Houston “On The Precipice Of Disaster” As Officials Weigh Reimposing Stay At Home Order Amid Spike In Cases<\/a><\/p>\nI’ve been saying ‘wait and see’ and ‘let the other guy see if the flame is still hot’ and it looks like it is.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll give it a little bit more time to develop further, but it seems to be right on schedule and just as predicted.\u00a0\u00a0 That isn’t good, as it means we’ll be seeing a bunch more cases and all over the place as the Memorial Day celebrants and then the protesters get sick, right on schedule.<\/p>\n
It’s not going to make much difference in my life or plans, but it’s gonna be a kick in the teeth for some people.\u00a0 I’m in this for the long haul.\u00a0 I hope you all are too.<\/p>\n
With that in mind, I was trying to buy another freezer today in an auction.\u00a0 I stopped bidding at 1.5x the freezer’s original price.\u00a0 Still half of new CURRENT price on amazon, but jeez.\u00a0 It wasn’t a good fit for the space I have, or as big as I wanted.\u00a0 There will be more as estates keep settling.\u00a0 I could just order one, and wait for fall delivery, but I want to start stocking it.<\/p>\n
Speaking of coolers, my garage fridge wasn’t cold when I went out there last night.\u00a0 The freezer was still frozen, but the air passages feeding cold to the fridge compartment were blocked with ice.\u00a0\u00a0 I might have lost 20 pounds of chicken and 10 pounds of lamb.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The milk is cheap and I can get more, and the eggs will be fine.\u00a0 All the cheese will be ok.\u00a0 Losing the meat would suck.\u00a0 I’ll be looking closely at that today, and possibly just cooking it.\u00a0 It wasn’t warm<\/em>, and the tubes of biscuits hadn’t exploded, but it’s been warmer than 36F for at least a couple of days.\u00a0 I brought the meat into the house, and unblocked the passages.\u00a0 With as hot and humid as it’s been, I should have been paying more attention.\u00a0 It’s a known issue for me with this fridge, but I forgot.\u00a0 Little things, ignored, can have bigger consequences.\u00a0 Fortunately, we’re not on the ragged edge at the moment.<\/p>\nI’ve got a bunch of stuff to do today, after swim team.\u00a0 Swim team is looking like a bad idea in light of the rise in cases.\u00a0 I guess we’ll make a decision soon.<\/p>\n
Yesterday number one daughter used cake mix, frosting mix, and other stuff from the preps and pantry to bake cupcakes for her friend’s birthday.\u00a0 Hooray baking club.\u00a0 She did it all herself, with me in the kitchen, but not helping.\u00a0 She even did a pastry bag with a decorator tip to apply the frosting.\u00a0 #proudpapa !\u00a0 They looked great, like store bought, and tasted delicious.<\/p>\n
Dinner was grilled lamb chops, leftover french fries, and broccoli- two stems from the garden and half a head from the store.\u00a0\u00a0 The garden broccoli tasted and looked good, but there wasn’t much.\u00a0 I cut it off the plants and expect they’ll grow more, like the last time I harvested.<\/p>\n
It’s pretty clear to me that bad times are here, and more are coming.<\/p>\n
Now more than ever, don’t let your guard down.\u00a0 Keep stacking.<\/p>\n
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Hot and humid, although it should be less so than the rest of the week.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was a bit cooler and drier than the earlier part of the week.\u00a0 It was still 90F in the shade in the late afternoon, because it’s summer in Houston after all.\u00a0 It was practically chilly getting in the pool after dinner.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately it looks like Houston is about to validate a whole lot of stuff regarding wuflu.<\/p>\n
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