tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post7299309410955659700..comments2023-10-21T03:54:12.029-04:00Comments on A Gift Universe: 7qt, holiday editionSheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-59883312874991066162015-01-05T08:27:26.379-05:002015-01-05T08:27:26.379-05:00Sensitivity to electromagnetic fields is a thing. ...Sensitivity to electromagnetic fields is a thing. You may want to shut down all devices at night, or store them in another room. I don't think they bother me .... though there have been times when maybe they have.<br /><br />D&D is a crazy complex game that takes days to begin and months to play. And finding enough people who know it is a challenge -- and why I hadn't played since college. It's not a cult, but the high time investment and the dedication required sometimes makes it look like one.<br /><br />I was tempted to give up DW after Nine. I loved Nine and was furious to have only one season of him! But Ten consoled me; he's really, really good. Eleven was well acted but perhaps not as much my favorite .... but his companions are AWESOME and I think the writing in those seasons is the best of the show (what I've seen of it). I think you would very likely enjoy it.<br /><br />You can freeze chicken stock, you know! Though if you do it in glass jars, leave plenty of room because it expands as it freezes. I sauteed the veggies in butter this time, but I don't always. The garlic might be best for immune purposes if you throw it in raw at the very end. I don't blend this soup; I keep it fairly thin because when I'm sick I love broth.<br /><br />I'll have to go read your blog, if I can still find it. Also, I should tell you I'm not ignoring your last email -- I wrote a long reply and lost half of it, and I haven't yet got up the willpower to rewrite all that. Especially because the kids are STILL recovering, aka being awful. But I'll finish it someday.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-59130724258884658662015-01-05T03:57:31.125-05:002015-01-05T03:57:31.125-05:00+JMJ+
Thanks so much for writing this up! It was...+JMJ+ <br /><br />Thanks so much for writing this up! It was EPIC to read! =D <br /><br />Of course, it can't have been much fun to live through. LOL! But at least you got an uninterrupted nap and some real rest when you were sick. I think that people who have never parented more than one small child at a time have no idea how wearying it can be to parents who do--even if the parents really love their children! <br /><br />#1 -- I'm a Michael, unfortunately. I can never sleep well during my first night in a strange room, even if it's in a luxury hotel. So when every room for several days is a strange room, well . . . =( <br /><br />#2 -- That is such a precious picture of Marko with Grandma! <br /><br />Would you believe that I don't know how to play D&D. If we ever meet up in the future, I'm going to make you teach me! ;-) <br /><br />#3 -- The idea of community requiring sacrifice ties into a theme that I've been turning over in my head for years. As unfashionable as it is to say in the age of <i>"You can be whatever you want to be!"</i>, it really is necessary to give up some personal dreams for the good of our communities. I don't want to put more on your plate if you're swamped again, but I have some new posts on my <i>Igor</i> blog that touch on this. Since they're pretty long, here's the TL;DR point: one reason why my country is in the state it is now is that people in my family chose to put personal gain and status over that greater good. (I'm not being over-dramatic: we really moved in some high political circles!) But even that didn't work out so well, because the status symbols of the older generations are the reasons why the younger generations are so handicapped! <br /><br />Now, I'm not saying that this will happen in your family! My grandfather's reasons for dabbling in politics are nothing like John's! <br /><br />#4 -- I wondered this weekend whether I might also be an HSP. I finally got myself a laptop and this new addition to my room immediately gave me a terrible headache. And it occurred to me that the last time I felt that way was the day I bought my smartphone! As I joked to my mother, "My personal electromagnetic field has been disrupted." LOL! <br /><br />#5 -- PUPPIES!!! =D <br /><br />Have I mentioned that the reason I stopped watching <i>Doctor Who</i> was that I got really, really attached to Ten, who was the reason I started watching in the first place? He's "my Doctor," as fans like to say. <br /><br />#6 -- Your and John's illnesses gave you a well-deserved break! Though what a break, aye? LOL! It's just too bad that Miriam was still sick when it was time to drive home. <br /><br />#7 -- I made my family save two whole chicken carcasses, so I have a TON of chicken stock in the refrigerator now. (It's a double-edged sword because now I have to use it all up before it goes bad. LOL!) Nobody is sick, but I'll be making your soup anyway. It also works as a preventative measure, right? ;-) Do you saute the vegetables and garlic first? And do you puree or serve as a broth with solid vegetables? Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.com