I’m getting some bread dough ready to put in the Le Creuset and bake. I used mostly 00 flour so it is quite soft and I’m not sure how it will do its rise. I have some bread flour for the next loaf so if it doesn’t rise right in the oven I will start another loaf for tomorrow. Bread making is really an artform and when I have gaps of 3-4 months not making bread in the summer, it’s like starting over with getting the feel of it. It’s OK , I have nothing better to do.

This week is the bathroom zone for those following Flylady. If you haven’t streamlined your bathroom, now is a good time. Try not to have visual clutter and keep things off counters. I’d also suggest using white or neutral colors to keep the space fresh.( There’s a reason hotels always use fluffy white towels)!!

I’ve been playing around with making some macrame plant hangers. I have a lot of plants and I was looking at a few pinterest things and hanging the plants got my attention. It’s definitely a throw back to the 70’s. I actually use to do lots of macrame. But the few I just did and the couple I just bought make the hanging plants look nice and they are off the floor which actually was my primary goal.

Today I’m going to work on doing some knots and see how it goes. I tried to use some jute I had and it was too thin so I bought a roll at the hardware store but that was too thick and had a wire in it. So I ordered macrame cord from Amazon.

I’ve definitely been off with cooking. Maybe it’s just all the smoke but I haven’t felt like cooking all week. Last night we had Kodiak pancakes and that was good enough. Tonight I am going to do a pasta bake but even that’s not really inspired, it’s just something to put together to eat.

Here’s a shot of the pine floor. But some of it is still not quite staying down and 2 boards have bowed slightly. What a pain. So it looks like he will need to either try again with these 2 boards or get 2 new ones.

I do hope the firefighters can get a handle on these terrible fires. I think I read Oregon was expecting some rain so that would really help. California doesn’t really get rain( unless it’s a very unusual storm, till the end of October. If we don’t start taking global warming more seriously I afraid the future might be just as bleak.

I’ve learned a few things about the new WordPress editor. So, first off the font size needs to be set each time I start a new paragraph or block as it’s called. OK, got that.

Figured out the aligning. I like to align in the center although it doesnt always happen.

Today is the kitchen zone and I just finished up. I still need to do floors probably tomorrow.

I have some no knead bread going but I didn’t wait yesterday to test the sourdough( dropping a spoonful in water and if it floats it’s ready). So it hasn’t really done a great rise but I’m this far into it so I’ll bake it up and see how it turns out.

The other night we watched The muppet Movie and it was really fun and such a great cast. Then last night we watched the newer one from ? the 90’s not sure when it was done but it also was really a fun movie.

We have decided to pull up ALL the pine boards in my room( office) converted porch???

In this one you can see the stairs and how the pine looks. The stairs are way more complicated as this was all concrete and he had to measure and cut and then put down the pieces. The tile is now up too.

Today is supposed to be the hottest day but I’m very concerned about fire danger. There are red flag warning in all of California and it’s a very scary situation. Hopefully by Wednesday were back done to normal 90’s.

I’m planning on scrambled tofu for dinner as I need to use it up. I’ll add some peppers and maybe garden tomatoes.

Here’s one of my new Bombas T shirts. I am very happy with them and they really wear nicely. I checked and they are 100% Peruvian Pima Cotton. I absolutely feel they are worth the $30? I think with the coupon it was less. But the coupon was only for a first time buyer.

Well, off to get that bread going!

So, WordPress has changed the editor settings and it is a challenge. I like things to be constant and not change too much. I did email them and they kindly addressed the issue of going back to a different format but I think I will forge ahead and learn this one.

Doing new stuff is good for the brain cells!! Ok, tried underline and that seemed to work.

• So I’m playing around with this.
• • I tried to do these bullet points and that seems easy enough. But when I tried to enlarge the type it would let me do both. I’ll have to check on that.

So here’s a picture of the hydrangeas, which by the way, are now going on 9 days old so the boiling water really did work.

So I can enlarge the print but not add the bullet points at the same time???

Everytime I go to a new line I need to reclick the font size?

So other wordpress users, how is it going? Are you confused as well?

I’ll probably have my son help me navigate this later today.

We did have have a lovely walk and only had the one other lady who has been more regular. Not sure why she’s there so early alone but heck, we’re there. Then the jerk, showed up zooming in at 6 am. I’m glad we were leaving.

It’s been a busy morning already and it’s coming up close to 12noon.

1. I made another batch of tomato sauce for the freezer so that just needs to cool.

2. I grilled some chicken to make a chicken salad either later or for tomorrow. I also have 2 containers of tofu that need to be used so I may make a tofu curry to have over rice.

3. We walked @ 5:30 and the moon way up and it was really nice. Although jerk, the dog walker, is getting there VERY early for some unknown reason and not using a flashlight so we can’t really see where he is…UGH.. I wish he would move away or something.

4. I made pizza dough for dinner, so that’s in the refrigerator doing a cold rise.

5. I did 13 minutes on the treadmill. I’m trying not to do too much at a time and will build up to 20 minutes and then 25, and eventually 30 minutes of walking.

6. B has pulled up some of the pine boards in my office space/ extra space and it looks like doing just a partial job is not going to cut it. It would look too patched so he’s going to pull them all up and we’ll put new 1×12 pine boards down and then varathane. This is Labor day weekend so no going to Home Depot till next week.

7. We are in for some brutal hot weather over the next 4 days. Temperatures are supposed to be in the 100’s. Not something anyone likes. But at least we have the coolers still in.