing with BS at school.
I decided to treat myself to a plate.
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Random hair
The other night for dinner, I got a bit of a hair up my ass and went to town with dinner.
I made a version of beef burgundy, which really wasn't beef burgundy. I cooked some stew beef with onions and mushrooms for a bit, then added some red wine (St. Lawrence Red from the 1000 Islands Winery), let that simmer for a bit, then I added a couple packets of gravy mix and water, and let it all simmer together.
I also threw together some glazed carrots, that didn't quite glaze, but were good. The recipe called for a 16oz bag of baby carrots, 1 cup of water, 1/3 cup of brown sugar; packed, 2 tbs of butter, and salt and pepper to taste. Boil it all until the carrots are cooked and the liquid is reduced. it turned out well, if not a bit too sweet. I may make it again tonight and cut back on the sugar. Maybe 1/4 cup this time.
On top of that, I roasted up some cauliflower. I was going to do a mash with it, but decided to just leave it roasted. Turned out yummy.
2 posts in 1 day? Really? Holy crap.
I made a version of beef burgundy, which really wasn't beef burgundy. I cooked some stew beef with onions and mushrooms for a bit, then added some red wine (St. Lawrence Red from the 1000 Islands Winery), let that simmer for a bit, then I added a couple packets of gravy mix and water, and let it all simmer together.
I also threw together some glazed carrots, that didn't quite glaze, but were good. The recipe called for a 16oz bag of baby carrots, 1 cup of water, 1/3 cup of brown sugar; packed, 2 tbs of butter, and salt and pepper to taste. Boil it all until the carrots are cooked and the liquid is reduced. it turned out well, if not a bit too sweet. I may make it again tonight and cut back on the sugar. Maybe 1/4 cup this time.
On top of that, I roasted up some cauliflower. I was going to do a mash with it, but decided to just leave it roasted. Turned out yummy.
2 posts in 1 day? Really? Holy crap.
Huh
LJ must be feeling the departure to Facebook. LJ now has games? Really? Ugh.
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My birthday is today, and my wife's friend is getting into cake making and decorating. She made some AMAZING cupcakes a while back, so i decided to ask her to make my birthday cake for me. My only request was chocolate and peanut butter.
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I love internet drama.
I belong to, well several, internet forums. The fun happened this morning on one of the motorcycle/FZ6 forums. One member, a moderator, posted a for sale ad for some "revolutionary cable lubricator" that's "patent pending". Yeah, it's a set of 3 syringes with engine oil in them, and a flexible tube fitting to attach to them. I called him out in that it's neither 'revolutionary', nor is it actually patentable because it doesn't pass the "nonobviousness" test. It's 2 off-the-shelf parts put together to make an "invention". I called him out repeatedly about it because he never responded to my questions.
This morning, my posts were deleted, and I was then banned for a week from the forum, after being warned and doing nothing more. Damn moderators sure get butt hurt in a hurry. LOL
This morning, my posts were deleted, and I was then banned for a week from the forum, after being warned and doing nothing more. Damn moderators sure get butt hurt in a hurry. LOL
Good news-Bad news
Good News
The TV was an easy fix: The lenses just had a nice coating of dust on them. A little time with some windex and a "lint free" cloth and we're in business.
Bad news
My truck has developed a bit of a problem. It's a big of a hiccup that feels similar to as if someone has kicked the back end of the truck. I'm reading that it's either plugs/wires (which are original and will be changed VERY soon), or potentially a bad injector. FUN! Now, to figure out how to fix my truck when Christmas is right around the corner and money is tight because of it.
*facepalm*
The TV was an easy fix: The lenses just had a nice coating of dust on them. A little time with some windex and a "lint free" cloth and we're in business.
Bad news
My truck has developed a bit of a problem. It's a big of a hiccup that feels similar to as if someone has kicked the back end of the truck. I'm reading that it's either plugs/wires (which are original and will be changed VERY soon), or potentially a bad injector. FUN! Now, to figure out how to fix my truck when Christmas is right around the corner and money is tight because of it.
*facepalm*
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Another fun adventure!
Yeah, I'm still alive. Been living in Facebook land like most everyone else.
Last week I went out to lunch with a coworker. The conversation somehow ended up on TV's, and how we were looking into getting a small flat screen for the bedroom. He tells me about another coworker that's looking to get rid of his 51" projection TV (for giggles)....for FREE. Hells yeah I want it! Now, the job of convincing the wife-unit that she wants it too.
Somehow, I managed to get my way, and we took a drive to get it yesterday.
It sat outside for roughly 10-12 hours, as I was waiting for help carrying it into the house. We got it in and hooked up. It took a couple minutes for it to warm up enough to actually turn on, but finally, it did. I'm playing with the settings, and Kim's getting annoyed with me. I can't, for some reason, get rid of the hazy/cloudy look to it. It looks like everything we watch is in a perpetual state of "dream sequence". Some google-fu, and come to find out TV's actually have coolant! From what I'm finding, the coolant will actually allow algae/bacteria to grow, causing the picture to get fuzzy. OH FUN! More searching directs me to the how-to's on changing it. Great. Now to find new coolant. Fortunately, it only runs about $10/bottle, and I'll need roughly 3 bottles. So for the cost of gas +$30, we should have a "new" BIG tv that the dog can't stand in front of and block! *happy dance*
Tonight, I shall dig into it and take a look at what I'm dealing with, and decide if a coolant change is truly needed. I talked to the coworker that we got it from and he said it worked just fine the last time they used it. Maybe something happened during the transport. I'm hoping it's just the lenses that need cleaning.
