So much for plans. For two days I have planned an extensive walk and for two days raindrops sent me scurrying back to my bunker. Yesterday I made bread and cleaned. After doing the crossword puzzle I felt a surge of energy, something unusual and a little frightening for me, so I made bread. It bakes in a Dutch oven and the crust is superb. This may be the secret to making a genuine batard at home. Even the French have been unable to do this. It is an involved process because the dough has to rise for eighteen hours. What to do for eighteen hours? VACUUM! My other most favorite thing to do besides cooking. I have to tone down the cooking because the freezer is bursting. There are six quarts of chicken broth and five quarts of tomatoe sauce and meatballs in the freezer, along with ten pounds of chicken thighs, two pork roasts, two roast beeves, and three large bags of broccoli. There is an enormus beef stew in the other side. There will be no walk today. It is cool and damp. I have plenty of coffee and green tea, a new book of poetry, and new batteries for the remote. This is looking like a couch day.
oh. my. god. I forgot about your vacuuming thing. That was always how we knew you were quitting smoking, because you'd be vacuuming the curtains and ceiling. The three of us were doomed from birth with the cleaning thing, I guess. Between you and mom.....i'm surprised none of us live in a bubble, or have central vac, for that matter. (ooh, central vac).
Central vacuum is a waste of money. A one gallon Shop-vac, an upright for rugs, and a humongous shop-vac for everything else are the answers. Tank vacuums don't do anything well. Keep the filters clean and all will be well. Don't forget the fins on the baseboard heat. The little vacuum is the only answer to fruit flies, the most elusive little darlings ever created. It is also great for ladybugs. Don't let them set up house in your vacuum. You know the terrible habit they have with their homes.
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So much for plans. For two days I have planned an extensive walk and for two days raindrops sent me scurrying back to my bunker.
Yesterday I made bread and cleaned. After doing the crossword puzzle I felt a surge of energy, something unusual and a little frightening for me, so I made bread. It bakes in a Dutch oven and the crust is superb. This may be the secret to making a genuine batard at home. Even the French have been unable to do this. It is an involved process because the dough has to rise for eighteen hours. What to do for eighteen hours? VACUUM! My other most favorite thing to do besides cooking. I have to tone down the cooking because the freezer is bursting. There are six quarts of chicken broth and five quarts of tomatoe sauce and meatballs in the freezer, along with ten pounds of chicken thighs, two pork roasts, two roast beeves, and three large bags of broccoli. There is an enormus beef stew in the other side.
There will be no walk today. It is cool and damp. I have plenty of coffee and green tea, a new book of poetry, and new batteries for the remote. This is looking like a couch day.
oh. my. god. I forgot about your vacuuming thing. That was always how we knew you were quitting smoking, because you'd be vacuuming the curtains and ceiling. The three of us were doomed from birth with the cleaning thing, I guess. Between you and mom.....i'm surprised none of us live in a bubble, or have central vac, for that matter. (ooh, central vac).
Central vacuum is a waste of money. A one gallon Shop-vac, an upright for rugs, and a humongous shop-vac for everything else are the answers. Tank vacuums don't do anything well. Keep the filters clean and all will be well. Don't forget the fins on the baseboard heat. The little vacuum is the only answer to fruit flies, the most elusive little darlings ever created. It is also great for ladybugs. Don't let them set up house in your vacuum. You know the terrible habit they have with their homes.
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