Well, it's D-day for me, or should I say T-day. I'll be busy all morning helping my sister with pies, and all afternoon taking care of a 21lb turkey and all the stuff that goes with it. Pepper in making that drink a few dozen times (each one will have to be made by hand, it's not a mix a hole bunch and serve it later kind of drink), and I'll be one busy dragon chef (oh no, another really silly picture idea popped into my head). Anyway, I may complain about the chaos, but I love every minute of it, especially when its for family and friends.
Well, I'm off, if I don't get some sleep, I'm liable to fall face down in the turkey later, and not from the turkey itself. For those who missed the picture with the drink recipe yesterday, Here you go.
Comments:
DarkFaerie88
Sorry about that. I had to pass on this little bit of my cooking passion because once made, these things taste phenomenal. Also, this is what you're supposed to get when you order the Strawberry Lemonade at Ruby Tuesday, they give you store-bought lemonade with strawberrys thrown into it, at least my local one does, but West Virginians know nothing about quality service.
sikaurai
It only sounds complicated, that's a fault of mine in the way I write certain things like recipes. It's actually very easy. To simplify, you put everything except the carbonated water into the shaker, shake it up till it turns a pink color, then pour it onto the carbonated water in a glass. Done well, you'll get a wonderfully sweet-tart salmon colored drink, as pictured (I got the picture up after you'd commented, now you can see the post with picture). Sure, pass the recipe along to everyone you know, I didn't post it not to share. Let me know how she likes it, and how she tweaks it to give it her own personality too (that's the fun part).
In all things, moderation. Even Role Play shouldn't be an all day everyday thing. The wonderful thing about message board role playing, is at least on the board I linked yesterday, most of the RP threads go for a few days or a week or two between responses of the players. It's expected that the other players have lives beyond the boards (I'm and exception because I'm unemployed), so people don't freak out on you if you take a few days or a week or so to respond. Between school and jobs (I'm the oldest person on that board right now), pretty much everyone else is busy. It's not hard to keep up in a multiple character RP project (like three or more players), even if you're only one one or two nights a week.
I hope you like what you read, I do try to be entertaining, but most of that stuff is kind of rough, I just write and pst for fun there, I don't have to make them excellent pieces.
You're very welcome for the kind words. You have a great day too.
Yensid:
I haven't tasted it with alcohol yet, but my mom agreed with me on light rum (I say light because it's clear, and adds no color to the finished drink), and she suggested Southern Comfort(would darken the drink) as a possibility as well. A nice citrus vodka would probably go great in it, but any vodka should work. That's my fault for writing it out that way, I tend to make easy things sound really hard sometimes. I'd invite you over for one, but I don't think you'd want to come all the way over to West Virginia just for a strawberry lemonade. Maybe you could have your DH make one for you. Actually if you go by the measurements I provided in that recipe, it makes for two, got to love that.
No, actually I didn't get any kind of "get over it" message from that, nor did it come over as an "it could be worse" type of thing. I did have to stop and consider that I'm not as bad off as others I know, and I am very thankful for that. You hit the nail on the head though. Men aren't supposed to be timid, and they're supposed to be the independant "bread winners" so to speak. I'm the opposite of both points. The pressure to be self supportive is a very heavy one.
If I ever said something that stupid, give me a clunk on the head with, well, I think the planet Pluto should be big enough to knock sense back into me. Your condition isn't exactly something that's employer friendly. I do agree that getting out of the house once in a while is a good thing, but there's more to getting out of the house than going to work. You've got a lot on your plate to deal with on your own, so just getting out for a day now and then, even to just sit in a park and enjoy the weather (well, not this time of year) would be a refreshing change of pace (not to mention free). If I wanted to honor the spirit of that staff assistant's advice to me on volunteering at the local hostpital to establish "professional" references I could. Well, bag the hostpital I don't have the stomach for that environment, but I could look for volunteer opps involving art since that's something I can do well.
I'll have a drink to both our miseries later. I have a nice Plum Gekkeikan that will soothe away the bitter taste, even if only for a little while.
