Mmm Recipe

(serves 2. If you double the broccoli, it serves 4)

1 red pepper, diced.
1 head broccoli
1 Bartlett pear, diced
1 pack Chinese noodles
small amount of stirfry meat
Oil
Stir-fry sauce.

Boil a pot of water
Throw in half of the noodles, boil for 30 seconds, drain and set aside.
(throw in the whole thing to feed 4)
Find a frying pan. a BIG frying pan.
Heat the oil.
Brown the meat, then set it aside, leaving all the water and oil in the pan.
Throw the diced pepper the broccoli, and the pear into the frying pan.
Fry for 2-3 minutes.
Throw in the meat and the noodles,
Fry 'em 'til the noodles are hot.
Eat.

Lights!

One delicious watt of porch-light-y goodness. Available at Home Depot

Perceptions of others

I continue to be a happy raft dweller... no one can steer my raft, I go where I like, etc. etc.

As I've now been cleared for landing by port authorities and my doctors, I have begun to spend some time ashore.

The locals on shore are very warm and welcoming, and leave me to my own devices much of the time.

And I come and go as I like.

Ships who see me floating around in the shipping lanes often tease me, however, demanding to know why I would take back to my raft when I could stay on the island.

I don't know why I do either, but I resent the question.

It's also interesting that the islanders in question don't ask... just others who have seen me paddling away. I suppose I should make sure it's not bothering the islanders.

A year of bloggery:

Thank goodness for blogging!

When times are good, it's a place to gloat and giggle about my successes

When times are bad, it's a place to reming myself of what the PLAN is.


I wonder... if I can keep track of the art I want to buy on here...


Here's to 2009!

Stupid Forecast:

Mind you, they all seem like this when I bike:

Wind east 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 in
the afternoon. High minus 15 with temperature falling to minus 19 in
the afternoon. Wind chill minus 31

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Well let's see...

Hmmm... 32, eh?

Five years married, my tenth year of my career, my own house, six years a role-model, good friends I truly don't deserve, some sense of what I want from my spiritual life, some handy skills.

Down over $100,000 on the year, but up $1800 a month on net income, getting by without a car or a dishwasher quite handily.

Life is good.

Ah, to own an old house

The dishrack was broken, and needed a screw to be fixed.

I went downstairs to get a screw.

I heard running water... uhoh.

The humidifier was running water all over the floor, and had been all night.

I had to move the washer to get to the humidifier.

I had to remove the temporary subfloor to get to the water

I had to clean the vacuum cleaner to sop up the water

When I poured the water into the sink downstairs, it backed up.

So... my humidifer has a new motor, I have new permanent sub-floor, my laundry machine and dryer are in better positions (I think) and my downstairs sink is cleaned out and scrubbed out.

And the dishrack is fixed.