The last day of January…
Well this is strange. I received an email this morning from Goodreads (an Amazon subsidiary) telling me that I finished reading “Strong Female Character”, except that I haven’t. According to my Kindle I am 71% complete at the time of writing this blog post.
Since we missed last week it’s still my turn to bring food over to Betsy’s tonight. I think I will make this Cannelloni, Sausage, Sage, and Tomato recipe (link removed because it’s behind the Washington Post paywall), and bring over the remains of the loaf of bread I baked Monday.
Wordle: five, my starter was MOUTH
Connections: three mistakes, Green > Purple > Blue > Yellow (the Purple did me in today, I knew what it was but I couldn’t get the correct set of four)
Wordle in 3 (less than a minute) and Connections… somehow.
A long day with a 4 hour call setting up test devices around the district. If the guy I was working with is in charge, this may be a long row to hoe.
Picked up my new computer glasses yesterday- still useless. Great at about 5 feet, just a blur up close.
I took the ramp test in Zwift last Friday (warm up, then bump your wattage 20 points every minute- I lasted for 10 minutes) and my FTP went up about 20 points. Last nights 30 minute interval session was killer..
And I was minding my own business in the hot tub last night when it started to rain!! WTH? I called out to Debbie and she brought me an umbrella. Yes, I will sit in the hot tub under an umbrella. Don’t judge.
-FP
Look at you, trying to introduce speed into Wordle. Well done, but no thank you.
I was surprised to see rain on the radar last night.
wordle in 5 – should have been 4, but thought I’d try a double letter answer –
I may have gotten it in a minute or so too.
its easy to do the 1st 2 fast when I use Paulie’s & then Sally’s start words.
Now THAT is some serious bougieness. :-;
Seriously!! I don’t know this guy anymore!
We went & saw Poor Things last night – $5 on Tuesday.
It was a really weird movie – I don’t know how to describe it. But I liked it. The Cinematography was very interesting.
Emma Stone was awesome – she really could win the Oscar. I guess I should look at who else is nominated.
It was raining when we left the theater about 9pm.
Still haven’t seen Oppenheimer – its on the list again now that its back in the theaters.
If/When I ever see a movie in a theater again I will have to make note of it, since I have no idea what the last movie I saw in a theater was.
there was not even 10 people in the theater last night.
Tuesdays are the night to go.
Most everywhere is $6, this one was only $5.
Wordle in 3 starting with SUPER. No mistakes in Connections: green, yellow, blue, purple.
Nice evening for a run last night at the mountain. The sunset was amazing. It did sprinkle for a bit on us afterwards but not enough for us to give up our parking lot shenanigans. Had a nice visit with mom.
I need to test my creek this morning before going in to work. It’s the last mile of the Frozen Feet Challenge tonight at Scofflaw. Adidas will be there with demos to run/walk in. They are also supplying pizza. 20% off your beer tab.
Well done. I clearly didn’t have my head in the right place this morning when I played games.
What time do the shenanigans start at Scofflaw? If the planets align I may try to get down there now that I am a runner again LOL
Look at you! I bet if there is an award for “Best New Talent” you will be a shoo in.
6:30.
Allan is working, so I highly doubt he would want to come to a brewery. He will meet up at a restaurant, but a brewery would be too tempting.
But – if I can get someone to carpool with -you just never know. I haven’t worn an ADIDAS shoe in years – might be fun to do that demo.
Probably just going to be a ton of hipsters wearing Stan Smiths and Casio digital watches, read “Wish I could go but I have my standing dinner with Betsy tonight.” 😀
I wonder if I can put a Casio digital watch face on my apple watch? 🙂
Just launched the Amazon Prime Video app and was shown this pop up saying “A change to Prime Video: Movies and TV shows included with Prime now have limited ads. You can upgrade to ad free for $2.99/month.”
Or, I can delete the app. Screw you, Amazon.
What’s next, ads before you can listen to a song on Amazon Music?
The ads on Prime weren’t bad, just 1 here & there.
(We finished up Reacher on Monday)
we are watching A Murder at the End of the World on Hulu.
No where near as many as Hulu.
Prime announced this change on Monday, it’s the trend for all streaming services. I hate ads so they will probably get my money. Ugh.
They already have mine. I watch very little TV and I refuse to endure any ads when I do. Northern Exposure is on Prime, and surprisingly Lucas likes it, so we’re a couple episodes into that. I did finish the second season of Reacher.
I missed the news.
Nope, it’s a hard pass for me. Hulu is the only one for which I suffer ads and even that has caused me to scale back my viewing on that service. All streaming services are going for more money, which will drive me away from streaming. To be honest, reading books and listening to music is looking more promising for my future.
Just deleted the Prime Video app from my AppleTVs and iPad. I doubt that I will notice.
I will also be evaluating Amazon Prime in May since my renewal will occur in June.
I have used Amazon’s FreeVee service to watch movies before. There were like 3 ads that took about 45 seconds each. Wasn’t too bad to watch a free movie.
What do you and Betsy watch when there’s no Amazing Race? Just curious.
The cleaners are at my house right now doing a deep clean. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. I’ve been sort of cleaning but there has been a layer of dust over EVERYTHING since demolition back in November. Every time I cleaned something it would be dirty the next day. It is so hard to live like that.
It started as a Top Chef night. No spoilers, we’ve yet to start watching the series that started a year ago, ending months ago! In the interim we’ve been watching Succession; she has seen the series at least once, it the first run for me. I think we are closing in on the end of season three, and may have started season four?
Oh, that’s right, I knew it was Top Chef, I just forgot. Do you think Succession is as incredibly amazing as everyone else thinks it is? I do not.
Amazing? No. High quality? Perhaps. Sorry we stared watching it? No.
