What's making you happy today? - Page 630

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2013, 07:09 PM

Oh, so the kid sees property, trees, and a seasoned veteran... one stop shopping.

Sundae · 07-16-2013, 11:04 AM

Sarge doesn't mean those good-hot-weather-shoes-with-ventilation (which I own a knock-off pair of).
He sticks his feet in real crocodiles (I think he means alligators, though)

You don't pull the mask of the night latriner and you don't mess around with Maury.
Big Schuh, big bad Schuh.

Pizza night tonight!
Yumyum. Even Dad is having some.

Baking a cake tomorrow.
And then making Mum chicken liver in cream & brandy with tagliatelli on Thursday.

What am I saying?
In the kitchen, in this heat?

Also bought a pair of work shoes.
Not by choice - none of mine are suitable (which I suspected anyway.)
Wore them to walk round the block today. Sweet FSM my feet were hot.
What am I thinking? Work shoes in this weather?
But work shoes mean end of not working and job and MONEY!

Am working on the silver lining aspect here.
'Cept for the pizza. That's a slice of fried gold right there.

Damn, almost forget the real reason for the post.
The World's End on Friday.

Huzzah. Yes I have a ticket. I have forgone my usual treats in order to buy it, and am even intending to take water into the cinema with me rather than buying a bucketful of Diet Coke.

For those who don't like to link it's the new Edgar Wright/ Simon Pegg/ Nick Frost film.
Mixed reviews, but the critics whose tastes tend to match mine - or at least overlap - have enjoyed it.

Yay! Friday!
Start work on Monday!
Not paid til 26 AUGUST though

Tcha, got a full store cupboard and will get through somehow.
At least all my clothes are provided and the 'rents will wink at what I pay them for a little while; they've seen the documents, they know the deal.

In summary and on balance, very happy.

Chocolatl · 07-16-2013, 07:39 PM

We found a big goofy puppy running free on our evening walk. My husband went back with treats and caught him, only to find the dog had no tag. We kinda stared at him for an hour trying to figure out what to do with him. (Couldn't bring him in for the night or put him in our yard cuz our dogs would freak.) Finally, my husband started ringing doorbells on the street where we'd found him, and luckily he found the pup's family. Hooray!

BigV · 07-19-2013, 05:58 PM

send my thanks to Kitsune for his good deed.

DanaC · 07-20-2013, 07:39 AM

In the middle of feeling at a very low ebb and very sorry for myself...Sundae sent cake!!!!

I almost cried (in a good way) when it arrived. A large slice of moist chocolate (I assume, havent tasted yet:p) cake wrapped in foil in a plastic box with the easily identifiable panda tape around it.

Bless you chika, you haven't half cheered me up

Clodfobble · 07-20-2013, 08:57 AM

10 years, a week, and a day ago, Mr. Clod and I got married. We missed celebrating around the actual day because of me being on death's door, but finally got our chance to go out to dinner last night.

We went to Uchiko, where the executive chef is Paul Qui, the winner of Top Chef season 9. I've been to expensive places, but I've never been to a truly foodie kind of place like this where the portions are tiny and they serve things like fennel sorbet. Really amazingly fantastic.

Undertoad · 07-20-2013, 09:50 AM

Congratulations to you!

footfootfoot · 07-20-2013, 10:34 AM

Choco, it wasn't a Korean family that claimed the dog, was it?

limey · 07-20-2013, 11:17 AM

I, too, got cake!
It was sitting in its panda-taped box on the doorstep when we got back from our travels yesterday evening. I tucked it into the fridge immediately and had my slice for late breakfast this morning. As if that wasn't decadent enough, I munched on this divine morsel while Mr L pedalled 6 miles on the exercise bike behind me.
It was GORGEOUS! Thank you so much, Sundae, you shouldn't have!

Chocolatl · 07-20-2013, 11:33 AM

Hooray for cake!

Congrats on your anniversary, Clod!

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Choco, it wasn't a Korean family that claimed the dog, was it?

Boooo. The family is trying to sell their house; during a showing the realtor accidentally let the pup escape, and by the time the family got back home pup was long gone.

Clodfobble · 07-20-2013, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

The family is trying to sell their house; during a showing the realtor accidentally let the pup escape, and by the time the family got back home pup was long gone.

This is terrible, terrible selling behavior. Nevermind whether it's safe for the pet; you don't leave an animal in a house you're trying to sell!

orthodoc · 07-20-2013, 08:03 PM

Absolutely. One of the biggest stresses of selling a house with four smallish children was taking all the children AND all the pets out in the car while the house was being shown. But I would never have left the animals in the house.

Congrats on your anniversary, Clod! Many happy returns!

Sundae · 07-21-2013, 05:02 AM

Very glad you got the cakie Dana & Limey.
I have no idea how well it has held up in the heat.
We had a couple of slices when it was fresh and it was pretty good.
After refrigerating the flavour seemed deeper but it was much more dense (I think we have our fridge too cold TBH) and had to be eaten with cream and a fork.

Still, it was worth sending it, if only so you got a lift seeing the box

I'm happy because we went to Thame yesterday, to an open branch of the shop I am going to be working in in Aylesbury. Thame is always fun to go to anyway, but a couple of sly passes of the Deli counter were very reassuring. I have been so worried and nervous about this. It took a visit to remind me that in fact I'm not going to be working in an impossibly grandiose environment; it is just a shop. And they had two school-age lasses working the counter at one point - how hard can it be?

