Author: thecapeblog

The Cursed Forest of Massachusetts

Last evening, we went to Falmouth Eats Together at the Jewish Congregation and sat with three delightful women who engaged us in conversation.  We met a couple of enchanting children with “old souls”.

I drove Alpha to Hyannis on Wednesday and tried out the new Anytime Fitness gym at the Festival Mall.

Ron and I got desk chair mats, finally.

He enjoyed Ellen’s senior job search group yesterday.

I’ve been calling and writing to Republican Congresspeople, hoping we can stop the appointment of damnable Scott Pruitt to head the EPA and start a bilateral investigation of Trump’s Russia ties.

I’ve gotten savage amusement from watching the “it’s for the children” crusade against Betsy deVos, when Sessions, Price, Pruitt, Mnuchin, Mulvaney, Puzder or Perry are much more of a threat to the common good.

Got the laundry and transfer station run done early, thanks to Ron, who I wanted to strangle after he questioned my advice on a computer problem: advice which worked, with an assist from Robert and CapeMac.

We visited a bartender friend at a local pub tonight.  It was fun!

It snowed briefly today, then rained.  We are prepared to be walloped tomorrow, though.

We found a good deal on a huge roaster the other day, so I made a chicken pie with gravy and chicken soup today from leftovers.

We stopped in to Bear in Boots Gastropub last night for a WCAI pub get-together.

Afterwards, we picked up groceries at the Service Center.  What a haul: avocados, tomatoes, cantaloupe, green beans, carrots, bread from Windfall, bagels, pollack, juices, canned goods.  Made a nice guac today, too.

Ron is annoyed because he lacks stamina.  He tried out a gym the other day, way overdid it and came home depressed.

I don’t have lofty ambitions at my gym: add 5 minutes a week to the “workout” and increase speeds by fractional amounts.  Got there this morning before the snow.

Afterwards, filled up the truck at Cumby’s and picked up last-minute groceries, the kind of things we can’t get at the pantries, like margarine.

Very grateful that friends and family are home safe.

If you don’t like the culture you’re in, go make a new one.

Attended a 2-hour class at the Falmouth Main Library on intermediate iPhone mastery.  Good class, but a stupid woman clobbered me in the face.  Neck hurts a little.

Got rid of a couple of moldy containers.  Made fruit crisp with leftover cranberry jelly, semi-good apples and dried blueberries.

Went to the gym, saw an acquaintance there.  Drove R home from work.  Finished up some MRS coding.

Used two bonuses today, one for a 1/2 salad and one for a bagel.  With a sandwich, enough for lunch for Ron and me.  Saved the bagel for later.

Went to the gym last evening and again this morning.  30 minutes on the bike and did some resistance exercises.

It started snowing about an hour ago.  Already accumulating.

“JFDI stands for Just Fucking Do It and it is a thing that I’ve found to be hugely effective when I’m piddling around whining to myself that I don’ wanna … 

“The idea of JFDI is basically to take a deep breath and order yourself to bang out that thing you’ve been dreading doing. Because once you JFDI it will be over and done with and right. JFDI.

“The greatest thing about JFDI, other than the fact that it works, is that it’s entirely self-driven. So there’s none of the resentment factor of someone else telling you what to do…”

Jezebel: The Fridge and the Microwave Are a Disgusting Hellscape

Jezebel is a genius and my inspiration:  after weeks of I don’ wanna, I removed a ridiculously stuck-on, gooey red substance from the frig today.  Ron gave me a hand, thank goodness, so I didn’t have to get up and down to rinse out cleaning equipment.

Made pork fried rice for us today.  Martha Stewart recipe.  Quite nice.

The dryer vent has been in place since mid-November 2015, so Ron cleaned it today.  Found very little debris, so we can probably hold off on the next cleaning for longer than 14 months.

I made fish chowder, roasted kale and bread pudding with dried cherries, pretty much all from Pantry ingredients.

“In 2016, about 4,000 J-1 participants from more than 50 countries worked on Cape Cod.”