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Susan Dennis ([personal profile] susandennis) wrote2025-10-02 01:37 pm
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I've seen every one of the 23 scillion Great British Bake Off episodes but last week's (which I just watched) was the first time I was truly lost multiple times. It was Back to School week and clearly I did not go to school in England.

First was school cake. Everyone seemed to know what this was except the woman from Ukraine... and me. Turns out it's a vanilla cake (or sponge if you want to sound posh) with vanilla royal icing and sprinkles BUT - here's a massive twist. They make some kind of vanilla custard that is not set. It pours and they pour this over the cake AND icing. I'm all over vanilla cake and I like royal icing. and I love custard but all three is a bit of overkill, in my book. And I never ever went to a school that served any kind of regular cake.

Then there were flapjacks. Now, in my world, flap jacks are just another name for pancakes. Not so in Britainville. They all made some kind of dense, almost power bar dense, oat thing. No relation to pancakes at all.

Then they made Summer Fete stuff - cakes and cookies and stuff reminiscent of Summer Fete. Never heard of Summer Fete in my life. I couldn't even make out what they were saying until they said it a bunch of times.

But, apparently plastic ducks with rings on their backs are a big piece of summer Fete as they get 'fished' in something called Hook a Duck. There is also something called Quoits which involves maybe rings and sticks? Again. never heard of it but no on they show gave it even a question mark.

So weird that after all those episodes, I get all these questions marks in just the one.
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Waiting

Amazon has taught me that I can order stuff and not wait weeks for it. Now waiting those weeks is a lot harder than it was. Thanks, Amazon. I ordered a cat puzzle/toy that I should not have (they don't need and too expensive) and it's taking forever to get here. I ordered the new cushion for my couch eons ago. Last Friday, the sales guy said it just arrived and I will get an email when it is ready for pick up... waiting... waiting...

So that and baseball is my day. Most wildcard playoffs (best out of 3) take 2 games to decide. MLB has four wild card series. Only one was decided in 2 games this year. So today I do not have 4 games to watch. Only 3. Geesh. The Yankees have not been totally humiliated but they have been bruised a little and, with any luck, they will be gone after today.

I was texting with my nephew about the game and my phone's keyboard suggestions for words to follow 'stupid' included 'Yankees'. This cracks me up. I'm glad my phone is on my side.

I think I want an air fryer with more 'fryer' real estate. But still a proper single use air fryer. (not a toaster oven) There are way too many options and, honestly, I cannot decide if I actually do want it or not. My little one works great and I love it, I just want a bigger boat. I think. But Amazon is getting ready to have a sale next week so I'll likely hold off at least til then if not forever.

I will likely finish off the Elbow puzzle today. We can start a new one on Saturday (after elbow coffee is over). Bonny's kids gave us a good one to do next.

It's laundry day. So baseball, laundry, puzzle - three things? OMG I'm outta control here.

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Parker: Buffy. Buffy I I dunno how to say this. I'm sorry for how I treated you before. It was wrong of me and I'm sorry. You were great tonight, really. I might not deserve this but do you think that you could forgive me?
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Susan Dennis ([personal profile] susandennis) wrote2025-10-01 08:00 am
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2 of 2+?

I watched 3.2 baseball games yesterday. They were all good except the last one. The poor Cincinnati Reds got matched against the We'll Beat You Up Dodgers and they did. Boston beat the Yankees which was satisfying. The rest was yawnerville. I'd kinda rather we played the Guardians and they got beat yesterday by the Tigers. And I don't care one bit whether the Cubs beat the Pirates or vice versa.

Today is another round of same. Same games, same game times. I think I'll skip the noon game and the 6 pm game and just watch the 10 am and then 3 pm games. This set is 2 out of 3 so, likely, at least one of these teams will win their 2nd game today and tomorrow's schedule will be lighter. As long as the Yankees lose. With a Dodger kicker (which ain't gonna happen).

Otherwise, that's it for me for news. John's still dying - Hazel was wheeling him around yesterday. His mind is starting to leave. Dick is getting better but not fast enough for Jan. Yesterday, he had her running back and forth getting stuff. Happily, the nursing wing is on this floor so at least she didn't have to wait for elevators.

It's a rainy overcast day so I'm off to swim some laps.

