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It's May...Life and Such
May. 8th, 2021 03:52 pmWell, here is a general update on what's been going on in my life so far this year.
I've been busy with injured cats recently, that has been time consuming and expensive. Luckily the vet has been working with me to keep the costs down. And, since I can't get the local organizations to help me, probably because of this being in the hood, I am going to start trapping and getting the cats in the colony I take care of spayed and neutered on my own. Not going to be cheap or easy, but I need to do it.
The natives around here have been restless, there may have even been a killing across the street, the cops were hush-hush about it though, and nothing about it in the news anywhere, but at least one good thing did come out of the situation, the ones that were staying there moved out, that makes things a little quieter. Unfortunately, there are still plenty of thugs in the rest of the hood, that have boom cars blaring their loud and rattly jungle beat noise at all times of the day and night, and it sounds like their damned POS cars are going to fly apart. In fact right now,as I type this, I can hear one booming from 5-6 houses away. I hate this place.
We got our tomato, bell pepper, and cucumber plants planted, now we just have to maintain them and wait.
Also, I have a new hobby, I am now fooling with cast iron cookware. I plan on keeping things affordable, so I am starting with just a couple of skillets and a grill pan, all made by Lodge. I also plan on adding a deep frying pan and a dutch oven later on, after I get used to cooking with what I already have. What I get after that will depend on how well my cooking skills progress.
My DVD hobby is in the process of being shut down, I'll buy a few more to complete some collections, and other than the occasional movie, that will be it.
My comic collecting is also going to start slowing down, my interest in the hobby is waning, I've been at it since 1986, and there is so much out there now that I just can't keep up with it anymore. It is nearly time to let it go.
House cleaning will be started again real soon, I am looking forward to getting rid of some more junk from around here.
I'm right at 200lbs. and I really need to lose about 15-20lbs., so I've started trying to cut back on snacks and eat a little healthier overall. I am finding a lot of good stuff to replace the chips and onion rings, in the produce area of the grocery store. It's always been there, but I've never been interested until now. I have also found a simple recipe for homemade soup, it was on the back of a bag of frozen vegetables that are especially packaged for making soup. The result is it tastes way better than the canned stuff, and as an added bonus, my father actually loves the stuff. He usually hates vegetable soup, but this is different, he will eat all of it and usually wants more later. I will admit that I substitute beef for chicken broth and add stew meat to it for him, but still he has never really liked eating any kind of soup before, so this stuff is amazing. The next time I am in the store, I need to look in the frozen vegetable section again to see what else I can find.
Well, that's enough for now.
Later!
I've been busy with injured cats recently, that has been time consuming and expensive. Luckily the vet has been working with me to keep the costs down. And, since I can't get the local organizations to help me, probably because of this being in the hood, I am going to start trapping and getting the cats in the colony I take care of spayed and neutered on my own. Not going to be cheap or easy, but I need to do it.
The natives around here have been restless, there may have even been a killing across the street, the cops were hush-hush about it though, and nothing about it in the news anywhere, but at least one good thing did come out of the situation, the ones that were staying there moved out, that makes things a little quieter. Unfortunately, there are still plenty of thugs in the rest of the hood, that have boom cars blaring their loud and rattly jungle beat noise at all times of the day and night, and it sounds like their damned POS cars are going to fly apart. In fact right now,as I type this, I can hear one booming from 5-6 houses away. I hate this place.
We got our tomato, bell pepper, and cucumber plants planted, now we just have to maintain them and wait.
Also, I have a new hobby, I am now fooling with cast iron cookware. I plan on keeping things affordable, so I am starting with just a couple of skillets and a grill pan, all made by Lodge. I also plan on adding a deep frying pan and a dutch oven later on, after I get used to cooking with what I already have. What I get after that will depend on how well my cooking skills progress.
My DVD hobby is in the process of being shut down, I'll buy a few more to complete some collections, and other than the occasional movie, that will be it.
My comic collecting is also going to start slowing down, my interest in the hobby is waning, I've been at it since 1986, and there is so much out there now that I just can't keep up with it anymore. It is nearly time to let it go.
House cleaning will be started again real soon, I am looking forward to getting rid of some more junk from around here.
I'm right at 200lbs. and I really need to lose about 15-20lbs., so I've started trying to cut back on snacks and eat a little healthier overall. I am finding a lot of good stuff to replace the chips and onion rings, in the produce area of the grocery store. It's always been there, but I've never been interested until now. I have also found a simple recipe for homemade soup, it was on the back of a bag of frozen vegetables that are especially packaged for making soup. The result is it tastes way better than the canned stuff, and as an added bonus, my father actually loves the stuff. He usually hates vegetable soup, but this is different, he will eat all of it and usually wants more later. I will admit that I substitute beef for chicken broth and add stew meat to it for him, but still he has never really liked eating any kind of soup before, so this stuff is amazing. The next time I am in the store, I need to look in the frozen vegetable section again to see what else I can find.
Well, that's enough for now.
Later!
