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Turkey Time

Another trip to Weggies, actually two in the afternoon. The first time, the instore pharmacy failed to have the prescription ready. The second time, there was long delay for the pharmacy to obtain clearance on insurance coverage. (You would think since I recently had gone through the same SNAFU that the stop measure would have been removed. On the other hand, even though the same policy number, it was a different pharmacy and different last name.)

Anyway, I sat in the parking lot and talked to people who stopped to admire Suzy. One couple from Conklin spent a good deal of time asking questions. The man was sitting in a very nice, motorized Quickie. He said that he had shopped for gemcars and was surprised at the price that I paid. The outright price was a bargain; the cost of shipping plus new batteries added another $2K to the total.

I had a rough time of it Saturday night, so roasting the fresh turkey early Sunday morning was more of a challenge. First wrestling from the brine where it had marinaded for a day, then stuffing it and then roasting it. I like to roast at the highest heat the stove will go, in this case 500 degrees Farenheit for 45 minutes, then turning it down to a low heat (250 to 375) for the remaining period. Bonnie actually lowered the heat and later took the roast turkey from the oven. I wish I had a Canon A610 digital camera, I would have snapped a shot of the bird. It was a bit overdone. Still it looked nice filled with stuffing.

Bonnie took the turkey in the roasting pan, along with an additional contained of baked dressing, to the YMCA to be carved. (Not in the gemcar, I might add. I had envisioned driving up to the “Y” with the roasting pan strapped on top of the cooler on the back, but I was feeling too ill to go.)

She then went back for a carbohydrate packed, free turkey dinner for the community. In addition to roast turkey, there were sweet potatoes, mashed white potatoes, dressing / stuffing, rolls, cranberry sauce, and store brand soda (or pop depending upon where you are geographically located along the pop / soda line).
And, for desset, yep, you guessed it, pumpkin pie with Cool Whip.

 

Too Hot for My Chinchilla

Just because

 

NYSEG

Suzy gets her joules or juice from New York State Electric & Gas. I started an online account. After looking at a graph of electricity usage and gas usage for 12 months, the first thing I did was to initiate monthly budget payments.

Usage of both utilities peaks in the month of February. While electricity usage is fairly constant; use of natual gas fluctuates. In addition to using gas for cooking and water heating, we heat with it.

It was evident from an examination of a model constructed by Home Energy Saver that by far the greatest part of home energy expenditures is for heating. With winter on its way and the impact of hurricane damage expected to result in natural gas price increases between 50-75%, now seemed to be a good time to go on a budget.