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Today I'll be straightening up, prepping the guest room for tomorrow's overnight guest, and sorting out my ingredients for tomorrow night's mini party (just a dozen of us).

Since I'm dealing with a wide variety of dietary plans, I nearly always do some sort of buffet. With tomorrow's expected temps to be in the mid-90s, I'm going with cold foods and will set up a salad bar.

There will be all standard veggies plus an olive/orzo salad, seasoned tofu, beans, avocado slices, fresh strawberries, dried cranberries, toasted walnuts and toasted sliced almonds. Also cold shrimp, feta cheese, shredded mozzarella and shredded cheddar.

Still working out dessert.
 

hollydolly said:
Well it's just after 6pm..it's still gloriously hot... Today I've mowed both lawns... trimmed the front hedge... painted the shed door, and touched up the green wall in my office room, where there had been some measurement marks where picture frames had been..my back is killing me...

Now I'm doing batch baking... food that's been in the freezer that I want to use up. In the oven at the moment is 2 Lasagne pies with garlic bread toppings... 3 KFC thighs... and 4 large chicken tempura balls.... they'll do me for the next few days
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You've been VERY busy today, Hols. Like the Energizer Bunny you just keep going and going... ❤️

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StarSong said:
You've been VERY busy today, Hols. Like the Energizer Bunny you just keep going and going... ❤️

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it's not the first time someone's said that...:ROFLMAO:..I was just thinking while I was out there working that usually I'd be in Spain at this time of year... so annoying, those darn airlines..
 

Almost noon at home watching the Dub Nation Warriors Championship Parade (on all 4 local broadcast stations) that just began moving west with specially painted busses for players and their families, team staff, local UCB band, dignitaries, funny floats, much screaming and yelling, on Market Street between its tall buildings. Huge crowd, confetti. Queen's "We AreThe Champions" and other music. Of course during recent years, San Francisco has had parades for all 3 major professional sports so knows how to do it in major celebratory ways.
 
hollydolly said:
Today is sunny, and much cooler than this last week. Got all the windows open, and it's just the perfect temperature.. . It rained all last night with a lightening storm so that's brought the temps down a lot..

This morning I cleaned the drains out of all the moss brought down from the downpipe..

Now I'm looking at properties that I might be able to afford after the divorce... some are so beautiful, and I might be able to afford them, but I wouldn't be able to afford the council tax ( rates for those who don't know what council tax is ) ..so I have to be realistic , and look for something that I can afford long term..

I was looking at a beautiful but affordable home just now, and it's clearly been owned by an elderly person for a very long time.. altho' beautifully furnished inside it really needs modernising, and when I saw the bedroom I laughed out loud because they have a tiny little portable tv..sitting on a stool... goodness knows I haven't seen anything like that since the 70's :D
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Hoping you find something perfect for you. Could this be the place?
 
RadishRose said:
Hoping you find something perfect for you. Could this be the place?
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oh no... far too early to be looking seriously......and further even to that, when and if I move I don't want a house that needs renovating, I'm too old for all that, I just want to walk in and furnish it, and not worry about painting, or knocking walls down, or refitting kitchens and bathrooms ..
 
hollydolly said:
oh no... far too early to be looking seriously......and further even to that, when and if I move I don't want a house that needs renovating, I'm too old for all that, I just want to walk in and furnish it, and not worry about painting, or knocking walls down, or refitting kitchens and bathrooms ..
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I'm with you on this @hollydolly. By next year I hope to finish the renovations to my house which will have taken 8 years since I started the first project. Things were stalled because of COVID and because I live in this small town where it's challenging to find good craftsmen. If I ever move again, I would prefer it be to someplace that only needs my furniture and small touches.

Kudos to your daughter for getting her home renovated so quickly!
 
Leann said:
I'm with you on this @hollydolly. By next year I hope to finish the renovations to my house which will have taken 8 years since I started the first project. Things were stalled because of COVID and because I live in this small town where it's challenging to find good craftsmen. If I ever move again, I would prefer it be to someplace that only needs my furniture and small touches.

Kudos to your daughter for getting her home renovated so quickly!
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She doesn't stand on ceremony my daughter. You all think I do a lot in a day.. you can double that with her,.. she's just like I was when I was younger.. things need doing then the time to get them done is yesterday.. She only bought the house at the end of Feb, and even tho' she works full time, she's still managed to get so much done to the house. Completely New Bathroom, whole new attic boarded out and all electric fitted.. new kitchen extension.. New shed fitted with shelving and work bench.. currently a new driveway and carport is being installed.. and she's only been there 12 weeks... However since she bought her very first house at 23, she's flipped houses .. she buys, renovates and moves on within 2 years .. only time she didn't do that, was in Spain because she had her business there, and she stayed 10 years..
 
