Happy January 29th. Today was a mixed bag.
We’ve got a carload of stuff to bring to the kids on our next trip. Some of the stuff needs work or cleanup. So today I did some of that. We recently replaced our computer chair because it no longer supported my back correctly. We offered the old chair to K&T. I then took a look at it and found that the back of the chair had broken free from the armrest and that is why it wasn’t supporting the back correctly. So this morning I fixed the chair. Now it sits right again. I think If I had looked at it before I bought the replacement I would have kept it. The price of the new chair was very good, however, so everyone wins. K&T get a decent chair and we get a new one.
Inspired by my Dad and Christian, I once again ventured into the world of baking bread. I like a nice crusty bread to eat with soup or have toasted for dinner in the evenings. Store-bought crusty bread goes for 5-6 dollars a pop so I figured I’d see what I could make myself. I got a simple (very simple) crusty bread recipe off the web and mixed up the dough last night. After letting it rise last night I refrigerated the dough overnight and shaped it and baked it this morning. I even shed some blood in the process. Yes, me, the guy who is always cautioning others demonstrated why professionals cut with their fingertips pointed away from the blade. My crusty bread was , well, crusty and the serrated bread knife I was casually slicing away with slipped down the rounded slope of the loaf an nicely cut the tip of my left index finger. It’s not a bad cut but it is a reminder to be more careful when I slice the bread.
We had it at lunch with homemade pasta figioli. It was good. I was pleased with my first try at this recipe. It’s easy enough and versatile enough to mix up once a week and bake as needed. The dough can stay in the fridge up to 2 weeks before baking.
Another item to bring to C&C are 2 bikes that have rusting in my backyard for years now. Christian expressed interest in them so I dug them out of the vines they were entangled in and took a look at them. The basic frames look OK but everything that can rust is rusted. They were halfway decent bikes but a lot of time and money would be required to resurrect them. I need to talk to C&C again before we cart these things over to them.
In between tasks I like to take a break and flop in my lounger for 20 minutes to relax and consider what is the next thing I should do to use my time effectively. I had been relaxing for 10 minutes when I felt 2 paws on my arm an saw Brie inspecting the area to make sure it was clear to jump up. If you read my blog or Penny’s blog you know it is a rare event for brie to actually lie in your lap. She curls up with Penny with a blanket in between her and Penny and she will flop beside us in bed again with a blanket in between. But she rarely curls up in your uncovered lap. I was surprised when she jumped up, gave my jeans a good once-over sniffing everywhere and then actually settled down. Now I had a dilemma. It was approaching 3PM—apple snack time. I couldn’t yell to Penny and tell her I was tied up (I usually prepare apple snack) because it would spook the cat. So I just relaxed and enjoyed the rare event of Brie curled up on my lap. She stayed an hour and a half.
After Brie got up I checked the sky and it looked good for a beach walk. So I set off to the beach. Penny ended up missing apple snack and having to make her own dinner while I ran off to the beach.
The cold weather once again provided for an empty beach—3 miles of sugar white sand all to myself. The sunset was nice and I did get some walking in today. Of course, I had my camera an took pictures. For some reason there were a number of feathers washed up on the beach. It’s not unusual to see 1 or 2 but there were about a dozen in the stretch of beach I walked.
I got a call from my brother while I was driving to the beach. He arrives in town on Feb 4th and would like me to pick him up at the bus station and take him to the church. We will probably do lunch with him before we drop him off.
We’ve got a carload of stuff to bring to the kids on our next trip. Some of the stuff needs work or cleanup. So today I did some of that. We recently replaced our computer chair because it no longer supported my back correctly. We offered the old chair to K&T. I then took a look at it and found that the back of the chair had broken free from the armrest and that is why it wasn’t supporting the back correctly. So this morning I fixed the chair. Now it sits right again. I think If I had looked at it before I bought the replacement I would have kept it. The price of the new chair was very good, however, so everyone wins. K&T get a decent chair and we get a new one.
Inspired by my Dad and Christian, I once again ventured into the world of baking bread. I like a nice crusty bread to eat with soup or have toasted for dinner in the evenings. Store-bought crusty bread goes for 5-6 dollars a pop so I figured I’d see what I could make myself. I got a simple (very simple) crusty bread recipe off the web and mixed up the dough last night. After letting it rise last night I refrigerated the dough overnight and shaped it and baked it this morning. I even shed some blood in the process. Yes, me, the guy who is always cautioning others demonstrated why professionals cut with their fingertips pointed away from the blade. My crusty bread was , well, crusty and the serrated bread knife I was casually slicing away with slipped down the rounded slope of the loaf an nicely cut the tip of my left index finger. It’s not a bad cut but it is a reminder to be more careful when I slice the bread.
We had it at lunch with homemade pasta figioli. It was good. I was pleased with my first try at this recipe. It’s easy enough and versatile enough to mix up once a week and bake as needed. The dough can stay in the fridge up to 2 weeks before baking.
Another item to bring to C&C are 2 bikes that have rusting in my backyard for years now. Christian expressed interest in them so I dug them out of the vines they were entangled in and took a look at them. The basic frames look OK but everything that can rust is rusted. They were halfway decent bikes but a lot of time and money would be required to resurrect them. I need to talk to C&C again before we cart these things over to them.
In between tasks I like to take a break and flop in my lounger for 20 minutes to relax and consider what is the next thing I should do to use my time effectively. I had been relaxing for 10 minutes when I felt 2 paws on my arm an saw Brie inspecting the area to make sure it was clear to jump up. If you read my blog or Penny’s blog you know it is a rare event for brie to actually lie in your lap. She curls up with Penny with a blanket in between her and Penny and she will flop beside us in bed again with a blanket in between. But she rarely curls up in your uncovered lap. I was surprised when she jumped up, gave my jeans a good once-over sniffing everywhere and then actually settled down. Now I had a dilemma. It was approaching 3PM—apple snack time. I couldn’t yell to Penny and tell her I was tied up (I usually prepare apple snack) because it would spook the cat. So I just relaxed and enjoyed the rare event of Brie curled up on my lap. She stayed an hour and a half.
After Brie got up I checked the sky and it looked good for a beach walk. So I set off to the beach. Penny ended up missing apple snack and having to make her own dinner while I ran off to the beach.
The cold weather once again provided for an empty beach—3 miles of sugar white sand all to myself. The sunset was nice and I did get some walking in today. Of course, I had my camera an took pictures. For some reason there were a number of feathers washed up on the beach. It’s not unusual to see 1 or 2 but there were about a dozen in the stretch of beach I walked.
I got a call from my brother while I was driving to the beach. He arrives in town on Feb 4th and would like me to pick him up at the bus station and take him to the church. We will probably do lunch with him before we drop him off.
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