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spring1onu · 12-23-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by damsel_fly

I have to go to Walmart on a weekend.

Walmart. On a weekend. 2 days before Christmas.

Oh my... you have my sympathies.

Saria · 12-23-2012, 11:41 AM

Jeepy (which I missed by Y and iPhone wanted to correct to Kerouac WTF), that was the last bit of enabling I needed.

ruralcurls · 12-23-2012, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Saria

To buy or not to buy, that is the question.

http://www.amazon.com/Tibi-Womens-An...=I9UZPBVWYOCFL

It's quite the price reduction!

Buy of course! Love them.

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Saria · 12-23-2012, 12:03 PM

YEEEESSSS, more enabling!!!

Hmmm, I'm in an egg mood. Gonna cook myself something at work. Burmese egg curry, or Chinese stir-fried eggs and tomatoes. Both sound perfect right about now!

curlylaura · 12-23-2012, 12:23 PM

I've just woken up from my 2nd nap of the day. I hate being sick.

Curlyminx · 12-23-2012, 12:40 PM

I'm loving being here with my nephews. I will post pics after CHristmas. The boys just made some cookies for Santa. Baby Gideon is just wonderful.... with his 5 days of life under his belt and working on his sixth. He is just the sweetest baby in the world. I could hold him forever.

I'm so in love with these little boys!

jeepcurlygurl · 12-23-2012, 01:06 PM

Kerouac! That's so funny.

jeepcurlygurl · 12-23-2012, 01:09 PM

A nice slideshow of our town's very own Santa. He used to come into my office every year and give me a candy cane. I miss that.

SLIDESHOW: Santa Ray Eldridge 1923 - 2009 » Local News » Meadville Tribune

Fifi.G · 12-23-2012, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by damsel_fly

Even though I'm on holidays for a couple of weeks, I just checked my work email. That's how much I don't want to go shopping.

I have to go to Walmart on a weekend.

Walmart. On a weekend. 2 days before Christmas.

The more I delay, the busier it gets.

I'll be so happy when this blasted 'season of joy' is over. Humbug!

This is why I went at 7am. Not that I have time to go at any other point in the day.

Yay gift cards!! Get what you want with this Visa and be Merry.

KurlyKae · 12-23-2012, 01:10 PM

Sitting down for ten minutes.
CL, sorry you aren't feeling well. Saria, can I have some of those eggs, too? I don't care how they are prepared, just as long as they are already cooked! damsel, did you survive Walmart? curlysue....shortbread? That would taste good with eggs, right?

Okay, that's as far back as i can read just now.

What a week. DD1 is feeling better, and it's so good to have her home from the hospital. But now, today, we're in a cleaning marathon before the in-laws arrive. Even DH used the vacuum at some point. Then, my floor steamer decided not to work, and DH earned big points for fixing it. I was ready to send him to Target for a new one. (Wouldn't that have been fun?) Now I'm going to go put the chairs back under the kitchen table, and finish cleaning off the counter. The rest is just going to stay as it. My in-laws won't care. They know it's been a long week, but sheesh! I'm glad that's over.

Next: what the hell am I going to make for Christmas dinner? And Christmas eve? AGG

End rant. Thanks for letting me vent!

Fifi.G · 12-23-2012, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wild_sasparilla

I vaguely remember being bored by The Hobbit in sixth grade when I read it. I felt that Bilbo was using the term "adventure" far too often and rather loosely, because all they seemed to do was walk around, have some minor mishap and then...um. What was their goal, even? Like, Bilbo wasn't supposed to go into those mountains and trick Gollum and junk and I know he didn't start out all "Yes, Gandalf, I will do anything you ask!" but why did they go off on this voyage in the first place? It's been so long and I've cared so little, I really don't know. [ETA: Was there a dragon with a weak spot in his belly? That can't possibly have come from the same book, it sounds like it should have thrilled me! But I remember it in association with this book. ???] I didn't really get into LOTR either, but I read up to about halfway through the second book while trying very, VERY hard to make myself like it because a few of my friends were so in love with it, not to mention trying equally hard to make my friends believe I wasn't bored with one of their favoritest things ever.

