So, what are you guys up to?

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        This has become a real problem for me in the last couple of years. Instead of 10M, now I seem to need 10.5W. Also the soles of my feet start hurting much faster, and I don’t know what kind of shoes I need.

        • MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          That’s unfortunate. Where in the foot does it hurt? I used to have pain in the toe knuckles (don’t know the real name for it) and barefoot shoes really helped me. I don’t know if it will help, since I’m not an expert, but it might be worth discussing with a doctor if you can’t seem to find comfortable shoes and your size change with no explainable reason. Physiotherapy might also help if doctors can’t figure it out, since they help strengthen the supporting muscles and tendons, giving better stability…

  • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    Wife is away for the weekend so just me and kiddo. Hope to watch the latest Dungeon Meshi with her. Cook dinner (small goals, man, small goals).

    Install flat free tire on wheelbarrow. Which sounds not worth mentioning. The thing is, I’m usually depressed af by this time of year. Then I miss out prepping for gardening season.

    Well not this year, baybee. I’ve been intently focused on preventing that and am doing pretty good. The wheelbarrow is representative of that.

    Anyway, more tomatoes, spinach, maybe take another crack at potatoes, basil, zucchini, carrots, cantaloupes again (I can’t believe they actually worked last time), not sure what else, yet. Beans? Oh and various sunflowers. Garlic has been in the ground for two years now. The alpine strawberries should now be pretty established but I may have to get a few more. Walking onions continue to spread whether I like it or not…

    • ReiRose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Your garden sounds amazing! I’m planting beans too this year, and feel a little out of my league (I usually have with dark leafy greens and various Peppers as my staples)

      • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Thanks! It has a long way to go since I just started two seasons ago but it’s fun anyway. I have tried peppers a couple times but not much luck yet. Spinach is it as far as leafy stuff goes so far. Lettuce and kale might be fun?

        • ReiRose@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          I’m scared to try Lettuce, I’m in South florida and just imagine it wilting. But Kale and chard do fantastic here. I planted a couple of moronga trees too for their leaves and don’t regret it.

    • raptore39@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      I love the fact you foresaw the possibility for depression and made the choice to focus on good. Many do not have that amount of foresight. Now I have to look into flat free wheels for my barrow that the wheels have perished, thanks for the tip!

  • june@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    I’m racing tiny cars bro!

    I help run an RC racing club. In the summer we do parking lot 1/10 scale in road, and in the winter we do 1/28 scale (Mini Z) indoor onroad. It’s a fuckin blast.

  • cheee@lemmings.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    This is an update

    Before, I replies that I was cautiously pessimistic.

    Now, I am cautiously optimistic.

  • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    There will always be negativity unfortunately. I’ve come to realize that engaging in it is a waste of one’s time and doesn’t help resolve whatever issue the person on the other side may be going through. I try to diffuse situations, but I can’t always spend all my time doing that.

    As for weekend plans, not much really. Gonna head to the gym after work and complete my assignment. Same for tomorrow. Maybe start a new video game from my backlog after playing some Muse Dash. I always crave a good platformer.

    • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      There will always be negativity unfortunately. I’ve come to realize that engaging in it is a waste of one’s time and doesn’t help resolve whatever issue the person on the other side may be going through. I try to diffuse situations, but I can’t always spend all my time doing that.

      Indeed, that’s the most reasonable approach. I was a bit down because I had put a lot of energy into a community, but the mod didn’t really seem to opening discussions with the members. I ended leaving, but that left a bitter taste

    • eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      It’s something that’s important in personal relationships I think, but the context and human tends to get lost over the internet.

      If a friend’s drowning in negativity, one can be present in some ways, but that can’t be fixed by anyone else nor would that even really make sense. They could be in a bad situation, in which case maybe there’s ways to directly help, but oftentimes it’s something only they can work through and we also have to maintain some distance and boundaries and recognize we won’t fix how they feel nor should we try to. And sometimes people just need to vent negativity and shout into the void or break down to a friend.

      On the internet, we fire off walls of text under the presumption people will just read it and get it and fuck off and go change their whole worldview. It takes time and the ephemeral nature of communication on the Internet means we’ll never be around for the context or resolution of someone’s difficulties. (nor will they for our own.) So, even more than irl, we have to set boundaries on how invested we’re willing to get. It’s a constant frustration for me though.

      ps muse dash looks cute as hell, have fun!!

  • SpiceDealer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    My wife and I are going to go grocery shopping and make some meal preps. Thinking about General Tso’s chicken w/ shrimp fried rice.

  • raynethackery@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    I’m going to my sister’s. I’ve been craving her macaroni and potato salads. She texted yesterday to say they were all made and we are getting together today.

  • MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    Planning and outlining for a new fanfiction story again while procrastinating on the current fic I’m writing; I suck at dialogues and have no motivation to push through with it right now.

  • SomeoneElse@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Spanish homework! My local city council offers free adult learning courses for people earning < £30k. I signed up for Spanish almost on a whim. I was nervous as hell to begin with, but three lessons in I really love it.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Legit, no meme, no joke, I’m making beef stroganoff.

    We don’t do it often, maybe twice a year, but it’s a household favorite.

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        1 1/2 pounds beef sirloin steak, 1/2 inch thick.
        8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced (2 1/2 cups)
        2 medium onions, thinly sliced. (Can reduce to one medium if necessary, but it changes both taste and final servings)
        1 garlic clove, finely chopped. (Can go with two or three if you’re bonkers for garlic, but no more than that)
        1/4 cup butter or margarine. (I strongly recommend actual butter for both flavor and health reasons compared to margarine)
        1 1/2 cups beef broth.
        1/2 teaspoon salt.
        1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. (Or to taste, but it really doesn’t take much)
        1/4 cup all-purpose flour.
        1 1/2 cups sour cream.
        3 cups hot cooked egg noodles.

        Cut beef across grain into about 1 1/2x1/2-inch strips.

        Cook mushrooms, onions and garlic in butter in 10-inch skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender; remove from skillet. Unlike a lot of dishes, caramelizing the onions is not good thing, follow this step exactly.

        Cook beef in same skillet until brown. Stir in 1 cup of the broth, the salt and Worcestershire sauce. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.

        Stir remaining 1/2 cup broth into flour; stir into beef mixture. Add onion mixture; heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in sour cream; heat until hot (do not boil). Serve over noodles.

        Now, this is essentially the Betty Crocker recipe. Not much has been changed since most people love that recipe and it was what a lot of families used whether they knew it or not.

        However, there is room for change there. There’s no specific mushroom given, as an example. Typically, it would be button mushrooms. I favor Portobello. But any mushroom that isn’t so delicate as to be ruined, or so intense as to compete with the beef is fine. If you go with a Portobello, remove the gills before cutting it up, they make the final dish look like crap, and run a little bitter (imo).

        You can make your own noodles as well, but that’s a ton of work for little return.

        You can use other cuts of beef. Sirloin is very good, but pricey. Stew beef works well as long as you extend the cook time a little before the final step. Same with cube steak. The texture and flavor changes, but not too much in the flavor. In both cases, you’ll end up needing more stock to balance out the extra loss of water. Skirt steak works too, but I find it doesn’t have a good texture in this application.

        And, in a pinch, you can use water instead of stock, but it will not be as good. If you can’t do beef stock, any decent stock will work better than water, even vegetable stock which has a totally different flavor in the sauce.