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Dec 11th, 2009
Dec 10th, 2009
ditzwill
 | 21:22 - Things I'm Painfully Aware that I'm Not Doing
I am not arranging for extended time off from work.
I am not packing a bag so it'll be ready to go.
I am not making sure we have clothes and blankets enough to keep little ones warm.
I am not child-proofing the house.
I am not rearranging the house to find room for a crib.
I am not getting ready to have a baby.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/loxocosmic/lumplings/confused.gif) confused
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Dec 7th, 2009
lj_maintenance
[mhwest]
 | 13:15 - Notification System
**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**
So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.
And finally some answers to some questions:
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Current Location: Under a Rock
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Dec 6th, 2009
sammyd42
 | 09:50 - Week 49 Cooking
I've been making some pretty big meals lately. And we've fallen behind, so this week, we'll be cleaning out the fridge. I imagine I'll make tacos out of the pork (shredding it), sandwiches perhaps, eating some other things and what not.
- Cassoulet (p19 Cook's Illustrated November/December 2009)
- Leftovers!
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sammyd42
| 09:37 - Week 48 Cooking Results
Scrambled Burrito
Simple...and ok. I don't really have much else to say about it.
Pork and Elk Mini Burgers
I had a bit of pork left over from a previous recipe and some elk in the freezer...so blam! I wanted the flavors of the elk to be in front, so I didn't mix it up with a bunch of other thing, it was just elk. It tasted pretty good.
Pork Loin Sandwiches
I sliced off a couple of pieces of Eden Farms pork loin and then breaded and fried the pork as the recipe called for. Though I did find out that I really need a candy thermometer or oil one or whatever, because I had to use my instant read thermometer to find out what the temp of the oil is. I don't think that is the best thing for it. Anyways, it turned out pretty good, though I don't know if the oil was quite high enough. But they still made for good sandwiches. As one that rarely uses that much oil to fry things, I was in a bit of a quandary as what I should do with the remaining oil. I ended up pouring it into an apple juice container and tossing it. Seems pretty wasteful though.
Greek-Style Penne with Lamb, Parsnips, Tomatoes, and Cinnamon (p68 Bon Appétit November 2009)
I think we both really liked this. Plus this being, I think, the first time I've used parsnips, it tasted very good. Plus the smell of the parsnips sautéing in the pan was really truly glorious.
Roast Pork Loin in Horseradish Crust
I should've trimmed more fat of the pork loin. I also should've brined the pork loin. I have to remember that the pork that I buy from Eden Farms is not like the pork that you get in the store and needs to be treated with a bit more care. But over all this was pretty good, though I did adjust the temp at cooking for the point of getting potatoes in the oven at the same time. But it turned out pretty good. there's a lot left over though.
Cassoulet (p19 Cook's Illustrated November/December 2009)
I had forgotten about Shannon's work's Christmas Party, so, I'll be making this today.
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Dec 2nd, 2009
lj_maintenance
[mhwest]
| 12:18 - MogileFS Maintenance
**EDIT Thu Dec 3 23:24:15 UTC 2009 **
Hey Everyone, we are about to run the last alter job that we need to on our database servers. This will effect userpics / scrapbook / vgift images for the next few hours. Have no fear, your images aren't lost, there is just a really intensive process running on the servers which store the information for mogilefs. Thank you for your understanding and all the LJ love...
Hey LJers,
I just wanted to let you all know that we are going to be performing some mogilefs maintenance over the next few days. We will be upgrading our current version to latest stable as well as changing some db config information to better handle the amount of files we are currently hosting. This shouldn't cause a big impact on site stability, but you may see some minor delays with userpic / scrapbook images appearing or other requests associated with our mogilefs. We would love to not have that happen, but unfortunately with some of the steps we need to take we have to cause a delay with images. I figured this was a better solution than taking down all of LiveJournal because well lets face it, we all need our daily LJ fix ;)
Thanks,
Current Location: Jumping out of a perfectly good plane
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Current Music: Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
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Nov 29th, 2009
sammyd42
| 12:20 - Week 47 Cooking Results
Thanksgiving at my parents...mmm... And I got to bring home nearly two pounds of homemade lefse? How can it get better? When going out to buy cilantro for the chili, I stopped by La Mie to get some bread for turkey sandwiches (decided I didn't have enough meat to make something out of the turkey), I got feedback from Joe Logsdon on the Chocolate Chunk Tart Cherry Oatmeal cookies that I've been working on, "you should quit your day job and open a cookie shop." I responded that I only have about 4 recipes...but I could see myself doing that. So I may have to think long and hard about if I want to start collecting cookie recipes, or continue to post them.
