Today’s Business: 2010-07-15
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
Log
07:30 AM: I’m up.
08:30 AM: Started the pork roast cooking, with the netting intact as per advice I received on Facebook yesterday. Since this is a significantly larger roast than I usually cook, I’m allowing at least ten hours for it to completely cook in the crock pot on the high heat setting.
09:15 AM: Well, Sheetz had no mushroom soup. But I do have some canned mushrooms. So I’ll just throw a couple of those into this pork roast in leu of the soup, and perhaps add a little whole milk as the cooking nears completion — if I get bold enough that is. I wouldn’t want to ruin such a big piece of meat with untested ingredients. 
09:45 AM: Added the July through August, 2010 issues of Promo Only’s Country Radio music series to my DJ library.
01:00 PM: Dusted and vacuumed the bedroom.
01:55 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless on the DVR.
02:10 PM: Worked the Laptop Shuts Off: 2010-07-15 project and Facebooked
02:20 PM: [Mentat] just arrived; driven here by his sister. We’re headed to the pavilion to catch up.
03:45 PM: [Mentat] says that he and his girlfriend are back together and that his plans to move to Ohio to live with her have been reinstated. I had hoped that he’d remain in this area, but realize that his happiness is paramount. If he needs to move there to maximize his happiness, then that’s what he must do, and I support him though I’m said to see him leave.
04:50 PM: It got pretty warm as the sun began shining into the western side of the pavilion. So we’re going back up to the house to check on the roast and check out a little TV.
06:00 PM: We had supper — just the roast and vegetables, and were both pleased with how it turned out. We’re going to make cat fish for supper tomorrow.
08:00 PM: We watched Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest; a spoof on Star Wars that was rather funny.
11:15 PM: Watched tonight episodes of NBC’s Nightly News and CNN’s AC 360 on the DVR. We also took in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode called Q Who from season two. This is the episode that first introduces the borg beings. Great TV.
11:50 PM: The roast really turned out well, and I have a few meals worth of leftovers too. The mushrooms were a pleasantly flavorful touch, and a little added ham bouillon made the dish just a touch more porky. The only shock was that the DONE button popped out four hours before we were ready to eat supper. Surprising that the roast cooked so quickly in a crock pot. In fact, not really trusting the button, I continued cooking the meat on low heat for the interim, and It still tasted great; not overcooked. Then, we topped it all of with Breyer’s chocolate ice cream for dessert. Yum. Seriously. YUM! I’m already looking forward to the leftovers this weekend.
12:00 PM: Bed time. More tomorrow. Good night.
Received Mail and Shipments
- Ad sheet for Windy Hill Furniture store. They have great stuff and I’ve purchased from them before. But we need not furniture at present.
- Balance transfer offer.
- Misc. medical insurance papers.
- Credit card offer from JC Penney. Not at this time, thanks.
- Vehicle registration renewal forms from PennDOT.