The screaming match that passes for news is tough to take these days, and I’m keeping myself pathologically busy so I don’t have time to sit down and read much of it. While I do care, I don’t like to get too stirred up about current events. I have less important things to think about.
I heard a song that kind of sums it all up. Soapbox, by Brent Cobb. My favorite line is, “Well, hot dog, your opinion is louder than mine.”
Still, I was happy the Supreme Court rejected the Texas bid to overturn election results. The Washington Post printed an op-ed that listed all the Republicans who publicly supported the effort. I mentioned to Dale our congressman, Tom McClintock, was on the list.
Doing his best Darth Vader impression, Dale said, “The sickness is strong with this one.”
There are two pandemic songs I like very much. Stay Home by Shinyribs and Quarantine Blues by Steve Poltz. Guaranteed to make you smile.
We are eager to get the vaccine, but we’re definitely not first in line. I wonder about my previous cancer experiences and how that figures into risk. I don’t have cancer now, but did my treatment affect me long-term? I’m pretty sure chemotherapy is an immuno-suppressant, but that was more than 20 years ago, so does it even matter? I really don’t know, and since I am quite healthy now, I’ll just wait my turn.
I’m not much of a Christmas person, but I promised Dale I would support the whole tree-decorating thing and be of otherwise good cheer. I’m hanging tough, but he does not make this easy. It takes Dale a full week to decorate the tree, and it’s like an ornament bomb went off in the living room.
If it were me, I’d have that thing done in a snap, and then I’d put everything away, and then I’d go into a mad cleaning frenzy so we’d wake up to an immaculate house the next morning. But that’s me. Just a kid with a dream.
We like to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy at Christmas, so while I expressed my support for Dale’s unique timetable, I also suggested we hold off on movies until the tree is done, the presents are wrapped and all the associated paraphernalia (as well as the collector’s set of Amazon boxes) is out in the garage for the remainder of the holidays.
I think he agreed, but you never know.
Meanwhile, I’m getting primed to take on some sort of big cooking project. Croissants are on the list. A tough challenge to be sure and certainly less important than the shenanigans of Republican snollygosters.
Which suits me just fine.
I did a deep cleaning before allowing hubby to put up the tree; it was a struggle to keep him at bay until I was finished. I’ve never made croissants. Sounds like a good challenge. Personally I’m considering macarons. Have you ever made them? Enjoyed the word *snollygosters,* not a word you see often in blog posts. 😉
I’ve never made macarons, but that would be a good challenge as well.
I just learned the word snollygosters and was itching to use it. At first, I thought I’d make a formal introduction, but then I decided to just slip it in there and see who notices! Thank you for noticing.
Embarrassed to say I live in Texas. Happy as hell with the rejection! I think Paxton has taken a page from Trump’s playbook and filed this suit to keep our focus off his illegal shenanigans and positioned himself to receive one of Trump’s pardons.
I love Texas, except for that part. My husband agrees — lining himself up for a pardon.
I confess that I had to look up snollygoster. Word-of-the-day done!
It’s my new favorite word.
Snollygoster–yes! Thanks for that word. Our governor and two representatives plus a bunch of state reps all signed on, but the attorney general said nope, if we don’t want other states interfering with our business, we shouldn’t interfere in theirs. Looks like we have one smart Republican in our state.
So do you have to do the whole lamination thing I see on the Great British Baking Show to make croissants? Folding and rolling butter, etc.? Now, will you use the book turn or the letter turn? So many things to consider. You must have a lot of patience to deal with all that rolling, folding, turning, and chilling.
Yes, thank goodness for smart Republicans, and there have been quite a few who have gone on record against what Trump is doing.
As for the croissants, I watched a video on Cook’s Illustrated. It is exactly as you describe — rolling, folding, turning and chilling. Of course, they made it look easy. They used the letter fold. My biggest issue is that I can’t see how they’d be ready to bake at a time when I would want to eat them (morning). I’m going to study the recipe and see how the timing could work. My sister also sent me a recipe, so I will compare and contrast.
Snollygoster???? What a great word!
Where ever did you come across it?
Good luck with the croissants! I’ve only ever baked them from frozen.
Deb
I read it in an op-ed that was printed in our local newspaper, and I immediately pulled that section aside so I’d have that word for later! I’m still on the fence with regard to the croissants. Dale says the ones from Trader Joe’s are pretty good.