Random DIY mixing and More

[*RJ*]

Happy Saturday! Too hot here...just sweltering.

I received news that when we go back to work we can only have 50% capacity in the building. Which means it will be a combination of working from home and working in the office. Schedule to be shared soon. No return date yet, but I have a feeling it will be within the next month or so. Going back is going to be hard after four months at home. Wow...never thought it would be this long. But I loved it.

I finished cleaning my fridge and now Mom wants me to help do hers.

No mixing since I made all that juice the other day. Nothing to see here.

 

[hittman]

I wish I could work from home. I know I’d get more done and not have to deal with some of the idiots at work. Even better yet, make the others work from home and I’ll keep going in. I get tired of them transferring calls to me that they should be able to handle without my help.

 

[stols001]

Good morning mixologists!

I am in Douglas and the whys and wherefores of that are lengthy and horrible. I am glad I came, I have had some time away from the husband which is AWESOME. I swear, when PTSD'd up the husband is such a man child and he is IMPOSSIBLE. He had this total meltdown when I moved his things from the countertop (I asked if I could I was getting the BUCKETS of sawdust the contractors decided to leave us with to enjoy in the cabinets and he SAID it was all fine but then it was all "out of order" and things got ugly.

If I hear the phrase "I have worked on this home 3 times" one more time I am going to say, a) I didn't burn it down, b) I didn't flood it and EVEN gave you dire warnings my real estate runes were saying "IF you don't get that house on the market soon BAD things will happen," like 70 times c)If you hate it so much you could have gotten a job like oh ANY time in the past seven years and paid someone to do it.

I finally looked at him and was like, "Do you behave like this when I'm not here? With the meltdowns and all that?" He was like, "Yep."

It's really because the Tuesday deadline is approaching, husband hates deadlines. I just finally looked a him and I was like, ."Okay I am going to take ALL the trash we have amassed and like, take it to Douglas, spend the night, get my medbox and all the important mail and then return tomorrow.

Believe me when I say I am in NO RUSH. I mean I will get there, maybe about 2 when I feel like it, but I mainly did this because I was like, "Crap ,my beautiful house, I need to make sure things are okay and the husband actually gets done.

He though I was leaving because I couldn't stand to be around apparently. I was like, "No you twit I was solving the trash problem (yeah it was kinda gross, kept the AC on) and like going to get more STUFF so I can complete more back breaking labor with YOU because it is SO FUN. I was like,. I have seen these meltdowns before and I do get it so just chill Mr. everything is about me.

Gah. I'm gonna take my time. I have all the time in the world. Because all he did after I left was sleep and eat. He probably needed too but I still have a resentment. Oh well, gonna wake ups soonish here and get going to Walmart for a few things including food.

I can last until Tuesday barely but today gonna be CHILL.
Anna

 

[Shadav]

so I was being lazy last night....need to mix some juice because i'm almost out
ug i really need to do some batches today....
but didn't want to drag out everything....
so decided I'd just use whatever was in my little toolbox and create something out of it...
I've got enough variety in there to do something with....it's mostly fruits that I don't use that much (or new things I haven't tried), candy base types, chocolates that I am not happy with, handful of backup bigger bottles of things I use often, odds and ends and all my little vials of crazy flavors (Worcestershire, Jalapeno, Capsicum, Blue Cheese, ect) .....

I was thinking of trying to do a candy type vape, I may still do a few today....
but as I was digging through, forgot I had a big bottle of peanut butter....
you know what...alright let's do it.... chocolate peanut butter cheesecake
for a first run, it's not bad...i really should let it steep but nope....

Lorann Cheesecake 4%
TFA Graham Cracker Clear 2%
TFA Peanut Butter 3%
TFA Chocolate 2%
(I'm not sure I think this is TFA, it says signature on the bottle but in my calculator I have it as TFA) DX Milk Chocolate 1%

 

[*RJ*]

Refrigerator coil cleaning today. What were these designers thinking when they made inaccessible bottom coils? It is impossible to clean anything deeper than the first row of coils. I can see the dust and cat hair but I can’t get to it. Tipping it over may help but you kinda need more than one person for that. And I’m not emptying my fridge today. Just blows my mind. Probably so your fridge will burn up so you can buy another one. Any ideas of how I can get to the coils? I used a shop vac and one of those long tapered scrubby brushes already.

 

[stols001]

I have some things I am playing with mentally. I need to make some more interesting creams and custards (the first one I made, the berry custard is turning out fine. I like it not overflavored but boy did it need steeping.) I wish I had the energy/time but I don't. Maybe during Rest Week which I think will take place fairly soon but I also have a jillion things to do during rest week or things will be bad.

Meh. I wish I had a butler. Because if I had a butler I would have scads of servants being ORGANIZED by the butler and like, that would be awesome.

Sorry I feel like I have been talking about servants a LOT lately (and I have but I would pay them a decent wage and if they were illegal help them get their green card and sponsor their kids so their kids can come.)

When I lived near DC and was being a paid servant to clean houses in my free time, I would go hang out with the illegal nannies the rich women had, mainly because the rich women staying home like, were terrifying to this hippie chick mommy. I looked young enough to be an au pair so they never minded. They would talk wistfully about trying to save to go see their kids in 2 years while the grandparents were raising them and they did a great job with the rich kids, I think mainly because they missed their own. It sucked. I never said even one time that the kid who would fly over calling me "mommy" was my very own, because I didn't want anyone to be sad. It wasn't unusual either, a lot of those nannies spent more time with the kids than the moms.

