I went to Dad & Ma's for supper and the Red Sox game.
Ma made baked chicken with barbecue sauce, and I had my half chicken with bread & butter, and tomato & cucumber. It was VERY good. I went food shopping on the way home after the game.
EDIT: And Ma sent me coffee the next day!
I went to the lake today from 3:00 - 4:00 pm to walk and hang out. I listened to Groove Salad on SOMAFM, which is always a good fit. And the sunny weather was nice, if a bit windy. It was good to get out of the house, and listening to my newest music* in both directions was great too.
It seems that over the last year or two the ratio of rice/noodle meals to those that featured sandwiches has shifted (shocker). Here are a couple of the more advanced dinners I have made lately.
First, rice with boneless pork, sauteed mushrooms, rehydrated seaweed, steamed broccoli and a fried egg on top. Plus fresh pea pods and iced tea.
And just yesterday, the very spicy seafood noodles, with rehydrated seaweed (I'll just say seaweed going forward, since I eat so much of it) and canned mackerel - very good, and not 'fishy' at all.
It always amuses me that after having been such a picky eater as a child (when it came to condiments and spices) I currently enjoy so many Asian-style spices.
My youngest brother (who is 7 years younger than me) came home this weekend before spending part of the week in Boston for work.
He and his old high school friend, plus our other brother (one year younger than me) spent from 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm or so hanging out with our parents, watching golf and eating pizza from the local pizza place. I got a small pizza with anchovies and extra cheese, and it was glorious. There's just something about mom & pop pizza places that have been around for ages. The cheese is truly the star.
It was good to hang out with him for a few hours out of the blue like that, as he and his family live on the west coast. Fortunately he has a work reason (as well as the means) to travel out this way more than just once a year, so it's much easier to accept that he doesn't live 'just up the road' from me like our parents and other two siblings do (less than 30 minutes to all 3 other homes).
Today spring has officially sprung around these parts. Yesterday was sunny and in the 60's, and today it hit 78 degrees. Needless to say I had all the windows open to air out the house (both days), and it was glorious. However, this was a blip, and temperatures will be in the 40's and 50's for the next week at least. So I enjoyed it while I could.
Breakfast was sausage, a bagel and fresh broccoli. Lunch was a banana. And supper was a mission with kick. I used some ramen noodles and a spicy kimchi broth packet for the base, and added the last of the dried squid - the spicy stuff. I added fresh mushrooms and rehydrated seaweed at the end, and had snow peas and soy sauced boneless pork alongside. Such a great meal.
Last Wednesday I had something for lunch almost as labor-intensive, and just as delicious: rice with pork, seaweed and two fried eggs. SO worth it.
I'm not going to do a monthly wrap-up every thirty days, but I am doing one for the shortest month of the year, just to stop for a minute and take stock.
We have had too much snow, including 10" during Winter Storm Hernando, though the Cape got close to three FEET. However, the shoveling has been good exercise and fresh air.
I got to Dad & Ma's once (the 21st) because of the various weather events.
I began working out more regularly around mid-month (my basketball twist workout, and arms), with nine good sessions logged to date.
My DuoLingo streak is at 230 days, and my LingoDeer streak is at 80 days. And I'd say about 90% of the stuff I watch is from South Korea (Netflix, KOCOWA+, etc...). It never grows old hearing words and understanding them.
Chumble has been gone for 3½ months now, and I still miss him SO dearly. I get teary-eyed almost every day, sometimes from the littlest things, but it's getting slightly easier every day. He (just like Henry and Sabrino before him) can never be replaced, but my home without a cat is a much bleaker place.
I have been reading more again (I just began "The Hobbit" a few nights ago, and I've been rereading the "Divinity" superhero graphic novels too), but I haven't drawn anything in ages, unless you count Ai transformations of my old work (which I don't). So along with the language and work out regimens I am going to spend more time reading and drawing, and less time scrolling through social media.
I suppose that's it for a general entry. here is to more progress on all fronts...
A very nice breakfast, the latest episode of "Chef and My Fridge", a lackluster Super Bowl (the Patriots got beaten hard by Seattle, mostly defense, 29-13), and four fantastic beers deep into the night.
Hiking Buddy IPA from Little Willow Brewing Company is the perfect mix of Citra and Mosaic hops (with Meridian thrown in for good measure). Super flavorful, hazy as a foggy seacoast, and one of my favorite scents in the world.
