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A Rosy Almond Cream
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that's what i'm gonna do with the fresh white currants i bought yesterday while out with xiane.

i also made seitan last night. okay, i let the bread machine and the crockpot do all the hard work. i tasted it this morning--yummy.

i also managed to get a DEEP splinter in my foot. it's on the outside, below the pinky, below where the callus starts. :/ i can't get it out. tweezers and squeezing/manipulating are useless... i have no clue where the needles are, but they're likely upstairs and i'm not sure i should try to climb steep, wooden, sloping treads when i can't fully bear weight on this foot. *sigh*

i'll either have to make a doc appt to get it removed or try again myself. i don't want it to get infected.

splinter aside, i'm in a very good mood. :)

for the pagans and goths among us...

asbhet posted an amusing cartoon.

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well, i finally got the splinter out. i tried soaking, i tried needles, i tried begging.

after several hours, i finally sat down with my needle and tweezers and dug it out by eliminating the skin above it, layer by layer.

i had to use a machine needle (2020 80/11), but i think this was a good thing. it's very sharp and slightly flattened on the tip. the splinter was a forked shard, which is probably why i couldn't budge it by prodding.

cleaned the angry little wound, applied neosporin and a peace tattoo 3m bandage, hopped in the shower, and now i'm sitting back on the futon.

i'm wearing slippers from now on.

yesterday, i was wearing tights... since i tend to slide in them, i'm more liable to get splinters from the seams in the very old hardwood floors. not a good thing. and now my purple/black stripey tights have a wee hole in the sole. *sigh*

ah, well. thanks for all the tips.



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