Scottish Breakfast tea and pumpkin cookies for breakfast? I am down with that.
Did not sleep well last night. Finally got up and read until past one. Yawn. This will not be a good day, me thinks, but we shall see. At least the weather is decent.
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Quote by verbal
Scot, I just bought my eldest a car, which she will pay me back for. It's nicer than my beat up mini-van! It's hard to watch your kids drive off like that. Parenthood is not for the faint of heart.
That's for sure. He's also dating a girl with some family issues and that's creating some stress, too, though things seem to be looking up on that front. Apparently she's finally told some family members he exists. On the upside, he's becoming a hell of a cook. I'd really be struggling with my weight if he moved back fulltime. Homemade chicken quesadillas for the win.
A day of meetings has ended. I don't care if I'm sitting at a table or in front of a webcam, I hate meetings. I understand the need for them, but there comes a point where every meeting outlives its usefulness.
Tea. Green. Lots.
Crazy old ape
Rather Fall-ish here today. Was out shopping and definitely a chill in the air to go with the showers we are getting.
Son has gone back to Ottawa with *sob* my car. He's been told to keep it in one piece, at least until we actually transfer the ownership. Right now, I still officially own it and it is on my insurance (they know and are good with it). I can't really imagine driving all the way from London to Ottawa in a compact like a Civic (5 1/2 to 7 hours depending on traffic, weather, route, etc.) but he seems to have managed. Then again, I drove from Halifax to Hamilton, a three day drive, in a Pontiac Firefly. Probably what killed the little thing's engine, but I pulled it off.
Time for my midday tea and some lunch, me thinks.
Son has gone back to Ottawa with *sob* my car. He's been told to keep it in one piece, at least until we actually transfer the ownership. Right now, I still officially own it and it is on my insurance (they know and are good with it). I can't really imagine driving all the way from London to Ottawa in a compact like a Civic (5 1/2 to 7 hours depending on traffic, weather, route, etc.) but he seems to have managed. Then again, I drove from Halifax to Hamilton, a three day drive, in a Pontiac Firefly. Probably what killed the little thing's engine, but I pulled it off.
Time for my midday tea and some lunch, me thinks.
Crazy old ape
Quote by verbal
SORRY - I rushed my submission and somehow made it a part of the series Chew by accident. I hope the error can be rectified in time! If not, well I shouldn't have waited until the last minute, huh?
The verifying mod should be able to fix that. If not, it's a quick edit for you once approved.
Crazy old ape
That puts us at 16 entries, maybe 17 if Verbs gets his in. For those counting, the latest two are:
https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/-the-adventure-of-tank-the-turtle-.aspx
And
https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/-folds-.aspx
Both terrific reads.
(Shameless self-promotion: My entry is the first link in my sig, The Berry Girl, for those who have not yet read it.)
https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/-the-adventure-of-tank-the-turtle-.aspx
And
https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/-folds-.aspx
Both terrific reads.
(Shameless self-promotion: My entry is the first link in my sig, The Berry Girl, for those who have not yet read it.)
Crazy old ape
I would like to point that nowhere in the comp or comp rules page on this site is that explicitly stated so I do not think we can assume that is the rule here as it is somewhere else unless someone can find something I am missing. The new entry deserves to be read and, to be honest, absent an explicit rule about the 10 votes thing, I hope it is allowed to advance regardless of votes.
Crazy old ape
Quote by Molly
Macaroni salad is traditionally done with mayonnaise and pasta salad has an oil and vinegar base like Italian dressing.
I'll go with gravy.
Potatoes: Mashed or baked?
The pasta salad we make uses "whipped dressing" (aka Miracle Whip) with Italian dressing so I guess hits the middle.
Baked
Top it with sour cream OR cheese
Crazy old ape
Happy Labour Day to you as well! It is also a holiday in Canada. Weather is a bit meh today with grey skies and occasional showers but supposed to be better tomorrow.
Tea and cookies time! And looks like I have lots of selection in the latter. Butterflies and flamingoes sound like fun.
Tea and cookies time! And looks like I have lots of selection in the latter. Butterflies and flamingoes sound like fun.
Crazy old ape
Quote by Survivor
They are pretty creatures but I have strong doubts I will ever try them in a meal.
