Thanksgiving
The good: Another successful thanksgiving meal this year. Much thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
loree and tithonium for their tasty contributions. cuddlyeconomist's mom and of course Rhys are here for the holiday weekend. I also tried out making turkey stock since we had a nice 2 gallon All-Clad stock pot and all the equipment needed. Note to self, not only does it take hours to simmer it takes a really long time to cool, and storing over a gallon of stock is no trivial task. Today we went to see the Nutcracker, which was a first for me.
The bad: The furnace has apparently developed a hole in the heat-exchanger, so it's space heaters until we can get warranty service. Failing that we drop $3k to get a new one. It would not be the end of the world, but it's not well timed since we also got the patios put in this month. Everyone loves the holiday-timed unexpected expenses :> Then again, central heat makes a huge improvement in my life-style.
Otherwise I've been spending a lot of time playing Dragon Age. I figure I should get as much of it done as possible before the next Lord of the Rings Online expansion hits next week.
loree and tithonium for their tasty contributions. cuddlyeconomist's mom and of course Rhys are here for the holiday weekend. I also tried out making turkey stock since we had a nice 2 gallon All-Clad stock pot and all the equipment needed. Note to self, not only does it take hours to simmer it takes a really long time to cool, and storing over a gallon of stock is no trivial task. Today we went to see the Nutcracker, which was a first for me.The bad: The furnace has apparently developed a hole in the heat-exchanger, so it's space heaters until we can get warranty service. Failing that we drop $3k to get a new one. It would not be the end of the world, but it's not well timed since we also got the patios put in this month. Everyone loves the holiday-timed unexpected expenses :> Then again, central heat makes a huge improvement in my life-style.
Otherwise I've been spending a lot of time playing Dragon Age. I figure I should get as much of it done as possible before the next Lord of the Rings Online expansion hits next week.