Woo season 4! I still need to actually watch season 3 but I am confident I will be excited for another once I do
Outlet sale was constantly busy from open until I left at 2. I was at a cash handling register which apparently comes with the perq of a seat but I never had a break in customers to take advantage of it. There was apparently a line to get in an hour and a half before we open which is just ridiculous. I get to do it again tomorrow morning and Sunday evening, I hope my body isn’t too unhappy about that. Have asked for Tuesday off which has not actually been approved but unless it’s specifically denied before then I am taking. Maybe even if it is.
That condo sounds lovely, Hec.
My house/condo hunting will swing into full gear in August, when I’ll (hopefully) feel secure in my new job and my sister should be healed enough to check out potential places with me. I’m pretty sure I’ll be buying in either Port Huron or St. Clair Shores. The former is right at the base of Lake Huron and has enough of a geek/alternative community to support a good gaming shop, a witch shop, and an Edgar Allen Poe-themed coffee shop. And the houses are relatively cheap. Not much in the way of condos, though, and it’s a bluish dot in a red area. St. Clair Shores is (as one might expect) on Lake St. Clair—not one of the Great Lakes, but a perfectly respectable body of water, in its way. (Is my limnological snobbery showing? Yeah, probably.) The town itself is a tad ruddy, but it’s right above a very blue area, and has a number of reasonably priced brick bungalows. And it’s closer to family. It’ll probably come down to which city has an affordable house/condo that ticks my rather extensive list of boxes. I’ve been thinking about what I want in a home for about 30 years now. I have rather more in the way of opinions than budget.
Ooh, exciting, Calli! Looking forward to hearing about your prospective new homes!
Good luck Calli!!
David tell me more of this nectarine protocol.
Nice, Calli. House hunting is fun, moving not so much.
How is the knee doing, lisah? Any indication of evilness?
David tell me more of this nectarine protocol.
It's a little do-si-do I do with the fridge.
I find a nectarine (or peach) that is not ripe at market but is not rock hard either. It's got a little give.
It goes in the fridge which slows down the ripening process but doesn't stop it.
Basically it gives you a chance to catch the stone fruit as it approaches peak ripeness without overshooting the mark.
You can't forget it in the fridge, but it's more forgiving than leaving it on the counter.
Anyway, when it's just on the verge or ripeness - it will have about a half inch of give and then it's firm underneath - I take it out of the fridge and put it on the counter. Two days on the counter.
Now it's ready but I put it back in the fridge because it's better cold. You have a two day window of perfect ripeness after it goes back in the fridge - that day and the next.
I cut it off the pit in pretty slices and Matilda and I split it after a meal.
I'm basically applying the technique a deli owner told me about how he handled his avocados to have a regular supply of ripe ones for sandwiches.