The Chinese are very adventurous eaters, I find. Jellyfish aren't even the weirdest thing I have eaten. Look up "sea cucumber".
Tea and cookies time. Nice, if windy, day out there. Got some groceries, now plugging away at work stuff.
Crazy old ape
I watched a documentary on jellyfish a few years back that suggested their populations seemed to be exploding, so I imagine you're not the only ones struggling with them. I will say they make a nice salad though (seriously, one of those weird dishes I learned from my Chinese wife). Not sure what species they eat, but they are salted which maybe kills the nematocysts (stinging cells).
Sorbet and dinosaur cookies sounds yummy. And a ginger-lemon herbal tea since bedtime looms.
Sorbet and dinosaur cookies sounds yummy. And a ginger-lemon herbal tea since bedtime looms.
Crazy old ape
Quote by Survivor
As a fluke, I got a Plymouth Voyager in 1992 that I kept for over 20 years.
My max has been 11 years for my 2004 Civic (replaced it with the 2015 that Little M is getting). Even for Hondas, I'm finding a decade is enough, especially with the pace of change in auto technology right now. When I bought that 2015 Civic, I didn't even consider electric. Now, I'd probably test drive at least the Hyundai Kona EV and the Niro EV, its Kia counterpart.
Quote by Rumple_deWriter
should we rename you 'The Honda Honcho?
Well, besides liking Honda automobiles, a favorite film director of mine is Inoshiro Honda, who directed the original Gojira (Godzilla) and some other classics of that genre. So Honda Honcho kind of fits, I guess.
Crazy old ape
Quote by elizabethblack
I know your spawn is happy to have a new battery. Grin. My husband took his car in for inspection and it got a "reject" on the window. He has only so many days to get so many things fixed that you would have thought they were writing a grocery list. Lots of money too. But we trust the garage and what must be, will be.
Ouch. That's the point where we have the "do we really want to keep this thing?" debate. It's also one of the reasons I drive Hondas. Have never had a repair that wasn't expected based on mileage and usage (brake jobs, replacing exhaust, batteries, etc.). They just go and aren't too finicky, either. The fact that my preferred Honda models (Civic and CR-V) are built at an assembly plant in Ontario is nice, too. Keep some jobs in the province.
Anyhoo, time to get the coffee going and the kettle on. Good morning!
Crazy old ape
Quote by DenimAngel
Today got away from me.
I find a nail through the calendar helps.
And now I shall deprive Big Bird of a couple orange fudge cookies, me thinks.
Ended up being a nice day here. The promised rain seems to be stuck over Michigan. Maybe Border Services won't let it through.
Crazy old ape
Good morning! Hello to Cynthia. Bit grey and muggy here, with showers expected for later. Got my car in for service before handing it off to my spawn. Just needed a battery, which I probably would have needed to do anyway come winter. A bad battery in a Canadian winter tends to lead to overfamiliarity with jumper cables.
Putting on the kettle and got some nice breakfast tea (Irish, today) in the teapot. Anyone else?
Putting on the kettle and got some nice breakfast tea (Irish, today) in the teapot. Anyone else?
Crazy old ape
Quote by DenimAngel
A lazy day here I think. I got my competition story submitted and it's such a cute story.
Amen.
The world needs more cute stories, I think.Hmmmm. Chocolate butterscotch crunch, eh. * scarfs a couple *
Nice day here. Got some stuff done. Pulled the stove out and cleaned under and around it. Son cut the grass. Washed the floors (that's my usual weekly chore). Could do with a bit less humidity but I've been through worse.
Crazy old ape
Good morning, Larry and anyone else lurking. Got some nice Scottish Breakfast tea brewing in our teapot and there's hot water left if you want something else. Looks like Larry took care of the coffee.
Weather here is a bit mixed, might shower but mostly just cool and humid.
15 stories is a good number but there's room for more. Looks like we hit twenty in the Dirty Martini memorial comp in 2018 and 21 in the comp before that in 2016 so it would definitely be nice to shoot for that.
Weather here is a bit mixed, might shower but mostly just cool and humid.
15 stories is a good number but there's room for more. Looks like we hit twenty in the Dirty Martini memorial comp in 2018 and 21 in the comp before that in 2016 so it would definitely be nice to shoot for that.