New for the New Year

I signed up for Goodreads. My sister had mentioned it a couple years ago. I think she uses it to keep track of the books that she reads. I just use a Word document. 😊 A cousin posted his reading stats on FB, and it looked like an interesting way to keep track of a variety of information. So, here's my first entry:

I hope I remember to use this new thingy. And that I can figure out how to use it. 😕

Modern Day Library

I posted this on Facebook 12 years ago.

Modern Thanksgiving

Here's what our 2023 Thanksgiving dinner plate looked like. And it tasted good, too.

Here's the "before" picture. I pretty much used a can opener and read on-box instructions. Except for the sweet potato. I peeled it and stuck it in the oven.

We have learned to FaceTime, and we conversed with family. Here P and J are singing Alouette to C. It's a French-Canadian song, part of J's heritage.

To tell the truth, I'm thankful that this Thanksgiving was a normal Thursday: easy meal preparations, no traveling, no one invading our space. I think maybe it was the kind of Thanksgiving that our dad would have enjoyed.

 

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Alouette's French lyrics depict plucking the feathers of a lark bird. The song's chorus is: Alouette, gentille alouette, alouette je te plumerai (lark, nice lark, lark I will pluck your feathers).

For each verse, an additional body part gets added (head, wings, back, tail), somewhat similar to the English kids' song, "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes."

Grocery Mix-Up

I decided to try a new recipe for tonight's supper. It includes sour cream which we do not have. But I figured J would be out running errands so he could stop by the grocery store. I clearly explained sour cream and described what it looked like and where it would be found, near cottage cheese. I even told him above the cottage cheese and possibly slightly to the right. I didn't want him hunting everywhere and not know what he was looking for.

He came home with cream cheese. Uh, no.

I asked him if he found it near the cottage cheese. He said "no." Well, I already knew that -- it is nowhere near the cottage cheese.

So, I guess tonight's recipe will not have sour cream. It's not crucial, but it would have added a nice flavor.

Meanwhile, I guess I can make Pudding Dessert sometime next week with the cream cheese. Maybe that's the silver lining.

A Poem for Autumn

poem by Brian Bilston

It's Hot!

Last week was the hottest for the summer. Temps were in the 90s all week. I went outdoors once when I finally had to break down and go to the grocery store.

Record highs were set on August 24. Those first two temps -- Willard and IL Water Survey -- are for our city.

The meteorologist also commented that our city hit a record for the hottest "feels like" temperature ever.

It finally cooled down yesterday, but the forecast is for more 90° temperatures in a few days. Just in time for our Labor Day Sunday family "pizza in the park."

Barney's Sidecare

Andy: "I wish we had a psychiatrist in town. I bet Barney would be a real study."

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The Andy Griffith Show - Barney's Sidecar - S4, Ep16 1964