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Had a decent sleep for once and neighbours above are being uncharacteristically quiet.

Maybe they've killed each other

Kitty and coffee

Been trying for months to write some song lyrics. Lots of ideas, nothing simple enough or widely appealing to work. But last night I came up with something simple and darkly funny.

After a month of not winning anything , I won FIVE things today in online contests

Aw well done you

Maybe I will win some more things during those next few days because I'm now impatiently awaiting the announcement of some other contests as well I love contests, I get in this way so many, many things I need

I chose to make myself happy instead of stewing in my misery this evening. I'm drinking tea out of my favourite mug as I type this.

^Do what makes you happy, I say.

I had two "bests" today.

The best "brown and serve rolls" that I have ever cooked. How touch can they be -- take them out of the package, put them on a pan, bake at 450 F (I prefer 455 F) for 5 minutes, remove, and eat. Simple, right? Actually, fairly boring.

So what I did was chop up a couple of good sized garlic cloves, put them in a small bowl with some butter, melt the butter in the microwave, and bake the rolls in the butter/garlic at 455 for 5 minutes. They were fantastic and so easy to fix.

The best chicken leg quarters I've cooked followed. I soaked a chicken leg quarter in salt water for a little while and then baked it at 350 F for about 40 minutes. While they were baking, I cut up an onion, a celery stalk, and a couple of carrots and set them aside. And then chopped up about 4 or 5 garlic cloves and set them aside.

When the chicken was done baking, it was naturally pretty dry. I put the chicken leg quarter on a plate and put in a toaster/broiler oven on 150 F to keep it warm. Then I added butter to the pan that I baked the chicken in, added the carrot-onion-celery combination, and let soften at the "4" setting on the stove top. Then when soft, I stirred in the garlic I had set aside and let cook for another 2 or 3 minutes.

Then I added the chicken to the pan and some chicken broth, lowered to the "3" setting", and covered and left alone for about 12 minutes.

The result wasn't perfect because I let the pan get out too dry and the onion-celery-carrot mixture burned mildly so I ended up throwing that away. The chicken, however was fantastic.

That was a great supper. If I was younger, I probably would have cooked another vegetable to go along with the meal, but my appetite is not what it used to be.

Kitty and coffee

Upstairs neighbours continuing to be quiet.

Oh good

Tea and music

I made someone laugh today.

I went to the local pharmacy to ask for a vaccine for shingles.

The lady behind the counter asked me if this "was my first shingles shot?".

Thought to myself about how "ive taken zillions of flu shots and covid shots over the years, but never a shingles shot".

So I said out loud "this is my first. I'll be loosing my virginity today".

That made her laugh out loud.

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It turns out that (unlike flu shots) you have to get two shingles shots weeks apart for it to work. So she probably meant "is this shot part one or part two of the two part process".