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I've never minded the cold weather. It's icy rain that's the worst. I'll take snow over freezing rain any day. Also its not cold unless this happens:

That looks like a winning brisket to me. Yum!

Its 83F today... about 28ish C? Its too warm for me. I want cool air!! I'm making meat sauce for spaghetti tonight and I still have to make some turkey meatballs. My MIL is peeling little baby apples that my SIL got from their property in NH. Apple pie á la mode for dessert! Have a good day everyone!

Their main office is in Arizona. Heeeyyyyyy @weinerdog, here boy....SIC 'EM! Yes, I think I did dodge a bullet.

I have peppers I need to cook, as well as some chicken. I guess I could stuff them with chicken and rice. We still have about 5lbs of rice to get through... beware of stockpiling old ladies lol. I'm back to the drawing board for my job search. The place I was going to work at rescinded the job offer the day before I was supposed to start. A$$holes. So to drown my sorrows, I joined a gym and will be off to water aerobics three days a week to see if these old knees will stop protesting my existence so much. It's warm-ish and rainy here today. As tim said, have a good one!

I've been busy cooking since I got up here. French onion soup was on today's menu. Homemade baked beans are in the near future. ITS THE FIRST DAY OF FALL!!!!

Hmmmm, a curry dinner is now only a 7.5 hour drive away 🚘. With fresh bread too! 🤤

We primarily use the microwave to heat stuff up. If you use it to melt butter those covers sure do come in handy! Also... who's actually going to 'fess up to blowing up an egg in the microwave? 🙋‍♀️

Its those plastic dome-cover thingys that you put over a plate or bowl so food doesn't splatter in the microwave. We have a microwave that's mounted above the stove so keeping it stored inside the microwave makes sense (at least to me) I have quickly discovered that my MIL is a slob in the kitchen. She has an orange every morning and stands at the sink to eat it. Do you think the peel ever makes it to the trash can? I'm going out today to run some errands and tonight we're going to a friend's for pizza. It should be a good day. Enjoy it everyone!

Ok.. I need to know if I'm justified in screaming inside my head every time I have to put the microwave cover back inside the microwave... where it belongs when not in use... not on top of the stove or on the counter where there no room! Let me know if you store your microwave cover inside the microwave when you're not using it or if you have a designated other spot for it. The kitchen at my MIL's house is small. I've spent a ungodly amount of hours cleaning and reorganizing it and it may seem insignificant but its one of those pet peeves that is driving me crazy.

She's going to complain about it no matter what. I just take a page from the kid's movie Madagascar:

OMFG.. This made my night. We've spent ALL DAY working on swapping bedrooms with my son. There's been a delay in moving my son over to my Sister-in-law's. Their wild child black kitty was supposed to get fixed at the end of this month but he had to go and get an abcess in his paw and they couldn't get another appointment until October 25ish. We want him calmed down before introducing him to our kitty. Our son was sleeping on a twin size pull out sofa bed and it was not meant for someone built like a 6'2" NFL linebacker. We asked and reminded my MIL several times that we were switching rooms and what does she say to me? "I wish you asked before you rearranged the whole house." Shoot me. Just freaking shoot me. Three trips to Home Depot for the right hardware for the beds and some if the screws were stripped and we're still not done . . Off to finish.

The trifle went over quite well. The liquor just adds flavor, so unless youre willing to consume about 2lbs of trifle, the booze doesn't affect you (unlike the 3 craft beers I consumed). @weinerdog, I don't do whiskey very often anymore as a) I'm not stress drinking like I was a few years ago, and b) it doesnt always agree with me. Its not worth having a stomachache. I'll still have it occasionally but its more like once every couple of months rather than every weekend. @spyke, a once in a blue moon sugar coma is acceptable. Its one of those things I only make for potlucks or a family gathering. @Mikiesboy, I think I need to make an eggnog trifle this Christmas. What a great idea!

I made a chocolate peanut butter trifle so I had to make a chocolate cake. I also made whipped cream and blended it with whipped cream cheese, peanut butter, chocolate liquor, peanut butter whiskey (about 2 shots of each). Then crushed oreos and nutter butters. Oh... and chocolate pudding. The layers went like this; Cake Whipped mixture Cookies Pudding Cake Whipped mixture Pudding Cookies I messed up the order I usually put them in but it really doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure they're not going to notice.

We're off to the store to get groceries. We've been invited to a cookout this afternoon and a chocolate peanut butter trifle has been requested. Guess I'm baking this afternoon. Have a good day everyone!

You can get through a lot of yarn in four hours. 😁

Don't make me get out the muzzle....again.

I'm hoping it gets better. I just spent nearly 3 hours of my day on the phone with Florida unemployment again trying to figure out what the hold up is. So far they now owe me 7 weeks of payments. oh well.. they're actively working on it. I'm not holding my breath. On a better note, anthology story is done. Changes have been made and its in the hands of the final editor. It'll get sent once the final tweaks are made Have a good weekend everyone! Oh! And I finally heard back from the new job. They offered some more money and as long as the background check clears I have a start date of Sept 22 (don't worry @spyke, the bodies will never be found lol).

Noodle welts? Hmmmm. I'm sure somebody could make it work.

Oops... I was reading on my phone and I blame the tiny font. 🤣

I toss some butter in with the onions when they're cooking overnight. Not a lot, maybe 1 tbsp per pound of onion.

That could either be fun or gross. 🤔

It really does bring out a wonderful flavor when you cook them that way. I hope you enjoy it!

That's the best way to cook onions for onion soup.... enjoy!