Jenn Boo-lari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Was out on a quick small drive in the Snoqualmie Valley, and suddenly came into this tiny itty bitty dead end neighborhood Ghibli Movie looking community. I mean, it's four houses literally facing each other between a one-lane road, up on a hill, looking over Preston.

I fell in love with it in just a few minutes. To the point that I came back for pictures. From the outside, it looks pretty tiny, but according to the sellers website, it's got three bedrooms a dining area and living room in a 1450 sq foot area, which isn't much bigger than the apartment I have. It's tiny, and the interiors look to also be very small and cozy. Just my thing (Although three bedrooms is a bit much).

It's still in the valley, it's right off the freeway, it's in an isolated part of a town that makes Duvall look like Houston. It's a lovely house in a lovely place.

But even before I left the lot, I knew I could never afford it, even with the land sale money, and I've just been laid off, and I need to look at surviving the next few months, much less consider talking about buying a house. And then they want $600k for it, and well, yeah. I can't afford a house out here, which is why I rent.

But it is a very cute house, in a very cute place, and in a perfect world, is where I'd live out my days.

But, c'est la vie....

https://theirwingroup.com/properties/8550-310th-avenue-se-preston-wa-98050-2002329

Sunday Night: ::freezes Bannock::

Monday Afternoon:
Jenn: I wonder how long I should microwave this for. I usually microwave bread for just ten seconds. I'll put it in for thirty.
Bannock: HAHAHAHAHA I AM STILL FROZEN
Jenn: Okay, how about another thirty.
Bannock: I AM THE DENSEST BISCUIT YOU WILL EVER EAT! STILL FROZEN!
Jenn: Another minute?
Bannock: I am now warm and toasty and ready for butter and/or jam.

Dot Com Bust 2.0 update: https://www.reuters.com/technology/spotify-trim-6-workforce-2023-01-23/

The want to sleep in until I'm just done sleeping, versus the want to roadtrip while there's sun truly is a battle for me.

Thoughts Before Bed

I remember when I got my first tech job in 1997. A little place called Swan Technologies in State College, PA. I felt so proud and so accomplished. My interview was tough, but I got the job by proving I had the knowledge they wanted even without the college degree. I was treated well, paid well, and the world was my oyster.

How the times have changed, she said trying to look for jobs in new fields....

This Week's Bread: Bannock

I don't know if it was the instructions, or my stove, but it took 30 minutes to cook the bannock on the first side, and eventually I pushed the heat up just to get it to finally cook.

Also, forgot to let it cool, so the center, while not raw, is a little too chewy for my liking. I gotta remember to let bread cool!

# Bannock Bread

Spirit of the Harvest: North American Indian Cooking
4.0 servings

2.0 cups flour
4.0 tsp baking powder
1.0 tsp salt
0.5 cup shortening
0.5 cup water

1 - Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
2 - Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
3 - Gradually mix in water to form a thick dough.
4 - Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 15 minutes, or until it is very smooth.
5 - Grease bottom and sides of a 10 inch cast-iron skillet.
6 - Press dough into the pan and cook, uncovered, on top of the stove over low heat for about 10 minutes on each side. Watch carefully so bread does not burn before center is cooked through.
7 - Place loaf on a rack to cool.

#thisweeksmeals #cooking

This Week's Meals: (1/3): Chippewa Wild Rice and Eggs.

I used 15 eggs in this recipe and cooked in three batches with my largest skillet. It's a really good omlette. And really thick. :D

# Chippewa Wild Rice and Eggs

Spirit of the Harvest: North American Indian Cooking
2.0 servings

1.0 cup water
0.25 tsp salt
0.3333333333333333 cups wild rice
4.0 slices bacon (cut into thin strips)
4.0 whole green onions (thinly sliced)
6.0 whole eggs
0.125 tsp ground pepper

1 - In a saucepan, birng water and a pinch of salt to a boil.
2 - Stir in wild rice.
3 - Cover and reduce heat to low.
4 - Simmer for 50 to 60 minutes, untiil all water is absorbed.
5 - Fluff with fork and reserve.
6 - In an 8-inch nonstick or well-seasoned skillet over medium heat, sauté bacon until crisp.
7 - Drain off all but about 2 tablespoons of drippings from skillet.
8 - Add green onions and wild rice and sauté briefly.
9 - In a mixing bowl, lightly beat eggs with salt and pepper.
10 - Add eggs to skillet and stir with a fork to scramble lightly.
11 - Stop stirring and allow eggs to brown lightly on the bottom.
12 - Place a large dinner plate face down on top of skillet. Carefully flip skillet and turn omelet out on plate.
13 - Slide omelet back into pan and cook for a few seconds.
14 - Cut into wedges and serve hot or at room temperature.

#thisweeksmeals #cooking

Dear cook book writers.

Please please PLEASE do not separate your cooking instructions. I nearly forgot to make the rice because you separated those instructions from the rest of the instructions.

This weekend's Shortwave Contacts. Yes, Jenn is on her Shortwave shit again. The greener, the stronger, the redder, the weaker.

Picked up my very first Shortwave Pirate Station, B Side Radio on 6935kHz. Strongest signal I've gotten since I restarted the Shortwave, and some good music to boot.

https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/index.php/B_Side_Radio

I'm gonna be rich, I tells ya! RICH!

When using an OCR to scan in a recipe, remember to go over it just to make sure everything's good.

Remember the days when they'd straight up hand out the cocaine directly to the hosts, the acts and the television studio audience? Good times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuJHKVQ2kLA

So this week's meals are coming from an American Native cookbook I picked up a few years ago, and while I got some good things I'm gonna make (BANNOCK!), I'm surprised there's just one Comanche recipe (for fried frog's legs) in the whole book.

Music Before Bed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfjzmYZvTw

Also, do you know how hard it is to find boots in #secondlife that aren't six inch heel silettos?! Holy crap, I went through pages and pages of those to find some sensible ones.

"Oh, that's a cute outfit Iluminaughtii is wearing. I've always liked the oversized sweater and leggings look, but I just look a circus tent in them....but what if Digital Jenn wore it?"

::five minutes and $250 Linden Dollars later::

"Oh. That's cute. THAT'S REAL CUTE."

#secondlife

"Now remember when we said there was 'No Future?' Well...this is it."