Same. It’s a good show that I’m glad I watched. But some people are obsessed with it.
I flamed out on Succession during the third season. Just too much yelling and denigration.
Just looked it up, we have two more episodes to conclude season 3. I’m kinda ready to binge watch in order to finish it up and move onto something else.
Succession- I assume its on Max – since I haven’t watched it. We have plenty of streaming services that we pay for – I refuse to add any more.
But – that being said – I do want to watch it someday – since it is getting plenty of awards this year.
Yes Barb, it’s on HBO (the service whose name change I refuse to acknowledge).
I’ve never been a subscriber which is why I haven’t finished it yet, getting one episode a week at Betsy’s instead.
Barb, it’s definitely worth watching. It’ll probably end up on Netflix eventually.
someday…….. and yes -probably Netflix.
just like Suits – that everyone started watching way after it was originally on
And happy for you about the renovation. I sometimes wish I could feel the same.
Thank you! It is so nice (now that it’s done).
So when is the party?
HAH! There might be one! We haven’t had a party in years. The pandemic made it okay for me to be a full-on introvert.
I got my care package of citrus from my friends that live in Vero Beach half the year.
Its been too long since I’ve had grapefruit (not in a beer or drink).
It is so good!
I really need to buy grapefruit at the grocery store more often.
I hate grapefruit. I’m somewhat glad I do since I was told that it should be avoided by people taking statins, which I do.
For those keeping score at home:
Cucumber = can’t eat because I taste it all day
Cilantro = tastes like soap to me
Coconut = won’t eat raw, crunches in the teeth like onion
Grapefruit = hate, too sour for me
I may start calling it “Crapefruit” so it fits in with the others.
Ooh it just dawned on me that this would make for a fantastic Connections grouping. LOL
more Grapefruit for me! (add a little sugar to it fresh – so good!)
Cilantro – same – SOAP!
Coconut – do not like – one of many reasons I could never be on Survivor.
Cucumber – its ok – but not something I will buy.
there’s plenty of foods I don’t like, but don’t hate. I will eat them at someone else’s house, but I would never buy/cook them.
(example – brussel sprouts)
Same on the cilantro and coconut. Hate them. But I do love cucumbers and grapefruit.
Unlike most people I despise sweet potatoes and mushrooms.
2nd one for this list – Sweet potatoes
there’s plenty of foods I don’t like, but don’t hate. I will eat them at someone else’s house, but I would never buy/cook them.
A couple of years ago I decided that I don’t *have* to eat things I don’t *really* like when they are presented to me (like at someone else’s house). I had been doing that all my life on sweet potatoes and other things and I realized that I can just admit I don’t like them and not have to eat them anymore! Very freeing.
I have to walk up to the post office to mail a letter today. I’m struggling with the desire to stop at Grant Central for a slice of pizza and a beer. I have so much food in the house, and don’t need to spend the money nor ingest the calories.
Think I will pass on pizza today and eat at home instead. I will treat myself in the future.
a slice of pizza for lunch – now I want pizza.
I may need to go buy a lottery ticket
I just got the images right on reCaptcha 3 days in a row 1st try on a website I use daily.
Mom and dad both loved grapefruit. I didn’t get that gene- yuck.
I can’t think of much else I don’t eat, but while I like the flavor of coconut, the consistency is a non-starter. Debbie even got me to eat beets.
So, did Debbie say, “here, eat these beets first and THEN you can have your umbrella?” 😉 😉 😉
I like grapefruit but it countermands my thyroid medication, so I haven’t had it in decades. Cucumbers are fine, cilantro is fine, coconut is generally a no go except in pina coladas. I’ll take all of Jenka’s sweet potatoes, and Barb’s too. Mushrooms are fine in moderation, but I cannot abide portabellas. Eggplant and brussell sprouts are my two absolute no-go foods.
Oh, eggplant, that’s a good one. I cannot stand the consistency of eggplant.
Fried!!
eggplant is a weird veggie for me too – we tried grilling it – it was only barely ok.
Hahahaha… don’t give her any ideas!
Back from walking up to the post office, and picking up trash to and fro.
I’ve learned a lot about you all today. As a child I was an extremely finicky eater, you are shocked I’m sure. However, adulthood, with a large dosage of Food Network turned me into a foodie.
Wordle in 3 starting with OUGHT. Conniptions today.
The ponies got their semi annual shots this morning. New guy got the once over. His teeth are in good shape. He was a little reactive when she palpated his back. Hopefully no lasting damage from going through the fence yesterday.
I think I’m the lone coconut lover in our friend group. When I was a kid, the coconut cake at the restaurant in Rich’s was a special treat. I occasionally torment Steve with it.
My list of foods that don’t like me is longer than foods I don’t like. Bell peppers, cucumbers, Brussels sprouts are all on my cannot eat list. I don’t like raw onions or cilantro and can only do garlic in moderation. The Gobble meals we get always seem heavy on the garlic, but Steve only uses half of it when preparing the recipes. I generally use less than that if I’m cooking.
Struggling to get accustomed to my new glasses with the progressive lenses. They are a bit disorienting.
Through the fence? Geez!
Since I can still see up close without corrective lenses I am continuing to hold off on progressive lenses. Some day I might relent.
Garlic is like one of my major food groups. If a recipe calls for two cloves of garlic I usually use six (or eight). (Or ten.)
You’re a beast, Jenka. 😉
I’m with Jenka – always use WAY MORE garlic than a recipe says.
I tried the progressive lens for a while – I can’t stand them. I never look thru the lens in the correct place.
I have been unsuccessful growing “normal” (Black Beauty) eggplant, however, I have grown long (Purple/Chinese/Japanese) eggplant and find it far superior.