Monday, November 28, 2022

I'm Puzzled

 Is it just me or are the days screaming by faster than a speeding train?  It feels like Groundhog Day.  Except today ..... the painters return.  My mornings of wandering the house in my 35 year old bath robe are gone.  Yessirree ... I've had this bright red floor length beauty for 32 years and it's still going strong.  It came from an era when they made things to last more than six weeks.  Too bad there will be no more lounging until the painting is finished.

Here's my first fifteen minutes ... every morning.  It's why we can't have nice things in our house.  It just took me 30 minutes to figure out how to air drop it to my computer.  I was puzzled because my email provider only allows 38 mb to be sent over the airwaves.  My file said it had 31, but it refused to send it.  Now I just have to figure out how to block every other person or business in the world who will be sending me stuff.

My second trip Saturday was to the fabric store.  Where else would I go on a busy holiday and have to brave the traffic except to buy fabric.  I was shocked that hardly anyone was on the highway and NO ONE in the store except me.  I thought maybe I had stepped into the Twilight Zone.  

Sadly, it only took me five minutes to find these two pieces.  I didn't even walk the store to see what else I might find.  I've got painting to pay for, so NO Nancy ... you can't have any more fabric!


BUT WAIT .... what should I see but a jigsaw puzzle about quilting!!  I didn't even know they made these, let alone sell them at the store.  It was even on sale ... but not really a bargain.


Once home I immediately spread it out on my huge coffee table.  It doesn't look so big here, but it is ginormous and now completely covered with puzzle pieces.  This will certainly help wile away the hours.  I spent two whole hours just getting those small pieces at the bottom together.  Patsy ... HELP!!!!  I am SO puzzled now!!


Having finally polished off the last of the cookies, I thought maybe I had the ingredients for another glorious batch of brown butter beauties.  Has anyone ever tried this?  You have to brown the butter in a pan before adding it to the rest of the ingredients.  

That's two cubes of butter .... or at least it WAS.  Good grief ... I even had it on the smallest burner at mid heat.  Suddenly it started to foam up.  I stirred.  It foamed more ... I stirred faster.  In a flash, even as I lifted it OFF the heat, it overflowed like lava with no end in sight.  I grabbed a BIGGER pot from the drawer below and dumped it in while I watched in horror as it just kept expanding and expanding!!

Too bad I wasn't fast enough on the draw.  I looked down to see butter running off the counter down the entire front of my beautiful wood cabinets.  I'm sure the neighbors heard me yelling NOOOOOOOOO!


Big sigh ..... I cleaned up the mess (scrubbing outside the drawers, inside the drawers and the entire floor), plopped another cube of butter into the pan and began again.  This time ... with a gallon pot ... nothing boiled over and I made these lovely cookies.  Too bad they are not as good as the first batch.  I didn't have any caramel bits and I only added white chocolate chips.  All white chips are not alike.  Buy the good ones, not the cheapies with no flavor.  It's okay ... you know me, I'll eat them anyway.


I'm also puzzled by a beep beep beep I heard this morning.  It's nothing like I've ever encountered before.  I walked one direction ... nope it's back there.  I walked that way ... nope, it's over there.  I'm again puzzled because I don't have any devices that beep like that.  It's not even the normal fire alarm battery beep.

Finally I realize it's my alarm panel.  Apparently I have to replace the batteries in the motion detectors?  Who knew?  This should be fun, right?  Another device that I have no clue how to open up, let alone replace the battery.  And what size battery?  I guess that will be my problem of the day to solve.  

Of course if there's one, there's six more!!  This should be good for a laugh!!!  The perfect way to start off a Monday!!


16 comments:

  1. I'll bet there is a youtube out there somewhere showing you how to change the batteries, and the size you need too.

    Thought of Patsy when you first mentioned the puzzle...I have not done a puzzle for 20+ years now.

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    1. Funny how there's a YouTube for everything, if you have the exact model # that is.

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  2. That is a big puzzle with a gazillion tiny pieces, I see frustration in your future. Cooper may enjoy snacking on a few pieces too.
    You could ask the painters about the beeping, nice gents usually want to assist, you can watch and see how it’s done! Lol of course you and I are alike and wouldn’t do that but find the fix ourselves. However it is an option! Good luck.

    Deb

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    1. You are right Deb ... I would find the fix myself! LOL

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  3. Woah, that puzzle is intimidating! I do not think I have the patience to something like that.

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  4. If it’s a video turn it into a file. if it’s text compress it to a PDF
    On your Mac Laptop tablet or phone you have options

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    1. I will definitely check into that. I'm not sure I can do that on my phone, but it's worth a shot! THANK YOU!

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  5. Ha, ha, learning about cooking butter. I did it with a lot more butter. The first thing a recipe should say on the subject is use a much larger pot then you think. Isn't butter real fun to clean up. :O) Nothing like, learn by doing though. Cooper seems to have it made living with you. :O)
    Bobseyes.net

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    1. It makes me feel better that I'm not the only one who has done that. It taught me a lesson rather quickly!!

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  6. No fun when batteries go dead for the first time and you have to figure out how to change them and with what? Where do find the time to put puzzles together with everything else you're doing. I ran out of of sweet two days ago and I would give anything to have some cookie dough right now. Tomorrow is Walmart Day!

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    1. It's funny how there's not enough time in the day any more!! As to the batteries, I do like a challenge!

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  7. That video looks all too familiar!! Both Clemson and Gibbs. Ooh. The brown butter story!! What a mess but those cookies look great!
    Now. That puzzle!! It looks like fun!!

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    1. A BIG mess! Nothing like cleaning up something really greasy. I'm saving the puzzle for you Patsy!

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  8. I’m amazed at how long your painters/restorers are
    working at your house. Hope their bill isn’t a huge shock.
    That puzzle is going to give you hours of pleasure or
    angst. Ha
    Your butter boiling up..... could it have lots of additives
    in it? There is a difference in our butter choices.
    The result cookies look so yummy!! I love a good cookie!
    Linda a.

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    1. Oh I'm sure I will be shocked at the bill. Seems like they are taking forever to me too. The butter ... it was plain old stick butter, so I've no idea other than I had the heat too high.

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