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[dani_meows]

I'm sipping a tasty cafe con leche and trying to decide on ornament boxes. I don't want to unwrap copious amounts of paper towels next year. I want one so that I can see all of ornaments because we have more than I can put up and it's currently a first unwrapped first up situation.

I also need to deal with sorting and dealing with the papers and such set to the side for going through later.

And then organize the fridge for cooking. I want to make some German potato salad this week since I found Ian's grandma's recipe. It's a warm potato salad with a vinegar, bacon, and sugar sauce. I loved it and was sad when we lost the written recipe. But while sorting books we found a written recipe book Ian's mom never uses, she hates cooking, we found that. It also had a recipe for Grandma's strawberry rhubarb pie and zucchini bread.

Bitsy is singing a song so I've gotta go cuddle a cat.

In a good news moment my rash is improving so it's likely it was caused by lamictal.

Edit: Also woke up this morning to a take shelter tornadoes were likely warning but thankfully nothing happened.

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[immortalje]

Getting the right boxes can be such a struggle! And I never had to get them for ornaments as I don't usually put up a tree. By the time I'm used to it being put up, I'm typically already at my parents' place and I help there. They have ornament sets and still use the original packaging. That certainly makes it easier.

Also, yay for finding long lost family recipes! Whenever I think of it, I try to "help" my mother with cooking something I'd like the recipe for and note down the steps. I'm not sure if it can be called helping though. I think she's too used by us getting bored and stopping to help that she doesn't know how to deal with us helping and if we offer it's more like peeling vegetables / cutting stuff up. Or she just prefers to have the kitchen to herself when she cooks.

And a little cheer for the rash improving. *hugs*

[dani_meows]

Testing responding via my email. But now can't remember the content of the comment I'm replying to. 👻

[immortalje]

I keep forgetting that each time I respond in the browser and then have to check via 'thread from start' to remind myself :D

[dani_meows]

It was a convenient idea but not so useful in practice lol. Oh well that means I get to load up my computer and can't be lazy and use my phone.

[dani_meows]

I almost wish we didn't deal with a tree. Especially since it's a struggle trying to keep the cats from causing chaos in the tree. I had planned on keeping the box for the ornaments we bought this year but Mushi loved that box so much that it's his now. One of the ornament boxes are already here so I'll begin packing up some of the ornaments tomorrow.

Yeah, I was taught to cook by my Grandma but I wish I'd written down some of the recipes. But a lot of our cooking is improv. Add as much garlic as you feel it needs at this moment in time... Maybe add two cans of tomatoes, maybe three... if you think it has too much garlic add more.

I sometimes prefer to have the kitchen to myself rather than having help.

It's getting much better. Which means it was just an immune system response to my medicine probably.

[immortalje]

I tend to walk a fine line between going by the recipe and doing what I want. Even when I weigh ingredients - it's a bit over? That'll be fine. An ingredient I don't like? Let's leave it out or substitute it with something that I do like. And when it comes to garlic I might leave it out or go straight ahead and double the amount depending on my mood. Or anything in between. :D

And I think the only reason I try to stick to recipes is because I try not to eat it all in one go or have leftovers for multiple days. Especially if my freezer is already full. Although since the pandemic I've stopped going out for lunch at work (and if it's just to the local grocery store) and brought my own which does make it easier to deal with leftovers as well as I can just plan and pack anything for work. I find it really hard to cook for just one person.