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Thankful Thursday

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So thankful chemo went well. No problems at all; it went way quicker than we thought it would.

I’m thankful I had lots of books on hold so I can read today. One was a LP so I have to return that and get the regular one. I have been reading ‘The Two Towers’ and am about a third of the way through.

I’m thankful I do not have to drive to Sacramento today to pick up B’s specialty prescription. This is one that is very expensive and has to go through the grant process. It’ll probably be ready Monday or Tuesday. He is supposed to start it tomorrow but that’s not going to happen.

I’m grateful that the heat wave will soon be over and we’ll be back in normal October weather. It’s not too unusual to have higher temperatures in October just not 99 degrees. I think today is supposed to be 94.

I’m making a loaf of whole wheat bread in the breadmaker but I think the hydration is off. It seems too stiff. I’ll still bake it but next time I’ll do a bit more water. With the bread maker, it’s harder to adjust the ingredients as the machine is doing the mixing and kneading. So when I checked it later I could see that it was a little stiff but by then it’s too late to add water. I’ll see how it turns out. Whole wheat is always a little tricky anyway.

simple Sunday

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So, we had the huge oak tree taken down yesterday. wow, it looks really different.  they did a great job. I’ll post some pictures  after B sends them to me from his phone. As suspected, it was full of carpenter ants and so it was a good thing. Still, I feel a little ‘orc-ish’ about it. It was an old oak with lots of stories. This is all Maidu  land and I’m sure they came up on this hill long ago.  There are many grinding rocks in the area and in the now out of print book ‘Ooti’ , there are pictures of the meadows around here from the turn of the century.

I’m trying a new sandwich bread from Frugalgirl

http://www.thefrugalgirl.com. It seems to have risen very nicely so I’ll see how it turns out.

I’m also going to cut up apples from our tree and make some more applesauce. Probably cook today and strain and can tomorrow.

I’m hoping B gets the bathroom painted and that will freshen it up. Since it’s so small, I keep it very minimalistic. White towels( the hotel ones from Costco) and then baskets on shelves for misc. We’re doing it the same color which I have never tired of. It’s a very pale blue.

Also making spinach soup for dinner. I use Goldies spinach soup from the catering murder mysteries. It is by far the best I’ve found. I didn’t have any gruyere so I just added more cream cheese and used veggie broth. Plus I use an immersion blender to whip it up.

 

Whole Wheat Bread, and Saturday stuff!

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imageWell, first off I wanted to show a picture of some yummy whole wheat bread I made and homemade butter. I’ve really wanted a zojirushi bread machine forever. But I recently started using Jim Laheys no knead bread. It’s delicious and easy. But, I still wanted the Zojirushi  bread machine. But I have a kitchen aid, so I saw a great recipe on another blog and decided to go for it.

So as a special treat and I’ve wanted this forever, I ordered from Williams Sonoma , their gold or professional bread pan. So instead if spending $200 on the Zorirushi, I spent $25 on a great 1.5 loaf pan. Can’t wait to get it. Also, in the old hippy days, I always made fresh butter. So when I saw the blog on Tomato boots, I thought, yeah, baby(Austin Powers reference ), I’m gonna do that too. It was fun .

So, here’s the next thing, not so happy, but, it was June 15 2005, when I got the official diagnosis of multiple myeloma. I’d never heard of it, and truly was in shock. So, it’s been 8 years, I’m doing pretty well. When you have this cancer, you’re just always waiting for the next shoe to drop, or something like that. I get checked (with blood tests ) every month. I know eventually I’ll be back on chemo, but for now life is good, and I’m going to keep making bread!