Friday, 17 April 2026

👙 and the ides of april

 👙 ... breaks warmish and sunny but humid.
Head to toe. or pedicure and haircut. Shopped at the drug store and got bread.
also, brought home lean ground mince and sausage
smash burgers on the menu

on YouTube, a beer ' pundit ' evaluated 5 Stouts from the UK Guinness finished last [ watery and sugary ]
in this house, Guiness gets # 1

and smash burgers - it was. served on sourdough rye from Hearth bakery

convivial spring evening, 

On YouTube ..... they 're discovering the Bee Gees ' Too much Heaven ' in 2022  

Now, I don't feel so bad about my discoveries ' five years out of date '


Thursday, 16 April 2026

🇳🇵 ... ... the ' boro report 04-16

 🇳🇵wet. 56 F . air is still
Blogging. what value ? easy. keep your hand and eye coordination sharp. Using the Chromebook for online business is expected and supposedly simple
However, bringing dangers b / c if its easy, someone is thinking ' how do I scam 'em. Overall, tho ' - being aware is good.
kinda ' go w / the times '

no - we don't bank under the mattress. I even got a PC Financial account.

Sun showed up and lightened the look

Lunch. Decided to try Japanese curry sauce 

Discovered that the recipe included meat ( pork or chicken ). Potatoes and carrots - obviously a complete dinner 

I substituted a lot 

Saute onions and lamb, garlic clove ( no carrots today )

After some 1 / 2 h added spices curry, paprika and Old Bay seasoning 

Melted butter and added flour and eventually chicken stock ( which used carrots as mirepoix anyway )

Meanwhile cut and soaked fries ( yes, curry and chips) so while the liquid simmered got the fry pieces ready for air fryer 

I went for Japanese curry b / c the recipe did use tomato sauce. / paste

Recipe had 1 1 / 2 # of pork. I went w/ three thin rolls of lamb

1 / 2 C of flour became a bare tablespoon. 3 cups of chicken stock shrunk to 1 / 2 C

Taste test. Good. Next time add more paprika but I was playing w / amounts 

Consistency was near ideal, a little thicker ?

Beaucoup cleaning in the kitchen 

Coulda opened a package and ate chemicals 



the above is an AI search for a 76 yo male, Av BPM 105 over a 35 min workout

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

🈲 April 15

 🈲House news. The electrician ran the cable from panel to 1 st floor deck

Thru the wall at joist level w/ plastic conduit under the deck and up thru the deck 

Only took, 30 yrs. Done tho' 

However, the work is not in vain or of presumptive value. I did run the heating cables most of winter and longer this year than any other 

Groceries hauled back from Metro 

update. decided to take advantage of power to the upper back deck. I usually put out a kaleidoscope light in the front for Xmas season. This past, November, knowing that i'd run heater cables out front, I passed on the porch display.
Yes. Hooked up the kaleidoscope on the back deck on timer. Some entertainment value then 

I'm reporting that I feel tired. Maybe, not quite over the cold of last week. And I have been monitoring my diet to keep carbs down esp bread. Nothing against bread but the temptation to do ' easy ' is always there - chunk of bread and jam or meat etc.
I credit much of my weight loss [ 182. 6 to 172.4, at last weigh in ] to less bread. In fact,made rice for lunch




Tuesday, 14 April 2026

🈹 ... in the ' boro ....April 14

 🈹 ... you wake up to the hammering rain. Ah, green grass and clean sidewalks

the day cont'd w / buckets of rain

A regular trip out to Skyland for Chinese hotttable stuff. Also, sea salt ( not iodized), some lamb shaving ( used for hot pot 🍲)

The illness meant that I missed last week 

I reduced clobber by sorting 10 or is shots down to 3 ( maybe 2 would be better ). The items were old, not suitable or both




Monday, 13 April 2026

Thirteen April, ' boro wise

 warm flows gusted over the Scarborough heights....... Moist and bringing rain 

inside the house, a former electrician went to work basically creating a new power line from the electrical panel to a potential re activated deck receptacle 

The receptical hasn't worked since we bought

The receptical site is needed to provide power to back roof heating cable system that's in lieu of running 40 extra feet of extension from the downstairs 



Sunday, 12 April 2026

🧣 still chill ....

 🧣... and wet. substantial
warm is coming   . as the week goes on .... looking forward,  60 F average for Mon thru Fri

my respiratory system is clearing out ... plenty of unmentionable stuff snorting out ... yick factor, for sure

chores for the day : shop the Tiger, laundry and dinner prep. ... all in hand for 6 P dinner

received a long distance call from UK - brimming w / hope and one potential downer
however, fingers crossed  ..... and we shall see said the Zen Mastermix

dinner : shake and bake commercial mix using boneless and skinless chicky thighs. small roast potatoes and zucchini

terrif ! says the chef

 



Saturday, 11 April 2026

🥳 eleventh Aprilini

 🥳 ... under the framework that no one will notice

' boro. sunny and cool, headed for 48 F. And ... dunno

my head is clear and pain free. nose is stuffy. getting better

ahead .... cannot decide.