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Sigh. I've been in The Hovel for 13 years and haven't so much as painted. Well, mostly because I still like the colors I chose when it was built and because it's only me and there are no fingerprints, nail holes, scrapes... Anyway, thinking about painting makes me tired.

DD and I went to see the new Downton Abbey film yesterday and liked it a whole lot more than the first one. I know it's not true to the way life was lived then, and I have a hard time buying into the Crawley's being so...friendly? close?...to their hired help, as if the lords and ladies gave a rat's rear about the life and times of the servants and/or knew (or cared!) a thing about their personal trials and tribulations.

Elizabeth McGovern, Lady Crawley...ugh! She always looks so pained, she should be referred to as "the long-suffering Lady Crawley", although she certainly doesn't seem to have suffered much. Maybe her pained look is because she can't forget that Lord Crawley married her for her money.

Maggie Smith? Perfect! I remember when she was young...jussayin'

Off tomorrow. Going to mow the lawn and positively soak the garden because there's no rain in sight and it's gonna be the "other" temp for the next few days. Right now and for tomorrow it's merely hot; starting Wednesday, it's gonna be hotter. The humidity is way low, and I want to make sure that the beds stay damp in the heat. There's too much $$ in flowers to lose them to the heat. Geez...just last week we had air-you-can-wear; now we don't even have dew on the grass in the morning!
 
Started mowing yesterday with the big zero turn walk behind. The grass is 3' tall already. Today I got the weed whacker out and did some clean up work with it. Then I stripped it down, and cleaned the air filter, spark plug, exhaust screen, and set the clearance on the tiny little intake, and exhaust valves. Its a Stihl 4-stroke model, and has been a real work horse for me. Came up for lunch, and decided to bake some lemon bars to feed the sweet tooth. This afternoon I will be painting my sons new engine, and he should be coming up in the next few weeks to install it.
 
Geezer Garage said:
Started mowing yesterday with the big zero turn walk behind. The grass is 3' tall already. Today I got the weed whacker out and did some clean up work with it. Then I stripped it down, and cleaned the air filter, spark plug, exhaust screen, and set the clearance on the tiny little intake, and exhaust valves. Its a Stihl 4-stroke model, and has been a real work horse for me. Came up for lunch, and decided to bake some lemon bars to feed the sweet tooth. This afternoon I will be painting my sons new engine, and he should be coming up in the next few weeks to install it.
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I made some lemon cookies last week....so refreshing and good.
 
I spent well over an hour on the phone about my gas heating bill. WAY too high, and they do not even have my phone #'s right.....it did not compute.

Turns out I can blame my neighbor I think so, he has blocked the meter all winter and it may be that the bill was a catch up bill. We shall see.

Then to calm down I baked, old fashioned peanut butter cookies from my grandmothers original Betty Crocker cookbook. Munching on one now I feel better already.....wine and cookies do so go together.
 
Georgiagranny said:
Sigh. I've been in The Hovel for 13 years and haven't so much as painted. Well, mostly because I still like the colors I chose when it was built and because it's only me and there are no fingerprints, nail holes, scrapes... Anyway, thinking about painting makes me tired.

DD and I went to see the new Downton Abbey film yesterday and liked it a whole lot more than the first one. I know it's not true to the way life was lived then, and I have a hard time buying into the Crawley's being so...friendly? close?...to their hired help, as if the lords and ladies gave a rat's rear about the life and times of the servants and/or knew (or cared!) a thing about their personal trials and tribulations.

Elizabeth McGovern, Lady Crawley...ugh! She always looks so pained, she should be referred to as "the long-suffering Lady Crawley", although she certainly doesn't seem to have suffered much. Maybe her pained look is because she can't forget that Lord Crawley married her for her money.

Maggie Smith? Perfect! I remember when she was young...jussayin'

Off tomorrow. Going to mow the lawn and positively soak the garden because there's no rain in sight and it's gonna be the "other" temp for the next few days. Right now and for tomorrow it's merely hot; starting Wednesday, it's gonna be hotter. The humidity is way low, and I want to make sure that the beds stay damp in the heat. There's too much $$ in flowers to lose them to the heat. Geez...just last week we had air-you-can-wear; now we don't even have dew on the grass in the morning!
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wanna know something about Maggie Smith..?.. she's a stuck up cow in real life...
 

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