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Dec. 16th, 2014 08:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI know I said I wouldn't post until my Yuletide story was done, but...
I've only got two pages left on my revisions. Then I have to find an ending for the story. I'm not sure I'm close to it. There's something I want the point of view character to figure out, and I'm not sure he has enough clues yet. I'm taking a break from the revisions because Scott and Cordelia are both in the living room with me which means I can't concentrate on writing. We're watching the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
Yesterday, I frittered away all of my time, getting nothing much accomplished at all because I wasn't sure where to start with my Yuletide story. All of a sudden, Cordelia was home, and I'd done nothing at all.
I did try a variation on a recipe from that slow cooker cookbook I bought at the Scholastic book fair. We didn't have and don't like the spices the recipe called for, so I used lemon juice, thyme, and garlic powder instead of lemon pepper. I'd have liked some fresh garlic, but we hadn't got any. I did, as the recipe suggested, cut up an onion and put that in. I also dumped some mushrooms on top of the chicken. After the chicken had cooked on low for about eight hours, I shredded it and removed most of the liquid. The recipe called for adding yogurt to the chicken and serving it up on pita bread. Unfortunately, Kroger no longer carries hearty pita bread. It just has the really thin sort that's good for wrapping around stuff but not so great for filling with stuff.
In the evening, we went to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt to celebrate Cordelia's stellar report card. I enjoyed the fro-yo, but I managed to drip some down the front of my coat. I always feel stupid when I do that.
I've only got two pages left on my revisions. Then I have to find an ending for the story. I'm not sure I'm close to it. There's something I want the point of view character to figure out, and I'm not sure he has enough clues yet. I'm taking a break from the revisions because Scott and Cordelia are both in the living room with me which means I can't concentrate on writing. We're watching the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
Yesterday, I frittered away all of my time, getting nothing much accomplished at all because I wasn't sure where to start with my Yuletide story. All of a sudden, Cordelia was home, and I'd done nothing at all.
I did try a variation on a recipe from that slow cooker cookbook I bought at the Scholastic book fair. We didn't have and don't like the spices the recipe called for, so I used lemon juice, thyme, and garlic powder instead of lemon pepper. I'd have liked some fresh garlic, but we hadn't got any. I did, as the recipe suggested, cut up an onion and put that in. I also dumped some mushrooms on top of the chicken. After the chicken had cooked on low for about eight hours, I shredded it and removed most of the liquid. The recipe called for adding yogurt to the chicken and serving it up on pita bread. Unfortunately, Kroger no longer carries hearty pita bread. It just has the really thin sort that's good for wrapping around stuff but not so great for filling with stuff.
In the evening, we went to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt to celebrate Cordelia's stellar report card. I enjoyed the fro-yo, but I managed to drip some down the front of my coat. I always feel stupid when I do that.
