I could eat a 1/2 dozen with a hot cup of coffee. Delicious.

 

I hear ya! Even after eating a bunch of pizza, it was a struggle to stop at just two!

 

 

Good morning everyone.

Slow start to work is getting slower. There's a breakfast being served somewhere in the hangar, and everyone has gone to it. Well, a few people(like me) didn't. I'll enjoy the extended break. I'm going to lunch today anyway.

Chris I'm not a beer person but one sounds good. Two sounds better. And pizza sounds good anytime.

Think I'll wash the Mercedes this afternoon. Maybe get a battery for it. I keep saying I want to sell it but I put no effort into doing that. So today is the day. I wish I knew someone who was into these cars and could tell me what it's worth. I know I'm gonna take a bath on it but I want to minimize doing so.

Donuts! Roy brought donuts. I'm pretty sure they will be better than anything they're getting in the hangar. Hope everyone has a good day. Hump Day!

 

Put away Olds yesterday- what a downer... Weather has been soooooo nice we went for a boat ride yesterday- i guess I will take boat out today- Hate to. There is only 6 boats left out on lake as of 10/29. Neighbor told of how last year she and hubby left their boat out until there was a 1/2" ice covering on lake! She said it was noisy and a little scarry taking it over to boat launch!

 

There ya go, the breakfast of Champions! I'm proud of ya, ya held out for the good stuff!

 

Don't ya just wonder where in the hell summer went? I can't believe Winter is just around the corner. I won't put my car away for good for a few weeks yet. I bet that trip to the boat launch for your neighbors was nerve wracking. Sounds like a mini-version of Titanic!

 

Mines going into storage in about an hour.

 

Not really...

 

Norm - Just to play Devil's advocate, wouldn't you consider those to be Fall temps, certainly don't look like Summer to me?

 

I have no idea why it's called a Tuxedo Bar Cake. I knew it had to come home w/ me. Tasty...

 

Norm - It does look tasty!
I looked up Tuxedo Bar Cake and found this definition: "Tuxedo bar cakes often have layers of chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, white chocolate mousse, and chocolate ganache. The cake can also include a cream cheese mousse layer." Layers, I'm not seeing it???

Must be cake night though. Wife made her Triple chocolate, cherry cake. Devils Food cake with chocolate chips and cherry pie filling in the cake batter, with chocolate fudge icing. You can see the cherries thru the glass in the 2nd pic. Nope, I'm not trading!

 

Chris - Nam, nam, nam, nam, nam that looks great. Yeah, this Tuxedo Bar Cake has none of that stuff - no layers of anything especially no layers of mousse. I'd love a layer of chocolate ganache. I love chocolate mousse. Ah well, live & learn.

 

Hell, layers or no layers, if it's sweet and tastes good that's all that matters. I just like to have something sweet after dinner!

 

I'm going to eat another piece...maybe I missed something first time.

 

I amped the meatloaf recipe up 50% to make three instead of two. Should be done here shortly.

 

Hell ya! 👍

 

John - Fresh meatloaf hot out of the oven. Nam, nam, nam, nam, nam. I'm stuffed but I could tackle a piece. Enjoy.

Chris - Good luck w/ the front passing through St. Louie ~3am tomorrow morning. That's a pretty tight frontal boundary - tightly packed isobars = strong high pressure & strong winds. Batten down the hatches.

 

Norm -.Thanks for the warning. I knew it was coming thru overnight and early morning, but haven't read anything about it being possibly severe. I was more worried about it getting past us by tomorrow evening so the grandkids could enjoy their Halloween.

 

little watery. Had no milk, used water. Still good. Lots of leftovers

 

John - That looks delicious, I love meatloaf! 👍

 

Meatloaf looks great! Didn't end up getting boat out of water yesterday, maybe today- if not raining.

 

Good morning everyone.

Friday for me. Quick flight to Daytona tomorrow and I'll be amongst friends I don't see very often.

Can't beat meatloaf.

Felt pretty good this morning but suddenly the touch and goes hit me and I can't keep my eyes open. Maybe a walk down to the roll up door is in order.

Hope everyone has a good day.

