What a mess & Today's Rant .... Why did you add that ingredient ?

 Geez Louise !! 

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 -

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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 ???  

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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 ??

it was Warren Haynes Birthday a few days ago,,,,

And Emmylou's Birthday last week.,,,