Anela

I'll leave this open in another tab, because I started Silo, during the Summer, and didn't get back to it.

I finally bought the first book in the series, this summer, just to get started on my goal of reading it all, and two friends warned me that it wasn’t their favourite. That it gets better.

I’m reading “The Guest”. I don’t know if I’ll finish it, because it’s making me uncomfortable, and I need something cheerier. I’m in a grinch mood. I had set myself a goal to read the Discworld series, this year, after a lot of depressing things happened, but my library seems to have cleared out most books by Terry Pratchett, and I can’t afford to buy them all. My local-ish books-a-million has a shelf dedicated to his books. I was going to ask if anyone here does the reading challenges from book riot, and pop sugar, but I don’t know if I’ll try again. I never get very far. I do like to get ideas for things to read, from their lists though.

I don't like PSL, either. I thought about trying the foam on top of my chai, but ended up not doing that. I'm a bit afraid of trying the Christmas iced chai, with the ginger added, just in case I like it more, and it's retired at the end of the season. :)

I hope this is why I got sick. I don't think I've had a fever, but last week, I started waking up feeling not quite right . It wasn't there for long, but I felt that way every day. Thursday, it was a bit stronger, and so was Saturday morning. Sunday, same, and I was sneezing. Throat slightly scratchy. Monday, I woke up and it was definitely sore, leading to the top of my throat. I thought it was going away on Tuesday, so I went to the store to get a few things. I always wear my mask, and I got some Theraflu, just in case. It's gross. Yesterday, I felt worse, and today, it's in my throat. Dad brought home some Airborne, which I looked at on Tuesday, and should have got instead of Theraflu. Covid test was negative on Monday, and I haven't done another one yet. I don't go anywhere, anyway, but it's bugging me that I managed to get sick, when I've avoided anything fun (also can't afford much, so that's a part of it). My bedroom gets really cold, and I've been back up there since April, so I've been on the couch since Sunday. I sleep in front of a fan, and my skin has become really dry, so maybe I just got too cold, and dry. I've been drinking Liquid IV, every day, but it hasn't been enough. I'm wary of running the humidifier for myself, because I don't do well in high humidity, either.

I was just going to say the same thing. Like the Terminator, when the machines turned against humans. I'm still watching, and I'd been thinking about Bill and Zoomer, since he'd hooked up with Lee, and then she married Andy. It's strange that Lee said they bonded over their fear of AI, and then she married Andy. I guess he could protect her, after she was doxxed. Emma Corrin's facial expressions reminded me of Jodie Foster's.

I wonder if Andy is just one big red herring. Unless they decided to present the big bad, right away. I like the main actress, but it always bugs me when someone runs around accusing everyone. I also loved the music at the end of the episode. It was beautiful, and reminded me of when I started the OA, seven years ago.

Katya Herbers posted that they go back to work next week. 😊

My dad got my computer to turn on, but he said he hadn't expected it to. I was able to restart it earlier, but I'm not turning it off completely.

This is a tiny problem, but can anyone spare thoughts and prayers for my gaming computer of five years? My computer isn’t turning on. It’s given me a bit of trouble, but I thought it would hold out until I could replace it. I have pictures and files on there. I can’t replace it right now. I have access to another computer, I can visit sites on there, or my iPad, but I want my pictures and files back. And my video games. I also want to say that I’m in love with magnesium, when it works, and relaxes me. And my liquid SAM-e supplement. I mean, what the f is this year? 😂

dad just said they aren't expensive, so that's good, but I was just trying to clean it (I don't know how it got so messy), and there's a hole in the bottom of it. wtf. Not all the way through, but I just don't know how I missed that. So, it's now outside.

Swamp soup, from wishbone kitchen. She raved about it, said she doesn't like leftovers, but she ate it all week. Made more, same deal. Re-posted pictures and videos from others who tried it, and apparently loved it. I hated it.

