December 17, 2009
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Slow Thursday
I spent most of my day reading blogs and other internet material, and I read part of a novel, too.
I taught my compter class at the Council on Aging this afternoon, and it was a challenge. I’m actually seeing some progress, though. Two ladies (ages 60 and 65) are getting pretty good with the mouse, and the 82 year old lady got to the point by the end of the class that she was able to use the mouse to move cards in Solitaire. Halfway through the class one of the other students suggested she take the biggest monitor we have. Once she could actually see what was on the screen, she did okay. The 82 year old has a wonderful sense of humor. We were originally going to go for 2 hours, but an hour an 45 minutes into it they all declared they were brain dead. I was brain dead and physicaly exhausted (from having to move between three computers constantly), so we called it quits. We’ll have some more classes in January.
In other news, tonight I invented a new snack. I was desperate around nine o’clock, so I searched through our refrigerator. I found a package of grated sharp cheddar cheese and a tub of bacon and horseradish dip. I put the cheese on Ritz crackers, and I put a dollop of that dip on each one. I ran them through the microwave for ten seconds, and the result was a delicious savory snack. We have a ton of sweet stuff, as one accumulates around Christmas, and I ate my share of that, too. But then I wanted savory, and the cheese and dip snack hit the spot. Try it. You might like it. It might make a decent hors d’oeuvres, too, but you have to nuke the stuff on a paper plate and transfer it to a serving plate so you don’t have the mess the melted cheese and dip make. Don’t throw the paper plate away, though. When the guests are gone, run it through the microwave again and lick the goodness from the plate in private.
Frugal Hostess: If you use this, make sure you give credit. Call it an old family recipe that has been passed down for generations. Never mind that bacaon and horseradish dip was probaby a creation of the 1970′s. The Frugal Hostess is my daughter, Susan, and she truly does have some wonderful ideas and recipes on her website. Plus, she’s a brilliant writer, and she’s funny as hell. Check out her blog. She and her husband are both gourmet cooks, and they’re both into the locally grown, organic food thing.
Her husband, Sean, is in town right now doing carpenter-type work for various family members. He called me today to tell me he was passing our neighborhood on the highway and he’d just call to say hi. I didn’t have time to talk to him because I was literally walking out of the house to go to my computer class when he called on the house phone. He has one of the best senses of humor of anyone I have ever known, and I wish I had had time to talk to him. They’ll be here for Christmas, though, and I have a surprise for him. It’s not a Christmas present in the sense he’ll be able to take it home, but it will always be here for him when he visits. I won this surprise in an auction on November 7th, and I bid on it for you, Sean. I didn’t get Mike anything special. Yet.
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