Rep Retirement Lodge 83: Hot Toddies and Cool Weather

[Greyeagle]

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Ug, I've caught my wife's cold.

Your an idiot.

Too funny.

 

[leswp1]

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Your Mum was at the bus-stop? Mine was 1/2 mile away eating breakfast at home..

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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Bonjour lodge.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Umm, appearantly, when I ask him. So, like, 11:30 last night or so.

Congrats

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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Your Mum was at the bus-stop? Mine was 1/2 mile away eating breakfast at home..

Yeah--our stop was at the end of our 1/4 mile long driveway along a somewhat major highway for our town, and the bus came at 6:45 in the morning, and I was the only one picked up there. Somehow, this was a "no" under my parent's strange protectiveness, but listening to Bob and Tom wasn't.

 

[wolverineTrumpet]

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Congrats

Thanks

I'm happy. I know it's just a silly label...but I like being able to call him my boyfriend. Maybe it's the possesive part, my boyfriend. I'm greedy and possesive. And I really like this man. I'm hoping things will continue to go well.

 

[Gonzo]

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Morning Lodge

wT, how's the new home working out? I was thinking of you and some other new homeowners I know while removing some 35+ year old junipers and other shrubs from the south side of my home the other day. I can definitely see myself and Mrs. in a town home in the next 10-15 years. I'm growing weary of the maintenance inside and outside the house. There's ALWAYS something to do

 

[wolverineTrumpet]

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Morning Lodge

wT, how's the new home working out? I was thinking of you and some other new homeowners I know while removing some 35+ year old junipers and other shrubs from the south side of my home the other day. I can definitely see myself and Mrs. in a town home in the next 10-15 years. I'm growing weary of the maintenance inside and outside the house. There's ALWAYS something to do

The new house is awesome. I just need to unpack and settle in. I also need to find a lawn mowing service as the lawn mowing fairy has shown up twice now but I don't want to continue to take advantage of my friend that lives down the street.

So far I've been enjoying things like putting up blinds, painting, etc. And I don't mind yard work...I just can't mow due to allergies.

We'll see how soon I start complaining about the place being a money pit and too much work. For now though, I love it.

 

[Greyeagle]

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I can definitely see myself and Mrs. in a town home in the next 10-15 years. I'm growing weary of the maintenance inside and outside the house. There's ALWAYS something to do

I can see that for (the long suffering) Mrs. Eagle & me too, maybe sooner. My house is ~95 years old.....tons O'maintenance. We are five years from both kids being out of HS and I'd love to make the move then; preferably to the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of St. Paul.

The hard part will talking the boss into it.

 

[melmac]

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I can see that for (the long suffering) Mrs. Eagle & me too, maybe sooner. My house is ~95 years old.....tons O'maintenance. We are five years from both kids being out of HS and I'd love to make the move then; preferably to the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of St. Paul.

The hard part will talking the boss into it.

Just lay down the law and tell her what is.
Then, when you wake up, try to twist it so that she thinks it's her idea.

 

[Greyeagle]

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Just lay down the law and tell her what is.
Then, when you wake up, try to twist it so that she thinks it's her idea.

Bingo!
We also have a lake place about 45 minutes north of the Twin Cities that we bought from her parents several years ago. The master plan includes nuking the dumpy little cabin that currently squats on the property and build a small home there - where she can get her gardening fix.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Morning Lodge

wT, how's the new home working out? I was thinking of you and some other new homeowners I know while removing some 35+ year old junipers and other shrubs from the south side of my home the other day. I can definitely see myself and Mrs. in a town home in the next 10-15 years. I'm growing weary of the maintenance inside and outside the house. There's ALWAYS something to do

I can see that for (the long suffering) Mrs. Eagle & me too, maybe sooner. My house is ~95 years old.....tons O'maintenance. We are five years from both kids being out of HS and I'd love to make the move then; preferably to the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of St. Paul.