 

The front didn't turn out to be too bad. Fairly strong wind and heavy rain, but not alot of lightning/thunder which I was thankful for, for Monty's sake..

Escaped the usual dog trauma from lightening/thunder only to be rudely awakened by a thunderous crash in our bedroom at 0700. One of the fairly heavy curtain rod brackets came loose from the heavy duty double sided tape holding it up and the metal rod crashed onto the wood floor making a helluva racket. Scared the bejesus out of all of us! That got both the dogs up, who then both had to go outside to do their business, one at a time of course, first one, then the other. Since it was still lightly raining, both needed to wiped down before they could get back into bed, needless to say I was wide awake by this point and just stayed up.

PT this morning at 1030.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

Chris - Nice you made it through unscathed. My H.D. curtain rod brackets are all screwed into wall studs. That's a helluva wakening.

 

Mike got the itis, at least temporarily.

Rain came through this AM, pouring. I heard water pounding my sidewalk, so I went outside, got up on my brick patio wall, reached up, and grabbed a clump of leaves off my downspout screen and got those pipes running better. Otherwise, I can get a small puddle in the basement right there, although my house system does move a lot of water. On the new house, I need better gutters.

I don't use double sided tape to hold anything up. Screw those into studs, Chris. Drill pilots first.

 

This house (built 1931) never had any gutters. We get lots of rain here. So, standing water easily accumulates near the house & crawlspace. I hired a company to install new gutters w/ gutter guards ~ six years after purchase. Nothing too fancy - nothing elaborate. Simple painted (white) aluminum gutters with gutter guards. I installed lengths of gutter downspout extensions in select locations to move water a significant distance away from the house perimeter.

 

My house had 4" gutters when I moved in. I was all the time getting up and cleaning them out. When I got a new roof and gutters in 2013, they put up 6" gutters. That must be the norm these days. I think I clean out the gutters once a year now. Holy Toledo do they flow a lot of water.

Slow morning. The retriever is breaking down with regularity and no one is in a hurry to do anything. We're having a Veteran's Day thing today and tomorrow, mostly tomorrow, and there will be military planes and people, probably some Jeeps, displays, people talking. Might be some cake but generally no food. It's fun to walk around and look at the planes. That may be a destination after lunch for when the retriever breaks down, again.

 

Wasn't originally my project, wife hung the curtains. Already told my wife the screws are going in, she agreed.

 

Chris - Good idea. Double-sided tape is/was holding up heavy curtain rod brackets by nothing more than a thin film of "paint".

 

The curtains are sheers, and even though floor length, they're not very heavy, and they don't get messed with because the blinds are there to shut out light or for privacy. They're essentially just decorative.

 

You said I'm not interested in tit-for-tat regarding what you consider a fairly heavy curtain rod bracket, but other than decorative appearance if the drapes don't weigh enough to justify a fairly heavy curtain rod bracket it appears you don't need a fairly heavy curtain rod bracket, right? I'd never use double-sided tape held up by a thin layer of paint to support any curtain rod + bracket - not even a picture. But, you've already stated the brackets are getting screwed into wall studs - so, I'm at a loss as to the significance here?

 

I wasn't trying to post anything contrary to what you (or I) had already said. Just showing you what I am dealing with, and that I will probably be fine getting away with the standard drywall type anchors/supports for the screws vs. needing to have them into the studs.

 

Standard drywall type anchors/screws should suffice (far, far better than double-sided tape).

 

Norm, come on, he already said he was putting the screws to her...

 

Y'all have inspired mw. I saw a meatloaf recipe with coated carnalized onions with gruyere , I know I've cooked hundreds of meatloaves but I'm gonna try this one this weekend

 

I cook/bake more in winter months (seems logical). Recently, I've thought I need to create a list of recipes/things I want to cook/bake this winter. Topping my list will be Mom's recipe for German Chocolate Cake + homemade icing. She has an awesome recipe for Baked Cabbage, as well. I'm a list type person.

 

x2

 

First I have to create the list....."eventually" I will.

 

My house is fake wood horizontal blinds. They look good. Problem is, I leave them mostly shut, and turn a light on when I use the room. A little more light without opening them would be good, but I try to protect the floors from light, too.