Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Coffee talk with Lisa

A very old, skinny man, pushing a baby in a stroller, just walked by my house. He was trudging along so slowly that I suspect the baby could have gotten out and walked faster.

Holly the Boneheaded Beagle pulled quite a stunt. Well, it was partly my fault. When I take her out at night for her last pee, often I have to put her leash on and pull a little while coaxing her. Her arthritis has gotten so bad that she's reluctant to get up and make the walk outside. Until she can figure out how to sit on the toilet, however, out she goes. Last night, while I was standing in the yard admiring the full moon and waiting for Holly to finish, I heard her leash hit against something metallic. A second later, CRASH! Instead of turning around and walking directly back to the patio, she had walked in a circle, wrapped her leash around a wrought-iron plant stand holding four clay and ceramic pots, and brought the whole caboodle down. Charlie jumped straight up in the air when he heard the crash and did a rather impressive leap over the debris. Miraculously, only two pots broke, but I had one hell of a mess to clean up this morning. I still need to sweep up a pile of dirt. Mental note: Save the moon-gazing for when I'm outside BY MYSELF, with no spazzing dogs.

I finished my purple variegated socks. Here's a blurry, crappy photo that will give you only a vague idea of what the socks look like, but feel free to humor me and exclaim over their beauteousness:



The Room Formerly Known as Kevin's Man Cave is looking better. I finished vacuuming and sweeping away cobwebs, stacked all my art supplies on an empty bookcase he left, and hung a few pictures I'd stored because I had no wall space left to hang them. I have a folding table in the garage that I'm going to set up for a temporary workspace, and I'm going to try to set aside some time to do a little collaging and rubberstamping. With all Kevin's stuff scattered around, I never had room to get my art supplies out and do anything with them.

Weird, this burst of energy I'm having, but I guess it's caused by a major source of stress being removed. I don't know how long it will last, but I'm enjoying it while it does. I'm even going to cook a nice dinner for myself. Last night, I was too exhausted to make more than a bowl of cereal, but tonight, I'm stir-frying chicken, broccoli, and almonds. I think I'll skip the rice because I don't know how to make just one serving in my rice cooker. I've almost forgotten how to cook for one (AND make coffee for one, so I had too much this morning). Any tips?

3 comments:

Celeste said...

Truly awesome socks! Now all you need to do is come up with a better name for the room!

No idea how to make coffee in small amounts but I know you can make any amount of rice in a saucepan with a lid. I'm thinking a quarter cup of rice and a half cup of water ought to work fine for your purposes, and cook pretty fast, too. I suppose you could always go the Uncle Ben's route; they always put a guide to serving size measurements on the package. Same goes for oatmeal and potato flakes. Leetle trickier when it comes to boxed side dishes. I suppose you could play amateur pharmacist and cut it down to size and re-bag the rest. God, that's a lot of math when you could just live on salad and call it done. LOL

But hooray to you for reclaiming your space that you paid for. You might as well have some enjoyment and relaxation from it. Hugs and smooches as you enjoy your freedom any way you see fit!

Greg said...

How to cook for one, in two easy steps:

1) Cook as for two.

2) Have leftovers two days later.

Skip the "live on salad and call it done" routine, though. Salad isn't food. Salad is what food eats.

Isn't it nice to have a room just for art? Now you can leave your stuff all scattered about. I miss that, so much.

Sasha said...

Those are beautiful socks? They're ventilated. :/ :) :D Um, just make rice and save the leftovers. I make rice in the rice cooker all the time when Travis isn't home then I heat it up the next day. It heats up wonderfully. I'll usually cook a couple of times during the week and live on leftovers. Make a large pot of bean soup or roast a chicken, then have leftovers. Easy! When are you going to make me some merino wool/silk hiking socks. :) :) :)