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So yeah, I'm basically the worst at keeping a blog updated. I am baking chicken right now though, for the cats (long story), so I've got some time to kill but not enough time to get really into doing what I plan for the evening.
Mom called and I told her all about my ideas about transitioning the cats over to a healthier, more natural diet (which will be storebought, but tonight they get chicken with their dinners). I was also in the process of making my own vegan meat replacement from scratch, which we used to make a very fancy tasting portobello peppersteak stew. I think adding wine to home cooking instantly boosts the fancy factor by at least 25. It was very tasty, and aside from the "this is the first time we've made this recipe" omgs, it was well timed with the rice and everything.
Mom asked me again if we'd gotten a Christmas tree yet, and I find it interesting how every time she asks, I have to reassess the time of year, because, seriously, it looks like September out there. There are poppies blooming, and a bunch of other flowers, and it just seems like crazytalk to be worrying about a Christmas tree when it's only holy crap is it the eleventh already? I don't think Shamus and I will be homesick for the holidays because it doesn't even feel like the beginning of the holidays yet.
In other news, Shamus and I have been sick with a terrible clinging cold for about the last 3 weeks. I think we are finally getting over it, and I have to start thinking about leaving the house under my own power again, rather than begging rides off of everybody I know because I have 5% of my regular lung capacity. Tomorrow I'll be heading up to the pet store to buy some food for the cats, since they don't want anything to do with the second flavour of trail envelopes I've got. Smudge looks at me accusingly, as if to say "you tricked me!" whenever I try this stuff, so that's why we have chicken in the oven right now.
I also need to head up to the library, because I have been making liberal use of their vegan cookbook selection (and buying the ones that I can't live without). They actually have a pretty decent selection. I have taken out somewhere in the area of 10-15 vegan cookbooks, and while not all of them have been winners, some of them have been pretty good, and some have been bloody fantastic. Shamus and I have been making this wonderful orange glazed scone recipe, and also some spiced carrot raisin muffins, and both of them end up being eaten rather too quickly. Best scones I've ever eaten though.
Anyway, it is much too warm by the kitchen right now, so I have to go hang out by the open balcony door for a few minutes before I get myself sick from heat. We've had the heat on a couple times in the last week, but today is definitely not one of those days. Sure, it's only 9 degrees outside, but I think our downstairs neighbours must have the heat on really high, or really, it could be that I have had the stove on in some form or another for basically the last 4 hours. Still can't seem to manage to get Shamus to make some scones though. :c
Mom called and I told her all about my ideas about transitioning the cats over to a healthier, more natural diet (which will be storebought, but tonight they get chicken with their dinners). I was also in the process of making my own vegan meat replacement from scratch, which we used to make a very fancy tasting portobello peppersteak stew. I think adding wine to home cooking instantly boosts the fancy factor by at least 25. It was very tasty, and aside from the "this is the first time we've made this recipe" omgs, it was well timed with the rice and everything.
Mom asked me again if we'd gotten a Christmas tree yet, and I find it interesting how every time she asks, I have to reassess the time of year, because, seriously, it looks like September out there. There are poppies blooming, and a bunch of other flowers, and it just seems like crazytalk to be worrying about a Christmas tree when it's only holy crap is it the eleventh already? I don't think Shamus and I will be homesick for the holidays because it doesn't even feel like the beginning of the holidays yet.
In other news, Shamus and I have been sick with a terrible clinging cold for about the last 3 weeks. I think we are finally getting over it, and I have to start thinking about leaving the house under my own power again, rather than begging rides off of everybody I know because I have 5% of my regular lung capacity. Tomorrow I'll be heading up to the pet store to buy some food for the cats, since they don't want anything to do with the second flavour of trail envelopes I've got. Smudge looks at me accusingly, as if to say "you tricked me!" whenever I try this stuff, so that's why we have chicken in the oven right now.
I also need to head up to the library, because I have been making liberal use of their vegan cookbook selection (and buying the ones that I can't live without). They actually have a pretty decent selection. I have taken out somewhere in the area of 10-15 vegan cookbooks, and while not all of them have been winners, some of them have been pretty good, and some have been bloody fantastic. Shamus and I have been making this wonderful orange glazed scone recipe, and also some spiced carrot raisin muffins, and both of them end up being eaten rather too quickly. Best scones I've ever eaten though.
Anyway, it is much too warm by the kitchen right now, so I have to go hang out by the open balcony door for a few minutes before I get myself sick from heat. We've had the heat on a couple times in the last week, but today is definitely not one of those days. Sure, it's only 9 degrees outside, but I think our downstairs neighbours must have the heat on really high, or really, it could be that I have had the stove on in some form or another for basically the last 4 hours. Still can't seem to manage to get Shamus to make some scones though. :c