Before I start, this is the lemon cheese cake I made last weekend. Similar to the previous one, except using light evaporated milk instead of cream, and made in a much bigger container to thin the base out a bit. I also tried to melt some cooking chocolate (not baking bits), but it just wouldn't melt. I then had flash back memories to have a similar problem with cooking chocolate when I was living in Sydney. Note to self: never buy that again (I don't think I even bought it, I can't remember where it came from).
Monday. 22nd. Got two boxes of Dad's slides fixed up before work (had some extra time, and not as many needed fixing up). Being at home is sooo much better for my mental health, especially in the evenings. I feel so much more relaxed and can get so much more done. Even though it's only an hour and a half or so extra it makes such a difference. Watched last night's Amazing Race. The top three teams all really annoy me. The girls are full of themselves and take every opportunity to tell everyone how awesome they are. The sikhs I liked to begin with but they're just as mean to people they don't like as anyone else, and while they claim to have helping people ingrained in their culture, they really only help people they like. The cowboys are ok, but were still out to get Chris and Aleisha. No idea why those two are so unpopular with everyone. Did get 346 photos labelled today, although 63 of them before work. It'll certainly take the pressure off the rest of the week.
Tuesday. All the stoopid. Had dinner out with the sweetie which was nice. Dumpling Inn was closed (have they even reopened since Covid?) so we went to Pizza Artigiana.
Quattro Formaggi - SANDRA $22 - mozzarella, provolone, gorgonzola and shaved pecorino. Yum yum.
Diavola - RINO $22 - tomato, ricotta, Nduja hot salami, and marinated red peppers. Ok, spicy but not insane, just a bit meh.
Then we did our food shopping. Watched last night's Amazing Race and was sad to see Chris and Aleisha go.
Wednesday. Blerf day. Had a stoopid meeting in the afternoon where they put me on the spot *on the phone* arggh. But then Skype had a spack which saved me so I could troubleshoot offline. Seriously DO NOT ask me to troubleshoot something over the phone, especially in a whole group situation. Hate hate hate. But we did managed to shut down a good chunk of the old network which was pretty awesome. Didn't do a whole heap of work past four pm, chatting to peoples about all the things. Super late home. Salmon and salad for dinner which was very nice. I stepped on one of those little bastard millipedes though while I was cooking and it popped and left a smudge on the floor. So gross. Labelled photos while watching Amazing Race. Eyes felt very tired.
Thursday. Despite being tired it took forever to get to sleep. Sigh. Good drinks, lots of peeps came. Had Kingsley's for dinner (since we'd already had pizza this week), Simpsons, Laid Back Camp, Encore.
Friday. Awake in the middle of the night for hours. Sigh. So even more of a zombie than yesterday. Which was a pity because I was having a random day off. So I couldn't concentrate on anything that required brainpower. But still, I had a super productive day getting things done around the house.
This jungle has to go. Ten minutes at a time.
Another last chance summer flower seen on my walk
Our next door neighbour when I was growing up had one of these bushes. So many little red berries!!
Watched more X Files in the evening, and started watching Becoming.
Saturday. Slept well! Hurrah! Except I spent the entire morning finding where photos on our Dubbo trip in 1981 were taken. Some were easy, but others super tricky. Like exactly whereabouts is the old platform at Newnes? And did we drive along the new railway line being constructed between Sandy Hollow and Gulgong? (since some of the places look a little tricky to get to by car). After lunch we headed out to the club. I wanted to do some painting, but Stu wanted a sleep, so no painting for me.
I don't know which way up this flower goes...
Instead I worked on a tapestry by the fire.
Matt and Michelle put on an awesome Mexican feast, we all had a lovely evening.
Sunday. Today. Slept okish, then we came home. Spent entirely too much time trying to sort out Dad's slides (for anything that doesn't have a date on it - when were they taken? What else was on that roll? hrmm). Michelle (a different one) came over for a while, and then we all went for a walk, but the magpies weren't around.
Had slow cooked beef stroganoff for dinner with a packet mix from before 2000, was actually quite nice.
Blogged while watching the Amazing Race finale (both took nearly two hours all up). Just finished blogging as the race finished. Pretty happy with the outcome actually.
No movies so no movie quotes..
