I have discovered local panto! Also, Little Victories

[neadods]

Turns out that there is such a thing as the British Embassy Players (originally, yes, from the embassy) and they do panto! So last night I got to see Cinderella. The general quality was "earnest community theater" but the guy playing Frou Frou was absolutely HILARIOUS and if the other ugly stepsister wasn't as funny, they worked beautifully together. ("I got this dress for a ridiculous figure." "Yes, yours." // "I've been told I have Scandanavian looks." "He said you look like an 'orse.")

Today was a run to the Book Thing, where I scored a well-loved 1938 copy of "The Manual of Modern Cooking" among others. (1938, and they've already got recipes that have "1 can of cream of mushroom soup.")

And there have been a series of little victories. One was for an old system - I wanted a short sleeved shirt to layer under something I was going to wear to work and couldn't find it. So I went to the off-season wardrobe, the knit shirt section, and it was in my hands in less than a minute. I CAN get an organized house! Now to just organize the rest of it...

Other little victories: The new agile sprint board on the side of the fridge warned me that I couldn't crank out 3 essays of any quality at the same time, so I bumped one to summertime. That saved me some stomach lining.

Then M took down the gunky, disgusting blades from the ceiling fan so she could scrub them. I said "how about leaving them down and putting them, their screws, and the pull down in the basement in a bag, so we can pull them out when we need them in midsummer but they won't collect grease and dust all year? That saved us some scrubbing.

And I hit up the local credit union's big "learn to do stuff and maybe win an ipad!" expo on my way back from the books and not only got a bunch of little jobs done but won a couple of Amazon gift cards for participating.

Comments

[bentleywg.livejournal.com]

About the fan: it's recommended that you run the fan at low speed in winter, but in the other direction, so the warm air that rises to the ceiling is recirculated to the rest of the room.

"In the summer, use the ceiling fan in the counterclockwise direction. While standing directly under the ceiling fan you should feel a cool breeze. The airflow produced creates a wind-chill effect, making you "feel" cooler. In the winter, reverse the motor and operate the ceiling fan at low speed in the clockwise direction. This produces a gentle updraft, which forces warm air near the ceiling down into the occupied space. Remember to adjust your thermostat when using your ceiling fan — additional energy and dollar savings could be realized with this simple step!" [EnergyStar.gov]

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I thought about that, but the kitchen doesn't get that cold... and the fan does get that disgusting!

[tacnukesoul.livejournal.com]

I went to a couple of pantos with them, but most of it was "eh." I decided to stick to the Revels, though I gave this year's a miss due to reviews.