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Posted on 01/27/2005 9:59:05 AM PST by ecurbh
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Your 'special intention' in on our Parish Prayer list this weekend!
Gonna try to make mostly stuff that doesn't require heating. I just made up a big batch of hummus and I'm going to make something like tortillas to go with it. Yeah, I know...should be pita, but I couldn't bring myself to spend what they cost at the grocery and I don't think they're easy to make.
Vegetables aren't really much harder than doing in the nuker...but I do end up with more dishes that way. I can always eat salad stuff a bit more than usual. That won't kill me. ;-)
Did I ever tell you what my sisters said when I was telling them about Entmoot last year? They both said they had been worried to death for me; that I might be getting myself into some dangerous situation going to stay a week with people I'd only ever talked to on the net. I assured them that having met ecurbh, and his having met others, and those others having met others, that we all had a good idea of what folks were like, and no one was trying to snow anybody else. It really is quite extraordinary.
Now, since you're gonna be going about mid-April, I think it's time you and some of your sibs planned a trip down to visit us and have a mini Anime-moot! We are in the process of de-cluttering, and there's more room in the basement for sleeping bags, etc, so bring Stephen and Mug and Bilbo, if they'd like to come. SSQ would LOVE for you to bring your instruments as well. Y'all could drive down on a Sat. afternoon, and get back before dark on Sunday. The only weekend that might be a problem for me would be Mar.19th. We're gonna be in Providence during the day for a Journal of Light Construction trade show, then I'm singing in a Tenebrae Service that evening. Y'all could come down if you wanted to, and attend the service with us, then we could come home and just have fun that evening and Sunday, but we wouldn't be home until after 5 on that Saturday, so that cuts the visiting time short somewhat. Let me know when might be a good time for you!
If I remember correctly, pitas are much different than tortillas in the cooking part. They are thicker, but I don't think they're any more difficult. You could find a recipe online to check it out.
Aha!
I should have said that I think that pitas are NOT much harder than tortillas to make.
It was great.
Oh, St. Joseph's is beautiful!! SSQ and I visited it when we were in Canada for a week in 1985.
I've been there quite a number of times...but it's been awhile. Since right after I got laid off last time.
It won't exactly be an easy drive after April...
OK, dough rising. Now...what to tackle next? I WAS going to pack dishes today, but the grocery store didn't have nice boxes today. They were still stocking, though. I'll have to check again this evening.
For dishes, check a liquor store. Their boxes are smaller and more manageable for heavier loads. Ask them to save them for you, and not to cut the tops completely off, so that they're more 'hinged' and easier to tape shut. They may be willing to do that for you, then call you when they have several ready for you.
missed yer post... may try'n make it tuh the Gun Show tuhmorrow...
jest came in fer a cup a coffee... cold out there on the tactor...
good shootin' bro...
mmmmmmmmm... liquor store...
Meanwhile i left my digicam pointed out the window taking one frame per second. It's going to be a pretty cool time-lapse movie when I'm done with it.
I just got off the phone with our credit card companies. Wanted them to know I made the payments. Apparently, I did so just in time...they were just fixin' to apply the monthly finance charges!
Because of paying them yesterday, I saved something like $75-$100.
One of the customer assistance people was obviously from India. But she was very helpful and I was very courteous in return. I always hope it makes someone's day a little brighter when they don't have to deal with a grumpy person, you know? She asked me "How are you?" when she took my call and I replied "I'm very well, thank you! How are you?" She was so stunned she stuttered a bit in reply! She said she was doing well and thanked me for asking! LOL
Then, after we completed our business, she asked if I wouldn't mind taking a little survey. It was automated and wanted to know how she did. I gave her all high marks.
:-)
It's been a great couple of days.
Got some good boxes from the grocery, I think. They had some from some froofroo brands of cereal that were sturdy and not too big.
The liquor store is kinda out of my usual way - not in town. But that's an idea...I'm guessing they have good sturdy boxes.
I'm almost done packing, though! Mostly just have food and pots and pans still out. And clothing, of course.
One of these days I need to get Stephen to help me load the rocking chair into the van to see how much room it takes up and if it's really feasible to bring it. I sure hope so. I think it's doable, especially if I get a roof pouch for the bulkier things.
Thanks...it's not the same person.
Trouble is...I really, really don't want to put them into a shelter, even a no-kill shelter. And with Cleo as old as she is, I've had several places tell me she's not adoptable by most people's standards. *sigh*
I guess I'll just have to keep trying. But I feel like I don't have much time. And really, I don't. I need to move out to Dad's in about a week and a half, and he's *barely* willing for me to have any cat with me. I could probably talk him into letting me bring Halvah in additon to Tam, but any more would be pretty much impossible. So I'm trying not to panic.
Gonna go make pita bread.
Might as well take this first, though.
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