A Life of Crime and Chocolate

onesecondglance · Sep 23, 2014

Good catch, tara...

Bulgaria was lovely and the concert was pretty good. Worth the trip. Although the main thing I got from it was a reminder that I need more time off work. My brain needs rest...

HJ, I feel your pain. I commute around an hour each way every day, and it's just an absolute timesink. It's worth it in the end, because we live in a beautiful village, but I do miss having the time. Whenever I do have a day off I marvel at how many hours there are in the day. (Then I veg out and watch Friends reruns, but that's not the point.

) Hope you manage to find some breathing room.

French - good luck with the competition!

lizmonster · Sep 23, 2014

Well done, French, and best of luck to you! It's always nice when someone "in the know" can give you some validation, too.

If you can move to alleviate the commute, hj, that sounds like a good idea. I have an hour each way if the traffic is moving, and in the afternoons it often isn't. Moving isn't a good option for us - for one thing, we love where we live; and for another, the job market is too volatile for that to make sense - but at some point something is going to have to give.

osg, I'm glad the holiday was fun! And yes, your brain needs a real break once in a while. The older mine gets, the grumpier it is when I don't let it tune out now and then.

lizmonster · Sep 23, 2014

tarak said:
Autocorrect all out got me, it corrected "work it out" to "wank it out." Very glad I caught that one,

So...what have you been typing that that's what autocorrect chooses for you? :evil

tarak · Sep 23, 2014

lizmonster said:
So...what have you been typing that that's what autocorrect chooses for you?

God only knows. I had surgery yesterday and was completely high on morphine when I started to type that. Fortunately, I seem to have only written a few typos. Nothing too embarrassing. And I was so out of it, I couldn't coordinate my fingers well enough to do any shopping.

My iPhone used to autocorrect my first initial/last name (tkollas) to floppies. Thanks for the ego boost iPhone...

Namatu · Sep 24, 2014

tarak said:
My iPhone used to autocorrect my first initial/last name (tkollas) to floppies. Thanks for the ego boost iPhone...

How does it get from tkollas to floppies? Autocorrect confuses me with what it does and does not choose to correct.

GailD · Sep 25, 2014

heyjude said:
Thanks, ladies. Hubby calculated that where we'd move would save me 90 minutes a day of driving. I'd still be in the car a lot, but that'd be a lot LESS.

That's still a lot of driving, HJ. :Hug2:

I have only two words to say - audio books.

Auto-correct ought to be on meds.

Just sayin'.

Shakesbear · Sep 25, 2014

Feeling really peed off! Rehearsal last Friday went well. Saturday my eyes felt a bit itchy - Monday went to the doctor. Conjunctivitis! Phoned who I had to phone and they found someone to replace me as prompt. Gutted.

The stuff the doc gave me was so annoying. Y'know when you are taking spaghetti out of the boiling water and one or two strands get stroppy and go into recalcitrant spag mode? They go everywhere but on your plate/in the bowl? Well, that is what the stuff I had for the conjunctivitis is like - only worse! It comes out of the tube without me having to squeeze said tube. It stretches to a ridiculous length making it impossible to get it anywhere near my eye. Having done that it then sniggers and parts company with the tube falling into the sink, onto the floor and once in my cleavage. When I get some into my eye it spreads all over my eye lashes and via them spreads all over my glasses. Saw the doc this morning and now have drops which are easy to manage. hmph . . . Eyes feel a tad better, so may be able to read posts and get up to date with you some time soon.

onesecondglance · Sep 26, 2014

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Shakes.

lizmonster · Sep 26, 2014

Shakesbear said:
Feeling really peed off! Rehearsal last Friday went well. Saturday my eyes felt a bit itchy - Monday went to the doctor. Conjunctivitis! Phoned who I had to phone and they found someone to replace me as prompt. Gutted.

Aw, Shakes, I'm sorry to hear it. :Hug2:

muse · Sep 26, 2014

Shakesbear said:
Feeling really peed off! Rehearsal last Friday went well. Saturday my eyes felt a bit itchy - Monday went to the doctor. Conjunctivitis! Phoned who I had to phone and they found someone to replace me as prompt. Gutted.

The stuff the doc gave me was so annoying. Y'know when you are taking spaghetti out of the boiling water and one or two strands get stroppy and go into recalcitrant spag mode? They go everywhere but on your plate/in the bowl? Well, that is what the stuff I had for the conjunctivitis is like - only worse! It comes out of the tube without me having to squeeze said tube. It stretches to a ridiculous length making it impossible to get it anywhere near my eye. Having done that it then sniggers and parts company with the tube falling into the sink, onto the floor and once in my cleavage. When I get some into my eye it spreads all over my eye lashes and via them spreads all over my glasses. Saw the doc this morning and now have drops which are easy to manage. hmph . . . Eyes feel a tad better, so may be able to read posts and get up to date with you some time soon.

How disappointing for you, Shakes. Hope the eyes feel better soon. :Hug2:

tianaluthien · Sep 26, 2014

Um, hey there

So...I spend just about all my time in the SFF Cantina, but this week I'm Queen of the Castle and tomorrow night (Saturday), I'm hosting a live CLUE game. If anyone's interested in playing, see my sig for more details

The more the merrier.

Cheers,
Tiana

Zelenka · Sep 27, 2014

Tarak - We have a journalist at work whose surname is Ponsonby and the spellchecker / correct function on our voice recognition software always wants to put 'Oniony'...

