Hoo boy. I got up yesterday morning, turned on the coffee pot, and it died after about three cups of palatable coffee were brewed. Nice way to begin the day, I thought, but I'll go past Longs or K-Mart to pick up a new coffee pot, on the way to get our Thanksgving dinner from Safeway. Hah! Longs was closed; K-Mart was having a T-Day sale which began at 6:00am. The parking lot was impossible to enter. Well, instant coffee tomorrow morning, I supposed, so I headed over to get the dinner. All was well with that; my sister and her family arrived, basically took over the non-turkey cooking chores, and I got the heck out of the way. The mashed potatoes and stuffing were duly microwaved until steaming hot. I suddenly remembered the peas. Into the microwavable pot they went. The timer was set for three minutes, and off it turned at what I thought was the full time. Then I looked at the contents of the pot, and at the timer. Hmm. It stopped with one minute left. Why? That's still to be determined, but the sucker just plain quit working, so suddenly I needed to remember how to cook vegetables in a saucepan on the stovetop. All turned out ok in the end; the meal was fine, but now I have not one but two appliances to replace or repair today. Arrgh.
Do not give a professional comedian a free shot at your organizational chart (Caution: coffee/soda spewing may occur).
Post-Thanksgiving 'Net time wasters abound, particularly for those on vacation. I really like the compendiums (should that be compendia?) of non-existent books and bands mentioned in books, TV and movies.
Posted by Linkmeister at November 29, 2002 08:20 AMYou'd be so in trouble if you lived in Chez Jen: I have no microwave and no coffemaker. :D
Posted by: Jen at November 29, 2002 09:39 AMWhen you plugged in that big Westinghouse Roaster, all the energy efficient appliances went on strike. Another example of wattage envy on the part of kitchen tools.
Posted by: GK at November 29, 2002 12:57 PMYou know, gk, I hadn't thought of that. Strict adherence to the truth forces me to admit that we didn't use the thing this year. However, because the bird took up so much space in the oven, we decided to microwave the stuffing and potatoes. Had we done otherwise, who knows? ;)
Posted by: Linkmeister at November 29, 2002 01:11 PMYou know, I just have to say it: "post prandial' sounds risque. Like you should be having a smoke and smiling. Heh.
Or my mind could just be somewhere untoward. Hard to tell, sometimes.
Posted by: Jen at November 30, 2002 09:49 AM