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Spent the morning in the shop working on angel ornaments. Wolfed down a ham and cheese sandwich around noon and then hit the road to chase trains (i.e., ride to a place where the chances of seeing and photographing trains is high). Found two lines shunting cars back and forth between each other and hung around for a half hour or so getting photos with the new (backup) camera.

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Rode back home and fixed Parmesan Chicken for dinner. With dinner over and dishes done, am settling in to check out the forums and wires for news of the day.
 

Buckeye said:
Busy day - filed my Federal and State Income Taxes on line, then got my paper work together and went to the local office to get new title, registration and tags for my car. (We have to do that when we move from one state to another..)

Next, I spray painted an old patio table to match the new patio chairs.

Lastly, got a little device that sticks to the inside of my windshield that allows me to bypass the toll booths on the Florida toll roads (and there are a lot of them). Then had to go online to register it with the SunPass people, and tell them how to take my money.

I'm done being productive for the day.
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I too am done being productive. My wash is done. Dishes done. Squirrels fed. Trash out. Now I can just kick back and do whatever. Debating on firing up my video games for a bit. Might watch something on Hulu later. Depends on the weather.
 
Well, I went to several stores looking for a fly swatter. No one had one! There's been a pesky fly inside and neither hubby nor I can 'get' it. Driving us nuts. Addendum: I think the fly flew out whilst the door was open as we can't find it.


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Picked up two prescriptions at Walgreen's.

Mailed off two greeting cards with some $$$. One for the graduate and the other for his brother who will celebrate his 17th birthday on the 20th.

I have the triplet g-nieces birthday this month as well ... plus their daddy (my nephew). May will be an expensive month. :eek:
 
PamfromTx said:
Well, I went to several stores looking for a fly swatter. No one had one! There's been a pesky fly inside and neither hubby nor I can 'get' it. Driving us nuts. Addendum: I think the fly flew out whilst the door was open as we can't find it.


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Picked up two prescriptions at Walgreen's.

Mailed off two greeting cards with some $$$. One for the graduate and the other for his brother who will celebrate his 17th birthday on the 20th.

I have the triplet g-nieces birthday this month as well ... plus their daddy (my nephew). May will be an expensive month. :eek:
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Walgreens sells fly swatters, did you look while you where there?
 
Continuing my project from yesterday.
Sometimes i waste a lot of time due to perfection.....leveling the garden box....does it really matter if i'm a 1/4 inch off.....probably not.....tell my eyes that. :unsure:🙃😶
Still have to relocate some stuff from that corner, and restack some things better to make a bit more room.
I was right......where i sprayed roundup made Micki less than impressed.....she might get over it.;)
 
Jules said:
@StarSong Do you have a special high temperature oven for doing your pizzas?
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My oven goes to 550°F.

I use two 16" pizza stones (bottom rack and second from the top rack), and preheat for an hour, so it not only gets up to temperature, it stays there when pizzas go in and out.

The pizza goes directly on the bottom stone and it bakes from the air heat of the oven, the contact heat from bottom stone, and the radiant heat from the top stone.

Took me many years of tinkering to get it just right.
 
MickaC said:
Continuing my project from yesterday.
Sometimes i waste a lot of time due to perfection.....leveling the garden box....does it really matter if i'm a 1/4 inch off.....probably not.....tell my eyes that. :unsure:🙃😶
Still have to relocate some stuff from that corner, and restack some things better to make a bit more room.
I was right......where i sprayed roundup made Micki less than impressed.....she might get over it.;)
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Actually it does matter and I have all my garden boxes and pots leveled. If they are not leveled then the water pools on the lower end and roots can root while other roots are too dry. Leveling is very necessary.
 
StarSong said:
My oven goes to 550°F.

I use two 16" pizza stones (bottom rack and second from the top rack), and preheat for an hour, so it not only gets up to temperature, it stays there when pizzas go in and out.

The pizza goes directly on the bottom stone and it bakes from the air heat of the oven, the contact heat from bottom stone, and the radiant heat from the top stone.

Took me many years of tinkering to get it just right.
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I just go to Domino’s or Pizza Hut or another of the million and one pizza places. I like the super thin crust, like eating pizza off a cracker. ☺️
 
Aneeda72 said:
I just go to Domino’s or Pizza Hut or another of the million and one pizza places. I like the super thin crust, like eating pizza off a cracker. ☺️
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I get that.

The thing is, I like making pizza. They're quite inexpensive to make, but more importantly I can control the quality and amount of ingredients. Really good pizzas feature less cheese and toppings, not more. (I weigh my toppings because the tendency leans toward too much, not too little.)

When pizza baking, I usually make a batch of 20-32, depending on whether it's for a big party or if I'm just stocking family freezers.

A 15" cheese pie costs about $1.50 in (good quality) ingredients. No kidding.
Add good quality pepperoni or other toppings and it might go up $1.00.

High profit margins explain why there are so many pizzerias around.
 
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Well I wasn't going to go out because the forecast was for heavy rain and thunderstorms... and as it hadn't rained I thought this is a good time to go pick up my prescription.. get my hair cut.. get beautified at the salon, and pick up a few groceries..

Well I managed all of those things.. had to drive to the next county to get my hair cut... but it's not too far...but when I came out of the beauty salon, it was pouring . I momentarily wondered if I should get my nails done, and then decided against it, because even tho' we opened up as a country partly yesterday.. they govt are saying the Indian Variant cases have quadrupled overnight, and many things re-opened yesterday may have to close again .... :cry:..I haven't even been to anything yet that;s been closed for months and re-opened yesterday ...

Anyway did everything I set out to do the rain stopped, and I went into a dept store and bought myself a new jacket.. plain Black pea style jacket

..picked up the groceries.. not in a supermarket I particularly like but it was there in that far away town so I collected a few things... then drove home..

... only just realised that the main thing I went out for this morning ( the prescription)...was the one thing I forgot... 🤦‍♀️

ETA now it's torrential rain with lightening and thunder
 
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