Saturday’s Story

I woke up at 8:00 AM on Saturday. I posted the Blog entry and then shaved and showered. I deliberately didn’t set the alarm, trusting that God would wake me up. He apparently was busy elsewhere as I had to hustle to make my 9:00 AM haircut appointment.

I left the barber shop, looking fly (is that still a phrase?) and headed to Kroger’s. I actually did a real grocery shopping! On the way home (in light, but steady snow) I decided to hose the salt and crap off the car.

Okay, so at 12 degrees F. with a strong west wind, that was a stupid call. The damn soap froze on the car the moment I sprayed it. But I rinsed it off and drove the car home to my garage (which has never frozen). I took a break and wiped off the water on the windows with a towel.

Then I hauled in the groceries and put them away. I realized at the last moment I didn’t buy any potatoes or green onions. Damn! That sucks!

Jake and Carla are supposed to come over this afternoon, so I spiffed up the bathrooms. I returned a call from my friend B___. He suggested (gently, and I appreciate that) that I ask Jake to look at the breaker situation. His theory is that with my old eyes, I can’t see into the dark box good enough to see what the problem is.

He was right...

Jake and Carla did show up. I explained I was going to make a “Hot and Spicy Buffalo Chicken Salad” but wanted to wait until they got here (in case they had just eaten lunch or something). They decided to play a game they brought (Rummi-cube or Rummy-cube) instead. I lost twice, big time!

Without me asking, Jake went out to check out the fuse box problem. He did get the breaker in and working! Everything else seems to be working, except for the plugs under the counter (the original problem). But, I’ll check that out tomorrow.

And, yes, Jake was right (I hate that) and there was a GFI plug in the kitchen.

They never did eat and after they left, I reset all the clocks (including the alarm) and then took a nice long nap.

Since I didn’t have anything to eat yet, I made a good dinner for myself. What I never knew, but saw it by happenstance, was you are supposed to “season” a non-stick pan before you use it. So, I took the grill pan Jake and Carla gave me and rubbed it with canola oil. Then I heated it up until it smoked.

I wiped off the oil and added a thawed rib steak from last year’s meat supply. I had seasoned it first with salt, pepper and a little garlic powder.

While that cooked, I put one of the baked potatoes and a dish of frozen sweet corn in the microwave. When everything was done, I mounted the steak with two pats of butter, put butter and salt on the sweet corn and put butter and sour cream on the cut-up potato (no green onions, dammit!)

Delicious!

I ate that watching some TV and then went to bed around 10:30 PM.