Yankees suck right now - looking at last place. their starters that are not Cole can't seem to go more than 3 or 4 innings, and the hitting continues to be non-existent. Last night is a microcosm of the Season. Urshela got two of the three hits one in the 2nd inning,, and another single in the 8th - at that point it's 8 to nothing,,, Stanton homers to right... so now it's 8 to 2 .... They got 3 hits, all night , One walk - 14 strikeouts ! plus managed to commit 3 errors ... Judge Stanton and Sanchez each - K'd twice and Frazier 3 times... 4 pitchers gave up 11 hits and 7 walks - 18 base runners in 9 innings - ugh = Cannot win like this ....
Let's move on..... More Mass Shootings,,, FedEx in Indiana is the latest - Ex Employee comes back to Kill people. A terrible reality is that we may as well fly the flag at 1/2 all the time , and then issue notices when it can be raised to full....
Dunno where you are but the weather here has been mainly cold - a few days in the 70's and high 60's but as many in the 50's with high 30 degrees / 40's overnight,.
the Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994... I believe that Levon wishes he attended - despite his feud with Robbie Robertson...
If you have not heard of Lake Street Dive ,,,, check them out,, they have original music,,, and do some great covers....
Re schedule - Redo for 6:00 AM today .. this is way better , no time to working yourself into a frenzy / headache , ect ,ect...... well actual time is 7:45am - but need to be at the Hospital by 6am for the Prep et al... hoping for a Laparoscopy - not the Full Surgery - as recovery is shorter.. So after today (and Recovery) we can start Thinking about and Planning.
and before that ,,,,,,,,,,,,
Yesterday's fun - 4:00pm - Drove truck to pickup BiL and went to to look at Deck rebuild job, while my Whole Chicken was roasting on the Traeger.... thought = hey it will be less than and hour and half..
When we arrived - there was a small like burning brakes,,,, but could not locate the source,,, when I went back to drop off BiL at his house,, the Right Rear was Smoking HOT !!!
Ok - Back the truck into his drive way - it's 4:55pm..... Remove the wheel - Can't budge the wheel - it wil not turn... Ok try to bleed off some fluid = like maybe the Brake hose collapsed,, - but nope - ok - I call the Advanced auto folks,,, yup - they have a brake caliper in stock - ... go get it,,, Remove and Replace the Locked up one,,, add more fluid,,, pump and bleed the Brakes. Return the Old Caliper - wow they got a $50 core charge - must really want that one back !!! and I'm starting to drive back home at 5:53Pm - So less than ONE hour for the Repair including 2 trips to the Parts store..... Thanks to my BiL for the Help / Tools/ Driveway use,, ect, ect.....
Meanwhile - wife turned Traeger to shutdown cycle at 5:30 - so 90 minutes cook time- and BTW - it was Crazy Delicious !!! and what a simple meal. Rinse and dry the whole chicken... rub with Fin & Feather Rub,, I refrigerated it for 24 hours,,, don't really have to,,, place it on the grill thats set for 450 degree.. and 90 minutes later - WHOOSH !!
Yea BTW - I got my 2nd Covid Shot - the Pfizer version,,,,
Arm was actually less sore than with the 1st one,,, and I felt a little odd in the next morning, but had no other affects... Was not sick or fatigued or anything really,,, I power washed the Fence and Arbors... and cleaned the house , did some windows etc,,, so no side affects at all......
I hear that Covid remains an issue,,, and states lifting restrictions, We do have - "Covid Fatigue" as Fauci said,,, I know I do,,, We had no 2020 Easter last year, no Memorial day, no July 4th, Labor day Thanksgiving, Christmas, New years, Any Birthdays in 2020.... Easter this year was totally alone, and we are awaiting the Cancellation of all the other activities ,There are some ballgames,,, maybe some Concerts later this year,,,
We - are collectively Tired of all this,,, but don't want to get sick or burden our Health care system...
SO - appointment made TWO weeks ago ... Pre Appointment testing done 5 days ago,. Day before appointment - the call that is spose to say what time is , instead says ,, we can't tell you yet - will call tomorrow with time,, Wait,, wait,, wait,,, wait,,, we call them at noon - oh,, yea, Dr still in with 1st patient, and #2 is waiting,,, so we will call you,,,,,wait , wait, wait, Dr office calls at 3pm to say - NOPE ! ain't doing this today ! Tuff $hit that you have not had any food or drink since Midnight (since 5pm previous night really ...... Only 22 hours ! we have to reschedule... you gotta retest for Covid tomorrow ! and reschedule set for Friday .... "we promise you will be 1st patient" - I dunno about the person that was #2 if they got surgery or not....... but the struggle continues,,so 1st things 1st as they say,,,as we need to get thru the next weeks of some medical issues. But I don;t see that as a long term deterrent to doing anything.. Just gonna take time to recover,, which is all good ,,, That said -
What a mess - we don't know if we are coming or going,,, But I think we are going !
Made a few first steps ,,,, clean out "some" stuff from the cellar - and our closets.But not nearly enough if we are going to be serious about this.. There is a list of things that need to be done before one could sell this house,,,,
Insulation in the attic space and cellar to improve the appearance
Re cement front Steps
Rebuild or replace the front stone wall.
ReDo the base board look around the kitchen.
Power wash the Fences and the Vinyl archways
Remove, store, dump a lot of the Furniture in the house.. Prep for selling
Fix / Replace ? the Door to the Bread cabinet in the Kitchen
and cement the plan to get the 5 cats out of the House: Motor home purchase ? Buy new home in SC, NC, VA ?? Where ???
Secondly - here is a Rant for today,,,, I am a decent cook,,, Can make almost anything (Baking is another story, as I think you need to be way more exact to be a baker) That all said - I use some slow-cooker , recipe books that have Slow-Cooker meals,, and one pot dishes, and Stove top recipes.
Now the rant - Why the F do many of these have taht one ingredient that no way 95% of the people making it are gong to have on the house,, and Add tot hat the fact that you can't buy some of these ingredients in anywhere near the small quantity that is called for, and add to that many of these take what is a simple Pasta cheese , chicken/beef/bean recipes and asks you to add a cheese that is like $12 for as mall chunk - and you might as well order dinner out as now the cost is the same... ,, ok you want some examples ???
Beef Stroganoff recipe : the usual stuff : Meat Onion, Sour Cream, Noodles, Beef Broth - Three (3) table spoons of Apple Juice !!! So if you don't have or don't really like apple juice and IF your SHOP& STOP rite does not happen to carry carry Apple juice in a 3 Table spoon container - What NOW ??
