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Apr. 22nd, 2010 11:22 pmSo, there was this power cut in Wellington this afternoon. Eventually, after much standing around and talking about not being able to do work and whether our homes would be affected, one of the senior associates called the only partner in our workgroup who is not on holiday, who said come down to the pub across the road. However, I saw my bus at the stop as I was crossing the road, so caught that.
Got home and found we were completely unaffected by it; sure, the power was back on by the time I got home, but none of the clocks were flashing, so we hadn't had a cut at all. I was almost disappointed - at some point, I'd like to be able to test our emergency processes at home in a non-urgent setting (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maudlinrose suggests an earth-evening later in the year). Since I had half been planning a bbq dinner before the power cut, and definitely was during it, I decided to burninate dinner.
I've made this combination before, but it's still good: caramelised onions that have been cooked with a little bit of dark ale mustard, fresh corn on the cob, a green salad on the plates, with burninated mushrooms cooked with a little bit of the same dark ale mustard in the onions, and teriakyi beef steak. I also made a Carib each, which is a cocktail consisting of rum, gin, sugar syrup and lemon juice. It's also supposed to have one of those cherries on top, but we don't have any (that may have to change). It needs slightly more sugar syrup than the recipe calls for, but is otherwise good.
Spent the rest of the evening doing the rounds of the calls: Grandma & Grandad, sister & brother-in-law (talked to him much more than my sister), Gran, and finally Mum. I think I need a break from talking now. Managed to get the rest of my ironing done and some crossstitch. Also managed, without being able to see my parents computer, and not having the same version of Vista as they do, to help Mum in restoring some photos she accidentially deleted that weren't in the recycle bin...
Friday tomorrow!
Bold the ones you've read COMPLETELY, italicize the ones you've read part of. Watching the movie or the cartoon doesn't count. Abridged versions don't count either. BTW, according to the BBC if you've read 7 of these, you are above the average.
( Book meme )
Got home and found we were completely unaffected by it; sure, the power was back on by the time I got home, but none of the clocks were flashing, so we hadn't had a cut at all. I was almost disappointed - at some point, I'd like to be able to test our emergency processes at home in a non-urgent setting (
maudlinrose suggests an earth-evening later in the year). Since I had half been planning a bbq dinner before the power cut, and definitely was during it, I decided to burninate dinner. I've made this combination before, but it's still good: caramelised onions that have been cooked with a little bit of dark ale mustard, fresh corn on the cob, a green salad on the plates, with burninated mushrooms cooked with a little bit of the same dark ale mustard in the onions, and teriakyi beef steak. I also made a Carib each, which is a cocktail consisting of rum, gin, sugar syrup and lemon juice. It's also supposed to have one of those cherries on top, but we don't have any (that may have to change). It needs slightly more sugar syrup than the recipe calls for, but is otherwise good.
Spent the rest of the evening doing the rounds of the calls: Grandma & Grandad, sister & brother-in-law (talked to him much more than my sister), Gran, and finally Mum. I think I need a break from talking now. Managed to get the rest of my ironing done and some crossstitch. Also managed, without being able to see my parents computer, and not having the same version of Vista as they do, to help Mum in restoring some photos she accidentially deleted that weren't in the recycle bin...
Friday tomorrow!
Bold the ones you've read COMPLETELY, italicize the ones you've read part of. Watching the movie or the cartoon doesn't count. Abridged versions don't count either. BTW, according to the BBC if you've read 7 of these, you are above the average.
( Book meme )
