The tax agent reached for his email, the Ear Nose and Throat Registrar reached for her tool set and usually when I'm cooking across the week, I'm reaching for either the air fryer or the George Foreman grill..
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HERE
'So this is the results of your scan from last year - the areas that have come up black show where there's space. But as you can see, currently most of your areas are blocked...'
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Now if this was a report on my heart then that result would be utterly
terrifying but luckily (or unluckily if you're like me and you don't have a
sense of smell at the moment) this was the scan results for my sinus
condition. There's things blocking the sinus passages to begin with but once
we get past that... well I'll save you the gory details. Suffice to say I've
never been in a doctors room where the forms for surgery have been whipped out
so quickly.
But I've just filled out my particulars and will drop
it to the local hospital to jump on the waiting list. How long exactly? Well
the form says less than a year. The ENT specialist suggests 18 months due to
that bastard Covid-19 wrecking anything and everything. I'd be happy to go
under next week if I could just to get some sense of smell back...but we'll
see.
Either way I'm taking the first few steps on a long journey for recovery, so wish me luck..
(Can I also point out how amused I was by the registrar calling me 'Young and fit' on a couple of occasions. I feel '42 and getting there' would have been closer to the mark, but hey, she's the medical expert and I enjoyed the compliment :D)
BETTER PREPARED THIS YEAR
I was caught on the back foot last year over a few questions from my tax
return team including questions about cryptocurrency and end of financial
years statements from all the teeny tiny investments I currently hold that
that growing, albeit incredibly slowly. Stuff that I had to race all over the
internet to find (and numbers to quickly crunch) while the team member was
still on the phone.
This year however I vowed to be far more
prepared and so when the tax guy called me, he had most of what he needed in
his inbox including amazon payments, writing deductions. the hilariously small
profit I made juggling cryptos around and so much more.
This meant my tax return interview lasted all of five minutes to fill in some missing details. I reckon we spent more time talking the rubbish weather at the moment than we did hunting for deductions. Now it's in his hands to finish off while I build my shopping list come return day (which is mostly car related stuff, especially since registration is becoming due..)
DOUBLE SHOT TUESDAY - DOUBLE THE TO DO LIST
Usually Friday's are the busy one of the bunch but fate decided to get the jump on things earlier this week by making today, the normally humble Tuesday, a little more exciting than usual. We had the show of course talking everything from the Queen's funeral to the fact that over 200 days have passed since the Russia and Ukraine war sparked off and even the 'You might be able to pay for the plane seat next to you to remain vacant' option that Qantas is currently playing with. Then there were clients, meetings, my daughter dropped in to hang out while Donna could go to work, pretty average coffees, a great interview (Damo from Motor Ace - super cool dude, loves his music) and finally we popped up the podcast for today.
The topic? The best and worst kitchen appliances in our kitchens.
Because even though current media outlets main focus is all about the Queen,
the funeral, the new king, the sons, the hecklers, the public holiday and the
changing of the faces on the coinage here in Australia (and any other royal
angle I may have missed here) there's still the odd product placement story
coming in, like 'Sandwich presses that will save you life.'
(Okay, that
heading might not be exactly accurate..)
So what ranked best and worst in our corners of cooking?
LU:
Best - A toastie maker she got as a wedding gift 20+ years ago that will outlast religion. It's big enough to toast a foccacia and already blessed the house with countless toasted goodness. Given that level of quality, it could probably knock a man out cold too.
Worst - A slow cooker. Because she forgets to use it and the last thing you want to do when the breakfast alarm goes off at around 4 in the morning is sit there throwing things into it, ready for the feast that night.
AL:
Best - A toss up between the George Foreman Grill and the air fryer currently. The George is great for toasties and cooking things that doesn't need much finesse (so avoid steaks unless you like em cooked through and tough) while the air fryer continually proves how versatile it truly is week after week after week. Kranksys in the air fryer? Awesome. Hash browns? Yes. Bacon? Of course. Chips? That's a given. Double points for the fact that the trays come out easy and clean so well in the dishwasher.
Worse - Rice cooker. Used it once, maybe twice? Now I stick to a pot with water or the microwave if it's flavoured rice. Also the meat grinder and pasta machine. I ground meat once, too much to clean up. I made pasta once, there was flour everywhere. Far easier at the supermarket really..
TOMORROW
We break out the King songs for Fight For Your Flashback, we give away another clue in our $10,000 mystery voices competition and I see what's left in the fridge that I can cram into and experiment on in our air fryer.
What could possibly go wrong here?
-Almigo
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