CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Thorn Wilde]

6 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I'm having a nice cup of hot cider.   Ham and bean soup sounds really good. I froze some of that corn quiche I made last Sunday and had a piece for lunch yesterday.  Word of advice for anyone wanting to make that quiche... don't freeze any of it!  It's still tasty but OMG it retains a ton of water.  So thawed leftovers will be quite soggy once re-heated.   

Often happens with eggy things.

 

Ooh, hot cider... Would be so tasty right now, but I have no cider. Boyfriend made me a ginger infusion for my stomach, though. Emotionally hungover today, if that's even a thing.

[Page Scrawler]

This sums up my life perfectly. 

[Thorn Wilde]

1 minute ago, Page Scrawler said:

This sums up my life perfectly. 

Not so different from Norway, really. We've had like a metre of snow the past couple of weeks. Today it's raining and the snow is falling off the roof. Monday it's gonna get cold and eeeeeverything will freeze.

[Valkyrie]

4 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Often happens with eggy things.

 

Ooh, hot cider... Would be so tasty right now, but I have no cider. Boyfriend made me a ginger infusion for my stomach, though. Emotionally hungover today, if that's even a thing.

I love ginger too.  Emotionally hungover is totally a thing.   

[Valkyrie]

3 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Not so different from Norway, really. We've had like a metre of snow the past couple of weeks. Today it's raining and the snow is falling off the roof. Monday it's gonna get cold and eeeeeverything will freeze.

Sounds like here.  In the course of a week we had a blizzard which closed down the area for 2 days and set snowfall records for those days, followed by record warmth, then an ice storm.  The last two days we had 60+mph winds and now today we're back to frigid temps and snow.  Gotta love winter.  lol 

[Page Scrawler]

@Thorn Wilde My kid brother-in-law went back to school on Tuesday, after a four-day weekend caused by poor road conditions.

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Hi. Can I hang out in here for a bit?

Anytime, Thorn.  

[Thorn Wilde]

47 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I love ginger too.  Emotionally hungover is totally a thing.   

Yeah. Yesterday sucked, lol  

 

43 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Sounds like here.  In the course of a week we had a blizzard which closed down the area for 2 days and set snowfall records for those days, followed by record warmth, then an ice storm.  The last two days we had 60+mph winds and now today we're back to frigid temps and snow.  Gotta love winter.  lol 

 

41 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

@Thorn Wilde My kid brother-in-law went back to school on Tuesday, after a four-day weekend caused by poor road conditions.

Thankfully, they're good at both ploughing and gritting here. So in spite of record snow fall, people have been going places. 

 

EDIT: I mean, I would have loved to have snow days when I was a kid, but that never happened, lol!

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[Thorn Wilde]

Just now, Headstall said:

Anytime, Thorn.  

Thanks!  How are you?

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[Headstall]

2 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Thanks! Hi!  

 

She's sadly in town on a far less pleasant business. Her grandfather just passed away, but she took the time to come see me. And my cat. We used to house share. Honestly, I think the cat is a bigger deal than me.  

Carryout sounds nice. Boyfriend and I has spaghetti. 

My youngest daughter took me to an appointment, and then we had dinner together.  

[Thorn Wilde]

Just now, Headstall said:

My youngest daughter took me to an appointment, and then we had dinner together.  

Sounds nice.  How old is your daughter?

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

I picked out the floor today for the bathroom reno.    I also did a bunch of housework.  I made seafood Alfredo for lunch/dinner and am now catching up on my computer stuff.  I'm debating whether I want to make a spice cake tonight or tomorrow.  It's supposed to snow tomorrow, but not too much, thankfully.  It's bluefish cold, though. 

Wow... someone has been busy... did you bring your intern home or what?  

[Valkyrie]

1 minute ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Yeah. Yesterday sucked, lol  

 

 

Thankfully, they're good at both ploughing and gritting here. So in spite of record snow fall, people have been going places. 

The issue here wasn't the plowing or salting.  We're used to much larger amounts of snow at once, even though we set records for the two days of the blizzard.  The problem was the high winds, which made visibility pretty much zero.  The other problem was the arctic temps.  Salt loses its effectiveness when the temps dip into the single digits.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

Looks delicious!  I make really good  butterscotch brownies from scratch.  I love brownies, especially with ice cream.  

Stop! My stomach is yelling for sweet stuff.  

[Valkyrie]

2 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Wow... someone has been busy... did you bring your intern home or what?  

😛 Not yet.  She doesn't start until the 18th. 😛   

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Page Scrawler said:

Me, too! 

Me three.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

Does Morgan ever bring home "doggy" bags from work?

Um... I think they call them skunk bags... full of sneaker snacks.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Often happens with eggy things.

 

Ooh, hot cider... Would be so tasty right now, but I have no cider. Boyfriend made me a ginger infusion for my stomach, though. Emotionally hungover today, if that's even a thing.

Yeah, Thorn, it's definitely a thing...  

[Headstall]

11 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Thanks!  How are you?

Great... I'm celebrating!  

[Thorn Wilde]

6 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

The issue here wasn't the plowing or salting.  We're used to much larger amounts of snow at once, even though we set records for the two days of the blizzard.  The problem was the high winds, which made visibility pretty much zero.  The other problem was the arctic temps.  Salt loses its effectiveness when the temps dip into the single digits.  

Yeah, they generally don't use salt here. Mostly pebbles. High winds are definitely problematic, yeah.

[Headstall]

9 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Sounds nice.  How old is your daughter?

This one is thirty... her sister is thirty-two... her brothers are twenty-five and twenty-eight.  

[Thorn Wilde]

2 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Great... I'm celebrating!  

What you celebrating?  

 

Just now, Headstall said:

This one is thirty... her sister is thirty-two... her brothers are twenty-five and twenty-eight.  

Your youngest daughter is the same age as me... 

[Headstall]

9 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

The issue here wasn't the plowing or salting.  We're used to much larger amounts of snow at once, even though we set records for the two days of the blizzard.  The problem was the high winds, which made visibility pretty much zero.  The other problem was the arctic temps.  Salt loses its effectiveness when the temps dip into the single digits.  

OMG... so windy yesterday and last night.  

[Valkyrie]

Just now, Headstall said:

OMG... so windy yesterday and last night.  

  It caused a lot of power outages around here, but thankfully not at my house.  I'm so glad they finally died down.  

[Headstall]

 

To ME!!  I did it! After two MRI fails, I made through 23 minutes of hell!! Woot Woot! Bring on the surgery!