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Monday, September 29 - Tuesday, September 30

Faith: It's okay, Buffy. I told him.
Buffy: You told him?
Faith: I had to. He had to know what you did.
Buffy: What I did? Giles, no. Tha-That's just not what happened.
Giles: I don't want to hear it, Buffy.
Buffy: No! It...
Giles: I don't want to hear any more lies.
Buffy: You can't be serious! You're setting me up?

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Muscle amnesia

I got my first DVR in 1980 (a beta max, since you asked). It has a wired remote. Yes, a wire strung across the room from the TV to the couch but this was 1980 and DVR was magic so I did not care who I tripped.

I learned to fast forward through commercials. My thumb hit >> without my even being aware of it for more than 40 years.

When I moved here in 2023, I gave up all recording services.

Today I splurged on Hulu+Live for the playoffs and now I have recording again. I tuned into the first baseball game recording 30 minutes after it started but it was a good 30 minutes before I remembered I could fast forward through the commercials! My thumb has forgotten its main purpose in life.

These announcers are not remotely interesting but they are not spending whole innings discussing the players' mustaches. They are following the game. Shocking. They also have twice now used 'fewer' instead of 'less' correctly so I'm a happy camper. Also the game is a good one so far.
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Susan Dennis ([personal profile] susandennis) wrote2025-09-30 08:27 am
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Playball!!

I am far more interested/invested in the baseball playoffs than I expected to be. Even the wild card games that the Mariners are not a part of. So that will be my day today.

And it's housecleaning day. My hardwood floors are a mess. I have hardwood in the entry and the kitchen (carpet everywhere else). It's lovely but ugh what a mess all the time. It shows every single little thing plus, I think, for the edges and corners, it goes to other parts of the apartment and gathered dust and debris. Ugh. The house cleaner sweeps and washes it and it looks fab again.

I got Julio in the summer of 2022. He was always meant to be Biggie's cat and he always has been. He's always run from me. He gets close sometimes when he's starving and I'm feeding. He will sleep on the bed at night but only if Biggie is there. But, a few months ago, he ran into the room and onto my lap. He then realized where he was and ran away. Yesterday, he hopped into my lap and let me pet him, not once, not twice, but THREE times!! So weird. I'll be interested to see if he repeats today.

My elbow is very much improved. I felt a twinge yesterday while swimming but that may have been my imagination. No problem with volleyball this morning at all. I'm still wearing the brace for both activities but no other time.

And, in other health related news... I remember last January when I had my annual doctor visit, we were discussing my COPD (which I am now sure that I do not have). I had been off the high priced inhaler for six months then and was fine. My lungs sounded fine. I still had coughing fits and was using the Albuterol (inhaler) and Benzonatate (pills) every once in a while. It dawned on me yesterday that I have not had a coughing fits or used either one of them in months. They are going to expire before I get to them. Pretty cool.

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Susan Dennis ([personal profile] susandennis) wrote2025-09-29 03:48 pm
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Drive bys - the food version

I've had mayo and peanut butter on my grocery list since forever. Last week I added some other stuff. This morning, I got everything on my list except, you guessed it, mayo and peanut butter. Sigh. Fortunately neither is critical. I'm just replacing backups.

A couple of weeks ago, I grabbed a very small bag of mellowcreme pumpkins. My fav. Only when I got home, I discovered they were not Brach's. ECK!! Did that stop me from finishing the bag, no. But, it did increase my desire for Brach's. At least I did not forget that on the list. I need a container with a combination lock on it, to keep them in... And then forget the combination.

Last week Bonny had some deli thick slicked turkey that she could not finish so she gave me the last slice. When she offered, I thought she was talking real turkey not pressed faux turkey. But, it was fine. When she gave it to me, she gave me a box of stove top stuffing, too. Which was weird but ok. It's getting close to the season. Then I discovered I have no cranberry jelly left in the cupboard. Got some today. Whew. And another box of stuffing. And a container of chopped up onion and celery.

When I got home I added the onion and celery to a pan of butter and them threw in the stuffing mixes and some chicken broth. DAMN, does that taste good. The two boxes together only made me about 5 servings so I know there will have to be more. I would have said that I preferred Peperidge Farm stuffing mix but this boxed shit is pretty damn good!