We thought about trying something like this from one of our local stores, but it was too expensive. We also thought about a Bob Evans dinner, but changed our minds, although their pot roast is still good. I've never been one for cranberry sauce, but I might try making some tonight. Also macaroni and cheese from scratch. I got cranberries for an orange and cranberry bread that I tried years ago, but it's a nourishing meals recipe, which means things like coconut flour, and it needs six eggs. I think I'll do deviled eggs, instead, since I know my dad will eat those. I'm not really in the mood to cook, I'm in the depression hole as usual, so we bought apple and pumpkin pies, and will have custard with the apple pie. Or ice cream. I'm making spinach artichoke dip, which I tried once, five years ago. I like mostly raw spinach dip (with cooked spinach), but I'm the only one eating it, and that goes off quickly. Dad's home, so I'm off to try to get this house together.

I made some fries in my air fryer, and it didn't mess up this time. 20 minutes, around 375 degrees, after soaking in water for a long time, then drying them off, adding oil and seasonings. Nice and soft, the way I like them, slightly crunchy on some ends. Salt and vinegar completed them. I also had some sausage patties to eat, so cooked them, too.

Our microwave is on the way out. I thought it was, months ago, when it started burning things that it hadn't had an issue with. Now it's starting itself off, when you close the door. If you don't realize, say, because you're wearing headphones that cancel noise, it flashes "door" when you've tried to start cooking something. This has been the year of things breaking down (again). myself included.

Time for me to start season one and two again, for Thanksgiving.

I lost my quotes, due to the site messing with my iPad browser. it didn’t save, because I refreshed too fast. I got my digestive biscuits, and we now have two small boxes of Quality Street chocolates, from the world market. I wasn’t going to get a second one yet, but dad said they could all disappear before we get back. I’m really missing my English family and friends, I haven’t seen most of them since 1990. We stay home on thanksgiving, because of Covid, and also I just don’t feel a part of dad’s family. But he needs to see them, so I’m going to make sure that he gets together with them too. Don’t know when, but it has to happen. I’m going to make Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, and anything else I can think of. Sausage rolls, next week. Maybe. It will kill my stomach, but I don’t care. i remember when a friend sneaked in a massive block of English cheddar cheese, when she visited, and then an American friend just helped herself to a lot of it. That’s the deal I got a year ago, and they just charged me the full price. I wonder if I can get them back down to $2.

I wonder if they’ll find that boost in salary for Neve Campbell now.

https://deadline.com/2023/11/jenna-ortega-scream-departure-melissa-barrera-wednesday-1235634200/ Jenna Ortega isn’t going to be there, either. They’re claiming scheduling conflicts.

People get pretty down on English food, but I love it. Some of it. Roast potatoes, with the Sunday roast. Yorkshire puddings, that I'm going to try to make this year. I don't like mince pies. I don't like fish, but I miss the chips. apple pie and custard. real fresh cream doughnuts. I can't remember what I used to like as a kid, though. I thought date buns were one thing, but I also thought they were rock cakes, which contain raisins. I should ask my aunt. This should probably go in the food forum. I saw these little cupcakes with raspberry filling, and a raspberry buttercream frosting. I might make them without the frosting, because those two sticks of butter can go somewhere else, and I'm not going to parties. sadly. There is a cookie exchange at the library, so I might join in with that.

I grew up with it, too, and when I was a kid, it seemed like WW2 was a really big focus in school. I'm GenX. My mum was born at the end of the war. I'd actually forgotten about poppy day, until a Canadian friend mentioned it, on facebook. She sent me one made from material, sewn.

I think she was too scared to go there with Danny, so she was relieved when Veggie came home. He knew she was freaked out by the idea of marriage, and still came back. Then Danny lets her know he’ll be there anyway. A really good friend, no matter what. I thought really sweet, and kind. A really good guy, not a “nice guy”. *thought it was. The ads keep messing up my typing.

Years ago, when I had puppies, and couldn't open the front door, or they'd rush out (I was home alone), I was trying to be polite, when a few people knocked on the door. We're in a split-level house, so the living room is up a bit, and to the right of the front door. I'm standing on the heating vent, window open, leaning out a bit, and trying to listen to them, not realizing they were Jehovah's witnesses. The dogs were howling, and really-shy me ends up yelling out the window, "I'm sorry, what??!" They gave up, and left something in the mailbox. I haven't seen them again since. They may have decided that I was past saving.

I'm extremely happy tonight, but I can't say why. I'm basically a brunette version of her, in comfier clothing: