Oh, let’s see:
I slept most of the day away, because I was awake all night. What little time I did spend awake was spent outside, because it is a very lovely day today. I made an audio post (transcription behind the cut), and then I made a short video post to test doing so with my digital camera. That didn’t turn out great, but it’s uploading to YouTube now, and I’ll post a link when it’s ready. It’s been uploaded and is ready to watch now.
I wish Lin would hurry and get home, because I am bored out of my mind and starting to get hungry. Bad combination. Could lead to more audio and video posts. :D
Maybe more later. Maybe not. Depends of what’s on TV. I’ve been a real couch potato the last few days.
Sitting out on my porch just sort of waiting for Linnie to get home. It’s an absolutely beautiful fall day, and how do I know it’s fall in Texas? Well, not because it’s especially cool outside, but because all of the leaves have apparently decided to fall off the trees starting today. There are leaves all over our lawn. The pecan trees haven’t started yet, but I did notice yesterday that the green husks of the pecans have begun to split open. So, I am going to start bird-dogging my pecan trees. This year, I actually want to eat a pecan off my own pecan tree! The damn squirrels keep getting to them before I do. I did find one on the ground the other day. It was real light, so I thought it was probably going to be icky, but I went ahead and cracked it open, and it was quite tasty, so I am eager to get my own pecans this year.
But … the rest of the trees? Pretty much leaves just falling right off of ‘em en masse. It’s to be expected.
It’s a really beautiful day today. I wasted most of the day sleeping, because I was stupid and awake all night. Couldn’t really help it. I drank a little too much Dr Pepper, and I have a whole bunch of stuff on my mind, so it was really, really hard to get myself to go to sleep. Laying there in bed, just laying there awake, doesn’t do anybody any good. Might as well get up. So I went to bed, [unintelligible] eight-thirty … nine this morning, and … uh … got up a few hours ago. But it’s not like there’s tons of stuff to do around the house. I’m caught up on the housework. I suppose I could have used some time wisely to … oh, I don’t know … maybe go into the box room and try to conquer a box or two, or wax the floors really good, or wash windows, or whatever multitudes of things I continually put off, but I’m happy with the state of the house … other than the broken oven, of course.
Yeah, I just have to mention the stupid oven is still broken. Just not talking about it right now.
But yeah, without the cooking, I have a lot of free time on my hands. It’s kind of amazing. If the Broken-Oven-Free-Time continues much longer, hopefully I will turn that creative energy into some other projects. But I have been pouring just about all my creative energy into the cooking and writing the cookbook thing, but now that’s all really on hold. I wouldn’t say indefinitely, because, uh, obviously, we are going to get another stove, or we are going to fix this one, ’cause it’s not possible to live without an oven. I’m sorry. I don’t care what some of my relatives say. It is NOT POSSIBLE to live without an oven.
There are some modern life things that I must have in my life, and a functioning stove happens to be one of them. Heat, cooling, hot water … you know, running water! These are the kinds of things I must have in my life.
Uh … [unintelligible] Linnie came home from work yesterday and said that perhaps we should build a brick oven in the back yard. Funny, I have been saying that for weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks. He apparently never listens to me, because he thought it was all his idea. So I sent him about fifteen links for fantastic brick ovens I would really like to have in my back yard … and he’s like “Wow, you’ve already done the research?!” And I’m like “Yeah, I’ve only been squawking about wanting one!” So maybe we’ll have a brick oven in the back yard, which doesn’t solve my broken oven problem now.
Uck! I said I wasn’t going to whine about the oven! Well, I can’t help it. It’s only the biggest thing going on in my life that I can talk about right now. Can’t very well complain about my relatives yet! It’s only early October! We have to get closer to the actual family holidays before I can REALLY start complaining about ‘em.
I have no idea how long I have been talking, but I think I am going to go ahead and shut up now, ’cause it’s just going to become more and more of a whine-fest about my broken oven, my lack of ability to cook the things I want to cook, and having WAY too much free time on my hands, which is never a good thing with me. Besides, Linnie should be home any minute now, and then … uh, I guess I just sit on the couch and watch TV. Been doing lots of that too.
Uh, talk at you later! Bye!