{"id":514,"date":"2014-07-26T15:53:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T20:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2014-07-28T17:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T22:23:56","slug":"dinner-such","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"Dinner &#038; such"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rich is at some ham radio thing in Austin this weekend, so I&#8217;m on my own. And it&#8217;s hot\u00a0\u2014\u00a0101\u00b0F today. So you would think that microwaving leftovers would be as much effort as I&#8217;d be willing to put into dinner, right? But, you see, I&#8217;ve got this blob of bleu cheese butter left over from steaks a few weeks ago. I love bleu cheese butter very, very much. It was spectacular on the steaks, and now\u00a0it&#8217;s figuratively burning a hole in the fridge. I&#8217;m not going to bother with\u00a0steak-for-one or anything, but\u00a0I think it&#8217;ll also work well on a nice burger!<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;ll let the BCB soften enough to shape it into a flat disc, then chill it until it&#8217;s firmed up\u00a0again. I&#8217;ll separate my third-pound of ground beef into two thin patties, sandwich the BCB between them and seal the edges. Then, at dinner time, get out the frying pan (and hope for the best)! Maybe I&#8217;ll remember to take some pictures.<\/p>\n<p>On the &#8220;&amp; such&#8221; front, I&#8217;ve had some trouble the last few days getting motivated to do stuff around the house. It might be because it&#8217;s\u00a0so very hot outside, or maybe it&#8217;s because\u00a0my subconscious knows that summertime means taking time off and is reacting accordingly. In any case, to try and get past it\/me, I&#8217;ve resorted to breaking tasks down into <strong>very<\/strong>\u00a0small parts, and treating\u00a0the smaller parts as individual, separate tasks. Right now, for example, I&#8217;m making a couple of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbusdogconnection.com\/elevated_dog_beds.htm\" target=\"_blank\">elevated dog beds<\/a>, mostly for J, our Corgi mix who really\u00a0seems to dislike lying on the toasty concrete patio.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0431-e1406407048875.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-516\" src=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0431-e1406407048875-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"Much better than that\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0431-e1406407048875-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0431-e1406407048875-1024x1003.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0431-e1406407048875.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This is much better than that hot old concrete!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Instead of a task list like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make PCV frame<\/li>\n<li>Sew canvas<\/li>\n<li>Assemble bed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026the list is now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Move the PVC pipe from the carport to the patio<\/li>\n<li>Mark the PVC pipe<\/li>\n<li>Cut eight legs for beds<\/li>\n<li>Cut four side pieces<\/li>\n<li>Cut four end pieces<\/li>\n<li>Lay out the canvas and mark cutting lines<\/li>\n<li>Cut canvas<\/li>\n<li>Stitch canvas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You get the idea. I seem to be able to accomplish the tiny little tasks. The bigger whole\u2026well, it&#8217;ll happen eventually. All in all, I\u00a0think this is called a coping mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>Laziness? Summer. [sigh]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Two days later:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow up: the bleu cheese-filled burger was <strong>INCREDIBLE<\/strong>! No, no pictures because I gobbled it down.<\/p>\n<p>And I got 63% of the PVC marked and cut. (That&#8217;s one bed, plus two legs for the other bed.) I thought I&#8217;d better go ahead and completely finish one, to make sure everything works, before I passed\u00a0the point of no return.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dog-bed-frame.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-536 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dog-bed-frame-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"Dog bed frame\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dog-bed-frame-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dog-bed-frame.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, I was doing in the messy PVC cutting outside, and it&#8217;s hot. So when I came in, I wanted an ice cold beer.* We didn&#8217;t have any beer. So I had wine. I had a glass of water first, but I may have still guzzled it down. [hic] Wish me luck cutting out and sewing the canvas cover for the dog bed! Just as a point of reference, I came in and sat down at my computer three times to watch the<a title=\"How to make a sewn dog bed cover\" href=\"http:\/\/beds4paws.com\/newsroom\/construction-of-dog-and-cat-beds\/\" target=\"_blank\"> YouTube video about cutting &amp; sewing the dog bed covers<\/a>\u00a0and got distracted. Fourth time was the charm.<\/p>\n<p>Really, wish me luck.<\/p>\n<p><em>*In a frozen mug. I drink chilled beer from frozen mugs. That&#8217;s how we roll around here.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rich is at some ham radio thing in Austin this weekend, so I&#8217;m on my own. And it&#8217;s hot\u00a0\u2014\u00a0101\u00b0F today. So you would think that microwaving leftovers would be as much effort as I&#8217;d be willing to put into dinner, right? But, you see, I&#8217;ve got this blob of bleu cheese butter left over from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}