Jerzei Collie's journal

There is currently some light snow which started late this morning. The weather forecast says Colorado Springs should get 3-7 inches of snow today into Friday. I had a catering delivery this morning when the snow started falling.

I got myself an early birthday gift, though it won't be delivered until the day after my birthday. I was given a discount code for nuts.com to take 20% off my order with free shipping. I ordered a few different varieties of peanuts, along with some chocolate pretzels and fudge.

I picked up some Easter candy during my last grocery trip. I got some KitKat bunnies and Starburst jellybeans.

A family friend has expressed interest in having me cook her a meal. I've been looking for specific recipes because she can't eat certain foods. I found a sweet potato and quinoa stew recipe, and I can pair that with a few side dishes.

I'm glad the internet has sites where I can look for substitutes for ingredients I don't have. Sometimes I would get a container of an ingredient to use for one recipe, then forget about the rest of the container until it goes bad. For one of my snack recipes, I can just use the vegetable oil I already have instead of spending $8-12 for a bottle of avocado oil.

I heard about the new churro-flavored Kit Kat bars a while back, but I couldn't find them in any stores. I bought a box of them online. They taste very close to actual churros, with their creamy chocolate coating and cinnamon sugar wafers.

My show on the 30th into the 31st went really well. I taped my microphone cord to the stand so it wouldn't disconnect from the mic when I moved it around. I was worried about crashes since I experienced a little buffering on my computer while listening to DJ Sonic beforehand, but everything seemed to be smooth.

I decided not to turn on my porch light tonight since trick-or-treaters don't usually come to my condo building. I had a few bundles of Tootsie Fruit Chews ready just in case someone showed up.

I'll be making two or three GrubHub deliveries in a bit, then picking up dinner from Jose Muldoon's restaurant. I rarely get any trick-or-treaters, but I do have a small candy bowl near the door just in case.

I'm glad the catering order I just delivered included a big tip. Usually Chipotle is good about getting orders ready on time. This location was really busy for lunchtime, so my order wasn't finished until about 8 minutes after the pick-up time. I didn't get the $2 on-time bonus, but the order itself paid over $50 including the tip. I picked up a Whopper meal at Burger King for lunch afterward, then dropped off my election ballot at one of the city's drop boxes.

The singles cruise group I belong to is hosting an online Halloween weekend party on Zoom. I don't usually get Trick-or-Treaters at my condo; I've only gotten a total of one in the 13 years I've lived here. I may put together a few small bags of candies just in case I get one or two visitors this year.

The bonbons I made kept breaking when I tried to roll them, along with getting my hands sticky. I gave up after a few tries and just said "It's bonbon fudge."

I was craving pizza last night. I looked on Blackjack Pizza's site and saw they have a new honey sriracha chicken pizza. I ordered that and some cheese breadsticks. They were both excellent.

The T-shirts for this month's KRCC membership drive have a drawing of Marvin the border collie (the program director's dog.) https://www.dropbox.com/s/3u08m6ojanixzcc/KRCC-MarvinShirt.jpg?dl=0

I'll be doing DoorDash deliveries a bit later, then tuning into WolfGirl's stream tonight.

I almost missed out on a DoorDash Drive delivery today. The DoorDash app wouldn't let me sign in or confirm my scheduled pickup. I drove to the restaurant and still couldn't sign in. The app worked after I updated it, allowing me to complete the pickup and delivery.

The wine bar above La Baguette's Old Colorado City location is closed for renovations. This is the bar where Drinking Liberally meets once a month. One member suggested meeting at the Sweet Elephant bar about a half block away. The group scheduled its November meeting for there as well.

I did some AM radio DXing this week to see which stations I could pull in. I could just barely pull in KNX 1070 Los Angeles and KOKC 1520 Oklahoma City. The former local daytimer on 1530 (KQSC) now operates at night with just 15 watts, so that station causes some interference with KOKC. Some of the other distant stations I received are KRLD 1080 Dallas, WHO 1040 Des Moines and WOAI 1200 San Antonio.

Even though I don't expect any Trick-or-Treaters this year, I bought a bag of fun-size candy for Halloween. I've looked up recipes for using leftover candy (e.g. cookie bars.)

I attempted to reheat the penuche I made to make it more solid, but I ended up burning it. I still have enough ingredients (and my new candy thermometer) for another batch. I may use my double boiler next time to reduce the chances of the candy burning.

I don't think my SSI check will be deposited on Friday, so I split my phone payment into two, with the second payment happening next Tuesday. I'm thinking of using auto-pay for the phone bill so I don't forget it.

My DoorDash app never confirmed I was assigned to a Drive delivery. The delivery had appeared to still be available, but I kept getting the "Something went wrong" message whenever I tried to delete my previous dash or sign up for the dash again. UPDATE (3 PM): I signed up for two drive deliveries tomorrow afternoon to make up for the missed one today.

I am home-bound today. When I came home last night, a neighbor let me know one of my headlights was burned out. I made an appointment for Thursday morning to get it replaced. I'll pick up my prescription refill and a DoorDash catering bag after that.

Even though I don't really expect any trick-or-treaters, I bought a pack of KitKat bars just in case, along with a larger bag of backup candy. I'll wear my panda kigurumi to a singles costume party on Friday.