I made the best pot of #soup I’ve ever cooked today. I didn’t use a recipe, so I don’t have measurements for you—just keep tasting as you go. I started with a pot of chicken stock & added a couple of healthy splashes of low sodium soy sauce, a big spoonful of garlic chili sauce, a couple of big spoonfuls of minced ginger, about the same amount of minced garlic, black pepper, paprika, a little Basque seasoning (I put it in everything), Chinese 5-spice, some parsley, +
some cilantro, some red chili flakes. I let that simmer for a little while, & then added a bunch of shredded fresh cabbage, a bunch of shredded fresh carrot, & a bunch of chopped fresh scallions—& then I let that simmer (stirring regularly) for about 3 hrs. I adjusted seasonings, & when I had it all tasting just right, I add a bunch of fresh spinach, a dash of sesame oil, & couple of bags of frozen Asian dumplings (I use Bibigo Mandu Bulgogi chicken dumplings) & let it cook +
HCB sent me a recipe for artichoke. I love artichoke, & I was w/ her the 1st time I ever had them (at Baba Yaga in Houston--gawd, I loved that restaurant). It was a b-day lunch, & it's kind of wild anything tasted good that day, bc I had the worst hangover I'd ever had in my life. In fact, I'd woken up on HCB's bathroom floor that morning, freaking out, believing I'd gone blind ...
bc the black midi skirt I'd worn the night b4 was up over my head & I was still too hammered to realize it. +
@thepoliticalcat OMG, that woman is hilarious. & so smart—& fcking brutal. A very good, very old Serbian friend (immigrant to Toronto) turned me onto Vee a couple of yrs ago, & she’s in my top 3 comics. @StillIRise1963@Danetteb
The whole server migration from past night turned out a little different then I wanted, in total I could only cut about 30-50 euros per month from the main server cost
I did had to upgrade since it does seem like we need the power :blobcatgiggle:
But.... it wasn't for nothing!
Currently we are "future proof" with the latest software, both front and backend. The previous server was literal 4 years old :catblush:
So a little costs cut plus a huge software improvement
so. in January I was in a bad car accident. fractured spine, ruptured discs, cracked pelvis, broken arm. last 4 months have been v hard. tonight though I'm going back to my adult dance class for the first time. I wasn't sure I'd ever even walk properly again so this is a moment for me. a good one
@thepoliticalcat I wish we could figure out a way to grow veggies here. I’m sure it can be done—but Big Ag gets most of our freaking water (to grow pistachios & almonds, ffs), & we’re running out.
@thepoliticalcat If you stumble across something, pls send it on over (YES! & thank you!)--but don't put yourself out. Mr. Boots is already researching like crazy, & he does love a project. Heh.
When hubs and I first got married, we were very much enjoying our little Honeymoon Bubble, and we were being lazy as Hell. We didn't do many chores, but the laundry we really let go. We weren't wearing many clothes at home anyway, so why bother. Anyhow, after weeks we finally reached the swimming suit bottoms situation, and decided it was time. It was loads and loads of laundry that needed done, so I had my husband back the trunk of the car up to a window of the house, then he popped the trunk, and I started tossing laundry out of the window into the trunk. We went to the bank, got about $30 bucks in quarters, and found the emptiest laundry mat we could, and did it all in one fell swoop. We folded it all and loaded it back into the car using those wheeled laundry carts. We never let it get that bad again, and decided it was time to be adults, and do regular chores, but it still makes me laugh imagining what the neighbors and the laundry attendant thought.
Feel free to share your own laundry story, if you feel like it, I love hearing people's stories!
@RickiTarr When I was a super broke college student, I always used the laundry room in one of the dorm towers on campus. Someone stole my entire load of jeans out of a dryer. All the jeans I owned but one pair. 😣😫😩
I posted flyers in every laundry room on campus: GO AHEAD & WEAR THOSE JEANS YOU STOLE—I’LL BE WATCHING FOR YOU, & WHEN I FIND YOU, I’LL STOMP YOUR BONY ASS INTO PASTE.
@RickiTarr I was lucky. I was able to afford lots of therapy in my 40s & 50s. Not to mention a really good therapist. I wish I’d found her in my 20s & had started working on my issues then, but bottom line, I’m lucky to have found her at all. It’s VERY hard to find an adoption-centric therapist whose focus & knowledge base is about ADOPTEE issues, rather than those of adopters. @TCMuffin
@mmiasma So much truth. I searched all my life—but I wasn’t really focused on finding relationships; I wanted ANSWERS. I found my mother when I was 50 & identified my father (who had died in ‘97) 3 yrs later. I did end up with a couple of wonderful relationships, but they were icing on the cake. Getting answers made me whole. @RickiTarr