G'day for Sunday.
Linda, we LOVE Space Balls in our house. difficult child 3 has the script memorised. As for Star Wars - difficult child 1 is a walking encyclopedia on it.
With reference to yesterday's thread - the strawberry jam recipe uses equal parts by weight strawberries & sugar. I weigh the strawberries then cook them in the microwave unutil soft - no sugar, no liquid (except maybe juice of a lime). Then I add the sugar and cook in the microwave (lower power) until the jam reaches setting point (if it does - doesn't always). Because of how microwave ovens work, it's easy to bottle the jam while it's still bubbling. The main thing to watch out for is boiling over. I put the container inside another, to catch any boil-over. Then once I've bottled it all, I pour milk in to rinse it clean (and give the strawberry milk to whoever wants it, to drink).
The ribs - the treatment these days is to NOT strap them. But in my case, I think binding up is helping a bit.
I just got back form the evening's outing into the city. The show was fabulous, but hard to describe. My friend & I go on an outing like this every year as a birthday treat for both of us. Usually we go have dinner afterwards to talk about the deep & meaningful stuff raised by the production, but this improv has none of that; they literally made it up as they went along, from ideas suggested by the audience. The audience then voted on which of 6 ideas we liked best, then the cast of four had to make up and perform a Broadway musical on the spot. You could see the terror in their faces through all the comedy. They had two racks of costumes and two tables of props, they would grab stuff and use it depending on what other cast members were doing. There was also a pianist who took his cues from the cast and who made up all the music as they went along. No intermission for them to prepare - they just went in, cold.
THAT takes courage! Four of our best improv comedians in Australia. It was called "Spontaneous Broadway" and was thoroughly enjoyable.
Here is a link -
http://alive-sydney.whereilive.com....ntaneous-broadway-onstage-at-the-opera-house/
We were at the Opera House in one of the smaller theatres. It was lovely walking outside and seeing the lovely harbour, the Bridge, the old Bond Stores - the whole thing. And as we were leaving the lights had just come on, the white 'sails' were lit up and the Opera House looked just beautiful, sparkling. As I said to my friend, it's like meeting up with your cousin who you know really well - but who also happens to be a world-famous supermodel or rockstar. YOU know her well and you enjoy everyone else's admiration of her even more, for your own intimate acquaintance.
We finished early in the evening so we went to dinner afterwards (as we usually do) but this time decided to avoid eating by the harbour (we've done it so many times before and it really is much more expensive). Instead, we headed for the more bohemian areas in Newtown which I suspect were half the price and probably nicer. We ended up having a progressive dinner, working our way through the suburbs towards home. Chinese food in Newtown, then dessert and hot chocolate further out (Lebanese). I brought home a plate of pastries for husband.
I'm off to go change out of my grey suit. I did have a ruffled cream blouse on and a black brocade vest, but I realsied as my friend & I were sitting together at various tables for two in a series of restaurants, coupled with my friend's authoritative air of control and her close-cropped mannish hair style, that we must have looked like a lesbian couple, out on the town together. At the Chinese restaurant we were eating off each other's plates too. And at the Lebanese place too, come to think of it...
Well - we did nothing to sway opinions one way or another.
Just good friends.
Time for me to turn back into a slob and take the pressure off this rib.
Definitely on the mend - I was out in cold air tonight and no coughing. I haven't coughed all day and I might skip the cough medicine tonight.
Yay!
Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.
Marg