P365 Day 82: It earned its name

Note: I have a friend who loathes soup. Loathes it. Unfortunately, she's probably already seen the nice, big picture above. Sucks to be her.

The soup I mentioned in last night's post turned out fab. It was hammy and potatoey and a little bit cheesy. Made for great leftovers for lunch. We enjoyed it enough to write down our modified recipe ... but, unfortunately, the amount of work involved — diced everything and then some — led us to title it "Effort Soup."

We probably won't be making Effort Soup often, though I might whip it up when my parents visit in a couple weeks (... says Kate, as she looks out upon the messy apartment and vows to start cleaning it tomorrow).

My Daily News work progressed nicely today. Time for a short nap, then I'll get ready to meet the people across the hall. We're taking care of their cat, Bootsies, while they vacation in Mexico. (Isn't that a precious name?!) In return, they're taking care of Fred and Joe while we go to Memphis for Thanksgiving. Considering our pet sitter costs about $20/day, it's a nice arrangement.