I had some time to kill in town¹ and popped into the Metro Cafe² for a snack and a glass.

They have speakers outside now. They were playing music.

I should check whether my Winamp³ got hacked because I'm pretty sure they stole my playlist from 2003⁴.

I suspect it officially makes me one of the Olds now.

#OwMyBack


¹ Default City, Dublin
² which is ironic because Default City has no metro
³ as was the style at the time
⁴ empetrojki_nowe_wersja2.m3u

Sneezed while lying flat in bed. Am now 96 years old.

#OwMyBack

Aaaaand the hubbind is shoveling.

#Snow #SneauxDay #OwMyBack

It's amusing that I can spend a whole day carrying huge heavy boxes up and down stairs, but bending slightly to pull a single cookie sheet out of the oven will spring my back to the point of immobility.

#owmyback #middleageproblems

It feels like...
I blinked and suddenly got real old.
Dreamweaver evidently is becoming the new FrontPage 🙃
#welpwebdesign
#owmyback
#getoffmylawn
#wpspoiledme

Challenged myself yesterday and upped my deadlift weight! 💪(50kg, I am newb)

But today I face a far greater challenge.... bending down to pick up cat toys 😫 #ow #owmyback #ow

My back is being a nuisance again but now my hot water bottle has a leak and this is a catastrophe. :-(( #OwMyBack

@WuMargaret yep.

Details are elsewhere in the thread.

I prefer bechamel over ricotta in my lasagna. The family doesn't really challenge that. Partly because it's a pain to get :-)

But my spouse prefers it as well.

It's not too bad to make. The pasta that is. I just need about 90 minutes from start to finish to make.

This is kind of a special meal so I go extra on it :-)

#Pasta #Lasagna #XmasEveDinner #Cooking #OwMyBack

This little machine has been around a long time in our family

My spouse and I each bought our own long before we meet each other. Oddly about at the same time.

We got rid of the extra one some time ago. Either way, it's been making pasta for us for almost 30 years

#Pasta #Lasagna #XmasEveDinner #Cooking #OwMyBack

Looks like for the 9"x12" pan we did 7 layers. Maybe 6 in the bread pan.

Bottom of pan is meat sauce.

Then:

Pasta
Meat sauce
Bechamel
Parmesan
Repeat until you hit the top.

We had a lot of leftover pasta.

Even after eating our fill there probably 2v servings leftover.

I think next time maybe only 600 g of flour

The amount of bechamel and Bolognese was about right I think.

#Pasta #Lasagna #XmasEveDinner #Cooking #OwMyBack