My plan to get up early (even though I took the day off) to go to the store paid off. I was pretty much the only one in there. The people working there were running around like ants, trying to stock the store for the madness today.
I have a whole list of stuff to do today, but I'm feeling pretty confident. Enough that I decided to make chili and cornbread tonight for supper.
Post by laurenpetro on Nov 25, 2015 10:20:28 GMT -5
I was going to bail on work today but it's my sister's birthday over the weekend so we're having cake and "special lunch". I think I hate what we're getting but I bought the cake and it's fucking awesome so it'll make up for "sloppy joes" which are not meat and sauce sandwiches.
Post by eponinepontmercy on Nov 25, 2015 10:24:26 GMT -5
I wish someone would tell us what time we're closing the office today. I might just leave at lunch time. There's hardly anybody here.
If I make a chocolate pecan pie today, would it be okay on Saturday? I said I'd bring a dessert to a thing on Saturday, but I won't be home from my parents' until Saturday morning.
it'll make up for "sloppy joes" which are not meat and sauce sandwiches.
I hate to ask what they actually are if they're not meat and sauce.
they're cold cut sandwiches (usually turkey and/or ham) with Russian dressing and cole slaw. Russian dressing gives me the willies and I hate turkey so i'll have to think of something else.
bosses pay for lunch on birthdays so feel free to give suggestions. I'm thinking surf & turf.
Post by litebright on Nov 25, 2015 10:29:02 GMT -5
Ugh, pixy, that makes me dread the store today.
I am finishing up some work this morning and then I'm free as a bird. Well, free to go grocery shopping to pick up the stuff I didn't get earlier in the week (veggies and sides, mostly) and then spend the day cooking. DH is handling turkey brining and bread dough today and I'm hoping he'll do most of the cleaning.
My plan is to make two kinds of cranberry sauce and two pies today. I have mixed feelings about pie crust from scratch. I love eating it, but I always fuck up the rolling-out-and-transfer-to-pie-pan process at least once and have to start over. And I'm making a double-crust apple pie, which means I have to make three crusts instead of two. FWP, Thanksgiving edition!
I meant to go to the store early. I'm not feeling it. You've inspired me, though! I should rally.....or not.
DH and I had a fire out back last night and stayed up way too late. A tree fell in our yard last week during some crazy wind, thankfully missing the fence by inches. We hacked it up with a chainsaw and burned it in the firepit we've never used. I kept having mild anxiety that someone was going to bust us, then I remembered we are grown ups who own our home and make our own rules.
Post by redheadbaker on Nov 25, 2015 10:45:02 GMT -5
The VPN certificate on my work laptop expired yesterday. Can't access the network without it. My laptop is too old to connect to the database that would allow me to download a new one. No working from home until I can ship my laptop to company headquarters and have the operating system upgraded. Which means I am one of about six total people in the office today. This SUCKS.
Post by penguingrrl on Nov 25, 2015 10:45:37 GMT -5
I'm starting pies and cranberries, but I have an awful cold and just want to go back to sleep instead. And H will likely be really late getting home tonight because of holiday travelers. NJ Transit can't keep up with regular weekday flow, so I'm scared to see how late he gets home.
Post by Scout'sHonor on Nov 25, 2015 11:02:01 GMT -5
We're taking H's cousin on a brewery tour this afternoon. He's the only one under 55 staying at the aunt's house and turned 21 this summer, so he's super excited to get out and do something. I've been getting a lot of texts from him double checking the plans .
This work week has been horrible! Absolutely the worst. And today started off with a bang as well. I'm fucking over it.
I've been up since 4am because of my dogs.
Some financial shit happened this week due to my ex. I'm extremely stressed out about it. I kind of feel like I'm cursed with the way my life has been going for these past 2 years. I've never had a "valley" go for so long on the "peaks and valleys" of life. It's exhausting and I'm starting to feel defeated.
There is no hope left. She's not improving at all, and she is suffering. We will let her go this afternoon. We are waiting until our doc gets out of surgery, and Jeff can get out of work. To say I am heartbroken is an understatement.
I'm so irritated! I saw a recipe for mashed potatoes I wanted to try. It had a very specific way to add the butter and milk with a sciencey-sounding explanation that I totally bought. Now I can't find it anywhere! I think I saw it on FB; does this sound familiar to anyone?
We're leaving for NJ as soon as MH gets home and we get the car packed. Typically, no matter where we are actually eating, we bring at least one cooler full of food because I like to cook. And sometimes a full separate cooler full of drinks. Because we like to drink too. But this year, with an additional human plus the dog in the car, we don't have room for the coolers, so we're not bringing SHIT. My mom has done the shopping. She is fully capable of handling this. We're not eating until actual dinner time so we can go buy last minute stuff tomorrow AM if we have to. But...it just feels wrong. I have generalized "oh fuck, what are we forgetting" anxiety. I'm used to having half the menu prepped already by now.
Also last night MH was giving me a smooch in the kitchen, and like fucking always he couldn't let it be a nice sweet little kiss, he had to grab my ass and hoist me into the air aaaaaaand smack my left knee into the corner of the counter. It hurt so bad I almost bit him just from sheer fight/flight instinct. Still sore. I'm trying not to be mad about it. I know it was an accident. I know he was just being silly and lovey. But OMG WHY MUST YOU MANHANDLE ME??