Saturday

[susandennis]

And, of course, we start with the Biggie Report. He's great. He's been a wonderful sleep companion these past few nights. He gets a little frantic when he first hops up to the bed. He cannot get enough head rubs. If I stop for a half second, the teeth might come out but had has not come close to actually biting like he did before. The threat, however, does keep me rubbing that head!

But, all night, if I change positions, he re-snuggles up. It's really wonderful. And, this morning, like yesterday, when I got up, he just doubled down. I made the bed yesterday and just worked around him. Probably will do the same today!

I have no idea what the State Of The Screen Door pick up is. I haven't heard a peep from Christian. Home Depot is still showing Ready for Pickup. I wouldn't mind getting it done sooner than later but I'm not going to worry about it.

I do want to make a grocery run today. I want more ginger cookies. I tried a new recipe yesterday and I'm not hopeful. You mix all the wet ingredients in a pan on the stove and then add the flour. It makes a VERY wet dough. Then cover and refrigerate overnight. Supposedly, I'm to dole out a bit at a time, roll, cut and bake. If it works, it will be fab because the recipe says it can easily live in the fridge for a month. But, I'm skeptical.

Also I did not have enough molasses. I had to fill in with about 10% corn syrup. So now I need more molasses and more corn syrup. (if today's ginger cookies don't work, I'll toss and go back to my other recipe) And a few other things.

The other todo today is to finance planning. I have 3 gynormous annual bills - one in November (Mariners ticket for next Summer - $6,000*), one in December (condo HOA for next year $8,000) and one in February (property taxes $7,000). I put money into my savings account every month to cover these things but now is the time of year that I really focus to ensure I've not only got them covered but also have a solid plan for next year. Along with a review of my ongoing expenses. Do I still need? Can I trim here or there? So today will be some quality spreadsheet time.

*This year, it will probably be closer to $2,000 because I traded lots of last year's tickets for 2021 credit. So whew. Except Biggie and my new chair already ate up that windfall.

Monday is the day, around here, when government employees - state university football coaches, police, firefighters and a whole host of others either have to show proof of vaccine or be fired. Buh Bye. It might be a bit of chaos but it will settle out. I'm delighted that, at least so far, the city, the state and the nation is not backing off from this. And, thankfully, no unemployment payments to those fired for no vaccination. Boeing employees are now whining about having to quit. Pluuueeeeze. Get the damn shot. Or shut the fuck up. If you live in a community, you have a responsibility to that community. The. End.

Now I think I'll get dressed and make up the bed around the cat.

Comments

[rromantic.livejournal.com]

Aaaw, I love that he's turning into a little velcro strip! ❤️

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Hospital workers who don't believe in medicine. Teachers who don't believe in science. Public service employees who don't believe in a calling of service.

[susandennis]

Yes! Why. Cops don't mind at all giving up their freedom to dress as they like and instead daily sausage themselves into ridiculous uniforms and spend their days monitoring rules of community for the greater good yet refuse to do one single thing that would help both them and the people they serve? I just don't get it at all.

But medical workers? That one is just beyond me and even more terrifying. Do I want my medical people stupid and selfish enough to endanger me and them working on my medical stuff. Fuck no!

Teachers — building the stupid and selfish communities of the future.

Ugh.

Man, I need to put this soapbox away.

[sweetmeow]

^ This. Better than I could have said it.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I think part of it – certainly for the teachers' and police unions – is a reflexive pushback to "management" requiring them to do anything that isn't part of the negotiated contract. Doesn't really matter what it is or what its effects are.

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

So sweet that Biggie has been snuggly!

I've not found any unusual recipes that actually tasted better than the plain old boring recipes, I'm interested to hear if your new ginger cookie version is good!

We had people loudly complaining about having to get the vaccine at my workplace (and we are in health care!!) and everyone was sure there would be a lot of people quitting when our organization's mandate went into effect, but we only lost a total of 2 people, so not as bad as we expected.

[sherlock999.livejournal.com]

I so agree about the vaccine.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Wow, those are nasty big bills. Good that the tickets will be cheaper.

[meowmensteen]

I have a gingerbread cookie recipe with that technique. It makes a more cake-like cookie rather that crisp.

[susandennis]

It was a massive fail. First I think the corn syrup was a mistake. The chilled dough was also as hard as a brick, I could barely get it out of the bowl. Then, very oddly considering how cold the dough was, they spread like crazy in the oven AND Then they were hard and brittle. no redeeming qualities at all.

Back to the other recipe for me! As soon as I get more molasses.

[christalin80.livejournal.com]

He's the best little snuggle companion.