Annoying things:
- Grey skies, freezing drizzle. :p
- The numbers of people talking and acting like the pandemic is over, now that almost all restrictions have been lifted here (or soon will be). Spoiler alert: it's not.
- I have been reading post after post on social media from people who say they have gone these entire past two years without knowing anyone who had been sick -- who are suddenly surrounded by them, and/or are getting sick themselves. Apparently covid is rampant among kids' hockey teams in the Toronto area right now...!
- BIL telling us he'd told Younger Nephew, when they visited this weekend, "I thought you might have some NEWS for us." I couldn't help myself, I groaned aloud, "Oh PLEASE don't say ever say that to anyone!" Sigh... NOBODY of childbearing age needs that kind of pressure, especially not from their parents! :(
- Finding a hole in the crotch /inside thigh area of my favourite pair of jeans. It's not that large or noticeable (yet) and I can probably get some further wear out of them before tossing them. But it's still annoying. :(
- More annoying still: they're a style of jeans from Old Navy that seems to have been discontinued (Curvy Straight, ankle length).
- Some great reading lately. :)
- Chicken and dumplings in the crockpot for dinner. Perfect comfort food for a cold, rainy/snowy grey day -- and smells so good while cooking! :)
- I use this easy recipe, found on Pinterest... I found it overly salty the first time I made it, but you can cut (way!) back on the salt, and use reduced or no-salt chicken broth and cream of chicken soup. We use a bag of fresh baby carrots (cut into chunks) & frozen peas for the veggies (in addition to the onion). For the dumplings, I use a can of 10 Pillsbury Country Biscuits, and flatten them before chopping them up. I cut them into smaller pieces than the picture in the article shows, but of course you can make them whatever size you like!
- Getting haircuts this past weekend. I feel like I'll never take a haircut for granted again, after going for up to 17 weeks without one during this pandemic!
- Taking some spring/Easter-ish decorations to the cemetery for Katie.
- Getting to see both nephews as well as Little Great-Nephew at BIL's house on Saturday night.
- The knowledge that it's March (February is over!!), and spring will be here, sooner versus later...!
You can find more of this week's #MicroblogMondays posts here.
I'm soooooo glad you said that aloud to BIL. He needs to know how cruel it can be. Good for you.
ReplyDeleteI know that feeling about favourite jeans. Argh.
Yay to comfort food, haircuts, and nephews.
Oh yes, the weather has been downright oppressive. I'm all for warming up a bit but the greyness, the rain, the freezing bits, yuck.
ReplyDeleteHuzzah for speaking up to BIL. That kind of pressure is gross and unhelpful at best.
Mmmm, I used to love chicken and dumplings! I have to figure out a substitute for the pillsbury things (sooo not GF) but now you've got me craving comfort food. March kind of demands it.
I keep seeing videos on Pinterest for how to fix those crotch fraying holes -- I haven't tried it yet myself but it looks super easy (and that is ALWAYS where my jeans fail me eventually). It stinks when you have a favorite jean and it gets discontinued. Ugh.
Yay haircut! I have to wait until April for mine (been since November) because my lady had a baby and like a dingbat I didn't make my appointment once she let me know her return date and now there's a waitlist. Sigh.