And I made another batch of chopped up cukes and onions - just salt, pepper and sugar. It's getting good in the fridge. Tonight's menu includes pork chops in a peach glaze. Usually their pork chops are horrible but whenever they have them on the menu, I try them once, in hope. (And then fill out yet another dining room feedback card... WHY THE FUCK CAN'T YOU PEOPLE DO A DECENT PORK CHOP??!! They have been ignoring me for 23 months now, but I still hope.
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Susan Dennis ([personal profile] susandennis) wrote2025-09-29 07:43 am
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Monday

Tomorrow there are four baseball games - here they are at 10, noon, 3 and 6. I'm not going to watch all of them but do want to check in. Today there are none.

So I think my now long put off trip to Safeway will happen today. Nothing else on the calendar so the perfect day for it. Plus, I think I might stop in at Hobby Lobby. As much as I hate to shop there... I need yarn. Yes. I have a house full of yarn but no more baby pink and blue which are perfect doll colors. I only need a skein of each and that's not enough to justify shipping charges. So shopping with Jesus it is.

But I think first I'll swim. It's a nice, rainy day - no sun threatening.

I watch a fair amount of YouTube. It's kind of my go-to on the TV when I have 10-15 mins to spare. I've had an annual Premium subscription ($140) for the past few years because I have no tolerance for the ads. Last year they announced a cheaper hybrid. $8 a month (no annual but it would be, of course, sub $100). It's billed as 'fewer' ads. But the ads, apparently are only on some shorts, which I never watch and some music, which I also never watch. My idea was to try it out for a month. I set it up a few weeks ago and it kicked in last week and I forgot about it. Until yesterday, when I was watching some YouTube and realized my experience had not changed - only the price. Woot. It's rare that I save money on a TV subscription. But, I really hate it when there's no way to play annually. So much easier to keep up with.

Netflix and Hulu would get far more of my money if they would offer annual plans (with no ads). So now they get a month or so in rotation and then a few months or more off, lather, rinse, repeat.

Ok, time to get moving.


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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, September 28th

Buffy: Those are pretty flowers.
Debbie: Thanks. Pete brought them for me.
Pete: Yeah. Well, I-I'm sure Scott does that kind of stuff for you, too, Buffy.
Scott: Oh, well, we're not up to flowers. (to Buffy) Are we? Up to flowers? Did I miss flowers?
Buffy: (reassuringly) No. We're pre-posy. Definitely.

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Media Consumption 9/28/2025

I listened to a couple of early Beach Boys albums and it really struck me how some songs I've heard a millions times, and some I've never heard before in my life.

I'm re-watching Succession.

I'm reading a book entitled The Maid and the the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc by Nancy Goldstone. It's a non-fiction book about Joan of Arc and and a woman I had never heard of: Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily.

I've also started Squee from the Margins: Fandom and Race, by Rukmini Pande.

I'm still listening to selected episodes from Dan Snow's history hit podcast. The 7/30/2024 episode about Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart was the first episode to make me cry.
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Susan Dennis ([personal profile] susandennis) wrote2025-09-28 09:20 am
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Hispanic Heritage Month

Many of our workers are of Hispanic heritage. Lots and lots of them have very little English (But, even those, have way more English than I have Any Other Language At all.) Most, I believe, have Spanish as their native tongue but that covers a lot of politicals. So this month Timber Ridge put up a giant poster of Hispanic countries. They put little yellow rectangles of paper with pins and pens on the table next to the poster. Then they asked everyone to put their names on their country's flag. It's the coolest thing!!!

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Turns out my house cleaner is from Ecuador(this is corrected the next day - i'm blaming the original misspelling on autocorrect). I just wikipedia'd the shit out of Equator and found out I didn't know shit about it. Tatania (my house cleaner) is the only one here from Equator. Anyway, the map is amazing and it's great fun to see where everyone is from.

This morning, I did my new swim+brunch thing. The swim was great. The brunch was not spectacular BUT it was definitely OK and I did not have to cook it or clean up any dishes other than my fork so that is a win in my book. Turns out there is no aqua stretch class tomorrow so I'll probably lap in the morning but no brunch.

Today is the last day of regular season baseball. All games start at the same time which is always kind of freaky. Next week is a round of playoffs to secure the teams who will view for the respective divisions. We get to skip that round. So the next Mariners game (and the next Phillies game) is next Saturday. There are still playoff decisions being decided today - one in each division of each league. Very symmetrical. Once those games have been decided then they will, hopefully, publish the times of all the various playoff games.

In former years, this is the day that starts my winter life. I go back to watching episodic TV and put off thinking about baseball until February. This year is sure different.

