The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[Duleigh]

I'm going to spend the day baking. A pumpkin pie, Christmas cookies, an apple pie, a Cherry Pie, and tonight, a Cheesecake. Then one more pie tomorrow, pecan. I have a turkey ready for the smoker; it'll go in tomorrow night and be done for Christmas Day.

So... dinner is at four? Can I bring my dog with? She gets lonely.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

I'm alive, pouting, and pissed about Sunday. We stayed to the bitter end.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

And my check-up showed I'm doing well.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Sure, you and Pops can share a few Irish coffees and some old, old, old stories.

So... dinner is at four? Can I bring my dog with? She gets lonely.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I'm going to spend the day laying on my back browsing this and a dozen other sites just like I do every day.

 

[RRRyan]

So, working midnights, I wasn't going to schedule off for Christmas, or try to. But now, because the day shift supervisor is taking off, I'm stuck doing a double. The good thing is, I get my Holiday bump and double time for working his shift. My girlfriend, Eddie, isn't impressed though.

 

[_Lynn_]

I'm going to spend the day laying on my back browsing this and a dozen other sites just like I do every day.

Me too.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Last week we had a couple of days below freezing, next week we'll have a couple of days near 80°. Yay winter!

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I get my Holiday bump and double time for working his shift.

I did that whenever I could while in Public Safety Dispatch. Everybody wanted the holidays off. I'd work them and get regular pay, Holiday pay and OT .. like 2 1/2 times normal pay.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Last week we had a couple of days below freezing, next week we'll have a couple of days near 80°. Yay winter!

Cold last week, warm this week, cold next week. Not sure after that.

 

[Duleigh]

Sure, you and Pops can share a few Irish coffees and some old, old, old stories.

Awesome, I'll bring the crab cakes!

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

Problem is, getting that knife in the gap without breaking the knife.

I used to use the bashing method, but I might've broken a few too many jars that way.

I got the pickle jar open, using only my hands. After which, nobody wanted any pickles. So I had one for breakfast, then torqued down the jar lid so nobody else could open it. A passive-aggressive way to air a grievance.

This is one of the 28 best Festivi ever.

 

[RRRyan]

Cold last week, warm this week, cold next week. Not sure after that.

Technically, since I'm a supervisor, I'm salaried. But they give you one and 1/2, what your hourly rate works out to for holiday pay, and when you work for another supervisor, double your hourly rate if it's a holiday. They call it Compensation Pay. We monitor security systems in homes and businesses.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Problem is, getting that knife in the gap without breaking the knife.

Use the back, blunt side of the knife and just tap it around the rim. You're putting small, narrow dents in the rim which breaks the seal.

But I got me one o' them jar openers that has a big handle, v shaped mouth and lots of teeth.

 

[MillieDynamite]

A five or six, live lobster would work better. LOL

Awesome, I'll bring the crab cakes!

 

[MrPixel]

That’s right another woman trying to make men redundant!

Every time I refill our bedroom humidifier I think, "C couldn't do this. She doesn't have the hand strength." It makes me contemplate the sheer number of consumer products my wife could not handle. At all.

 

[TheLobster]

live lobster would work better

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Sent two cards today, so that's the overseas over-80s done. If I manage 3 tomorrow then that's all the over-80s and one with similar or lower life expectancy. Everyone else can have an email.

The tree is finally decently decorated (there were Creative Differences to deal with...), a bodged wreath is on the door (the old one had snuffed it), and I gave a big bag of stuff including Christmas decorations to a charity shop.

The shops were oddly quiet today. We have a tradition of hitting all the supermarkets within walking distance on Christmas Eve just before closing and picking up the reduced party food, so there may be some good pickings. We have enough people here for the next week to eat it all (and then some!)

But I got me one o' them jar openers that has a big handle, v shaped mouth and lots of teeth.

I got a good one of them. But a favourite brand have jars with a sloping edge to their lids, so it doesn't work. Damaging the lid does.

Still want men for those particular strong hugs, though.

 

[MillieDynamite]

You can't make lobster thermidor without cracking and stuffing a few shells.

 

[Rustyoznail]

I use a rubber dishwashing glove if a jar is particularly stubborn.

Tomorrow is going to be 32c. Bagels and salmon for breakfast, steak, prawns and watermelon and feta salad for lunch, then pavlova for dinner.

 

[AloneTooLong]

my youngest daughter does a family meal on Christmas Eve; the 'theme' this year is pizza and matching T-shirts (presumably for a family picture). All the shirts have a 'message' on the front; mine states "most likely to regift their presents" which won't happen because the family gifted me (early) with a new computer.

Christmas Day is 'the old folks' which besides myself, is my brother and his wife (both are 75!). This year I am preparing the meal; shrimp cocktail, shrimp etoufee with rice; green beans with ham/onion/garlic.

When my Mom was still alive Christmas Day was ALL the family members at lunch-time meal, ham, sweet potatoes, green peas, green beans, mashed potatoes, pecan pie, etc. Was not unusual to have 20-30 folks at the table. But times change so I just 'roll with it'.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Forecast:

Saturday: 70

Sunday: 50

Monday: 30

 

[sirhugs]

forecast:

snow and blowing plot bunnies

 

[stickygirl]

11:00 chicken
11:15 - 13:00 Visit friends
13:20 roasters, parsnips, pigs
13:30 cook scallops
13:50 steam veg
14:00 serve & sigh
So... what could go wrong?
I might print this out
twice

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I have a feeling the boards are going to be very quiet the next few days.