The movies were pretty. I don't have overall impressions on them other than that they were there, I watched them and I enjoyed being with the people I watched them with. Oh, and that Sam totally did ALL the work, so WTF is with all the other characters praising Frodo and running into battle "for Frodo" and crap?! Not only did Frodo try to abscond with the ring and act all squirrelly about it on more than one occasion, but he hardly carried the thing to Mount Doom. He was just an unnecessarily heavy and person-shaped holder for the ring that Sam carried all that way.

Oh! And Smeagol likes his fishies raw. Tricksy hobbitses, they ruins it!!! I thought his utter joy in holding the ring (for that split second...) was oddly cute and actually felt bad for him afterward. He both bugged me and pleased me with his existence. Other than that, I have difficulty separating my thoughts on these stories from the fanfic my friends wrote for it and the random LOTR-themed silliness we engaged in. Because another friend gave me a random ring she found, I had to be Frodo, and I was NOT happy about it. But it's cool, because the ring disappeared in the middle of our camping trip, leaving a circular hole in the outer mesh pocket of my duffel bag. (Seriously, I doubt the ring made the hole, but it was totally round and it was there and the ring was not. It was amusing.) The one who always had a hairbrush to use in the locker room after gym class was Legolas, obvs.

I do remember the dragon with a weak spot, but it has been so long (29 years) since I read the books that I can not remember much else. I just remember loving them, and other fantasy novels. That or non fiction/autobiographies about strong women were all I craved.

How cute is it that you played TLOTR.

I played Goonies, Elf Quest, A-Team, Mash, and Stand By Me when at my friends house by the train tracks.

spring1onu · 12-23-2012, 01:20 PM

KK, make a big batch of some type of soup! All in one pot and everyone can help themselves, you need a break.

I nixed my Christmas Eve ham dinner in favor of homemade chicken noodle soup.

Glad your daughter is doing well and at home.

KurlyKae · 12-23-2012, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by spring1onu

KK, make a big batch of some type of soup! All in one pot and everyone can help themselves, you need a break.

I nixed my Christmas Eve ham dinner in favor of homemade chicken noodle soup.

Glad your daughter is doing well and at home.

thank you! That actually sounds like a good idea. Trouble is, I've probably made soup three or four times, in my life, and that includes Stone Soup with my preschool classes, eons ago. Not sure how the inlaws would react to finding rocks in their soup

(to be clear, we washed them in the dishwasher before using them at school.) Time to think!!!!

Saria · 12-23-2012, 01:40 PM

Eggs ready for the curry. Aren't they purdy?

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Fifi.G · 12-23-2012, 01:46 PM

One had to up the stakes when playing SBM in the teen years.

**lays hand on tracks, pauses, looks around, and screams** TRAIN!!!!

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KurlyKae · 12-23-2012, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Saria

Eggs ready for the curry. Aren't they purdy?

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HOW is that done?
(not asking for the recipe, just a few words' description!)

Saria · 12-23-2012, 01:58 PM

You toss in a little turmeric into hot oil to dissolve, add eggs to pan, and fry on each side until golden and slightly blistered.
It's such a tasty, quick, and easy dish to make!

Have a look at how pretty the final dish is here:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/10/n...egg-curry.html

KurlyKae · 12-23-2012, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Saria

You toss in a little turmeric into hot oil to dissolve, add eggs to pan, and fry on each side until golden and slightly blistered.
It's such a tasty, quick, and easy dish to make!

Have a look at how pretty the final dish is here:

Naomi Duguid's Golden Egg Curry | Serious Eats

Saria, it looks tasty! I've never had anything like it. One more thing I need to try. I wish DH would be willing to go to different restaurants to try new things. As my friend likes to say of her husband: he needs a food mistress. What would the male version of that be???

Saria · 12-23-2012, 02:43 PM

You and your friend should be your food mistresses!

I bought the boots. And I finally got Dan Lepard's Short & Sweet. Can't wait!

KurlyKae · 12-23-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Saria

You and your friend should be your food mistresses!

I bought the boots. And I finally got Dan Lepard's Short & Sweet. Can't wait!

That would be my friend's husband

Too bad we live on opposite sides of the country. Might have worked when I still lived in NJ. We even could have brought our spouses, who could have sat together with their boring old 'same old' food. Sigh!