Just made some maple syrup cheesecake and put it in the fridge to set. Then cooked roast beef with chestnut and cabbage mash for dinner. First time I've properly cooked anything in over a year. It felt good!

And saw my surgeon last week, or his registrar at least, and sounds like we're still on course for surgery next year once I've seen the other team in January. My scans from a couple of weeks ago were all totally clear, which was a relief.

muse · Sep 27, 2014

Zelenka said:
Tarak - We have a journalist at work whose surname is Ponsonby and the spellchecker / correct function on our voice recognition software always wants to put 'Oniony'...

Just made some maple syrup cheesecake and put it in the fridge to set. Then cooked roast beef with chestnut and cabbage mash for dinner. First time I've properly cooked anything in over a year. It felt good!

Ooooh, maple syrup cheesecake. :drool

Zelenka said:
And saw my surgeon last week, or his registrar at least, and sounds like we're still on course for surgery next year once I've seen the other team in January. My scans from a couple of weeks ago were all totally clear, which was a relief.

Fantastic news on the scans, Zelenka. :hooray:

What surgery are you going for next year? I thought all your surgery was over?

Zelenka · Sep 27, 2014

No, just the actual excision. I still have to have the reconstruction and they're also doing a mastectomy on the other side as a precaution. Surgeon was talking like a hairdresser at that appointment - "Yes, we could take a little bit off there, add a bit there, bit of shape there..." but he also reckons they can fix the scarring and dodgy bit of skin graft etc under my left arm where they took out the lymphnodes, which I thought I was stuck with.

And that cheesecake must be about set by now. The bit of mixture I ate out of the bowl before cleaning it was exactly as intended so hopefully it'll be good!

muse · Sep 27, 2014

Zelenka said:
No, just the actual excision. I still have to have the reconstruction and they're also doing a mastectomy on the other side as a precaution. Surgeon was talking like a hairdresser at that appointment - "Yes, we could take a little bit off there, add a bit there, bit of shape there..." but he also reckons they can fix the scarring and dodgy bit of skin graft etc under my left arm where they took out the lymphnodes, which I thought I was stuck with.

Had to laugh at your description of the doc as a hairdresser.

Sounds like quite a big op. Will they do it all at once?

Glad now I only needed a lumpectomy and snb.

Zelenka said:
And that cheesecake must be about set by now. The bit of mixture I ate out of the bowl before cleaning it was exactly as intended so hopefully it'll be good!

Now you're really teasing. I'm getting the munchies.

onesecondglance · Sep 27, 2014

Great news on the scans, Zelenka.

And on the cheesecake, too, of course...

asroc · Sep 27, 2014

Well? How did the cheesecake come out?

GailD · Sep 28, 2014

Shakes! Sorry to hear that you've had an eyeful of it lately. :Hug2:

Hope it all clears up quickly. :e2steer:

Zelenka! Hold that cheesecake - we're on our way!!!!! :drool

Zelenka · Sep 28, 2014

Muse - They haven't decided if it'll be all one op. That was what I was told originally but the registrar mentioned maybe evening the right side out to match the left first, so basically doing another half-reconstruction there, then making both sides bigger at once, but I'm not that keen on that. I've to discuss all the options with them after I see the general surgeon in January. Just have to keep all the scans clear until then!

asroc - cheesecake turned out even better than expected. I found some chocolate shavings, 'spaghetti' as it called itself in with the cake decorations at the supermarket and thought I'd give it a try as a topping and it's just given it a kind of crunchiness on top that is really good. I'm actually having some for breakfast at the moment (or technically brunch...)

muse · Sep 29, 2014

Zelenka said:
Muse - They haven't decided if it'll be all one op. That was what I was told originally but the registrar mentioned maybe evening the right side out to match the left first, so basically doing another half-reconstruction there, then making both sides bigger at once, but I'm not that keen on that. I've to discuss all the options with them after I see the general surgeon in January. Just have to keep all the scans clear until then!

Keeping my fingers crossed they stay clear. :Hug2:

Zelenka;9100035asroc - cheesecake turned out even better than expected. I found some chocolate shavings said:
Cheesecake for breakfast? That's my kinda meal.

tarak · Sep 29, 2014

Shakes - I'm sorry. :Hug2:

Zelenka - the cheesecake sounds really good. I hope your scans stay clear and the reconstruction can go forward.

Been working from home the past week and a half. I swear, I'm more productive because I don't have a bunch of people coming by to bother me throughout the day. Wish I could do this permanently.

My husband had a client who would pay us in cheesecake. I would come home and find a cheesecake in the fridge whenever he'd been to see this particular client. I asked if he could maybe give us a goat or chicken instead, but no. Just cheesecake.

Zelenka · Sep 30, 2014

If I got paid in cheesecake at the newsroom I'd probably work a bit harder...

tarak · Sep 30, 2014

Zelenka said:
If I got paid in cheesecake at the newsroom I'd probably work a bit harder...

We haven't gotten one in a while. I would get so mad when I'd see one of those damn cheesecakes in the fridge. It was good cheesecake, but had that weird cherry gel on top.

Zelenka · Oct 2, 2014

Ew, I don't like that gel stuff.

I think I'm going to do some baking this weekend. Might even make another cheesecake. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed cooking.

muse · Oct 4, 2014

Gel stuff doesn't sound nice at all. I like my cheesecake creamy. :drool

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