AOOO

Is anyone else having trouble with AOOO's response time?

All through the initial Yuletide rush, I had no trouble whatsoever.  I don't even recall getting the "502" response once.  But for the last week, every single time I click on *anything* it just grinds and grinds away, and only coughs up my page about half the time.

I am sadface today.

Sunday, Sunday, or see me do the domestic diva thing...

I did my usual weekend chores early this week, starting the laundry on Friday, and making sure it was done well before noon today.  I worked some yesterday (4-5 hrs) on the stupid stuff that never gets done, so it won't be cluttering my to-do list in the coming week.  I felt all smug about this until I realized I didn't have a whole lot to do *today* (I still have to balance the checkbook and pay the 1st of the month bills though).

So we went to Target to pick up Moneyball - I can't believe it's on DVD already, we totally meant to see it in the theater.  B & I read Moneyball a few years ago, on a rec from a non-baseball-obsessed friend, and absolutely loved it.  We've recommended the book to so many people; we were pleasantly surprised to see it become a movie.  We'll probably watch that tonight in lieu of the Who the Hell Cares Pro Bowl. 

While there, I found the entire Firefly series for $15! It includes 3 unaired eps! I am excite!

Then I decided I should get a tension rod to try out a really neat organizational idea a friend turned me onto.  You put a tension rod in your kitchen cabinet and hang all your spray bottles on it.  We had two baskets corralling all that stuff under the sink, and it wasn't too bad, but this is much better.  I swapped out the baskets for a turntable/lazy susan also.  Everything fits, and you can see exactly what's in there.  I chose the oval shape rod because it seemed sturdier than the round ones, and I also made sure not to pick the size that was at the upper limit of the rod's range.  For a 36" cabinet, getting a rod sized for 22-36" seemed risky.  I opted for the 36-60" rod.  I wanted to double up the rod for strength, so the weight of the bottles won't pull it down or cause it to sag in the middle.  However, now I know that you want the lower end of the range to be something smaller than the nominal cabinet dimension.  We got it in there, but it was a near thing.  The lazy susan was repurposed from another cabinet where it was being underutilized.  I traded one of the under-cabinet baskets for the tray, and I'm thinking it will work much better this way.  So I re-organized two cabinets for the price of one tension rod. \o/

We also needed a few things from the grocery, and I don't know about you, but that always seems to double up on me.  Today, fresh asparagus was on sale for $1.99/lb. That's a great price even "in season" so I got a pound.  When we came home, we worked up next week's menu:

White Chili with Sourdough Baguette
Cornish Hen, Asparagus and Pilaf
Spaghetti with yesterday's marinara, Spinach Salad
Tilapia Filets, Yellow Squash - just have to decide how these will be prepared
Broccoli and Onion Frittata

We'd already invited our friends over for the football game next Sunday, but we suspect we'll be watching more for the new crop of commercials than the outcome.  Even so, we've decided the main dishes on the buffet will be a Souper Bowl of sorts:  New England Clam Chowder vs. Manhattan Clam Chowder.  It will be interesting to see who wins that battle ;)