That's a secretion not an excretion.
Nah. We voted to have civil rights restored after sentence was served, but the government did an end run around the people (as usual) and said, "you mean sentence served and fines paid, right?" Then immediately started imposing fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars, really unimaginable amounts, so that it was impossible to ever finish paying them.
I have a soft insulated old Hello Kitty lunchbox.
Bring leftovers, usually, just put away half of supper for lunch. In a 2 cup glass Tupperware so about 2 cups I guess. And if there is any fruit, will bring some. And if I have made bread, a slice of sourdough for breakfast.
ETA if I don't have supper or if there is not any left over, there is a cafeteria at work that has hot meals, sandwiches, and a salad bar. Also a Panera fast food across the street. But that ends up around $16 usually so not a daily sort of thing.
Our cats knew the sound of the foil package the flea medicine came in. Would run and hide the moment they heard it. I had to open them a couple days earlier so that I could catch them and put it on them.
She needs to put out the clippers early.
Yeah I had my (5 speed) civic till someone hit me & totalled it. Got an accord sport 6 speed and still have it, it's 12 now and still such a joy to drive. I don't drive much now so hopefully it lasts 12 more.
My brother got 300k miles on his Honda.
It's funny, my first car had 3 gears, second one 4 gears, the Civic had 5, and this one has 6 but also the best manual transmission I have ever encountered.
I don't like sport but do like physical exercise and dance.
Motivation is fleeting, willpower is weak. Habit is what you need. Make yourself exercise for 6 weeks. Just commit to 6 weeks and make it happen. Something every day, whatever deal you make with yourself, keep it.
After 6 weeks, two things happen. One, you have built a habit. Two, you will now feel so much better on days you work out & that provides some built in motivation.
6 weeks to build a habit, you can do it!
Courtesy costs nothing so I would call anyone whatever they want, honestly.
That's how it was at the restaurant I worked at here, also the waiters were union. They all ate together before the supper shift.
My trans kid uses transgender because his body is still female in most ways but he does use T and is a he. I think only when you change genitals that's changing your sex, right?
I finally figured out how to get the new coffee machine at work to give me a coffee I like.
First, couple ounces of whole milk, warmed in the microwave ( the 'milk' in the machine is half sugar)
1x strong coffee, when it starts spitting out water catch that in a different cup & throw it down the sink.
1 or 2x espresso
1 or 2 shots of the 'milk' to sweeten it.
Pretty close match to my moka pot, but let work pay for it. The old coffee machine was trash. This one grinds whole beans, it makes good espresso and good coffee.
Very relevant username.
Sure. I am past menopause and take low dose hormones (more to avoid migraines and stay healthy than to be more 'feminine' but could take more, a lot of doctors do try to reach some level, mine does MHT not HRT ).
Middle-aged guys, yes, I think testosterone is certainly gender-affirming care, and there is no MHT equivalent for men, testosterone requires blood tests, you can't just find the lowest dose that relieves symptoms, they always aim for some level in the blood. The Viagra/Cialis I think is more to correct for a problem. Or for recreation.
It's not a looker, but tastes great.
2 oz tequila (any)
1 oz lime juice
1 oz creme de cassis
2-3 oz ginger beer (I used 1 oz ginger syrup, 3 oz fizzy water, 2 squirts of fire tincture)
Result of googling "what else can I make with tequila and lime"
Husband is having a Stella, that's the bottle in the background.
He's up to 7.5 lb from under 1 lb when we found him. (From 300 grams of baby to 3.5kg of kitten in only a few months, crazy.)
Here is a "before", the day my kids texted to say they found the source of the meowing I had heard before work. Just a wee handful. Always bold as anything though, he was never afraid of us or our 75lb mutt of a dog.
1 oz barrel strength bourbon
1 oz barrel strength reposado tequila
1 scant oz Aperol with a splash of Campari to make an ounce.
1 oz Amaro Nonino
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz lemon juice
Shake together with ice. If you are somewhere it's not still summer, serve up in a chilled coupe. Tart enough for a sugared rim. But it's still hot here, so everything is iced. This is sort of 1.5 servings, I just find it fussy to measure .75 of an ounce. Equal parts is the key.
https://makemeacocktail.com/en/cocktail/9953/banderilla
Equal parts tequila, mezcal, Apricot liqueur and lime, half part Aperol works best IMO, any more Aperol and it gets too sweet.
This is a pantry recipe for me as I keep Giffard Abricot in stock always. You want a good apricot in this, I think passion fruit or peach would be equally delicious but make sure it's made from real fruit. Also can sub Campari for the Aperol if you want a little more bitter.
This was a test-and-adjust drink. I was looking for something with Fernet & Mezcal and everything I saw were stirred very boozy things, I was not in the mood for. I saw one though with cachaca and lime so tried a margarita approach.
Started with these, shaken:
1.5 oz tequila
.75 oz each Fernet and Mezcal
Juice of one lime.
Nope. Too flat, too sour. Added about 1/2 oz Pineapple Amaro, and a squirt of Agave, shook again and THIS is a keeper. I guess Fernet does like sweeter drinks more. This one is balanced and I can taste all the ingredients but they did cocktail into a new taste. I usually don't taste the pineapple in the pineapple Amaro but it's shining in this drink - I may try another Fernet-Mezcal-Pineapple Amaro variation (when I am in the mood for stirred and boozy) as I think those together are the magic here.
So, I saw this recipe that inspired me.
https://punchdrink.com/recipes/green-mango-martini/
But don't have mango eau de vie and not about to make it, and I think as written it would be too sweet for my palate. And of course everything needs ice here in the summer. I did make the green mango tequila.
So far I can vouch for tequila, green mango and sauternes - it's a surprisingly good combination.
This is:
2.5 oz green mango infused tequila
1 oz Sauternes wine
.75 oz lemon
.25 oz Giffard Apricot (because I have no mango liqueur right now and did you hear Chinola is making a Guava liqueur? I am excited for that.)
Squirt of honey.
Shaken with ice.
My thoughts - the green mango tequila is tart and I think the lemon sort of muddies the flavor. I would try this again with more Sauternes and a splash of mango liqueur, leave out the honey and if it was too sweet adjust with citric or malic acid not lemon.
I would also like to try the green mango tequila with ginger beer but not today, this is a one and done.
And I was thinking to convert the recipe into a punch or sangria, a pitcher cocktail using a whole bottle of Sauternes, but I think that it might need to go in a different direction. Again, I do love the combination of the green mango with the Sauternes, and tequila - the main flavor combo is good. I've tried amchur and tequila - the green mango infused tequila worked so much better to get that flavor.
1 oz tequila blanco
1/2 oz each mezcal, Campari, passion fruit syrup, ginger syrup and lime.
Squirt of fire tincture
Shake these together and add 1-2 oz IPA beer.
I had to substitute apricot liqueur for the passion fruit and it's really good so I suspect anything fruity would be fine. Beer I used is Jai Alai and only 1 oz, I don't like it but as an ingredient in here can't taste it, must add something though. This is bitter in a great way, somehow not too sweet, I went a little heavy on the lime but close to the 1/2 oz. If you do like beer I think you could safely increase it past the 2 oz and still have something really nice.
The rainy season is finally here too. So happy to be out here watching the rain.
