Athaclena Posted June 5 Author Report Share Posted June 5 Got all the steps in yesterday! We had a pop up thunderstorm with pea sized hail - so that was fun. We also now know what the roomie's dog sometimes barks at in the middle of the night recently - a racoon has been bellying up to the bird feeders and I bet THAT'S how the springs were "sprung" trying to get in there. We never had that problem last year with all of the squirrels..... Today I'm just trying to get through - because Monday - UGH. New recipe is up. I made my semi-famous (among my friends) One Pot Chili Mac last night. We've been falling down a bit on ACTUAL meal planning - but having a "plan" of narrowing down what's for dinner has helped greatly. Tonight for instance is meatballs - so I'll make meatballs and we'll fix some sides and maybe a pan sauce. Having a stocked pantry (and freezer) really helps.... 3 Quote "Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still." - Chinese Proverb My Recipe Thread 1st dozen-ish Challenges for the curious 12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,More attempts, #1 with Intro, Failed attempts Spoiler Quick Bio: IT Consultant, Been in IT 25+ Years, Bounced around and landed as a traveling Consultant for a medium-sized Software Company. I love to cook & read, I travel for a living (although amount varies widely, sometimes I'm home for weeks, others I'm traveling for weeks on end), and trying to move out of Atlanta (plan in place, working to implement). Link to comment
Athaclena Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 Gah. Just..... gah! Being an adult sometimes - GAH! The part for the fridge should hopefully be here today so we can get in door water and ice again . Hubby rebooted the NAS yesterday and it now won't come back up. So just dropped a $2700 order on EBay essentially for new guts for it (board, processor WITH heat sink, memory) because currently it won't even post so who the f knows what died. It will bring it more up to date (and be more energy efficient) and hopefully last a good 5 years, but FFS. THEN realized while washing dishes - there's no hot water. The pressure valve is dripping, which dripped onto the gas line that seemingly snuffed the pilot light. So we now have a bucket for drips and bent the gas line so it's not being dripped on. I'm going to check into replacing it with a tankless and if it's affordable just do it. Otherwise we can make some repairs to this tank that should make it last another year while I budget it. Most importantly we DO currently have hot water. We're researching A/C units so I fully expect them to go belly up any second, probably the hottest day of the year because that's how I roll..... Let's see - both of my big customers are having weird issues this week so work is being a beast. I had a migraine yesterday (can't IMAGINE what kicked that off - but it was before I knew about the water heater and NAS - so probably just the work related BS). *grumble* On the meal planning front, while we haven't actually meal planned in 2 weeks - because we have a master plan (muhahaha) I'm still pulling off delish dinners that aren't terrible for you. So that seems to be working at least. I just need to win the lottery.... that's all.... 3 Quote "Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still." - Chinese Proverb My Recipe Thread 1st dozen-ish Challenges for the curious 12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,More attempts, #1 with Intro, Failed attempts Spoiler Quick Bio: IT Consultant, Been in IT 25+ Years, Bounced around and landed as a traveling Consultant for a medium-sized Software Company. I love to cook & read, I travel for a living (although amount varies widely, sometimes I'm home for weeks, others I'm traveling for weeks on end), and trying to move out of Atlanta (plan in place, working to implement). Link to comment
Rookie Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Damn ... That's a bunch of curve balls. The lottery does sound good about now. Sounds like a win on delish but healthyish meals! 1 Quote {Chase the wind and touch the sky; I will fly} Link to comment
Athaclena Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 New refrigerator part (3rd party for $100 rather than OEM for $300) works. Customer issue #1 was a brief network glitch so all we had to do was restart it. Main person with customer issue #2 is on vacation so that's on hold until Monday. Server parts for NAS are officially ordered (including the new NICs) so we should be good to go there. The hot water heater is still working so I just need to sort out replacement options and make a final call on that. Until the next thing breaks.... At least dinner is in the slow cooker (Butter Chicken - YUM - recipe is in my recipe thread if interested, link in my sig). 3 Quote "Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still." - Chinese Proverb My Recipe Thread 1st dozen-ish Challenges for the curious 12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,More attempts, #1 with Intro, Failed attempts Spoiler Quick Bio: IT Consultant, Been in IT 25+ Years, Bounced around and landed as a traveling Consultant for a medium-sized Software Company. I love to cook & read, I travel for a living (although amount varies widely, sometimes I'm home for weeks, others I'm traveling for weeks on end), and trying to move out of Atlanta (plan in place, working to implement). Link to comment
Athaclena Posted June 11 Author Report Share Posted June 11 This challenge is a wrap. Still making progress on life but little progress on walking. *sigh* I'll keep plugging away at it! 2 Quote "Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still." - Chinese Proverb My Recipe Thread 1st dozen-ish Challenges for the curious 12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,More attempts, #1 with Intro, Failed attempts Spoiler Quick Bio: IT Consultant, Been in IT 25+ Years, Bounced around and landed as a traveling Consultant for a medium-sized Software Company. I love to cook & read, I travel for a living (although amount varies widely, sometimes I'm home for weeks, others I'm traveling for weeks on end), and trying to move out of Atlanta (plan in place, working to implement). Link to comment
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