The weekend spirals down.
Jan. 4th, 2005 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsSunday: We woke up pretty late, but not so late that we couldn't slow down for a decent breakfast before heading out to Costco for our monthly grocery supplies. Kouryou-chan was rather rambunctious the whole time, obviously bored out of her mind, but we tried to make it as quick as possible before heading home and doing the divvying of the meats and other freezer items.
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tygereclipse's moving-out day. I helped her load her bed onto the roof of the car and then tied it down while she babied her orchids into the back seats and her laundry and food into the hatchback. It was very sad; I'm gonna miss her, she always smelled good, and was such fun around the house. On the other hand, the chaos and confusion she sometimes leaves in her wake... she'll have to work on that. We stopped by some department store to get her sheets and blankets, and then I drove her to her new place. Her roomates trooped out to help her move her stuff and in a matter of minutes the car was clean and her apartment cluttered. I hope she's happier there.
Monday: Omaha's Filing Day. Omaha had made, as one of her resolutions, to get all of her filing done and timely. So after dropping Kouryou-chan off at school, we stopped by the office supply joint for folders, the post office to drop off some after-Christmas packages, and then home, where we re-arranged the office, used up a few of the storage binsshastaw had given us (thank you so much!), and then I got out of Omaha's way so she could start.
I went out to run some errands like buying cat food and getting caught up on some reading, stopping by Wonderworld. I picked up one comic to keep up-to-date on my reading, and spent a few moments talking to the proprietor. 2004 apparently was a crappy year for many comic retailers; even WotC's retail closures didn't help his bottom line at all. I love Wonderworld; here's hoping 2005 will be a better year for everybody.
I picked up Kouryou-chan from school and took her to the park. One other girl was there with her elder sister, and she and Kouryou-chan played off each other perfectly, making ad-hoc foot races the order of the day. I was exhausted and frozen when we finally made it home, around 4pm (and sundown). I made dinner, French onion soup with a baguette and Gruyere cheese... wow, yummy. (Small modifications to the recipe: for the onions, use half Walla-Wallas, half red onions. Add 1/4 tsp pepper with the salt and sugar. The 30 minute simmer time is a minimum; ideally, it should be more like 2 hours. You can cube the bread for easier distribution. Add 1/2 cup Parmesean to the Gruyere if you like. Use the broiler! Just baking it is lame.)
Then I took Kouryou-chan out to Kidopolis where again she met up with another girl her age and they proceeded to tear the place up. It was another opportunity for Omaha to get more filing done.
After we got home, Omaha put Kouryou-chan to bed and I cleaned up the kitchen, taking out the trash and the compost. The counters are cleaned, the floors swept, all is good. And I'm off to bed.
It was also
tygereclipse's moving-out day. I helped her load her bed onto the roof of the car and then tied it down while she babied her orchids into the back seats and her laundry and food into the hatchback. It was very sad; I'm gonna miss her, she always smelled good, and was such fun around the house. On the other hand, the chaos and confusion she sometimes leaves in her wake... she'll have to work on that. We stopped by some department store to get her sheets and blankets, and then I drove her to her new place. Her roomates trooped out to help her move her stuff and in a matter of minutes the car was clean and her apartment cluttered. I hope she's happier there.Monday: Omaha's Filing Day. Omaha had made, as one of her resolutions, to get all of her filing done and timely. So after dropping Kouryou-chan off at school, we stopped by the office supply joint for folders, the post office to drop off some after-Christmas packages, and then home, where we re-arranged the office, used up a few of the storage bins
shastaw had given us (thank you so much!), and then I got out of Omaha's way so she could start.I went out to run some errands like buying cat food and getting caught up on some reading, stopping by Wonderworld. I picked up one comic to keep up-to-date on my reading, and spent a few moments talking to the proprietor. 2004 apparently was a crappy year for many comic retailers; even WotC's retail closures didn't help his bottom line at all. I love Wonderworld; here's hoping 2005 will be a better year for everybody.
I picked up Kouryou-chan from school and took her to the park. One other girl was there with her elder sister, and she and Kouryou-chan played off each other perfectly, making ad-hoc foot races the order of the day. I was exhausted and frozen when we finally made it home, around 4pm (and sundown). I made dinner, French onion soup with a baguette and Gruyere cheese... wow, yummy. (Small modifications to the recipe: for the onions, use half Walla-Wallas, half red onions. Add 1/4 tsp pepper with the salt and sugar. The 30 minute simmer time is a minimum; ideally, it should be more like 2 hours. You can cube the bread for easier distribution. Add 1/2 cup Parmesean to the Gruyere if you like. Use the broiler! Just baking it is lame.)
Then I took Kouryou-chan out to Kidopolis where again she met up with another girl her age and they proceeded to tear the place up. It was another opportunity for Omaha to get more filing done.
After we got home, Omaha put Kouryou-chan to bed and I cleaned up the kitchen, taking out the trash and the compost. The counters are cleaned, the floors swept, all is good. And I'm off to bed.
