One can of Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk equals one cup.
But I still have to wonder…why does Eagle Brand have a picture of a cow on the front?
Stupid Wind
I got up at 6:30 this morning, packed a lunch, checked the weather and went to the flight school. I left my lunch. I got to the flight school at about 7:35. When no one was there to even let me in the building by 8:30am, I called my instructor. Who was asleep. And didn’t even apologize. I’m really starting not to like him.
I called the weather briefer. Who told me that the surface winds at Dalhart, TX were predicted to be 25-35 knots about the time I’d arrive. Flight school says I can’t fly if surface winds are over 25 knots. Besides, I’ve never landed with 35 knot gusts, and this probably isn’t the time to try.
I was going to try to do it in the middle of the week, but I’m leaving for Delaware on Tuesday, and when I come back on Thursday, Mom will be here. I don’t want to spend a whole day flying when she’s here to visit, so I’m tentatively on the schedule for Monday the 20th.
I wanted to be done with this. I’m tired of worrying about it.
Librarying
Berck is checking the weather page for the 17th time today. Supposedly, he’ll be flying his long cross country flight tomorrow, finally. The weather looks clear…just windy.
We got library cards today! They gave us them with only a utility bill to prove we weren’t out to steal books. Then we browsed the Norman Public Library and found that there were few books we’d want to steal. I’m in the middle of two books right now, so I didn’t check out anything, but Berck got a Michael Chabon novel. They didn’t have any audio books that looked interesting. Ah, the joys of a small town library. I wonder if I could get an OKC card and if there’s a branch near my work.
When we got back we took a little picnic lunch over to the private lake in the subdivision across the street from us. I don’t think we’re allowed, but who is going to stop us. It’s a beautiful day, crystal clear and just the right temperature. Hopefully, the weather will be as good tomorrow for Berck’s flight.
So, we were having technical difficulties…
I think I’ve gotten everything back to normal. I’m still not sure what happened. MySQL seems to get corrupted sometimes.
Next time the blog looks all wonky or doesn’t load, you could let me know there’s a problem!
Solstice Wishlist
In case anyone is wondering what we’d like for the “Winter Holidays,” here’s a little list of things we could use.
Our wedding registries should have some stuff left over.
We also each have Amazon wishlists.
For both ofus:
The Stone Edition of the Tanach
A Saladmaster Food Processor–there are several available on E-Bay
A bread knife
A pastry cutter (with blades, not wires…here’s a good example)
Cooling racks
A bottom pouring fat separator–you know, one like this (Berck has been using a plastic bottle with a hole punched in the bottom.)
We could also use a generic 12 inch pan lid (like that will fit over our cast iron frying pan or a wok).
For Joanna:
Some BDU pants, size Large-Regular or inseam 29 1/2 to 32 in., waist 35 to 39. I think I can wear the next size down as well. I prefer solid black or blue, but any color or design would be fine.
Men’s jeans size 34×30 (For some reason men’s jeans of that size just fit, while women’s jeans I have to try on.)
Also, if I had a bike, I could go bicycling with Berck.
For Berck:
Yet more books
Berck also wants BDU pants, X-Large-Regular, inseam 29-32 1/2, waist 39 to 43, but they HAVE to be ripstop (you can tell because the fabricmakes little squares). He doesn’t particularly want camo colored. Solid colors are fine.
Some flannel shirts, XX-Large Tall (Berck likes L.L. Bean’s chamoise cloth shirts best but also realizes that they’re quite expensive.)
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We’ll repost this if we think of other things.