Mission Accomplished
Nov. 16th, 2007 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicI am drinking tea! Out of a proper cup!
I had a multitude of errands to run on the base today, and I just got back from doing that not long ago.
First stop: the medical clinic...where I had to track down the woman who was supposed to buy our car. No easy task. I asked at the reception desk on the first floor. They told me that she worked on the second floor, but couldn't say which office. So I wandered around the second floor until I found someone and asked them. They said that they didn't think she was in today, and then checked the directory and made a phone call and managed to get her on the phone. So I told her about the situation with the car and she was very cool about it. I'm so glad. It's a lose-lose situation for us both, and I am well aware of that...we don't get to sell the car...she doesn't get a car.
Next stop: the Airman & Family Readiness Center, where I checked out a big box of kitchen things. YAY coffee cups! YAY proper plates and bowls! YAY utility knives! I don't need everything that came in the box...just certain things. But I was stupid and forgot baking dishes. I have plenty of pans for on the stove, but none for oven use. Lance and I will have to pick up some foil pans at the commissary tomorrow.
After that, I had to stop by the Canadian National Support Unit. I had it on good authority that they could give me a referral for a professional housecleaner, as I've asked around numerous places and have come up empty. YAY Canada! They had a name and number for me. So we'll be giving her a call and getting an estimate before we move out.
Then I stopped for mail, filled up the gas tank on the crap-mobile, and then came back here to wash up the dishes and finish up the load of laundry that I'm doing. I'm also waiting for a phone call, as Lance might be home early. I hope I hope I hope. I can't really go anywhere else right now in case he calls for a ride, but I have some cleaning I can do around the house, so I can keep myself busy.
Need to make a grocery list today too. Although with the tourtiere (which is about 3 dinners right there) and our Thanksgiving buffet at the chow hall on Wednesday evening, it's going to be a short list. I still want to make a special meal for Thanksgiving Day, and I think I'm going to make a pot of cocktail meatballs/weenies because Lance is used to having that around Thanksgiving and Christmas both. I'll get turkey meatballs if I can, just to make it more festive. :) And I can bake some banana bread or something. And I need to figure out something I can cobble together for book club that doesn't require much prep work. I can probably just get some pre-made herb-cheese spread and some crackers or something. Everybody knows our situation right now, so they're not really expecting me to bring anything.
ETA: I am making this:
- 1 package McCormick Spring Onion Dip Mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/4 c. pitted and chopped Kalamata or black olives
- 1/2 tsp. oregano
Mix together. Chill for one hour.
I may add some of my bruschetta dip mix to this too, just for a little extra kick. And then I can use up the mini-breadsticks I have in the pantry. Score!
I had a multitude of errands to run on the base today, and I just got back from doing that not long ago.
First stop: the medical clinic...where I had to track down the woman who was supposed to buy our car. No easy task. I asked at the reception desk on the first floor. They told me that she worked on the second floor, but couldn't say which office. So I wandered around the second floor until I found someone and asked them. They said that they didn't think she was in today, and then checked the directory and made a phone call and managed to get her on the phone. So I told her about the situation with the car and she was very cool about it. I'm so glad. It's a lose-lose situation for us both, and I am well aware of that...we don't get to sell the car...she doesn't get a car.
Next stop: the Airman & Family Readiness Center, where I checked out a big box of kitchen things. YAY coffee cups! YAY proper plates and bowls! YAY utility knives! I don't need everything that came in the box...just certain things. But I was stupid and forgot baking dishes. I have plenty of pans for on the stove, but none for oven use. Lance and I will have to pick up some foil pans at the commissary tomorrow.
After that, I had to stop by the Canadian National Support Unit. I had it on good authority that they could give me a referral for a professional housecleaner, as I've asked around numerous places and have come up empty. YAY Canada! They had a name and number for me. So we'll be giving her a call and getting an estimate before we move out.
Then I stopped for mail, filled up the gas tank on the crap-mobile, and then came back here to wash up the dishes and finish up the load of laundry that I'm doing. I'm also waiting for a phone call, as Lance might be home early. I hope I hope I hope. I can't really go anywhere else right now in case he calls for a ride, but I have some cleaning I can do around the house, so I can keep myself busy.
Need to make a grocery list today too. Although with the tourtiere (which is about 3 dinners right there) and our Thanksgiving buffet at the chow hall on Wednesday evening, it's going to be a short list. I still want to make a special meal for Thanksgiving Day, and I think I'm going to make a pot of cocktail meatballs/weenies because Lance is used to having that around Thanksgiving and Christmas both. I'll get turkey meatballs if I can, just to make it more festive. :) And I can bake some banana bread or something. And I need to figure out something I can cobble together for book club that doesn't require much prep work. I can probably just get some pre-made herb-cheese spread and some crackers or something. Everybody knows our situation right now, so they're not really expecting me to bring anything.
ETA: I am making this:
- 1 package McCormick Spring Onion Dip Mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/4 c. pitted and chopped Kalamata or black olives
- 1/2 tsp. oregano
Mix together. Chill for one hour.
I may add some of my bruschetta dip mix to this too, just for a little extra kick. And then I can use up the mini-breadsticks I have in the pantry. Score!