In honour of the dreadful weather today I will be making a beef roast with yorkshire pudding for dinner. With lots of gravy.
Pork Veronique for me. Got the ingredients this morning. First time I’ve cooked it since my bloke passed - it was his favorite dish (and very close to mine). Terribly bad for him (so much cream!), but so delicious. It’s time to reclaim it now the grief has retreated a bit.
EDIT: Is there a sane and rational reason why supermarkets DON’T sell frozen mirepoix? I would have thought that such was a no-brainer but WDIK. They keep putting corn in the mixed vegetables, where it has no business being imo.
I’m gonna do a big fat beef stew. Tossing up whether to go traditional or break out the masala for more of a curry vibe
It really is looking like a chips and gravy kind of night. If i had the energy and didn’t already have food in the fridge I’d be seriously considering making my own poutine…
I’ll be making pizzas. Not fancy , just a mushroom pizza and a pepperoni pizza.
We’re doing pizzas too.
Me three!
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Meat lovers pizza with extra bacon and mushrooms for me tonight.
Pub Parma and pints for me
I’m really chuffed with my new car stereo! Ahhh, modern comforts in an old car. So good to be able to use Android Auto again (though it sucks balls vs CarPlay - hopeless at voice commands, laggy as hell with confirming messages to be sent). Still, no more squinting at a phone in a cradle to see directions, and not being able to see or respond to urgent messages. No more phone blocking the vents or crackly radio either.
Sadly the front right speaker intermittently working seems to be a speaker issue, not a wire issue :/ it doesn’t sound nearly as bad now that the audio is much clearer, but gosh it would be nice to have that speaker working. I wonder if it’s possible to replace just one speaker, because the others are perfectly fine…
Here it is already heavily smudged by moi (I must remember to have a little glass wiping cloth in the car)
yay!
E: in less happy news I feel so incredibly sick right now. So headachey and exhausted. If this doesnt clear up by Sunday night I’m booking a drs appt. Worried I might have got pneumonia or something
Replaio is an Android Auto friendly app, for some sweet SomaFm in the car ;-)
I actually used to use Replaio for quite a while! But didn’t know it could play SomaFM stations… I used it until it stopped playing PBS FM for some reason and the devs didn’t fix it despite reports. I actually use the official app for SomaFM, it’s good (haven’t used it via AA for many months tho). Looking forward to cruising around to some tunes
Yeah the PBS thing is a bit funny. Also, Hey Google stream Groove Salad SomaFm will work for a bit, then not work, then work for a bit etc …
I had better luck with CarPlay (work iPhone), I gotta say. Worked about 80% of the time. Android Auto is very glitchy for me (across very different cars). Sometimes I say “no” once it thinks I’ve said “no” like four times, but then if I don’t want to send a message or reply it takes up to a minute to register “no”…
The good news is that the weird not quite right feeling I have had all week was just a cold coming not (not return of the BIG SAD). The bad news is that my throat and face hurt 🤕. Have put on ‘the gentle art of Swedish death cleaning’ as company while I do some cleaning on my own in between little rests on the couch.
Did the family movie cinemas thing this afternoon. $65 for a family of four - was actually not that bad. Despicable Me 4 - had a good laugh or two.
Edit - two good spoof references too
Did you end up with a banana scented fart gun at your house too, or was that just in mine?
I’m here! Despite a hangover and waking up at 3am again!
First time at Etihad Stadium, and Essendon isn’t even playing (don’t speak to me about last night haha 😭)
Have a great time!
😗
Did you have any troubles getting into the stadium today?
Not at all! Just bought tickets when we got there at 1.20ish, then got a coffee at a cafe and came back and went in. There were lines, but no issues.
Have fun! Stay warm!
So many things to do and some are such big tasks my brain gets stuck so I’m just doing lots of little tasks and eventually the pile of jobs will look manageable.
One thing I have done is sorted books and chucked out all the outdated stuff or stuff that will never be read, a whole shelf of books is gone. 👍
Next I will tidy up Miss Seagoon’s things that she has in storage here. ( no chucking out, just tidying )
Just got home from big day. 7 hours out and about, 4 of which were socialising. Feeling content and tired
and you’re going to the movies tomorrow
Idk the person I’m meeting has a weird thing of being invisible sometimes. If that happens I might just bail on the movie.
Hair = cut
New pillow, doona set, sheet set = bought
Tummy = full
Now just three hours to kill…I’ve been sorting out my sewing supplies and so far I have found 16 small screwdrivers.
Sitting in bed in the warmth with a kitty on my lap is bliss when it’s cold and raining outside.
Fourth night in a row of night sweats… Ugh… This thing isn’t lifting any time soon… Theres some satisfying phlegm coming out now, but my throat is still sore and I’m exhausted. The weather outside is frightful… Car radio replacement guy is meant to be coming later today after bringing the wrong unit yesterday, I hope they do make it and don’t eff it up…
Have you done a covid test yet just to check?
Sounds like you really need to rest and have plenty of liquids.
I’m out of tests but I’ll definitely get one on Sunday. I was hoping to be in the office for a bit on Monday as there’s an urgent site visit I really need to do with a colleague, I won’t go in if I feel sick regardless but if I’m feeling ok I’ll do a test to be sure.
I feel like I’m going downhill again today. Daytime headaches are back, as is the lethargy. Really chugging the fluids as my pee has been alarmingly brown in the morning, no doubt from all the night sweats.
Ok. Just look after yourself.
Your combination of symptoms sound like you may have caught covid.
I’m not that I’ve seen brown pee before, even with the abnormal amount of coffee I drink at times.
It’s done! The storage unit is finally cleared! The remaining boxes to be sorted are piled in the shed, but at least we won’t have the monthly fee to pay anymore.
yay , good work. 😊
Thanks! I seem to have a hoarding gene so decluttering and getting rid of things is a big deal for me. Have been chipping away at all the stuff for a while, and am finally making actual progress.
I feel like absolute shit today. I have no idea why. Aching all over, woke up with a sore big toe for some reason. Really fatigued. Blah
hugs
Thanks <3
Roast beef for dinner was a touch rarer than anticipated, but very very yummy. I ended up eating quite a lot, and Mr Woof enjoyed the plateful of juices that oozed out while it was cooling.
I had grand plans for all sorts of tasks today but have achieved nothing so far. The drizzly cold is not helping motivation levels. It’s now officially a do nothing day except make dinner. Having slow cooked osso bucco with mash. Will be consumed with a good wine.
