What's everybody doing today?

[Mountain trapper]

Been working on the new building today. Got one sheet of plywood left to put up on the east wall. Just before I quit for the day the ladder broke through the snow and dumped my butt on the ground. The high temp today was 25 degs, perfect working temps, until the wind picked up. Had snow flurries off and on all day. It's supposed to start cooling down tonight to single didgets or lower. There isn't much more that I can do to the new building except put siding up on the south gable end, build shelves, start wiring the electrical outlets and installing lights. Phase 2 and phase 3 will have to wait until spring.

 

[Tommyice]

First full day back at work—that really sucked. Extremely busy and no increase in our hours budget. Pharmacist and I decided to just go over the budget. Worse they can do is fire us.

Had my first issue this morning giving dad his feeding through the tube. Actually it was his meds. Even though they were ground fine some it clogged the port connected to the tube itself. Visiting nurse had to come and get it moving again.

Brother goes home tomorrow morning. I’ll be moving into Dad’s house after he leaves. We’re still trying to figure out what to do starting next week when he is gone back upstate and I’m back at work. I’ve cut my hours back to 30 (the minimum to maintain full time status and benefits). Dad will be alone for 3 1/2 hours in the morning then 3 hours in the afternoon. He doesn’t need care—he moves around fine with the walker. We’re worried he won’t stay motivated to get off the sofa and keep moving .

 

[Ekatarina]

Friday Friday Friday
January 17th 2024

13f right now but will go down -14f tomorrow ..
Oh well its Winter !

Tomorrow
Plumber-Electrician friend Andrei will come check my woodstove back fan tomorrow
And I have to do a load of laundry

Enjoy your evening and night

 

[Amish Heart]

Went errand running this afternoon...Harbor Freight for stuff husband wanted, the amish place for the good cheese, and then filled a cart at Aldi. Going thru my list of stuff to do before the big cold moves in tomorrow night. We're going to have a busy day tomorrow.

 

[JustMe]

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....

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Unless you're gluten free.....you could dredge them in a seasoned flour with a pinch of baking powder to make them crispy.


and if you want extra crispy, do the dredging station.......seasoned flour, beaten egg, and panko. Just be sure to press on the panko to make it stick

 

[Peanut]

Got 4 chairs and a cooler hung on the wall today. Have two more boards to put up and get a few more chairs to go up on the wall. Happy with the progress so far.

The new phones I bought for mom and dad came today. Got the base hooked up this evening, letting the handsets charge over night. They are designed to help the visually and hearing impaired, large buttons, volume boost when needed, clearer screen with large print. Has bright red lights on each handset and the base that flashes when someone calls. If a caller is talking too fast there's even a button to press that slows the sound down. Not sure how that works yet.

Just watching tv and playing a little music. Tackled my Bb folder tonight. Haven't played from it in a while, lots of hardcore bluegrass, old school stuff.

Oh, some replacement tools came today, needed and sort of a late christmas present to me, from me, lol...

Priced tickets today, I can't go, to much $$. The annual national bluegrass convention is in Nashville next week. 4 days access w/hotel is $275 a day. That doesn't include food or anything else, travel, pocket money etc. I'd love to go but... My luck i'd get there and cfs would put me on my back for 4 days. Miss the entire thing and have a huge room service bill.