Big and busy day on the near horizon, and naturally, I didn’t get enough sleep last night. The combination of stress, holiday excitement, and a polar blast blowing into the area with some VERY high winds left me unable to sleep. I’ll be running on coffee today as I make about three batches of bread (three loaves each), cornbread for tonight’s dinner, and the bread bowl for the crab dip. So glad I made a big pot of chili last night, so I won’t have to cook or leave the house to get junk food tonight. I suspect that shortly after eating dinner, I’ll be off to bed and falling asleep in no time at all.
In recent Casa de Orb news, the knitting project I have been having problems with (oh yes, problems, because the pattern –the one I paid money for– has mistakes in it), has been put on hold until the weekend. I wanted to have it done by Friday, since the person I am giving it to will be at the family thing (it’s for their birthday though, not Xmas), but we’ll be seeing that person again next week, so it will just be a little late. Nothing I can do about it. I can’t rewrite a pattern and do all the other stuff that needs to be done by Friday and get the knitting done as well. It’s going to be so fabulous though when it’s done, I suspect the recipient won’t mind at all. Not much to be done about it, even if they do get peeved about the lateness of the gift (which would be a rude thing to do, and I don’t think this person will be rude about it).
The new cell phones arrived yesterday afternoon, which is, of course, the biggest news of all! There are a few things about the new phone I am not 100% thrilled with, but luckily, I love the form factor and style of the thing so much, it sort of makes up for the problem areas. There’s always a big of buyer’s remorse after changing cell phones anyway. I recall I wasn’t 100% thrilled with my last phone either when I first started using it, but it didn’t take long before I really loved it. Oddly, it now feels strange in my hand, and I imagine in another few days I will have adapted and forget all about the old phone. Bottom line is the call clarity is good, it makes and receives phone calls, texting is even easier than ever, I love the way it looks and feels, and it has the ability to send emails, should I ever get the much lusted after data plan. So … good phone! Fits nicely in my back pocket (though the vibration when ringing isn’t strong enough to inform me my butt is ringing, which is one of the problem areas). Lin’s a little more disappointed with his (we have twin phones, as we always do), but I suspect he will get used to it as well. He’s just going to have to change his workflow.
The cats have had an early Xmas as well, with the arrival of the cell phones. They did come in a box with some large sheets of crumpled paper, and you have to know the cats are thrilled with their Xmas presents. They do tend to think the unwrapping is the best part of presents. Well, maybe just the wrappings. LOL!
And … I remembered to get the damn trash bin to the curb this morning. Phew. I stuffed as much trash into that thing as I could, and I still have a full kitchen trash can to clear out as soon as the trash guys empty the bin. Two weeks in a row is the absolute limit on how many times I can forget to put the trash bin at the curb on Thursday morning, but at least now I know exactly what the limit is, right?
I have a few phone calls to make this morning, so I better get to those, and then … the baking begins. Yikes, I’ll be making a lot of bread today!