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Nov. 30th, 2020 08:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
m_of_disguiseHad a wonderful long weekend, in which the weather was cool but not cold, I cooked many good things, and cuddled the kitties on the couch every day.
After work on Wednesday, I popped into the store to pick up a couple of pork loins and some veggies to make for my solo Thanksgiving meal. I put the pork in a marinade of maple syrup, water, fresh ginger, fresh garlic, rosemary, S&P, and a pinch of red pepper, and let it sit in the fridge overnight. On Thursday night I put the pork in the oven for 40 minutes, then coated it with a dijon/maple sauce, and put it in for an additional 15 minutes. It was perfect, and delicious.
Had it with mozzarella & spinach stuffed mushrooms, mashed potatoes, and garlic bread. It was fantastic.
The apartment complex was full of not-great activity over the holiday. In the wee hours one morning there was some woman in the alley yelling racist profanities at one of the downstairs tenants, which was horrifying, and the day before the gay couple next door had an explosive breakup which culminated in one of them having their stuff thrown onto the porch while they cursed each other out. o.o It was all just...a lot.
The rest of my weekend was mostly just watching Netflix and hanging out with the kitties. I had put the hoop on the dress form to get myself to work on it, and then Tib cat was so excited that the hoop was up that I couldn't bring myself to take it apart. It's seriously his favorite thing ever. I finally talked myself into starting the hoop rehab a couple of hours before bed last night, so now two of the hoops have new twill tape casings, and I'll probably do two more tonight.
I took a good amount of time over the long weekend to get some good b-roll for upcoming videos. I feel like lately I have been rushing through editing and making lazy decisions about transitions, shots, and music, so I'm trying to remedy that. We had some nice weather, which allowed me to get some lovely nature shots, and I experimented a bit with my new lighting kit. My last video is performing within typical numbers, but I expected there to be some improvement since I've gained over 200 subs since the last upload. Nope, the numbers are exactly the same. -_-
I also finally managed to get the apartment cleaned. I scrubbed the kitchen and put all the dishes away, finally vacuumed the carpet under the computer desk, swept all the floors, dusted everything (even the ceiling fans, since it was finally cool enough outside that they didn't need to be on), and put away old project pieces. I even washed the windows in the living room, and now we get unfiltered sunlight! Quite nice.
I guess I did more over the weekend than I thought. XD
After work on Wednesday, I popped into the store to pick up a couple of pork loins and some veggies to make for my solo Thanksgiving meal. I put the pork in a marinade of maple syrup, water, fresh ginger, fresh garlic, rosemary, S&P, and a pinch of red pepper, and let it sit in the fridge overnight. On Thursday night I put the pork in the oven for 40 minutes, then coated it with a dijon/maple sauce, and put it in for an additional 15 minutes. It was perfect, and delicious.
Had it with mozzarella & spinach stuffed mushrooms, mashed potatoes, and garlic bread. It was fantastic.
The apartment complex was full of not-great activity over the holiday. In the wee hours one morning there was some woman in the alley yelling racist profanities at one of the downstairs tenants, which was horrifying, and the day before the gay couple next door had an explosive breakup which culminated in one of them having their stuff thrown onto the porch while they cursed each other out. o.o It was all just...a lot.
The rest of my weekend was mostly just watching Netflix and hanging out with the kitties. I had put the hoop on the dress form to get myself to work on it, and then Tib cat was so excited that the hoop was up that I couldn't bring myself to take it apart. It's seriously his favorite thing ever. I finally talked myself into starting the hoop rehab a couple of hours before bed last night, so now two of the hoops have new twill tape casings, and I'll probably do two more tonight.
I took a good amount of time over the long weekend to get some good b-roll for upcoming videos. I feel like lately I have been rushing through editing and making lazy decisions about transitions, shots, and music, so I'm trying to remedy that. We had some nice weather, which allowed me to get some lovely nature shots, and I experimented a bit with my new lighting kit. My last video is performing within typical numbers, but I expected there to be some improvement since I've gained over 200 subs since the last upload. Nope, the numbers are exactly the same. -_-
I also finally managed to get the apartment cleaned. I scrubbed the kitchen and put all the dishes away, finally vacuumed the carpet under the computer desk, swept all the floors, dusted everything (even the ceiling fans, since it was finally cool enough outside that they didn't need to be on), and put away old project pieces. I even washed the windows in the living room, and now we get unfiltered sunlight! Quite nice.
I guess I did more over the weekend than I thought. XD
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Date: 2020-11-30 04:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-11-30 06:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-12-03 02:34 am (UTC)I had a little of that too, although not as bad as what you describe. I suspect that this Thanksgiving was just a bit more stressful for some people than usual and it just boiled over for some folks. =(
Tib cat was so excited that the hoop was up that I couldn't bring myself to take it apart.
Does kitty like to hide under the hoop?
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Date: 2020-12-03 02:37 pm (UTC)