The hard part will talking the boss into it.

My parents stepped down to a townhome after I headed off to Tech in '05. Of course, they proceeded to build a second vacation home to eat up the would-be gain in sweat equity.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Morning Lodge

wT, how's the new home working out? I was thinking of you and some other new homeowners I know while removing some 35+ year old junipers and other shrubs from the south side of my home the other day. I can definitely see myself and Mrs. in a town home in the next 10-15 years. I'm growing weary of the maintenance inside and outside the house. There's ALWAYS something to do

One town home for you, one town home for the chicken coop?

Morning, Lodge.

 

[bostonewe]

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My advice is that you simply braise with Guinness and don't reduce it. I've always heard that porters and stouts get really bitter if you try to reduce them. I once had high hopes for a reduction of two cans KBC Amber as a "sauce" experiment for some bratwurst (I was out of buns). I reduced it to a thinnish syrup and it turned out bitter.

If I do end up doing this, I'm thinking of reducing it and adding a bit of honey, ancho, and salt.
Might also be used with tomato paste and vinegar to make a homemade bbq sauce?

gmann, have you met mookie? mookie, this is gmann.

gmann, mookie has an affinity for Asians, and presumably hookers, too. mookie, it gmann has recently become an Asian hooker. I'm sure you two'll hit it off splendidly.

*thumbs up*

Morning from the hell hole.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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The new house is awesome. I just need to unpack and settle in. I also need to find a lawn mowing service as the lawn mowing fairy has shown up twice now but I don't want to continue to take advantage of my friend that lives down the street.

So far I've been enjoying things like putting up blinds, painting, etc. And I don't mind yard work...I just can't mow due to allergies.

We'll see how soon I start complaining about the place being a money pit and too much work. For now though, I love it.

Wait...I thought you wrapped up the lawn mowing service at 11:30 last night

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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If I do end up doing this, I'm thinking of reducing it and adding a bit of honey, ancho, and salt.
Might also be used with tomato paste and vinegar to make a homemade bbq sauce?


*thumbs up*

Morning from the hell hole.

The second one sounds like so much win.

Wait...I thought you wrapped up the lawn mowing service at 11:30 last night

He has a point, wT...

 

[Gonzo]

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One town home for you, one town home for the chicken coop?

Morning, Lodge.

Good point. I can see having a handful of egg layers as long as I'm able to tend to them easily, but I don't think I'll have as many as I do now.

 

[Swansong]

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If I do end up doing this, I'm thinking of reducing it and adding a bit of honey, ancho, and salt.
Might also be used with tomato paste and vinegar to make a homemade bbq sauce?

My parents had a nice bbq a couple weeks ago and asked me to handle cooking the huge rack of ribs they bought. And, naturally, only had half a bottle of actual barbecue sauce.

So, with the help of a crapload of brown sugar, honey, molasses, vinegar, onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper and a few other things, I turned a bottle of Hunts Ketchup into a totally righteous home-made barbecue sauce. Sometimes, I impress even myself.


Also, for some reason, I kept typing "sause" instead of "sauce" there.

 

[bostonewe]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 83: Hot Toddies and Cool Weather

My parents had a nice bbq a couple weeks ago and asked me to handle cooking the huge rack of ribs they bought. And, naturally, only had half a bottle of actual barbecue sauce.

So, with the help of a crapload of brown sugar, honey, molasses, vinegar, onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper and a few other things, I turned a bottle of Hunts Ketchup into a totally righteous home-made barbecue sauce. Sometimes, I impress even myself.

That sounds awesome.

(heh -- huge rack...)

 

[wolverineTrumpet]

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Wait...I thought you wrapped up the lawn mowing service at 11:30 last night

He has a point, wT...

Hmm...I hadn't thought about that. The bf had previously stated if he still had his truck and a means of getting his lawn mower to my place he'd take care of it. So maybe if I buy a lawn mower I can get the bf to do the mowing. I like it.