Okay maybe for this brief period until I get to WV I would like servants. LOL. Feeling overwhelmed but still need to take it easy here. Soon gonna text the husband. I doubt he will complain but if he DOES complain I will say even if I arrive at 9 pm he is getting me WAY longer than he might otherwise. Med box, bathe (oh god cannot wait for my big tub) and getting going soon, I guess.

Anna

Anna

 

[stols001]

Getting GOING. Oh god until TUESDAY. I may return for a brief moment after grabbing everything I need for the car.

Anna

 

[FranC]

Good morning mixologists!

I am in Douglas and the whys and wherefores of that are lengthy and horrible. I am glad I came, I have had some time away from the husband which is AWESOME. I swear, when PTSD'd up the husband is such a man child and he is IMPOSSIBLE. He had this total meltdown when I moved his things from the countertop (I asked if I could I was getting the BUCKETS of sawdust the contractors decided to leave us with to enjoy in the cabinets and he SAID it was all fine but then it was all "out of order" and things got ugly.

If I hear the phrase "I have worked on this home 3 times" one more time I am going to say, a) I didn't burn it down, b) I didn't flood it and EVEN gave you dire warnings my real estate runes were saying "IF you don't get that house on the market soon BAD things will happen," like 70 times c)If you hate it so much you could have gotten a job like oh ANY time in the past seven years and paid someone to do it.

I finally looked at him and was like, "Do you behave like this when I'm not here? With the meltdowns and all that?" He was like, "Yep."

It's really because the Tuesday deadline is approaching, husband hates deadlines. I just finally looked a him and I was like, ."Okay I am going to take ALL the trash we have amassed and like, take it to Douglas, spend the night, get my medbox and all the important mail and then return tomorrow.

Believe me when I say I am in NO RUSH. I mean I will get there, maybe about 2 when I feel like it, but I mainly did this because I was like, "Crap ,my beautiful house, I need to make sure things are okay and the husband actually gets done.

He though I was leaving because I couldn't stand to be around apparently. I was like, "No you twit I was solving the trash problem (yeah it was kinda gross, kept the AC on) and like going to get more STUFF so I can complete more back breaking labor with YOU because it is SO FUN. I was like,. I have seen these meltdowns before and I do get it so just chill Mr. everything is about me.

Gah. I'm gonna take my time. I have all the time in the world. Because all he did after I left was sleep and eat. He probably needed too but I still have a resentment. Oh well, gonna wake ups soonish here and get going to Walmart for a few things including food.

I can last until Tuesday barely but today gonna be CHILL.
Anna

Is it Tuesday you have to leave for WV?

 

[*RJ*]

Bloody brilliant! Just watched some YouTube videos on cleaning coils. Compressed air is the answer! However it can make a mess but I’d rather clean dust than buy a new fridge. I’ll get my son to help. Woot!

 

[hittman]

I got the Gen S opened and filled the tank with some 6mg Lmn# that I mixed just for testing high output kits. I usually stick with 12mg.

 

[DLKnives]

Morning Mixers!

Baseball is almost back, so excited! First exhibition game is Monday! W00T!

 

[FranC]

Morning, DL

 

[rosesense]

Refrigerator coil cleaning today. What were these designers thinking when they made inaccessible bottom coils? It is impossible to clean anything deeper than the first row of coils. I can see the dust and cat hair but I can’t get to it. Tipping it over may help but you kinda need more than one person for that. And I’m not emptying my fridge today. Just blows my mind. Probably so your fridge will burn up so you can buy another one. Any ideas of how I can get to the coils? I used a shop vac and one of those long tapered scrubby brushes already.

You can get a set of long handled brushes that work for fridges, dryer vents and everything else. They work well on all sorts of stuff. I think I got them on Amazon.

 

[hittman]

It’s only about two weeks steeped but am going to have to try the 3B cheesecake today. It’s too hot to do much of anything outside today.

 

[Redbird11]

Morning Mixers!

Baseball is almost back, so excited! First exhibition game is Monday! W00T!

I'm a diehard baseball fan, but I cannot get too excited for this "season" for some reason. Most years, I treat opening day as an annual holiday and take the day off work. This year, I am just hoping everyone stays healthy and safe.

 

[*RJ*]

You can get a set of long handled brushes that work for fridges, dryer vents and everything else. They work well on all sorts of stuff. I think I got them on Amazon.

I used one of these brushes but it didn’t get to the inner layers of coils. Son went to the shooting range so I just put everything away for now and changed my AC filter and cleaned the return grill instead. Maybe tomorrow we can do the compressed air. My knees have had it.

 

[*RJ*]

I'm a diehard baseball fan, but I cannot get too excited for this "season" for some reason. Most years, I treat opening day as an annual holiday and take the day off work. This year, I am just hoping everyone stays healthy and safe.

I’m curious about college football which we all love. I don’t know if they are going to play or not.

 

[Redbird11]

I’m curious about college football which we all love. I don’t know if they are going to play or not.

Tough call on that. It's going to be tough enough for baseball to be played safely. Football being such a heavily contact related sport, plus being several more players per team to keep track off, I just do not see how it can be done. Both college and the NFL are going to have a real tough time providing a safe environment for their players and staff.

 

[FranC]

It’s only about two weeks steeped but am going to have to try the 3B cheesecake today. It’s too hot to do much of anything outside today.

Shame on you Hope you like it.

 

[barkfunklerbunk]

I had plans for the garden, made some headway.. then a t-storm rolled in.. I took a nap, and now I'm going to clean out an RTA rewick and try this Lemon Blueberry Cake which smells divine. Probably needs more time but I'm anxious to give it a try! It's been steeping for 12 days.