What's everybody doing today?

[Pearl]

Bear and I walked several miles on the hike/bike trails, nice and quiet, guess it was too chilly for people! As we were leaving there were several vehicles pulling into the parking lot! Beautiful morning, we had a nice walk! Finishing laundry, working on my to do list!

 

[Peanut]

Ok..thanks! I'll try that next time. Question..is the fish completely covered in oil in the fry pan or halfway?

Completely covered in my 2qt pot. When they float to the surface you know they are done. Same for wings. They sink when you first put them in. When they're cooked through they'll float.

I do something else for wings. I have a one pot type thing with a steam option. I steam the wings first till they're almost done. This cooks out the fat/grease. Then I drop them in the hot oil with no batter, only takes a couple or 3 minutes and they'll float. If you don't steam out the fat first the skin on the wings will never get crispy. Doing a 2 stage cook makes for yummy wings that are not greasy at all... nice and crispy skin.

Same principle when I cook thighs. I bake them almost done in the oven. Most of the fat under the skin cooks out. Then I drop them in hot oil for a couple minutes and fry them. Makes great thighs... and I don't have to bother with a batter.

Here's my wings....

 

[teeceetx]

Had my chemo this morning ... been vegging most of the day.

My Direct TV on my den TV no longer works, which is pissing me off mightily. Been calling for 2 days for assistance ... left 4 messages due to high call volumes. Found another number ... been on hold now for 10 minutes.

They don't know it yet, but they are history. As soon as I find a replacement, they are gone ... after less than 3 months!

Yesterday I called our big plumbing company to come look at our water heaters, because the hot water is coming out scalding hot. Had set an appointment for 3-5:00pm today. Well they called me at 2:30 and I did not hear the call because my phone was still on silent from chemo, so they CANCELED the appointment!!! I'm enraged. Called back and made another appointment for tomorrow. They too will be history as soon as they do the hot water tanks inspection/adjustment.

I no longer have a scintilla of patience with these companies any more.

 

[sonya123]

we have nice neighbors, one of them is clearing our road with the bobcat. Going to give them some cash, even if they would do it for free and in the dark!! Didn't expect that. They must have seen us spend half an hour putting the chains on the truck on the way back

went to town to get the prescription filled , some other stuff and a load of wood
The wood is cut too large so son and husband are going to cut them all in half but oh well, it's what was available and on the way

 

[Amish Heart]

Glad you have good neighbors, ours are always like that, and I try to help whenever I can, too.
Feed Store, pharmacy, $ Store. Talked to mil. Sil is in the hospital, so it's hard on her, she's 91...pretty old to drive an hr to sit with her daughter all day, but she does it.
Unloaded 15 of the 40 lb bags of the feed with little granddaughter. We each wagoned a load of wood up to the porch. Time to eat dinner!

 

[Pearl]

Watching more Lord of the Rings and find something for dinner! We both had big lunches!! Maybe sandwiches!!?

 

[Peanut]

Worked on my chair project this afternoon. Went and got some washers and a couple masonry bits before the lumber place closed. No plans but tv tonight.

 

[OldSchool]

Just woke from a nap and drinking coffee. Screw sleeping tonight. lol

Was kinda burnt and spent, and a little bummed that I'm over qualified for the job I applied for. I mean I'm 60 and they could easily prefer to give the job to a young lad with some experience and give him a chance for a promising career. Me? I'm approaching the end of my working career.

 

[JustMe]

Y'all can keep your massages, I don't like strange people touching me! Anyhow, my job for today is rescheduled for Saturday. I'm taking Bear to the hike/bike trails for a several mile walk! Going to be a beautiful day, glad I can get him out to do something!! Got a list a mile long when I get home!

You're going to take a cat on a 'several mile walk'??? You can do that???


OK, now I'm guessing Bear is your dog? And I was thinking you were talking about a cat before.

Dang it, now I'm really confused.

 

[Peanut]

Wild hogs in my garden just now!!!! The dog was in the yard, barked his ‘critter’ bark. I went out to check, maybe a deer or possum etc… Noooooo! I had a pack of wild hogs!!! Just as well I didn’t grab my rifle. They were so quick I wouldn’t have gotten off a shot after I put the light on them. Ballsy sob’s, might have to declare war on hogs for a few weeks! They've never come this close to the house before... I see their tracks down in the bottoms sometimes but never around the barns or the house.

 

[Patchouli]

Just woke from a nap and drinking coffee. Screw sleeping tonight. lol

Was kinda burnt and spent, and a little bummed that I'm over qualified for the job I applied for. I mean I'm 60 and they could easily prefer to give the job to a young lad with some experience and give him a chance for a promising career. Me? I'm approaching the end of my working career.

Please don't be discouraged. Look at it as a good experience to go through an interview and to sharpen your interviewing skills. People our age have a degree of maturity, well okay maybe sometimes, and hopefully knowledge and experience that can only be gained with age.

 

[OldSchool]

Please don't be discouraged. Look at it as a good experience to go through an interview and to sharpen your interviewing skills. People our age have a degree of maturity, well okay maybe sometimes, and hopefully knowledge and experience that can only be gained with age.

My mom something about hoping they're wise enough to hire me. If wisdom comes with age.... I got all the interviews beat.

 

[Patchouli]

@OldSchool "They" say that one of the first things perspective employers do is find you on social media. I think that is true in a lot of situations, linked in and freak book at least. I hadn't been applying for jobs, last one was 4 years ago, then had one in October and realized afterwards that in the future I might need to do some fake interviews to brush up my responses. I've had a few friends look at my resume to get their opinions too. Good luck!!

 

[OldSchool]

At worst I still have the job I'm laid off from and will get called back ~3 months from now, and I'll survive till then with mere unemployment benefits.