Bored Saturday

Not much going on with me. Mystic is getting mighty tired of me dragging him out of the bedroom and forcing him to eat, so he did it himself last night. He jumps at loud noises and flees when something out of the ordinary happens, but he's so much better than two weeks ago when we got him. Once he gets over this chickenkitty phase, I think he'll be much happier.

Spritey got to take recyclables to the dump with Mum and I this morning, so she was happy...until she realized mean old Becky Bean wasn't planning on sharing her chicken salad on corn tortilla. Now she's in the kennel pouting.

Mum is trying to answer a survey but no one's answering her. How bloody typical.

I am doing nothing at the moment; job stuff is at a dead stop and doesn't seem to be picking up again. I am so bored.

Meanwhile, Amy and Rory are leaving Doctor Who today. As awful as it is when companions go and as sad as it's gonna be, I'm eager to see what the new companion has to ruffle the Doctor's feathers at Christmas. I wish I had fish fingers and custard but that's still disgusting even after three seasons.

I think I cleaned up the mess I made of the kitchen this morning. We don't have a Starbucks around here, and all my friends on Facebook have been simply raving about the Pumpkin Spice Lattes that I cannot get ahold of because, HELLO, we don't have a Starbucks in Rhinelander.

So what does one do when one can't have what one wants? One makes it.

My first attempt was an unmitigated disaster. There was not enough sugar and it wasn't sweet enough even with tons of sweet in it. So I found a different recipe and tried again. This time the flavoring was right.

Here's a link to the one that worked. You make the syrup part and then, because I didn't have espresso, I mixed the straight coffee with it little by little until I was happy with the balance. Since everyone's tastes are different, I figure everyone wants a different balance of syrup with coffee and milk. I am so blasted picky when it comes to coffee-I have to have it mixed with loads of other stuff to make it palatable.

I also halved the batch because it makes a lot of syrup. Next time I think I'll quarter it-I still had a lot left over.

http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com/starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte-copycat-includes-syrup-recipe/

Mom's wrapping hamburger and I have to go help.

Ta,
Bec