Here's hoping!
Last week I went out to lunch with a coworker. The conversation somehow ended up on TV's, and how we were looking into getting a small flat screen for the bedroom. He tells me about another coworker that's looking to get rid of his 51" projection TV (for giggles)....for FREE. Hells yeah I want it! Now, the job of convincing the wife-unit that she wants it too.
Somehow, I managed to get my way, and we took a drive to get it yesterday.
It sat outside for roughly 10-12 hours, as I was waiting for help carrying it into the house. We got it in and hooked up. It took a couple minutes for it to warm up enough to actually turn on, but finally, it did. I'm playing with the settings, and Kim's getting annoyed with me. I can't, for some reason, get rid of the hazy/cloudy look to it. It looks like everything we watch is in a perpetual state of "dream sequence". Some google-fu, and come to find out TV's actually have coolant! From what I'm finding, the coolant will actually allow algae/bacteria to grow, causing the picture to get fuzzy. OH FUN! More searching directs me to the how-to's on changing it. Great. Now to find new coolant. Fortunately, it only runs about $10/bottle, and I'll need roughly 3 bottles. So for the cost of gas +$30, we should have a "new" BIG tv that the dog can't stand in front of and block! *happy dance*
Tonight, I shall dig into it and take a look at what I'm dealing with, and decide if a coolant change is truly needed. I talked to the coworker that we got it from and he said it worked just fine the last time they used it. Maybe something happened during the transport. I'm hoping it's just the lenses that need cleaning.
Here's hoping!
Camping food
I'm getting really lazy with my camera these days, but I did managed to grab a couple pictures this weekend while camping.
Growing up, my family enjoyed making pie iron pizzas and pies at least one night of our trip. I recently got Kim to try camping, and this past weekend she had the opportunity to try the pie iron pizzas for the first time. She decided she liked them enough that she would actually build fires and home just to have these.
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Growing up, my family enjoyed making pie iron pizzas and pies at least one night of our trip. I recently got Kim to try camping, and this past weekend she had the opportunity to try the pie iron pizzas for the first time. She decided she liked them enough that she would actually build fires and home just to have these.
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Holy crap
It's been a busy weekend, and I'm exhausted.
Friday night Kim and I actually got a life and spent some time with friends we haven't seen in quite a while. This lead to not getting to sleep until around 1:30am on Saturday. Of course, 6:30am brought on a bathroom run, then back to bed for another hour or so. This lead to us heading down to Avon to my parents' house to see some family while one of my dad's cousins was in town. After kabitzing for a bit, we headed down to clean up the boat. We got the inside of the boat cleaned up, leaving just washing, waxing, and apparently poli-coating the hull. We also took inventory of the camper status, and decided there was too much that needed to be done, so we held off until today. All of this on about 6 hours of sleep.
This morning, the dog decided it was time for me to get up around 7am, because I got sick of listening to him whine. I guess I don't need an alarm clock because he always goes off at 6:30am. Around 8:30, after Kim got up and moving, I headed out to change the oil in my truck. While the oil was draining, I cleaned up the yard in order to rid it of dog poo. Finished the oil in my truck and then mowed and trimmed the lawn. After all the rain that we'd gotten, we needed it BADLY (an understatement). While I did that, Kim showered and ran to the dollar store to pick up cleaning supplies that we needed for today. We headed down to Avon around 11, and started to tackle the camper...cleaning it inside and out. Lots of scrubbing and sorting through stuff.
Yeah. It's been a busy weekend. Can I get another weekend to recover? Please?
Friday night Kim and I actually got a life and spent some time with friends we haven't seen in quite a while. This lead to not getting to sleep until around 1:30am on Saturday. Of course, 6:30am brought on a bathroom run, then back to bed for another hour or so. This lead to us heading down to Avon to my parents' house to see some family while one of my dad's cousins was in town. After kabitzing for a bit, we headed down to clean up the boat. We got the inside of the boat cleaned up, leaving just washing, waxing, and apparently poli-coating the hull. We also took inventory of the camper status, and decided there was too much that needed to be done, so we held off until today. All of this on about 6 hours of sleep.
This morning, the dog decided it was time for me to get up around 7am, because I got sick of listening to him whine. I guess I don't need an alarm clock because he always goes off at 6:30am. Around 8:30, after Kim got up and moving, I headed out to change the oil in my truck. While the oil was draining, I cleaned up the yard in order to rid it of dog poo. Finished the oil in my truck and then mowed and trimmed the lawn. After all the rain that we'd gotten, we needed it BADLY (an understatement). While I did that, Kim showered and ran to the dollar store to pick up cleaning supplies that we needed for today. We headed down to Avon around 11, and started to tackle the camper...cleaning it inside and out. Lots of scrubbing and sorting through stuff.
Yeah. It's been a busy weekend. Can I get another weekend to recover? Please?
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Whilst playing around on Facebook, it suggested I check out a company that makes products out of Mil-Spec 550 cord (1/8" diameter nylon "rope" capable of holding 550 lbs). I saw that and said to myself, "self, you can do that!"
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The next project will be a belt, I think.
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The next project will be a belt, I think.