But back to this one. It is a bit before the kids come over. I am not sure what time they will be here but I was told after dinner. It's 5:27 now, I expect them at any time.
Hopefully, they are bringing their swimsuits. I told them to but they might forget. We are planning on going tomorrow, assuming they still want to. They might have changed their minds or one of them might be sick. That happens sometimes. We will have to see when they get here. Since it usually takes me about an hour to write one of these, they might be here before I finish.
One thing I am noticing, I am getting better at typing for some reason. I have not had to do any extensive typing in a while, so I am normally using the two finger method. If I have to type anything on here, I use two fingers. But since I have been regularly updating these blogs, I seem to have gotten my old rhythm back. When I was a kid, 45 years ago, I took a typing class and I could type over 120 words a minute. I think I am at about 60 now. Don't know. I think there are some typing tests you can take online to find out how fast you can type. I will have a look and get back to you. I know how much the suspense of not knowing will haunt you.
I thought I just heard a car outside but I don't see anything. I hear cars all the time lately. I think something happened to the lady who lives next door. Two ambulances came a couple of weeks ago and ever since then, there have been some people I don't know living there. Not sure who it is but I assume they are relatives. She lived there with her grand-daughter and maybe they are just there to take care of her while she is sick. I think it is something worse than that but as I did not really talk to them I was afraid to go over and ask.
The kids did show up, I just couldn't see the car. So I suppose I should end this sometime soon. But I had so much to say. One thing I will talk about is what I am making myself for dinner because we all know this is really a food blog. I just put the kids in here to make it seem like I am writing this for them, but really, it is a chance to talk about food.
I am making chili. I think I vaguely remember writing about chili at least once before. I spent the day, or maybe it was just an hour, searching for dried chili's in the stores. You cannot buy them here, apparently. They have started selling chipotle in adobo sauce in little cans so I got some of those to use. I have used them before but I tried a different brand this time. The other brand had them all chopped up in the can, or jar in this case, but the new ones are whole in the can. I am hoping they break up a bit before they are finished cooking. If not, I will have to try to do it in the chili while they cook.
I don't think I put enough onion in it. It is too late now. I only put a small onion in because I did not want to open the other package of onions I bought, but I am pretty sure it needs more. I put two jalapenos in it and some garlic and tomato paste. I might have to add some more water but I used a whole litre of chicken stock and it seems to be doing ok for now. I know, chicken stock in chili, but that is what I had. I did not have any beef stock and I was not going back to the store.
So, there it is. My dinner for tonight. I usually make rice with it but I am thinking I might go Cincinnati style and put it over spaghetti. I don't really like that style but have not had it in a long time so I might just try a bit of that. Then again, I might just have it by itself with some tortillas. I think that might be good this time. Maeghan loves rice, so I will probably end up making rice for her, but they already had dinner so I don't know if she is hungry or not. We will have to see. It will take another couple of hours before it is ready so I have plenty of time to decide.
Now that I have doubled the size of this entry talking about food, I am gong to end it. I hope to take some more up to date pictures tomorrow but we will see how that goes. Not sure if they will let me or if I will remember. These old pictures I have do not really have just Maeghan and William in them so I need some more.
I guess I am going so,
Until next time
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