Last night, I was stumbling around the Google Photo app trying to make today's collage and I hit the wrong button and discovered something called Remix. It applies AI to a photo of your choice with astonishing results. I used a couple of photos of me with a couple of their options and pretty much got a drawings of Hillary Clinton.

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This one came the closest to me but is not me.

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I paid $10 for the drawing of me that is my profile pic and it is still the closest to the real me. But this remix stuff is sure fun. I finally did it so many times that google says I have to upgrade my AI or wait until 8 pm tonight to try again. Maybe tonight, I'll take one of the new ones and the old one and see if I can get Mr. AI to morph them into something.

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, September 27

GILES: I never wanted you to see that side of me.
BUFFY: I'm not gonna lie to you. It was scary. I'm so used to you being a grownup, and... then I find out that you're a person.
GILES: Most grownups are.
BUFFY: Who would've thought?
GILES: Some are even, uh... shortsighted, foolish people.

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Susan Dennis ([personal profile] susandennis) wrote2025-09-27 09:14 am
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Saturday

The Mariners lost last night which means they will not be seeded which means they will not get home field advantage automatically. Which is not a big deal. BUT it also means that tonight's game and tomorrow's game do not matter one little bit. I will likely watch on mute. I'm so over these broadcasters. Happily, tomorrow is their last Mariner game this year. We get network yahoos from here on out.

But the big Mariner news is the network. The network they have used to televise their games for the past 15ish years is being dissolved. The Mariners own the network and it sucks so dissolving it is a tragedy really only for the 25 people it puts out of work. Hopefully, they can find jobs elsewhere. It will probably mean that I can pay a little less to get the games on TV. It will not change the horrible broadcaster situation, more's the pity.

Elbow coffee was Bonny's National Shake Iut Day preparedness. It's not until October 16 but Timber Ridge has a whole Todo about it. Bonny and Dick are in charge of us but Dick is still recuperating so Bonny's doing it all (and it's kind of a heavy lift). She did a great job. Ingrid showed up early and quickly had a table pounding meltdown when Bonny asked her to move over a chair to make room for Joan. "If Joan wants me to move she can ask me herself!!! I am not an old person!!!" And then she left so the whole meeting was very cordial and productive since she wasn't there to complicate the situation.

Volleyball was good and I just folded up the laundry that I put in before Elbow coffee. So I'm pretty much all caught up except for lunch. I do want to go to Safeway but I'm too hungry to do it now. Maybe later or tomorrow.

I have TV to watch and I'm listening to Mary Roach's latest and it's about replacing body parts - Replaceable You. It's really good but complicated. I'm going to have to listen to the whole thing again. Also I want to listen to Project Hail Mary again. I read it when it first came out but I think I need a re-read.

But first... lunch. I am starving.
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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Friday, September 26th

TARA: Good god, that's a lot of shake. (Dawn nods) I mean, I know, part of our... big... movie and milkshake fun day, but... good god, that's a lot of shake.
DAWN: (laughs) Helps to wash down the Raisinettes.
TARA: Promise me that you will eat something green tonight. Leafy green, not... gummi green.

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Still wallowing

I'm still wallowing in the wonderfulness of finding the prize in Biggie's shit yesterday. Also, had I not been eagle eyeing his ever elimination, it's a little freaky to me how easily I could have missed it. And I then wonder how much junk he's eaten over the years and just shit out and I never knew anything about it. That cat!

Hazel came back yesterday afternoon, with John! She wheeled him right in. He was in good spirits but looks like death is way sooner than later. He's shrunken down so his teeth are now way too big for his face. I notarized their signatures and we visited a little and then she wheeled him out. I hope he does not have to last much longer.

I got the computer work all finished for Bonny and helped out the guy who made up the spreadsheet. He's pretty good at Excel but is clueless to most every other computer nuance. It's really interesting. BUT he's a great example of 'only answer his questions. do not offer up any other info.' He's happy in his little Excel world and I am happy that I had the restraint enough to leave him there.

I get a daily newsletter from a kid who covers mostly American Politics. He's a great writer and has kept me up to speed for years now with his Wake Up To Politics newsletter. But this morning's issue describes in numbers and text how I am not up to speed at all. He explains where everyone younger than me is getting their news. (Tiktok, Youtube, podcasts) He describes people, on the left and the right, who those younger than me are getting their political information from - vast and impressive numbers of those people - and I have only heard of one of the 20 or so people and programs he mentions. Holy fuck. Now I feel clueless but I can also live with that. I've tried to latch onto Tiktok more than once and just don't have the juju.

