What are you doing today?

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StarSong said:
Had a restless night last night and finally gave up the ghost at 5 AM. There are a few minor chores on the agenda including baking the bread with the dough I started yesterday. With a forecast high of only 82° and an overnight low of 63°, I won't need the AC today even with the oven at 450° for a couple of hours while the bread bakes this evening. I might even go a little wild and bake a couple of batches of biscotti!

Today, Tues and Weds will have highs in the 80s, then back to the 90s again. At least all the overnights will be in the 60s, so my fans can bring in cool overnight air.

@Pepper, how are you feeling?
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My thinking was like yours - Today was a breezy 74 degrees and I finally got all the things I ordered online to make mini-puffed pastries. When I opened the package that came today, the mini-muffin tin was warped and three of the cups were malformed in the manufacturing process. (Thanks for nothing, Walmart.) By the time I get a newly ordered tin from Amazon, I'll be back in the nineties and won't want to turn the oven on. /-; I hope your baking day went better!
 
Sassycakes said:
I realized early today that I have lost my mind. I was looking on the computer and a picture popped up. I got really scared because I thought it was my nephew. He had the covid and needed a double lung transplant. I talked to him a week ago and he seemed ok. The picture turned out to be Chuck Norris. My nephew was always mistaken for him and got many free things like meals and hotel stays even though he showed them his real ID they didn't believe him so I even got mistaken today.
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I used to be married to a star "look alike." It was weird having strangers come up and ask, "Aren't you ???" or just ask for autographs. Unfortunately, he wasn't as smart as your nephew and didn't take advantage of the opportunities.
 
I was going to try a new recipe for vegan, gluten-free, enchilada pie. My son ate some of the ingredients, so I used the recipe as a general guide, and made up my own way of doing things. I guess it's half the original recipe, and half my own doings. He loved it!

I placed a Walmart grocery order to be delivered tomorrow. It takes forever. About half of it is for my husband (he will pay me back in 10 days from one of his bank accounts - that only I control) and most of the rest is vegan-GF foods. Plus dog food.

I spent a lot of time reading the news (mostly headlines) and watching some Beau of the Fifth Column and Malcolm Gladwell on you tube, and playing a few games.

Then I hunted for a water bottle's cap. My dog loves to take them off water bottles, and I always worry that somehow he will swallow the cap, even though he always casts it aside.

We had fun playing attack. He growls, snarls, pounces and bites me. He doesn't actually bite - it just looks like he does. He knows the "gentle" command perfectly, but I don't have to say it. I pounce, growl, and snarl, too --but I'm not even going to pretend to bite a dog. It is too undignified. We like playing that game for an audience who hasn't ever seen it. They just know I'm going to be torn apart -- we don't play it for long, so as not to scare people.
 
Summer heat is supposed to start tomorrow (they keep saying that) so I made a rhubarb cake early this morning. My husband and I were both trying to renew an account. He finally got his to work; neither one of us could get mine done yet. Gave up tearing our hair out. Will continue with that chore tomorrow. Attended a small neighbourhood party this afternoon. Dinner, walk, and a Netflix show. Sitting here now listening to a owl hoot.
 
I'm not a gambling man but sometimes you just have to gamble. Today I gambled that somehow I would get to Whitehorse without having to return to Chicken and Tok, Alaska. So this morning I left Dawson City at 6:30 am and drove for 175 km to Stewart Crossing. The sign upon leaving Dawson City said the road was closed. There wasn't anyone else on the road except for 3 construction areas where I had to follow a pilot truck for a long distance. Boy, was I happy to find out that after some rain the road was opened again. It was smokey like crazy but this packer made it all the way to Whitehorse.
 
Flying to Dallas and then a short drive to visit a friend that I was in the military with. Next, up to Albuquerque to see another friend and then stopping in Nashville on the way home to see another friend before driving over to NC and then back to Virginia, which is where I call home for now. This is what I call "on vacation." They have always come to visit me and ask me when I am coming to visit them, so I feel it's time I returned the favor. Going to be a very busy week.
 
Fireworks again last night from 10 to 11. After half an hour, finally got the dog calmed down enough that he flopped on top of me (I was in bed at this point) and I petted him and sang him my version of How Much Is that Doggie in the Window. I used all the words he knew and his ears were straight back, listening to me the whole time. He finally became calm, quit shaking, quit panting heavily.

Today, after WM delivers, my son and I will take my husband's groceries to him. I've also got to make dog cookies (they are hard to find here; the good brands anyway). I may do more baking, too, depends on my mood.

Then paperwork, chores, and miscellaneous stuff. I am putting my 2004 Honda CRV in my daughter's name. She is going to sell it instead of taking it to California. I think that's a good idea. It's in excellent shape, with low mileage (100K), so she should get $7K and up for it. Maybe.

At this point, I don't see how we are going to move to Mass by August 1st. And I don't know how we are going to move stuff. I've never pulled a U-Haul trailer and I hope I don't have to. Also, I have to do all the driving. My infrequent driving trips are, at most, 15 miles roundtrip. I'm not looking forward to driving to Mass. My son doesn't know how to drive, and I am just teaching him now. We are not moving all our stuff -- selling some, giving some to thrift stores, tossing some. It still looks like a lot of work to me.
 
Jules said:
Summer heat is supposed to start tomorrow (they keep saying that) so I made a rhubarb cake early this morning. My husband and I were both trying to renew an account. He finally got his to work; neither one of us could get mine done yet. Gave up tearing our hair out. Will continue with that chore tomorrow. Attended a small neighbourhood party this afternoon. Dinner, walk, and a Netflix show. Sitting here now listening to a owl hoot.
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it's gonna be up around 90 or more today. 🌞 🌞 My neighbours have all disappeared.. no cars around at all, so I think they've all gone to pack out the beaches.

I'm staying put because the roads leading to the coasts will be jam packed and then there will be the problem of parking .. so as much as I'd love to go.. it's probably best not to cause myself stress just for some sand.., and I'll stay home and potter in the garden like yesterday. Schools aren't out for another 2 weeks so I'll take the chance of going to the beach when school starts back this week..
 
You would be forgiven to think that I am in the MG car club, but I'm not. However, MG members often text me, I had this photo texted this morning.
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The message read: "Will you be at Classics on the Quay today?"
My reply was, "If that's a backhanded invitation, thank you."
Another message followed: "Are you two dressing up?"
"Is there any other way?" I texted back. "Brilliant!" came the reply.

By the way, The Quay referred to is Christchurch Quay, not Poole Quay,
where we were yesterday.
 
horseless carriage said:
You would be forgiven to think that I am in the MG car club, but I'm not. However, MG members often text me, I had this photo texted this morning.
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The message read: "Will you be at Classics on the Quay today?"
My reply was, "If that's a backhanded invitation, thank you."
Another message followed: "Are you two dressing up?"
"Is there any other way?" I texted back. "Brilliant!" came the reply.

By the way, The Quay referred to is Christchurch Quay, not Poole Quay,
where we were yesterday.
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It's going to be mobbed down there today..I have no doubt. Are you able to have a dedicated parking space ?
 
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