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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Nov. 23rd, 2011 11:14 pmI think that the “On hold” music that companies play is deliberately annoying; I was on hold with Costco for a few minutes and after a few seconds I wanted to throw the phone far, far away.
I went food shopping before breakfast. I needed milk and other baking stuff. When I got home around 10, I put my kettle on and started baking my cranberry orange muffin bread for Thanksgiving. Only after I put it in the oven, I ate my breakfast while waiting for the muffin bread to bake. And I cleaned up the whole kitchen too. I need to figure out a better way to grate orange peel – that always seems like the hardest part. But it came out well, I thought. There was enough left over batter for a second baby bread to leave for my parents too.
After Bear came over and ate lunch we went to the Russian store for bread and snacks. (I always bring over smoked salmon and I like buying the Russian bread to go with it). And, of course, I manage to get smacked in the head by the store refrigerator door a little. Because of the store we started our drive a little late but we made it right in time for dinner. Traffic wasn’t terrible – 2 hours 15 minutes travel time. Bear and I listened to Monty Python’s “Not the Messiah” and Christmas songs on the way.
Right as we pulled up in front of his parents’ house, his Dad called to ask where we were. And Bear, of course, proceeded to joke that traffic was terrible and we were hours away. Then he promised to create a wormhole to be right over. His parents were not too happy with that joke, they bought it for a second there. We did all have a nice dinner. And I met the newest kitty, Bear’s sister’s cat Leo. He is tiny even for a kitty. Very curious little thing. I will try to get a picture of him and all grown-up kitty Katie tomorrow.
I went food shopping before breakfast. I needed milk and other baking stuff. When I got home around 10, I put my kettle on and started baking my cranberry orange muffin bread for Thanksgiving. Only after I put it in the oven, I ate my breakfast while waiting for the muffin bread to bake. And I cleaned up the whole kitchen too. I need to figure out a better way to grate orange peel – that always seems like the hardest part. But it came out well, I thought. There was enough left over batter for a second baby bread to leave for my parents too.
After Bear came over and ate lunch we went to the Russian store for bread and snacks. (I always bring over smoked salmon and I like buying the Russian bread to go with it). And, of course, I manage to get smacked in the head by the store refrigerator door a little. Because of the store we started our drive a little late but we made it right in time for dinner. Traffic wasn’t terrible – 2 hours 15 minutes travel time. Bear and I listened to Monty Python’s “Not the Messiah” and Christmas songs on the way.
Right as we pulled up in front of his parents’ house, his Dad called to ask where we were. And Bear, of course, proceeded to joke that traffic was terrible and we were hours away. Then he promised to create a wormhole to be right over. His parents were not too happy with that joke, they bought it for a second there. We did all have a nice dinner. And I met the newest kitty, Bear’s sister’s cat Leo. He is tiny even for a kitty. Very curious little thing. I will try to get a picture of him and all grown-up kitty Katie tomorrow.
