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Iy's been way way WAY too quiet on ell-jay today. Is it a reaction to yesterday's disruption? Who knows? I certainly don't.
Anyway, it's been a very hectic day over at Casa di Helenka (e Gianni). First of all, I had to wake up at 7 because of the water being turned off. So John and I had to schedule when each of us would be showering and dealing with other contingency measures. Well, I went first because I take luxurious showers while he's in and out in a jiff.
When he went out mid morning, he let me know he'd be out until around 3:30, so I got a chance to sit at his 'puter and catch up on all of my customary sites. That included making several comments on SLOG. When he came back, I still had oodles of time to get dressed. I finally saw him out the door as he left for the airport. And, then, his sister called from London. Oh, well, she'll be seeing him in a few hours anyway, lol. Brian finally left work around 5:15. He texted he was feeling crappy but was willing to take me to No Frills to do some much-needed grocery shopping - like for ALL my necessities. When he arrived, he came up to disconnect my CPu. I told him to completely disregard any dust in the room. ::rolls eyes:: Well, according to a cursory glance from him, there's LOTS of dust IN the CPU. Anyway, we're both keeping our fingers crossed that it's just the dust creacting a mechanical hiccup. ::crosses fingers a lot::
We did a fairly quick shopping trip around the store and I can't believe how much I got for 50 bucks. Just too bad I forgot to get paper towel. After the shopping, we just sat in the car in the parking lot and ate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk cookies (just two each). He also presented me with an odd-looking keyboard (which is hilarious because I'd just shown him the one John uses that only cost 10 bucks). Brian's had pale yellow keys (actually they looked more like Scrabble tiles) and the letters were FOUR TIMES THE REGULAR SIZE. So the joker asks me if I could use it??? Why, yes, sir, I believe I can. He just happened to pick it up at his store's sample sale. Yay.
He also mentioned what he wants us to do at our Christmas special: FONDUES!!! Considering how much fun we had with Raclette last year, this year we'll have cheese, broth with beef/chicken/seafood AND chocolate fondues. Yaaaaaaaaay. Is it Christmas yet? I know, I'm so silly. Then he drove me home and - when I came up - I tried to find a way to watch tonight's Glee. I managed to watch it on a Fox streaming site (with dreadful quality), but I'm not sure if I managed to catch it all. Oh, well, I'll try to find another source later. I also sent a happy birthday message to ::sighs:: someone who apparently no longer exists in my life. I guess I should be satisfied (who, moi?) that we had 16 years together. But I'm a bit miffed that Daddy never introduced me to any potential play partners (apart from a totally immature pet). See the blonde pout. Blonde is VERY good at it.
Anyway, I guess I'll pop over to my other social sites and then go to bed in an awfully quiet room. I'm not used to sleeping without the usual hum and occasional grumbling of Liblikas. ::crosses fingers again for her recuperative powers and Dr. Brian's precise surgical skills::
Anyway, it's been a very hectic day over at Casa di Helenka (e Gianni). First of all, I had to wake up at 7 because of the water being turned off. So John and I had to schedule when each of us would be showering and dealing with other contingency measures. Well, I went first because I take luxurious showers while he's in and out in a jiff.
When he went out mid morning, he let me know he'd be out until around 3:30, so I got a chance to sit at his 'puter and catch up on all of my customary sites. That included making several comments on SLOG. When he came back, I still had oodles of time to get dressed. I finally saw him out the door as he left for the airport. And, then, his sister called from London. Oh, well, she'll be seeing him in a few hours anyway, lol. Brian finally left work around 5:15. He texted he was feeling crappy but was willing to take me to No Frills to do some much-needed grocery shopping - like for ALL my necessities. When he arrived, he came up to disconnect my CPu. I told him to completely disregard any dust in the room. ::rolls eyes:: Well, according to a cursory glance from him, there's LOTS of dust IN the CPU. Anyway, we're both keeping our fingers crossed that it's just the dust creacting a mechanical hiccup. ::crosses fingers a lot::
We did a fairly quick shopping trip around the store and I can't believe how much I got for 50 bucks. Just too bad I forgot to get paper towel. After the shopping, we just sat in the car in the parking lot and ate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk cookies (just two each). He also presented me with an odd-looking keyboard (which is hilarious because I'd just shown him the one John uses that only cost 10 bucks). Brian's had pale yellow keys (actually they looked more like Scrabble tiles) and the letters were FOUR TIMES THE REGULAR SIZE. So the joker asks me if I could use it??? Why, yes, sir, I believe I can. He just happened to pick it up at his store's sample sale. Yay.
He also mentioned what he wants us to do at our Christmas special: FONDUES!!! Considering how much fun we had with Raclette last year, this year we'll have cheese, broth with beef/chicken/seafood AND chocolate fondues. Yaaaaaaaaay. Is it Christmas yet? I know, I'm so silly. Then he drove me home and - when I came up - I tried to find a way to watch tonight's Glee. I managed to watch it on a Fox streaming site (with dreadful quality), but I'm not sure if I managed to catch it all. Oh, well, I'll try to find another source later. I also sent a happy birthday message to ::sighs:: someone who apparently no longer exists in my life. I guess I should be satisfied (who, moi?) that we had 16 years together. But I'm a bit miffed that Daddy never introduced me to any potential play partners (apart from a totally immature pet). See the blonde pout. Blonde is VERY good at it.
Anyway, I guess I'll pop over to my other social sites and then go to bed in an awfully quiet room. I'm not used to sleeping without the usual hum and occasional grumbling of Liblikas. ::crosses fingers again for her recuperative powers and Dr. Brian's precise surgical skills::
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I still remember so-called lifestyle experts recommending that people throw away their fondue pots ... and the next year saying they should acquire one. Silly NOT-experts.
In the 1980s, I used to visit a fondue/raclette restaurant every Saturday. I would order a broth fondue filled with spinach and veggies. I'd dip small morsels of chicken, beef and shrimp in it, along with 'shrooms. After all the food was devoured, the server would pour the broth and veggies into a bowl and that would be my meal. You just just imagine the mélange of flavours!
Have you ever heard of Graham Kerr? Decades ago (the 70s?), he had a revolutionary cooking show on the CBC. How revolutionary? He drank WINE on the set while cooking. And he'd use suggestive language: "First, you take a leak" or "Now you pat your breast". The live audience loved it! Anyway, I have his cookbook from those days as well as a calendar of recipes. He had one for Chinese hot pot, so we may use alternate spicing for the broth. In any case, I'm glad I have something to look forward to ... not to mention research, research, research.
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