We are having a pleasant period of warmer than normal weather. I think we broke a record a couple of days. We got up to 75° and the norm is 47.
We had a scare with Max's 97 year old mother last Thursday and Friday and spent most of the day in the ER with her. They removed a drug (a beta-blocker) and her heart rate came back up to normal and she is back home and doing well. We will go with her to the doctor (8:15AM) Monday just to be sure. That means leaving here around 7 AM. Rush, rush!
I was all primed to do some outside work yesterday but ran into some normal first of the season issues......needed new spark plugs for tillers, one needed pull rope replaced (a shop job), trimmer needed a new primer bubble. I needed some WD-40 for my Martin house pole. So, we loaded up the tiller, made a list and headed out. It usually takes us a few days to get all the equipment going. We left the tiller but found all the other parts. I will go out later and try to get the big slasher tine tiller going. I need to till the west end of the garden and make a pass over the part I tilled earlier in the fall.
I find I am having to build up to do much working outside. I am still having lots of PMR issues, if that is what it is. I am not taking prednisone any longer. It certainly didn't help me this time like in the past. I hope warmer weather and some activity besides cooking and reading will help.
Speaking of cooking, I was out of bread but wanted a coarser, nuttier one for toasting and fell back on King Arthur's easy one bowl Oatmeal Toasting and Sandwich Bread. I noticed the bread was wetter than usual and realized I had used a cup too much milk....not quite a recipe double but went back and added almost double other ingredients. Made a huge loaf in a casserole dish. I think it was still a little light on flour but it makes wonderful crunchy toast.
I also added 1/2 cup of steel cut oats for a nutty taste.
If you have never made bread, this one is a good first recipe. You dump every thing in the mixer and go.
Have a wonderful Sunday and a great week. It will be cooler for us.
We had a scare with Max's 97 year old mother last Thursday and Friday and spent most of the day in the ER with her. They removed a drug (a beta-blocker) and her heart rate came back up to normal and she is back home and doing well. We will go with her to the doctor (8:15AM) Monday just to be sure. That means leaving here around 7 AM. Rush, rush!
I was all primed to do some outside work yesterday but ran into some normal first of the season issues......needed new spark plugs for tillers, one needed pull rope replaced (a shop job), trimmer needed a new primer bubble. I needed some WD-40 for my Martin house pole. So, we loaded up the tiller, made a list and headed out. It usually takes us a few days to get all the equipment going. We left the tiller but found all the other parts. I will go out later and try to get the big slasher tine tiller going. I need to till the west end of the garden and make a pass over the part I tilled earlier in the fall.
I find I am having to build up to do much working outside. I am still having lots of PMR issues, if that is what it is. I am not taking prednisone any longer. It certainly didn't help me this time like in the past. I hope warmer weather and some activity besides cooking and reading will help.
Speaking of cooking, I was out of bread but wanted a coarser, nuttier one for toasting and fell back on King Arthur's easy one bowl Oatmeal Toasting and Sandwich Bread. I noticed the bread was wetter than usual and realized I had used a cup too much milk....not quite a recipe double but went back and added almost double other ingredients. Made a huge loaf in a casserole dish. I think it was still a little light on flour but it makes wonderful crunchy toast.
I also added 1/2 cup of steel cut oats for a nutty taste.
If you have never made bread, this one is a good first recipe. You dump every thing in the mixer and go.
Have a wonderful Sunday and a great week. It will be cooler for us.