Regardless of what happens in the rest of the MLB, the Mariners first post season game will be Saturday, October 4. (That's also the day of the first post season Phillies game.) Somehow I had it in my head that I would need to buy a Hulu Live or YouTube.TV service to get the playoff games, but no. All the Mariners and Phillies games will be on Fox or TBS both of which I get with Timber Ridge free cable. I might buy a month of Hulu Live so I can watch the games in the bedroom. And watch some other stuff I want to watch but maybe not. I cannot tell if I can watch any of the wildcard series that precedes October 4 but I don't really care about those games much anyway.

I skipped swimming laps on Wednesday and my elbow felt so much better. I think maybe I'll skip today as well and start in again on Sunday. Today I plan to do a little puzzling, a lot of knitting and watching TV.
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WHAT the fuck?

WAY out of sync here - I wrote this up yesterday morning just after the entry with Biggie sitting in the window hammock. And then just flat forgot to post it!

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I am at the center of a jillion coincidences OR the universe is just fucking with me OR I was taken by the rapture and what's left is stuggling without the business end.

I *think* all my issues are internet but I cannot be sure. The TV went first. Some apps just would not work. Would not load. OR would load and then hit a error. But others worked fine. Rebooting the TV did nothing. Rebooting the router did nothing. And then it would all work again. This has been going on for a couple of days. Yesterday the app for Mariners baseball worked on the phone but not on the TV. Then on the computer but not the phone. Then the TV and phone but not the computer.

This morning, I could not get to dreamwidth. I kept getting the default xfinity 'download the app' page. Which should mean that my own network has a problem. So I switched to Timber Ridges. I finally got in but then went to BECU and every time I hit the login button it just blinked at me. Finally I went to an incognito tab and was able to log in but everything else hosed. On my phone (using mobile data only) I got a bizarre security message.

Finally, I backed out of my own network which forced my Chromebook to make me re-sign in with a password and also rebooted the modem (when trouble shooting NEVER make two moves like this at the same time. Stupid). Anyway one or the other of those seems to have worked. At least on the computer side. I don't know yet about the TV.

In the middle of trying to put some critical info into my bank website, Bonny came in 'I need your help with the black box' and the phone ran - it was the vet's office. TAKE A NUMBER, PEOPLE!

The vet had called earlier to check on Biggie and I reported about the issues and she suggested I get a tech appointment for this afternoon and have them re-xray. so I did. 3:30. Hopefully, I either won't need it - he will have pooped. OR they can x-ray and cut. (He just came out of the bedroom and hopped up to the kitchen counter where his food is. And now he's actually eating. So who the fuck knows what's going on.) The vet person did say that Biggie's slightly un-normal behaviors could well be from the drugs he got yesterday.

I got the bank done and then Bonny. Bonny signed up to help with disaster preparedness because there was nobody else to do it. I told her I'd be her computer (some stuff needs to be recorded and reported) cause no way am I going to be the front person. She couldn't get into the box of stuff for our floor. Each floor has a black box of emergency supplies. It's one of those giant toolbox things that is hard to figure out if you have never seen one. I figured it out and showed her and we got what she needed and she said she'd be back if/when she needed computer shit.

And then I got dressed.

Oh and I played volleyball and my elbow did not hurt one tiny little bit! I was wearing a brace but still. On Tuesday it hurt a lot. I wonder if taking a day off from abusing it - since I did not swim yesterday - helped. hmmmm. Anyway nice to have it back.

Oh oh oh oh and the Mariner game - even having to swap out devices a million times - was fab. They won the division title and so a bye in a big step to the World Series. AND... Cal Raleigh hit his 59th home run and then, because why the fuck not, in the bottom of the 8th, he hit his 60th. With his parents (from North Carolina) in the stands. Pretty fucking sweet. The whole thing.

Ok, so now it's just Biggie watch until after lunch when I have to decide whether or not to cancel the vet appointment. If he continues to eat and be Biggie, I guess I will. I don't need to pay for another round of x-rays that will probably show nothing (since x-rays have a hard time showing stuff like the bit he ate).

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Susan Dennis ([personal profile] susandennis) wrote2025-09-25 03:49 pm
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Do the Happy Dance with us!!!

Holy shit! HE POOPED IT OUT!!!!!!!!!

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I can hardly believe it, I'm so relieved.
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