The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.

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[Overtaxed]

for weeks now I wake up by five thirty or so..

Your cats let you sleep as late as that?!

[Overtaxed]

'Nite!

[SuziQ]

I bought a carbon steel wok off the TV; it's called "The Great Wok of China". I can use it now on my gas stove cause it has a rounded bottom. When we build the new kitchen, I'll have an electric cooktop, and then will need a flat bottomed wok. David left his flat bottomed one here with me when he moved out to Austin, so I'm all set.

You just have to remember that with a carbon steel wok, you don't wash it with soap, you just use an abrasive pad or brush with the hottest water you can get out of your faucet, and you dry it immediately.

[JenB]

I loooooove margaritas... frozen ones... with bits of fresh limes on the edges. Mmmm.

[JenB]

Heh, we have a cast-iron pan which is dubbed "The Frying Pan of Doom".

[RosieCotton]

Heh...

Actually, part of the reason I can't go back to sleep once I wake up is that Halvah immediately starts yakking. She sleeps through the night, but if I roll over once, she's gotta start telling me about the fact that she can see the bottom of her bowl. Horrors!

[SuziQ]

So THAT'S what dwarves do when they get together.

[RosieCotton]

Remember how impressed the check-out lady was with its heft when we bought it? Heh...

I should start keepin' it next to the bed to deal with would be invaders.

Or just to throw at cats that get up too early.

[Overtaxed]

She needs a bottomless food bowl. :)

[SuziQ]

Check out the resale places; Goodwill, etc. Folks sometimes buy a wok, then find they don't want to bother with it. You could probably pick one up pretty cheaply.

[2Jedismom]

The thing is, when I drink this wine, I don't feel any effects other than a relaxed feeling (which is pretty novel to me!) Then I go to bed and sleep soundly, much like I do when I take a Benadryl (which I do occasionally to help me sleep). However, the next morning, I do wake up bright and early and feel refreshed where as when I take a Benadryl, I feel sluggish and non-functioning in the morning!

I have learned though that if I already have a headache, drinking the wine, no matter how little, will make it worse. That's only happened once, though. I don't get headaches like I used to. I haven't needed a Morning Relief in about a year!

[RosieCotton]

She needs lower expectations...

[SuziQ]

restocked my dried beef supply.

You planning on having SOS?

[Overtaxed]

Gasp!

[RosieCotton]

I'm soooooo mean, ain't I?

Though...I talk big, but I still get up every morning and fill it once she gets insistent. *sigh*

[Overtaxed]

Never know when a tornado will come through. :)

But then, I probably wouldn't be able to find the jars.

[2Jedismom]

I had martinis once in my life. They made me physically sick. Not drunk or anything, just couldn't hold them down for some reason. I had two. Never again!

But rum...Mmmm Mmm! I loved a good rum and coke! As a matter of fact, it was a rum and coke I was drinking when I decided drinking without Steve wasn't very fun. At Chuy's Restaurant in Austin Texas...where the Bush girl got in trouble, you know?

I just left that rum and coke sitting there half gone...and didn't have another drink till the Wild Turkey at Hair's house.

[RosieCotton]

I'd be OK with waking up early if I woke up feeling awake!

Maybe Tension Tamer or cholesterol medicine or ale near bedtime would help...

[2Jedismom]

I gotta go. Good night, Hobbit Hole...see you in the morning!

[RosieCotton]

Good night! See ya tomorrow!