Grandma's Enchiladas (p27 Cook's Country October/November 2009)
These were quite good, good spice, they took a while to make (which is why I saved them for a weekend). But the combination of all the spices the slow braised beef just let for quite a delicious experience.
Ginger-Shallot Chicken Breasts
I got this from the Splendid Table Weeknight Kitchen Newsletter. I found it to be quite good, I especially like the sauce...I suspect Shannon would've liked the sauce had I actually seeded the peppers like the recipe called for, but since I left the seeds in, it was a bit too spicy for her. I did also like the way that they cooked the chicken breast too.
Twice Baked Potatoes with Ham, Peas and Gruyere (p36 Entertaining Fall 2009)
I vaguely followed the recipe...it seemed like a lot of work to get a similar result, so I just kind of simplified it earlier. I ended up cooking the potatoes with the stuff in them in the omelette pan that I had been using, and in continuing with my recent history, to get the potato out, I had forgotten that the pan had been in the oven for a good 20 or 30 minutes, grabbed the handle with my left hand and got a nice burn on my palm, and most of my joints. Though I realized my mistake pretty quick, so it wasn't too serious. No blisters.
Slow-Cooker White Chicken Chili (p5 Cook's Country October/November 2009)
This turned out pretty well. Though how can you call it chili, if it didn't have chili powder in it...but perhaps that's just me. Anyways, I actually had to grind up some coriander, because I had run out, so I was happy, once again, that I bought a coffee grinder not too long ago. I also didn't really want to use the slow cooker (mine is bigger then I think what they are calling for), so I ended up using my beloved Chantal stock pot and the oven. I looked on the internet and found that the low setting was 200F and the high setting was 300F and ended up using a hybrid of the two and went around 250 for most of the cooking. When I pulled the chicken thighs out of the pan, I had trouble because they were falling off the bone tender...
Earlier in the cooking, while putting the onions, in the pot, there was a little chicken fat and oil splatter and I got quite the blisters on my right arm.
Lasagna Bolognese (p26 Entertaining Fall 2009)
This was quite a bit of work to make. Make two sauces, put everything together. But it turned out very well. We both enjoyed it...and we have a whole lot of leftovers too...
So to sum up, right now I have a burn on my right ring finger, that is almost healed, a splattering of burns on my right arm, still look pretty ugly, and some fairly minor burns on my left hand, which feel like dry skin for the most part now...
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Nov 27th, 2009
ditzwill
| 11:52 - More Gone Than First Thought
After the police left last night and we got a chance to settle down a bit, we realized that there was much more missing than originally thought. The thieves went thru all of Jenny and Eddie's dresser and nightstand drawers, and Jenny's jewelry boxes and took anything that looked like it had value. Also took one of her porcelin dolls. Additionally, while leaving the GameCube that was in the living room, they took the one that was in the den. Oh and they tried to take Jenny's computer monitor, but cldn't get it disconnected from the computer.
While being smart enough to know no one would be home, these theives were pretty stupid at the same time. They took the GameCube, but none of the wireless controllers that were ON TOP OF the system. They didn't go into Hubby&My room cuz my iPod, that was in plain sight, is still there. They also didn't take the Flip Camera nor the video camera that were both in the living room. And they took *almost* all of the video games that were sitting with the PS3--including LAST year's Madden game--but left THIS year's Madden game sitting next to the TV. Also, Jenny's jewelry they did leave behind included one of the most valuable rings that she has.
Sadly, we think it may have been a personal attack against the household instead of just some shady person we know taking advantage of an empty house and poorly locked doors. So we all feel even more violated.
Hubby was supposed to work today, but they were nice and told him he could come in late or take the entire day if he needed. He's already got our bank account stuff taken care of (cuz of all the info on my puter), and has already been to the store to pick up some dead bolts for all the doors and the kits to install them. Poor guy's PTSD was triggered by all of this and he's a nervous wreck.
I'm at work right now, but the world must think we're closed because I've taken a grand total of 3 calls in 3 hours. heh. Lets hope it continues. I may have more to post.
Current Mood: confused
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