Good Things Friday (2)
February 22, 2019
1. Saturday: The ability to zap food warm in 30 seconds is amazing. PiC thoroughly disapproves of my callous “30 seconds fits all” methods of reheating, preferring to bring all foods up to an acceptable temperature gradually and gently, respecting the food, but I am glad to have the brute force ability when I need it.
2. Sunday: Whatever the cause, whether it be because of mindful gratitude or a change in my brain’s chemical needs or because we had a beloved friend visiting, I was only Growly Bear irritable a couple of times over the weekend. Mind you, if I still need to add back my anti-depressants if I need them that’s not a problem. I just wanted to try my hand at a few other options first. Perhaps I need a touch more socializing than I realized?
3. Monday: The sun is out today! It makes such a difference in the logistics of the day.
4. Tuesday: After a harried morning, being crabby, getting JB off to daycare, getting a next day appointment for Seamus set, and getting gas for the car, I managed to put in a whole day of work. Partway through, I realized that the irritability and anger had lifted. No matter how temporarily, I savored those moments of calm and peace.
5. Tuesday: Completed our second HSBC application – yay!
6. Tuesday: I only had to sternly scold JB a few times today. Not one mama bear roar was needed even though we cooked together. Whew.
7. Wednesday: We made it to the vet and back without incident. Sera is still seriously in training and it’s good for her to go out to places with people and animals so she learns not to freak out every time she sees them.
8. Thursday: It was a brilliant blue sky day today. It also feels like the fog is lifting a little bit.
9. I have a wonderful partner.
Wishes:
- May the prices on my long watched-for backpack, water flosser, and alarm clock drop by at least 30%.
- May PiC’s job search turn up the role that he’s looking for without the expected cut in salary.
- May both parts of that Huge Thing I’m working on at work turn out well. I’m setting things right after taking some risks that were total flops and my next two months depend on this working out.
Please join in with good things from your week and what you want!
Ugh, we don’t have a microwave at our new place yet. It’s a pain to reheat stuff on the stove top and oven. Hopefully, our new countertop microwave comes today.
Good luck with the job search.
I like your list! For reheating, we typically add enough water in a small pot to cover the pan (a few teaspoons). We then boil the water. As soon as the water boils, we add whatever we’re reheating (meat, sauce, pasta, etc) & then turn the pot to the lowest level & cover. Everything is steamed in about 5-10 minutes. It works really well, and heats more consistently than the oven.
The weather here has definitely cleared up this week and although we needed all that rain, it’s nice to have some sunny weather during this time of year.
For the past week, rather the usual mundane drive to my in-laws house to drop off BwC, we’ve been playing a couple of songs from “The Sound of Music” and it’s been getting him cheered up for the day by playing “Do-Re-Mi” and “So Long, Farewell”. It has been an entertaining and fun drive…haha!!
Scout didn’t die.
That’s a massively good thing.
I love reheating with a microwave too. I’m so bad for using the stovetop. Some people have the discipline to not use the microwave at all but unfortunately it’s not me!