Although I did have a panic when I realised I'd be expected to slice pies by hand. OMG. No amount of training in the world can make me slice straight. I can't even carve. I hack. Which is okay when you can gobble up the bits which look like shavings or wedges, not good when the customer wants a nicely presented slice of turkey, ham and apricot pie.

Still, I was heartened by the visit in general.

DanaC · 07-21-2013, 07:37 AM

Bloody hell, girl, you gots some mad baking skillz.

That cake was lovely!

Lola Bunny · 07-22-2013, 10:25 AM

Now I want to know how deliously decadent Sundae chocolate taste like. Girl, can you kindly share the recipe? Thank you!

07-15-2013, 07:09 PM	#9436
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, so the kid sees property, trees, and a seasoned veteran... one stop shopping. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-16-2013, 11:04 AM	#9437
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sarge doesn't mean those good-hot-weather-shoes-with-ventilation (which I own a knock-off pair of). He sticks his feet in real crocodiles (I think he means alligators, though) You don't pull the mask of the night latriner and you don't mess around with Maury. Big Schuh, big bad Schuh. Pizza night tonight! Yumyum. Even Dad is having some. Baking a cake tomorrow. And then making Mum chicken liver in cream & brandy with tagliatelli on Thursday. What am I saying? In the kitchen, in this heat? Also bought a pair of work shoes. Not by choice - none of mine are suitable (which I suspected anyway.) Wore them to walk round the block today. Sweet FSM my feet were hot. What am I thinking? Work shoes in this weather? But work shoes mean end of not working and job and MONEY! Am working on the silver lining aspect here. 'Cept for the pizza. That's a slice of fried gold right there. Damn, almost forget the real reason for the post. The World's End on Friday. Huzzah. Yes I have a ticket. I have forgone my usual treats in order to buy it, and am even intending to take water into the cinema with me rather than buying a bucketful of Diet Coke. For those who don't like to link it's the new Edgar Wright/ Simon Pegg/ Nick Frost film. Mixed reviews, but the critics whose tastes tend to match mine - or at least overlap - have enjoyed it. Yay! Friday! Start work on Monday! Not paid til 26 AUGUST though Tcha, got a full store cupboard and will get through somehow. At least all my clothes are provided and the 'rents will wink at what I pay them for a little while; they've seen the documents, they know the deal. In summary and on balance, very happy. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 07-16-2013 at 11:13 AM.

07-19-2013, 05:58 PM	#9439
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	send my thanks to Kitsune for his good deed. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-20-2013, 08:57 AM	#9441
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	10 years, a week, and a day ago, Mr. Clod and I got married. We missed celebrating around the actual day because of me being on death's door, but finally got our chance to go out to dinner last night. We went to Uchiko, where the executive chef is Paul Qui, the winner of Top Chef season 9. I've been to expensive places, but I've never been to a truly foodie kind of place like this where the portions are tiny and they serve things like fennel sorbet. Really amazingly fantastic. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-20-2013, 10:34 AM	#9443
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Choco, it wasn't a Korean family that claimed the dog, was it? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-16-2013, 07:39 PM	#9438
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	We found a big goofy puppy running free on our evening walk. My husband went back with treats and caught him, only to find the dog had no tag. We kinda stared at him for an hour trying to figure out what to do with him. (Couldn't bring him in for the night or put him in our yard cuz our dogs would freak.) Finally, my husband started ringing doorbells on the street where we'd found him, and luckily he found the pup's family. Hooray!

07-20-2013, 09:50 AM	#9442
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Congratulations to you!

07-20-2013, 11:17 AM	#9444
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I, too, got cake! It was sitting in its panda-taped box on the doorstep when we got back from our travels yesterday evening. I tucked it into the fridge immediately and had my slice for late breakfast this morning. As if that wasn't decadent enough, I munched on this divine morsel while Mr L pedalled 6 miles on the exercise bike behind me. It was GORGEOUS! Thank you so much, Sundae, you shouldn't have! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-20-2013, 08:03 PM	#9447
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Absolutely. One of the biggest stresses of selling a house with four smallish children was taking all the children AND all the pets out in the car while the house was being shown. But I would never have left the animals in the house. Congrats on your anniversary, Clod! Many happy returns! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-21-2013, 05:02 AM	#9448
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Very glad you got the cakie Dana & Limey. I have no idea how well it has held up in the heat. We had a couple of slices when it was fresh and it was pretty good. After refrigerating the flavour seemed deeper but it was much more dense (I think we have our fridge too cold TBH) and had to be eaten with cream and a fork. Still, it was worth sending it, if only so you got a lift seeing the box I'm happy because we went to Thame yesterday, to an open branch of the shop I am going to be working in in Aylesbury. Thame is always fun to go to anyway, but a couple of sly passes of the Deli counter were very reassuring. I have been so worried and nervous about this. It took a visit to remind me that in fact I'm not going to be working in an impossibly grandiose environment; it is just a shop. And they had two school-age lasses working the counter at one point - how hard can it be? Although I did have a panic when I realised I'd be expected to slice pies by hand. OMG. No amount of training in the world can make me slice straight. I can't even carve. I hack. Which is okay when you can gobble up the bits which look like shavings or wedges, not good when the customer wants a nicely presented slice of turkey, ham and apricot pie. Still, I was heartened by the visit in general. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

07-22-2013, 10:25 AM	#9450
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Now I want to know how deliously decadent Sundae chocolate taste like. Girl, can you kindly share the recipe? Thank you!

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