Friday, July 21, 2023

Le Tour de France, Project Runway and a Pork Shoulder

Yesterday's stage of Le Tour de France was full of surprises and quite fun, and I hope you had a chance to catch Wednesday's hilly stage because that one was exciting. We have a final hill/mountain stage coming up tomorrow before the ride into Paris and the final sprint on Sunday when it all wraps up. Since I have Peacock again on my equipment, I set up the tablet and worked at the computer at the shop while watching Le Tour, then switched to The Open golf tournament. Finally, toward the latter portion of the afternoon, I did a bit of searching and found Season 20 of Project Runway! Yippee!! I've started watching that and it's SO MUCH FUN. 




Tomorrow we'll have some pretty decent mountains again, 
but today is a lot of up and down terrain. Hilly - but not 
super steep. A challenge nonetheless because the boys 
are tired and their legs are tired. Tomorrow's stage will 
be true mountains for one last shot before Paris. 



On Season 20 they invited specific previous participants from the prior 19 seasons to compete one more time. Not all seasons are represented. Some, such as Season 1, have more than one person in the current competition. The judges are the same - Nina Garcia, Elaine Welteroth and Brandon Maxwell, and Christian Seriano is once again the mentor. This is going to be great, and since it already aired, I can binge on episodes, skip commercials, and pause when needed. Perfect! I'm diving back into fashion and divas and couldn't be more pleased. 




The twelve designers invited back for a second try at 
Project Runway are a varied bunch from Season 1 
through Season 18. Christian Seriano's roommate from 
Season 5 is one of those who were invited to participate. 
It's a great mix of people, many of whom have been 
quite successful in fashion since their appearance on 
the show the first time. 



DH attempted to use the invoice I designed for him, and got all frustrated with it. I growled at him because he has the patience of a gnat, and told him I'd write him a set of directions today, so that's one more thing I have to add to my day. I'll also be busy in the kitchen - I have a bunch of food I bought on Wednesday that needs to be made into something, then either frozen or used within a reasonable time. DH bought a pork shoulder roast yesterday. Apparently he loved the last time I cooked it so much, he wants it again on Sunday. I'll have to find that recipe again today so that I'm sure I have all of the ingredients on hand for the marinade. I also have to make my next four portions of Ogre Juice. I've already warned DH that I'll have to use one night next week (probably Friday) to make my Ogre Juice for the coming week. With Chickie leaving for Montana on Sunday, I will be solo at the shop for a week plus a couple of days, and won't be home to work in the kitchen. Thus - the cooking spree. 




I cooked one of these earlier this year and it was 
fantastic. I'm looking forward to cooking it again. It 
was easy and extremely tasty and turned out beautifully. 



So, I'm off to the pool again. Since it was storming on Wednesday, I had to push everything out by a day, and I need my third day in the pool. I hope you have a wonderful Friday, enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini. 




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