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Batten down the hatches
Jan. 7th, 2013 11:54 pm43C tomorrow. Or 110F. That sounds even scarier. State-wide total fire ban. Extreme or Catastrophic Fire Danger across most of the state.
Mum's so concerned with how I'll cope with the heat, she actually bought a couple of bags of ice today in case I need an ice bath to cool down. We may wind up soaking the dog in iced water too, poor Boyo. Even with his new chill collar, he's still overheating and he gets quite distressed.
I've been checking out the latest Snowflake challenges and having thoughts about them but I don't think I'll have the brain to write them up for a few days.
On a good note - I made the Indian Carrot Salad again the other night, very good for a hot night, and tonight I made beef burgers, Jamie Oliver-style. I had Saladas in the cupboards so I used those, rather than Saos (cream crackers) and didn't add salt, lightly caramelised some onions, added some cheese, wilted spinach for Mum, iceberg lettuce for me, oh yeah.
I did demonstrate yet again why I shouldn't multitask unless I'm having a really good day - I put the burger rolls under the griller to toast a bit while I was cooking the burgers and forgot about them until they were thoroughly charred on top. Even then I thought then burning smell was coming from the meat at first. *facepalm* They were large rolls? I was able to slice the tops off without diminishing our dinner significantly.
Mum's so concerned with how I'll cope with the heat, she actually bought a couple of bags of ice today in case I need an ice bath to cool down. We may wind up soaking the dog in iced water too, poor Boyo. Even with his new chill collar, he's still overheating and he gets quite distressed.
I've been checking out the latest Snowflake challenges and having thoughts about them but I don't think I'll have the brain to write them up for a few days.
On a good note - I made the Indian Carrot Salad again the other night, very good for a hot night, and tonight I made beef burgers, Jamie Oliver-style. I had Saladas in the cupboards so I used those, rather than Saos (cream crackers) and didn't add salt, lightly caramelised some onions, added some cheese, wilted spinach for Mum, iceberg lettuce for me, oh yeah.
I did demonstrate yet again why I shouldn't multitask unless I'm having a really good day - I put the burger rolls under the griller to toast a bit while I was cooking the burgers and forgot about them until they were thoroughly charred on top. Even then I thought then burning smell was coming from the meat at first. *facepalm* They were large rolls? I was able to slice the tops off without diminishing our dinner significantly.
