Things I have learned while my parents stayed with me

I am a filthy piglet who does not clean well enough, as evinced by the fact that I did not sufficiently scrub the insert in the silverware drawer.

My cheap-ass dishwasher soap is doing a really lousy job on my glassware. Significantly better results from more expensive stuff suggest I ought to just bite the bullet and shell out.

My oven runs hot. To ensure a perfect top crust on an apple pie, I must cover it with aluminum foil before baking.

As demonstrated by the fact that I do not own a butter dish, I live like a barbarian.

My lack of disposable tableware (paper plates, paper napkins, et cetera) is a clear sign of insanity. See also: my no longer really hearing my loud desktop computer fan.

Boiling water in a kettle and making coffee in a French press counts as "roughing it."

Most people find shower temperatures hot enough to sear your skin an unpleasant experience.

Mom and Dad won't notice the difference between generic and their preferred brands in those cases I took the time to buy the latter, but they of course will notice the difference when I don't.

We can get along in my space together even better than anticipated.

;-)

Accomplishment chart, 11/22 - 11/28

For the week of 11/22 - 11/28:

Writing
- finished the first draft of my edit of the new musical
- worked on a scene where Nathaniel confronts his brother Justin for hitting on Mary
- wrote 2 blog entries for Mrs. Hawking website
- wrote 7 Livejournal entries
- wrote 7 daily Hipster Feminist tweets

Theater
- had a reading dinner for my edit of the new musical
- had one rehearsal for GHOSTSHOW

Gaming/Larp
- signed up for A Turn on the Radiance Rose at Intercon
- had Resonance fill up in the first round of Intercon signups

Website
- posted 1 blog entry
- added a Hawking Family section to the Characters page
- posted the character profiles for Clara Hawking and the Colonel

Physical
- 2 hour-long circuit workouts

Media
- watched episodes 1-2 of season 4 of Downtown Abbey
- watched "Fit to Rule" documentary "Tudors to Stuarts," "Stuarts to Hanoverians," and "Hanoverians to Windsors" on the health of British Monarchs
- read crearespero's ten-minute play Annabel Lost: The Leavetaking
- watched parts 1, 2, and 3 of "Six Wives of Henry VII" documentary
- read C.S. Lewis's Oxford review of Tolkien's "The Hobbit"

Cooking
- made two mini and one full-sized chicken pot pies
- made meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and steamed broccoli
- helped whole roast turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, pear and parsnip, roast Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and apple pie for Thanksgiving