Friday plans

It's apparently never going to stop raining. I'm taking the day off to build an ark.

I'm also going to try to fit grocery shopping and general mental health maintenance in between the raindrops.

Last night I did two loads of laundry, found a lost checkbook after only an hour's search, and figured out how to hook up/program the DVD player so it worked with the Comcast box. Odd that I feel that I wasted the evening...unless you count the fact that I wedged two Buffy episodes into the mix and didn't do any writing.

A day without writing seems a day wasted, no matter what else I accomplish. Don't know whether that's good or bad.

Friday plans

It's apparently never going to stop raining. I'm taking the day off to build an ark.

I'm also going to try to fit grocery shopping and general mental health maintenance in between the raindrops.

Last night I did two loads of laundry, found a lost checkbook after only an hour's search, and figured out how to hook up/program the DVD player so it worked with the Comcast box. Odd that I feel that I wasted the evening...unless you count the fact that I wedged two Buffy episodes into the mix and didn't do any writing.

A day without writing seems a day wasted, no matter what else I accomplish. Don't know whether that's good or bad.

How to make a mess

Cook a package of frozen spinach. Set aside. Saute onion; add sliced mushrooms, minced garlic, tarragon, thyme, and basil. Cook until the liquid cooks away, then set aside. Melt some butter; add flour and stir constantly. Add milk and stir until thickened. Take off heat and add salt, pepper, dijon mustard, and grated parmesan cheese (I used the shredded stuff).

Add some of the sauce to cooked pasta and spoon into individual baking dishes (the recipe said 4. I used 6). Add some of the sauce and the spinach to the mushroom-onion mix, and spoon atop the pasta. Add rest of sauce, and top with more parmesan. Bake at 400F until bubbly, or freeze prior to baking.

many, many spoons and pots used. I saved one pot by using frozen spinach--the recipe calls for you to blanch fresh stuff and chop it.

it was good. Rich as hell, but good. Almost like spinach lasagna without the lasagna pasta.

How to make a mess

Cook a package of frozen spinach. Set aside. Saute onion; add sliced mushrooms, minced garlic, tarragon, thyme, and basil. Cook until the liquid cooks away, then set aside. Melt some butter; add flour and stir constantly. Add milk and stir until thickened. Take off heat and add salt, pepper, dijon mustard, and grated parmesan cheese (I used the shredded stuff).

Add some of the sauce to cooked pasta and spoon into individual baking dishes (the recipe said 4. I used 6). Add some of the sauce and the spinach to the mushroom-onion mix, and spoon atop the pasta. Add rest of sauce, and top with more parmesan. Bake at 400F until bubbly, or freeze prior to baking.

many, many spoons and pots used. I saved one pot by using frozen spinach--the recipe calls for you to blanch fresh stuff and chop it.

it was good. Rich as hell, but good. Almost like spinach lasagna without the lasagna pasta.

DVD question

How do you turn off the commentary track on Buffy DVDs? When I watched them on the iBook, I used to have to stop the episode and remove the disc from the player, then reinsert it. Now with the TV hook-up, that doesn't work--when I remove the DVD and pop it back in, the play simply resumes at the place I left, still with the commentary. What's worse, there was commentary on the next episode, and that played as well.

DVD question

How do you turn off the commentary track on Buffy DVDs? When I watched them on the iBook, I used to have to stop the episode and remove the disc from the player, then reinsert it. Now with the TV hook-up, that doesn't work--when I remove the DVD and pop it back in, the play simply resumes at the place I left, still with the commentary. What's worse, there was commentary on the next episode, and that played as well.