Friday frets and frolics

Hugh (the dear!) pointed me in the right direction to reestablish a blogroll. I used to have one in a widget on the left side of the blog. WordPress removed this option, the old meanies, and I have been annoyed at the loss for some time. I see blogrolls on other blogs, many with my humble abode included. I would like to reciprocate – and now I can. It is on the pages mentioned above and not readily seen, but at least it is there. It is a work in progress; WP automatically put some links on it of people I have never heard of. Over the weekend I hope to put as many blogs as possible so if you don’t see yours, tell me that I may place it and if you don’t want yours on the blogroll I will remove it.

Poking about the pages section reminds me I haven’t updated my ‘who is Urspo’ and ‘things about me’. I look quite young in the photo. While it is a nice photo, it ain’t accurate and up to date. I need to tidy things up.

Today I am getting a fourth quarter bonus after all, about 4K gross, which is about 4K more than I was expecting. I didn’t think I had made the mark. We will use this surprise cash to pay off the auto loan. This frees up ~ $1500 per month for other things. I think The Overlords connected the dots they were giving me bonuses more than they figured and in reaction they are changing the rules this so I won’t get as much. Stirges. And they are rich as Roosevelt!

Tomorrow is our anniversary, or at least one of them. Like many male couples we have a series of ‘anniversaries’ starting with the one when we met (31 January 1997), the one when we pledged our troth on the southern tip of the big island in Hawaii, and the latest (hopefully the lastest) when we got hitched in Palm Springs (22 February 2017). After nearly thirty years we are a staid old couple and we don’t ‘celebrate’ the January anniversary per se. Indeed he will be working that day and I bet he doesn’t remember. In his defense, I have to pause to remember which day in February was our wedding day and I always ne ed to look up the year it happened. In my defense, 2005 onwards has been a blur. It’s a good thing I keep journals and write a blogotherwise I wouldn’t know when anything happened.

Did I mention I am going to try making a loaf of bread this weekend? I probably did.* I found on the Tube of Yous a recipe calling for only a few ingredients and no kneading. It promises even the worse bakers (hey! that’s me!) can do this. No harm trying. As I am avoiding carbs for now, I hope this works in a superstition sort of way to guarantee a proper loaf as I would be obliged to eat it. I bought some Irish butter (no rubbish) in hopes of having homemade bread and good-tasting spread. I cannot think of anything better. I will probably go into a glycemic index surge and coma, but it will be worth it.

That’s about all the frets and frolics for this Friday. See you around the blogroll.

*I could look back on the recent posts to ascertain such but I seldom reread my posts. When I do I see typos and sentences that could be improved and I want to keep rewriting what is already published. Oh the pain. It is best to just repeat myself and hope I am not boring the Spo-fans to death.