sick_domestics

Yea - another lung infection. jfc013 sez my lungs are made of tissue paper, and I'm beginning to agree with her. And still no insurance. Yech. But at least I have NOTHING to do for 2 weeks, so I can lie about and get healthy (and fat) with no interruptions. Made it through last night's house concert relatively well - only a bit of feverish-rambling between songs, and I don't think I infected anyone.

I have the vaporizer running, and it feels like a shower in here, but it really is easier to breathe. I have maple oatmeal bread rising, cheddar cheese bread kneading, and chowder freezing. (It started out as clam chowder, but assorted bits of frozen sealife were on sale for $2.99, so it has mussels and shrimps and clams and squid-bits and little teeny octopiiiiiii.....) Not bad for a first try, but it still needs some kind of seasoning or something. It has thyme, s&p, onion, & worcestershire sauce.

Tomorrow I think I will make another one of those peanut-butter loaf cakes. I fed so much of the last one to my friends that I didn't get to enjoy it myself properly! And I bet it would freeze well. I'm almost out of laundry, but want to give my lungs another day to steam, so I will wait until at least tomorrow night, if not Tuesday.

Back to the sofa...

Happy New Year!

With my mom remaining nominally Christian, my brother's new Jewish wife, and li'l old pagan me, holiday-time can get rather complex.

Add into the mix the fact that I start a new job in 2 wks, and won't even have my signing bonus until 12/21, never mind the first paycheck in mid-January.....

So I have decided to make a virtue out of necessity, and have notified my family that I will be reviving the Elizabethan tradition of giving gifts for New Year's! Neatly sidesteps the whole religious issue, as well as assures that I will actually have means to GET prezzies.

I'm so clever....