Ever jump out of bed, salivating with the thought of hot sticky, barbecued ribs for lunch, get to the kitchen, start whipping up the sauce….
And discover that first you have to go out to the barn and butcher the pig?
That’s how my day felt.
I was full of energy this morning.
I was starting a new project.
I had done the prep work, organized my thoughts, downloaded the necessary software and was ready to hit it hard.
There was just one slight glitch I needed to fix first.
Firefox.
It started crashing a few days ago.
By yesterday, it was crashing almost constantly.
I downgraded.
I had upgraded to Firefox 5 about a week ago.
To digress a minute….
I was not at all happy when I finally succumbed to the constant nagging by Firefox to upgrade only to find out that it didn’t support some of my extensions… Most importantly, the Google Toolbar.
I like the Google Toolbar.
I use the Google Toolbar.
I found a ‘work-around and went on my way.
It all worked fine for awhile; then it started crashing.
I disabled the extensions.
Still crashed.
I downgraded to the previous version.
Still crashed.
And crashed and crashed.
I gave up.
Last night I made the switch to Google Chrome.
Would you believe that Google Chrome does not support the Google Toolbar?
Back to this morning….
I was going to spend 10 minutes setting up Chrome before getting to work.
At about minute 9 it crashed.
Really crashed…. The Blue Screen of Death.
Long story short, I spent the rest of the morning getting back to where I started at 7:30.
By that time, I had to train and feed the puppies, do the weekly hoeing in the garden, tend to the tomatoes… where I found lots of ripe ones which needed to be peeled, chopped and bagged for the freezer. I exercised, showered and it was time to train and feed the puppies again. Back to the garden to get the lettuce and chard for dinner and here I am….
Day is done and project not started.
I believe a glass of wine is in order.
And an easy potato salad to go with the fish…
Warm, crisp, sautéed potatoes, mushrooms and garlic enveloped in creamy, melted soft goat cheese; finished with lots of fresh basil and chives, this is not your ordinary potato salad. Full of complex flavors, it is best served with simple, grilled meat of fish.
The recipe, Potato Salad with Mushrooms & Goat Cheese, has been updated and re-posted here: Potato Salad with Mushrooms & Herbs.
Last updated:
Yes, well, there are days like that. I can manage a day like that … tomorrow will be better. It’s when they string together and become weeks … months … NO, tomorrow will be better.
After all, you have puppies.
“Mama said there’ll be days like this, Mama said, Mama said.” My solution is to go back to bed. 🙂
I keep getting little announcements to upgrade my Firefox, but I figure, why mess with something that is working for me? I don’t trust upgrades…of any kind.
I have been messing with some different potato salad recipes this summer…other than the typical potato/egg/mayo. I think the crispy potato idea is a doozey….definitely something I will try.
I WANT that potato salad now. And us with zero chevre and only two mushrooms in the house. (How is it that there are two mushrooms?! Who would keep just two mushrooms??)
I am speechless that Google Chrome doesn’t support the Google Toolbar! And yet, somehow unsurprised at the same time. (I’m using Firefox 3.6.18 and from what I understand, it is a stable release – I just checked for updates from the Firefox toolbar and it said there were none, in spite of the fact that Wikipedia says there is a 3.6.19. Typo??? I didn’t even know there was a version 4, let alone a version 5. Of course, I don’t know if the Google toolbar works on 3.6.18….)
I stopped using Firefox weeks ago due to crashing, locking up, not allowing me to comment on blogspot or typepad, and all around junk of it all. I use Safari and Chrome now.
Tanna, I know, sigh…. playing with puppies helps…
Zoomie, and this was one!
Cindy, crispy potatoes really add a lot to salads!
Elizabeth, two mushrooms? What, they rolled to behind the milk? I have so much going on in my computer I always upgrade everything… perhaps, foolishly 😉
Lannae, I just find is frustrating when upgrades don’t work right… Chrome is good – so far.