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Noodly Goodness
Apr. 19th, 2018 02:05 pm After we had the new air conditioner installed last week, we noticed that the blower didn't turn off. At all. We eventually had to turn off the breaker to the unit to stop it. The crew had to come back because they weren't given enough metal to finish making the shroud for it, so at the same time we said they could look at the blower problem. Turns out that there's probably a wire staple causing the wires to cross, so he ran a whole new wire for the thermostat - which is easy to type but has taken the better part of an hour due to our house being special. I'm not even remotely bothered by the extra hole in the wall or the dirt, I already said to do whatever needs doing. It'll be nice having a new, functioning AC before it really gets hot, though, and we got in early. I'm guessing people around this part of the state will be turning their units on and discovering problems, and making the wait time for a tech that much longer.
I was kind of planning to grill some eggplant but I don't like to do that sort of thing while there are people over, even if it's "just" someone here to do work. I hope they don't over-marinate. It's a recipe out of the Thug Kitchen cookbook - I picked up a copy this week after it sat on my wishlist for a couple of years. Grilled eggplant with cold soba noodles. Bonus points: I read up on how to actually prepare soba noodles! You can't skimp on rinsing them. That's why the last time I made them, they formed a massive noodly clump.
I may go ahead and cook that up and just portion it out into servings for later this week, then move on to dinner - shrimp & tofu "drunken" udon. I'm basically a sucker for almost anything served over noodles.
I discovered that I'd planted a bunch of tomatoes and kale without noting it in my garden journal. I'm on myfolia.com - if you feel the urge to sign up for the LiveJournal of gardening sites. Well, maybe LJ isn't an apt comparison. But I have half a dozen each of two kinds of roma tomatoes and about ten Red Russian Kale coming up.
Oooh... live AC update. It may not be the thermostat - there's a chance the unit was damaged. I'm glad we're catching all this shit now.
ANYWAY! Kale. *nods sagely* Man I'm gonna eat a like a fuckin king when this stuff comes in.
Another live update. It was the thermostat wiring. Everything works as expected now. HUZZAH.
It's also my DW one year anniversary. I'm about to re-up my membership in a little bit, and buy a paid MyFolia account.
I was kind of planning to grill some eggplant but I don't like to do that sort of thing while there are people over, even if it's "just" someone here to do work. I hope they don't over-marinate. It's a recipe out of the Thug Kitchen cookbook - I picked up a copy this week after it sat on my wishlist for a couple of years. Grilled eggplant with cold soba noodles. Bonus points: I read up on how to actually prepare soba noodles! You can't skimp on rinsing them. That's why the last time I made them, they formed a massive noodly clump.
I may go ahead and cook that up and just portion it out into servings for later this week, then move on to dinner - shrimp & tofu "drunken" udon. I'm basically a sucker for almost anything served over noodles.
I discovered that I'd planted a bunch of tomatoes and kale without noting it in my garden journal. I'm on myfolia.com - if you feel the urge to sign up for the LiveJournal of gardening sites. Well, maybe LJ isn't an apt comparison. But I have half a dozen each of two kinds of roma tomatoes and about ten Red Russian Kale coming up.
Oooh... live AC update. It may not be the thermostat - there's a chance the unit was damaged. I'm glad we're catching all this shit now.
ANYWAY! Kale. *nods sagely* Man I'm gonna eat a like a fuckin king when this stuff comes in.
Another live update. It was the thermostat wiring. Everything works as expected now. HUZZAH.
It's also my DW one year anniversary. I'm about to re-up my membership in a little bit, and buy a paid MyFolia account.
